Garten Of Banban is EASILY The Worst Indie Horror Game Ever - DMuted

In this video, I talk about the most nausea inducing videogame of all time.
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[@davidbraccini4770]

Meatly, the creator of Bendy, has literally made a parody game of Garten of Banban to show how bad the situation of indie horror games is.

[@skelebonez1349]

People really calling this bootleg poppy playtime the worst when hello neighbor exists 😭 I’ll give it some credit, it’s not horribly buggy compared to hello neighbor

[@graphite7898]

@@skelebonez1349 To be fair Hello Neighbor at least had the pretty solid Alphas. Other then that I find it hard to disagree, Hello Neighbor is torture to play.

[@skelebonez1349]

@@graphite7898 agreed! Plus as crappy as this game is… it’s free. Hello neighbor? Nah.

[@Vividlyforgotten]

@@skelebonez1349Garten of Trash trash Gameplay be shorter than My P- Phone

[@skelebonez1349]

@@Vividlyforgotten true Yet at the same time, I still feel like at the very least garten isn’t a buggy clustercluck of a mess like hello neighbor is. Garten is just meh. Hello neighbor however? Legit THEE ACTUAL WORST

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHs]

my main issue is that it’s about a kindergarten that looks NOTHING like a kindergarten

[@durratulaishah3703]

Kindergarten would be look scarier if they make the design more ...down to earth. And put a bit of Chilla's art (Japanese game dev) aesthetic too

[@Artcat932]

Wdym? Weren’t you also in a kindergarten made of a single classroom, a single cafeteria with no food stalls and a playground the size of a theatre with a ball pit as deep as meteor craters?

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHs]

@@Artcat932don’t forget the random moving platform over the ball pit

[@bezierballad8852]

Hands down the most dull and boring "Kindergarten" I've ever seen.

[@cutiepatootie333]

It kinda does tho :3

[@chippdbanjo]

im sick of everyone ignoring duck season, it's like one of the best mascot horror games and literally nobody talks about it

[@dreademperor2094]

I've seen people talk about it but not as many

[@bigman1163]

TRUE, it is criminally under-rated. I loved watching some youtubers play it back when it came out, I'm pretty sure it was actually the first vr game I had ever heard of!

[@chippdbanjo]

@@bigman1163 I fully agree, I'm pretty sure it was one of the first vr games I saw too, but after that first batch of youtubers all played it, it kinda just stopped getting talked about even tho I think duck season was something special, and a really good example of mascot horror, honestly at this point imma just make a video about it

[@wh0sc4nd1ce]

i would play it but im actually scared too, first time a indie horror game besides WINE made me do that

[@arm7595]

If no one talks about it, it wasnt exactly sucessful Was it?

[@Vulgun]

Garten of Banban is the Morbius of indie horror.

[@LamenHeadBoi]

🤣💀

[@wakkaseta8351]

I still remember the ending scene where Jumbo Josh grabs the elevator and says "It's Joshin' time!"

[@stylishlystupidzz]

@@wakkaseta8351 Yeah, and then they Jumbo Joshed all over the player, cutting to black.

[@elitebarbarian1903]

meaning it is BANBALLION DOLLARS

[@abdullahsanimations3032]

What It Means?

[@DissonantSynth]

Choo Choo Charles by Two Star is an indie horror that also had excellent art direction, and was made by a single person

[@TheRealAaronbrine]

Hell yeah. And it's ten times the quality of any of these mascot horror posers. Beside FNAF. That series is an exception.

[@lemondollie]

too bad its still incredibly low effort (outside of some shitty unity resources probably) and boring

[@TheRealAaronbrine]

@@lemondollie Excuse me? The game looks better plays better and was created by a guy who had a lot of passion for the game he made. Banban is low effort. Choo Choo Charles took months and a lot of tinkering with the unity engine to make work. Banban was slapped together.

[@Ocacadordecasadas]

@@lemondollie Cho cho charles slender will not be accepted,get away

[@victoroverangels]

@@TheRealAaronbrine months? Damn so that's why it's so soulless😭

[@corbinbelle8082]

This game should be studied and teached in schools and colleges on how to NOT make a franchise.

[@kaibird542]

If the devs really leaned into the satire interpretation, like TheMeatly did with his most recent game, I think this game can genuinely be good. But as of now and how the devs are acting at the idea of their game being satire, yeah, it should be an example of what NOT to do.

[@Png_gaming]

I asked a friend why he thinks the indie horror scene is going in a downwards spiral, and he told me to go to my nearest hospital and ask for a lobotomy.

[@connormartin7009]

"taught"

[@iIIuminious]

lol

[@Zader-]

actually it should be studied being lazy but also getting everyone make it popular so little timmy buys the stoned bird plush

[@SesarioYT]

I look back at Slender and FNAF with a moment of happiness, but when this game came out, it was not it. It sucked so much, the gameplay is just awful. I liked Slender, FNAF, Bendy, Poppy Playtime, and I don't like the roblox indie horror games, and hello neighbor. I miss when indie horror was a passion project.

