How The Forest Was Made and Why The Indie Game Looks AAA

[@ThatGuyGlen]

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[@ducksinmyhead6320]

A KZbin short for townscape

[@GorkaGames]

Ark: Survival Evolved!!

[@reglan_dev]

Five nights at freddys

[@reglan_dev]

@@GorkaGames its not a indie game

[@jude8462]

The cook serve delicious series! Or spiritfarer

[@Jrpyify]

The AI is what got me hooked on this game. The cannibals are hungry but they don't just mindlessly attack you. They will follow you and wait until your back is turned or you're busy doing something. Or they'll just check you out and run off (to get others). If you stare at them, back away, or run, they get aggressive. But if you pull out an axe and charge them they legit shit their pants and run away. It's frankly so much better than every other NPC AI I've ever encountered.

[@avishekchakraborty8289]

Just wait till you see the AI of Sons of the Forest

[@JohnMarston4015]

@@avishekchakraborty8289 I was about to say that lol

[@jadontaylor9517]

It’s even more insane when you realize the game is 5 GB

[@MrSen4lifE]

Been playing over a hundred hours and just finally put together that the warrior males use the women accompanying to test your own aggressiveness, and will give you less of a hard time if you go through the effort of trying to not hurt them and just distance yourselves as the women harass you. The warrior male just stands back, watches, and their overall behavior adjusts accordingly.

[@milchkopf3881]

@@MrSen4lifE :O

[@Cheeseyu3000]

that mech design goes hard. I would love to see it being use in other games

[@verzocktes]

very funny that the forest is intented as this free "do what you want game", yet I love it so much because it has a pretty clear and reachable end goal compared to other survial games :D

[@KageNinjaMC]

Been playing forest with some friends lately. Not sure why we are presupposing it looks like AAA game? Always seemed very clearly indie to me.

[@reviathan3524]

Even though I've never played it and only watched iDubbz playing it, I remembered having one nightmare with it. The setting was so disturbing and at that time my country was still grieving over the shooting down of MH17 airplane. So I kinda can feel the similarity between the plane crash in the game and MH17.

[@TinyGiraffes]

Aww man I haven't been playing this game like they want at all. We called ourselves the "Tax collectors."

[@dethoza]

I'm not sure if it was an older version where that information is from, but in The Forest how it exists today the NPCs most definitely respawn. There is no limited amount of them, which you could "kill while they are sleeping".

[@Pacowaka4045]

Yeah it's only the cave npcs that are finite.

[@o0k6]

@@Pacowaka4045 Make sense because you can clear out the caves.

[@nnnik3595]

@@Pacowaka4045 they will respawn eventually though

[@tasinarko864]

Unless he is meaning that they don’t just spawn at your location but they follow set paths around the map meaning there is technically a limited amount on the map at one time

[@Malthe-lu3zq]

@@nnnik3595 surface enemies are infinite whilst cave enemies are finite

[@eightyfoahh]

My biggest props to them for absolutely optimizing the game, unlike your average 20GB RTX3090 3D survival game, it's like 4GB and can run perfectly in an Intel HD Graphics if you lower the resolution a bit. I really think that helped a lot with its popularity, making it a big contender for your go-to PC co-op game 👏👏

[@TriangularChica]

Yes, I just now realised that The Forest an open world, full of shaders, enemies, weapons, mechanics and so on game weights less than AimLab. I really respect the work they put into optimization while still having great mechanics and lovely graphics

[@Josuh]

massive W for them

[@Turtleblade]

The game gets super super laggy the more you build and progress

[@b4sh936]

Yeah, I have played it many times through the years in really bad pcs and it rocks

[@nnnik3595]

@@TriangularChica why is aim lab more than 4gb?

[@twomur_]

wow i didn’t know the forest was an indie game that’s impressive!

[@tomohawk2177]

I didn’t even know it existed lol

[@twomur_]

@@tomohawk2177 woah

[@gs325jcbd]

I already knew this 😪

[@RinkieGeintie]

@@tomohawk2177 how

[@dvdbox360]

plague tale is also indie, another double a/indies games: stray, senua sacrifice

[@chimmichunker3955]

Endnight is amazing, i also heard the reason they don't interact with the fans much, once the forest got big, is that they don't want to be celebrities. They're incredibly humble, and are probably my favorite game developers.

