Games that go too far with their graphics

[@Cludnugget]

So Dev is the backstory to Honeywood's self aware NPCs? Brilliant. 👏👏👏

[@mjaTanim]

Their story is just awesome!

[@professeurmythologeek7695]

Dude has created life xD

[@abhiruproy1170]

​@@professeurmythologeek7695He became a God

[@nielsjensen4185]

@@abhiruproy1170 You can see the horror forming on Abby's face as she realises this as well.

[@kylethomas3224]

The meta's meta just became so meta. I think I just meta'd all over myself.

[@DurrtyFilth]

This explains why sorcerer Baradun is ludicrously powerful and handsome (patch notes words, not mine), and why all the NPC's dislike Greg so intensely! Adam created a simulated reality where his douchebag boss is at the bottom of the social ladder, is forced to interact with every single player, while not being able to ever leave, and is forced to just swallow insult and disrespect on the regular. In the episode where Greg is temporarily given a wife, the patch notes literally say "did not mean to make Greg happy". Such vindictiveness! I love these guys.

[@calronkeltaran493]

somehow reminds me of a certain black mirror episode

[@larssjostrom6565]

But Britt were so cute in that role. 🎉

[@marcellus5106]

if you look closely, all of that is also the explanation of Bodger! If thats the real twist i am Mindblown.

[@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917]

Only sentient NPC that actually at least friendly with Greg is Baelin I am not sure about Fred tho

[@elementalcobalt1]

I never expected Greg the Garlic Farmers realworld origin story, and yet here we've come.

[@42scientist]

Oh so that explains how Greg gets sentient.

[@The-Logic-Garden]

😂

[@janprochazka2886]

Or mabye Greg was scentient all this time and this guy just noticed it and took credit :D

[@NLTops]

@@janprochazka2886 Scentient? That's a weird way to say smelly.

[@grip3939]

The plot thickens

[@Hugh_Jas]

@@NLTops I mean... he is a *garlic* farmer.

[@jppf91]

It has gone full circle .... Now we know why it's so photorealistic

[@darko-man8549]

The "ignores player requests but sees one YT comment" feels very real :'D

[@DasSchn1tzel]

In my experience it's just a dev using one comment to justify what they wanted to add anyway to the higher ups as "players really want this"

[@ivani3237]

It was his comment, obvious

[@JackOfHearts42]

Biased sampling at it's finest.

[@deadmanschest4322]

but only if it's your own YT commentary or one arranged via a buddy *sigh*

[@LordGilien]

2:58 Wait...is that the official explanation for why some of the NPCs are sentient? Did we actually just get the official explanation for why some of the NPCs are sentient???

[@ZerefCifer707]

I think so dude

[@Jarsia]

So I guess this explains Baradun and the woodcutter, the 2 thieves, and all the other instances of self awareness in NPCs. Bro just casually created the matrix

[@Snickersnek]

It also explains the non-sentient NPCs like the Guards and the sort of.. half-and-half like the Muggers. It's all based on a previous more conventional game and they for whatever reason never gained spontaneous sentience.

[@Raximus3000]

and did not even think to sell it to the army...

[@poppers7317]

@@Snickersnek would be unplayable if everyone is sentient.

[@ashleysmith38]

​@@poppers7317would be gold if everyone was sentient

[@Reyn_Roadstorm]

@@Raximus3000 Now if only they had some late 90s era fully articulated robotic toys to load the program into. "All quiet on the Western front... yard!"

[@pyktkmrge]

O SHIT I was not expecting a lore drop for why skycraft has sentient npcs ! I love it!

[@MarylandFarmer.]

Just kinda slid that in there at the end didn't they.

[@kaimaiiti]

This was mind-blowing! The actual sentient garlic farmer origin story. Simulating photosynthesis in-engine and achieving 30 SPF (seconds per frame). 🤣

[@bartsanders1553]

You also need 39 SPF now that there's a real sun.

