COOL GAMES VOL. 1

[@AntoG]

I LOVE this idea. I hope to see more COOL GAMES VOLUMES!

[@EposVox]

This might very well be the best-formatted games list video I’ve ever seen. This will serve as one of the top sources of inspiration/“this thing done right” for me for a long time. Kudos

[@hotcyder]

thank you! :)

[@mahlfir720]

such a great way to compile essays that has a through line and the "ad breaks" of asides with the viewer really boosted the vibes as well, phenomenal job hotcyder.

[@Exarian]

unironically: super lesbian animal RPG is actually an all-around good normal JRPG that's actually not as aggressively twee as it looks on the surface and actually has really decent character writing and creature design. Made by Bobby Schroeder, best known for the Thankskenpenders blog. Also, the Anthology of the Killer is a commercial compilation of a series of freeware games made by Thecatamites, probably known for Space Funeral and Goblet Grotto. It's a series of surreal comedy horror adventure games with excellent writing. Finally (I can't remember if you had mentioned this in a previous video) the Hylics series by Mason Lindroth is one of the coolest looking *things* I've ever seen.

[@hotcyder]

@@Exarian deffo interested in all three of these. SLARPG has been on my radar after playing Plunkitt’s Susan Taxpayer at last years SAGE

[@RakastanPorkkanakakkua]

Oh my god, you really put your script behind the gameplay footage during the RE: Wario-likes segment. I hope people layman on graphic design can appreciate it too.

[@kkdeichmann]

Writing and editing are top tier, this video instantly placed you in my top 5 game journalists on youtube. this video deserves millions of views

[@filmotter]

Thank Goodness You're Here mentioned, helllll yeah!

[@RakastanPorkkanakakkua]

I've come more and more to the realization that roguelikes are the ultimate "gamer's gamest genre". Its accomplishment is not bound by any other medium like storytelling or sense (visuals/sound), it's pure gameplay, taking any core gameplay loop and reaching for its full potential. Even strict design takes a backseat because you can't control what the player will experience. The quality of a roguelike relies entirely on how deep the mechanics go.

[@deftwhistle]

seeing the thank goodness you are here little guy is gonna be good

[@ChillinWithTheCapuchins]

Hmm... I guess I've never sorted by most popular on a new KZbin channel. I always view by most recent. I guess if I'm going to subscribe to their channel I want to make sure I like the videos they're putting out right now. Maybe I'll have to remember to look at their popular tab. Anyways, great video!

[@RikkuX5]

I absolutely adore the format. It had such an engaging flow that kept me glued to the screen from start to finish. The game selection and variety was also amazing. I definitely wanna see more!

[@spinballwhizzkids]

Fantastic video format and so lovely to see a range of interesting and cool games highlighted. It's good not to let your previous video successes define your channel completely in the same way game developers shouldn't let their previous game successes bottleneck them into specific genres for future development. It helps us to innovate and discover new things. Keep up the phenomenal videos, and know your audience is interested in your perspectives as much as the content you're covering.

[@hotcyder]

Thank you :)

[@spinballwhizzkids]

@@hotcyder Also I think you may enjoy the games Wuppo and Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip by Snekflat. They could find their way into a future cool games volume!

[@hotcyder]

I've gotten a few reccs for Wuppo so will definetly check it out!

[@VideoGameStoryTime]

Love this! Looking forward to Volume 02!

[@getuponthemike6341]

This was awesome! And it made me realize Strange Scaffold is definitely a team i should be keeping up with!

[@Intrud]

Love a good mixtape video!

[@zacharywong483]

Super nice collection of games covered here! Great video, hotcyder!

[@MMLCommentaries]

Your visual presentation continues to be top notch. Absolutely ADORED the format and you gave me a bunch of games to take a look at! Killer work 🎉

[@VideoGamesAreBad]

it's COOL GAMES time 😎

[@GoshdarnCat]

Love this format, would definitely like to see more! Insightful writing as always, thank you for the great recommendations! Keep up the good work!

