Bad Parenting STORY EXPLAINED

[@Phantom17685]

I found the ending both sad and cute. Sad because these poor children died horribly by the hands of their parents and had to accept the people they loved were horrible, but cute because of the way they all waves at Ron from their respective crime scenes, and sat all together in a surely happier (after)life.

[@K_XDXD]

GAWD DANG- i dont know what to say D:

[@scp049leplaguedocter3]

@@K_XDXD me too, i am speechless

[@Aligames5747]

It's such a bittersweet ending. When the kid used the "spell" to "take down Mr. Redface" It's really him leaving a clue to get the father arrested.

[@Ri0playz]

Same

[@VSSEDragon3]

Doll version look like the one from Lakia's horror family adventure animated film Coraline

[@Kendallsks-pm1zh]

Just noticed how the dolls neck was crooked and it was foreshadowing how Ron would die and that made me cry 😭

[@Nokie_Cookie3]

Everything at the start of the game foreshadows the end of the game really like how the gift box where the doll was in foreshadows our coffin at the end of the game because they both have the same pattern and color

[@damilolaojo6188]

@@Nokie_Cookie3Yh and the part she mr red face holding the doll then putting the doll in the closet like how he was killed

[@Arkturchik]

I still don't understand. So Mr..RedFace made the doll to defeat himself (get him into prison) or he just put the doll into the closet, but it was not him who gave it. P.S I understood the things here. But other questions came up to me, such as: -If Mr RedFace is made-up by Ron, then how did he bother dad in the motel when he was "saving" him from Mr RedFace? -So Ron's Mom found his dead body 14 days after he died? How come she didn't notice him not being present at night?

[@CandyCandie013]

@@Arkturchik i dont rlly understand ur first question so i will answer the second one. The game creator is Vietnamese and based on Vietnames culture, lost spirit or ghost can be easily seen at night. Ron’s mom always arrives home late so she only saw his spirit. Only when his mom decided to take a day break from work, staying with him till morning that she couldnt find him in the closet in her room (cuz he always hid there), so she check the closet in Ron’s room

[@Arkturchik]

@candiecandy1849 oh ok, that makes a lot of sense now.

[@JJA-n3k]

The age old saying holds up "All kids deserve parents, not all parents deserve kids."

[@VSSEDragon3]

Yeah

[@GuyWithTotallyCalmTemper88]

It’s said so many times you’d think ppl would start to change but…

[@VSSEDragon3]

@@GuyWithTotallyCalmTemper88 And color texture of the game

[@GuyWithTotallyCalmTemper88]

@@VSSEDragon3 Elaborate pls? I’m lost

[@VSSEDragon3]

@@GuyWithTotallyCalmTemper88 Not that, about abusive, lesson learnt: Never abuse anyone innocent or sins may come after and haunt you forever

[@jasminecarter9594]

I think the thing that gets me most is that the mom didn’t break her promise to him. She did take the day off to take care of him and THATS when she finds his body. Because she works during the day and is home only at night.

[@Littlemywashere]

And that’s horrifying the one time she doesn’t break the promise it’s too late

[@dafilmqueen556]

@@Littlemywashere, to think Ron will never get to see his mother finally fulfill her promise..😢

[@mikesart]

Rip ron

[@itzrachei]

awe

[@ReidanTan]

ah shit

[@kazuhaluvscara]

2:48 i just noticed this small detail but, the box early here is foreshadowing to rons later on casket. 😭

[@nysasoni8003]

Omg stop ur right

[@ellis.c8821]

Bro is right-

[@DemiOlutayo]

Wait-😭🖐🏾

[@Zellathefourthgrader]

Omg stop ur right

[@Tataah7]

Wait how can u explain pls? :D

[@lewmani44]

9:30 , you can hear a snapping noise as ‘Red Face’ is attacking Ron. A subtle yet devastating foreshadowing :(

[@TheWonderofu77]

OHH WAIT ITS LIKE HOW THE DOLLS NECK IS BROKEN 😮

[@ST3LLERST4R]

omg yess 😭😭

[@dionneharristwiggs1250]

Now that I look at it it's so true

[@dionneharristwiggs1250]

And wait after reface attacked Ron the doll showed how he was dead

[@deeznutssssss]

​@@TheWonderofu77 but the dolls neck was broken way before that

[@DesertedDalia]

The fact that he was killed on his birthday… is so heartbreaking

[@Cora_loves-s8i]

Frr😢😢

[@wolfluna7603]

True

[@XxMgirlxX]

Yes I feel bad for him he didn't deserve this

[@Toast-yummmy]

Erm actually 🤓👆

[@Ji222.]

@@Toast-yummmybro stop making jokes

[@_-pingas-]

People don’t seem to get Mr red face is the sons excuse for his father, he makes Mr Redface the evil guy to not make it his dad, but Ron tries to tell him it’s his dad who is Evil and is finally able to show him what Mr redface did to Ron, what his Dad did to him.

[@mrdanyo1223]

Mr red face is a demon that possesses his dad when drunk

[@boulder74]

​@@mrdanyo1223There are no demons in the game. Ron created Mr Red face so he doesn't blame his father. When drunk your face is all red and flustered, that was the last thing he probably saw before he died but because his memory reseted so many times he thinks it's Mr Red face who's the bad guy instead of his own abusive father.

[@OnyxeBlade]

This shit is beyond sad. Neither Ron nor those kids deserved such terrible parents. I'm glad the dad was arrested but the mother should have never left witbout Ron

[@thegermanfool8953]

The mother is technically responsible for Ron dying if you think about it. who in their right mind leaves their children with a raging alcoholic who has been proven to be abusive?!