[@kaimaiiti]

@@bartsanders1553 😆 PC will probably be running hot too now it has to render a solar system sized game world!

[@Jimorian]

It plays DOOM by creating not only the author of DOOM, but a civilization that creates computers that the author can create and then run DOOM on.

[@dragonstryk7280]

Due to a weird coding issues, players are reporting a big that in fact, EVERY piece of tech in the world plays doom on it? We're trying to figure how this happened, because you shouldn't be able to play Doom on microwaves

[@waynedieckmann9840]

Idkfa, idclev, iddqd. If you know you know.

[@HaroldoPinheiro-OK]

​@dragonstryk7280 does that count as a Crysis? 😂

[@herbderbler1585]

@@waynedieckmann9840 challenge mode, give me the no-clipping cheat code for original Doom without googling it.

[@NomenLuni1975]

That does explain how you can get Doom on everything these days, from photocopiers to home pregnancy test kits. Amazingly someone even got Doom working inside Doom. 🤣

[@SandraOnCloud9]

The awkward silence (and the pain) when a joke doesn‘t land!😅

[@a1white]

and then he repeats it 🤦

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

Got to explain the joke if people don’t get it! So they can laugh!

[@panda4247]

@@VivaLaDirtLeague thanks, I did not know about that game... I was trying to think hard where will that joke go... like if Alan will mention "dead sales" or something

[@davidjgreer9477]

@@VivaLaDirtLeaguemake them laugh!!!

[@bartsanders1553]

Saying it twice doubles the funny

[@XtremeK1ll4]

The way they made this loop around to being the company that makes the game they've been making videos about is genius.

[@Kasandra_]

As a Warframe player that "it was one comment" part hit too close to home

[@MythicOneOne]

Oh God, don't remind me. You'd think the devs listen little too well to their community, in reality I think a certain former-lead was looking for excuses. I've no hope for Soulftame.

[@Ifridius]

@@MythicOneOne I am not in touch with soulframe. What happend?

[@Tyrain3]

Whats the context to this? lol

[@rhabeldibabeldi6812]

​@@MythicOneOnewhat happened?

[@Sadist_hu]

Did something happen to soulframe?

[@zachryder3150]

Thank you for including the mitochondria joke. It never gets old.

[@_kapy_]

where does it come from ?

[@matan8074]

​@@_kapy_biology class.

[@greebj]

Neither do mitochondria (Undergrad microbiology nerd joke. the mitochondrial genome is incredibly stable and doesn't suffer telomere degradation with age like cDNA does.)

[@mleise8292]

@@greebj Then let's swap our DNA for mitochondria genome to break the spell of aging! - Red Hot Chilli Peppers probably

[@Vulcan.]

maze bean

[@holykrap6341]

The sheer fact that it actually runs even at a 1 frame per 2-3 seconds is allready amazing. Optimization issues is just upgrade the firmware

[@xaphok2173]

Tell players they need to buy new hardware

[@holykrap6341]

@xaphok2173 I think its more of a server hardware coz if you a player good render distance management can up the the fps tenfold

[@holykrap6341]

Like what happened with genshin in mobile that the devs forgot to add render distance and just load the whole map which would both krank the heat to a 100 and drop the fps by about 50

[@maxineshideout852]

meanwhile the server is the size of a house generating enough heat to melt the ground

[@holykrap6341]

@@maxineshideout852 probably most super comp in a house size could run it smoothly but if you have 1 more planet (more then the earth and sun and moon) you would need about google's branch supercomputer to run it (small wearhouse sized)

[@brightlord-ov7cm]

Next we'll see Rowan at the Olympics doing "The Dingo" as a dance move for a breakdancing competition.

[@innocentbystander3317]

Churr!

[@chedziduch6343]

Well, speaking as an Aussie - if NZ *were* to send Rowan to the Olympics to perform "The Dingo" - they'd definitely win against Raygun.. Fortunately, she's retiring 😅

[@velocitymg]

Also explains why the frame rate of Star Citizen is so low

[@djoakeydoakey1076]

​@@chedziduch6343I want to watch the musical

[@toefu6182]

With this we confirm, that Delvin was the catalyst for NPC Man Universe's birth.

