Every Indie Horror Game After FNAF Came Out

[@CircleToonsHD]

ok jokes aside I'd play a blues clues horror game

[@Flamezord]

I think we all would

[@KittyKatty999]

You won't believe this, but there already IS a parody horror game of Blue's Clues. I can't remember the name though...

[@LonleyBucket4872]

Chips Tips Is a blues clues parody horror game which is good but comes from a horror game pack (which is still good)

[@StarmisYTP]

Honestly, sounds a really interesting.

[@Niklas-bf7jn]

Ot woude be called red clues

[@gluttonousmimic3041]

Now someone's going to make a Blue Clues horror game, and recommend it to Markiplier. I'll be expecting it within the year.

[@arrow-1237]

I’m on it 👍

[@The_Real_Black_Jesus]

It can happen in a matter of days in the right hands.

[@The_Real_Black_Jesus]

​@@arrow-1237preciate ya

[@jewelmillian3719]

Markiplier actually did play a Blue's Clues horror in one of his 3 scary games videos lol. It was clearly parody tho, so I'd love to see the real deal.

[@mitsubishilancerevox8707]

Someone already made one for a dread x collection.

[@semihezen9541]

You forgot Bendy and the Ink Machine where they take nostalgic childhood themes and turns them freaking twisted

[@Tyrany42]

But what’s truly unique is Choo Choo Charles, which takes nostalgic childhood themes and turns them FREAKIN TWISTED!

[@Officialroundy]

And rainbow friends take nostalgic childhood themes and turn them freaking twisted

[@abhikergaming7783]

Did I get this wrong or are you saying bendy and the ink machine and five night's at freddys are the same. Bendy and the ink machine has fun gameplay,a intresting and unique artstyle,good music and good enviroment. (also the story is great) Sorry but you're stretching it with bendy and the ink machine being the same like five night's at freddy's Edit: Sorry again if I missunderstood what you said and made this comment for no reason

[@jordidraws7723]

And The Last Monday, where they take nostalgic childhood themes and turns them frickin twisted

[@imactuallykools]

@@Tyrany42difference is it’s actually good and has a unique and fun concept never seen before

[@UOUPv2]

That's not fair. Poppy's playtime took nostalgic childhood themes and also turned them into freaking NFTs.

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

I still wince at the existence of those shits.

[@pumkin610]

Spotify, disney, and every other company seems to love NFT's for some reason.

[@moo8866]

@@pumkin610spotify made nfts?

[@UrpabaDaGoat]

@@moo8866so did Netflix

[@RareSox]

And bitch fartman.

[@SuperSylar]

You know what's crazy? Some of those "games based on childhood themes and turn into freaking twisted" are now becoming the childhood games of some kids nowadays. It always awes me whenever I go somewhere and see a little kid, no more than like 5, holding a Huggy Wuggy plush like it was a regular teddy bear.

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

I saw a couple of those types of kids in my town's yearly festival recently. I really wanted to show them the source material, but I was afraid of getting a punch to the face by their accompanying parent.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Hell people insist they ARE kids’ games so 🤷

[@neigeshusband5327]

​@@MDLuffy1234YTWhat? Kids love horror, that's been a consistent experience for generations.

[@thedodgeviperacr5935]

@@MDLuffy1234YTWell they did sell action figures of brutal action films back then

[@Mrhellslayerz]

​​@@DeathnoteBB'm not surprised in the slightest. The general public considers the ENTIRE medium of animation to be for kids despite things like Akira and Hunter x Hunter existing. Hell, even movies that are bright and colorful like Puss in Boots or Prince of Egypt deal with some really heavy topics, yet parents won't actually watch the things they give to their children, they just need a babysitter that they don't need to pay for.

[@yourfriendlymemedeliverygu7493]

And then Matpat makes a theory about the lore of the game 1 day after it came out Game Theory: The truth about the game with nostalgic childhood theme that turns it twisted?!

[@wet0wl]

Correction: Half a year after it came out

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

And then it gets a sequel that’s basically “What if it’s your nostalgic childhood experience but it’s freaking TwIsTeD?”

[@heyimadino]

*freaking twisted!

[@pretzelicious4200]

Then makes another video to debunk his previous video, and then another video to fix the timeline in the previous video. And then a three part video because they discovered the tiniest detail that changes the whole story and needs to correct the previous video and-

[@starlion93]

I can imagine the Game Theroy Title being You Are the Bad Guy in Blue Clue's Horror Mystery

[@giantpinkcat]

The Best way to determine the passion an Indie Horror game has is in whether or not the devs are immediately selling merch upon releasing the FIRST stage of the game.

[@caseyali866]

*Cough* *Cough* *Garten of BanBan* *Cough* *Cough*

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

Official Poppy Playtime NFTs. Yes, they're real.

[@birdboy16]

Doesn’t Poppy Playtime have a link to their merchandise right on the games menu screen?

[@ouch9129]

​@@birdboy16 Poppy Playtime had - Instant Merch - Attempt at a Movie before even finishing their game - Utilized the characters they made for FNaF Ship elsagate youtube videos (They also s*xualize child characters there) - "Lore NFTs" (You have to buy their NFTs to get exclusive lore hints) Also the game was a ripoff of someone elses game, which they took after harassing the dude for like a year because he didn't want to join their dev team. Also they had a beautiful written apology they made, where they literally took no blame and said all the terrible things they did were everyone elses fault.

