The Game Dev Who Defined Nostalgia

[@cubit404]

Thank you for watching!

[@krishansmusi8796]

Thank god you made a video about him he is so underrated

[@supervetas6006]

thank YOU for retrieving me my old childhood memories

[@TarynBeeswax]

"Factory balls" Oh yeah! I re- "Created over fifteen years ago" Oh

[@ProjectionProjects2.7182]

Don't we all feel old after hearing that? lol.

[@Mikustan39]

@@ProjectionProjects2.7182Yeah I think we do. Fuck.

[@katvelyte]

I loved factory balls! Kept me so entertained in like 4th grade.

[@palokyu9891]

I literally bought the app like a year ago just to relive it lol

[@theodorestephens2504]

Bold of you to assume I've never heard of this man. Literally my childhood.

[@SpammingY]

Same. I knew who it'd be from the thumbnail. Solid colors, sugar, penguins, keys, and occasional frustration at some actually really hard escape rooms fueled who I am today.

[@walls_of_skulls6061]

I had to contact him with how much he influenced me. I could recognize both the sugar game and Bart himself. He NEEDS so much more attention

[@pasmoluiso]

Same, I've played his games in the Play Store and I like those too

[@notrobloxburger]

one of the best devs, you probably played at least 2 of his games in coolmath

[@_cfmca]

I played them on Kongregate

[@frostbite3756]

@@_cfmcaatleast it isn’t poki 🤮

[@_cfmca]

@@frostbite3756 you better not be dissing kongragate that was the shit

[@frostbite3756]

@@_cfmca I meant coolmath I didn’t mean to respond to you

[@JerpyTH]

I played them on his website, safe to say it was more than 2 games.

[@Gorilla7738]

Bro another cool thing about Bart Bonte is that he would reply to EVERY review left on his mobile games. I remember being so amazed as a kid leaving positive reviews on his games, just to find that within a few hours he leaves a reply saying thank you, and I thought maybe it was an automated message, so I left a review on "red", asking how to beat a level, and he actually replied with a walkthrough on how to get through the level. He's such a cool guy

[@Mikustan39]

Damn. That’s a good guy right there.

[@LimeonCandy]

I most definitely know who Bart Bonte is considering I have 200+ hours of playtime of The Bart Bonte Collection on Steam

[@Neobot21]

I did not know this existed, now I do. Thank you! :D

[@OuaisAmelie]

SAME!!!!

[@bred4ev3r]

I saw the thumbnail. Oh, sugar. Bart Bonte is one of my fave devs, if not the best.

[@serintsu]

BART BONTE MENTIONED IN 2024?! im such a big fan of his games...i keep going back to the factory balls series every once in a while they're so fun. and farafalla is by far my favorite of his

[@cutedogsweetsugar]

Have you played his color games? Purple came out a few weeks ago!

[@serintsu]

@@cutedogsweetsugar yes! i'd say red was my favorite but maybe i'm biased towards it since it was the first one i've playes from the series LOL

[@SpammingY]

@@cutedogsweetsugar WAIT, THERE ARE NEW ONES!?!? *WHY DID I NOT KNOW THIS!?* I'll have to watch this video later, I have a game to play!

[@Trufflo_]

40x escape was GOATEDX

[@jphoenix8309]

@@cutedogsweetsugar purple is out??!

[@steverman2312]

my elementary school had this summer program called "summer educare", where kids got to hang out in the school, usually in a computer lab and one of the adjacent classrooms, until their parents got off work and were able to pick them up. i distinctly remember one day during summer educare, i had a race with my friends to see who could beat all four factory balls games first. i lost, i beat 1 and 2 and got about halfway through 3. those were good times.

[@BinglesP]

WAIT FACTORY BALLS HAD SEQUELS???

[@hanmaidong1483]

Ive been going on Bart Bonte's blog playing games he recommends made by other indie devs for YEARS. He ignited my love for puzzle games ESPECIALLY room escape games. Forever an incredible indie dev imo

[@epsilonthedragon1249]

Duuuude, Bart Bonte’s games were one of the cornerstones of my ArmorGames experiences growing up. I STILL go back to Factory Balls now and then

[@puffinpeddler2827]

I LOVE BART BONTE

[@demitrischoenwald1436]

I never knew Bart Bonte made Sugar Sugar or Factory Balls. I came across his color games way later by myself and just really liked them. Like Neil Cicerega, I didn't know that he was such a legend responsible for my childhood.

