The Shady History of Poppy Playtime/Enchantedmob

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Poppy Playtime has been a game getting tons of traction recently. Before, I discussed why I don't like the approach the game has been seemingly taking to become popular. But since then, I found many, many interesting leads to show the MOBgames is not who you may think they are. Enchantedmob, a Minecraft animation studio, has had a fair share of allegations thrown at them in the past half-decade. Everything from greed, to harassment. That is what I am here to cover, this is the shady history of Poppy Playtime/Enchantedmob.
Special thanks to PosiDon and Artimation for giving me tips about the history and allegations of Enchantedmob!
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#fnaf #securitybreach #fnafsecuritybreach #fivenightsatfreddys #poppyplaytime #poppyplaytimechapter2 #Enchantedmob

[@noleth]

One thing I rarely ever see brought up is the failed kickstarter for this game that was absolutely a scam. All tiers only got you chapter 1, and the kickstarter was to fund chapter 1. The kickstarter was poorly made in general and was very petty. However, when it completely failed, chapter 1 came out around 2 weeks after. It was absolutely shady as hell.

[@Fathom15128]

Hell yeah. There is a line between getting money to fund a game, and starting a fundraising just for money when the game is nearly done. And as you said, the fact that it came out a few weeks later, even though the fundraising flopped is very shady and suspicious. It would take a company a lot longer than a few weeks to finish a game with 'little to no funds' and so the fact that Chapter 1 came out as polished and smooth as it did is a very curious and tell tale sign of something not being right behind the scenes

[@noleth]

Note that the Kickstart began only a MONTH before release.

[@Fathom15128]

Yeah. Very shady and suspicious...

[@Bowler-hat-girl]

I didn't know there was a kickstarter.

[@milla8632]

Holy shit how can anybody trust these guys after that

[@blockotheblock5672]

My opinion on this genre of “cute mascots turning dark” is how it doesn’t fit with the demographic of 5-10 year olds at all when you think about the context of these games. The whole reason this genre was such an interesting trope from the start was how it would change your view on what you grew up with back then, heck, bendy’s description on steam even says “a game that will ruin your childhood for cartoons” And not to mention these games are based on properties from the 30s-90s. I think these types of games were originally meant to go for a demographic who grew up with these specific mediums from the past but are now grown up to experience darker subjects. Trying to actually give a game like this a brand friendly appeal kinda ruins the point on what this genre was likely trying to go for.

[@tropicaldisaster8135]

This!

[@MrConfused.]

Fnaf

[@nerraD27]

Basically the first 4 FNaF games (dark, gritty) vs FNaF Security Breach (kid-friendly "horror" that's not scary at all in the slightest lol)

[@Rolling_Girl_falling_forever]

Yeah that's what I like about Bendy, the Bendy mascot is adorable but it gets twisted into this awful deformed Ink monster thats plot relevant. It doesn't feel targeted at kids simply because of the mascot. Poppy and Security Breach 100% do, sadly. It's why I prefer the old FNAF games and the latest one is just furry bait shoved in your face. And these videos explain the problem with Poppy.

[@_M_643]

I wouldn't say that it's for people growing out of kid related media because what is kid related media in the first place. Everyone can watch a cartoon for example no matter how old they get. Newer cartoon and animated movies even feature more deeper meanings that a kid simply can't understand. There are people that can be 20, 30 or more years old yet they still might watch a cartoon or animated movie that is worth it.

[@YeahIDontKn0wEither]

Fun fact: Last year, when I was in Year 9, we were making our own podcasts for English class. While most people went in groups and did their own topics, I went solo and made a whole podcast presented like a current affairs documentary based on the whole Mobgate controversy. I discussed the origins, the animations, the harassment of Ekrcoaster and the plagiarism allegations between Venge and Poppy Playtime. And a lot of it was based on videos covering the controversy by Sheeprampage, Theft King and this video. And I ended up with an 88% in the end.

[@CharaDreemurr-UT]

That is so cool

[@0bituary860]

I stopped supporting Poppy Playtime after the NFT controversy. Even then, the game felt *too* polished. It didn’t have the same charms as FNAF or even early Bendy games, it just felt like it was trying to replicate something for profit. Which, for what it’s worth, they didn’t do a bad job at. Now that I’ve learned more about them I truly hope big KZbinrs stop giving the game and it’s company attention. It will be especially disheartening if they continue to profit off this. Something about MOBGames that I never heard people discuss either, is their extremely overly sexualized FNAF animations. I wouldn’t have a huge issue with this, but it’s clear the demographic is supposed to be children. It rubs me the wrong way and in my opinion it’s something they should be heavily criticized for, though I see most people brush it off.

[@AsianGuy540]

yeah i have feeling they do something behind all this...

[@alenmack3471]

It was never like FNAF or Bendy, which are two completely different games and people should stop comparing them to each other. The only difference is their target audience. KZbinrs, streamers, and kids.

[@bencundiff9405]

Kinda sad knowing that there probably gonna be able to at least release like 1 or 2 more chapters with this current attention they have. So yeah there probably gonna continue to profit off of poppy playtime for a little while...

[@someguy1894]

@@alenmack3471 living toy/animatronic, check, old company/bad company in bankruptcy/was in bankruptcy, check. Multiple stains over the company, check. Killer toy thing, check. yea, totally not similar.

[@an0nym0us_slash35]

@@alenmack3471 it's very similar to bendy ngl, episodic, mascot is now trying to kill you, the company failed but used too create children's content, that content corrupted/turn evil, several employees died/went missing mysteriously and now a former employee must go there and fix it all

[@TheHuskyK9]

I was first exposed to Poppy Playtime by Markiplier when he did a let's play for it. For some odd reason, I've always thought that the game just felt...mid. Like, when I saw first FNAF (also via Markiplier), I thought that the game was gonna be big, and it turned out that way. Poppy, on the other hand, felt overrated and artificial, like it was gonna be a one hit wonder like Tattletail (remember that game?). And now since I'm no longer ignorant to EnchantedMob's shady history, it all makes sense.

[@melodica_man0216]

lol I completely forgot about tattletail

[@dripjack_-1]

tattletail never really tried to market itself as horror for kids though, it just happened to be some guys project that got popular online due to its similarities to fnaf

[@evalinksarchives4045]

Except Tattletail is actually good, I have fond memories of that game, I am sure that if they did a sequel it would have sky rocketed, sadly they didn't have the same budget to do so.

[@hoopsy]

@@dripjack_-1 it's similarities to furbies too

[@dripjack_-1]

@@evalinksarchives4045 they did do kaleidoscope though

[@jackdaniel3135]

Out of all the “defanged horror games” that have come to existence after FNAF, I always thought Poppy Playtime was the weakest of them all. It doesn’t give me that creepy childish/nostalgic juxtaposition that I expect from these kinda games. FNAF makes me think of Chuck E Cheese, Bendy makes me think of old style cartoons like Popeye. Poppy doesn’t remind me of… anything. It’s just a fluffy blue thing.