[@birdboy16]

@@ouch9129 those are all VERY red flags

[@CeHee123]

To be fair, even before fnaf creepypastas were doing the whole, "Take your childhood and make it horror" shtick. It just sticks out for a lot of people. Its the same reason why people like talking about the things that scared them in cartoons as kids.

[@Guilmonhero]

Well the fact that these are literal games instead of stories made them more accessible.

[@ablosch2452]

Yeah like Suicide Mouse, Squidward’s Suicide, Ben Drowned Zelda, Happy Appy, and what not.

[@danielbarnes1241]

​@@GuilmonheroSo we just gonna forget all the Slender and amnesia clones they birthed lol

[@karimitickaeloogreattemlor3486]

@@ablosch2452I know all the others but I don't remember ever hearing about happy appy?

[@ablosch2452]

@@karimitickaeloogreattemlor3486 It basically was like this one about a guy finding a lost show called Happy Appy about a talking Apple and getting obsessed with learning about it. Then it adds stuff like Appy in episodes predicting stuff like the Japanese Power Plant disaster and the World Trade Center attacks. Then it went totally off the walls with all these episodes he finds with Appy fighting two kids, and this conspiracy thing where he finds out the show was made by a weird guy in a gas mask who calls himself “Forensik.” It’s not a very good Creepypasta, but it falls under the same sort of category.

[@theadministrator.6632]

Baldi’s not being recognized as satire is the most true part of this video.

[@AymenZero]

Some people called themselves brave for not being scared of that game. It's literally a fucking joke game.

[@axis1677]

​​@@AymenZeroxactly, its more fun than scary, and the only scary thing you will find in it is the ocasional jumspacre that gets you off guard.

[@AymenZero]

@@axis1677 the jumpscare is not even that scary.

[@eliescobis9922]

I love when (insert fnaftuber who has crossed arms avatar) does not recognize that baldi basic is a satire horror game that was made specifically to point and laugh at mascot horror

[@funnyvideoguy3216]

Well I feel fucking stupid now

[@apersonontheinternet7607]

there's only two paths for horror games now: you either take the funny jumpscaring mascot route, or the rpg that was actually a metaphor for depression this whole time

[@gregvs.theworld451]

Somebody should do an omega troll and make a latter game that reveals itself to be the former a good ways in. Make it cryptic and obscure and obtuse, but engaging, and just string the layer along until they only realize it's the fucking Berenstain Bears 30 hours in.

[@mateuszszulecki5206]

And then there are the occasional games that seemed to have glitched past both of them into the middle and became their own original thing. Iron Lung springs to mind for me.

[@devin5201]

If you want a break from these two subgenres of horror I highly recommend Signalis, it's a really good spiritual successor to stuff like SH2 and classic RE.

[@md-fi7zt]

bro you gotta start looking for games outside youtube

[@thebocce5741]

@@mateuszszulecki5206 That as well as It Steals, No One Lives Under The Lighthouse, and arguably also Dredge (though I haven't played enough of it to know if it's actually a horror game yet)

[@metashade4218]

Even Markiplier's sick of the kid friendly themed mascot horror genre. You can just tell by the look of his face in his Garten of Banban & Amanda the Adventurer let's play

[@pipisfried3036]

Ok tbf,i think Amanda is a lil more unique-ish with the whole escape room aspect of the game and i like the concept pf a dora the explorer creepy game

[@Fanin_n]

@@pipisfried3036yeah Amanda’s pretty decent

[@tadstrange1465]

Well it's just because those games suck ass

[@thisisnotthechannelyourelo407]

not sure why he wasted his time playing them, they're not worth the bland, boring experience. I'd rather go to the dmv XD

[@Naokarma]

Amanda the Adventurer and (sorta) Poppy Playtime still has *some* unique aspects to it that make it worth paying attention to, but basically any other one in this category has become so difficult to care about.

[@frownyclowny6955]

Hey, in Baldi’s case, it was never meant to pop off or anything. It was actually a parody of the tropes with this kind of media and really wasn’t meant to be anything big.

[@leliaduhe5336]

Very true, though the fact that it did is the funny part about this. Shoot, it was inspired by old Sonic edutainment games😂

[@someone24688]

​@@leliaduhe5336and that slender man game where you collect notes

[@lucasmatthiessen1570]

@@leliaduhe5336what’s it called?

[@ethanmcneill1941]

@@leliaduhe5336 probably sonic's schoolhouse in particular

[@evankauffman2139]

Don't forget that almost every game is about children being murdered/haunting the main setting of the game. That's also pretty *freakin' twisted.*

[@gasterthemaster6490]

Only real exception (and the only good one) is Bendy.

[@walkerphillips2818]

Baldi:

[@andrewle4989]

@@gasterthemaster6490also My Friendly Neighborhood. There’s no explanation for why the puppets are alive, they just are. And none of the characters question it.

[@chaosinc.382]

​@@gasterthemaster6490 Honestly Bendy not involving the souls of children is a massive plus. I cant believe thats the benchmark, but hey.

[@arkangaming4496]

@@walkerphillips2818 baldi is the opposite lmao

[@Ryan-uf2gy]

You see there’s a very complex system in play here. Indie Horror developer makes indie horror game based off of childhood themes and turning them twisted, then markiplier gets recommended and plays the game, then game theory theorizes about said game. Repeat. You know someone should make a horror game about this process.