[@Pappycap74]

I like Re-logic

[@SzymonNon]

@@Pappycap74 W endnight W re logic

[@edvinkarlsson9368]

@@Pappycap74 same

[@botdog370]

cant forget about their interactions with staple content creators of their game whove logged thousands of hours (Farket) for opinions and ideas. any dev that interacts with their pro scene (or experienced players in this instance) shows they care about making their game a better game

[@assassinaria]

Gotta remember: when you're a celebrity and washed up, your standing in society is less than that of a regular Joe's. I think they were smart to know this.

[@gehinkun]

No game has blown my mind as the forest. The first time me and a friend played it we thought the difficulty was broken, but it turned out the cannibals got quite provoked by us building a fort near them decorated with the heads of their friends. We were the bad guys all along. Amazing emergent storytelling.

[@bigg_survivor_8876]

I never saw it that way I just killed anything in sight and killed mutants for armor

[@MrSen4lifE]

"The first time me and a friend played it we thought the difficulty was broken" Bruh I literally quit the game when I first got it for this whole ass reason. It took me growing up a little to appreciate how genius it really was. Definitely set my bar higher for what to expect from games now.

[@latinaparfait]

Yeah the poor innocent cannibals, I should let them eat me

[@gehinkun]

@@latinaparfait its the CIIIRCLE of LIIIIIFE

[@SuperKratosgamer]

No, you are not the bad guys, in the begining, you are a victim of plane crash,the cannibals are mutated and they murder and eat each other .

[@es_jacque]

Great video, as usual. Stories like these make me appreciate the value of early access. I can't help but wonder if Hytale would really benefit from an early access period, as many are clamoring for.

[@ThatGuyGlen]

Thank you! It's interesting Endnight opted for a traditional development approach for the sequel. Curious how that's going to impact the game and its reception.

[@Nitrox_909]

Hytale really needs an early access. They need to do something to keep people interested until the release. But since they're not even able to put out regulary blogposts chances are near 0

[@KanashiAtisuto]

Oh wow, oops- I had totally forgotten about Hytale until now.

[@supersnow17]

That whole "who is the real monster" thing really stuck out to me in the newest sons of the forest game. I was exploring the beach and came across a camp, a killed a few dudes by lighting them on fire and then after they burned a woman cannibal walked over, got on her knees and started to weep. I felt so awful even though they attacked me first. Very few video games have ever done this to me.

[@near5148]

I have no remorse for them they destroy my builds so I destroy them until I feel sad

[@OnyeNacho]

I still remember these two devs. In 2013, A friend of their (who was also in the same college I was attending), uploaded this to the campus network drive - the render farm. I downloaded the pre-alpha. It was brutally hard. No saves. But demonstrated potential.

[@pmfieryflakes5749]

What were your thoughts about the game when you first played their pre-alpha game?

[@OnyeNacho]

@@pmfieryflakes5749 Unlit lighting, lagging mess, and brutally difficult game. Two lives and you have to restart the game. Did not even know where to go.

[@crubrutockcsgo]

@@OnyeNacho haha, even now bro, endnight is brutally glitchy, lol I guess some things never change

[@OnyeNacho]

@@crubrutockcsgo I guess so...

[@nihvv]

isnt that kinda the point of crash landing into a forest? like youve never been there, how would you know where to go? kinda adds to the realisim

[@merp7174]

i love how the team wanted to make things as realistic as possible but you have tropical ocean fish swimming in tiny puddles of water in the middle of the forest or mountains

[@pippetandpossum]

And a crocodiles in a temperate forest setting lol. And yes, crocodile. NOT alligator. Hate it when creators don't know the difference. Don't even get me started on Lyle Lyle Crocodile, which should be called Lyle Lyle Alligator.

[@softestmeat4167]

🤓

[@sirthomas2181]

🤓

[@RykardLordOfBlasphemy21]

@@pippetandpossum in a game with mutant virgina monsters that doesn't really matter

[@nathanmitchell7961]

🤓☝ technically

[@GorkaGames]

Yeah! I have been always interested in how The Forest was developed and made, thanks a lot man!

[@ThatGuyGlen]

My pleasure!

