Into The Mind - YIIK Battle Theme (by Toby Fox) EXTENDED

[@yellowpig1026]

fun fact: toby made a tweet that he supported the game and deleted that tweet when the game came out

[@lauralaura4362]

yellowpig 10 lol

[@misticalinteractive]

Really? Can we see that tweet on the internet? :D

[@misticalinteractive]

@@yellowpig1026 thank you! I am sorry about his disappointment :(

[@yellowpig1026]

yeah i know, i can't imagine the disappointment that he felt when not only was he excited for it but he even made a track for it because he thought it would be the next undertale and it turned out as this mess

[@dmas7749]

that is hilarious

[@SuperMarioSwagger]

Toby must be so fucking embarassed of how he was able to only make one song for such a perfect game

[@sandorrclegane2307]

Lmao it probably keeps him up at night

[@funninoriginal6054]

Alex yiik appears inside his nightmares

[@malikoniousjoe]

@@funninoriginal6054 The only nightmares Toby has are the ones where Alex is nowhere to be found.

[@Immadeus]

That's why he deleted his tweet supporting the game, he felt he wasn't worthy of credit

[@inciniumz4671]

That's why he acted like a coward and deleted his post showing he was involved with it, it was too much for him

[@andrewsigler7437]

Imagine someone telling you this game was bad with no context other than this song and cover photo.

[@aegisScale]

@@bigyeet18 then I'd listen to the other battle themes (like the hilarious monstrosity known as Disco) and become a little more disillusioned . . .

[@hatrackgames2648]

That's kinda my sentiments. Most everything good about YIIK is skin deep. Looking at it from the outside it looks like it could be a cult indie classic. Then you play the game and actually experience the writing and gameplay, both equally long and tedious to the point where you never want to touch it again.

[@dangellytapia]

That’s basically what happened to me lmao. I loved this song when I heard it and the cover got me hooked. Always wanted to play the game but didn’t realize what was between the Y and K. You can probably imagine the disappointment I felt finally seeing what the game was a few days ago

[@vovabars1234]

This game is a like a shitty dish served on a golden plate

[@joshshrum2764]

Andrew Sigler Honestly Alex is the only thing i would need to see to really know bad the game was.

[@jordanloux3883]

I know stripe shirt is taking a picture, but I like to imagine he's chugging from a huge flask because he knows what game he's in.

[@CyberLink70]

Now this is a comment, right here.

[@Starrii_Skies]

Wait it’s a camera?? Bruh I thought he was drinking something

[@phineasfacingforward3460]

WHEEZE

[@Shoreknight]

It’s Hogarth from The Iron Giant

[@mentadere]

Since he becomes basically a God he probably is aware of that

[@frickedyfracs3652]

Yall mind if I begin to shake, vibrating with motion?

[@hc3314]

what a thing to read, take in with my eyes

[@Terumimi]

@@hc3314 bro this post makes me chuckle, laugh, giggle

[@differentdalek717]

As weird as it sounds, I think Vibrating with Motion would be a pretty cool name for an Album

[@johnkramer2144]

Differentdalek Vibrating with Motion sounds like an ever sicker band name. “Introducing, playing tonight, Vibrating with Motion!”

[@vovabars1234]

I just ate(digested the nutrients)

[@KosteonLink]

Now it's long enough to last one normal battle

[@scarfblade5884]

KosteonLink underrated comment

[@dhanyaditya6338]

Did someone say 10 minutes for a random encounter?

[@makotoyuki345]

Random Npc no 14 bub, 14+

[@ReallyCoolGuy6969]

lmao spot on

[@dopamine7344]

What sucks is that i like so many concepts about this game but in the end it just turned out mediocre

[@arzr_er]

Interesting plot ideas and concepts, but the execution was horrible

[@thegamingdoggo9519]

Same

[@nonsensicalabyss]

Not even mediocre, it's- unbearable. I dont even play this game but I've been watching let's plays on youtube, and I cant even finish watching it all to the end lol

[@harrylane4]

Bad writing can ruin plenty of great things

[@xAkito]

@@nonsensicalabyss same

[@cherrypuddles]

Toby actually took heavy inspiration from YIIK in creating Deltarune. Kris wanting to be free from The Player in Deltarune is a reference to The Player wanting to be free from Alex in YIIK.

[@polarcaps8966]

Subversion of themes at its finest

[@CBman11037]

Toby created my personal null space (sonic forces reference) when making quirky earthbound inspired RPG Deltarune

[@Glacidon]

You can never be truly free of Alex.

[@Knapperoni]

​@@Glacidon I love being in YIIK!!!

[@sonic95xd44]

The worst part is that you can't even be free from him because according to the game you are a version of him

[@axelvoss9653]

Leave it to Toby to leave at least SOMEthing for us to enjoy in YiiK.