[@BIGTHANKSHEESH]

@@thegermanfool8953 whilst true, she does have a share in responsibility, only one person had the power to truly decide Ron’s fate after that: his father. No one told him to kill his son but he did. No one told him to be an abusive deadbeat yet here we are. All it takes to differentiate an abuser and a murderer is one act, and once you do differentiate it’s already too late. Whilst Ron’s mother SUCKS, the father is a different breed of monster for being the one to end him in a pathetic fit of rage

[@thegermanfool8953]

@@BIGTHANKSHEESH both parents are absolutely undeserving of children. The father especially... The ending to the story was bittersweet, but hey. We all know what happens to child Killers behind bars. 😉

[@BIGTHANKSHEESH]

@@thegermanfool8953 true that 🤣

[@DailyQuran11414]

I won't blame the mother entirely. She worked hard for the family, and what she got instead? A demonic alcoholic b***ard full of frustration as her husband! And the child is too small to even understand her sufferings!!! And, after handling the entire family, what she got instead? Slaps, and insults? Nah man, nobody would stay in a *stable mind* after all these events. Poor child became the victim.

[@Cartoonbrains]

Watched Kubz Scouts play this recently. This has to be one of the saddest games I've ever seen. That twist genuinely caught me off guard and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it I hope the developer goes on to have a very successful career because this game was exceptionally powerful. It's amazing the stories and concepts indie games are allowed to tell without the interference from Triple A publishers

[@iinsomniick]

same here! i watched jay play it and cried bc i was just so surprised at the twist. and then seeing the ending with all the kids in their last resting place just broke me even more.:,(

[@mikenobi]

Tbh this and parasite flower made me feel a emotion that I've never felt before.

[@klyzer5725]

bad parenting 2 is coming I think

[@pxmpkxn6163]

@@klyzer5725OH MY GOSH??? WHEN?? DO YOU KNOW??? This game absolutely broke my heart, and it reminded me of that one sad and deplorable case of Gabrielle Fernandez. He had endured abuse from his mother to where she finally killed him. It makes me so sad and angry that some people choose to harm their own kids this way. Some people don’t deserve children.

[@zkosmith1662]

@@pxmpkxn6163 I think he's going off of the title of Bad Parenting, Bad Parenting: #1 Mr Red Face and it literally says in the end credits, Bad Parenting 2 coming soon. We're probably never seeing Ron again since he's finally moved on. It would be cool to see a game that pins a mom as the villain instead of a dad where instead of drinking, it was maybe an addiction to a drug or she could be cheating on a good dad or it could be a car accident where a dad dies and it turns the mom into a monster like the dad.

[@shattered1060]

I think when the food re-appear after Ron ate it, it isn't because the eating disorder he has or anything. In fact, it was NEVER been eaten because Ron is long dead and his mother thought that he was lazy eating so she wrote the letter. Little that she knows that her poor child could no longer eat and sitting inside the closet with no conciousness all by himself

[@thebigblueblur3220]

"Mr redface the angry waste of space." GamerSault, you cooked with that line

[@wolfluna7603]

Fr

[@HalloweenLover51326]

You know you fucked up when even GamerSault is pissed off at you!

[@Barakon]

All those who had to go through their parents divorce while being old enough to remember it I have my deepest empathy towards you.

[@sophie0918]

It’s honestly not that bad. It’s just a bit sad when you still remember the good memories, but you know those memories barely takes up a portion compared to the countless other bad memories.

[@SongsFromTheTrenchesMain]

@@sophie0918I’m glad yours wasn’t all bad. Mine was awful. My parents both fell into alcoholism and I had to break up their fights often or sometimes take my siblings and leave. Me and my sis were in highschool and my 2 brothers were little. We had each other luckily. We still deal with it years later because our parents refuse to cooperate and get along.

[@bartudundar3193]

I agree with the first guy. Their divorce was unironically the best thing they ever did for me as both of them became semi-stable human beings after that. Honestly, if people cannot properly handle marriage, the least they can do is properly work through the fallout of the divorce.

[@ዐጎልቻሃ]

i remember my dad saying he and my mum will be splitting up for a few months when i was alone with him in his car. its been 4 years now :(

[@kiki907]

my parents divorced when i was 13 and i unfortunately fell in a severe depressive episode because of it. however, i am very happy to say that if that divorce had not happened, i am almost certain my parents wouldve never matured the way they did after. divorce is tough but sometimes its for the best.

[@Marzzzeroonie]

I had a theory (it’s pretty dark tho) “The birthday theory” What if ron died on his own birthday, remember on the first night when you are introduced to your mom and dad what if on that night was the fight that ended up with Ron’s parents divorce/ the mom leaving and resulting in Ron’s death, that’s when Mr red face first appears we see Mr red face (the dad) waving the doll around (probably referencing the dad choking Ron to death/ then walking to the closet and putting Ron’s body in the closet) remember when we see our death for a split second we can see Mr red face with the doll if this is true it would make the game much darker (further proving my case when Ron wakes up on the first day he first haunts his dad then goes over to help his mom (on the second day)/ sorry this is a little too much but it seems like a good theory!! (Sorry if there are spelling mistakes😭)

[@gabriellebrantley8751]

No I 100% agree and think he died on his bday

[@Marzzzeroonie]

@@gabriellebrantley8751 it would Make more sense if that’s what actually happened

[@Idrk13]

dawg thats cuz he did died on his bday

[@Marzzzeroonie]

@@Idrk13I don’t think it was ever confirmed tho

[@yoyo-xt9ip]

@@Marzzzeroonie well its pretty much implied since all of the events from the start to the end correlate altogether just from a different time/perspective(?) + there was a lot of foreshadowing that explains everything from the end of the game

[@mullenliananakrogerbaranmo9164]

This is honestly an EXTREMELY underated game. A story about how bad parenting will affect children. Honestly, this could actually be right next to Lacey's Games.

[@Fuzbun]

Lacey's game is worse and frankly shouldn't even exist

[@Silly_bit]

​@@Fuzbun But doesn't Lacey's games also show the themes of Trauma and how it can affect people as well.

[@aidencalhoun4893]

​@Fuzbun what's wrong with Lacey's game?

[@runesdt9175]

​@@Fuzbun I agree, there are more effective ways to raise awareness than making a game that creeps can easily enjoy and get off on.

[@aidencalhoun4893]

@runesdt9175 what??? Bro, you cannot just use that as a reason for hate it. People will get off to anything, but Lacey's game is not ever supposed and the creator never intended for that. What, can you hate fnaf because creepy people like the animatronics?