[@historynerd5728]

The horrors of the KZbin algorithm

[@gregvs.theworld451]

@@historynerd5728 Okay but if it was well written in the story department, good at biting commentary, or both, that has potential to slap.

[@caseyali866]

@polybius-jy5rc Honestly I agree the Zardys maze deserved so much better especially when Garten of BanBan barely has any effort and is getting all the attention from KZbin while Zardys maze got a passing glance

[@Deltanium2080]

That's a genius idea actually but I can't be bothered to work on it

[@ayamgorengdimakanayam]

Someone should make a horor game about the process of the process

[@ryankossick5791]

These games be hitting you with jumpscares. While Subnautica makes you stare into the unending black abyss causing you to experience excessive amounts of primal fear, proceeded by a jumpscare.

[@odnorando8684]

Subnautica triggers my thalassophobia so hard.

[@caseyali866]

Subnautica hit my thalassaphobia like a semi truck

[@caseyali866]

Those few seconds after the reaper roar are some of Subnauticas scariest moments and you can't convince me otherwise

[@chaosinc.382]

​@@caseyali866[Scans Reaper] "If you can hear it, it can *see you* ." Welp, sleep is overrated.

[@internetpawn3542]

At least baldi had some merit and is actually a legit passion project that the creator Is trying to make as fun and enjoyable as possible. While also learning about and improving his game design skills

[@masonasaro2118]

amanda falls under that, too. it’s really just poppy playtime and garten of shitshit (so nicknamed in response to the unfunny “ironically prasing the game as peak” crowd) that are souless cashgrabs that got way too popular. and choo choo charles.

[@RandomComixco.]

Bro fr it's one of my favorite games

[@ablosch2452]

I thought Baldi was originally just some guy’s last minute game developer contest entry that ended up gaining popularity.

[@RandomComixco.]

@@ablosch2452 mystman12 originally a game jam game that won second place. However he had the character of baldi since he was a child. The game has continued to grow and improve over the years

[@DeerEwe]

❤ real stuff you said I’m hoping Amanda does well Game Jam turned to full games

[@Hugelag]

You joke, but we all know that a Blue's Clues horror game is inevitable.

[@jib-o-jub4643]

Low key definitely saw someone trying to advertise one like a week ago on instagram

[@Rev_Erser]

Already happened, chip's tips

[@jib-o-jub4643]

@@Rev_Erser not even the one I saw lol guess its happened twice

[@diekrahe.]

Meatcanyon pretty much made that already

[@TRG_R17]

Reply 5

[@chom6096]

Horror games back then: “you’re stuck in the spooky basement inside a haunted mansion in the scary woods on top of the evil hill. Find your way out” Horror games now: “so basically this 80s/90s themed cartoon character is actually evil or possessed or something. Here’s a VHS tape or some other retro type of video format to make this seem old and shit”

[@sibel9272]

So you just gonna ignore RE7/8, Signalis, Darkwood, Inscryption and Iron Lung?

[@leviticusprime4904]

@@sibel92722012: indie horror is dead, all these games are just reskins of slender. 2023:indie horror is dead , all these games are just reskins of fnaf

[@luketfer]

@@leviticusprime4904 wasn't it 2012 All these indie horror games are reskins of Amnesia. A LOT of people forget how influential Amnesia: The Dark Descent was on horror games when it came out.

[@maritofuentes8937]

@@leviticusprime4904 dont forget when outlast became popular so every single horror game had you hold a camera for no reason

[@sebastianrosa7935]

Soon we're gonna reach a point where FNAF will be more of a nostalgic childhood theme than Chuck E. Cheese itself.

[@JGT-yd2wx]

I'm pretty sure we already have.

[@LaneCheney]

​@@JGT-yd2wxex szSz😂2

[@participatoroftomfoolery]

​@@JGT-yd2wx100% already have, chuck E cheese is barely even still in business. It was struggling even before the pandemic and closed over half its locations during it and is now facing bankruptcy.

[@loren6102]

AND THEN WE WILL FREAKING TWIST FNAF

[@Eshtian]

Bring a kid that never got 8nto fnaf, it has more connection to my childhood then chuck E cheese does

[@notmyrealname7163]

Baldi's Basics is more of a parody, and Amanda The Adventurer is genuinely good. It's well acted, genuinely disturbing, has unique puzzles, and doesn't jam itself full of sequel bait. Poppy and Banban however are shameless cash grabs and KZbinr bait. Not to mention that the games are nearly identical. Go into an abandoned child friendly area, walk down corridors, do dumb puzzles, and run from "scary" monsters. Not to mention the games literally have a merch button ON THE MAIN MENU.

[@mothilibu]

BB is really good, especially BB+ the baldi modding scene is AMAZING right now

[@cbandit7715]

It was trying to be Bendy without the heart and soul

[@MaximilianMackrey]

Baldi is actually based on sonic's schoolhouse

[@anothenblue2630]

@SynthwaveWolf85 it was also like 5 minutes long.

[@lilmya-nee-4686]

The only thing good about Amanda the Adventurer are the fanarts, and about Baldi is that it's funny.

[@Guhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

I think Baldi’s Basics and Amanda the Adventurer get a pass, both were made by independent developers and had lots of care and effort put into them when the early versions got popular. On the other hand, Poppy Playtime and Garten of Banban were made purely for money and with little effort or attention to detail.