[@wanderingoryx3710]

Its just a homestuck bit tune in a game mostly with jazz that doesn't sound like that its so out of place like everything else in this game

[@pleasepoo1827]

@@wanderingoryx3710 And that's why it's so good (:

[@yannickluecker3983]

I enjoyed it quite a bit. Mostly for how batsh!t and stupid it was tho.

[@mathunit1]

@Ross Kuehl-Martin The game is bad, regardless of fanbase. No need to talk about cancer people.

[@spiralvivitt3052]

@Ross Kuehl-Martin look at this dude just flat out blame all the hate for this mediocre game on Undertale fandom. I get that their fandom sucks in most cases, but eh i'd willing to bet 80% of the people who hate this game isn't part of this "cancer people" you speak of.

[@SylentVoidkeeper]

Moral of the Story: You can make an artsy game with a clear message. But don’t forget that it’s a game first.

[@CMGThePerson]

And you need to be able to be half-decent at writing.

[@scottpilgrimpwns]

And your message has to actually be good. And if you’re going to handle serious topics (looks at Rory) handle them well

[@espicelmecanicodecombustio1632]

@@scottpilgrimpwns "NO ONE CARES THAT YOUR SISTER KILLED HERSELF" - Main character, circa 1999

[@HueghMungus]

@@CMGThePerson And you shouldn't plagiarise paragraphs from books, being smarty ass is ok but you have to show that it is your hard work. (creator of yeek copy-pasted direct quotes from a book/books, who knows how many there was, maybe his been editing them out because people found out. Ouch!)

[@CMGThePerson]

Iluminacos writing.

[@sebastiansanchez6387]

This song makes me dance hardly, move my body brutally.

[@masterblaster2678]

Your comment made me laugh, cackle with force.

[@kevinm5940]

That sort of sounds like you're having a seizure

[@RF-Ataraxia]

@@kevinm5940 no he's vibrating with motion

[@FujiAppul]

This song sure is a toe-tapper, a motion in which you lightly stomp a foot to the beat.

[@notafbiagent473]

@@FujiAppul This aforementioned motion propelled my body to move in a rhythmic way. As if this song were calling out to my skin and it’s one command was to simply dance. I felt my arms begin to move: whether it be by my command or the song’s I was unable to tell. My lower body began to follow suit right after like my arms told my torso to listen up and obey which it did without hesitation. I felt a specific emotion: similar to joy with a sweet aftertaste. My entire body permeates with a feeling of greatness and happiness like I just beat a kid’s multi thousand high score in a arcade game after billions of quarters have been emptied into the machine’s pockets. I was on top of the world reaching into space with the moon ready to feel my grasp. Then with the fierceness this greatness entered with it quickly exits. It has reached it’s time limit and so it crawls back into it’s hidey hole known as the end screen only being prompted to come back out once the replay button was pressed. Both sadness and joy filled my body near simultaneously with the joy beating it out by a millisecond. On one side of my brain I was sad that this emotion left my body but on the other side I was happy knowing that I can remember that feeling once my brain decides on one emotion being joy which upon that moment they place a theoretical record into the theoretical player resulting in this beautiful tune and song replay within the bounds of my skull with that feeling being emulated as that record turns.

[@Jetterz1999]

this song could've been in deltarune chapter 2

[@GayBrain]

And it could've been great too...

[@danielmattes6139]

He could just recycle it for the stronger versions of hathy and rudinn

[@jitterysonic]

toby reused megalovania from ebhh and homestuck, he could reuse this as well

[@Nehfarius]

It might still be, and it'll be better there.

[@kevinm5940]

It kinda sounds like a heavily remixed version of one of the overworld themes

[@Dappis]

What a brilliant track for a...... [insert a unsure adjective here] game

[@smiith5]

Shaking, vibrating with motion.

[@JXZX1]

Let’s call a spade a spade and say bad.

[@elsofaelcool1270]

Shit

[@S0ULS4VER]

Trash like my pfp

[@HueghMungus]

@@smiith5 I died lol :D

[@MLittleBrony]

T...Toby Fox?! Toby "Undertale" Fox?! Toby "EarthBound Halloween Hack" Fox?! Toby "Homestuck" Fox?! Toby "Deltarune" Fox?! on YIIK's soundtrack?!

[@GuyWithThePie]

YIIKes!