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

Poppy reminds me of early 2000s stuff. The white tile halls with painted kids murals look like the doctors offices from when I was little, which makes sense with the game's medical themes implying the toy business is a front. The toys also fit the 2000s, with Cat-Bee and Candy Cat looking just like Littlest Pet Shops and Squinkies. Mommy Long Legs is like a Betty Spaghetty doll too (complete with the holes on the arms). The whole aesthetic is like those colored bead toys with wooden bases that you would see in waiting rooms. It's actually very nostalgic for me-- we probably just grew up in different times.

[@SpicyRen]

My favorite fluffy blue thing, Poppy!

[@Metalicyt]

You calling poppy the "fluffy blue thing" is making me think you didnt actually watch or play the game

[@atanaZion]

If Poppy had come before Bendy it would be 10/10 It is better than any FNaF game in a technical POV. The audio, gameplay, texture and graphics are all way better than SB

[@ma.2089]

@@Metalicyt Freddy isn’t Chuckie Cheese and Bendy isn’t the entirety of 20’s animation. You’re missing the point. The whole point of the comment was that Poppy doesn’t have a distinct style nor set up its characters as distinct or memorable, hence the focus is entirely on the blue Huggy wuggy which isn’t interesting in the slightest (still better than Mommy what’s it’s face).

[@TheAbigailDee]

This is actually embarassing. I can't believe how big this got, with the company that's behind it. It literally made me laugh, the idea of wanting Poppy NFTs but with lore attached is especially messed up. Hope this company feels the ramifications for this, or they appoint some less garbage people to leadership roles.

[@Lucifersfursona]

The lore attached to NFTs is that money isn’t real and despite the existence of a million new money 2.0 clubs, they’ve developed into a human centipede of scams (I forgot the word for it but it’s about amassing a following of people to purposely rip off and dump useless stock onto later) Real sigma shit- grind for nothing, in the name of nothing, to the explicit detriment of yourself and others

[@rinrin.595]

@@Lucifersfursona i think the name ur looking for is “pyramid scheme”

[@inciniumz4671]

Hey, I dare you to talk about NFTs one more freakin' time. I DARE YOU

[@flipflop_bell]

@@inciniumz4671 monke

[@flipflop_bell]

fr, nfts just show how much greedy these people are

[@SwaggyG_2102]

It's a shame that all these controversies had happened. When Poppy Playtime came out, I could tell that it was going to become something big. Too bad that they decided to do NFTs though.

[@Lottabaggage]

@JK Productions what did they do

[@NobodyUndefined]

@@Lottabaggage Um did you not watch the video?

[@Lottabaggage]

@@NobodyUndefined no

[@NobodyUndefined]

@@Lottabaggage It's all explained in the video so if you wanna know you should watch it

[@SetSeth-yl6ke]

Some of the comments stated they dropped the Idea of using NFT's so.... I guess thats a good thing? Doesn't shake off the fact they tried to do it in the first place, but at least they have some braincells to realize "Wait, this is a horrible idea, go back"

[@theviper7603]

Everyone keeps talking that "MOB Games and EnchantedMOB" are bad, but the problem are not the devs or animators, they're great, it's the management that's bringing the company down with bad, cashgrab ideas. Everyone seems to be forgetting that not everyone involved are bad

[@xthewhitewolf]

Yeah, I can definitely see that. It's the higher ups that say what goes.

[@creditsunknown7974]

You have to consider that in most indie games, management are the devs.

[@Redder_Creeps]

Similair to Nintendo's case, you could say: hate the executives, not the developers

[@CuteFrieren]

Dumbass the devs are the problem they tried to get a minor in their team but turns out the user didn’t want to join there team and the owner of poppy playtime sent the user a blurred image of the user doing something weird to circus baby💀

[@MTrophy]

Your most certainly right my friend!

[@KirbySwag]

Even though you didn’t mention it by name I’m glad you kind of mentioned Luigi’s Mansion as an example of a horror game for kids. I think for me the thing that makes Luigi’s Mansion (the first one not the others) a good children’s horror game is that while it was made for all ages. It felt like a passion project that was carefully designed to be as enjoyable and accessible to everyone as possible just for the sake being a good game. Hell one of the developers literally spent multiple weeks just to program the dust, yeah I’m serious. I highly recommend you watch Beta64’s video on the development on the game Poppy’s Playtime on the other hand feels like it was carefully designed to be as enjoyable and accessible to everyone but for an entirely different reason… money. Everything about it feels like it was made to get the popular KZbinrs and children to give as much money as possible. It feels like it has no passion in it and was only created because hey FNAF and Bendy are popular with kids we can do that too!

[@shodaiigoji]

oh wow look the guy from fnfhighjinks

[@blockotheblock5672]

Another reason I’d like to point out is how Luigi’s mansion isn’t going for “child friendly thing and making it scary” and then trying to appeal to kids in the process. It’s using common horror tropes like ghosts and a mansion and making them accessible to a young audience and I think that’s the better choice to go. I think the target demographic for games that go for “children media turning scary” fits better for an audience that is growing out of those kinds of medias since the point is to feel fear on what you’ve enjoyed when you were a kid. That’s just my take on it

[@desktop_artist3243]

They have always jumped onto trends and popular things and poppy is the best example. Just look at their recent videos. It’s all advertisements for their game mixed in with popular topics like fnf among us fnaf and squid game. Poppy playtime could have been something great but with all this it’s not going to.

[@ListenToTheSergeant]

luigi's mansion at least isn't a 30 minute chapter that costs 4 dollars.

[@sothisishowusernameswork.2043]

and its not just games that are doing the horror for kids, does anyone know of goosebumps? and the 2 movies?

[@abzubarkshark]

A friend of mine worked as an animator for 3A display. He was under 18 at the time and from what he told me, it's a lot of minors and kids that get hired to do the animations. Good on them for wanting to animate but the company themselves treats them horrible and pays them next to nothing.

[@evangelionaddict8212]

Makes sense. You can tell there was a lot of genuine passion behind that chase sequence and the polish of Huggy's animation etc. What a shame their passion and talents are being exploited for such shitty purposes.

[@EggRobot]

Something I also noticed is that poppy playtime chapter 1 also follows the EXACT same story as BATIM 1) get called to an abandoned work place by some previous fellow employees/employers 2) explore the building and find several things wrong with it, all while listening to tapes of previous workers 3) cutouts/statues in places they shouldn’t be 4) turn on a revolutionary machine 5) get jumpscared and chased 6) escape and end up in a new part of the building 7) the whole thing is a big experiment to try and bring the characters to life

[@realsammylawrence]

bendy better

[@pogggaming4470]

@@realsammylawrence cause it funny

[@icantthinkofanything798]

the sad part here is that poppy playtime isn't bad- it's got a weird aesthetic to it with the grabby hands, but I think it definitely pulls off kids horror in a good way, and huggy is a well designed character. it also pulled off the inhumanly large abandoned building setting better than security breach did. There are some actual talented people behind this company being forced to churn out stuff so fast we end up with a 30 minute game. At least security breach is so bad that you get longer lets play episodes because the players keep getting stuck.

[@Tabi-Kun]

When I first watched superhorrorbro play it, I actually got some chills because the game really felt like a scary game. It actually felt like “what would happen if elmo wasn’t friendly”. Huggy Wuggy isn’t even a complicated looking creature, yet it actually seemed threatening when he had sharp teeth, gives you paranoia that even something meant for you to hug close and love can turn on you and kill you. Sucks the producers aren’t good people

[@kingexplosionmurderfuckoff9376]

Security breach did the big building thing well

[@igorklos3245]

But security breach didn't do an abandoned building type of setting (unless you're referring to the unground fnaf ps building where burntrap is then in that case I suppose I agree)

[@Tabi-Kun]

@@Franpa777 thank you! A fan that actually acknowledges the problem with the other fans!