[@skelebonez1349]

Disagree on poppy playtime. The way things are animated and such have actual polish and such, the devs behind it? Yeah ok they suck, but honestly it’s a really good game even if made by some bad people Garten? Honestly I feel as bad as that game is, by this point it feels like those films that are so bad it’s funny kinda thing, I don’t really like garten as is but honestly it’s just kinda goofy I do kinda hope after I’m done with this fnaf storyline I’m working on or at least a huge chunk, I could make a interesting mascot horror about a campsite in the woods

[@TheRealSuperKirby]

​@@skelebonez1349poppy playtime was super buggy at the start and the game was plagiarized from a game made by someone the devs hated.

[@skelebonez1349]

@@TheRealSuperKirby yeah I’m aware of that, even more why I don’t like the devs, but honestly when chapter 2 came out the quality was more realized and such. Again this is me more so saying the game so far is looking improved and much better than before than me defending the devs cuz I don’t like those devs at all I do wish people stopped saying indie horror let alone mascot horror is dead just cuz some recent games that came out were bad even though there’s a wide selection of really good ones like Andy’s apple farm or shipwrecked 64, even crow 64.

[@CoalEater_Elli]

And baldi's basics is actually very fun and replayable. It still holds up to this day i say.

[@skelebonez1349]

@@CoalEater_Elli true, it kinda got that night of the consumers vibe to me tbh, not sure why tho

[@Nacalal]

Yeah I think this is that 'Half-Life' effect, where a game comes out doing something new and interesting, does it pretty well, succeeds financially, then the industry tries to pump out clones of it until the next big thing rolls around.

[@TheMamaluigi300]

It also applies to stuff like Duke Nukem 3D, Doom, Wolfenstein 3D

[@kingofworms831]

The entire battle royal thing

[@RaxusXeronos]

Ah yes....Garten of Ban Ban.....the game in which a single remote BUTTON has more polygons than the entirety of SUPER MARIO 64 I don't know how you screw up a simple CYLINDER shape that bad.

[@crusaderthememer6523]

Like, isn't there one you can just paste in that looks perfectly fine?

[@chaosinc.382]

​@@crusaderthememer6523That would require basic competency. The clowns making BanBan seem to lack that.

[@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime]

Yandere sim toothbrush moment

[@wariodude128]

You know what I think would be original? If the monsters in a childhood themed horror game were actually quite friendly and humans are the ones you have to watch out for.

[@DTFauxClassic]

I know it's not a conventional pick, but the "evil routes" of Undertale/Deltarune starts to fall into that realm of "horror"; especially knowing how the "pacificst" routes play out. It's also ironic, because most horror games make you weak to add to the helplessness, but there's a different kind of unsettling when you have the potential to be the most powerful character in the world, and the game "punishes" you for exerting that strength.

[@collingreenwood737]

Among the Sleep. You're talking about Among the Sleep.

[@thebighouseoffriendsbazink6455]

So Baldi's

[@caseyali866]

(Spoilers for Among the Sleep) Behold (Drum roll please) Among the Sleep the game where you play as a child and the monster is your alcoholic mother

[@andrewle4989]

My Friendly Neigborhood mostly fits the description for this. so that's nice.

[@floxcat5857]

Honestly, this is true and this is coming a guy who enjoys FNAF, but admits there's too many 'childhood cartoon turn into Hell' horror games now and days. Don't get me wrong, some of those games are fine, but when in comes to Garden of Ban Bad and Poppy Play; you're literally questioning of these people even doing art, specially when they actually cause conversies that cross the line of moral ideas.

[@Goldtiger142003]

Ah, everything wrong with this fad that is taking way too long to die out. What should've been a one-hit wonder ended up living way past its expiration date. A Blue's Clues horror game would be pretty fun though, considering the premise of Blue's Clues does involve following clues to reach a conclusion.

[@devin5201]

The final clue is that the player character killed his wife and oops we are back to Silent Hill.

[@Shay3w]

Meanwhile, Darkwood a horror game that build the tension through atmosphere with fucked up encounter friendly or not and without a single jumpscare.

[@ilaydaakmehmet7707]

Oh yeah I know that game! I haven't played it myself yet but it on my list!

[@xuantungphung5363]

Ey a fellow Darkwood enjoyer

[@atlasprime6193]

Not even movies are safe, like “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Money”

[@dengeki2005]

Can't for for Spider-Man: Rat Poison and Bleach

[@_-Lx-_]

Don't forget The Mean One.

[@wilkinscoffee4228]

They could have called it blood and honey

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

@@dengeki2005That movie is gonna be trash, I personally can’t wait for Pajama Sam: Piss and Lube

[@_-Lx-_]

@@wilkinscoffee4228 They did

[@tablettablet3028]

New indie horror game: (appears) Game Theory & DAGames: "It's free real estate"

[@espantaviejas3000.]

Grammar issue

[@matthewgarner7215]

I more so always felt that Amanda the Adventurer was more about paying tribute to lost episode creepypastas. Still taking nostalgic childhood things and turning them freaking twisted, but in a different way.

[@micah3331]

I can't wait for the new horror game thats gonna be a creepy childrens mascot that's freaking twisted

[@Whys_Nots]

The sad part is that these horror games probably over shadow the good indie horror games

[@caseyali866]

Its a real shame that lots of good indie horror games are lumped in with Poppy Plagiarism and the coffin of indie horror known as Garten of BanBan.