[@razorstone3088]

Even though you don't upload that often I always look forward to these videos, they are so well made!

[@ThatGuyGlen]

Thank you, glad to hear you like them! Wish I could upload more often 😅

[@kakashilover9231]

This is by far my favorite survival game and I'm so happy to see it covered on this channel

[@BarelyBarry]

The Forest, atleast at the time of release, was outstanding, from graphics (like the godrays and water), to its physics, to its grass, and AI, it was amazing! And they did a fantastic, nearly flawless job with The Forest. Though it probably won't be an indie game, or considered an indie game, you should cover Sons of The Forest when it comes out this February! Edit: this may be controversial to say but I think they almost completely 'failed' with making you feel guilt killing them (or I'm psychotic), but they hang and mutilate things, specifically people, they rip out their hearts and throw them around without eating them, they aren't curious with you, only a little in the beginning. (Btw before anyone says "they also shot down your plane", they didn't, that was the red guy AKA Matthew Cross, he's not a cannibal) (I promise I'm not being biased because I'm Canadian and they are too)

[@garnetame]

Yeah I agree, although I was shocked by the violence needed to kill them, it more often than not felt like I was protecting myself rather than maliciously attacking them in a way that might cause me to feel guilt

[@nitomosquito3164]

I get a little too zealous when I see one alone so you make a good point

[@aubreyh1930]

Yeah I’ve never felt the slightest bit of guilt for killing them no matter how brutal it is. They attack first and do some really fucked up shit like stuffing tennis balls in corpses. I think it’d be worse to not kill them tbh

[@BarelyBarry]

@@aubreyh1930 it does kinda depend on the player if they attack first, but I'd agree that they attack first more (specifically mentioning seeing them for the first time, not the cave ones)

[@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329]

@@BarelyBarry wow, just because you are too dense to understand the moral implications it doesn’t make the game bad at communicating them.

[@parsogross8887]

The intent behind how you kill the canibals made me feel like a psychopath I never cared about how the canibals felt ☠️

[@blocky4495]

The Forest is one of the games that i enjoyed a little too much. I liked how cannibals will go away if you do not attack them, or scream and become more violent when the female is killed or their leader

[@ia285]

But don't the cannibals and the mutants get more violent anyways as time goes on? I remember our base getting attacked everyday by cannibals and mutants.

[@blocky4495]

@@ia285 If you have beaten the end boss, cannibals become extremly more violent and mutants have higher chance of spawning. More days pass, the higher the chance that mutant will spawn too.

[@bigg_survivor_8876]

I would chase the cannibals until I ran out of stamina

[@blocky4495]

@@bigg_survivor_8876 Spears are maybe the best weapon in the entire game.

[@theforgeryttv6449]

@@ia285 They do. You can try and avoid being violent with the cannibals but they will eventually attempt to kill you after being passive for a time. If you really want to avoid the enemies, you have to build a boat and survive off the islands somehow (which is what I did).

[@knatspray]

This is one of my top five favorite games ever! It’s a beautiful story of survival that’s told through a graphically stunning world. They absolutely smashed the “two-tone” feel of the game with the awesome environments in the daylight turning scary in the dark. My favorite part of the game is the cannibals, they really did feel more alive than any other NPC enemy I’d seen. A true modern classic.

[@BobTheBuilder294]

This was the first game i ever bought on steam back in 2014. My crappy laptop at the time could barely function with this running but it was exactly the kind of game i wanted to play. Today after years of updates and playing on and off i finally found Timmy, January 2nd 2023. it took nearly a decade but i found him.

[@gitodachoppa1198]

I remember being in middle school in 2015 and playing this with my brother and cousin. Some of my favorite moments with them are from when we would just play it. We pretty much played it every weekend until I’d say about a month after release. Great times, I cannot wait for sons of the forest to come out so we 3 can make more memories like that

[@BakedPotatoYT1]

Another amazing thing about this game is the optimization. I used to play this game back in like 2015-2016 with my garbage PC that has like AMD A4 processor and some random GPU that I forgot about and the game was playable with like 45-60 fps IIRC. I've also seen videos of people flying smoothly across the map due to some bug without them lagging.