[@MatCumbo]

Delvin is now a God......to bad his also Eugene😂

[@Ajar37]

@@MatCumbo And also Baradun

[@Reyn_Roadstorm]

@@MatCumbo Given his work environment though, you can completely forgive Eugene crying at every little thing. You should also complete EVERY quest he offers or is involved in!

[@michaelmccready7181]

Greg said: Who the F is that? 😂

[@arniedee7251]

1:40 that was a brilliant joke Delvin

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

Thank you! I’m glad I explained it for you

[@linweihao5475]

bro taught himself complex astroquantum physics, molecular biology, ecology, and created the universe in a simulation just for a game. Bro literally became a god. what perplexes me even more is how and where the company is storing all this processing power to render 1 frame every 10 seconds

[@stephenlim7564]

Might be following that observability theorem (the universe doesn't progress in places where it isn't observed).

[@ashleysmith38]

The learning curve of an indy developer

[@TheTroystreet]

It’s 4 am in the US at the time of release of this video and this is everything I expect of every video game I play

[@Wertyhappy27]

hello fellow east coast user

[@jbkkkkk]

US has more than 1 time zone ya know. it's 1am on the west coast and in Hawaii it's 10pm the prior day

[@juliangonzales3490]

How is your computer supposed to run a game that's basically simulating the Matrix?

[@acei0936]

1:24 HE SAID IT!!!

[@bobbyfeet2240]

I assume everyone is required to. I am interested to learn that this extends beyond the United States, though. I wonder if it carries into non-English speaking countries (presumably said in foreign), of which I've heard that there are at least two.

[@Spanner1971B]

2:06 I can't tell if this is an editing oversight, or a commentary on Delvins perfection that he edits himself live.

[@_kapy_]

probably the second guess, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was an acting mistake and they kept it because it fits his character

[@parzh]

It's an editing oversight, no doubt. Not a problem though.

[@jasperzanovich2504]

Probably option A but option B fits too.

[@vonknorring09]

Where is the oversight? I see nothing

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

Why not both? 😂 It’s definitely a blooper - but we left it in cause it works for Delvin

[@DieyaJeah1]

This reminds me of Rob in the D&D group diving down the rabbit hole to dig for information of stuff he puts in the game that leads to a domino effect that keeps him up all night just so his stories are realistic :p

[@artemis8693]

I was thinking of Rob and his 1am desire to learn sign language the whole time Delvin was speaking.

[@alexhajnal107]

Accidentally creating whole new fields as an offshoot. Reminds me of Ada Lovelace's footnotes to her translation of Babbage's lecture on the Analytical Engine in which she basically invented computer science.

[@asdfqwerty14587]

To be fair, pretty much all of this stuff is stuff that we do know how to do.. it's just that it's way too computationally expensive for us to actually do them (and it would also be impossibly difficult to actually design the game too - things like controlling what a character does becomes.. a lot more difficult if you want the physics to be 100% consistent). And when I mean way too computationally expensive, I mean it would require more everything than every computer in the world combined (more storage space, more processing power etc.).

[@ashleysmith38]

​@@asdfqwerty14587sounds like giving up to easy 😂

[@oki-doki9486]

It looks like KZbin will be blocked in my country, and due to sanctions, unfortunately, I cannot pay for a subscription to Viva+. So, while I still have the opportunity, I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to the entire team of VLDL for the time I was lucky enough to spend with them. My friend and I have been watching this channel for the past two years and have become very fond of you all. You guys have never failed to lift our spirits and allow us to relax, especially in these times. We are not sure that we will be able to follow your creativity further, but we will always remember your videos with great warmth and sincerely wish you all the best. You are wonderful people and amazing actors. Take care of yourself and good luck! With sincere love from Russia.