[@aaronbarrantes1089]

Love the way you put this list/compilation together, as well as the way you talk with passion about video games, I’ll subscribe for sure and I’ll be expecting with excitement the next video

[@paultapping9510]

09:44 I almost forgot Ubisoft used to be an incredibly creative studio that took risks. Those were the days!

[@smittz_]

sick vid, was extremely pleased to see VHR here. my default recommendation will always be Juice Galaxy - been following since its first builds in 2020 and it shows such an insane amount of promise. could work well in a segment on "slurpcore" games the likes of Cruelty Squad or Splatter though Juice swaps the FPS framework for squishy ragdoll combat

[@bvc8099]

Hey love the style and can’t wait to watch. I’d love to see the name of the game stay on screen, I often watch with no or low sound and can’t always find where you show or say the names!

[@bananabike279]

Those were some really cool games! Dungeon Clawler looks especially fun and creative. Also forgot Victory Heat Rally was coming out this year, played the demo and had lots of fun with it!

[@STANI420]

subscribed just to get more cool games recommendations. make this a series

[@Ziklawz]

A cool video about cool games, perfect.

[@duckilama832]

I would listen to more of your mixtapes

[@hotcyder]

I made a playlist of them if you’re interested! HOTCYDER MIXTAPES kzbin.info/aero/PLKZFeQDHnbYF9CJa0jsfbcMvyYE6zZHvD

[@Goblincow]

Really enjoy this format, it reminds me a bit of Razbuten's Games I Played This Month or certain Errant Signal formats? I wonder if a 25ish minute version that goes a little less in depth with each would be more sustainable and find its niche better, so I'd certainly encourage that if the overseer (praise be to The Algorithm) so desires, but this was some really great work that feels like I just had a great full meal, so I hope it's a hit!

[@Andreas_Ch_3]

Loved the video, found the mix-tape style very interesting. Are you still looking for game recommendations from the viewers?

[@hotcyder]

thank you :) and yes!

[@Andreas_Ch_3]

​@@hotcyder Maybe a bit of an odd reccomendation, but I really enjoyed the story of "Three Sons". Its a story focused 2d walking-sim, very unknown. I hope you've time to check it out!

[@floatingdoor]

Subbed. Wtf man, love the thumbnail and the video itself. so good Thanks.

[@cheduti1]

Amazing video! Waiting the vol. 2

[@Leedem56]

This video is so good I wish it never ended

[@hotcyder]

Feel free to check out the HOTCYDER playlist if you wanna combo it into any other mixtapes i've done :)

[@RakastanPorkkanakakkua]

For more mixtape type videos. MatthewMatosis' Mega Microvideos follow the same format but focus on a specific point in a game rather than discussing the game as a whole and I've been craving for this format ever since then. It seems that Wario is always a good hint for excellent game analysis content.

[@hotcyder]

@@RakastanPorkkanakakkua funny enough MMs Mega Micro Vids were an inspiration for the one minute essay mixtape collabs I did a few years back, which I ended up referencing here! Small world 🌍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5ipaq2QZcaLrK8 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJTEZJ99rN5nfLM

[@RakastanPorkkanakakkua]

@@hotcyder Damn, I missed that. I really should binge this entire channel at one point.

[@SmudgedSketch]

World of Horror has such a good artstyle, it’s definetly a cool game

[@chrishoward8500]

I played the demo of Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop in Next Fest and I just couldn’t fathom how barely anyone has been talking about it. To me it’s absolutely incredible.

[@mrjoejon6882]

Hope for more content like this!

[@joachimjacobus5996]

As a Yank, Thank Goodness You're Here, is at the top of my wishlist. While I don't have a firm grasp on the differences in regional Brit humor, I have grown up on it thanks to Monty Python. Also, Matt Berry in anything immediately piques my interest.

[@LeoliDWizz-qz1nm]

bird of paradise is one of my fav songs

[@TheCreapler]

honestly I have never sorted a new channel I have found by popularity I just look for something that appeals to me.