[@XZ-III]

i did see this as another survival game that took from minecraft like ark, dayz, raft, rust but like it's own take, i've always wanted to check it out thinking it was one of those server only type games, so i thought i needed friends but my friends never wanna, wtf friends i feel like i missed out i should've just bought it in it's prime

[@mirabletest]

This is very romanticized, the actual gameplay is pretty dumbed down. There are no emotions, the ai is not intelligent, they just come to look at you and you can decide to spare them or be aggressive

[@Voxicat]

new glen video, day saved

[@Maxiter]

"We don't want mindless killing" - so you throws tens of cannibals at us at a time to kill ever few minutes? Come on, at least make the documentary based on how the game is, not how they "envisioned" it. It's not how the game turned out to be

[@VocalPulse]

"We really want the player to feel guilt after each kill" Me causing a path of death and destruction in my wake, destroying trees, camps and people, because I cannot find the next cave

[@theakiwar9118]

I just realized that these people made tron legacy, one of the best looking films of the 2010s. No wonder the forest even though an indie game looks triple A

[@holom2076]

wtf

[@actingempty3108]

"What we don't want is just mindless killing." Me and my friends burning bodies by the dozen to fuel our addiction to bone armor.

[@kartoitska8944]

Seems like sons of the forest is definitely a worthy sequel. The game crashed steam on release due to the sheer popularity. I have about 45 hours in sons of the forest at this point and I still don't get tired of it. I love the game even though it has so many bugs in this early stage. It doesn't run quite as good on lower spec devices but they might still improve that later on. I def hope they will add dedicated server support soon.

[@cozmo4913]

As someone who has played The Forest it really is just mindless killing when my base gets attacked by 15 6ft tall pale men

[@cozmo4913]

And also as someone who hunts achievements it is very sad when I dedicate myself to an achievement just for it to not unlock

[@kevinmorgan2968]

I mean the Forrest was released only a few years after GTA5 and Skyrim, but people are still playing the Forrest without complaining about a sequel. Everyone wants a sequel, but it’s a game made almost a decade ago by less people than we put into a middle school classroom. I think this is a win for everyone involved.

[@NotLordAsshat]

"they also consciously opted for monsters that were genetically enhanced and not zombies or supernatural" I'm guessing the flying physics sausage monster doesn't count lol

[@b4sh936]

Yeah, they said they regretted doing that mutant, but it was added on the last version tho, till that point it wasn't like that

[@captainbootie3162]

all i did in this game was mindless killing in the forest, me and my friends made a giant compound on half of a small island on the map and has spikes on the outside of those walls and a bunch of traps inside asell as many of those grusome totems on fire sending a message to them.

[@krubbington]

Thank you for these videos!! It's always really interesting to see how indie games are made and the stories behind their developers. It's honestly a huge inspiration!

[@ThatGuyGlen]

My pleasure, glad to hear they can serve as inspiration!

[@nicoarrigoni3898]

Great video as always! Could you cover Hotline Miami 1 and 2 one day? They're both amazing indie games and would love to see some more info about them.

[@zejugames5045]

did you see the noclip documentary on them?

[@nicoarrigoni3898]

@@zejugames5045 I did, however I was curious how this guy would tackle them as his vids are always high quality and entertaining

[@ThatGuyGlen]

Thanks, Nico! Hotline Miami is on my list ;)

[@nicoarrigoni3898]

@@ThatGuyGlen Awesome, looking forward to it!

[@dylanthompson3889]

My dad became a god at the game.

[@alexmighty693]

The forest vr was the first game to make me feel a genuine moment of panic in a videogame. I don't know if this is a part of their programming but I was walking on the coast and a group of 5 cannibals started to follow me. It was only after I ran out of stamina did they try to surround me. I though, "oh shit they are trying to get behind me." So I put my back to the ocean and fought them.

[@themiIes]

loved this game from day 1! glad you covered it. have you ever thought about doing og Silent Hill or Resident Evil?

[@ThatGuyGlen]

I might cover those in the future, I’m especially interested in covering Silent Hill. We’ll see ;)

[@themiIes]

@@ThatGuyGlen Nice! Always excited for new videos! Keep em coming, I love the format!

