Despot's Game - Cannibal Army Building Autobattle Roguelike

[@NB-TB]

Splat: I'm not building the meganoob till the end or peeps will leave the stream early. Splat: Builds meganoob then says bye bye and ends video. Savage 100

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

Very

[@atropabelladonna12]

Splat is honestly one of the best Indi spotlight channels IMO. I love seeing games come back after a few months for a "what's changed" look.

[@SpaceAlchemyst]

I love indie games and you are often the one who makes me discover those gems. Thank you SplatterCatGaming, love your videos!

[@RunicTree]

i agreed with miguelitoo

[@Goldendeed]

Same though. This is like a game I would have imagined as a kid made real. Super cool

[@lightvalentine7625]

agree

[@nemesisurvivorleon]

Same

[@cloakedwanderer2392]

I love when Splatt remembers he's actually smart and educated. The dumb jokes just come out first. XD

[@GameTimeWhy]

Yeah splat acts like he isn't super smart. Part of the persona I think. Once in a while we get the anime protag moment.

[@CrazyDutchguys]

the thinking juice has to recharge sometimes

[@wisdumb47]

This game is really good. If you 'win' you just get thrown into a pool of other winning teams and you battle for place on a leaderboard. That end-game ends up being what you are really playing for. There are a TON of optimizations you can make when pathing to save food and dealing with debuffs from starvation at the right times. The talent-tree and class-combo buffs are useful and consequential, but resources are always on the edge. Team positioning and composition matters a lot and is dependent on what you have. Super fun game.

[@D00M3R-SK8]

I heard that mutations were the most important thing in terms of winning. I have only done 2 runs of the game myself, but got pretty far. Also you're actually supposed to starve them I think, so if you keep them fed all of the time you are basically playing wrong and going to fail. I thought that building the right team composition would have won me the game, but if you don't have enough power through mutations you will not win.

[@Ak-yw9kf]

I have been playing this forever and the brawl mode is super fun for me

[@tuliocolaco2045]

SplatterCat: '' Upgrading your mutations is important, sometimes people don't do it and in high levels they just get rolled. '' Also SplatterCat: Does not upgrade the mutations.

[@ladislavpolomcak5337]

exactly

[@CarlMarx]

Purchased this game as a result of this video. Four hours later I got my first "win" on easy mode! :D

[@trashbin7800]

Splatt is the best channel for me looking for new underrated indie games to play since other channels usually feature the bigger games.

[@roslolian11]

Yeah so the best tip I can give for this game is dont waste time on the lvl 1 melee units (swords, shields, gloves etc) after the first floor. You will always end up replacing them cuz they dont give enough stats to survive a fight. OTH the lvl 4 and 5 units are strong in general, to the point you can just take them even without synergy

[@DamsdelDrennon]

This game is both simple and deep, and filled to the brim with thoughtful gameplay elements and absolutely loony humour, pure joy really.

[@birgirpall]

Splat reads meganewbie as mechanewbie. *just splat things*

[@EURIPODES]

This is absolutely, positively the exact reason I watch these videos. Splattercat is the best source for finding super awesome games. These days mainstream games journalists don't even like gaming and hate gamers. Just look to the pitiful g4tv reboot for example. I've been on KZbin for years and few have earned my subscription but Splattercatgaming is now number 14. Thanks Splattercat for being awesome!

[@punyizard8814]

Great video! Thank you for giving visibility to this game that deserves it so much

[@EdgeOfCasualGaming]

This looks great. I love party building titles like this, where you're relieved of the burden of actually having to control the fights.

[@sinephase]

the creativity of this guy is great and the openness he's had with developing and allowing people to test it for free is classy as hell! :)

[@TheAerosolNinja]

Oh Jason and his ski mask is such an iconic character. Not to be confused with Chuck and his hockey mask.

[@stinkinburrows]

It said mega newbie, not mecha newbie, you kept thinking it was going to be a mech suit or something but it was just a big flesh man lol.

[@wagesof58]

I think him rolling 10x as much food as needed and complaining about not having enough money was the best.

[@TheQuietOne937]

13:12 "It turns him into Jason and that's awesome!" Proceeds to turn into Popeye...

