A Horror Game about Terrible Parents - Bad Parenting

[@Alex-jj1jx]

The saddest part about this for me is that his mom thought he was alive for weeks because she always worked during the day and came home at night when his spirit was visible. She gave him food (that he couldnt eat because he was actually a spirit) and medicine (that he also obviously couldnt take for the same reason) because she was under the illusion that her son was alive and suffering from hallucinations when he told his stories. And it's also sad that she didn't actually break her promise to Ron. She did stay at home, which is why she couldnt see him (his spirit was only visible at night) and searched around the house for him, which led to her finding his corpse. The whole concept of the mom interacting with the spirit of her dead son for weeks thinking he's alive really hits hard for me.

[@CafeRacersBlvd]

Darn ninjas cutting onions

[@Freckles1124]

This game was hard for me to watch as a victim of child neglect and abuse. It wasn’t uncomfortable to the point where I couldn’t watch but I did feel the anxiety triggers a little. The creator seems like they pulled this straight from the heart, the detail and emotions that came with it are very real. You never know what happens behind closed doors but it’s a reality to so many people. Thankfully the police came and took my brother and I before anything more serious could happen but it’s a lifetime of mental, emotional, and some physical scars that take healing. This game I think is great for raising the awareness of the true horrors that can happen right next door.

[@cloudaria1081]

I wish you luck in recovery, and you're string for sharing what happened to you on the internet. Many people do not realize these things can happen and they do we just don't know about it

[@Freckles1124]

@@cloudaria1081 it’s been a lot of discovery and forgiveness to lessen the burdens that we put on me. Sometimes it just takes getting older and having experiences that allow you to overcome some of the trauma, my husband was one of those for me. I will always support those raising awareness because it gives strength to the victims to reach out and get help or to even help others. Thank you for your kind words the world needs more people like you!

[@BogarPatrik]

The way the story made sense by the end of the game. This game was so well made, traumatizing, but very creative

[@jazzybee_s]

for anyone in the comments right now: he's not kidding, this game is *dark*. the story is told extremely well and during stream I praised it for giving its subject matter the weight it deserved. with things like this it can be difficulty to find a balance between letting things sink in while not being too hamfisted and this game strikes that balance very well. and the big monster being the father makes a ton of sense from the perspective of a child who can't be any older than. watching bits of this back im realizing that this child is like, maybe 34 inches (86cm) tall or so, judging by where his eye level is compared to the table, which is a normal height for a 2-3 year old, but his ability to read suggests that he's like, at least 6, possibly even older, which points to a severe failure to thrive (which is just fancy medical speak for a child being smaller than they should be), which is very common in cases of neglect and abuse. the way this child seems to view and interact with the world also suggests that developmentally he's behind what would be expected at his age, which can also happen in cases like this (genie wiley is an extreme example of this). my biological parents were pretty bad at the whole parenting thing. Not nearly to this degree, they just forgot to feed me (drugs + alcohol) and then lost custody and I got adopted by people who did remember to feed me. Its important for stories like this to get told, as long as they get handled with care. Normally I would sideeye the idea of a horror game about child abuse, as in the wrong hands it can very easily turn into using a tragedy for shock value, but this one is handled well and doesn't get into that territory

[@dwaynexd7627]

honestly the devs cooked up with the games story, its like a lesson to the parents out there

[@parthiiii]

Nah it's more like a message to us "to be different" ..yk parents aren't the ones whose gonna play a game like this.. respect to the devs!!🫡

[@SuperNova496]

And the mom ?

[@jimbolaya7210]

Quick! Turn on the popcorn and eat the microwave!! Another Insym upload!!!

[@asherisasimp7183]

Insym video finished and microwave has been eaten🫡

[@kazumiyumi153]

I'n telling you, what you need is not a popcorn its tissue trust me

[@bluecollartradesman715]

🙄

[@DRAG0N_TTV1]

MMmmmm Microwaves are sooo good

[@hamzahussain3363]

Pagal 🙄

[@h2oQueen]

This game was not easy to stomach, I did appreciate how the dev(s) told the story through the child's perspective and themself coming into awareness.