[@isabelortiz1230]

I mean, there are very good horror games in roblox, you just need to search for them

[@skelebonez1349]

They always have been. There always are indie games with passion that honestly lots just throw aside to fit the argument. Happys humble burger farm? Shipwrecked 64? Amanda the adventurer?? Idk but I feel like this dumb poppy playtime mobile ripoff is getting the attention only because it’s that while other good horror indie games aren’t really mentioned That’s sorta how I feel however.

[@iIIuminious]

Tbh i miss when the FNaF SB trailer released and every one was super hyped, when It released It was totally released early

[@cherry__Soda]

Honestly, some roblox games are pretty decent, as someone who’s worked on a roblox game, I know what gets put into them, there are some good horror games made by people that aren’t popular, he’ll look at unknown memories. Yeah it’s based off fnaf, but it’s voice acted, has custom models and animations, and overall doesn’t look like it’s made in roblox.

[@skelebonez1349]

@@iIIuminious legit why I’m making a analog horror series (the profile picture I got is an older design but the ears are the same)

[@Diembee]

Speaking of Mascot Horror, Tattletail is extremely underrated and overlooked today. I get that it did have a rather significant impact on the internet when it came out, but Tattletail really was one of the first really good responses to the Fnaf series and proved that the mascot horror genre wasn’t a one time thing. It’s simple, spooky, and plain fun, and that’s all it really needed to be.

[@Baller_editz21]

The ending was pretty good imo for tattletale

[@Png_gaming]

I remember a while back, maybe a year or two? I saw in almost every store at a shopping centre in Scotland, bootleg huggy wuggy plushies, and cheep plastic pop-it toys. I was shocked that they were at the window of Clarks, a well known shoe store. I hope this does not happen again with banban.

[@iIIuminious]

☠️opila bird plushie

[@IBE0n3]

@@iIIuminious opila = cake

[@atanaZion]

I would buy an Opika Bird plush, idc

[@hugoc.m.7727]

I also see those huggy wuggy plushies everywhere too, at least they are cheaper than the official ones (heck, I even bought one for the sake of it)

[@victoroverangels]

Thw days of among us pop it's are gone now it's just poppy play time lol

[@adrianartzz]

Piggy started off as a joke game based on Granny/Peppa Pig. It wasn’t intended to be popular, but it gathered an audience. It actually has a lot of passion put into it, it’s not incredibly scary, but in Book 2, which no critic usually gives a chance, it picks itself up and becomes a story driven game. It later got merch because, well, why not? It also moved itself away from peppa pig to become it’s own thing (and not wanting copyright potential). Say what you please about the game, but it doesn’t deserve to be compared to Rainbow Friends.

[@adrianartzz]

Additionally, I agree with everything you’ve said about garden of banban lol

[@austinrose9837]

Yes piggy is really great rainbow friends... it's less than bad

[@saccorhytus]

I mean but it’s not really a good game

[@God-is-The-Father-IHS]

@@saccorhytus ...

[@saccorhytus]

@@God-is-The-Father-IHS very helpful

[@darkron288]

Of all the "modern" indie horror game, this one feels the most cynically made, they know its gonna make money, they know its gonna sell a shit ton of merch, and yet people fell for it, and even people have gaslit themeselves into thinking its a parody when it clearly isn't, this is just a a low effort cynical mess that is unpleasent to play and look it, stop defending it

[@WobblesandBean]

At first, I was with the parody crowd too. ...But then I realized that the merch store is real. Had it just linked to a parody page with clearly farcical items, then yeah, it would have been obvious what the intent was. But because they had merch ready to go from day 1, it's even more obvious that this is a quick cash grab to capitalize on Poppy. Then they acted all butthurt on twitter, and after that I have no idea how ANYONE could still think this is satire.

[@atanaZion]

@@WobblesandBean Imagine being this navy

[@atanaZion]

@Tealppup Yeah, *navy*

[@braedenmclean5304]

@@atanaZion *Squidward voice* “Not the navy!”

[@Bill_W_Cipher]

Firstly, many of your points are hard to argue with. But that is because they are just generalizations and don't talk about any of the specific problems of the games. You can't expect me to respect your argument if you don't put evidence into it. Secondly, I'd tell you to stop attacking Garten of Banban but I can't, because nobody can take away anybody's freedom freedom of speech, which means that you have no right to silence my opinions. Thirdly, the Euphoric Brothers didn't expect their game to go popular when they first created it. They expected it to stay pretty small like many other games and only get a few players.