[@shumain]

"You've always known... after all, I am the knowing part of you.." This hits too hard when you surround yourself with delusions because the truth hurts too much... Edit: In case all are wondering yeah I've been doing good as far as I'm concerned but now and then I still catch myself making delusions and I'm trying to stop that.

[@zayah9132]

You're strong, but i'm sorry that someone's made you count on yourself like this. I wish you nothing but the best, and know that i'll keep you in my thoughts praying that you feel safer each day. Dont hesitate to reach out for help when you feel ready. Lots of love ❤

[@thegermanfool8953]

What would have made the story even more detrimental would be more insight on the father's neglect on Ron. Like: seeing how Ron goes around the house every time, hungry and bored expecting his dad to do something for him - only to see his dad sleeping with a beer bottle in his hand. Never waking up until extremely late.

[@zocker2586]

I like the lack thereof better. A missing parent is worse than neglect. And I think that's what the game is trying to tell in a metaphorical and somewhat hyperbolic way, hence the lack of insight.

[@C4r1ssy]

So Ron also died on the night of his birthday (that both his parents forgot)? Wow, this game is just so depressing.

[@OpposingFork]

how does a 6 year old know his birthday and know how to use a calendar

[@OpposingFork]

how does a 6 year old know his birthday and know how to use a calendar

[@Andreaslifestyle]

@@OpposingForkum, cuz a birthday is smth that a six year old would look forward to. And who said a six year old can’t use a calendar? I did.

[@leonmystique9372]

@@OpposingFork Tell me you don’t have kids without telling me you don’t have kids.

[@UrbestiebooLily]

Not only did he just die on his birthday, one of the parents that neglected him brutally murdered him

[@Tommy-ec8py]

I got another thing to add. Another hint to ron being dead was when the doll led him to his parents through the closet using the radio. Yall know those videos with ghost hunters and their main source of communicating to ghosts is through radios? The frequencies and all that for the ghosts to talk to ppl or go to the other side. That also explains how from rons side all he sees is his dad shaking but cant understand why other than hes being punished but from the dads side hes able to see rons ghost.

[@NotSoChattyYT]

This radio mechanic is used in the Silent Hill series.

[@Godxzy8]

One thing that makes the ending feel worse for me you see how the mothers neck is well I guess broken at 8:56 and also the kids neck is broken at 13:36 it may hint at the idea that the sadness got to the mother leading her to commit suicide in the grief of loss.

[@renascott1699]

Cap

[@Jiaxl.l]

No I think it was just the doll hinting the Truth for him

[@bane8305]

​@@Jiaxl.l No I think it the father killed her after she said she was leaving him, which he also killed his son.... or he killed his son thinking she was going to tell on the father after leaving, leading him to say fuck it and kill his son, which is why he was hiding in a motel room, and the scene of the father crying in the bed is a jail cell

[@4Roemy]

No its to mimic the way she found him, when she found him she turned her head the way his head was tilted/broken showing that when she found him that day, he was already dead and his neck was crooked, the dolls making him see the mom that way to make him realize it bc the mom speaking to him is not real, its his hallucination.

[@Godxzy8]

@@4Roemy it was only a theory

[@danielalejandro4961]

ACTUALLY the devs kinda did a poor job at explaining it BUT the mom was in fact able to see Ron’s ghost for 14 days. She was only home at night after work which is when his ghost was visible to her. Ron was going through his loop with the doll for those 14 and would tell his mom about each looped experience and his mom simply thought he was hallucinating. On the 14th night she promised Ron she would stay home from work and she actually did keep her promise. It’s just that since Ron’s ghost does not appear in the morning she was not able to see him lying in the husbands bed where she tucked him in the night before. This caused her to hurry over to ron’s room to look for him and that’s when she found the body. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT THR DEVS HAD IN MIND

[@danielalejandro4961]

The doll explains this by saying mom can see Ron at night

[@lunarro7]

damn

[@bane8305]

Im still confused bro, why can mom see her dead sons ghost and talk to him in the closet but notthe son? the sons dead in the closet or the doll? is she talking to a hallucination of the boy, to the dead rotting boy, or to a doll... wouldnt the mom be hallucinating, how can she hear stories of the boy for 14 days when hes dead, he told her stories in the closet and she left him there everyday for 14 days and then realized he was dead?? im confused bro

[@danielalejandro4961]

@@bane8305 She’s just talking to his ghost thinking it’s the actual living him the whole time. The developers probably just thought it would interesting for the plot. But a lot of players don’t really get that this is happening because the Doll doesn’t really fully explain it. I only understood because I spent so much time trying to understand what the doll meant when explaining to Ron about seeing him.

[@bane8305]

@@danielalejandro4961 that didnt asnwer none of my questions at all bro

[@vendingboy1669]

"Behind bars where he belongs to rot for the rest of his useless life" Gamersault really became lowtiergod

[@Zaw517]

The soundtrack goes hard fr. This game has me in tears by the end because stuff like this actually happened and it’s really just fucked up

[@manuelanastacio6594]

I just wonder whats the name of the starting music of the game.

[@viceramirez2563]

@@manuelanastacio6594 "Old Yazoo" by the Boswell Sisters. 1930s.

[@Leilotus7]

@@manuelanastacio6594 It’s “Old Yazoo” by The Boswell Sisters. You can thank me later.

[@RiceTrees]

ok from all of the play throughs and explanations of this story, people seem to get wrong the time that the mom finds her son's dead body Basically, after the son's death, he (unknowingly) "haunts" each of his parents' room closet every night for 2 weeks The mom only comes home at night, so whenever she finds her son in her closet, she just thinks he's being weird The night that she finds her son's dead body is the 14th day after his death Basically the morning after she suggests she will "stay home instead of working for a day" And as Ron only haunts the rooms at night, his spirit was not active in the morning There was no "alternate reality" She did actually see his spirit for 14 days and thought it was the real Ron The loop stopped when Ron found the "spell" and threw it into the police station the evening after she found her son's dead body As far as she's aware, she still believed her son was alive for those 14 days, and that her ex-husband broke into the house to kill the son while he was sleeping on the 14th night

[@jerrythecat811]

How did u understand that?