[@polocatfan]

no it's bad. stop defending these guys

[@blake2521]

It’ll be a endless cycle. Wait for the next game to change the genre forever and make copies. Kind of like what happened with rpgs, 2d side scrollers and what we have now. Lore filled horror games.

[@IronIsKing]

yeah. I hate fazbear syndrome. Every horror game has to be actionpacked with lore. There is a reason FNAF only had subtle lore beats until FNAF 3

[@deathberryjam907]

@@IronIsKing Yeah...When FNAF 4 came out, it tied in the lore from the first 3 games while still leaving some questions unanswered. Until they came out with SL which was a good addition, but shouldve stopped there. Instead Scott kept making more and more and eventually FNAF lost it's original touch and now just feels like UbiShit games, to me at least. Its genuinely sad seeing all these creators having Fazbear Syndrome, and then you get shitbags like EMob.

[@lmads8023]

The correct term for these games is horror games for kids

[@lilylove925]

@@lmads8023 it’s make about using kid fears that adult might have still

[@IronIsKing]

@@deathberryjam907 Nah it should've ended at Fnaf 6, with UCN being a final sendoff for the series. All these books and third-party devs and shi isn't great

[@asleepyb0i400]

I honestly love the premise behind Poppy Playtime and the lore theories. I love Huggy’s design, and was so invested in the fandom at one point that I began working on a fan comic (never finished it btw. It was only me working on it, and it was a 70+ fully colored/shaded/lit comic that didn’t mix well with my perfectionism. Only finished the first page before falling out of interest ). It just hurts how shady the company behind it actually is. Then again, almost every company behind games and entertainment have bones in their closets.

[@ScorpiGaming22]

Yea, like Mojang, for example.

[@tiktok-mc2nq]

​@@ScorpiGaming22 what did they do ?

[@mikusprout]

the game is $5-6 for literally 30 minutes of playtime. and you will most likely have to pay for the next chapters too. the entire game and company is a total content farm

[@hellofriend5117]

I agree

[@evalinksarchives4045]

Yeah, chapter 1 is just a demo/tutorial, I am not paying 5€ (because steam doesn't make the $ to € conversion) just for like... Come on 45 minutes of gameplay if you're slow? Some people told me "Oh but you have to support the creators!!" Well yeah, but the first chapter of Bendy is free, the first AND second chapter of Deltarune are free and with 5$ I could buy a full Fnaf game. Poppy Playtime has no excuses

[@hellofriend5117]

@@evalinksarchives4045 means they are greedy as hell

[@xthewhitewolf]

@@evalinksarchives4045 I mean, you can beat a FNaF game in like 50 minutes, dude. Unless it's the VR or Security Breach.

[@theoharisvarnas5315]

This should be a demo or something

[@suspense_comix3237]

*Chapters and time stamps if you care* 0:00 Chapter One (The prologue?) 7:46 Sponsor if you care 10:00 Chapter Two (Murky Waters) and end of sponsor 14:25 Chapter Three (Poppy Playtime) 18:17 Chapter Four (Conclusion)

[@redtortoise]

Thanks, he's just talking about how he hates his animations like wtf??

[@suspense_comix3237]

@@redtortoise Um…did you post this to the wrong person?

[@Nene91309]

@@suspense_comix3237i guess he did?

[@mazonite]

Lol I was confused

[@M4t_P4tGT]

I used this to make sure I could watch the sponsor lol

[@explodingegg123]

I only knew about the poppy playtime nfts and how they bullied ekrcoaster so this video is very helpful in helping me learn more about the bad stuff enchantedmob/mob games has done. edit: how on earth did this get 2k likes. edit 2: why on earth does this have 4k likes. I literally just made a comment about this vid will help me learn more about the bad stuff emob/mob games has done. there are a lot of people in this comments section that have made far better comments than I have that deserve more likes.

[@kel9993]

thank you basil very cool!!!!!

[@tomspeqe1455]

@@kel9993 Ii

[@kel9993]

@@tomspeqe1455 what?? 💀

[@eviltroll6297]

didnt they stop nfts

[@eviltroll6297]

and just make them posters or smth

[@thephoenix8892]

Sad thing is the game actually looks really cool, I just recently watched someone play through the second chapter and it seemed pretty solid to me. So it’s a shame that the devs have such shady practices going on in the background, any other circumstance and that game would probably be the new hottest horror game (more so than it already is)

[@FourDozenEggs]

The sad part is that the lets players will likely never find out about this information and will give the game more attention on their channels. The people behind this game are legit douchebags and I really hope their company goes under.

[@sitkinator]

It feels like once a KZbinr becomes real big, they become almost impossible to contact, which in most cases is understandable, but for cases like these it becomes sad that we can't warn them about this stuff.

[@SpringyGirl69]

Who cares let em play. It’s like reading Jk Rowlings books after she was found to be homophobic. You just don’t care and just want some content or money yourself. Or if you want you could just pirate it

[@NightOfTheLiving8bit]

There’s absolutely no way that the lager lets players, aren’t aware of the controversies. They’re likely having money dangled in front of them, and choosing to cash in…rather than having a back bone.

[@redtortoise]

@@NightOfTheLiving8bit what did they do? Seriously, the video is just showing us his Minecraft videos?

[@sambreyer7344]

@@redtortoise Well see this is a youtube video, it has audio and video. So basically what you have to do is turn up your volume. There should be a button on either your device or it could be turned down on youtube itself. Simply use your mouse or finger to slide the bar all the way across. Now you should be able to hear the video!

[@TheSebasMaster]

as someone who’s known enchantedmob for almost 7 years now, it’s very disappointing seeing them do this shit. everything you mentioned in this vid was accurate, and I hope these guys at least try to go back to their original roots in terms of their content

[@SC4RLET_M4CAW]

They don't need to turn back to their old stuff if they don't want to. Hell, I'm a full grown fucking adult and I find the animations funny. Stop letting nostalgia shade your sight. Sure they make shit thumbnails, but they've genuinely grown in talent and creativity ever since just making shitty fnaf animation songs.

[@SC4RLET_M4CAW]

Their animations are clever where it counts, as they are able to humor both kids and adults.

[@TheSebasMaster]

@@SC4RLET_M4CAW dude, it’s not even nostalgia. I genuinely believe that their old content was way better

[@SC4RLET_M4CAW]

@@TheSebasMaster Then that's your opinion. But they don't need to change their entire channel back to their old content if theyre doing something they like.

[@funky4760]

​@@SC4RLET_M4CAW It's not even an opinion, its just a fact that their old content was geniunely better as those videos were made with passion instead of the soulless videos made for money we have today. Their old videos were also much more bearable to watch as the models looked normal and were not sexualized or look like they were made for literal 2 year olds.