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

Would love to see more of this format in the next! Glad to see Citizen Sleeper and TGYH on this, which reminds me to get TGYH b/c I kind of like British humor

[@TheMrFanyx]

i like COOL GAMES VOL. 1 can we have one uhhhhhhhhhh COOL GAMES VOL. 2?

[@TheOnyxGemini]

I found some rad indie games that I've seen no one talk about. "SomnaBuster" by PD_CGT the game has inspirations from "Sonic" & "Ristar" with a lovely squiggly art style, and a twangy genesis OST, "REAL WEB LEGENDS: Carter's Quest" by the dev Goba Reminds me of "kingdom hearts" and has some cool cinematography, "Interstellar Plunderer" by cozy frog games a rogue-like with gameplay like "starfox" and only has 15 reviews on steam, And "Dungeons of blood and dream" by Lori Vornoy a first-person rogue-like dungeon crawler with retro polygon graphics and a cool ring base equipment system. New Dungeon crawler Rouge-like RPG call "Liminal Void" by Jeistar. The art-style is a combination of Gothic-Lolita fashion, ZX spectrum, the PS1 version of baroque, and "serial experiments lain". Maybe check them out.

[@j.monica8794]

new subbie just because of this! great unique game picks

[@zepp1312]

what a great video! the hotcyder channel is highly unterrated, imo

[@hotcyder]

too kind

[@thatmykahguy]

W for the Bomberman Hero music choice!

[@ironleviathan89]

You sold me on Uncle Chop's immediately.

[@CarelessFoolFallsFlat]

Dungeon Clawler's main mechanic seems like the right kind of ridiculous to catch my interest.

[@admik]

yoooooo bro used Knuckle Sandwich track in the video, instant sub from me!

[@Sleepy_George]

Cool picks

[@Juanpopspacks]

Ray min Rayyyy! Miiiin!

[@colchin3282]

You should look into the Gnorp Apologue

[@Jay-ho7sf]

A game I think deserves more attention is 2021's Webbed, made by Sbug Games. A delightful physics-based platformer, you play as spider and I feel as though it really takes advantage of that. Swinging aroung is fluid and the momentum makes for interesting platforming challenges, and the ability to make your webs leads to interesting puzzles. I adore the game so much, I'm currently going through my second playthrough of it, and it's relatively short and doesn't feel bloated! Can't recommend it enough.

[@LeoliDWizz-qz1nm]

and i love the donut county ost

[@AlexQuinlan]

I really hope we get more!

[@WHORERR0R]

man this video oozes style

[@angmering5899]

no problem fun

[@Rubberman202]

I DO really like your "Rise of the Wario-Likes" video, and I like that "Wario-Like" is now a thing, but I also feel like it can be misapplied; I've seen Captain Wayne and BOOM! Buster described as "Wario-Likes", even though I'm not fully seeing the Wario Land connection. Perhaps there is something "Wario-Like" about them, but to me it just seems people think "Wario-Like" means "oh well, Pizza Tower is a Wario-Like, so anything that reminds me of Pizza Tower must also be a Wario-Like". Don't get me wrong, Captain Wayne and BOOM! Buster both look great, but that doesn't necessarily mean they fit the description of a "Wario-Like". But then again, that's kind of the point of this video, isn't it? To bring attention to games that look awesome and fun, regardless of whether or not they're "Wario-Like". I love this idea, shining a spotlight on games that deserve the attention is always a good thing, in my opinion. I'd still like to keep an eye out on any potential "Wario-Likes" that pop up, like that Susan Taxpayer game, but I'm equally as invested in other strange or quirky indie games that catch my attention!

[@MAD22324]

hell yea video games

[@Thetriplehhh]

bro im from the united Arab emirates and i get every joke in that game and find it funny.

[@pneumaticpterodactyl4015]

Quick accessibility note, it's really hard to click the game links in the description on mobile, you might want to space them out more

[@hotcyder]

noted! made that adjustment

[@j.r7872]

36:13 What is this background music??? Thamks! Awsome vibeo! Thamks for sharing this list of 1oo!i!i!