[@Maker0824]

How dare you say I’ve never heard of this dev? I love this guy. Was always happy to find new game by him

[@NebbyyDotEXE]

omg i cant believe anyone else knows him by name like genuinely, ive been following his games since like 2nd grade

[@raeganj6744]

Bart Bonte rules, I’m subscribed to his email newsletter he sends out when he makes a new game

[@sparkleneko3789]

I frickin love his color games!!!

[@keshire57]

green was always my favorite but all of them are really solid puzzle games worth checking out!

[@Ryyi23]

How dare you assume I don't know who Bart Bonte is! I've been subscribed to his newsletter for years and have 100% completed every game of his! He truly is one of the GOATs of game making! 🎉

[@theunidentifiedchangeling9451]

Sugar, Sugar is the sweet stuff, I played it a lot when I was younger.

[@cubit404]

I see what you did there ;)

[@theunidentifiedchangeling9451]

@@cubit404 I can't sugarcoat it, but I hope it was funny.

[@daneeko]

your mention of factory balls unlocked a long lost memory for me

[@daneeko]

its weird - i had completely forgotten about it, yet i instantly recognized it as something i played when you showed it on screen

[@nvagn]

same, I haven't heard about it for over a decade

[@ragcat3732]

I’ve been a fan of bart bonte for years. Hard to forget such a memorable name and style.

[@BryanLu0]

Factory Balls was literally one of the most popular games on Coolmath

[@NUGGet-3562]

When you said "Bart Bonte" at the beginning, I was like "WHAT" because I LOVE the color series and didn't realize this guy had been making games all the way back in the days of Flash!

[@existenceispain_geekthesiren]

0:51 OH MY GOD THAT'S WHAT IT WAS CALLED??? I need to see if that's still a thing, I loved that game

[@niquel5831]

I've been following Bart Bonte's career since Furiosity.

[@cassidycatghost3921]

I didn't know so many of my favorite flash games were created by the same guy

[@sylv1411]

BART BONTE!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD I DIDNT KNOW HE MADE THESE FLASH GAMES! I remember loving the mobile games, and I did know he made those, but I wasn't aware he made these classics too!!

[@danielderamus-km2ls]

i never realized how many of my favorite coolmathgames games were made by this guy

[@ThinkWithGames]

Bart Bonte was a huge inspiration for me wanting to create puzzle games and getting into creating games in general!

[@theNOTHINGreview]

Holy shit a bart bonte vid, i didn't know other people even knew who he was lets go

[@ADarnSmore]

that thumbnail is a banger

[@cubit404]

I appreciate that :D

[@Cameo221]

I have been a huge fan of Bart bonte back in the day, going through his website and playing everything :)

[@inspiwo]

OMG A BART BONTE VIDEO! i’ve been committed to playing every one of his new games for a couple years now

[@pineapplequeen13]

Bart Bonte is such a fantastic game dev. I think I may have played almost all of his library of games. His puzzles are so fun and unique.

[@lotsofpotats]

I remember playing sugar sugar on flash a long time ago, discovering that there was a mobile version like 4 years ago, and since then I've been playing every new release. Also Collage was such a perfect album for me, it holds a special place in my collection of game OSTs.

[@elecmagpulse7385]

Saw the thumbnail and clicked immediately. I’ve played so many of these games and loved every second of it.

[@LeFiliepMan]

Oh you THINK I don’t know him? I have MOST of his mobile apps and have beaten ALL of the color series

[@thebluedragon6633]

To this day I remember being in elementary school after class playing sugar sugar on a apple g3 back around 2010, looking back it's wild that those old apple computers could still use the internet even then

[@vindi167]

YOOOO it was bart bonte all along?!??

[@ogrim127]

thanks for making me recover my childhood memories

[@f5tornado831]

I remember playing sugar sugar at some point in my childhood, and ive only just remembered it now. Thank you.

[@cryoshad]

GOD I love Bart Bonte games. I got so excited when you mentioned Farafalla, as that is also my favorite! I distinctly remember playing it in elementary and middle school, something about the lack of music made the little character's journey seem so profound to me as a kid.

[@thearmoredpanda6669]

cubit upload jumpscare

[@yugimuto1639]

it hasn't been a week since I thought about purple place I used to play it every day but I couldn't find it because I never learned it's name

[@mxsisters469]

is purble place

[@MjayMilk]

I remember when I’d play Bart’s games they’d always have such a comforting feeling to them. The art style, music, and feel were always so childlike and nostalgic. Definitely gotta play some of his games I haven’t tried out. Great video!