[@redtailarts101]

The biggest problem with the AnimationSins channel was how they targeted Ethan. It's worth mentioning they tried to bring him on to the team, he refused because he didn't want to abandon his youtube channel, and then AS started targeting him. A lot of their videos were on EkrCoaster's animations, they'd make rude remarks and add a sin just upon seeing EkrCoaster be mentioned in the intros, and even on videos not by EkrCoaster, he'd be mentioned. I remember them saying "take notes, EkrCoaster!" after positive feedback on something. No idea who the animator was, it could have even been them. AnimationSins was basically just for bullying Ekr and making him hated among FNAF MC animation's viewers for being competition ETA: This is as compared to CinemaSins, who targets large companies that make movies and millions or even billions of dollars. Some people don't like Jeremy and his critiques but we can at least respect that he's punching up at The Mouse and other big moviemaking studios, and he's not like a major movie director punching down at a child's gacha club story. Animation Sins was EnchantedMob and ZAMination, leaders in minecraft animated music videos, making a channel dedicated to bullying a child who made his own smaller animation videos in the same style.

[@cappedminer369]

animation sins is 1 of the reasons why i hate enchanted mob and zamination, it just managed to show their hypocrisy later on

[@raptorguy6464]

The sad reality is that their main audience, being young kids, will probably not care about the whole controversy and still play/talk about this trainwreck

[@gris_gray4214]

It's sad that they're getting their money from 3 year olds with the type of game they're making

[@Noelle_Holiday]

Of course, that’s not to say the Poppy Playtime community would practically eat it up until they're finally fed up with it. These developers attempt to overcommercialize their products to an ostentatious degree through merchandise and NFTs, and they believe that their target audience (which apparently consists of impressionable and gullible 9-14-year-olds) would consume anything they throw at them like omnivorous pigs they are for the sake of higher profitability. You see, there's absolutely no excuse for making such a mediocre horror game, just because it's meant for children. They have a sense of taste, too, what they haven't developed yet is a sense of standards yet. Just because they'll tolerate anything doesn't mean that media aimed at them should get away with not trying at all.

[@raptorguy6464]

@@Noelle_Holiday they saw what fnaf did and tried to copy it. Only difference is that fnaf had to release 6 games before it's merchandise started popping off, actually cares about it's lore and doesn't just straight up see their fanbase as pure profit. The Poppy playtime devs are really trying to speedrun the fazbear syndrome in the worst way possible.

[@PercydeRoloFangirl]

@@raptorguy6464 it released 4 or maybe even 3 games before merch started

[@thegreydragon954]

Already thought Poppy Playtime was just a cash grab, and this video made me realize that the “mob” from “mob games” is the “mob” from “enchanted mob” which I used to see as a cool animation channel I’ve noticed has also just changed into a cash grab and this is why I guess, there is literally no way that Mob isn’t just a complete children cash grab with the kids animations, the nfts, and harassing creators under a different channel.

[@frozarburst6350]

I knew next to nothing about the ones behind Poppy Playtime, but how is it that anything related to Minecraft always ends up having something shady about them? I feel like an absolute moron now for wishing for the best for the next chapter not knowing what was going on behind the scenes. I'd be more than surprised if somebody like Jackcepticeye or Coryxkenshin decided not to play the second part when it comes out after hearing about this

[@the_feathered_goat6172]

“How is it that anything related to minecraft always ends up having something shady about them?” Exactly, I don’t get how a survival game about pixelated building blocks got such a bad fanbase like what??? 💀

[@consueno753]

@@the_feathered_goat6172 Yes, is really bizarre. I think it is that a big chunk of this types of fan bases are children, animation channel farms realized this and decided to exploit the heck out of them, thus all the endless amount of cringy, oversaturated and plastic content. But once you go thrue the "Children zonosfere", there are lots actually good creators out there that actually care about the content they make.

[@tropicaldisaster8135]

Exaclty how I feel lol

[@cinnastag]

Mixing the creativity of minecraft and the toxicity of FNAF fanbase = This

[@IAmBuddythedecibwave]

Because minecraft was and is popular, and whenever something is influential, popular, and/or makes a lot of money, the vultures will always be circling and waiting for the next 'big opportunity' for a quick cash in. The communities and fandoms surrounding these properties, as well as their creators, need to be much more draconian in managing their IPs. Parents need to pay attention. These people rely on and profit from those who are ignorant of their strategies, not just lawyers and publishers and distributors, but of their own consumer base as well. This video is illuminating, and we need more watchdogs like these if we're going to hope to stop these people.

[@Sunk]

I'm happy this is getting more coverage I knew something was off after playing such a small chapter 1 which felt more like a demo and seeing they were shelling NFTs on the back end it felt like a cash grab. After seeing enchanted mob I knew these were some extremely shady devs. Way to go on a deep dive and bring all of this to the surface.

[@Smartcoughdrop]

Poppy playtime seems so soulless, like it’s the pinnacle of chasing trends.

[@whogavethedogalaptop]

Funny you say this right before Garten of BanBan

[@sorta.six.]

FRR, it just seems like it’s meant to follow trends and appeal to children. it’s cashgrabby, it doesn’t feel special like fnaf or bendy, because they are actually good, then have time put in them, unlike poppy playtime. the names and shit are childish as hell too💀

[@mrbrownlol3637]

Even with all of the bad things that Enchanted MOB has done, I don't think people will care enough to suddenly stop playing Poppy Playtime as it will get KZbinrs views and people will want to see their reactions to the game.

[@takuso1229]

Yup lol

[@moxstoleyoursocks2241]

Hey, it’s the letsplayers getting the views at least.

[@dreamingoflove7996]

Funnily enough, one of my best friends actually knew Enchantedmob and was pretty decent friends with him. That same guy introduced me to Ekrcoaster. I was in a few calls with Ethan, actually took part in one of his streams and other things. I’d still consider myself to be friends with Ethan, though I haven’t talked to him in a while. I actually didn’t know much of what was going on with Enchantedmob, as I was taking a year long break from the internet while everything went on. I remember my friend telling me that he was probably going to introduce me to Enchantedmob as well. My friend is also an animator, but isn’t too big named. I remember him explaining about a thumbnail why he doesn’t talk to Enchantedmob anymore. I think it was the thumbnail for “Don’t Come Crying.” He explained that it lewded an animatronic that was supposed to have a child’s spirit inside her, and that’s why he didn’t associate with him anymore. I’m actually still part of a server Enchantedmob made back in 2019/2018. Everyone left except me and him (though he’s not active,) but it seems a little sad that I could have potentially been friends with him.

[@ShenDoodles]

Zach needs to answer for this shit. He's completely ignored all questions and I know many of their collaborators would be disgusted by these things.

[@patrickcoggins9283]

They didn’t even make an apology video for all the stuff they did to Ekroaster, they made a comment on their QA video which they then deleted 😐

[@shabillalma4907]

@@patrickcoggins9283 What was the comment?

[@patrickcoggins9283]

Well I think it was saying that both of the brothers were very sorry and that the brother who ran Zamination ( I can’t remember his name) had no idea what Zach( the one who bullied Ekroaster ) was doing at the time. It was something like that but longer

[@McYum.]

In my opinion, poppy playtime gave a little bit too much for the “child-like” aspect. Bendy had a nice atmosphere to it and there was only like 2 colors which made it less life-like and creepy. Fnaf, well I don’t need to explain there’s a whole video to it.