[@renascott1699]

@@jerrythecat811just pay attention

[@RiceTrees]

@@jerrythecat811 it's hard to understand playing it once But replay the game, and you'll notice the little details and the flow of the story in real time

[@zocker2586]

​@@jerrythecat811 tbh i missed this, but yeah he's right. the doll mentioned it somewhere towards the end. notice how in ron's first trip to the closet, he sees his dad in an untextured room on a bed. that's ron unknowingly haunting his dad in the motel he's hiding in. he went there to "save" his dad, so at the end, we see ron's decaying corpse telling his dad to come home. which means those nights where ron is found by his mom in the closet were real, and that those are him haunting his mom as well. The thing is his mom doesn't know that he's dead. And since she only "comes home at night", she meets ron at his most active ghost state, making her believe that he was still alive for 14 days until she decided to lay off work and find out that ron's actually dead in the morning. It's amazing really.

[@adamfrank2916]

This is also the reason why she mentions in the not that she noticed him skipping breakfast lately, thinking he was busy with other stuff. It is also the reason at the start how food is infinite as he is a spirit who cant eat, only having memories of it.

[@amandaraydoesntcare2817]

I don't understand why the mother didn't just take the child immediately after demanding a divorce. She knows that her husband is a physically violent drunk who wants to hurt her, so why would you leave your defensless child with him? It was hard to sympathize with the mother because she had a hand in the abuse as well.

[@blackgold754]

Cuz she was busy having an affair. I mean she doesn’t deny that either. I mean I’m sure she was working and providing for that pos dad and that child but she was also having an affair which she doesn’t deny and too busy neglecting her child cuz she was too stressed.

[@arwaibtisam8944]

Of course, she's definitely in the wrong hands aswell. She forgot her OWN son's birthday, broke her promise and not the only time she has and more. Also the son gets beaten and hit by his father so it's pretty much proof that the mother although cares but neglects her son. She wasn't supposto be innocent or sympathized

[@Mike-oi2th]

that's why the title called bad parent. not bad daddy

[@MillieBlackRose]

She was negligent.

[@Theartist-56788]

We don't know where her work is or when her shift ends the affair is a common thing said by drunkies to give themselves a reason to be mad that's bold to assume she's cheating her shifts could have gotten switched for a few days or so​@@blackgold754

[@FilGysen]

I believe the doll letting the food re-apear is some sort of symbolism to an eating disorder or something like that

[@jellysquille]

good theory! Since his parents neglect them, I think they hardly ever go to the grocery store to get the child food, and he might have an eating disorder because it looked like there was beans in a bowl, which isn’t a very proper meal. It helps with iron but it’s not really a good meal to eat. But the mom note shows that the mom pretty truly cares about Ron. But… I think the doll didn’t actually make the food re-appear, I think the doll made it disappear. But in reality, I don’t really think Ron ate it. 0_0

[@levis_little_lambb]

that would definitely explain why it says in the note the mom made she wrote he’s been lazy about eating lately

[@FilGysen]

@levis_little_lambb That is indeed one of the reasons why i think that he has it

[@VSSEDragon3]

Magic of course

[@amrxwinxsonic]

No it's just that Ron was a ghost so he wasn't actually eating and so the food kept reappearing and the bottle floating was his father drinking

[@Mitsuki3-us9jp]

“ It’s okay, sometimes my master makes mistakes. This is a small flaw compared to the other dolls “ Hit hard when you know the ending

[@itsn0tr34l5]

This red face shaking face that we see for a moment is from the Ron’s point of view, that was the last thing he saw, his angry father

[@Cadetsal11]

the amount if foreshadowing is crazy in this game the loose neck for the doll the closet being the entrance to another dimension and the 3 kids showing how they died and the ''SPELL'' note is the key for the father to get caught by the cops after their argument when we see red face the first time and he gives the doll to Ron but that's actually when he kills the boy the bottle of beer that the doll drank from was actually the father

[@66DoodleGal]

The dad is a monster but the mom is awful for leaving Ron with him

[@_.T0mat0._69]

Fr like she honestly should've brought him with her

[@theanthony2799]

we could said this is...BAD PARENTING! *Badum tss*

[@theanthony2799]

...I'll- go now.

[@Aligames5747]

​@@theanthony2799I'm sorry but I couldn't laugh at all because there are rare cases of this type of thing in real life

[@johnnyjoot5106]

But tbf the mom couldn’t have decided the dad was going to kill Ron so the mom isn’t fully at fault

[@Donout34]

7:07 1:13 (Theory) I think the corpse in the closet that the son saw while trying to get the right radio frequency is the mom the mom had black hair and so does the corpse and the sweater color looks very similar to the moms and the fact no one mentioned it not even the son or the doll is very suspicious like it wasent brought up at all I think this is leading into Bad parenting 2 and I think we’re going to play as the mom and have to deal with her coping with her sons loss

[@Andreaslifestyle]

It is.

[@judgeaceattorney]

Yeah the mom might be the corpse we see during that time but I also think that the next games could be about the other 3 children who died like Ron.

[@fahlt_]

this is one of the only games that made me cry having an abusive parent is a terrible way to live

[@h4neuu]

Same 😕

[@KuromiLaBella]

As someone who had the displeasure of going through it, all I can say is, this game is incredibly accurate to how many abusive households are. Young children NEED to be a priority in our society, they NEED to be loved, nurtured, cherished and taken care of. Some people truly are undeserving of their children.

[@fahlt_]

@@KuromiLaBella damn im sorry you had to go through that

[@arilele9]

honestly found this game so interesting and finding you do a summary is very satisfying

[@DeacTheone]

People say the kids are where they died but I realised the kids where in the place they were hidden Ron died on a bed but got put in a closet 1 of them were hidden in the back in of a car the other buried after dying and the other one was incinerated

[@mikegpauda]

mr red face giving ron a gift was DAD STRANGLING RON.

[@UrbestiebooLily]

Omg ur right

[@SunBunz]

I saw a let’s-play. It made me want to cry. I’m pretty sure the developer made this game as a type of therapy. Such a sad journey, but incredibly fascinating and well done. I hope this opens an expansive and successful career for “Ahn” whoever that is.