[@neru1584]

This is the first time I've seen a game where it was genuine but people thought it was meant to be a parody or a joke because of how bad it was, Jesus christ

[@ImZirconium]

I think the garden of banban kinda represents how low we set the bar in the last few years, we need a indie horror game not based around children murder and possession of furry animal mascots

[@AZlumpbox]

This is like the FNAF breakthrough in reverse Once we got clones of slender man until Scott made FNAF and mascot horror peaked, now we want something that isn't mascot horror

[@illiciumverum6149]

@@AZlumpbox I feel like this situation is different, these games are way more attractive to children than slender shit ever was. Vague not really scary "horror", cute fluffy pushie creatures as mascots, very vibrant colors? This shit is crack to children, it won't go away as easily and will last for a much longer time.

[@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah]

@@illiciumverum6149 I want more 1930’s horror. Cuphead and Bendy (though cuphead isn’t horror i still love the aesthetic) are way too smexy to not have more stuff set in the same period

[@arthurs3058]

Who exactly set the bar? You set some bar or what? It’s just no new ideas around and hardly many big ones will arise in amounts as before. And whole industry is slowly goes to replicated shit as most other did

[@Glitchmouse2]

Furry animal mascot was too overused.

[@saber-pz1uu]

Piggy was created for the creator and his friends to play it, but it blew up

[@durratulaishah3703]

Ikr

[@RaisinHook]

1:08 Piggy was actuly made as a joke but then everyone liked it so the dev said fuck it and made more RainbowFrends sucks

[@tizztafizz]

yeah, piggy started as just a joke that spurred into a shitty franchise, rainbow friends was made to be a shitty franchise (if you look at the creators previous games, thats pretty clear, since the mf made a piggy clone before)

[@RaisinHook]

@@tizztafizz actually Book 2 of piggy fixed mostly everything

[@Baller_editz21]

That's random

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

And piggy is an actually good game, don’t know why he doesn’t like it

[@RaisinHook]

@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo blind hatred is common for child dominated fandoms

[@charscreamAA]

As someone who has never seen the "when a new indie horror game gets released" image I have never laughed harder from sheer absurdity that is the stupidest thing I've ever seen but honest I'm happy it exists

[@sapphirefox7959]

Dont tell people about the amusement park idea! I'm in the middle of developing a mascot horror idea that involves around an indoor amusement park that happened to become horror because apparently all of my ideas are "too creepy" to be a regular story!

[@notjebbutstillakerbal]

Everyone knows now.

[@ezekielwonders4212]

The Euphoric Brother made a game call "Introvert" which is literally one of the most insensitive tone deaf depictions of school shootings I've ever seen. I'm genuinely upset at these devs, and them not being even held accountable for it pisses me off.

[@corvus6971]

1:10 Piggy was actually originally meant as a joke game of 'haha what if we made peppa pig horror ooOoOoo', but eventually they got a bigger playerbase, so they tried to distinguish themself from the original show and add lore to gain some respect for themselves (the results are kinda iffy based on who you ask lol)

[@notjebbutstillakerbal]

It doesn't deserve being compared to Rainbow Friends.

[@corvus6971]

@@notjebbutstillakerbal I agree

[@TypicalPerson31]

@@notjebbutstillakerbali agree because rainbow friends is the biggest insults to horror games on roblox

[@arstotzkanplaguedoctor]

I have one single good thing to say about this game the funny bird looking at you a bit first before attacking was actually kinda nice and cool

[@MetalGearEnthusiast]

Thats pathetically sad if shitty AI is the only thing to praise about this game

[@xPandamon]

@@MetalGearEnthusiast If it's a parody of those games and a teaser (which I assume) that is a great way to show what the actual game would be about. The way that bird slowly walks up is very well executed and the only thing worth talking about.

[@henrytheanglerfish6290]

Half of me wonders if that was intentionally made to be scary or if they did that because you’d die too quickly otherwise

[@arstotzkanplaguedoctor]

@@henrytheanglerfish6290 yeah it was, since the average person wouldn't be speed running it they'd be waiting a bit for the bridge, but it's still pretty neat and I wouldn't really say that fact takes away from it being neat

[@barkyonyx962]

"didnt i do it for you"

[@linkal_8097]

garten of banban is a cinematic masterpiece. this video is sheer heresy upon the name of Garten of BanBan

[@dmuted]

I apologize, never again

[@aruce9]

Impossible. Heresy. Unspeakable. Heresy. Heresy

[@wndiua7566]

@@dmuted you will be smited in the name of BanBan for your crimes

[@omaraliwan437]

​@@dmutedi feel like ban ban is only so bad because it was put together in just a few weeks this isn't their first game and they didn't expect it to take off

[@iIIuminious]

@@omaraliwan437 what do you mean it is the perfect horror game1!!1 :troll:

[@WoofInationLIVE]

calling it a game is offensive as a game would mean that time and effort was put in and just looking at this sausage roll proves that it was probably started and finished on the same day but I mean nice video

[@blindedjourneyman]

gamejams would state otherwise, some of those entries are so solid theyre reworked into a proper game after. Id state its more the many assets that are obviously borrowed and the lackluster gameplay.