[@ImperatorDwalin]

Sorry to hear you'll be missing out on VLDL and everything else on KZbin soon... I imagine you've already thought of this and it wouldn't work for whatever reason but there are free VPNs available which might be able to help get you around region locks. Good luck and I hope you find a solution!

[@King_PenginYT]

Nice beatboxing

[@Verymusician193]

Indeed

[@MustertheBrohirrim]

Eh

[@homesteadgamer1257]

Rowan's seriously talented. You heard their cover songs yet? He and Adam and Alan are actually really good.

[@FiXato]

Also, I appreciated your Dead Cells pun. Those haters don't deserve your clever word plays.

[@FiXato]

(I still don't care for the other characters in these sketches though...)

[@searchingforgryphons]

@FiXato I still don't know what I think about Alan playing an asshole lol, he is normally the most levelheaded character

[@NJM1564]

Gets better think of the computing power needed to even get that running at even a frame a second animation. He probably taped into reality for processing power and that's why RPG elements sometimes break into the real world.

[@Reyn_Roadstorm]

And why sometimes players literally get sucked into the game too.

[@auric180]

Eventually we’ll see the addition and removal of the Garlic farmer’s wife.

[@carlosvillavicencio6710]

Like all the other comments, this explains why everyone insults Gregg since he is modeled after Quinn, but it seems there's more to it. This also explains why Bodger is such a di*k to Gregg and joins Baradun in taunting him. At one time Jake and Delvin were friends before Quinn came along. So now, Delvin feels left behind and has Bodger tease Gregg out of spite as a passive aggressive revenge.

[@lolschrauber]

Didn't expect Dead Cells to be name dropped here, good taste

[@simpleman5932]

Good to know that Greg the garlic farmer and Bodger the blacksmith can now poop! 😂

[@uinsel]

not only can but have to.

[@goodgame3374]

But did he remember to include microcosms to break down the poop?

[@EvelynnWinters2000]

IS THIS THE BACKSTORY FOR EPIC NPC MAN?!?!?!

[@michael_pilot]

I THINK IT IS!!!!

[@medve5555]

apparently it is, actually Epic NPC Man episode 1 fits after this episode seamlessly :)

[@ashleysmith38]

Yes

[@Azzameen99AZ]

So anytime we're seeing some weird shit in Honeywood, we can put it on Delvin. Gotcha.

[@crayyonnyadrav4055]

Explaining the Epic NPC man by a comedy skit is the perfect way of doing continuity.

[@alyasfukename3355]

The mess up in the speech is so accurate

[@denizumut1]

2:08 fun fact: during development of Ultima Online, there was exactly this system existed: Plants were growing, some animals were eating them, and other animal npcs were eating those animals etc... but when the players are involved during beta testing, they massacred every npc and destroyed this "virtual ecosystem". Developers tried so much with fixing that by adjusting spawn rates and making hunter npcs more valuable by loots but eventually gave up and scrapped the idea.

[@AreimaYT]

There is a whole dev talk out there about UO and simulated economy. And how it doesnt work when players exist. Lol

[@ashleysmith38]

You have to acount for the human element from the start as are environmental system on our planet shows we are not good at this

[@gthakur17]

so this is the origin story of all those santient characters from honeywood. amzing

[@Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy]

I can't get over how good the subtitles are. Bravo subtitle team/individual. We may not know you by name, but we see you. Seriously though, you rock!

[@jauhar.k]

When you're a perfectionist working on your own project, it’s the same. You touch one little detail, it leads to another. And soon you are rewriting the whole thing from scratch

[@KMorningstar666]

Bro literally created an entire simulated universe, just to make the graphics look better, and only a handful of the NPCS are sentient.

[@rickysebastian6386]

So this is how Epic NPC Man is born? Delvin the Creator should be the name of the highest prime deity in Azerim

[@MonVonalot]

I like how's your living everything onto a VLDL Cinematic Universe.