[@JadeAnnabelArt]

As bad as the mum was for leaving Ron. It's really common for parents (especially mothers) to believe their abusive partner would never hurt the kids. John Battaglia was left alone with his two daughters (Mary Faith (9) and Liberty Mae Battaglia (6)) because while he was really bad to his estranged ex wife, Mary Jeane Pearle, she'd never seen or heard him be cruel to them. In fact, he'd always been a good father. She thought her children would be safe. One night (May 2, 2001) she got a phone call from her daughters asking "Why do you want daddy to go to jail?", followed by two gunshots. This case seriously opened the door for custody battles to take into account prior records of anger issues and abuse, which had been ignored up to that point. As sad as it is, it did a lot of good for future potential victims.

[@nullnull4010]

And now men are pissed the moms get custody of their children more often

[@darkdawnbringer]

@@nullnull4010 As they should be, since taking this example a gunshot from a woman wil end a kid just the same as from a man...

[@justaloner4459]

​@nullnull4010 how could you turn this into a men bad thing when women and men are both capable that one youtube mom got arrested months ago and she was also bad but you don't see me going and women wonder why dads want custody of their kids

[@windy8544]

just because it's common for people to make mistakes, doesn't mean they're not responsible

[@sn1wfyCo]

Even tho its a horror game, it still represent some actual situlations...

[@edumanz5044]

I mean horror games sometimes can happend in real life

[@s1ndrome117]

real life can be more f*cked up than any horror game

[@sn1wfyCo]

@@s1ndrome117 Well, yes, it could be worse but still..

[@Mrspmike]

The game is based on a true story

[@angelserenade]

oh man... I never thought I'd cry over a game after RDR2. I am so disturbed. Because cases like these DO happen IRL. Oh my god... I thought the kid is just having schizophrenia because of being neglected by both parents. And all the doll stuff were all in the boy's head... I wasn't expecting it to turn much darker than it is. To all you folks out there experiencing the same abuse as this kid, I pray that no more suffer the same fate as the boy in the game. I pray that you get the courage and help to get through such abusive home.

[@sifrasmussen2315]

I am glad the graphic was this way. It would have been much harder to watch, if it had been more realistic. This just made it a bit more creepy, but it is easier to place it in a "not real" box.

[@AmandaTroutman]

Ha! I'm 41 and decades into therapy! No bad parenting scares me anymore!

[@NitroAcr1d]

I hope you're doing well stranger.

[@yogitakadam8021]

Last three kids sitting position shows that 1)the girl was thrown into hole,2)boy burn into fire,3) one is died into a car's diki.all died because of their bad parents 😢

[@cloudaria1081]

I KNOWWW Insym didnt point it out but that part at the end really tied this story together for me and left my jaw dropped

[@thewigmain]

As a child of bad parenting myself (not at this level but still) I like this very much! Like not in a positive way of course, the story is creepy and sad af, but I think the devs did a very good job in telling the story and making you experience the situations through the lens of the ab*s3d child. The helplessness, the monsters... And very good plot twist at the end. Overall great game! Thank u for your videos and the games you bring to us Insym

[@pikabiga]

Same here, it wasn’t being cartoonishly evil or ignorant like a lot of horror games are. I grew up with unhappy parents that took it out on the kids, so it was a very honest game on family abuse…just to the sad extreme.

[@skedizzle]

Just say abused... it's not a bad word... no one who watched this video is going to be scared of the word abused.

[@thewigmain]

@@skedizzle I didn't censor the word because of people's feelings, I just censored because KZbin sometimes bans comments like this

[@aesparkless]

I watched a lot of true crime vids here on youtube at some point, and some of them were about children or babies going through ab*se and worse. This game made me wonder what those children can think of during those moments... So many ppl don't deserve to have children. Like ... a looot of ppl.

[@Himmel.Himmel]

same here, so many people don’t deserve their kids.

[@lokithorn9413]

not based on just one story, but a thousand- and incredibly accurate- one threatens to leave, other kills the kids 😕

[@Atte_Rios]

At the end i broke in tears, the first time i saw it, damn man. this stuff happens in real life and it just hurts so much, the realization of the other kids ways they were murdered, i just couldn't help myself

[@precelson1]

I love that indie games with cheap graphics make you reflect on things and are great at storytelling. Better than any nowadays AAA games.