[@vizthex]

one of my friends loves this, and gifted it to me a year or two ago, but the inventory is so damn clunky i couldn't get into the game. kinda sad since it seemed neat, and narrative survival games are kind of the best way to do the genre imo (i've been spoiled by Subnautica, lol). and while it's normally not a big deal, in a survival game your inventory is basically your heart - if it doesn't work well, it doesn't work at all. ah well, you can't win them all.

[@boi2192]

Just wait until they add procedural animations or whatever it was called. If they could optimise it that would make this game look more realistic than almost any game you can find and also make ur pc a heater.

[@Pennali]

The thing I'm most excited about Sons of The Forest is the new enemy types. The trailers show 2 new creepy mutants that definitely look menacing, but I'm really hoping there's more than just those 2.

[@kyleaubreydelmundo7021]

Indie games are a refresher from all of the AAA mess that we had been through. But that does not mean that some AAA titles are bad. And yea, I remember playing this game when it was in its infancy, as a torrented game of course. But I already bought the legit copy from Steam so there, they deserve some money for how amazing this scary-ass survival game, it is not like any other. Like jeez have you ever customize an effigy made out of body parts. Well that is The Forest.

[@jaedanb]

I remember playing the early access. I didn't realize what the scope was at the time. I really just thought it was a little survival game like raft. Really cool where its gone since then

[@durandal4546]

I like this game but... Who the hell are they trying to kid? The game is mindless killing 99% of the time. There's no such thing as "Finite" spawning. It all just sounds like Artsy fart & sniff bullshit from the devs dude. Aim High. But don't describe it as what it is not. The game is not as smart as the Dev is trying to make it out to be. Take a seat and chill out Dev lmao

[@aikahiboys9304]

I get they tried to make you not want to kill them but like there cannibals

[@Lawrence186]

"In a lot of games you shoot a enemy 4 times in the leg and they die instantly in our game you beat a cannibal till they fall then get a rock and hit them in the head till they fully die if you dont or something starts attacking you then they get back up with full hp like nothing ever happened" ones totally more realistic then the other Honestly I likes the forest but I'm not stupid enough to ignore all of its glaring flaws 6 minutes in and almost every single thing id either "we wanted to add this but didnt" or "it should work like this but it's bugged/broken and we don't care" It was fun while it lasted but to play a game that rivals the glitchiness of dead island and pretend its flawless is laughable Its fine if you enjoy it but don't make yourself look stupid by ignoring its blatant issues

[@ThAmCh]

I play the game on peaceful mode. I tried it once in normal (the first time), but just to learn the basics I started on peaceful (since I found out there is such mode). But now I am scared to start on normal mode... :D

[@dylanvelloca6698]

"we don't want mindless killing" *immediately goes passive and grinds resources for the first 7-10 in game days and then genocides the rest of the game with out second thought*

[@datgio4951]

I was explaining a friend that I started to play this Horror Survival game and I described as “Its like minecraft But for adults” 😆

[@derelictgasstation]

"add a moral dilemma for the player" I remember distinctly a moment with friends where we tore 2 cave cannibals limb from limb and ate them and it was pretty funny bc it was just 5 dudes sitting around a fire munching on legs

[@randomyoutubecommentersecu7639]

THOSE LADS WERE INVOLVED INTO SUCH ICONIC FILMS AS TRON LEGACY, 300 AND FINAL DESTINATION?! Holy shit! Way to go people! The forest was one of the nicest survival experiences in games i've had in a while , especially in coop.

[@3rdaxis649]

That four year period of being in early access is what made The Forest great and I fear that Sons Of The Forest will lack that same marinade.

[@careernerd2135]

Given the number of times it's been delayed, and the massive increase in studio size, I don't think we have anything to worry about.

[@3rdaxis649]

@@careernerd2135 I'm sure, I' just saying that the monthly or so updates that rolled out for so long made the game seem new over and over again.

[@Stringbean1138]

They strike me as a team that even if they call it full release, they'll continue to work on things they feel are imperfect, or issues/suggestions players have post launch. I just hope it will be more polished than the original forest ea release lol

[@MrCatstache151]

"Sometimes I forget that this is a horror game, and then it becomes a horror game _very_ quickly." -Markiplier

[@mattc9598]

"the point they want to get across is that they're not inherently evil" the game starts with what appears to be them taking your son, and you literally stumble upon "Art" they made with the corpses of tennis players

[@enarjoesaar5350]

There are still so many bugs like multiplayer log dupe glitch or inventory item dupe glitch. To be honest the game is still really fun to play except the bugs.