[@porcelina5834]

Iron Lung is probably a good example of a non-kid friendly indie horror game

[@GyrosLeftSteelBall]

play World of Horror!

[@JGT-yd2wx]

They do.

[@devin5201]

I blame the FNAF-likes for the lack of attention Signalis receives, like holy crap that might be my favorite horror game ever and no one talks about it.

[@realfromtherealreality4148]

You forgot the fact the games must all have incredibly confusing/convoluted lores that people such as myself will spend way too long trying to piece together for what is essentially: "Taking nostalgic themes and making them twisted!" while having a blast and a mental breakdown at the same time. (Although to be fair, horror games did tend to do that even before Fnaf. Looking at you Corpse Party.)

[@oscarotoole]

I would love to see someone make an actual Blues Clues horror game in the future

[@JP_Crimson]

There one already, kind of

[@Rev_Erser]

It's called chip's tips

[@matthewstanley1521]

Honestly, a Blue’s Clues inspired horror game has a lot of potential. They could make it like a detective game where you find actual clues and piece together a good mystery.

[@Scotthulahoopcawthon]

They already made one it’s bad

[@matthewstanley1521]

@@Scotthulahoopcawthon What is it called?

[@Scotthulahoopcawthon]

@@matthewstanley1521 chips tips

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

0:13 I have 330+ hours in Baldi's Basics Plus. And I'm not a Speedruner. I've just causally played it for that long

[@_-Lx-_]

I miss the days where the only real mascot horror games were Luigi's Mansion and Spooky's House Of Jumpscares on a fairly freaquent basis.

[@mrexeptionel9530]

Luigi's Mansion is a horror game?

[@finalhazard247]

This comment makes my head hurt.

[@_-Lx-_]

@@mrexeptionel9530 I mean the first one has a consistent spooky haloween theme, even if not too intense.

[@_-Lx-_]

@@trulypiercepa1530 It kinda is, far less than most of the genre but Spooky herself and several other aspects of it fit into the criteria for the genre. Kinda a mixture of plain regular horror with all the horrific gory twisted monsters while also having some mascot aspects such as a cutesy outside and the carboard cutouts and such. Spooky really is a celebration of Horror as a whole genre, even got two direct FNAF references with the Phone room and the Otter. Though IIRC Spooky actually predates FNAF by a short amount.

[@mrexeptionel9530]

@@_-Lx-_ Interesting, maybe the fact that they kinda toned down the atmosphere in dark moon and 3 made think that way.

[@LouisDesitter]

I do love a good treasure hunt to look and piece a story together coupled with creepily charming designs, which is probably why I like this FNAF genre. They can be made pretty neat with the right polish and atmosphere, like Bendy or Poppy (in spite of the company's actions for the latter). Even Baldi made the best of its awfully cheap inspirations. But when Garten of Banban started buzzing, I think that's when they wore the gimmick down to its thinnest. Uninspired designs, bare-minimum graphics, a snorefest of gameplay, 'chapters' farted out as quickly as possible to cash in the algorithm... I *really* felt the fatigue in this one. I think it's safe to say the next 'twisted childhood' game will have to try pretty hard to make people truly care- OH MY GOD, IS THAT DAWKO PLAYING THE 'ARTHUR'S CURSED LIBRARY' GAME ?!!

[@ScuttleBugReal]

“Indie horror is dead” mfs when they see “Mr Hugs’ Janitorial Closet of Terror”:

[@JixxarEntropy]

I think you make an excellent poiny, But seriously internet, Just let banban die already. instead of supporting it's creators by playing a game we don't want even want to play, Idk how that was picked up in the first place...

[@TheSussiest]

FNAF was great but good god it’s consequences have been horrible.

[@T8-TR]

...was it great tho? Hasn't it always been loud jumpscare simulator?

[@n00423e]

Well at least It gave us Bendy and the ink machine and from there everything went down for the most part

[@pigoverlord8250]

Hey poppy playtime is fucking awesome

[@massiveidiot77]

Fnaf sucks the story of the developer is inspiring though

[@_-Lx-_]

​@@pigoverlord8250 Yeah, no, the game is just a ripoff of bendy with all the bad qualities ampliefied and a bunch of plagurism, and the devs are a contender for the worst indie games studio ever.

[@williamdrum9899]

Taking childhood themes and twisting them has been a horror trope for ages. Chucky, Annabelle, Exorcist...

[@Callie_Crowheart]

Okay but we need to talk about how blues clues would be uniquely qualified for a horror remake. The show was originally about collecting clues from other friends to figure out what blue was trying to tell Steve. Pretty easy lay-up to turn that into collecting forensic clues from Steve's former friends to figure out what dark secret blue is revealing to Steve.

[@Polkagold]

I dont think baldis is really a cash grab mascot horror game, i think its either meant to be a satire game misinterpret as a genuine horror game with deep lore or a genuine joke game misinterpret as a genuine horror game with deep lore.

[@micah3331]

Exactly

[@jeltevl8868]

baldi was originally made to make fun off the whole games based on childhood stuff made twisted. Wich is really funny if you think about it.