[@AbsoluteVoltz]

@@blindedjourneyman if this game was stated as a game jam for whatever theme it was going for (probably mascot theme lol), would it be as hated as it is? Some game jams allow you to use pre-made assets but I think most don’t. Game jams also challenge devs into trying out new things, and maybe this game was them trying that out. So maybe this wouldn’t get hate if it was in a game jam? Probably not, as it does lack design and quality.

[@WoofInationLIVE]

I mean I've seen better games made and released on the same day before, this just feels like they cobbled together anything they could've found and released it without playing it or testing it

[@WoofInationLIVE]

I wouldn't be surprised if we found out the trailer footage is the only time they've actually played their own game

[@gurtyburd544]

more like 10 minutes

[@Fiknoid]

I know it won’t happen but I think it would be really funny if Garten of banban II was just suddenly really good for no reason at all

[@JackEtheGuyMan]

Banbanphobic garten of banban is the best game of all time 😤

[@alvisigiuliano6184]

I needed a little bit to realize this is humor lol

[@doughnut_ritual]

@alvisigiuliano6184 I don't think he's kidding dude 💀💀

[@OrangeR3]

The game is absolutely sh*t

[@measleyvengeful]

piggy wasn't made with popularity or merchandising in mind

[@MarioYoshi4723]

Garten of Banban’s lack of effort hurts me in more ways than one. I used to be a janitor at an Elementary school after hours and I can tell you: An actual horror game that takes place in a school has a lot of potential (Baldi doesn’t count). The place was actually terrifying when all the lights were shut off, especially the bathrooms; gave me Slender vibes. If someone wants to make an actually scary game in a school, by all means it still has potential, and I do wanna see one with ACTUAL EFFORT.

[@indie_gamer7]

There are alot of good horror games in schools.

[@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah]

Ngl the thought of demon children slowly limping towards me in a dark school makes me wanna cry

[@Notkryo]

Sussy Schoolgrounds💀

[@saccorhytus]

@@Notkryoyou disappoint me

[@Bofrab]

Dust: An Elysian Tail is one of the smoothest and most fun experiences I’ve had playing a video game, and besides voice acting and some help on the writing, that game was made by 1 person!

[@thediabolicalraisin8953]

I loved that game. Gotta finish it though

[@bub2672]

Piggy was originally created as a joke meme game, it just got popular and was taken seriously later

[@sweethistortea]

It feels like mascot and indie horror are all kind of falling into checkboxes now. Very few of them ever seem to stand out anymore…

[@ricedbroccoli]

Their goal is to end up like Fnaf, Bendy, or Hello neighbor. Have some big youtubers like Markiplier to play it, have it absolutely blow up, and eventually settling down with a faithful audience of 7 year Olds. They don't want to make a good game they want to make a marketable brand

[@cheetodoesyourmom9889]

Garten of banban is truly one of the horror games of all time, the characters were characterized, the models were modeled, the plot was written, and the game was made. The best part was when the opila bird said "it's birdin time" and birded all over the kindergarten. Truly one of the horror experiences ever

[@Porygon_1]

At one scene where duck is chasing you his scream when he fell was the funniest shit ever

[@iamarapscllion]

indeed

[@jaxtheoverlord6959]

And don't forget how drone the drone was, and how much the merch store existed. It indeed was very much a game.

[@nerdybacc]

The Morbius of Indie Horror

[@hermitcat332]

I can never get enough of this joke. I need more.

[@Emisop]

2:58 Hotels too mascot horror games could use resorts *used to work at a Great Wolf Lodge where we had mascot costumes and an animatronic storytime show in the main lobby*

[@Childishxmarkeeloo]

Garten of banban would’ve been much better if it was a satire and parody of the mascot horror genre. Like being on the nose and purposefully bad.

[@CptnCardboard]

Oh, you're almost there.... ...it's 100% parody.

[@twoczents]

This is an amazing opportunity to promote Amanda The Adventurer. A game, which is a dark found footage horror game that is a dark spin on Dora The Explorer. It is well done, made with passion, and is actually terrifying.

[@WarioWareFan01010]

Though my problem is that,say it with me children(pun intended). “The monster is possessed by an innocent child due to being murderd by evil corporation!” Seriously! Make her be a demonic entity!

[@VennStyanax]

Answering to 9:47 "While one was still somewhat original" Yeah, about that... One Night at Flumpty's been a thing for quite a long time now.

[@madam-mint]

Gotta say, I do enjoy the way the bird creeps forward. Hesitant, not sure if you’re going to try to fight it or run away. But as soon as it knows you’re scared, CRUNCH. Besides that…meh.

[@heyittgsf]

Actually , Garten Of Banban is EASILY The *Best* Indie Horror Game Ever-

[@banananananananananananana.]

Uh yeah! Opila bird gaslight, gatekept, and girl bossed. We stan.

[@joserramirez3972]

Hahahahahaha take that Dmuted garten of banban is the best horror game of all times

[@brazinu777]

man my grandmother does something better than this garbage called garden of banban honestly they didn't put affection or anything and a simply lazy and generic story💀💀💀💀

[@user-ig1yu2xm8uskis]

@@joserramirez3972 Cock and balls.