[@saamjaza1742]

Yeah, that's true. At least Bendy had the retro cartoony design going for it.

[@Someone-kj2pc]

''springtrap kills purple guy'' bro time travelled and stopped himself in the past from murdering children 💀

[@NobodyUndefined]

Poppy Playtime is a cheap cash grab Bendy rip off. They literally stole the entire idea, Bendy was a cartoon company that went bust, Poppy is a toy company that went bust. Joey wanted to bring his cartoons to life to cut animation costs, playtime wanted to bring their toys to life to make them more interactive. Bendy goes wrong as he doesn't have a soul and he goes on a rampage attacking the player. Huggy is presumably the same, they wanted to make him hug people but he wants to kill them. The player meets Alice Angel, a being with a soul, who helps us through various tasks in the game. Poppy is presumably sentient, either having soul or her AI is better than Huggy's as she was supposed to be interactive and Huggy just hugs, she's probably gonna help us through the game. And like you said, chapter 1 is shit and should be a demo instead. And then they did NFT's and lied saying they couldn't take them down due to a contract.

[@StickzEdits]

I didn’t actually noticed that until now.

[@dyvfsdgdrgkhgderx9282]

Actually, the creator of a game called venge (Ekrcoaster) claims poppy completely stole his story, even more than poppy appeared to copy bendy. This is even more annoying considering that venge is priced significantly lower than poppys playtime. And he also claims the creators of poppy bullied him. Worth looking into. Ps. Sorry if the video mentions this I haven’t finished it yet.

[@NobodyUndefined]

@@dyvfsdgdrgkhgderx9282 It did mention this but that's okay. The issue is that both games are based off Bendy so Ekrocoaster can't say they entirely copied when he kinda got inspiration from the same place. I definitely believe they bullied him but I think he jumped the gun with saying they copied him.

[@xdxpreshy8503]

@@NobodyUndefined Oogh same here!! Unfortunately I don't think Ekrocoaster has a leg to stand on by saying they copied him... I mean... they're both so incredibly similar to Bendy that if anything it was only inspired :( The bullying thing absolutely peeves me off though, but from what I've heard from a friend talking to the people in their discord they HAVE apologized privately and sorted things out. Plus, it WAS in 2018, that gives people room to change to be fair. Hhhhhh. Idk, even still it's all so shady to me, which really bums cause now Huggy's my only comfort character so like, damn, gotta split the creator with the creation in my head lol.

[@Noelle_Holiday]

@@NobodyUndefined I'm hopeful that Poppy Playtime's popularity will quickly fade into oblivion and forever be considered as the forgotten relic of the past, like many other mainstream horror games that are diagnosed by Fazbear Syndrome. It's a never-ending, destructive cycle of repetition that will almost certainly never cease. Of course, it will always have a community fanbase of impressionable young children that would gradually eat it up until there's barely anything left. That being said, however, I think it's completely fine to take several inspirations from the stuff you genuinely love. Just try make it unique in terms of presentation and avoid the symptoms of Fazbear Syndrome (such as marketing for children, overemphasizing the pointless "lore" to an insufferable degree, and generally not having any passion or care put into it, with the sole purpose as a lucrative, money-printing machine).

[@SwaggyG_2102]

I just got done watching Sheeprampage cover the controversies that surrounded Poppy Playtime, So seeing this video is a very welcoming surprise.

[@fonejunky6306]

Same

[@PabTSM-OfficialChannel]

arson

[@fonejunky6306]

@@PabTSM-OfficialChannel What

[@ihatelife5464]

Sheep’s video was honestly kind of biased. Because the NFT part. His content isn’t bad though. He’s a good content creator.

[@SIR_GUMMIETH_THE_FIFTH]

As an OG EnchantedMob and Zanimation fan, I'm really happy that these channels finally get talked about for what they truly are. EnchantedMob really is a bad channel. EnchantedMob ruined their fandom for a stupid trash horror game and funny haha baby animations that plague KZbin kids. I'm glad they finally got exposed for what they are.

[@burstingcolors5394]

ERKCoaster is such a Chad for spilling the beans for us, I sure hope he and other animators involved in this mess are feeling better! 💕

[@oleg-koma]

the only ad i haven't skipped. the quality of the animation, the storytelling, the idea. wow.

[@ToyFreddyGaming1987]

I never really was a fan of Poppy Playtime, and all of these controversies have cemented my disdain for the game.

[@miizuakiya]

Same

[@PercydeRoloFangirl]

Same.

[@Orkillester1]

As an older guy it is endlessly entertaining to hear about people "growing up" from content posted 6-7 years ago. I was in my mid twenties 6-7 years ago, my only experience of FNaF being Markiplier videos I got sick of by the second game. I am always deep diving into these shady NFT/Crypto projects though. That's always a big red flag when a dev starts pushing that stuff.

[@seven-ec9xw]

To be honest, I never understood the people who saw a future for this game. Its history was a repetition of what had already been seen. The character designs are not that flashy and its creators are bad people. I feel that poppy playtime was the game that hurt the most. indie horror genre since the game for me is not even a little scary fnaf had in its first games a setting that scared you and hooked you to the story and what stood out to bendy was his artistic style and that he put new things to the table but poppy playtime is just one more recycling done by the way good video!

[@apairofglasses775]

Couldn't said it better myself but man the 6 first games and the vr one are terrifying.

[@tropicaldisaster8135]

Personally I like recycling of a concept I like because I want to read/play something similar. Same way I read a bunch of manga/manhwa/etc with similar plotlines because I want more of that kind of story. I guess I'm just not tired of it yet. That being said, I was only made aware of this company's actions when I watched this video so I guess my hopes for more PP games were crushed

[@skaithespirit1184]

@@apairofglasses775 Imo even Security Breach blows Poppy Playtime out of the water. Sure its not all that scary, and its rough around the edges, but you can tell that the devs over at Steel Wool love the series and they put their hearts into it, even if it didn't quite work out as they had planned. Poppy though? It feels artificial, like it was created with the sole purpose to capture the lightning in a bottle that games like FNaF and Bendy had caught, it feels like it was made to make money.

[@apairofglasses775]

@@skaithespirit1184 but i didn't say anything about the devs of sb not caring about the game.

[@skaithespirit1184]

@@apairofglasses775 Yeah, I was just saying that even what many consider to be the weakest FNaF game still is leagues above Poppy.