[@Xverjamz]

As someone who just left a domestic violence situation, it hurts my heart that people see the mom as a bad parent. My step father was an abuser to everyone in the house including her, it’s taking a toll on her mental health and physical health. She had no family to help her out, and she had no where to go since we were living in his sisters house, the man has tried to kill my mother before, and was terrified to leave in the safety of us (us being me and my younger siblings) she worked nights and days back to back, and still got accused of cheating, something I can back her up on she was never doing, but he had video evidence, voice notes & mail, even the affairs of the women telling her that my step dad was cheating on her, but there was nothing she could do, his family is great with lawyers n cops, even on our birthday she felt awful that she didn’t get us anything because she was tight on money and was trying to get groceries and save for a new house, something they were both supposed to do, in the meanwhile he got a ps5 for himself, piercings, tattoos, got out to clubs and bars. While my mom worked, one day he takes the kids on a walk telling him he is going to take them away, and make sure that our mom is never to be seen again and that her being in the way will stop, saying he wouldn’t care if her and I lived on the streets, that he would beat them if my younger siblings told her anything, that night we left, and to this day we still think about what would’ve happened to her if she stayed there, everyday my mother is scared for her life that one day she’ll run into him, and he’ll act out on his impulse now that he has nothing to lose. Unfortunately there’s more to this sad story for my mom as I am only 17 years old and she doesn’t want me to ruin my childhood since I had to grow up so fast for my siblings. I wish to tell you we have a happy ending, but everything is still going on behind the scenes. Watching the gameplay shattered my heart, and I was having trouble breathing. The ending itself makes me appreciate that we got out of there in time..😕 we are still trying to make money for a house, but we are somewhere much safer, I’ve been trying to open art commissions and work on my game so I can make money off it and help my mother. There isn’t always a good end to everything☹️

[@Ayyitsadvit4365]

The Mom in the game had left her son with his father, forgot abt his birthday, had an affair and you call her a good parent?

[@Ayyitsadvit4365]

Your comment breaks my heart though showing how people favour women so much

[@joshs7160]

That's obviously not the case in the game, though.

[@julychani]

Sorry to ruin you but there are women's shelters where women can flee with their kids. I had the same situation with my mother over and over again and my therapist needed to explain to me that my mother was a co - perpetrator, because she failed to keep me safe from him. It's hard to accept but it is true.

[@palpatine121bye9]

8:18 when the dad says please stop punishing him it means rons dead ghost haunting him because you see the same scene of the dad laying down on the bed shaking with rons dead ghost haunting him

[@Sunshinesunflower825]

Dead ghost what is dead ghost

[@squidsweatjuiceoven8583]

No shit

[@djftbz]

I had headphones in the intro made me jump with the knocking sound 😭😭

[@alejandrobrown1499]

I looked at my door 🚪😂😂😂

[@nezuko9118]

😂

[@aquapenguin9697]

same lol

[@themeta159]

Literally same, and it's 3 am

[@dthenam]

We were all same:((((

[@Hello13285]

3:26 GOSH I AM SO SLOW!! I just realized. The dolls neck was loose because mr. Red face did that to it, and since mr. Red face is Bruce and the doll is obviously Ron, it’s showing how Ron died, since he is dead during the game but we just come to know that at the end

[@Stennolio]

There's so much foreshadowing in this game 😢 Cleverly done but made me feel depressed

[@binhminhtran7942]

I heard that the dev team will release the second part on the end of this year. Thats mean the game will have more storyline and deeper, also desipes and after the first story. They annouced it on itch after the release (the developer team are Vietnamese and im from Vietnam too so i can understand them)

[@rebeccagayon6223]

He literally said "Hey, little sh!t, get back to your room" to a child 💀

[@alopioioio1952]

Fr that’s messed up…

[@CookieDumCat]

As much as I hate the father, mother should share the blame too for leaving her child alone with an abusive husband.

[@VSSEDragon3]

I agree

[@sarahglaries]

Wth you expect her todo??? The grandpparents prolly died already or no relative want to taking care of that kid, so nobody can help. They struggling family, the mother literally working while the dad being a dedbeat. Putting the kids in daycare will get more heavy for the mom because of new bills to pay, the mom didn't expect the husband will be killin their kid

[@CookieDumCat]

@@sarahglaries better going broke instead of leaving a kid to an abusive father. Rather, she should've do something a long time ago since this isn't a first time dad being abusive to their kid and no way she doesn't know that. It's always 'too late' cases for the mom to do something.

[@CookieDumCat]

@@sarahglaries and don't act like the mom isn't toxic too. She even blame the kid for not take his medicine and making her worried.

[@sarahglaries]

@@CookieDumCat We don't know the mom's current mental. The father still the one to blame here, she's working while the dad didn't even do anything like a sane person and when she trying to leave, the husband clearly don't want to let her go and their son too. The way you blame the mom because she's being all worried about her son, nothing's wrong with her being all worried to her own child! Ofcourse she got worried about the medicine, there's nobody to rely on for her son's sake other than her and himself, she doesn't want to get separated from her own son because she's a mother, but be aware because she's a struggling mother and wife here! She's not even mad like punching her own son because her son forget to eat it, good that your mother still care with you! Not to mentiom to get out from that situation, it will cost more, not just the terror of her husband following them anywhere, to get police involved, you thought money wont be spend??? We also don't know what's the mom's job here, she could be very difficult to get a job at first. We don't know from the mom's pov, impossible that she doesn't face another problem outside from her abusive husband and her son. She's tried her best too there

[@Megum27]

The dad looks a little freaky ngl

[@66DoodleGal]

Suits him well

[@HorriblePaleoartist]

​@@66DoodleGalyeah your right

[@VSSEDragon3]

CGI not NGI

[@jephiwondervlogger9629]

Ngl (NOT GONNA LIE)

[@VSSEDragon3]

@@jephiwondervlogger9629 True enough

[@0_Vixennnn_0]

0:14 okay, aside from how sad this game is THAT DAD LOOKS LIKE E.T 😭😭😭

[@Beanvr16]

Fr

[@JeremiahBonton]

That dads a stoner

[@TestedAccount-v2j]

I broke down in tears after knowing.. Also i know the mother was a bad parent but she deserves better. I know she has done a lot of bad things but she cares about her son more than the father or Mr. Redface. The doll was representing the kid. The kid said “Your neck is a bit loosened.” which the ending is the kid got strangled And his neck broke. When he was opening a portal He found a corpse on the closet. The ending was his body or corpse inside the closet aswell..