[@alexdelorenzo1895]

@@joserramirez3972 i agree

[@lynda3589]

Piggy was not really meant be a game, it was just the creator (minitoon) testing his skill in player tracking and scripting. He mixed Peppa Pig and horror, it accidently got popular and so in chapter 4, he really ramped it up. So no, Minitoon didn't want a cash grab, we wanted to test his skill for scripting.

[@w3as3lrat97]

It is a game made for children to spend money on.

[@lynda3589]

@@w3as3lrat97 the thing to buy are actually quiet subtle, the buying currency button is in two places, and it isn't even needed. And the game passes are not even advertiser in the game, I would

[@caramel9154]

@@w3as3lrat97 Not really, no. Now roblox as a company taking advantage of kids and their work? Yeah, tis

[@erikm8373]

Every time one of these comes out, it loses something and makes you look at what came before to say "Oh, at least that one had X"

[@durratulaishah3703]

Why this is so true 😂

[@mrshadowguy3815]

The next will be "at least it had some puzzles"

[@alvisigiuliano6184]

What do you mean whit "at least it has on X"?

[@cassandrabaxter3618]

Thanks for making that statement about respecting the devs at 7:10. These devs are people too and it is not okay to harass someone just because you don't like their creation! Edit: Giving feedback is different than harassment! It's okay to tell a creator how to improve their work. It is not okay to threaten them or spam them no matter how terrible you (or others) think their creation is :)

[@mrshadowguy3815]

Separating art from artist also works when you hate the art some people act like you are insulting the developers just because you criticise the game Even when they don't deserve to be called an "artist"

[@B.N_Chicken]

Yeah I understand, though I can't shake the feeling that those idiots are gonna use that tweet as a shield when the second chapter turned out to be dogshit. If you want to minimize harassment, Make. A. Good. Game.

[@nyancatpoptart5441]

@@B.N_Chicken But on the other hand if you make a good game then it's gonna get popular again, and then just as many people are going to STILL harass you because it was good enough to get big. The REAL legitimate way to win all this, is to not make a game at all and continue being a nobody. Then no one will harass you.

[@0._Valentine]

The euphoric brothers also made a game of a tragic event that you mentioned at the beginning of the video about the tape and they’re also making a sequel so they don’t even regret making it either

[@apertureAI-jw1iz]

You can tell that the out of place, super slow drone and the weirdly tight security for a daycare/kindergarten is just there to pad out the game and increase the amount of time played.

[@Gabonation]

I feel like nowadays horror isn't even horror, I've seen many times when horror was turned into a kids thing. A classic example is Trevor Henderson's creations, I've seen so many creations just being turned into something else it was completely not meant from

[@MegatronEnthusiast]

Two monsters, the funny bird, and Gumby on steroids.

[@REELWORKS12923]

I played this and hated it, got to vent all my hatred and now have the strangest post-PTSD enjoyment of it. It’s shit don’t get me wrong, but I strangely love it. They should steer directions for the next chapter and actually make it a genre parody, even if that wasn’t its original intention.

[@banananananananananananana.]

Honestly I’m starting to unironically like Opila bird…

[@acorr14]

I weirdly like the character design? They look like they're made out of cheap fibreglass, and it reminds me of being creeped out by fibreglass statues as a kid

[@redlikeroses3705]

This is what happened to me for Rainbow Friends. i hate it on a simple quality stand-point, but being an ADHD teen it's fun to play a ton then leaving and the dinosaur one sleeping is strangely cute.

[@satulno8964]

​@@banananananananananananana.Opila bird is the goat

[@grandjohn]

Piggy was a joke game that didn't even intend to be popular, but just took off. Sure the gameplay might not be that good, but the game takes a storyline focus and that's what makes it popular. It was based off of granny, but wasn't really trying to be scary. The developer isn't even that bad either, he actually has great humor!

[@batatafrita7369]

Yeah! Minitoon is a great guy

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

It’s not even that bad if a game, I always think of these games as puzzle games with horror elements, when you look at it like it pure horror and not what it’s obviously meant to be of course it’s gonna look bad compared to something like FNAF

[@charliewegner]

1:12 as an active roblox player for years now im almost positive it STARTED as nothing but a joke. i remember when this game came out and it was when peppa was the big meme, which was why it was made. but it quickly turned into a cash grab.

[@elid5424]

piggy used to be just a fun dbd rip off on roblox until it got too popular and they capitalized

[@lozzielozer]

@@elid5424 a fun granny rip off not dbd

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

How is it a cash grab? It ain’t that bad of a game

[@Moonblade64]

Indie horror is the opposite of metroidvanias. While one is genetic bottleneck, the other allows growth of two perfect specimens that lead to wildly interesting offsprings

[@Cattystarla]

Bro everyone forgor Tattletale ;-;

[@stephiespooks]

Honestly it's not even a game. Ban Ban and Poppy should have been classed as demos, nothing else. The money grab b.s. is getting old.