[@binarystork7006]

So, I stumbled across your channel thanks to Mat Pat/Game theory. And honestly I'm glad I did. As a person who loves and lives with horror in their day to day life, and someone who wants to even speedrun and share more of a history of horror videogames or just videogames in general, seeing this honestly was very heartbreaking. I was aware of the story of FNaF, but never Hello Neighbor, or Poppy Playtime. I was decently aware of Bendy, and frankly, I'm glad that the only franchise of them all when I was a kid that I paid attention to was FNaF when I was still in high-school during what feels like forever ago now. But I remember seeing this game, Poppy Playtime pop up every now and again, it always rubbed me the wrong way, a lot like Bendy. The games always looked very bare bones and were more style over substance. Because kids generally do not care about anything like proper and strong gameplay as long as it appeals to their attention spans, and appeals to their eye. And when a company that doesn't have a genuine love or care for what they're creating, a direction of where a game will go, will either be chaos or will become too simple, though their target demographics that they are aiming for now don't care enough for this sort of stuff. Between questionable gameplay/game design decisions, business practices, or general work conditions, kids aren't going to pay attention or even know where these discussions are happening. As somebody who has always valued the importance of videogames on a historical level. Seeing what this company has done, it spits in the face of what not only the industry built for them to have this opportunity, trying to go as far as to taking advantage of people's charity with a questionable Kickstarter that didn't succeed but somehow the game's release was so close, but even going as far as to making something that looks uninspired, bare bones and only has a nice looking visual direction, it comes off as insulting to the people who they claim they are trying to advertise towards. And with everything this video has mentioned, it honestly was startling and horrifying in some cases. Because all I and many others saw on the surface was a new attempt at a unique horror experience. This video made me never want to buy anything Poppy related and I'll try to encourage my friends and colleagues to do the same. Love the content. Love the work you made here. Hope to see even more from you soon.

[@Judge_0f_Everything]

Bro write a paragraph lol

[@Daphne70]

"As a"

[@Oyebadumn]

I'm glad I never supported Poppy Playtime. Just the name alone makes me feel like it's a rip off of Baldi's Basics, and even that was an awful trend for an actual interesting horror game.

[@deadchanel1298]

Yup. Poppy playtime always looked boring

[@brunettebi4111]

@Chris TheArcticFox And at least the creator(s) of Baldi's Basics never even thought about making NFTs or make weird and surprisingly well-animated Minecraft animations with clickbaity thumbnails.

[@Oyebadumn]

@@brunettebi4111 Yeah the developers made a Deluxe version of Baldi's Basics with totally new stuff and genuinely cares about their fans.

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

@@Oyebadumn and it's like a game not a walking simulator throwing lore in your face no its a basically a modern day version of 3d monster maze

[@leoruff5955]

@@brunettebi4111 They Stopped Making NFTS

[@juanrodriguez9971]

The funniest part is that the only reason why everyone started to hate on them and accusing them of actual crimes (like ped**hilia) is only because of NFTs, if wasn't because of that take for sure everyone would ignore this problems and there would be a more devided view on the company.

[@MasterDelta]

It would actually like to speak on behalf of the older fans for EnchantedMob (including myself) as I think I can speak for a lot of us when I say the main reason why a lot of us don't like current in EnchantedMob is because even if you look two years ago they're animations were high-quality and full of life... while now they release shorts that they just put into compilations of other shorts that ALSO get released into compilations and the thumbnails are absolutely cancer and sometimes straight-up clickbait. Not to mention that it's obvious by the kind of videos that they make that they're going for a WAYYYYYY younger audience then what they were going for as early as two years ago (I feel confident in saying that not coming from someone who just grew out of it as I still get my fix on FNAF Minecraft animations from other KZbinrs... and when they were still making Animation songs I was 16 and I was still loving them. So I'm sure this isn't a case where I just grew out of it)

[@villageboy7768]

As an older Enchantedmob fan, I can say that you read my mind. Also nfts suck

[@thebiggafortheninja]

Thanks to say it man. I miss them

[@djlexxernandex8479]

@@villageboy7768 same here. Their content actually looked good but now they had to sell out. I really stopped watching them when I found out they bullied Ekrcoaster. Now that this comes out, it makes me hate them even more.

[@Okay_DJay]

Growing up, I used to look up to him bc of his high quality music videos, but now it just feels like he’s no longer making content out of passion and fun, but out of money and greed, it really sucks

[@Nugcon]

Those old animations had actual heart and soul put to them, I still come back to watch them from time to time.

[@colapepsiman9938]

I’ve been trying to tell people about the developers shitty actions for a while, and nobody has ever listened. Glad to see I’m not the only one who knows the truth.

[@GoldenArmorYeah]

no one cares about it much sadly

[@colapepsiman9938]

@@GoldenArmorYeah Yeah, a lot of people just choose not to listen because they can’t believe the magical Poppy Playtime they’ve been using for views is made by shitty devs.

[@GoldenArmorYeah]

@@colapepsiman9938 Yep, and the other part of the fans which are mostly kids don’t find this info and don’t care either

[@juderamsaywak7381]

poppy playtime is an incredibly enjoyable and polished game, the chase scene, while short, is incredibly well executed and i hope that the other chapters consist of more moments that bring out that fight or flight feeling that chase scene did. but everything else that game and it's devs have done to promote that game seems so hollow. the game itself is good but the way it carries its reputation is not

[@unfunniestman]

its literally the only part of chapter 1 where you can actually lose lol

[@Blue_Kicks]

Wanted to say thank you for the creation of this video I've heard that the creators have done bad stuff but never could find any coverage on it.

[@alexatrr7089]

Time to add this on the list of things that seemed good at first but turned out to be my worst nightmare next. Ahhh, *sigh* .

[@SkyenNovaA]

I used to enjoy their music videos when I was younger. I took a look back at their channel recently and I physically recoiled.

[@pinkiepurplez]

I was wondering why Ekrcoaster had such a bad light with Animation Sins. It's just unfortunate that the team decided to really put 3 feet forward on the plate of destruction when it came to Ekrcoaster as a creator and their pure love for their craft. I didn't know Ekrcoaster much, but I remember being so entrapped in awe by their animations and even getting my chance to have a small conversation. I hope they are doing well and that they find their retribution in one way or another. As for Zamination and EnchantedMob, not only have they fallen off, but they have gone 6 feet under. Not only figurately and literally, but more metaphorically as well. They have dug so deep into their craft and tried so hard to become another capitalist corporation, that they forgot what was important for their community and their own good. Although, those newer animations can get a kick out of a few of us once in awhile. All in all, rise Ekrcoaster and fall Mob Studios (or whatever new nickname they'll come up with next)

[@OctoNap]

Along with explaining the issues with Enchanted Mob, this has been one of the rare videos where I actually like the sponsored segment

[@whowantsfreepizza4507]

Honestly it's sad to see. There was a small timeframe where Zamination/EnchantedMob made very high quality animations that didn't just mash well known characters and IPs together to draw in kids for views. My favourite of these, even today, is their animation for the FNAF song "After show". Incredible animation, very creative and actually kind of dark for a Minecraft animation. I highly recommend you check it out.

[@ch3rrys0daroxanne4]

Enchanted Mob made Poppy Playtime? I used to respect that game... God..

[@fishbrain9591]

When I first saw Poppy Playtime, I was immediately drawn to it due to the (probable) inspiration from Portal 2, which I thought was brilliant! Portal 2's underground lab section has always made me felt unnerved, particularly with the giant, empty factory stretching on beyond your sight, and to see that setting being utilized in an actual horror game is amazing, it works so well! So sad to see that the company behind it is kind of awful.

[@amethyst4578]

As a massive Portal fan who never got into Poppy Playtime, I knew the gameplay in the video seemed familiar!

[@rosykindbunny1313]

The feeling of isolation in a dilapidated facility is just... *chefs kiss

[@ilikepotatos5891]

Did you just have a fucking opinion?! We can't have that here

[@RobinLeft]

Hopefully this gets spread around more. I was honestly pretty into chapter 1 and had no idea about any of this. Thanks for letting people know

[@SugarooLM]

Cubical is one of the last Minecraft animators that are still alive, i just hope their community can reach more without stuff like this.