[@nuxx1876]

another thing i love about bonte's games and what has influence my interests a lot is the visual designs, they all have this very distinctive 50's swiss design euro-metro aesthetic going on that immediately grew on me when i was first exposed to his games (especially factoryballs) and kinda sparked my interest in urban-industrial-like aesthetics lately

[@The4DRY4N]

huge fan of his colors series, and also a game he made called "boo!", similar to "factory balls" glad to see a video praising his work :D

[@cupcakecatcaterson8884]

No lie, i actually knew this dev as a kid and literally seeked out his games specifically because they were so amazing, thank you for making my childhood better bart bonte

[@DigiSpaceProductions]

I love Sugar Sugar

[@PersonFromSouthAfrica]

i was literally obsessed with this guy's color series (and box) literally before black released (i think i was about 6-8) i kinda had a phase were i was obsessed with mobile puzzle games like his i was also obsessed with games like these 100 door games, like 58 works (especially dooors), snapbreak (especially faraway) and kamibox (especially sometimes you die) it actually saddened me when i couldnt find some of their games on the playstore anymore when i tried searching for it, felt like a memory you can never get back btw, if you like bart bonte, id recommend robert alvarez (im also obsessed with his games too, i discovered him when i finally had access to a laptop, he kinda trained me how to use a keyboard), his games are puzzle platformers (like farafall) or sokoban like games (like emotica) with all of them having a unique mechanic, and they are all minimalistic and have a calm sounds, and if i am correct, his games also appeared in bart bonte's blog when they release

[@Pepeutra]

I loved Sugar Sugar and Farafalla as a kid, I have distinct memories of playing them, and I really like Yellow as a game concept, shocked to know they all come from the same person!

[@KazmirRunik]

I swear he had a lot of cohorts doing similar things with him, names that you'd recognize when you saw them on a Flash game. JMTB02 immediately comes to mind, then I think of Tom Fulp & Tyler Glaiel as browser game developers.

[@Pibkyfox24]

I didn't play most of these games as a kid but I did play some of them, but watching this, it's the font used that I didn't even realize was so iconic in my mind

[@AverageShyGuy]

I'm literally halfway through his color series. Playing red and orange currently and I love the genius behind the simplicity!

[@arachat]

i was such a factory balls kid. bonte's games are so rewarding because they trust you to figure them out, i think! i'm going to have to go play all the factoryballs games again sometime soon...

[@hermi1-kenobi455]

Oh my goodness I LOVE his colour games. The music in Pink? PHENOMENAL.

[@inkygoat]

i remember playing most of these games, factory balls especially with my dad when i was a kid. i’ll always thank bart partially for that time we spent together ❤️

[@kyubikirby]

Kongregate was where I found his games, thanks for reminding me of these less stressful times.

[@hamzamotara4304]

Amazing how one person can change so many people's lives.

[@walls_of_skulls6061]

Uh no that’s Bart Bonte. I have played every single game he has ever released and have contacted him multiple times to express how much his games influenced me. I played factory balls nonstop as a kid. Bart Bonte deserves so much attention

[@Supershadow301]

Yoooo, Bart Bonte! I loved Factory Balls, even if it was sort of simple, it was so fun.

[@DatNinjaCow03]

Being a colorblind kid and playing factory balls was such a frustrating experience lol, still one of my favorite games when I was younger. Loved all of his games

[@iHeartNaru]

just the name bart bonte reignited memories of my childhood LOL i was obsessed with the factory balls games when i was younger its crazy to see u and so many others who still remember and think about bonte's games

[@ABM_GD]

Flash games on websites such as coolmathgames were a big part of my childhood, and Bart Bonte’s games always stuck out to me for their simple and memorable puzzles. I still occasionally play old flash games on emulators like flashpoint, and a good portion of games I play there are by Bart Bonte. I’m glad this video exists to not only take a deeper look into what makes his games so memorable, but also to prove that I’m not the only one that has great memories of his games!

[@jacobcowan3599]

sugar, sugar and full moon are hugely nostalgic for me. Factory Balls is one I forgot about but definitely enjoyed thoroughly. Bart, I salute you

[@lessersharks]

i remember playing farafalla as a kid and leaving it with a weird feeling. the vibe that bart established was so strong

[@joselynvifquain9406]

Can't believe you didn't mention Cat In Japan! That was my first Bonte game. I still remember spending so much time on those puzzles (it was worth it to be the first kid in my class to beat it though)

[@Halfendymion]

In elementary school, in the After School Program, on Fun Friday, we got to go to the Computer Lab, and you better believe every single one of us was on Coolmathgames. I'm talkin' Bloxorz, Jelly Truck, Sticky Ninja, Fireboy And Watergirl, Catch The Candy, Truck Loader 4, and of course, Sugar, Sugar. Papa's Games? Nah, I wasn't one of those kids. Reading through my list, you're either gonna go "Man I REMEMBER!" or "Man you had weird game taste...".