[@just.dakota]

Dude, the one thing I will take away form this is that " Thunder God Paddles" is the best description of a defibrillator I have ever heard. 🤣Quite literally The funniest thing I heard all week.

[@MaxintoshMinus]

Today, I learned that Splat is a 3rd wave ska fan, and was immediately not surprised

[@HeadCannonPrime]

fun fact time, Trident edition. Trident Tri = Three, and Dent or Dentalis is Teeth in latin. So trident means Three-Teeth.

[@chriswhittington9552]

What this game really needs is if you lose pawns a notification displaying who you lost with what item they had. the battles are pretty chaotic and the pawns so disposable its easy to lose track. Also a button to make the battles go half speed would be great.

[@brookyct95]

It's already inside the game. You can see who died, which class they are and which item tier they have

[@2brenton]

Thanks for great recommendations. Adding new games to my library.

[@thomasroberts8092]

Mechanewbie was super disappointing. Great video as always brotha! You make me cry everyday I haven't fixed my PC, but in a good way.

[@hadsperz]

"All I want is more" is the dominant Reel Big Fish song.

[@callmesteve7874]

Loved that Reel Big Fish twist. So true, lmao!

[@FlyingFalke]

Very cool, that you're are covering this underrarted game, I've been playing this game hundreds of hours in the last months. The final release 1.0 should come out soon, also check out their discord.

[@LokiOfNorse]

For true art is explosive. Ok Deidara.

[@frozztie7511]

good lord... you know, ive watched over 2000 of your vids this year... i think ive been watching your vids more then ive been playing games lately xD

[@bAtACt1X]

damn. I got addicted to your channel emidatly a few weeks ago. Thx a lot for your awesome game-introduction to a lot of awesome games. Great job dude.

[@mordreddelavirac]

Another day, another absolute banger. Awesome stuff as usual Splat!

[@elanasilverman4468]

dent = "tooth" in French Trident = 3 teeth= totally what this thing is. I like!

[@wr2942]

Love the Reel Big Fish reference. One of my faves

[@kareningram6093]

Thanks for reminding me about this game. Definitely adding it to the old wishlist.

[@zappedguy1327]

Thanks for the vid Splatt

[@JohnClam]

So, I dunno if this feedback matters to you, but I've been watching every day on my lunch break for a few months now. On my weekends I'll dive into the backlog I haven't seen. I super appreciate the spotlight you bring to indie games, even if your narrative style is not my favorite. My main gripe is this: I literally fast forward the first 1/4 of each video, and I can't be the only one. Maybe I'm wrong here, but the explanation of each game feels SO drug out. Most of us are smart. We get what's happening. A quick overview would seem to be more user friendly than a 5 min explanation. Just my two cents. Enjoy the channel, appreciate your work, will continue to watch.

[@brischultz]

He does seem to over explain things a bit in the beginning of each video. I find myself skipping ahead also.

[@Lo-Kag]

Same. I usually skip immediately to around 10min mark, if the gameplay looks fun, I'll spend more time, jumping back and forth

[@soggyridesmotorizedbicycle6258]

Yeah, this game does look like it's fun to play. I like the idea of equipping a small platoon of humanoids, positioning them, then letting them go at it.👍👍👍

[@joc6344]

In French "dent" is "teeth". So I've always assumed it was called "trident" for that reason (three-tooth). But I haven't proofcheck it. I guess it could also come from an older Latin root.

[@joc6344]

Nevermind.. He said it right after I wrote that ^^'

[@gataylor6982]

When you come to see a new roguelike and begin to placed with existential dread

[@sixhundredandfive7123]

You get a like for the Reel Big Fish reference.

[@quoting_mungo]

Great video as always! Seeing this and you mentioning their prior game reminded me of another game that I THINK I saw on your channel some time back. Been spending the morning fighting with Google but just can’t find the right search terms. Anyone remember this game? You had to manage a factory extracting resources from humans, such as hair and bone. You got presented with candidates who you could choose to hire, allow into the program you were collecting resources for, or just reject to be harvested. I know it was a side view 2D game, but I’m just not having any luck.