[@gerogie51]

I remember watching their Drawn to the Bitter Series

[@Player-jh4ko]

What about Black Plasma Studios?

[@Player-jh4ko]

@@Kaiahai yep 😔

[@Marco-Sheep]

It’s weird that the creators of a popular indie game have a youtube channel where they make weird minecraft animations for kids

[@xxprologancool3538]

It's so sad how their charming Minecraft animations from when I was a child that made me smile have been reduced to this.

[@insertgoodchannelnamehere]

Its always rubbed me the wrong way that a company would make animations of other companies characters.

[@somethingcraft3148]

It’s parody

[@insertgoodchannelnamehere]

​@@somethingcraft3148 Its not just some dude, its a straight up competitor making money off of their opponents product.

[@leoruff5955]

@@insertgoodchannelnamehere Its A Parody

[@docplays6508]

Enchanted Mob: Supports NFT’s Everyone: We have a new enemy

[@BraidensWorldProductions]

Minecraft huggy’s fur looks like a bunch of paper was glued onto him

[@SONICBOOM1889]

Naw.. It looks like a freaking pinata.

[@BraidensWorldProductions]

@@SONICBOOM1889 true

[@yourfav_yoroi]

I think the reason poppy grabbed my attention so well is the liminal space that chapter one had. I mean just the main menu and the soundtrack playing just gives THAT beautiful vibe. That's why poppy catches my attention so hard

[@EndishGal]

Gosh you have no idea how happy i am to find this video!! I've been literally confused the wholleee timmeee!!! Everyone was talking about how bad the developers of poppy playtime are and how they bullied and stole other people's works and i just couldn't believe it! I started doing a lot of researches but none of them led me to anywhere! That's until your video suddenly showed up in my recommendations!! THANK YOU SM BUDDY YOU'VE EARNED MY SUB!! Also that's a great explanation right here, direct to the point and even organized perfectly to deliver the whole idea.. I am so darn satisfied rn THANKS AGAIN :D

[@gamerguy6942]

I kinda remember watching survive the night, and join us for a bite. Now Enchanted Mob is goofy 💀

[@ScientistHL]

So the channel that gained its popularity off of FNaF animations turned into a company that have obtained a legacy of greed, poor work conditions, and general scummyness That's...wow.

[@fallingbrick9514]

Ye, sadly

[@EdselAmbience]

anyone else forget this man dont have 100k+ subs because his content is as good as that?

[@t1r3d.m1nds2]

The one thing I've always noticed about this game (with even my first time hearing it and seeing it myself) it was EXACTLY like Bendy and the Ink Machine! But every time I tried explaining to people that it was the exact same people wouldn't listen and would just gush about the characters and the "amazing story" WHICH ISN'T EVEN ORIGINAL!! I had SOO much evidence like: Coming back to an old job after some mysterious accidents occur Experiments on people to make your "toys" (AKA CARTOON!!!) more "lifelike" to basically get more money and expand the business (*COUGH* JOEY *COUGH* DREW!!) Getting the main "bad guy" chasing you at the very end to only be "taken" down so easily (Bendy and Huggy) HELL EVEN THEIR ENTERANCES ARE SOMEWHAT THE SAME BEFORE THEY START CHASING YOU!! Posting it in chapters (Yes, I know that some other games do this, but what I'm talking about is the fact the quality changes for each episode and judging by the Trailer for chapter 2 for Poppy Playtime IT TOOK THE EXACT SAME IDEA FOR CHAPTER 2 FOR BATIM AND IT'S SO FUSTRATING) The "tapes" you have to play and you getting to know certain "characters" through them (CMON EVEN SOME OF THE CHARACTERS HAVE ALMOST THE SAME PERSONALITIES) Don't even get me started on how Poppy is the exact same as Alice Angel (and if MatPat is right she is basically taking the same approach as Alice.) She even says, "Your Perfect" and doesn't want you to die "Just Yet" CMON PEOPLE OPEN YOUR EYES!!! HECK, SHE EVEN GUIDES YOU AS SHOWN IN THE TRAILER!! I MEAN ITS REALLY SLAPPING YOU IN THE FACE AT THIS POINT!! I could honestly go on and on, these games are almost the exact same and the fact nobody even listened or bothered was crazy! Until now!! I was so happy that this was finally brought to people's attention (I honestly thought I was going crazy) the whole game is BATIM with a Poppy Playtime fliter with a few minor tweaks and the fact the 2 creators fight over how their games are sOooOOoo similar but not even acknowledging the fact that they're both just a basic copy of Bendy is ludicrous. So, I am glad I finally saw people saying the same things I did. Sorry about this rant but Im just relieved I finally saw people talking about this.

[@isaiahtiugachavids5669]

I never knew that EnchantedMob and ZAnimations were the creators of Poppy Playtime. Also, It's horrible they've gone into a dark history.

[@bobbycastner2633]

So let me get this straight. This studio who made poppy playtime. Put Huggy Wuggy in their animated Minecraft fnaf shorts for kids. And decided to make stupid NFTs so they can get the green. This studio needs help. Edit: OH! And they're also getting a FUCKING POPPY PLAYTIME MOVIE!!!

[@vampgirltish]

i actually had submitted a job application to work for enchantedmob/mobstudios as a designer before i learned about all of this stuff. i spoke with zach directly over email a number of times and after he said he was interested in my work, i tried to set up an interview and he ghosted me. that left a sour taste in my mouth, and showed lack of professionalism... but now seeing how they treated ekrcoaster and the whole NFT thing... i'm kinda glad i never got an interview after all.

[@Interyoalty]

EnchantedMob is the definition of "It's evolving, just backwards..."

[@CaelumRoxas]

And this is why I separate the creation and creator. I do not support the developers, but I still like the game. It really annoys me every single time I'm a fan of something and there's always dev controversy, and it made me think that at this point, if I don't separate creation and creator, I won't be allowed to like anything anymore, because who knows if anyone else who made things I like are secretly shady horrible people.

[@xdxpreshy8503]

I felt that, holy shoot :( Hope you're doing okay! Don't feel bad for liking the content they made okay? I mean, dramas aside if it makes you happy do what you think is best!

[@jazzminrice]

You could tell games like the original FNAF games and even the 1st Bendy game were more so telling their stories instead of appealing to a younger demographic Poppy feels like it’s main focus was capitalizing on that said audience first and foremost and it worked

[@marcelinepink]

Poppy playtime and the fazbear and friends series are one of the most smartly marketized products that I have ever seen: Poppy playtime is a game that was created to be a succes; it was created to be easy to make youtube videos of, and get millions of views. It was made to LOOK, FEEL AND SOUND like an indie game (because indie games are the only pieces of game media that REALLY stay popular for decades). It was made to look like an indie game, while being easy to play, easy to marketize (that's why they're toys) and easy to create a fanbase around it (because it appeals to ALL AGES AND TYPES OF PLAYERS.) It's so well made and the concept is so well concieved that it was BORN as a popular game. And it's the same with their animations: they are well made, yet they are in youtube! While cocomelon and other channels make bad content to appeal to kids only, AnimatedMob makes animations that appeal to all ages, by putting all the indie game icons of our era toghether, in messy, yet well-written and with quality animation, half-an-hour compilation videos. Ignoring all of the wrong things they have made, wich are the reason why we can call them out on these things, their marketing strategy is one of the best I have ever seen: creating a company that looks like an indie group of creators. FUCK YOU ANIMATEDMOB/MOBGAMES

[@Noelle_Holiday]

You had me at the first half, not gonna lie.