[@justsomeannoyingredpanda]

I felt something old within my memories stir when I saw the thumbnail. Amazing video!

[@valbrown3352]

He still releases games for free on the App Store. I went to go check and his newest came out only two months ago. So happy this video reminded me to check!

[@Mathtron5000]

Oh yeah I remember playing his games in elementary school! I've since graduated from college, and the games still hold up today

[@funyunfinnyun]

OMG YOU JUST MADE MY DAY!! I LOVED FARAFALLA WHEN I WAS LITTLE BUT IT WAS WAY TOO NICHE FOR ME TO REMEMBER THE NAME

[@SpitGecko341]

Sugar Sugar is my favorite game not just because of the gameplay, but also because of the music and the strategic value. I was absolutely devastated in 2020 when flash was removed from Chrome, and when the game was removed from abcya shortly thereafter. Many good earlier childhood memories come from that game.

[@roastedlemon]

I have been searching for almost 20 years now, a very specific game I played as a child. And thanks to your mention of Purble place being on Windows Vista, I found it. I used to play the crap out of Inkball, and it was lost in my memories since then. I had no clue. Those where Windows Vista exclusives at the time.

[@nope.0.]

Don't think I ever played his Flash games, but have played his more recent mobile colour series. When you showed the escape puzzle, the style was instantly familiar.

[@jerry_blueberry]

I remember seeing your comunity post about the farafalla colours and scrambling to remember the name, I also really liked playing that game and I think it was my first of his games that I played!

[@damiansmith5294]

Good god, I wasn't expecting to see memories like this.

[@N0AHOfficial]

dude, i own all of his free games except for a few. i’ve finished all of them except for what’s inside the box and sugar. huge fan of his work.

[@probium2832]

Bart Bonte is another one of my favourites from the free internet games era!

[@JerpyTH]

I grew up playing these flash games. The music in the games are great, especially the christmas and the Factory Balls music.

[@meestorpheesh]

sugar, sugar was one of my absolute favorite games as a child. imagine my surprise when just about a month ago, i get really bored, download this game i've never heard of called purple, beat the game, and then find out that it was made by the same guy who did sugar, sugar

[@mr_nothing.the_one_that_no9134]

The factory balls music plays in my head every 3 years

[@claudiaavelar4538]

Bro went from Piano to Video Game videos

[@discowizard5636]

the song of factory balls is forever engraved in my memory. so deep, so groovy

[@nighthawk3045]

Sugar Sugar is a legendary game, I got so many memories playing that game.

[@johndoes_art]

when im looking for a good puzzle, i STILL go to red, yellow, green, blue, pink, white, black??? some of my favourites ever, and is always a fun time.

[@EnderKiller225]

Thanks for reminding me that factory balls exists. I will be spending hours playing it now.

[@justinvzu01]

I always loved his mobile puzzle games. The ones named after colors.

[@chantolove]

“you’ve never heard of” i knew his name as soon as i saw the thumbnail bro

[@hannaraine2005]

Only saw the thumbnail and title and immediately went "WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'VE NEVER HEARD OF BART FUCKIN BONTE???"

[@therealelement75]

bart bonte is such a chad, played some of his games, very fun

[@madisonpetri7361]

It's funny, because as you were showing off the games he'd made on coolmathgames, I had the Colors games burning a hole in the back of my mind. As soon as you said he made those games, I had a, "Oh that makes sense" moment.

[@pythx]

Yooo this video is amazing! Bart's games have always meant so much to me and they're why I learned to program. Seeing someone discuss Bart on KZbin was shocking, but haha I got so jumpscared when I saw my comment. I'm glad it helped you to analyze the games better :)

[@cubit404]

Your comment was actually what got me thinking about this whole game series in a retrospective way, so thank you so much for essentially being one of the inspirations to start this thing!

[@thewoodlandcryptid]

clicking on this just to comment that i have heard of this game dev! i love bart bonte's games and music, i've played them for years

[@voidify3]

Oh he’s great. I’ve been subscribed to his newsletter for years because I wanted to hear about the next factory balls game

[@IrieArtz]

bart bonte is one of my goats of online games, loved the sugar sugar games when i was younger

[@sierrad.7654]

I love all of his games and never actually realized they were made by the same guy

[@wintremourn]

I've always forgotten this dude's name, but I'll always remember Sugar, Sugar as the game i watched someone play while having my first existential moment truly an unforgettable game

[@-themightymittens-]

This man made so much of my childhood omg, I have the color mobile games now

[@kzt396]

Bart Bonte's games were always my favorite. I'm pretty sure I beat all the Me and the Key games in elementary school lol