YOU CAN SAVE EVERYONE - A Dark Sci-Fi Deep Sea Adventure with Innovative Controller-Based Gameplay!

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

This is a narrative-driven Sci-Fi horror adventure that makes clever use of your controller. Some of the solutions to puzzles are very inventive. It's playable with a control pad, but the button layout of the console is especially suited to a fight stick (and it's pretty fitting for one section in particular!) Spoilers: For the fighting section, Dragon Ball beats Dragon Punch, Dragon Punch beats Flying Kick, etc. But you also need to select the right elemental buttons to pull off the attacks (it took me a while to figure out you need to press both red elemental buttons to do the dragon punch).

[@unknownman5090]

My brain turn off right after you open that file. I thought I understand it at the start before I saw the console part

[@NareshSinghOctagon]

So does the "ALONE" note do anything in the password page?

[@cd_ee]

Developer here. Thanks so much for making a video on the game! It was an absolute delight to see you play through it! I sincerely hope anyone watching this enjoyed too!

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

You're welcome! Really loved the game. Clever mechanics and it's nice to have an uplifting horror game for a change! :)

[@saphartlantis589]

I wanted to ask you a question since you're the dev. Can I assume that Polly went up the elevator with Login and is safe ? If you say he is, cool ^^ If not, well I'll still consider it as the truth anyways XDXDXD

[@cd_ee]

​@saphartlantis589 Polly was actually left behind, and will return as a vengeful main villain in You Can Save Everyone 2. But really, Polly was left in her cage while all the excitement went on, and after the ending Login goes back down to safely retrieve her.

[@saphartlantis589]

@@cd_ee Noooooooo....... But it's kino, so I'll consider it as the alternate cannon ending XDXDXD

[@TheJared38]

The last time I saw a deep sea adventure that used a controller, it didn't go too well for them.

[@Core_Of_The_Void]

Don’t blame the controller, blame the fact that it was made by the guys who made the titanic boat. OceanGate is just a bunch of idiotic engineers who were hired because a dice was rolled.

[@Idahoslav]

too soon man, too soon.

[@cheekibreeki904]

It appears that some important context is missing here.

[@Core_Of_The_Void]

Blame the designers of the Titan.

[@type00haken11]

@@cheekibreeki904the disastrous Titan sub used a game controller. It imploded on the way down to the Titanic, taking 5(?) people with it.

[@Razeacc]

As the game's composer, this was really happy to see! I'm glad you guys enjoyed the music too, I'm definitely gonna consider something like a Spotify release now for it, hehe

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

The music was excellent, especially during the finale! Awesome work! :)

[@saphartlantis589]

Yes, please let us know !!! The music is awesome, and I'd love to hear it without the game SFX

[@jacho4625]

I want it Just know that

[@rameznasser5010]

Chance has some fast character development. From a madman wants to kill everyone in the facility to one of the discord group members

[@Razeacc]

Dude was tweaking out on some Glow lmao

[@Danyboychan]

I was so intrigued and invested and the last minute twee "YOU CAN DO IT WITH DA POWER OF FWENDSHIP" killed it for me hahah

[@jacobthompson7813]

Lot of folks hating on the whole "power of friendship" ending, but i actually love stuff like that. Brought a tear to my eye

[@lilacorkindheart8325]

Don't listen to them. They are hurt people lashing out on the world for their own pain. I myself find true strenght and joy from themes such as this. It is simply Human. Therefore beautiful.

[@CybrThief]

The end was a bit cheesy, but the good kind of sincere cheesiness. Loved all the characters in this, they were all adorable.

[@bezel95]

You saved everyone…except Polly. Polly’s gonna starve.

[@21deciBels]

Polly wants a cracker

[@bearnaff9387]

You never locked her cage on this run. She'll die doing what she loved, making mischief.

[@lamp6909]

for a horror game the ending was surprisingly extremely wholesome

[@JohnCharb87]

The Sound design in the game is incredible. The music is very sweeping and atmospheric. Fills you with a unnerving feeling. I do like the sound effects especially from the computer monitor.

[@airicmayz3597]

This reminds me of that old flash game: no one has to die.

[@cd_ee]

Developer here. Yep! no one has to die was a huge inspiration for me. I'm glad you noticed!

[@Torqegood]

I think I preferred No one has to die, the old flash game, over this You can't save everyone. A little too heavy handed. But I still appreciate the effort that went into the emotion behind this.

[@ValidAQ]

Not gonna lie, the Shonen-style "power of friendship" dialogue became a wee bit too much towards the end.

[@unknownman5090]

To sum it up, it a game about how depression become monster that eat people and they try to escape it.the ending is beautiful, the gameplay seem wonderful and the message is powerful. A very great game for one hour time span.

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Yeah, I really loved the ending. It's very uplifting!

[@unknownman5090]

I also want to add that user literally pull Tokyo Revenger plot with this one.