[@marcelinepink]

@@Noelle_Holiday i had you with what?😅 like, what did you think I was implying for the first half?

[@Howlabunga]

Animators like ExplodingTNT will be missed

[@pyrofromtf2944]

7:46 And that's how Simon got depression

[@Daggz]

This is the part of the book we didn't see.

[@rose-ig7qy]

LMFAO THAT SCREAM SOUNDED SO GENUINE

[@thecloudyskies]

@@Daggz what was the name of the creepy song used once the wasp started talking?

[@Nictheidoit]

Does anyone think poppy playtime is kinda of a ripoff bendy? If you think about you might agree. They both take a place in a abandoned place with an ex employee visiting it with puzzles and a chase sequence in the end of the first chapter with both monsters having the same head shape.

[@cowbearrie]

yeah i get/got bendy vibes from it as well.

[@astro9286]

I don’t like poppy playtime, but I wouldn’t judge it that much just based on its first chapter. The game seems hella similar between the two tho, this is just my take on the situation.

[@Thatguylma]

Eh, its a tad different, it has puzzle elements and a completely different atmosphere

[@the_feathered_goat6172]

If they’re copying batim instead of Venge, (it is more likely their copying Venge because the history they have with Ekrcoaster is horrid, but eh.) then it’ll be less scummy, but yeah, disappointing to see.

[@Nictheidoit]

Well I see what you mean

[@psychotigck]

it’s insane how many enchanted mob music videos i’ve watched and not realised anything

[@Stereo6400]

I always have wanted to know more about the channel that made that dumb “fazbear and friends” show. I always knew there was something shady about them. Their videos just felt so… soulless. I had no idea they were behind poppy playtime. Wild.

[@emeraldskits4026]

7:27 Because they keep making animations about FNaF characters trying to get into (dear god do I have to say this?) Huggy Wuggy's pants.

[@TheSoapontheWii360]

I asked my little cousin what PP was about and he gave me this lore description. Tell if this is familiar. 'There's this guy who builds anamatronics and stuffs kids in them to extract a substance that leads to immortality. The Company is closed down when the player arrives to survive the dolls at night' Sound Familiar

[@28boks]

definitely a kid who said this

[@annoyingdog4067]

It's definitely not Poppy Playtime lore lol.

[@cowbearrie]

this sucks, i love the aesthetic of the game. cant have shit in detroit. so, anyone know some horror devs that arent problematic? holy fucking shit. i just remembered hating emob so much, this just makes it worse.

[@paradoxtatorstudios9681]

i used to watch them, those old animated Tryhardninja songs and whatnot now they just make cringe

[@YourDearBunny]

One thing that makes me really sad is everything that Fnaf has caused. I absolutely love fnaf, it’s been my favorite ever sense I laid my eyes on it. But now it just feels like a corporate cash grab, people copying the charm that fnaf used to have.

[@anglepsycho]

I wasn't much of a fan about Poppy Playtime, it was boring as hell and not scary. And, keep in mind, Security Breach had literally less than a year to publish because Scott was being assaulted and stalked for months before he forcefully retired from 3 years of developing a game that was wrongfully leaked by Funko in the first year. And we can see that Steel Wool had no chances of producing the same stuff, that and some stuff does scare you with the bugs unintentionally being a double edged sword. With that, I've always been nervous about Minecraft stuff when they tried newer categories, and ZAMination gives me c.p. vibes so I'm glad that there is sketchy stuff to prove they don't deserve that fame.

[@rcl4737]

At least Steel Wool actually cared about Security Breach and tried to fixed any bug in the game, unlike PP which was made and used just for a cash-grab for Echmob.

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

You know a game isn't 100% on the up and up when they have a direct link to their merch store on the starting screen. Also them keeping up their 'Survive the Night' video way after MandoPony was outted as a groomer isn't a great look either.

[@return4590]

I swear, I dispise them. Because of poppy playtime my brother starts seeing such stupid poppy playtime content obviously made to get cash from kids, not including the infinite games that were poor versions of the original cancer. I am pretty sure he watches enchantedmob right now or something like them and it is just a pain. I remember something like moose's minecraft fnaf world series being the same but... They just can't match

[@antiStrikerS]

I think they only made poppy playtime because of greed, there'd be no reason why they'd sell NFTs, make merch and make animations out of PP first day after release.

[@lakamokolaka]

I was wondering when someone would make a video about all this stuff coming out. Thank you this was very informative

[@_squarecube]

this is just even more reason that parents should check what there kids watch on youtube every once in a while

[@CrustyFox87]

Yes

[@thecreatorofpc7929]

7 minutes in, but i want to say this: I honestly thought Zamination, 2A Display, and EnchantedMob were separate channels/people since I don’t really follow the FNaF Minecraft Animation channel scene (is that the right term?). i like the videos but i’m not gonna actively look for them. I didn’t even know EnchantedMob was a company. Also, the “Zam!” banner honestly made me chuckle a bit.

[@virusdumb]

Moral of the story: kids are dumb and must be protected at all costs from shit content.

[@mcraftyxyz1555]

Yep

[@PercydeRoloFangirl]

Yes

[@luckidoo6897]

I'd never expect a wasp talking in text to speech to explain us what NORDVPN is. Very funny way to do the sponsor message, have a like.

[@unfunniestman]

they basically took everything wrong about indie horror in general and multiplicated it by 1000

[@galaxyfrostrose2925]

I became a fan of the game because I thought it had an interesting concept that had cool potential. Didn’t know about all this controversy and now I’m just a bit uncomfortable with supporting Ch 2 now :/

[@Nickwilde7755]

I feel like how not enough people don't talk about the scam of chapter one being free after chapter 2 released with no refund or compensation for those who bought chapter 1

[@rosykindbunny1313]

I never understood why it suddenly blew up overnight. The only content I really watched related to it were animations, particularly KiwiQueen13. Go watch her Poppy Playtime animations because they're actually really good. Also, I thought EnchantedMob sounded familiar. I used to watch to many of their Sister Location and Undertale song animations. Oh man, the channel has fallen far.

[@the_feathered_goat6172]

Omg I watched KiwiQueen13 24/7 back in early 2021 I’m happy to hear she’s still uploading lol

[@rosykindbunny1313]

@@the_feathered_goat6172 it's great that she has more time for animations now that suf rewritten is over

[@Munalaxy]

Not to mention, Ethan also looked up to EMob and was an inspiration as to why they got into MC animations. So to have someone that has been an inspiration to them bully and talk behind their back negatively really impacted Ethan's mental health negatively.

[@CyberneticStreetrunner]

As soon as god damn story game starts making NFTS is the time we stop supporting it,they will most likely make at least one NFT story episodes

[@saltyfella4983]

Okay but all seriousness aside from this, that sponsor portion legitimately made me laugh until my lungs deflated. Keep up the awesome and creative content!