[@hotcyder]

It's the Options menu music from Victory Heat Rally :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWi7Yax6eZKAiassi=2ig8tZVdLp--TnpP

[@MissPlayAndWatch]

I think Victory Heat Rally is more inspired by Rad Mobile that Outrun. Still a Super Scalar game but from 1990 rather than 1986.

[@hotcyder]

@@MissPlayAndWatch the transparency’s corrected me on this - I was thinking of Power Drift!

[@MissPlayAndWatch]

@@hotcyder hilariously, now that you mention it, I think I was also thinking of Power Drift. They're very similar mechanically, with the abundance of overbanked turns, but Rad Mobile is 1st person and Power Drift has the exaggerated drifting (Power Drift has always made me a little motion sick so I play it far less)

[@that1gamurguy-91]

Knuckle sandwich music… based

[@EggBastion]

YEAH!

[@MAD22324]

i played i am your beast while demohunting pn steam it slaps hard

[@thedumbdog1964]

Man’s saying “X.”

[@hotcyder]

@@thedumbdog1964 someone’s gotta

[@Leadbraw]

here before you blow up

[@hotcyder]

Oppenhiemer to the atom bomb like:

[@murilo53401]

this guys have 24 thousand views and 24 thousand subs wow

[@hotcyder]

@@murilo53401 perfect synergy

[@sighrelief]

I love this idea, but i think more people would click on to episodes of the series (and thus see the games) if you had a central theme to follow and title and thumbnailed the videos as a reflection of that (much like the wario-like video, actually). Then maybe hide the fact its an "episode" inside of the video or in the description since the series will likely be episodic in nature anyways?

[@hotcyder]

@@sighrelief appreciate the feedback. This was a prototype so I wanted to keep things a bit looser as the introduction of the format was the theme. That said, I also don’t want to be too bound to a topic as that was the issue outlined in the first essay. I’ll figure these out better as I do more of them 🤘

[@sighrelief]

@@hotcyder yeah, ik it was pointed out in the first chapter so i get it, its hard. Maybe i should've stopped myself because that was sort of an unproductive train of thought. I know matthewmatosis did videos with a similar challenge in format and branding, which he made as part of a "mega microvideos" series and packaged those in that aesthetic, even when the subjects he talked about had nothing to do with warioware. Maybe you could get clever with it in some way like that? regardless, i loved the video as always. I've never been disappointed by a game you've recommended so i can't wait to check some of these out when i get the chance

[@EGRJ]

Beast looks a lot like it was inspired by SuperHOT. Super. HOT.

[@Johnjohnjohnjohnjohnj0hnjohn]

Song? 1:58

[@hotcyder]

Bird of Paradise - Donut County OST

[@kkdeichmann]

anyone know whre the music at 19:20 is from? is it baba is you ost?

[@hotcyder]

Fruit On Grass - Baba Is You

[@TornaderX]

How about, instead calling games "Wario-like" we call them "Extraction Platformer", that way we no longer associate the Wario gameplay as just Wario Land 4 and we define a genre that can steer away from it in terms of game feel (while keeping the exploration to escape distinctive feature)

[@josemanuelmorenoquiros3182]

Help!! Game in the minute 4:00??? Thanks!!

[@hotcyder]

That's Uncle Chop! I talk about it in the next chapter :)

[@colchin3282]

What is the name of the game in the background at 3:50

[@hotcyder]

Holedown! store.steampowered.com/app/1268370/holedown/ (Also on iPhone and Android)

[@colchin3282]

@@hotcyder you do not know how long I’ve been trying to find this game💀 I played it on my phone in middle school and it’s been YEARS, I really appreciate it.

[@sblevy0229]

Is that magnetic fields playing??

[@MarcosGame-f6m]

is the song at 5:50 from that game? It sounds really familiar but I can't place it

[@hotcyder]

@@MarcosGame-f6m it’s Tostarena Ruins from Super Mario Odyssey

[@MVMV69]

29:35 what game is this, the one with the guy killing goblins with a gun and a katana???

[@hotcyder]

@@MVMV69 Sulfur! store.steampowered.com/app/2124120/SULFUR/