[@Thao-nathos]

this game feels made with the same intent as hello neightbor, which is just to produce content and make money out of it, but at least hello neightbor had at least someone midly skilled at making the 3d models this game is the equivalent of the morbius of indie horror games there is no actual effort put into it, no passion, no intent of making anything, no story to tell, you can see from a mile away that not even the developers liked even just a bit their own characters and just put them out there to make money

[@maravreloaded]

I mean sure. Poppy is a cashgrab made just to sell toys to children... But at least the game has a minimum of "QUALITY". The ambience is dark and claustrophobic and the "monsters" even if basic they don't look like _"How to make a character 3D model Tutorial 1/5"_

[@orange_turtle3412]

If this game was created solely to be a satirical joke about indie horror tropes, I would have loved it to death. It serves that purpose exceptionally well. However, sadly, the developers seem to believe they have the next fnaf on their hands. They want us to take this game seriously.

[@maravreloaded]

*_Garten of Banban_*_ is what happens when you take Poppy Playtime and you fire all the talented artists involved in that "Ponzi scheme" of a videogame._ Once all cool animations and sequences are removed you get a poor excuse of a Scape Room made for kids to watch on KZbin to buy their new bright colors funny but spooky character.

[@igotthenewforgisonthejeep]

You just made four long comments, bruh bruh

[@bruhokverycool9325]

@@igotthenewforgisonthejeep So? What's the problem here?

[@the_godbodor7026]

Love how he mentions a theme park as a locale for one of these games would be good, then you remember Rainbow Friends kinda is a theme park (or at least seems to be building towards a theme park location for a later chapter) and then you get worried.

[@fletcherhww]

The other day, I saw a young kid at an elementary school with a huggy wuggy plush... If I see merch for garten of banban walking around the streets, I don't know what to say.

[@e.l.studios455]

i've seen bootleg rainbow friends merch

[@maravreloaded]

This """"game"""" basically makes Poppy Playtime an "author creation" a "masterpiece of horror gaming".

[@slavicmalchik]

I actually find it scary for one reason: liminal horror. The kindergarten look like a one liminal space image. It feels relaxing but at the same it’s terrifying

[@spacealien3073]

Actually since you brought up games made by small dev teams there are some really good indie horrors made by just a person or two but they tend to not be mascot horror. I feel it may be an age thing as a lot of indie horror I see is PS1 inspired so I assume most people making them are in their 30s (and thus a little too old to have grown up on FNAF). Hopefully as the years go by there will be a shift towards mascot horror being less soulless cash grabs and more passionate devs that actually grew up on those titles.

[@TheMasterReaper]

I never thought I'd see a Mascot horror game worse than Hello Neighbor, but BOY WAS I WRONG!

[@Amenord2015]

Same. Garten of Banban is worse.

[@DaccotaDuchess02]

I hate this game with a burning passion and I despise the fact that people are giving this awful creation the time of day.

[@skycreeper0173]

There is a game I’ve watched that unfortunately, makes Garten of Banban look as if it was a good game (and I’m not saying this to offend the devs or anyone). Hide Time. A game that is heavily inspired by Poppy Playtime that does not look fun to play. But yeah, this is an awesome video. And I do hope mascot horror devs can start to make great games again.

[@cyanity1017]

1:11 actually piggy was originally made as just a little joke by the creators, but the popularity came as a surprise to them. Rainbow friends though, yeah that was definitely made for money

[@w3as3lrat97]

piggy was made for money

[@MrsMcGwire]

@@w3as3lrat97 no it not

[@w3as3lrat97]

@@MrsMcGwire grow up

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

Also piggy ain’t that bad of a game

[@Natalie66796]

Hello Neighbour was good at first but then it got bad. Like... REALLY bad

[@GunnarTobus]

What kind of goofy ahh name is Garten of Banban

[@maravreloaded]

I mean, how can you beat the "scummy greedy corporate waste of a game concept just made to sell character plushies" of Mob Games? F-cking disgusting. Don't make them look good JEEZ.

[@customarymagic]

FNAF worked because it wasn't trying to be anything. All these new games are trying too hard be be FNAF. I wish we could get some cool new games that aren't trying so hard to mimic something existing.

[@thatanimegirlwiththecape4807]

Dark deception is another great horror game that is ignored by many people. It combines pacman with a very unique horror experience including monsters inspired from classics. The game is pretty big with solid gameplay and AMAZING graphics. And the game was made by only 3 people. Its a shame that its being overshadow by poppy playtime and even garten of banban. Both garten of banban 2 and 3 trailers blew up on millions of views while dark deception chapter 4 views barely reached above 600k. Its infuriating.

[@KatKaiju]

I actually did have some tiny sparkle of hope for Ban Ban until learning more about The Two Stooges. Screw these guys. #freeuhyeah #birdup “Truly indie horror is the most inbred genre.” Beautiful words. 😂

[@hawktalon7890]

This looks more like a kindergarten you'd see in one of those weird abstract dreams as a kid.