[@therubberducktube]

One day later: "Okay guys, I solved the lag problem." ... "What is that?" "This is a headset that the players can wear. Not only does it allow the players to engage with Honeywood as a VR game, but it also slows their brain output to the speed of the game. To the player the game will play smooth as a Mirror's Edge. ... Get it? Because Mirror's Edge is the name of a.."

[@andreireal9158]

Delvin looks like your nerdy uncle with an i386 and a VGA monitor in the early 1990s clicking the keyboard till late evenings to suddenly become rich in the 2000s and run a software company.

[@TrenchCoatDingo]

well that explains the why the NPC's randomly snap if you skip their dialogue

[@Hrabns]

Delvin (Adam) has become God. The lore expands, Adam is responsible for all existence.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

He figured out nuclear fusion?! That ALONE would make more money than all games combined!

[@Hust91]

I mean he did it in a star. We already know how to do it in a star. What's hard is figuring out how to do it without a star's worth of mass in hydrogen.

[@patrickm3981]

@@Hust91 We are able to do fusion without a star's worth of mass in hydrogen. We are not able to control it good enough to use it for energy production. If you want nuclear fusion without a star's worth of mass in hydrogen then you can for example explode a hydrogen bomb. Less extreme ways to do this is also for decades now in trial phases with the goal to create fusion power plants. The big problem there is not to start the reaction but to keep it going long enough in a controlled way in order to get out more energy then you put into to get it going.

[@ashleysmith38]

What if its like a realy good game tho

[@ashleysmith38]

Minecrafts still making money lol

[@michaelmccready7181]

Sick beats Rowan!

[@Acidtrain]

Great skit!! Editing miss 2:02 ? Although it kinda works if it was LoL

[@krylesangerbeaver]

Was just going to post the same,, had to be a miss

[@shayliakara]

Love the "Screen Shot" scene. "No, that is real time." I imagine how many video cards died in the making of that one render.

[@Knapweed]

The characters in Honeywood became so sentient they formed a company to make an MMORPG.

[@rollermaster064]

*even closer beatboxing* *transfixed by his mad skills* 😂 nice subtitles

[@Da1ienx]

oh cool, the new honeywood update is available... wait, what do you mean the download is 234petabytes?

[@toefu6182]

So you're saying, Tinfoil Hat man was created because of Delvin. The lore is finally getting revealed!

[@larbloc3382]

Very cool. A very clever video. I love were you guys went with this. Adam's part was okay, too, but Rowen's beat was just unforgettable! Love it!

[@РоманКлячин]

I really want to see how they created Hamish ^^

[@xitaris5981]

When you just want good graphics but accidentally end up solving Artificial General Intelligence

[@frontallobe3937]

I like how your giving epic npc man a origin story very subtle but great

[@MrHellsing76]

Next thing we're gonna see, is Delving making a pod to bring one of the NPC to the real world

[@ۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥۥ]

Why was I actually vibing to Rowan's beatbox Edit: or Jake's beatbox??

[@jawadmansoor6064]

So, he created life in game, real life. wow, I love this work.

[@ScarletFox039]

I love that they just have the one super awesome programmer while Rowan and Allen are just there in the background making noise. Very true to real life.

[@piotrkowalski3869]

is this a camouflaged origin story of Epic NPCman?

[@AlphaSierraHotel117]

Can't wait for Greg to see his god Delvin on his deathbed and then just be utterly let down that he looks like Baradun.

[@lanarkorras4411]

I, for one, am very proud of Delvin. Also, the Dead Cells pun was spot on.

[@disobedientdolphin]

Well this feels like a breach of style. Usually those two CEO guys don't know anything about anything. And now that guy instantly figures out the problem here? :D

[@UniaoSorvetietica]

I don't know anything about anything and I could also understand if a game is too computationally intense

[@Scott-Inc]

Nice retrospective on continuity! 🤔 I love how Honey Woods’ ‘fake realism’ feels so authentic in hindsight-like it was never fake to begin with. Brilliant!!!