[@lilyinsine_123]

Noboy talking about that then doll drinks the alc0h0l three times, and bumping it into table, wanting to show rom, that the father is mr red face? Or what happened? Btw, when the game was tape looking, and it said "story 1"...i feel the game its gonna give us more in future, like, i donno, explaining other kids? (Btw the mother is so beautiful, child look so innocent and cute, meanwhile the dad look like traumazing stick roach 💀)

[@Avar3c0rd]

RON FR GOT ALL THE GENES FROM MOM BUT GOT THE GENDER FROM BRUCE LMAO

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz4645]

legit almost made me cry that ending was so tragic thanks for the game explanation bro I always love your explanations content

[@oicmapper]

Sault is unable to stop putting the scary eyes in every video thumbnail.

[@ariiiinaaaa]

the fact that the doll was trying to tell how redface was saving him from his dad by taking his dad away... while the dad was the redface himself, the doll said this to make Ron realize,, his dad isn't a good guy

[@jack-o-guard]

0:40 gave me a heart attack because i had my earbuds on and I heard it from my left and it’s literally 5 am for me 😭

[@hasntfull]

Lmao

[@Flowerz_Field]

SAME EVEN THOUGH I WAS READING THIS COMMENT AS IT HAPPENED

[@hardikkk777]

The most depressing thing I feel is that how even after knowing that his dad murdered him he loved him so much :(

[@Cottage_fishy101]

imagine if in the chapter you see more kids all together trying to forget the horrific memories they all had.

[@Alexaq268]

Yeah it'd be interesting to see their povs

[@zrhunt]

Honestly a really great video, I really understood every little detail without having me force pause the video to understand wtf is going on. (But I must know what that music at the start is)

[@zrhunt]

For anyone wondering, the song is called old yazoo from what I've seen

[@Aidan2191]

Since theres gonna be a second game i think we will get a more detailed story on the other kids who also died

[@_-pingas-]

Nah the creator said the games will be completely different

[@Aidan2191]

@@_-pingas- ah ok

[@NylathechildofGod]

@@_-pingas-I wanna see more or Ron

[@cranburrey]

The knocking at the beginning scared the 💩out of me

[@THE_222]

The knocking almost got me💀

[@I_am_in_your_house]

I WAS LIKE OMG WHA TF WWAS THAT

[@xanonymousx4541]

Same lol

[@bananachips1084]

I thought someone was knocking on the window and I screamed

[@dafilmqueen556]

Me too 😕

[@tabbylpstv]

I love comments like this during scary videos

[@cronowarrior2851]

Can you do a story explained about “needy streamer overload”. It’s a good psychological indie game

[@circle3783]

Fr good game

[@matthewrolfe23]

this is exactly the reason why some people should be examined and have test to have kids

[@cownothingelse]

A complete masterpiece of a story I just love the way it connects to the events in the beginning and the bitter sweet ending

[@mr.foxasmg]

This game is genuinely amazing when it comes to foreshadowing and storytelling

[@Mr.proper1234]

14:58 and also i don't know if you noticed but the box ron has found his doll is the same box he was placed at his funeral and also he wasn't looking that hurt anymore but had his neck a little crooked and that's the same way the doll came so.... If you know you know.....

[@hecubaab]

the game itself gives a horror vibe, showing us the never ending fears ron had to face. In reality, to me it isn't even scary. It's just plain upsetting.

[@kjk-s7bdsadaydu]

the dark colors and the style of the game

[@palpatine121bye9]

8:54 when the mom is twisting her neck i think this means the dad twisting rons neck killing him

[@Yusu8934]

When i first seen the father's face looking at the child to tell him to go to his room, i couldn't stop laughing at the shape he created, although he does look like an angry alcoholic person Edit: oof, he is an angry alcoholic person

[@Mouthwashinglol]

This is probably the most saddest game I’ve ever played..

[@jijidelol3542]

I hope theres an second ending update where ron doesn't die.

[@ZiyonFuller]

The way doll ron tells ron he forgets that his father killed him, and he keeps going through these experiences over and over and then remembering what happens then to forget again reminds me of shutter island

[@Hypercube2017]

0:42 _AAAGH!_ Darn it! That came out of the side of my headphones that faces the window *_4 feet_* from me!

[@iinsomniick]

this game made me cry so much

[@h4neuu]

Bruh ikr, I just wanna hug Ron 😭

[@hidingbehind7256]

same man. I genuinely wish I didn't watch a playthrough of it. It brought back bad memories and I see how realistically this could happen. Sometimes ignorance truly is bliss. The terrifying and helpless feeling of being left alone at home with a monster like that, a man who is supposed to take care of you. All parents like this should face the worst punishments known to mankind. I have 0 remorse for them. And the fact that Ron still cared about his father despite all that... I wish I could just forget this game honestly but props to the devs for invoking these emotions out of me.

