Chorus of Carcosa - King in Yellow Inspired Lovecraftian Horror with Sinister Statues! (Playtest)

[@somegingerguy4242]

I'll give credit, the sculptor's panicky dialogue actually sounds realistic. Much better than just speaking out regular lines with only a bit of a pitch shift

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Always pay close attention to sinister statues. They don't like being taken for granite. :)

[@vaccinialgore9641]

Ah, they follow doctor who weeping angel rules. Don't blink

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

Um, that's not a pun; it's a malapropism--or is it an eggcorn? Dang, I can't remember the difference.

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

lol XDD

[@KatanaJoelleLandt]

Please play the full game when it comes out.

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

I should point out that this is an early playtest build that gives players a vertical slice of the game. The full game will have much more of an intro (the current very short intro was cobbled together by me)

[@GoobleryKu]

The first season of True Detective was so good because of the Lovecraftian elements and Carcosa.

[@cameronstone4495]

The King in Yellow was written by Robert W. Chambers not H. P. Lovecraft.

[@sir-newt]

True, always a good reminder to credit the appropriate artist! The way you phrased it however sounded like a "well, actually" moment instead of an informative clarification. If that's the case, I'd point out that Lovecraftian is the genre title and not indicative of the author. If that WASN'T your intent then I'm being passive aggressive into the void of the interwebs for no good reason and look like an ass. I'm probably being an ass.

[@kiro2132]

From full agro to midrange control in just a blink (didnt look like an ass at any moment tho) ​@@sir-newt

[@kaj7135]

It’s tragic how horrible every season has been since the first, especially Night Country. 0/10

[@SaintJimmy379]

Yes. Going into semantics inevitably makes one sound like the arsehole. I know this from experience because I was an arsehole once.

[@CrowSkeleton]

I really like the fact that it's established from the start that the protagnist has mental issues to start with: a little bonus to dealing with terrifying weirdness but also unpredictable freaking out about things most have no problem with, like "going outside". No whining about a start in medias res from me, though I'd like to see this guy sculpt in his periods of trapped downtime/relative lucidity...what he thinks he's sculpting and how it eventually turns into another horror...

[@lordfriedrick7911]

In Lovecraft's works artists are always the ones who have more vivid dreams of the Old Ones and of their realms

[@anthonyplacek9703]

two minutes in, and i dunno if i wanna watch any more. it went from, we're safe, but the world went to shit, to "did she break into the work shop?" and now we're VERY not safe.

[@sweepingtime]

I think the game's brilliance finally kicked in for me the moment you switched on the flashlight and it casts a sickly yellow glow over everything.

[@veryconcernedjesus2584]

There is like…no build up to the weird horror happenings and the voice actor, my God this man is just swinging those emotions around, one moment he’s freaking out and the next he’s relatively calm and curious

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Hi! This is an early playtest demo that kicks things off as fast as possible. The full game will have a proper into.

[@mdalsted]

I see that as a sign that he's already lost his mind. At the very least, his panic sounds very believable, as another comment in this video's comment section pointed out.

[@francoalmiron5107]

Love it, the Lovecraft elements mixed with P.T. gameplay looks amazing!

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

0:51 "the woman's eyes are gouged out!" Operator: "is the woman injured?" Nah, she'll walk it off.

[@Sassy_Witch]

she asked if shes alive bruh. Big difference

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

@@Sassy_Witch Rewatch that. She asked that about being alive after the "injured" question.

[@KryyssTV]

Operator: "Is the woman injured" Me: "I have no eye-dea "

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

@@KryyssTV I didn't know you needed an eye goddess to find that out.

[@KryyssTV]

@@AntipaladinPedigri I did try asking, but she wanted to hear a good joke first. Sadly she wasn't impressed because it was too cornea.

[@Gorvak]

It looks promising, the VA was great

[@Nopperabou]

The original King in Yellow book had a story about a sculptor I think

[@Coniophanes]

It did!

[@jasontodd8071]

Yep! And the 911 operators name is Cassie, which is a reference to Cassidia, a character in King in Yellow play.

[@iatrodikastis]

@@jasontodd8071 *Cassilda

[@Xport9]

Voice actor is pretty damn good. Hope he gets more roles.

[@TheJared38]

Video: Man Discovers the horror of Black Mold.

[@Set666Abominae]

Thank God he’s a sculptor and not a children’s author, or he’d become a terminally online bigot!

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

@@Set666Abominaetf are you talking about

[@Set666Abominae]

@@fulltimeslackerii8229 it’s a reference to J. K. Rowling. There’s an ongoing joke that black mould (seen in a picture of her at her home) caused her to descend into becoming a Twitter bigot.