[@craftman_yt]

​@@jeltevl8868yeah, and bbcr is actually pretty ominous sometimes

[@arkangaming4496]

it's a parody of crappy edutainment games

[@spoupsmcdoups]

Only thing you missed was how Matt Patt would’ve made a million theory videos about each game

[@somemadnessfan4763]

bro tried to put Baldi and Amanda in 💀 like genuinely if you think Baldi is unironic then... holy shit

[@ShenDoodles]

Amanda the Adventurer is fucking awesome, it’s got a unique style of gameplay that revolves around watching episodes of ATA to find clues for puzzles in the escape room-like setting you’re in. The story’s great too, if a little confusing at first.

[@Dantido]

I can't believe market plier didn't get the easter egg in Kindergarten Baby 3 by putting the phone at the exact coordinates where the body of Tim Tim was found according to the lore detailed in MatPat's 5 hour commentary about the game being related to the Ku Klux Klan's rituals.

[@thatchillasian8924]

These horror games will also be nostalgic childhood themes, so maybe someone will make them freaking twisted by actually making them good.

[@teemingwindow2171]

The indie horror scene is flowing with originality

[@walnut4521]

Shit like Garten of BanBan proves that no matter how talentless or lazy you are, you can always become a huge success

[@_-Lx-_]

A message to aspire to.

[@JamJuice101]

I find the game more of a comedy than a horror game to be honest.

[@etam8099]

It got released on the perfect time

[@EvilGeniusRANIK]

Next trend is gonna be getting something twisted and turning it into something wholesome.

[@allister-malister9179]

The munsters and literally anything halloween ever.

[@Brizzle12341]

We need more original horror games. Like imagine if there was a game that took nostalgic childhood themes and turned them freaking twisted. That would be amazing!

[@zombatter2]

Circletoons is a comedic genius

[@GutsOfRivia]

at this point a twist would be that it is just a regular game about nostalgic childhood stuff.

[@lanabobana3311]

While I'm not a particularly huge connoisseur of indie horror, I would like to point out games such as Phasmophobia, Inscryption, DDLC, Omori, etc. have all made pretty good names for themselves without following the "childhood theme but twisted" formula. (Also I just wanted say some of these because I think they're pretty cool and fun!)

[@sibel9272]

See also Signalis

[@gasterthemaster6490]

Bendy is also good. Not the best game, but it's good for what it is.

[@kingofworms831]

How could not mention dark deception

[@VengeanceGD]

@@gasterthemaster6490BATDR is an actual fantastic game.

[@Shroomsta-54672]

Ddlc has gotta be one of my favorites tho

[@TheErikalovey]

Cereal Mascot: Collect a prize! *Kid collects all of the prizes* Cereal Mascot: Thanks, kid! Now, I can create a prize army! *Cereal Mascot brings toys to life* Cereal Mascot: Kill him! *Kid kills the Cereal Mascot*

[@Supercatandrewman]

Hey CircleToonsHD guess what? You pretty much predicted the future, because somebody finally did make a Blue's Clues inspired horror game called Mint's Hints!

[@henrybyrd8381]

What if there was a horror game that takes classic resident evil style gameplay and turns it FREAKIN’ TWISTED?!

[@Drazil232]

Side note, I love how Baldi's Basics was a parody of those awful games, just to end up being that, lol

[@_-Lx-_]

Ironic-

[@guymadeofbees8464]

But baldi’s isn’t bad? Or even a horror game, it’s more of just a challenge game

[@_-Lx-_]

@@guymadeofbees8464 I mean 98% of the fanbase treats it as the same as any of those Bendy through BanBan style games, the majority of it's community and the majority of it's critics can't even differentiate them. Safe to say that's an issue.

[@mothilibu]

baldi is a good game! especially with BB+ being made. baldi modding is going great as well

[@axis1677]

​@@_-Lx-_fanbase treats it like that, the full game isnt even a horror game.

[@deepseastonecore3017]

A star walks into a black hole but doesn't seen phased. The black hole then turns to the star and says, "I don't think you understand the gravity of this situation."

[@HogartHughes]

the puns in your comment are at an astronomical level

[@ethanmcneill1941]

10/10 experience, would read again read it again, still 10/10

[@swordhere3396]

That's not fair!Iron Lung took the submarine minigame from Final Fantasy 7 and turned it freakin twisted!

[@mrperson9877]

Don't do my buddy Baldi dirty like that, it's a parody of indie horror games

[@maniacalmalamar8332]

Mint's Hints is now a thing 💀

[@manupm9161]

You forgot the part in which the monsters are possessed by the souls of a bunch kids who were killed either by a serial killer or an evil corporation

[@jonsku6662]

I too love when someone takes a twist and makes a childhood thing on it No, wait

[@caseyali866]

So modern horror games like Garten of BanBan? It takes a horror twist and turns into a childhood thing for 5 year olds.

[@antimatterg]

Dont forget the one that takes the concpet of a literature club and turns it fricking twisted

[@jiado6893]

So that Amanda the Adventurer game, it works with the aesthetic of late 90s and early 00s CG for kids? Interesting, I really loved things like Veggie Tales and Rolie Polie Olie.

[@crusaderthememer6523]

It's a good game and so is Baldi, other two mentioned are just soulless cash grabs

[@johnnylight0]

i agree, Whinny the poh 2022 was the best movie. i like how it took nostalgic childhood themes and turned them freakin twisted

[@Fizzlestew]

Well...this video's 2nd half aged quite well.