[@discordinmymind6565]

Great game, sometimes all we need is someone to listen. Fuckin amazing game

[@modman287]

Truly magnificent, this is the most inspiring game ive seen in a while. Ive had a lot of game ideas over the years, and recently ive been brainstorming and drawing/training to make one that is similar in terms of being horror and underwater (but very different in its own way, thought of it before this too). But now i swear to commit to actually making it real, and as unique from this while still having themes involing the mysteries behind dreams and the deep sea. Stay deep diving peers, and never stop dreaming.

[@cd_ee]

Hi developer here. Thanks so much! I'm wishing you all the best with your game. I'd love to see it when its ready! My advice in gamemaking is to get in there and start making. So much of your brainstorming will change once you've started working on the game. And that's a good thing! Wishing you the best in your game-making journey!

[@TetsuXDD]

Y'know what this reminds me of? That ancient browser game literally titled "No-One Has to Die" where you lock doors and navigate people from a burning building, and have chat intermissions.

[@BonesOfLife]

That ending slaps.

[@IllusionistsBane]

Reminds me of no-one has to die.

[@ThatGuyInTheBack007]

I was just about to mention the same thing. That was a fun short VN game.

[@taylormarie2817]

..... I'm buying the game just to play it myself and support it....also to get that sweet song at the end

[@jaredf9542]

Really good vid! this is heavily reminding me of an old flash game called No One Has to Die, but this one actually got me to tear up a bit

[@SUDDENROCK]

That true ending's ost is great! Need to try myself

[@starry-vi2kv]

Noire: "Chance, I know you tried (and succeeded) to kill us, but please come with us! There's already a monster down there, I don't want to become another!" Still Noire on the very next scene: "Screw you all. I hate all of you with every single fiber of my beings. I will let all of you die. Even those who actually helped me and had my best interests at heart, you all need to die too because I just don't care about anyone else." Top writing right there. Could have rivalled J.K.Rowling.

[@unknownman5090]

Im surprise she pulled "Im batman" then goes "fuck you all and everything about you". Still the game is good nonetheless. That amogus fighting seem tricky tho(but the hardest I saw is that interference stuff

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Where did Noire say "Screw you all. I hate all of you with every single fiber of my beings. I will let all of you die...."? I remember she got upset because they were all lying to her about her sister, but that was after they'd all reached the surface and were safe in the first ending.

[@unknownman5090]

@@AlphaBetaGamer isnt that what happen? Chance being confronted and beaten by you before you all take him along to surface, where Chance reveal everything. Noire mention everyone need to be save first, and she want answer on the surface. It seem that she will accept everything as answer at that time which turn out isn't what happening

[@fitzkrieg925]

This reminds me of “No-one has to die” from Newgrounds. How nostalgic!

[@onion_hq1589]

I don't understand how you solve the eyes closed puzzle

[@commanderz]

Everyone was saved from the Leviathan but no one was spared from the blunt force trauma of fwendship.

[@unknownman5090]

How you did that eyes wide shut man

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

It's pretty tricky! You have to listen to the direction the new parts of the song come from.

[@dlahouss]

Bobbert has headphones.

[@Fr0stbite1801]

Ah yes Zero Escape 4

[@kendakgifbancuher2047]

Plot is so stupid its hilarious 😂

[@greenbroccolistudios1275]

Too scary to save everyone

[@agarthansupersoldier]

fun setting but I got kinda disappointed after figuring out it all was a metaphor for depression

[@CrowSkeleton]

I hope they saved the parrot. :(

[@ProShadowStickNodes]

Shocked

[@SoulZenmuron]

I get the soundtrack was made by Razeacc, but can someone tell me the name of the true ending song?

[@cd_ee]

HI developer here! The song is called 'save everyone'. However, the soundtrack has not been released yet. Razeacc has been working on one more song to add to the game, and then will release an official soundtrack.

[@SoulZenmuron]

@@cd_ee a wonderful name for a magical melody. Thank you. I'll wait for it patiently

[@petergriffincomedy5477]

I am from India I support you 🇮🇳

[@SomeGuyOfYT]

Puns are funny!

[@sylvaintalon6201]

What a weird way to talk about depression. I strugled with il for 15 years. It's been at least 5 years I won against it and it was certainly not as stupid this game portraited. Oh well, everyone has it's own story. If the developper felt like it, at least he did it his own way....

[@unknownman5090]

Oh btw, how you control in the game?

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

With a control pad or a fight stick. :)

[@Иван_Писаренко]

Emesis white? Is this reference to Emesis blue?

[@cd_ee]

Developer here. Yes! That is a reference to the amazing Emesis Blue.

[@Иван_Писаренко]

@@cd_ee Fan here. Great! Man of culture as well.

[@Apparatus8]

what controller were you using while playing this?

[@PORCHMANKEY]

Using the internet: the game

[@simonwhittlebone9983]

21:24

[@bearnaff9387]

So, you work together with the five alienated parts of Blanc's soul - the things she wants to be - in order to give her the hope she needs to resurface from her depression. The dev definitely understands the disease, but the "power of friendship" ending kinda falls flat. Depression like Blanc has isn't an enemy you can defeat, any more than changing your relationship to food can change type 1 diabetes. It's just something you survive, for various definitions of the term. You cannot escape it any more than you can escape death itself. If you're someone like Blanc, or me, depression will eventually overwhelm you. All you can do is to make yourself as difficult to run down as possible.