[@tsakouannam3826]

I love that you've put a tw. This game was dark but I love they way they handled it. Thanks insym ❤

[@celesharris1429]

Been loving the variety of games you’ve been playing!! So proud of how much your channel has grown over the years 😊

[@psychomantys902]

Interesting so it also shows where the other kids were stashed after killed, one buried , one set on fire, one suffocated or killed in the trunk of a car and your character was killed and stashed in the closet that's why the closet is there with you at the end of the game. Damn that game's story is real

[@aviationkidd5380]

the fireplace , the hole , the couch and finally the closet ............ they might be the things in which the kids might've died

[@MrsSazzyWazzy]

or how their bodies were "hidden", one burned, one stuffed in a couch, one buried...

[@NitroAcr1d]

@@aviationkidd5380 i thought it was a car trunk

[@yorstruhly6961]

it’s a car trunk

[@PyrettaBlaze3]

This game made me cry and I don't remember the last time I cried while playing/watching a game :((

[@deadcalico]

i know :( anything involving hurt kids makes me cry every single time🤧

[@RanOutOfSpac]

So the kids at the end were buried in a grave, burned, and stuffed in a trunk. Crazy.

[@Kz983]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!! Thats game is come from my country Vietnam!!! SO F*KING HYPEEEEE to see that on your channel!!!

[@kyuubee9122]

29:50 i think these kids resemble their deaths, the first was buried alive, the second was burned to death, the third suffocates at the back of the car, and finally, Ron who killed and put in the closet. This game is just so sad. 🥺

[@devon00789]

How the other kids died isn't shown. If Ron's position is anything to go off of, it more likely shows how their bodies were disposed of.

[@uuu12343]

That...plot twist, is incredible

[@bandoru.]

ikr, the ending is just unpredictable, took me a moment to realize the whole twist

[@DaftyBoi412]

"Happy Birthday ... here's a roll of toilet paper!" ;O

[@bandoru.]

fyi for who dont know the plot twist here: - The son, who actually died 14 days ago, is still remained unknown for his death, and what u see him in this story is his backstory, but in a soul form. Then the doll, self-proclaiming that he is him in a doll form, this is where the plot twist started - The living doll not only wanted to be friend and with him, but also inwardly shed light on to cause of his death. The scene of which he did magic by drinking the alcohol is the son's flashback to recall his cause of it, and using other-verse to see the backstory of the family. - However, bc the son kept denying the fact that his dad is terrible, also bc he wanted to happily coexist with the family, that's the reason leading to ambiguity of his death. - Therefore, no choice otherwise, the doll had to sacrifice himself to explain to him no matter what. The scene, when the doll got brutally injured, was the son's cause of death right after his dad killed him 14 days ago, implying him to recollect his memory. The cast, actually is the motel card but in reality, which the son throwing into the police station to arrest the dad, who is the red-face man in his mom's rumor. That also led to the scene where the red-face man went to the son's room, waved at him and secretly gave him a present. But in fact that was the scene when his dad strangled him and killed him afterwards. Thats is the plot twist of his backstory. - Also the 3 kids in the other-verse, implicating that those kids were also brutally killed in different ways. One was buried, one was burned to death, and one was killed in the car (hinting that the kid was kipnapped and then killed after that) That was the 1st chapter of this game, pls stay tunned to the chapter 2.

[@littlebear274]

It's really common for abused children to insist that their parents aren't bad, too. We are meant to love our parents. We completely rely on them for a long time so that bond is incredibly strong and for kids in these situations it's actually a kind of defence to believe that it's just occasional outbursts but that their parents are still good people who love them. They will lie to keep their parents from being arrested and taken away because that can be scarier than continuing to live in an abusive household. It's normally not until kids are quite a bit older that they'll start to realise things would be better without that person - or else the abuse has to be *extremely* bad to overcome it at younger ages. Like, incredibly bad, and more constant than it usually is, because short periods of respite from it give hope that one day it might stop altogether, if the kid can just learn to be good. (Long term abuse is almost always justified as the fault of the victim and they come to believe it, especially if they're a child and that's all they've ever been taught.) It's a very similar psychological mechanism to addictive gambling - the rare win isn't even close to enough to making you break even, but it keeps you playing because the randomised dopamine hit is such a rush, it's actually more exciting than a constant guaranteed good feeling.

[@soyamilk5082]

As a victim of child abuse, it wasn't my dad but it was my aunt who more so acted like the dad in this story. This is definitely not something easy to stomach, and I'm glad even when left alone with her I didn't turn out to be the kid. Let this be a lesson that everything you do can and will impact a child's life forever.