[@anthonyoliver418]

Remember the good days with Silent Hill, resident evil, and multiple underrated gems not only setting the ground for horror, but inventing new ways to do? Yeah, like that’s ever gonna happen again?

[@ultgamercw6759]

This year has been overflowing with amazing horror games. Dead Space and RE4 Remakes, Amnesia the Bunker, Outlast Trials, DREDGE, Sons Of The Forest and those are just off the top of my head. What are you on about?

[@espantaviejas3000.]

Oh yes, old games are better because they are nostalgic

[@WhoAmIHmmm]

before fnaf, many horror games were slender clones, amnesia clones or sonic.exe clones lol

[@WhoAmIHmmm]

@@ultgamercw6759 bro probably only watches the surface and starts to assume things

[@anthonyoliver418]

@@ultgamercw6759it’s almost like that is why I quoted Shrek

[@PixelPeanut27]

You forgot bendy, the unique game that takes nostalgic childhood themes and turns them fricking twisted!

[@skwid6483]

Blues Clues already had an Indie Horror game based on it called Chip’s Tips

[@almightyk11]

"So how is the gameplay?" Well there are spooky nostalgic things

[@ethanmcneill1941]

they turned the nostalgic things freakin twisted !!

[@axis1677]

You forgot bendy where they take nostalgic childhood themes and turn them freakin twisted. or slendytubbies where they take nostalgic childhood themes and turn them freaking twisted. or hello neighbor, where they take nostalgic childhood themes and turn then frwaking twisted. or even better: Choo Choo Charles where.....you guessed it! take nostalgic childhood themes and turn them FREAKING twisted! or duck hunt, where they take childhood themes and turn them freakin twisted. Or Tattletail where they take nostalgic childhood themes and turn them freakin twisted! Or Rainbow friends where they take nostalgic childhood themes and turn them freakin twisted! Or Doors, where uhh. its just twisted.

[@JoshuaDude]

Look, if breaking into your neighbor’s house is apart of childhood to you, then I think you need to be locked up. Jk

[@WhimsicalCreature457]

Don’t forget the predatory practices these devs use to lure in children. Or the excessive amount of bizarre KZbin videos based off these games (made by the devs or someone else) and takes the brands and makes FNF Mods, Minecraft animations based off them, and plenty more weird content posted on KZbin that just gets blown out of the water.

[@micah3331]

I fricking hate those fazbear and friends minecraft vids that zamination makes. They're so cringe and weird, and I don't see how children like watching those. Like "HOW GREGORY KILLED TALKING BEN", like wtf..

[@billbill6094]

The main (and only) gameplay mechanic: Walking

[@LucyFromMiami]

if anyone wants some unique horror games id suggest trying: - The Upturned - Faith: The Unholy Trinity - How Fish Is Made - It Steals - Perfect Vermin - Changed Support Your Local Indie Dev Today!!

[@LEMONSAREDELISCIOUS7179]

Changed is not horror

[@andrewle4989]

Wow someone knows about the Upturned! Yay! On a scale of 1 to ??????, how difficult do you think it would be to beat the game while bringing every single door with you in the elevator?

[@wahluigisixtyninefourtwent519]

I suggest Inscryption. It doesn't try to "twist" anything, it doesn't rely on jumpscares, and yet it has a legitimately unsettling feeling about it.

[@chaosinc.382]

Inscryption is absolutely amazing. 10/10.

[@koumoriarts9469]

I bet the Hello Neighbor devs were annoyed that their game wasn’t mentioned too, lmao.

[@TyGuy9001]

Perfect Markiplier cut-off and the eye+mouth movements on this video are stellar lol. Well done Circle!

[@TheJayrod23]

And now we have Indigo Park which is following this trope. But that game gave us Rambley so I’m letting it slide

[@sunthorn4782]

I feel bad for Baldi’s because now it’s grouped in with a group of games that it’s parodying

[@GUNUFofficial]

Baldi is actually made for the funny, it does not take ANYTHING seriously.

[@joshualedbetter879]

FNaF is like the Shrek of indie horror games. It was good when it came out, and still hold up today, but now everyone in the industry wants to copy what they did instead of why they did it.

[@finnodile360]

I think out of those examples, FNAF, Baldi and that blues clues concept are the only ones that seem actually original AND fun. FNAF and the concept are self explanatory, so i will explain why i like baldi. Baldi isn't scary because "oh scary man chase you and jumpscare you", the creators even said its only a mild horror game. The only freaky characters in the whole game are Test (well hes just more unnerving), Mrs Pomp (god i hate her) and Glitch (just freaky). Baldi is too goofy and uplifting to be a proper scary character (I mean who is scared of a dude that says "Check out this song! its called Baldi's funtime song! I wrote it myself!", and Null is just more sad than scary, and when he tries to be scary he fails, like when he said "destroy the game! destroy the game! destroy the game!" backwards and then says "i-is that scary? isnt that, like, considered spooky?"

[@craftman_yt]

Baldi's supposed to be a nice guy, who's been turned/corrupted into what he is. I mean look at the post-Null eastereggs.

[@ablosch2452]

Amnesia The Bunker felt like a breath of fresh air after this wave of FNaF clones.

[@thebighouseoffriendsbazink6455]

Nah, calling Baldi's a FNaF clone is crazy.