[@cd_ee]

In many ways your interpretation is correct. Spot on! But there's one thing I'd like you to recall. The leviathan is not defeated. It is survived. It is endured until it is drained of its power

[@bearnaff9387]

@@cd_ee Huh. Good point.

[@notgryphon]

Zero Escape meets Project Moon

[@muhammadsaifali4274]

Nice

[@woodstalon1881]

Spoiler! Monitor and input are arcade game emulator; which the fighter: White and Red (Ryu and Ken) fight each other that story telling is Ryu has to fight brainwashed Ken to get his sense back. And the true ending tells Ryu and Ken fight the Dictator, Bison (Vega) that exactly like SFII Animated Movie (1994).

[@saquial]

(Spoiler) I get the motivational route the developer was trying to do, but it honestly feels generic. I like how the characters are written, but the way they end up talking to the player in the end is something I didn't like. I'm not a fan of the fourth wall break route the story took either. You could say it's doomist, but I think you can't save everyone, and the story had a chance to show that by using the true ending as a way for Noire to have a final talk with her sister, or maybe by showing her the consequences of disregarding the life of everyone else for her own desires, by making so we can't escape on the true ending. Maybe we could go back to the present after she dooms them all, with everyone being ok, and let her be happy with that last goodbye, but at the same time understand that there was a reason the others didn't tell her her sister was still alive.

[@cd_ee]

Hi, developer here! Thanks for the well thought-out feedback! I was going through a rough time when writing the game, so I wanted to give everyone in it a happy ending. Even if it isn't very realistic. But I agree, realistically you can't save everyone. In the future, I hope to make games with more emotionally complex endings. Your feedback in invaluable for that, and I'll take it to heart when writing the next game. Thank you!

[@saquial]

@@cd_ee Honestly, I do get your point, I’m a bit tired of the classic indie game where everyone dies when they think they finally made it. I don’t think the story having a good ending by itself is detrimental. I’d say the bigger issue is how the characters were written to be believable people, but in the real ending they lose their individuality and become a canvas for the story to say what it wants to say, to the point that by the last lines it just feels as if the game, and not the characters, is talking. This personally worsens the “thank you” section a lot because it feels as if the game is patting you in the head for completing it, and telling you “ok, now you’re supposed to feel good”. It makes the ending feel forced. I think having a happy ending for everyone is also great, it’s just that I think it’s important to keep using the building blocks defined by the story beforehand. And I’m only being harsh because I really liked the characters and the story, it just bugs me how the true ending tramples with that.

[@alexisnoelle9011]

god bless you for makign this video trying out this game was cool and then the FIGHT that was... not so cool

[@friendformationbot]

i honor the effort but how many Games Where Depression is a Metaphor and Suicide is a Monster games do we need. i think we would all have a better time watching the Despair Squid episode of Red Dwarf again tbh

[@friendformationbot]

dev, the word "privileges" does not have a D in it btw. you can just put your script through any app with a spellcheck before programming it into the game

[@anthonyplacek9703]

this was really cool. not your typical horror game, to be fair, and if i'm being honest, in the final round of the game, i thought maybe that was edited in music, but you don't really do that. its... funny, in its own way. this horror game about depression just has this, utterly uplifting and hopeful music track, as you hadouken an amongus in streetfighter being played by a giant eyeball shadow squid staring at your from outside the window. what a strange sentence. in its own way, it was very beautiful, but i did take offense narratively that chance has such an about face. to be fair, it's not that simple to state the motivations of the characters. chance was trying to do good, in that he wanted to help blanc, and he even kept her alive, but the method about which he interacted with the others was poor, and his entire personality seemed self absorbed and self assured to the point of arrogance. and while the knowledge that the one person in the team who has every right to hate him for his part in this project, not actually hating him as much as he expected, and in fact being the only one to tell her the truth, its not enough to make a quote unquote, villain, change face that quickly. i suppose that might just be my petty and paranoid sides being distrustful, but i personally would have enjoyed an ending where he seemed more remorseful, rather than like the power rangers and the monster teamed up against an even stronger outside force kind of situation, and they get to act all buddy buddy. just felt wierd.

[@M1ch43lRoy]

It reminds me of another game but I can't quite point my finger at it

[@jmlee737]

Undertale?

[@cd_ee]

Hi developer here. There's a lot of games I drew inspiration from that you might be thinking of. The biggest one is ofc the amazing no-one-has-to-die.

[@jmlee737]

This reminds me of the Undertale vibe. I feel determined again!

[@unknownman5090]

Alright imma 2x this video, I will write my thought on this later

[@recrutagame3722]

Salv

[@iezazi]

First

[@nerd9777]

First (I’m sorry)

[@DiocletianLarius]

"First"🤓

[@taylormarie2817]

Hi sorry im Taylor