[@sufjams]

“We’re glad you’re here. Come and stay a while. You can make shapes and objects with your sounds, transmissions from a smile.” -Dalvin’s reflection the night before

[@THETRIVIALTHINGS]

The universes are coming together. I can see Greg revolting against these Devs in the future and replacing them.

[@eclairamisu2517]

Had to laugh at the Dead Cells joke. We appreciate you Delvin!

[@joshuawarren551]

I love how he casually throws in the line "So now some of the NPCs are sentient."

[@Obbels]

THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL

[@poliviospavlos6512]

1:36 might be the best joke ive seen in a while

[@Pixel_Airon]

1:30 BOBBY, WAKE UP! HE SAID THE THING!

[@astrobotnautics5291]

Best episode so far. I rewatched on KZbin from Viva+ just for that Dead Cells gag!

[@SandraOnCloud9]

I love that our comments are read so carefully!

[@larssjostrom6565]

Congratulations Delvin you are a father.

[@jaos019]

i love it how there is sound continuity between episodes, like the crazy npc jeff i think his name is Guess they managed to optimize a ton of stuff

[@fourikaunix5407]

A byproduct is that some of the NPCs are now sentient. Next episode should be of how one of Delvin's inventions (a VR headset) is tested on a janitor and he becomes one with the ultra photorealistic realm of the sentient NPCs. Now he is a glitch...

[@DigitalJesuit]

Endgame: The developers realize that THEY are actually a simulation created by the NPCs

[@Leoninhk]

the sentient NPC lore thickens. Next episode: tinfoil npc invades this board meeting?

[@LukeLavablade]

I love how the punchline was a legit moral quandary and all anyone could say was "What the fuck"! I mean, yeah!

[@PhaserRave]

Reminds me of how they designed an ecosystem for Ultima Online, but players systematically eradicated all life just for some XP. Devs focus on cool simulation aspects but most players won't know or care.

[@NameNotAChannel]

I WAS a sheep farmer and wool gatherer, during the beta, but everyone kept killing my sheep :(

[@TheClintonio]

I am Adam in this skit. I tried to build a simple game for myself to play and ended up building a weather simulation of planet earth. It was honestly more fun than building a video game. It would be of no use to anyone but it's fun to play with.

[@DeSeGas]

EVERYONE needs to hire this man.

[@mathiasjensen8148]

Great video! I think you guys forgot to remove a cut, cause at 2:02 Adam stops in the middle of his sentence, because it sounds like he mispronounced a word, but then just start the sentence from the beginning again and this time nailing it ^^

[@LamaGamesTV]

Adam Casually creates Life...

[@Grox44]

Haha showing how the game was created! We finally got answers!

[@Sidx1138]

Holy shit the Dead cells reference 😂 I swear you guys just continue to make pure gold.

[@Sn0wShepherd]

Now, did aluminum foil hat guy break free of the code, or was he a janitor at DEV who got uploaded somehow? Can't wait!

[@mariamartinusz9699]

The artificial enthusiasm and the soulless, dead stares get me every time.😂

[@homesteadgamer1257]

He literally made real life. I agree, that shit's expensive.

[@Sddfhjggkjj]

This guy deserves an award 1:18

[@Antidote-hx7if]

w episode, glad to see that its not just allen and rowan who are mad

[@artemis8693]

I knew this show was the origin of Epic NPC Man and why some of the NPCs are sentient (and, in Baradun's case, aware they're in a video game and/or D&D campaign) but I wasn't expecting Delvin to just casually throw that fact in there at the end like it's no big deal.

[@flaviokauling1436]

The reaction to the "screenshot" and optimization issues was hilarious. "-Greg, what the f!"

[@SjurgisS]

This is pretty much any senior/architect level software dev when they need to calculate 2+2 - they come back months later with 30 thousand lines of abstracted code that can calculate anything at all "in case we ever want it"

[@gagestork]

so technically this is a prequel to NPC man