[@TrickyTalon23]

Wow I had no idea how revolutionary FNAF was

[@Nasiruify]

Circletoons Hd sure knows how to turn nostalgic childhood games and turn them freaking twisted

[@shshyie]

Ok but unironically a Blue Clues detective-style horror game would be kinda neat

[@chamitoempire1672]

FNaF is a nostalgic childhood theme by now... what's gonna happen to it?

[@andrewle4989]

Someone’s probably going to make a fnaf-style game except they twist it so it’s not in the horror genre anymore.

[@deadpoolnerd]

Then it gains a stupid amount of merchandise. Firstly bootleg sold at toy stands at the mall, with kids crying to their mom they want an evil Blhue the dog plush. And then official merch of shirts, stuffed dolls, toys, and of course dollar store mystery bags.

[@jack7673]

this trope of turning childhood fears and nostalgia into horror probably goes all the way back to people making clowns into horror monsters such as Stephen Kings It and ghost story's surrounding haunted dolls and over the last decade or so the trope has been popularized in video games

[@JoeVO24]

fnaf singlehandedly set the indie horror game scene back creatively by 7 years and you cant convince me otherwise

[@danielbarnes1241]

Blaming that all on FNAF isn't exactly fair. At the time it came out all horror games were walking simulators with unavoidable jumpscares. Lazy devs just wanted to capture the new hotness

[@iamahiphopfan3759]

@@danielbarnes1241also this trope has existed long before fnaf was a thing and was already a big thing in creepypastas before it.

[@if7723]

I can, developers got lazy in concept design and realized audiences would react positively to this already popular thing. That's not the games fault, that's how you put food on the table.

[@hioman]

Ok, I'm going to convince you otherwise, it didn't set it back 7 years, it just made it so that it hasn't aged in 7 years

[@karimitickaeloogreattemlor3486]

Heeeh, that's forgetting that before FnaF was a thing, all horror games were either Slenderman clones, Amnesia clones or Sonic.exe clones "Ooohh~ Collect the 7 bingledoofs to vin da game! But watch out! Springledorf the evil is looking for you! So spooky!"

[@dani007a]

I hate how well that would actually work as a horror game.

[@blandpotato545]

Ok but Amanda was at least more creative with its execution than the others

[@diegodelamacorra8901]

Imagine if they did do a Blue’s Clues horror game, but it psychological. Instead of constant jumpscares, the game relies on the already dreary atmosphere and lore that is based upon something like the original host of the show leaving. This can work with any TV show, especially ones that got cancelled or ended, but anything works I think.

[@Mattriix]

Lore in an Indie Horror game is basically a Battlepass

[@Stud-Studios]

I am mad that BATIM wasn't included. It takes nostalgic things from childhood and makes them freakin twisted! You'll be hearing from my lawyers soon Mr. CircleToonsHD

[@molten414]

Me too

[@tehe5748]

I can't believe y'all forgot that Markiplier already played a Blues Clues horror game called Feev Neets at Blees Clees.

[@Woopor]

I’m sick of Matpat just eating up all those Fnaf-mimic horror games instead of doing more original lore videos of actual games that have actual lore

[@pipisfried3036]

yeah like,he made bendy videos,im good i like bendy,he makes amanda,hmm fine,i think its a lil unique,then poppy playtime,a lil who cares but ill be fair,i think the lore its FINE,just not as good as bendy in my opinion (ironic),but then garten of ban ban and the Roblox games and at that point im like ok buddy, literally who cares

[@nakedmario9359]

Not a matpat fan but i rather he do this and try to give those bad video game an "soul" than his old theory like "Is MaRiO a PhYsCoPaTh????!??!?!?"

[@DrHammerr]

@@Wolfhardt What I really want to see more of are "Nerd Playthroughs". They're like regular let's plays but the person playing is an expert on the game and is constantly giving you interesting facts and development tidbits. Like a second-hand developers commentary. I don't know of many, but VoidBurger did some really good ones on the Silent Hill series. An equivalent for Nier sounds exactly like what you're craving but alas, I have no recommendations to give. Unfortunately such content takes a lot to make and isn't favored by KZbin's recommendation algorithms. Also, didn't ol' Matty boy just do a video on the lore of "Just Dance"? That doesn't seem to hit any of your points, unless that game's seen a resurgence I don't know about. Eh, you were probably just being hyperbolic for dramatic effect and I'm just being pedantic. Regardless, those videos are more like Junk Food anyhow. Easy to consume, but ultimately unsatisfying. I think that's fine if people like it, but I also don't think them doing a theory on something more niche would change that. TLDR: I don't think Game Theory could do Nier justice. But there are other people out there doing more specialized content, so such a video/series might already exist, buried deep in the youtube algorithm somewhere. If you go looking, I wish you luck!

[@DrHammerr]

@@Wolfhardt Then I would agree.

[@TigerheartFire]

​​@@DrHammerr I feel like if MatPat tried to make a DrakeNieR-verse theory video, it would be the same low quality as the one time he attempted a video on Hollow Knight. The same one where he said that the Knight was the actual Pale King reincarnated, as opposed to one of his and the White Lady's numerous children, leading to mossbag having to make a reply video eviscerating the theory. Also doesn't help how MatPat started that video with a gag where he gasses the Knight and Hornet.

[@Nampledamp]

I like how 2 of the horror characters you showed were just a playdough monster and a small child.

[@indekscard]

that blues clues game was.. *FRICKIN TWISTED*