[@dakat5131]

The true horror is the quest to make the worst horror game.

[@FunnyMonkey781]

Wanted to note that the game Signalis was also only made by 2. If you count the band they had do soms of the music then itd be 3.

[@sonixx3272]

Garten of ban ban is just an example of how bad mascot horror is getting rn

[@funtimemasterbonnieshorts8825]

Fun fact Piggy wash a joke game according to the creator but after he realized how famous he got decided to make more and more until he stopped😂

[@gdsweet361]

Poppy Playtime made a serious comeback with chapter 3, as they balanced the horror and merch aspects so well

[@ackg]

1:36 well the game fixed that bad reputation with chapter 3, and holy shit it’s dark af

[@M4t_P4tGT]

Garten of BanBan makes Rainbow Friends look like the next FNAF

[@nyancatpoptart5441]

Hey pal, you look kinda familiar.

[@M4t_P4tGT]

@@nyancatpoptart5441 Hmmm

[@celestialVocalist]

It honestly makes me sad to see mascot indie horror become like this. Say what you will about FNAF, Bendy, Choo Choo Charles, or any others, but you can tell they had a lot of effort and heart put into them, especially FNAF. Banban is just a soulless husk that barely gets a reaction out of me - let alone a scared one - when I look at it. All they seem to care about these days with mascot horror is money and trying to pander to kids. This is why, to me, FNAF will always be the best.

[@marek1shtar538]

I've said it a lot on other videos that cover this game. There's other better Indie Horror games that have come out but they never get recognition in favor of crap like this. Look at at games like Alisa on steam it's a resident evil like that does eldritch horror and killer dolls or Lost in Vivo by KIRA. They're one of the best indie horror devs like ever. The ocean is vast but people keep casting thin nets and catching garbage like Poppy Playtime and this seriously it's not hard to find better games

[@katie-ud7ie]

Jacksepticeye just played this and he also was not happy with the game. Usually, even with bad horror games, he still usually likes them. However, in this case, he actually didn’t like the game and I think that really says something

[@bradleydevron]

Why do I feel like the Pizza Tower level "Don't make a sound" is a better horror experience than this game? Besides, of course, Pizza Tower being a indie game made with love, creativity, and whatever people were on when they made things like Ren and Stimpy

[@noahrice6671]

1:24 Wouldn’t be surprised if your opinion on poppy playtime got better considering the new chapter is out

[@CleoPhoenixRT]

Hm...yeeah I thought this game was a demo for weeks now. I learned something new today.

[@arty_mc_artist]

I can only appreciate Banban for giving us Opila bird and youtube content to listen to while I do other things lmao.

[@lucabalsasalsa]

hearing you mention iconoclasts made me so happy and excited because it’s so underrated for how good it is and almost nobody knows about it. i was literally like “say iconoclasts say iconoclasts say iconoclasts”

[@Gemarald]

The reason Garten of Banban looks nothing like a Kindergarten, is because the creators are banned from entering them within a five mile radius.

[@killrama2222]

If there is not an unhealthy production, i will be surprised, until today, chapter-based games have unhealthy productions

[@tristant306]

2:54 Funny enough, I had an idea for a horror parkore game taking place in an amusement part. Although, I'm still trying to improve in game devolopment. Working with GameMaker Studio 2 as of right now. Edit : I'll add a skybox, don't worry. XD

[@Glitchmouse2]

Compare garten of banban with lethal company Lethal company was made by 1 dev, it has an original artstyle, none of the monsters are shown in the front page, so no one gets spoiled, the game’s monsters’ mechanics are more original and actually well scripted, and each assets, props, ragdolls and models fits to the environement of the game. Banban has so many colors that don’t fit into the area they are placed, like bro, cyan and red don’t fit to the same environement. Lethal company also does makes it logical that you’re in a facility, sure the mansion part wouldn’t make sense, but the mansion at least has fitting colors and fiting lightning, And don’t get me wrong, since zeekerss is a furry, many peoples just refunded lethal company, all because zeekerss was a furry, what did zeekerss do? NOTHING, he didn’t get mad, he didn’t cry, he didn’t insult peoples, well, who would want cringey kids in their game anyways (sorry CoD devs for your suffering), he just continued updating the game ignoring those kids and thats all, banban’s dev got mad because peoples refunded their game made in 5 minutes, thats like getting mad because someone refunded your tech demo, thats illogical, oh and to clear all out, VALVE doesn’t like peoples who neglect refunding, Yeah the game is ‘’fun’’. The second i got in, i was already bored. Like man there’s not one part of the game that doesn’t have the feeling of ‘’where the f### do i go’’ i finished the first chapter in 20 minutes because the puzzles were so badly made. I don’t think i would even replay or buy the other games.