[@h4neuu]

@@hidingbehind7256 I felt the same too

[@Aal_Animations]

*Also, there are secret/hidden things that you've missed while playing this game:* 1. *Ron died on his birthday* - The main character, Ron, actually died on his birthday, which adds a sad and disturbing layer to the story. 2. *Mr. Red Face is based on Bruce (Ron's dad)* - The character Mr. Red Face represents Bruce’s (Ron's dad's) face when he drank too much. His red face after drinking is why Mr. Red Face looks the way he does. 3. *The gift box looks like Ron's coffin* - The gift box that Ron gets from Mr. Red Face is designed to resemble the coffin Ron is buried in after his death. 4. *Snapped necks* - Both Ron's doll and his mother have broken necks in the game. This is meant to show that Ron will die by having his neck snapped, a creepy form of foreshadowing. 5. *Light flicker = Ron's heartbeat* - When Ron dies, the flickering light in that scene represents his heartbeat slowing down and eventually stopping. 6. *The door opens 14 times* - In the intro of the game, the door opens 14 times. This matches the 14 days it took for Ron’s mother to find his body after he died. 7. *The "magic trick" by the doll* - Ron’s doll pretends to do magic tricks. These tricks are symbolic: the first one shows Ron couldn’t eat because he was already dead. 8. *Second magic trick = father drinking* - The doll’s second trick mimics how Ron’s dad, Bruce, drank heavily before Ron died, suggesting alcohol played a big role in the tragedy. 9. *Radio and the closet portal* - The radio in the game connects to a closet portal, symbolizing how Bruce used loud music to drown out Ron’s cries when he was upset or in danger. 10. *Motel card as a spell* - Ron uses a "spell" to defeat Mr. Red Face, but it’s actually the motel card his mom used when she went searching for her husband after Ron’s death. 11. *Mother crying = interrogation scene* - The scene where Ron’s mom is crying shows her being questioned by the police, possibly because of Ron’s death or what happened in the family. 12. *Parents fighting* - Bruce and his wife had a fight after Bruce sent Ron to his room, hinting that this argument might have been connected to what happened to Ron. 13. *Hidden children* - The game suggests that while other children in the story weren’t killed the same way as Ron, they were hidden by those who murdered them, adding to the dark mystery. 14. *Vietnamese superstition* - Ron’s mother took 14 days to find him, which is tied to a Vietnamese superstition about seeing spirits at night. His mom was always coming home late, possibly hoping to find Ron’s spirit or clues about his death.

[@MemedPixel]

and there are 14 things you listed, this might be peak forshadowinf

[@Salmon-k6c]

Thank you for this

[@meniaquatmen9752]

the mother found him two weeks after he died, not the day after. the doll tells ron that he’s been dead for 14 days after explaining some stuff about some dreams or smth, idk how to explain it.

[@HalfLifeOfHumanity]

Its kinda sad how socially acceptable and normalized stay at home mother lifestyle is compared to the shamed, ostracized notion of the stay at home father lifestyle. N/A to the story, because obviously here the father was written to be neither provider nor nurturer of his child. But when a father devotes all his time to feeding, nurturing, raising, patiently teaching his child or children, telling bedtime stories, doing bath time, potty training, everything, they are not treated with a modicum of the respect afforded to Stay at home mothers.. I can't stand double standards that hurt women nor men.. We should all be equal

[@EricaHelms-w7g]

It'll take years upon years for stay at home husbands to be accepted. Most of the world lived on the belief that husbands are the workers and the wives are the housekeepers. Sadly, some parts of the world still follow this tradition and treat the spouse horribly as a result. Even if the world grows progressive, any person, no matter the gender, faces abuse. Any person will face A type of discrimination. Good on the husband for being a true man, but scum should not use it as an excuse to be horrible. Housewives too.

[@too_ql]

@@EricaHelms-w7g never happening. Not in any amount of years. Even in progressive countries women look for men that can provide lol.

[@cmaej28]

There are a lot of double standards, and I feel like moms get the worst end of the stick. Stay-at-home wives are oftentimes perceived as having the "easy job" with no regards to the social, educational, and financial sacrifices they have to make to make it work. A mom taking the kids to the park is doing what's expected as a parent. A dad taking his kids to the park is "babysitting" and "helping the wife". Working moms are worst off. For example: A working mom who just had a baby probably won't get that next promotion because now she has a family to care for. A working dad who just had a baby MUST get that next promotion because now he has a family to care for.

[@hidingbehind7256]

the whole thing is absolutely disgusting. Men need to grab their balls and go out and WORK for the household. Mothers are supposed to take care of their sons..

[@joshs7160]

Another person who is not paying attention to the story, none of that relates here.

[@Gojo-d3i1s]

wait…. yall know how Ron dies at the end and his head is like tilted like Ron the doll? is that a meaning to something or just a normal thing

[@lilhedgehog8576]

You didn’t tell me that putting headphones on would get me jump scared. 😭

[@cr33ped0ut]

0:40 actually scared me and made me replay it about four times

[@T4M4R1_MUSHROOM]

Ngl yall said the mom is bad..but look she left a note for him to TAKECARE HIMSELF SO HE DOESNT DIE-and that she didn’t abuse or anything the dad did!she cried at HIS FUNERAL she cried TO THE POLICE!?

[@mushroom-r6e]

Yeah but the child is young enough that he didn't go to school. At that age he needs a person taking care if him. And apparently his dad is abusive and alcoholic and she left the kid with him. She doesn't even noticed the kid died, for 14 days. Yeah she saw his ghost but the kid haven't eat the food for 14 days. 14, how could she not notice that.

[@mushroom-r6e]

She crying afterwards does show that she loves her kid. But she apparently didn't taken good care of the kid. I could cry if I accidentally didn't taken good care of my plants or pets and they die, it doesn't change the fact I accidentally let them die.

[@Alexaq268]

She's the one who cares at all but she also just left Ron in a dangerous situation and not thinking about that

[@tooth123brush321]

@@mushroom-r6e she found him the same day. His soul was trapped in a limbo for 14 days so he could accept his fate

[@katetesol104]

Its so sad that he was killed on his birthday and his last thought was what was his present going to be 😭

[@too_ql]

The "game"(if you can even call it that) was nothing The story was powerful I hope he becomes an animator or something

[@hidingbehind7256]

yeah fr

[@zonolith5912]

Welp.. I'm depressed now, lol.

[@mikenobi]

If you like this game, and genre, you can watch parasite flower if you haven't, sadly the game didn't have a happy ending and just straight up sad (btw it deals with depression,SA and abuse)

[@zonolith5912]

@@mikenobi oh god I couldn’t. It throwme through a loop if I tried, despite the fact that I am not an emotional sort, it would stick with me, I’m basically running on copium while grinding out the good work.