[@phoenixx8963]

The forest is my favorite game, ive got hours in it, but ive never seen the cannibals drag injured friends to safety. So interesting Tbf, i dont think i give them a chance too

[@thomaselvidge]

I don't think it does look tripple A. I think it looks Indie through and through. Not a bad thing though, just not the same.

[@EnderElohim]

6:48 well seems like they never killed anybody before because humans die super easily. Even a casual punch can end a life almost instantly

[@AurmanniAngeles]

Did I miss something? Why is there a robot & guns in the thumbnail & concept art? Is it something with the toy robot?

[@mashedpotatos3750]

Indie studios must have the sorest of backs carrying gaming on their shoulders for the last 5 years

[@slendydie1267]

Weirdly enough I never considered this game Indie or Horror. It's chill and building is kinda fun.

[@CptDawner]

Sons of the Forest absolutely did live up to the hype. Great game, great sequel, and tons of potential for future content. Can’t wait to see what’s next!

[@potatodealership8338]

Been with this game for ages, since the old days of mostly above ground. Always has been an amazing game and will continue to play and recommend it to mates. Can't wait for Sons of the Forest to blow up the charts!

[@maybeyourbaby6486]

I've gotta say though, I get really bothered when games do the "who's the real monster?" thing without giving the player an alternative. :/ I tried The Forest and tried to build a pretty base but the NPCs just came in and ruined it, so I thought I'd just move out of their territory so I wasn't bothering them and could build in peace, but they just kept finding my more and more remote hideaways, until I finally died one time too many while trying to build the same wall over and over so I could get some peace, and quit. :(

[@vicentevasquezb]

Great video and actually got hyped for their next game and also the forest, which I've just watched but not played myself

[@RealBradMiller]

I've only played it on my sister's PS4 so I played all night for three days and it was quite an experience!! I got it on Steam but could not get it to run on my laptop. 😮‍💨 Hopefully the sequel gets an Xbox release at some point.

[@ThatGuyGlen]

Thank you!

[@b4sh936]

What are you waiting for? Go experience it, I recommend it 100%

[@sassy_spoon]

you're cracked if you think this looks even remotely AAA.

[@happyraintf]

"...constantly bothered by NPC's" - makes game where NPC's literally bother you all the time and make your life miserable.

[@chrisraymond4804]

Just picked up the forest in prep for sons, and wow. It’s amazing. It’s got me and 6 friends totally hooked, playing late any time we can. Truly a remarkable game.

[@dianheart2243]

I remember when a group of cannibals started attacking me, and I killed what I could assume was a chieftain (he had skulls and stuff hanging from his back) and one of the female cannibals saw his corpse, scream cried, looked at me, and ran away. I felt horrid.

[@Al-Maghrebi]

Simp

[@user-xp8wk1zt2p]

Actually the movie that inspired the forest is called "the descent"

[@TheUazula]

im loving sons so far. the forest was the first horror game i played that actually gave me nightmares LOL. they nailed the atmosphere and the horror aspects they were going for. im so glad they made it co-op as well, i play with my friends and we played a LOT during early covid. it was so fun!

[@wonko_the-_-sane]

69 hours in the forest, never even tried to look for Timmy.

[@athrixxs]

6:52 well unfortunately me and my friends had other ideas.

[@Clarialein]

I run around with my Katana slaughtering everything

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

man i was so excited when i first heard of this game. kept up with all the trailers. wishlisted it on steam. kept rewatching said trailers, up until the release and i got to watch people play. thankfully through a couple of streams i was watching, i gotta lucky diceroll on one, and ended up with a free copy. i love this game to death, so much so that i repaid the free copy in kind when multiplayer was added by getting 3 of my other friends hooked lmao. this game deserves all the awards it gets and i CANNOT wait for sons of the forest to release.

[@Zatracenec]

Yes...for me it lived up to the hype. Sons of the Forest is a freaking masterpiece! Love it. And great video, thank You.