[@goldenalpharex1841]

Was it Hell Architect, by any chance? I haven't checked if Splat ever covered it, but that's what it made me think of.

[@quoting_mungo]

@@goldenalpharex1841 It wasn’t, but good guess! Somehow searching on another device finally worked; I eventually found that the game was Organs Please and it looks like Splat did not actually cover that, so apparently brain was playing tricks on me.

[@ShiryouOni]

This looks great, a bit too pricey for me but i'll pick it up on sale eventaully

[@leddyvilla]

The pixel art alone makes me want the game

[@coliec]

I was so scared that was going to just cut the video before showing mega noobie as a joke

[@justdie0k]

It seems like every time I revisit a game Splat makes a video on it a couple days after , very weird but awesome!

[@Alphascrub_77]

Mechanoobie was small. But looked like and effective tank. Game looks pretty fun. Might have to give it a go.

[@bobt2094]

Haha the chainsaw noises! ... or should I say Quagmiresaws 🤣 Giggity giggity!

[@bobt2094]

@UCja3TQM673XW-0C4-Yc80MA is this legitimate? ... I'm from the U.K so i'm not sure if U.S power cables/plugs are compatible with U.K ones... also I'd rather the PC go to someone else that needs it more... though I don't have one myself haha...

[@michaelperazzola4439]

I haven't heard someone mention Real Big Fish in years!!

[@FizzleFX]

27:25 that Dreihänder. Cloud Strive. I bet my pants on that

[@frantisekprusa4877]

Jokes on you Splattercat. I have used a defiblirator on a patient before! Checkmate!

[@Xexelli]

Wife left me the day I completed our Mech-noobie.

[@lucaisgarden7005]

I really want Splats chainsaw noise to now be in game.

[@PandemoniumGameDev]

Didn't really like the game initially but it did improve significantly, it looks great now!

[@ronnydarko9046]

22:49 You know us too well.

[@xXKingReptarXx]

Using real defib paddles on someone is brutal. It can burn their skin and cinge their hair and pick you and the patient up off the floor. It’s pretty metal.

[@peddypeoples941]

that randy rhoades reference was quite nice:)

[@Gigusx]

Fuck yeah. I was looking for this game recently because I vaguely remembered you playing it but couldn't remember the title. What a godsend :D

[@poeticartist2nv]

As always, thanks for the content

[@cbcinfla]

G-dammit Splat, I've resisted watching your Twitch for-ev-er because time and stuff but ugh, I think you got me with this game.

[@joewilson3393]

If you get Despotism 3k on your phone, the options Splat mentioned are enabled in the options. They are disabled by default.

[@orochifire]

The lil chainsaw guy is Leatherface, hence all the wild hair sticking out behind the mask.

[@szm99]

10 minutes to get to any sort of actual play, come on Splat, remember that we have to sit here and watch too...

[@ephemispriest8069]

I kind of wish you had your newbie spawning button to make a massive mega newbie.

[@DarrylCross]

Especially when the heal button he gave it up for was a bit of a let down by not being usable mid-battle.

[@wingnoot048]

Bruh pullin out the RBF style content on us. I deserve that, I was baying for a Mechanewbie at that moment, felt like I was being scolded by a dissapointed parent lol

[@finalbossediting]

great video as always - this game looks awesome.

[@bungus87]

You’re cool man, ~2017 era Let’s Look At vibes for sure. Loving the cool games I’m being introduced to on here!!! Keep it up, ya hear?

[@RomaUERJ1]

Great!

[@darkace37]

recovering from a chainsaw injury, I'm laughing with you I swear. :(

[@darkace37]

I can tell you that the chainsaw annihilates the flesh and muscle and there is no pain involved in the destruction of your body. Easier than getting my tonsils removed.

[@MorteWulfe]

I was about to educate ya on trident, but you figured it out before I could type it!

[@tiagopassarela]

You just sold me another game my dude

[@voidling2632]

Yea, chainsaws are great, almost cut my leg off, luckily I wore safety pants and not much happened, except a chainsaw full with fibers, was a mess to clean it. Always wear safety clothes + protective helmet ... and ear protection... and safety shoes (saved me from cutting of my toes) when working with chainsaws.