[@finchXY]

The story broke my heart so bad; I couldn't help but cry not only for these kids, but also for those in reality.

[@magorzataeichelberger5309]

The mom wasn't seeing their ghost child that's why she assumed he was sleeping till 1pm and was leaving for work and when she was coming back late the ghost was visible so she didn't know about the whole situation for a long time probably. And she thought the father just packed himself and left as she told him to do. And since she was able to see the ghost of her child he was telling her different stories to deny the reality that's why she thought he has hallucinations and the doll (the knowing part of him) appeared in all of these stories. That's so deep, man. And at the end other kids' ways of death were also shown as one was burned, other one burried alive etc. Absolutely devastating for a game with a "silly, lazy graphics", which just gave it even better vibe.

[@GlaciesYin]

Wow, I was wondering how they would tie it all together and I was so impressed with the ending!

[@InspirationalCams]

The way insym missed what chatters kept saying, the last image showed how all the kids died 😭

[@Green-tt9cx]

The real horror is us humans

[@neolithiumproduction]

Its definitely dark and unfortunate. But its actually really well done, specially how it all came together at the end. Even down to the 'spell' being the motel card that led the cops to his dad.

[@JS-zr9qs]

I absolutely ABHOR how close to reality this might hit for as many people as it does. My heart goes out to them.

[@atlun1010]

I spent all night crying after watching you play this game. Man this hurts hard. I thought it would be a gorey horror game but it took the emotional route.

[@Nikzan11]

yayyyy, perfect timing, love u Insym

[@gaslight_gatekeep_girlboss3732]

Well I planned this to be my last video before sleeping, but I think I need to watch a video compilation of cute puppies after this 💀

[@skedizzle]

I saw someone in the chat saying "Graphics could use work" and this is why that irks me. This is where "bad graphics" comes to good use. The fuzzy filter and the low-poly/uncanny valley forms creates more unease and tells you who is more or less "inhuman" in the story. Dad looked like a total alien, mom looked semi-normal, children looked cute, in comparison at least. It doesn't need many jump scares because the unease is doing most of the work. At least that's what I think.

[@LampS-5758]

Holy, Insym your voice acting is crazy.. Voice acted mum like she’s Baldi from Baldi’s basics 😂❤ LOVE THE CONTENT!

[@CadeAver]

This game has some of the best utilized jumpscares in a while!

[@NitroAcr1d]

29:56 so that's how they met their fate... It's just... sad.

[@Evangelinesylv]

Ilysm insym! Your videos honestly really help me get thru the day thank you for always being so amazing and consistent.

[@SVRUSHANK]

I appreciate the intro warning. I proceeded to watch. Now I'm on line to the psychiatrist ah

[@hottsummers4lyf]

bro the kids at the end are all in their death spots. girl was buried, kid was set on fire, other was in i assume the bed of a car cause parents, and he's in the closet.

[@XoticNovaa]

saddest part is that this is a real life situation for many, many children...

[@squiedy9184]

I love watching Insyms videos while going to sleep

[@redolinu7497]

When the kid unites with the other kids, what if their positions reveal their deaths, too? Ron was killed and stuffed in a closet, while the others may seem to have died in the trunk of a car, another burned alive and another burried

[@urip_zukoharjo]

8:36 Son: wow that's amazing Me: wow he just solved world hunger

[@LOGic_InFuture2806]

Even though I never felt any abuse, this game got my heart. I hope children experiencing such abuse doesn't get into this kind of situation.

[@linzielizebet]

From someone who grow up with an Alcoholic dad and also my mum drank but not as much i still remember the violent fights and the moments i had baracade myself in my room just so my dad wouldn't attack me and the worse thing is that i still loved my parents despite what they put us through in our childhood and has an adult now i still love them though its took years to have the relationship we have now i wont say its easy. I think my childhood also is the reason I myself went through domestic violence. I know there is many watching this who have probably gone through similar i am sending you so much love . Also insym i appreciate you so much for always putting a trigger warning on games like these i will always respect you so much for that ❤️ also congratulations on 1m you deserve it so much

[@tumfur5652]

been waiting for this one forever!!!!! ty insym #1 streamer‼️‼️

[@penguinjh1]

This intro music is so ominous and creepy to me i get chills every time i hear it LOL

[@Ur.senpai]

freaking voice is cherry on top

[@AussiePlays9350]

The most sad part about this is that at the time of this upload domestic violence is getting so out of hand in Australia there are now ads everywhere about standing up to it. What bad timing ngl

[@TheKaranJGlFor6920]

Game Be Like 😄😅😉😊 3:43 You Talk Something 👿😈

[@yiyisadie7766]

In the last scene, the children that the son meets, are one in the car trunk, one in the pit（or grave）, and one on fire. And the son is staying in the closet...They are all dead and keep staying where they last.