[@axelburgos8776]

i hope they add better mod support it really helps the longevity of a single purchase game.

[@markflakezCG]

yeah that would be amazing

[@ultra-rex7648]

I must admit, how the cannables are so random works SO WELL. I have become a fan of The Forest and really like how on oodd occasions, they will just stand there, watching. Other times screaming and wailing in a fit of rage, and on odd occasions, attacking on site. Even then they will use tree stumps to get the higher jumps, climb trees to ambush, and use clubs to attack with. Also how they use the non traditional horror works SO WELL to me. Like I encountered a Virgiania, those Creeper looking spider humans, in a cave full of corpse babies, and that had no jumpscare, no build up. Just saw a dead baby then she attacked. Stuff like that is What I want. That sense of actual danger, and not just predictable jumpscares, which sure, do get me from time to time, but on the second or third playthrough just feel samey and not scary. Honestly, 10/10 game 10/10 survival 10/10 horror sadly 8/10 on the story, as I do not care for Timmy or the lore. I just wanna kill all the cannables for no reason other than just one destroyed my jerky rack, I NEED MY JERKY! Those jerks! Edir: re reading this I realised it seems a bit... wrong just wanting to kill cannables, but I mean it in the, an entire tribe of people for 1 rack of jerky seems worth it. Just letting you all know.

[@rmetheus]

They acutely inspired by the tv show (lost 2004)

[@shanedillis153]

Cannibal Holocaust is a wild Movie dude

[@bodhigough6196]

The forest was inspired by mineceft

[@JosiahJames-h1c]

This is a indie game??????? Im shocked.

[@StaredownGames]

Next game should be EndNight Shyamalan. You can never unhear it. You are welcome.

[@RealBradMiller]

😑😮‍💨.... Jk, that's hilarious!! 🤣🤣

[@readytopay1488]

My friend is modding the forest and I once took a glance at it. Little did I know I was watching a god damn Frankenstein in 0 and 1, that code looked soo bad I almost puked, like I've seen hell with my own eyes

[@riko1663]

omg lets go no way you actually made one about the forest, I think u even asked about it back in the day, cant wait to see what you squenched out of this incredible mystery clocked studio called endnight

[@_crouton_]

The idea for this game sounds a lot like how Rain World came together. No instructions on where you should go, and horrific elements along as a somewhat beautiful setting in certain areas and times. Also how they wanted the AI to be different

[@mapleman81]

Damn I didn’t realise all that about the cannibales I just was ruthless and purged them. And covered the area with the skulls and bones of their brethren, I also once locked a few up and burned them one at a time.

[@Smabverse]

Glen, I love u bro, these vids really inspire me as a game developer thnx ❤️

[@ThatGuyGlen]

My pleasure, happy to hear they serve as inspiration!

[@Smabverse]

@@ThatGuyGlen ❤️

[@RealBradMiller]

Fell instantly in love with this game, and it just got better and more terrifying the more I played.

[@Jacob_24]

Endnight is a indie game studio that can seriously compete with AAA big boys, they never focus on making money by scamming people showing scripted footage of the game, they actually make incredible games in such a limited resource and small dev team and their goal is to make the game good which eventually becomes a success and a great point of selling. I am really looking forward to Sons of the Forest, it looks so good.

[@Knobelbernd]

He mentioned cannibal holocaust. I recommend this movie for the whole family. It’s a friendly adventure of curious people and animals.

[@GorblinRat]

"What we don't want is just mindless killing" -me reloading my crossbow- "Hmm, very interesting."

[@nutmatical1042]

Can you make iconoclasts cover

[@gabedakid]

very cool that you credited each person who contributed something bc sometimes they don’t get recognition at all :)

[@casarooo5704]

The game is really well done, the only problem my friends and I have is the multiplayer. Sometimes it doesn’t save progress among multiple players well. We spawned into the game (I’m host), I was at our main base, while one friend was at a different base, another friend was deep in a cave and we had to run a rescue mission lol

[@xaviersunderland9840]

each person has to do a save themselves to save their progress and the host saves the world progress.

[@XxItsGoatedxX]

Rescue mission is half the fun! All of a sudden one of you is stuck in a cave with a small chance of escaping alone and you've gotta find your way to them without getting lost