[@solidXxXtuna]

I'm picking up too many cool games following your spotlights. No idea htf I'm spoze to play all these dope games

[@MarieAxelsson]

Ohh this game goes on my wishlist.

[@Silent0_0smile]

intersting game i think i will give it a try soon

[@Nockgun]

i reccomend alot of healers to make your dudes survive longer

[@FoxfirePoet]

Lost it at the Reel Big Fish joke.

[@ivanjeh4493]

Splat's Condensed Review: 31:04

[@Cracktune]

watched, bought . ty

[@realpsychotic9479]

your chainsaw noise sounds like popeye laughing hahaha

[@jangofet555]

does each weapon have a unique attack or effect besides the healer or is it just an icon with tiers of stat numbers? if they are unique, they sorely need descriptions. i also would like to know what the class abilities do.

[@Jokoko2828]

Yeah, all of the items are unique in function and animation, the only way you'll learn how they work is by using them.

[@darkstar1977]

No wonder you're losing your memory if you're drinking so much Diet Coke! Good on you for reducing but quitting entirely might not be a bad idea! Love your work!

[@Trivial_Whim]

You know, of course, that chainsaws were invented to help with child birth, right? Victorians were crazy.

[@yaroslavbozhdynsky]

Their Despotism 3K is funny.

[@RannonSi]

Something that always confuses me (for a short while) is percentage based upgrades (as in skills etc. when you level up, I can't remember the term). It's very rarely mentioned whether the % is based on your base stats or whether it stacks on other the other percentage skills you have: E.G. Base health: 100 Old buff/skill/ability: +15% health New buff/skill/ability: +15% health If it stacks, you have 132.25 HP (100×1,15×1,15) If it doesn't, you have 130 HP (100×(1+0,15+0,15)) (written incorrectly, but I have to go to work and I can't remember how to do it properly ATM). If I remember correctly, it's usually stacked, but I've seen games where it's based on base HP (or games where it's mixed E.G. some skills or items are XP on base HP while other cumulate), but's it's usually up to the gamer to find out which system is in use.

[@icthulu]

You cut it off before the fight's end... Damnit.

[@brownsugarkush]

Have you ever covered Hyper Light Drifter? If you haven't, you should try it.

[@whiteice97]

The chainsaw was originally made for childbirth

[@D00M3R-SK8]

Not played this in a while, has much been added?

[@Dzdzovnica]

Spalt, trident is called that cose in latin dens means tooth and dentes teeth, so trident means three-teeth :)

[@DARKthenoble]

will the live stream be on this channel?

[@RahzZalinto]

8:09 THATS WHAT HE SAID

[@markpeterson8141]

-dent = teeth, tri- = 3; Trident = 3 teeth.

[@dontnormally]

use the teleporter and dont ever buy the cheapest food

[@MasterOfTheBrood]

So essentially The Binding of Isacc meets The Wall from Solar Opposites?

[@elbonnybar]

lol, the mecha guy at the end was hilarioys.

[@Lemon_Chicken_Yo]

oof, KZbin unsubscribed me. Back in the nerd castle!

[@Maddyrayray]

Unrelated to the current game, but do you have any plans to review scorn? I would love to see that

[@inji4579]

Очень-очень круто, великолепно! Огромный респект! Приветики с реакторика)

[@konfagamesdespotsgamedespo73]

О, салют! Меня вождь забанил "за рекламу", то что я тип только про свою игру пощу... так у меня в жизни больше ничего нет, про что мне еще то постить =D

[@inji4579]

@@konfagamesdespotsgamedespo73 Вот гондон. Кто-то за его счет хочет пропиарить самодельную клевую игру...

[@worldgamesofmy]

nice video 🤧🥳

[@Alexanderthegreat159]

There's another game that's like a I don't know how to explain it but you level up a facility using people to power it and all that s*** and it's made by the same creators it's pretty good

[@brunofant3562]

Happen to have the name by any chance? Appreciate you!

[@Alexanderthegreat159]

@@brunofant3562 I wrote this before he said it in the video, but it's called despotism 3k