[@il-ma.le.]

Tzaaraath, or something like that. I'd recommend to watch 'Control, Anatomy, and the legacy of the Haunted House' by Jacob Geller, I do rewatch that video from time to time.

[@Custom90]

7:32 finally, some realistic graffiti

[@vembdev]

finally some real art

[@TheWilliamon]

P.T. homage with Carcosa elements? Legit

[@KryyssTV]

"The mask of self-deception was no longer a mask for me, it was a part of me."

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

He is obviously a boomer, because he was able to buy a huge mansion for a 50s price and on a sculptor's income.

[@justanormalcat4452]

The statues get a little quirky at night.

[@adrianjosue6728]

Thanks for the content Mr. Alpha Beta :3

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

5:16 Ah yes, the liver failure eye filter

[@ScorpionM203]

Hell yeah, one of the blessed ones. Have you heard of Aneurysm IV? A team called Vellocet is working on a game intended to work like Liver Failure.

[@bluemates2790]

Nice video man I like your content it’s really good I hope you get a million subs my friend keep up the good work. :D

[@ДмитрийСоколов-ю3э]

Looks cool! Waiting for the full release

[@ElonMuskIsSerbian]

Are you fucking me? I just finished reading the King in Yellow

[@Coniophanes]

What did you think?!

[@ElonMuskIsSerbian]

@@Coniophanes I expected different things, I guess. I liked the first few stories.

[@Coniophanes]

That's fair, I didn't know what to expect when I borrowed the book. I did really like the story about the crown and the one about the scary man standing outside the window.

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

PT demo meets Lovecraft

[@KryyssTV]

Chambers. Lovecraft just referenced the other author's idea.

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

@@KryyssTV true

[@liamvalentine6073]

@@KryyssTV There are multiple chambers in this playtest demo, yes.

[@AnthonyBarnwell-vt5gd]

Man that statue is creeepy

[@93hothead]

Why is every horror game obsessed with the king in yellow now

[@execration_texts]

Which other ones are? I adore this.

[@NecronomnomnomZ-xz4qs]

>93 hot head

[@PhyrexianPhreak]

@@execration_texts The baby in yellow, for one.

[@LinaLemos-s7j7j]

Your videos are always a great way to relax and get away from everyday life. Thank you for your wonderful creativity!😺🏄👁

[@Pleasestoptalkingthanks]

Ïa! Ïa! Hastur! May Chaos take the world!

[@yasintamer1547]

ABG, you are introduction great names man, cheers

[@nestharon]

13:22 You forgot the trap door :p

[@KatanaJoelleLandt]

Please play the full game when it comes out.

[@SaintJimmy379]

Dude, if you read this then please, in the description or title, please tell us if the vid is a full game or a demo. I went into this assuming it was a cool short game but the I see that it's a demo at the end and I'm left wanting more because I thought there was more. Please sir, just a simple disclaimer of "demo!" or "game!" would make this channel 100% better got me.

[@SaintJimmy379]

*For me, sorry to sound selfish but I'd really love that in a description or timestamp.

[@-0rbital-]

Youre doing the new Fears to Fathom game, right? 🤞

[@coconuts5792]

The begining is Sweet Home.

[@datemasamune2904]

What kind of apartment does this guy live in that it has this much space?

[@Pleasestoptalkingthanks]

Carcosian rent is very low.

[@patois2010]

I just had a hard lockdown at school. We’re all OK well let’s focus on what matters the video

[@KB-si5fx]

I'm glad you're okay. 🙏

[@willjennings7191]

Someone could show me occult graffiti more often.

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

1) Is the player Darth Vader? I can hear his breathing 2) It's fortunate that the statues do not move as quickly as SCP-173

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

3) Was H.P. Lovecraft insane, perhaps?

[@Pleasestoptalkingthanks]

@@GregoryTheGr8sterHPL was, ina sense. He had crippling physical ailments his whole life and was terrified of foreigners. He got basically got all his info of the world from second hand accounts and his imagination ran wild. Creative mind + neurodivergent emotions/logic + loneliness made him more than a little eccentric.

[@Warhammer_lover]

The ending is abrupt. But overall - fun game!

[@Joewho-uk7tq]

Kong in yellowe reference?

[@carcosian]

Alright, I dig this.

[@JR-kx3jr]

Wouldn’t it have been safer to not keep glancing back at the elevator?