[@mikenobi]

@@zonolith5912 I understand where you're coming from , I remember I was thinking about it for a few minutes or hours because... it's Just straight up sad as fu-

[@Glixch_Crystal]

I love to have the doll said instead of “by the way” he said “btw”

[@Reese12343]

The game is sad, scary & funny.... 1. Ron died and the mom found his dead body after 14 days... 2. THE DAD'S FACE LOOKS LIKE AN ALIEN- 3. Mr. Red face creeps me out......

[@BolleIsSerious]

So the „spell“ Ron used to defeat Mr. Redface, was the clue he left to get his dad arrested. Means that, that the part where Ron's dad lays on a bed in the realm, obviously shaking a lot, is showing that h actually feels guilty for what he did and got traumatized very bad or is it just his lack of alcohol he has that makes him in such a bad state?

[@Iakovos.Pouli2019]

I think it's both :(

[@alokbhagabati9689]

he's seeing the ghost of ron who asks him to come back home

[@Alexaq268]

Idk if he feels all too guilty I think he's only feeling guilt after being haunted.

[@Alexaq268]

Ron was haunting him and that's why he's acting that way.

[@BolleIsSerious]

@@Alexaq268 Thanks

[@Leda_Bernardino]

The fact all of this happens * ON HIS BIRTHDAY *

[@LamiOriginal]

0:07: Where's that bg music from? Please tell me someone

[@FanceeTheGreat]

it's from the same game's main menu , im unsure on what the music is called though

[@Yummi_YummyGirlie]

*Innocently sings bg music*

[@viceramirez2563]

I found it on Shazam. It's "Old Yazoo" by the Boswell Sisters.

[@natzzz3862]

Ty​@@viceramirez2563

[@UrbestiebooLily]

When Ron the doll drinks the alcohol, it’s foreshadowing when his father drinks it and becomes Mr red face

[@vijuvhegde]

*sees the dad* Ewww is that a roach? -fusionZgamer

[@mariahbrooks4492]

Oh yea whenever Mr red face Gave Ron The gift( His doll) You can see the Doll was in the same casket as Ron whenever he Died Meaning the doll was basically Him in the future and the doll neck is crooked because In the future his dad (Mr red face) Twisted Rons neck and died which explains why the doll has a crooked neck

[@soulzz17]

no it wasn’t “in the future”. the exact night that mr red face came into his room and gave him the “gift” it was actually his drunk dad giving him his death. so the doll basically was his dead self, that’s why his neck was crooked because ron was dead the whole time, just not wanting to accept it. this caused him to loop the same moments for 14 days straight, as a ghost, with the doll each day trying to get ron to accept his death, until his mom finally discovered it

[@oznEaaaY]

the mom wasn't trying to cheat, she was working late for her family the father wanted to hurt the family's

[@weall7-7q-q]

I just thought about this the reason when Ron asked about the crooked neck and the doll said his “master” (in this case as well as most cases the parents) did worse to other kids like the kid that was on fire and the kid that was buried. This is depressing to watch😕

[@wat3r100X]

I’m guessing the reason that in the beginning it says story 1 is because maybe story 2,3,4 is going to be about the other kids. Hope that’s the case cause I’m curious on the other kids story

[@Barakon]

4:22 Uh...Isn't this more appropriate to leave for the father? idk How old is this Ron exactly? 6? 8? 9? Yeah he should know how to make sanwiches by now & boil or at least steep stuff in kettle heated water on his own by now but he's still too old to be expect to fully take care of himself alone. Man, the plight of only children of poverty struck families is just depressing. I know parentifying older siblings is bad but at least you don't bare the pain all alone...

[@Joe-z2t]

The thing is all those stuff u just listen kids should learn by now are things their parents or someone has to teach them. You can’t expect a human child to know how to do things just by unlocking age. This just shows how neglectful and awful his parents are

[@Barakon]

@@Joe-z2t Well yeah…it’s just this is the age range where I expect what a person is taught to be put into practice dude to my own personal experience.

[@pxmpkxn6163]

@@Barakonwell clearly Ron’s parents weren’t teaching SHIT! Didn’t even seem like they had him in school! There was really no food, no furniture, absolutely nothing! The father was abusive to both the child and the mother. But BOTH parents were abusive and neglectful to their child (and yes neglect could be seen as abuse). You could only hope and pray parents are teaching their kids the proper way to do things, but that’s not always the case.

[@Barakon]

@@pxmpkxn6163 Yeah, what can I say about?

[@prcervi]

@@pxmpkxn6163 i can writ off the not going to school thing as this being during the summer, but yeah i wouldn't trust the passed on knowledge from his very absent parents(the dad had been unemployed a year and i'm assuming he wasn't much of a cooking type to begin with, and the mom is now too busy trying to keep them afloat to have taught the kid how to make much more then a pb&j) to have him safely use a toaster there's more then a few no to low skill meals that can be made by a kid, but snacks and sandwiches only go so far before the human digestive system throws a fit

[@dino_nuggies1243]

WHY DID U MAKE THE COVER PIC SO SCARY.. NOW I CANT SLEEP WITHOUT THINKING OF THAT FACE AAA

[@justcali]

I love your explanating videos, your voice is awesome and the images + music you put are amazing! Could you do an explanating videos for the game "my eyes deceive" ?

[@Alexaq268]

Omgggg fr that would be awesome

[@_Qu3so_]

The knocking door in the beginning with my earphones scared the shit out of me

[@vl995]

Damn that knock at the beginning got me hahah it sounded so real and I had headphones on

[@RealepicXD]

I watched ishowspeed play this, not realizing why his head looked like it was a it was going up when red face came, but when I noticed the end, it is father picking up Ron’s head/body and well, yea

[@ILEAVA03]

Doesn't the mother know how the dad is? Wasn't she supposed to know that the father is an alcoholic and he would probably hurt his son? Couldn't she take the son and just leave him with his aunt or something?

[@Alexaq268]

That's what I thought! Sure, his mother cares about him, but obviously doesn't acknowledge how safe her child is

[@Alexaq268]

His last real, alive thought was wondering what mr red face was going to give him for his birthday.

[@mayajoestar2300]

I don’t normally cry during games but when I watched Jay play this I literally had to pause the video.. this game touched a lot of real world issues with how some parents can actually be that heartless toward their children. This game is definitely a banger. But so damn depressing dude.