[@Thecatontheinternet749]

Hey you know what’s funny is that people don’t even realize that lethal company is a indie HORROR game and a lot of people says that this game beat COD and make Millions of dollars but instead they always says that poppy playtime 3 saves indie horror but in reality it’s NOT because indie horror never really died it’s just that people are over saturation man it’s really sad that Lethal company never gets recognized as an indie horror game

[@MalayDea]

We need a game where the monster is just a heartless creature that no one could sympathize with, No tragic backstory, No motivation, Just a creature that wants to rip your skin off, That it's what a horror game is like

[@iIIuminious]

Y e s

[@thebeetleball]

There are many of those I assure you

[@Nictheidoit]

What game did made you sympathies for the monsters. Tell me right now

[@dreamsprayanimation]

There should be a monster that just wants to rape your nasshole, now that is true horror.

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

I sympathize with skin ripping monster, sometimes we al get that feeling ❤❤❤

[@honkdishScratch]

Fun Fact: Piggy was originally made as a joke and now has merch but atleast it has actual lore instead of just being shitty maps to make more merch out of

[@Baller_editz21]

Fun fact: Mini toons are the devs of the game winter which is one of the scariest games on Roblox

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

And it’s not a bad game, especially when you consider it more as a puzzle game with horror elements, I don’t even know if the merch is from Minitoon or is just other companies profiting off of it, it’s not anywhere near a cash grab

[@evagarcia865]

I can’t wait to see the orange jellyfish guy in a future chapter. With how shitty this game’s models are, I really want to see how horribly animated his tentacles are

[@ADonutMan]

This game is an error in reality that wasn't tucked into backrooms fast enough so UhYeah found it. The opioid bird is funny doe 👍

[@caramelcandys]

Getting over it with bennett foddy, a game made entirely with premade store bought assets feels more put together than garten of banaban

[@raikojanes5972]

i have seen people call this game a "parody" which is not true, if you want a parody of Mascot Horror game, look at Meatly's Storage World, also i hate when let's players call this game "The Next Poppy Playtime Is Scary" like if you call this sh!t scary, then you must be a mind set of god damn undeveloped embryo

[@EggsBenedict-te4nj]

Can't wait for this game to finally finish so streamers can drop it and the fake hype can fall off a ledge when the fans realize how bad it is.

[@banananananananananananana.]

Not only is the game bad but the merch is ridiculously overpriced. For a little context I am an artist and I’m starting a sticker shop in one to two months to earn some extra money. I’ve already got everything worked out behind the scenes and just have to finish my a few designs. Since I got all my prices worked out I was curious about how much the banban stickers were being sold for versus what I would pay for the same sticker. Just a disclaimer but this is only a rough estimation since we probably don’t use the same company to print stickers so price will vary. Math time! Unless if you don’t like math in which case you can just scroll to the bottom. Okay for starters you get to pick the sticker size but from what I can tell the price doesn’t change if you get a bigger or smaller sticker so for the purpose of this I am going to use the biggest size you can get the 5x5 inches one. So the way the website I’m planning on using is Vograce and one you order the stickers in groups of ten so we will divide our answer by ten for the price of one sticker, and two they don’t let you make stickers bigger than 4x4 so I just subtracted the price of the 3x3 sticker to find how much the price changes between one inch and added that to the price of the 4x4 so I could get an estimation of about how much a 5x5 would cost. 4x4 inches (for ten stickers) = 7.88 3x3 inches (also for ten stickers) = 5.25 7.88 - 5.25 = 2.63 7.88 + 2.63 = 10.51 10.51 / 10 = 1.051 *FINAL ANSWER* One 5x5 inch sticker would cost $1.05 (rounding down) That is a little under 1000% profit. How is this legal? I’m not just angry I’m also disappointed. Even if they pay more for stickers it can’t be more then $1.20 per sticker. Also remember that this is best case scenario where you buy the biggest sticker. Oh my god this is literally insane. Rip my faith in humanity capitalism has taken over. Also yeah I left a very similar comment on another video where I basically copy pasted my math but it’s 2 in the freaking morning I just did math and frankly I need an ego boost so yeah.

[@spacebunsarah]

this may or may not be a cash grab but the quickest of google searches shows that the creators are teenagers so if it looks like a clone of another game, that’s probably because it is, because that’s what you do the first few times you make stuff, regardless of medium.

[@purplematchstick]

The thing about piggy is it was made as a joke minitoon never thought it would blow up

[@MegatronEnthusiast]

Piggy was made originally as a joke game for the developer and his friends to play when they were bored. The developer started to add more to it and eventually wanted to make a full story. Finally he started making products because of how successful it was and he saw it as an easy way to make money.

[@gamingbryan1]

When your game blows up, you kinda just go with it sometimes but he definitely wasn't a cash grab guy

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

The games good and made with passion, the merch can barely be called a cash grab, most games get merch and this is barley marketed and I have never seen anyone have it

[@KENSHIROez3260]

Funny how Garten Of Banban made this year and there is already fourth installment of it, you can tell the quality from there