[@Aquana01]

No

[@Necro_fury]

Really like the graphics and idea just think the voice acto could use some work. But yeah that stuff is rough to get right

[@Dizzula]

The king IN yellow

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Ah my bad, thanks for the heads up. Chorus OF Carcosa mixed me up! :)

[@Dizzula]

@@AlphaBetaGamer No worries, I know what the internet is like for stuff like that lol

[@bugshot4760]

I like the idea for a game, but as someone already said here, there is no proper build up.Also, character's voice is too whinny, even for someone who is scared to death, and his emotions- one moment he is scared to hell, and in the other is cool.I hope they will fix that, it would be a shame for this game to not succeed.

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Hi! This is an early playtest demo that kicks things off as fast as possible. The full game will have a proper into.

[@bloodyfrets]

Silent hill The Room vibes

[@NowKnownMAWO]

That's just the first comment!

[@daveshif2514]

2 seconds in and already scarier than silent hill the room

[@DrPippy]

the storytelling/intro in this feels really stilted and I'm not sensing a lot of correlation with The King in Yellow aside from the fact there is a lot of yellow in this game

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Hi! This is a playtest build. The game doesn't really have an intro at the moment. It just drops you into the gameplay. The full game will have much more of an intro.

[@DrPippy]

@@AlphaBetaGamer I can't help but feel like the voice actor might need better direction too if he has any at all. While I'm impressed at how he conveys shock how he acts feels like he's been shoved in a situation he's unaware of not just in the game but in real life. He's capable of pulling a 10 (complete manic breakdown) but maintains that when there are situations where it feels like he should start off at a 5 (uneasiness and creeping dread) and sort of ramp up as the situation escalates. Not that seeing someone with no eyes wouldn't be shocking but there are aspects about it that just feel jarring

[@had_fun_once]

The King in Yellow is the hot new trend in quite a few horror spaces because of its connection to Lovecraftian horror, and tangentially, the "Isle of the Dead" painting. Honestly, I've read it myself (for anyone else interested, it's free to read on Project Gutenberg) and found it underwhelming. People should just stick to Lovecraft as their main inspiration.

[@DrPippy]

@@had_fun_once I also read it and thought it floundered a very strong concept with just kind of being boring and underwhelming. Like a Twilight Zone anthology full of half drafted episodes also I don't think it's due to Lovecraft relation and moreso due to the popularity of the game SIGNALIS

[@gusty7153]

omg blending backrooms and king in yellow. so awesome

[@Mets4Barth68]

Always good to have laughably bad dialogue and voice acting every time something spooky happens. Great way to dissipate the horror aspect of your “horror” game. 10/10.

[@sevarktic]

14:57 How did he clock what the door code was? I got so confused

[@vorpal758]

The moldy letter. The poem mentions the constellations that should be looked at for the code, in order. The number of stars in each constellation, put in the order the poem says, is the code.

[@sevarktic]

@@vorpal758 I got so confused cause he did it all so fast haha

[@vorpal758]

@@sevarktic yeah I get it haha it happened to me too and I had to go back to understand

[@Aquana01]

​@@sevarktic also it was weird because the moment he looked at the symbols, the constellation disappeared. But I figured he took time beforehand to figure the puzzle out, so it wouldn't interrupt the flow of the gameplay. Still, I felt this gameplay was kinda rushed because of this. And it's unpleasant for the viewer to not have time to think along and try to figure it out as well.

[@knobbism]

King in yellow has nothing to do with Lovecraftian horror

[@Dohsin]

9:22 Aw fuck that, nope

[@Chiavaccio]

👏👏✌

[@Orjjes]

scp 173

[@nckzma]

who wrote the script doe

[@Strelokos666]

Why's the setting is commieblock?

[@ИгорьПопов-у5й]

Not Lovecraft, but Bierce and Chambers. Lovecraft is to overrated

[@Pleasestoptalkingthanks]

Bierce/Chambers set the framework, Lovecraft and contemporaries are what made the King In Yellow more prominently “cosmic horror.” Do what you will with it, I recommend making something fresh since its in PD.

[@MoogMonster554]

Lovecraftian doesn't mean written by Lovecraft.

[@KB-si5fx]

I'm not a fan of the voice they used, but the atmosphere is creepy.

[@draconianmethods7110]

Not a fan of this voice acting at all. Bad voice acting distracts from the experience. Main character should be silent.

[@naingaung2748]

The va sucked. 😂

[@ChristianArmy1991]

I LOVE EVRTING ABOUT LOVECRAFT

[@NecronomnomnomZ-xz4qs]

for me it's the seafood