[@Mrspmike]

The game is fucked up but it’s much worse when you know this game is based on a true story

[@CARDSSerus]

What family vlogger intros should be 0:00

[@nebex96]

This is litteraly the MOST i found a game disturbing

[@UnofficialViewer-n2s]

You definitely should try among the sleep

[@samuelseiichiinoue7791]

What marks a "good game" its not being good natured or ethically "fair". It presented a lore, being positive or not, the presentation was good.

[@Psitulasek2234]

happy 1 mil subs insym

[@FarezXD]

I cried bro 😢😢

[@JulesMarsTM]

holy shit that was dark. :(

[@ely7150]

I’ve been waiting for insym to play this hehe. Finally get to watch it 👾

[@Eriklein]

Wow the game is incredible

[@Eriklein]

Wow I spent whole night watching and reading about parental abuse and bad parenting and here's tie video)) wow))

[@STRIDER_503]

The last scene... those are places where they got unalived... fuck me that's dark 💀

[@s1ndrome117]

this game was peak fiction

[@HatsuyukiKuroCh]

'hi youtube how are you doing and welcome to bad parenting' lmao

[@maroofbaloch-dq9zz]

You won't believe me but I am that type of person that says I like dark games but never get that much affected with them but this game got me so bad 😢

[@lizzeh]

As shitty as this sounds I was actually thinking that this would be an anthology of stories, Fears to Fathom style. It started with "Story 1" and a door to go through and I was kind of expecting more doors with more "stories". As much as I hate to say it there's lots of different way stories with this "theme" could play out and be presented differently. Or even adjacent themes like inter-generational trauma could be included in the anthology.

[@HaradaCh]

Came here to be scared, leaving crying

[@toxicpoacher]

video uploaded 15 seconds ago? I'm cooking

[@AcaciaAvenue]

So the other three kids were also killed by their parents I take it? One buried, one burned, one suffocated on a sofa.

[@Oushino]

Not sofa, its the back of a car

[@Yengi_Kizaku]

So that's how they all meet their fate

[@Murv002]

Well, why did I watch this. - Anyways, thank you very much for the video! I would never play a game as this myself!

[@Bystander333]

My god this was dark and so sad. Too dark in all honesty!

[@Disgraced_Primus]

Not every story needs to be sunshine and roses, this story was very well told

[@Cody-ox2uu]

This is so fucked up, so the end.... the 1 kid was buried alive, the one kid died in the trunk of a car, and the other got burnt to death.

[@milek1584]

congrats on 1 milion subs

[@ashlim654]

So mom working day to night to avoid toxic husband and only to find out son is gone 14 days later? 🤔

[@diyaanpulikkal8939]

Insym!!! Don't forget about home sweet home 2

[@라마현명한]

Childhood Simulator be crazy. Just joking, I love my parents.

[@_46Riley67]

1:52 why does dads face look like that 😭😭😭

[@RandomGachavideosD]

EXACTLY

[@J.E.L.2658]

Very Gumby and Pokey animation

[@sudhirchaudhary6512]

This was beautiful

[@jasminemofn]

sounds like my parents

[@yoozaeden]

omg I'm crying so harddd 😢

[@agustinbarquero8898]

Yay I just woke up and saw this

[@ShianaShiana.HypnoticArtist]

Read the description, ya'll

[@kathryn4002]

When an experience!!

[@longhorse15]

under an hour

[@silent_memez]

woah... it was REALLY messed up :|

[@yagatami]

It was okay.

[@yorstruhly6961]

damn this was sad to watch

[@redRuxx]

Currently being strangled by my father but can’t stop that Insym grind

[@cricketxfootball07]

Sad ass game 😢