[@seg162]

it's more likely than you think

[@saggyhaggis]

"It's not as pleasant as you'd think. They don't treat you like a friend, they treat you like an _item."_

[@peenyweeny3834]

toby's back must be in agony from having to carry this entire game's soundtrack

[@seg162]

@@peenyweeny3834 take this W

[@notafbiagent473]

This collection of noises arranged in a rhythmic pattern took affect on my body resulting with it beginning to vibrate with motion. This aforementioned motion propelled my body to move in a rhythmic way. As if this song were calling out to my skin and it’s one command was to simply dance. I felt my arms begin to move: whether it be by my command or the song’s I was unable to tell. My lower body began to follow suit right after like my arms told my torso to listen up and obey which it did without hesitation. I felt a specific emotion: similar to joy with a sweet aftertaste. My entire body permeates with a feeling of greatness and happiness like I just beat a kid’s multi thousand high score in a arcade game after billions of quarters have been emptied into the machine’s pockets. I was on top of the world reaching into space with the moon ready to feel my grasp. Then with the fierceness this greatness entered with it quickly exits. It has reached it’s time limit and so it crawls back into it’s hidey hole known as the end screen only being prompted to come back out once the replay button was pressed. Both sadness and joy filled my body near simultaneously with the joy beating it out by a millisecond. On one side of my brain I was sad that this emotion left my body but on the other side I was happy knowing that I can remember that feeling once my brain decides on one emotion being joy which upon that moment they place a theoretical record into the theoretical player resulting in this beautiful tune and song replay within the bounds of my skull with that feeling being emulated as that record turns.

[@tibik.8407]

*Non-Andrew Allanson translation:* This music makes me wanna dance!

[@bludgeon1081]

Read this in Alex's voice

[@fuzzyco.3336]

Too accurate

[@bludgeon1081]

@@fuzzyco.3336 Nice PP

[@vp1263]

Publish this on Ao3

[@Christopher-D]

Truly the morbius of indie games

[@ceejaytwoyoshi8536]

it's yiiking time!!

[@Dragon_640]

Correct in an ironic and unironic sense. (that is why you made the compairaison)

[@moister3727]

Yikillions copy around the soul space!

[@tweer64]

The “ctrl+alt+del” of indie games.

[@WaxxyVanderquail]

Incorrect. Yiik actually had passion behind it

[@Alejandro-er7rp]

This song appears in "Dialogue: The Game"

[@fattesttitsincairo]

Alejandro I believe the full title is “Poorly Written Dialogue : The Game”

[@thecrazedpotatoman]

If I wanted to play a game with 90% dialogue, I would buy a book.

[@thatgirlinamask8699]

Poorly written dialogue: the non-game

[@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450]

You mean Persona and Earthbound’s failed aborted son: the game?

[@Alejandro-er7rp]

Someone without a creative username ah, that pfp. You are a man of culture as well.

[@cyanvoltage]

pros of YIIK: has toby fox music. cons of YIIK: everything else.

[@KennethV2000]

Shutup lol

[@robotmaster4515]

@@KennethV2000 Shutup lol

[@P1NKPVNK_]

I personally disagree Pros: decent voice acting,while sometimes a bit stiff Most tracks in the OST are alright(Toby Fox one is the best by far) The first few hours are tolerable a few quotable lines(intentional or not) Cons: Confusing story Long and drawn out dialogue Sluggish combat that gets boring after a while Some of the OST kinda sucks The level-up system Almost intolerable endgame

[@Zulf85]

I mean tbf the visual work is banging - it's the main core of it (writing and gameplay) that utterly destroy it. You know a game is going to be bad when every review quote on the store page is comparing it to something else

[@Creepyslandofdreams]

he didnt even make the whole track.

[@eraykaan]

toby why

[@LimeyLassen]

Hey, he got paid.

[@alicepetyablackburn1498]

He needed that money to pay his bills

[@ohmadda7038]

hi eray

[@aaronr.265]

Conor Orten He made this song in 2014 back when Yiik was first finished. The only reason it got delayed til 2019 was because they couldn’t find a publisher IIRC

[@SmaIlHum]

*BEACUSE*

[@pokeluis2002]

A good song for a bad game Undertale au fandom: don't worry, we will find him a better place

[@daridon2483]

I remember that someone said that this could fit in an battle of undertale hardmode if the last would have existed, and honestly, I think it fits just right

[@Yun_denn]

Technically since this is Toby's song. He could just put it in Deltarune part 2, couldn't he?

[@Sweguin]

I dont know if YIIK or the undertale au fandom is worse

[@saulbadman5164]

@@Sweguin wait YIIK has a fandom

[@Terumimi]

@@saulbadman5164 im pretty sure they meant the game YIIK vs the undertale fandom

[@faustojavierdarosa1119]

Don't be concern Toby, there's no disgrace to work on any game that didn't go well.

[@theqreem8587]

Yeah, like Little Town Hero

[@joshshrum2764]

Javier Da Rosa Undertale and Deltarune is all I’ll ever need and fluffy boy witch is Asriel~ of course, still those 3 things are in my life because of Toby Fox, and it’s all I’ll ever need from him turely.

[@krisgeno8049]

@@joshshrum2764 ok we all know that undertale is a masterpiece for you, you can stop now

[@joshshrum2764]

Tiu Geno Hey there’s nothing wrong with telling people how much i love something.

[@krisgeno8049]

I know but you said this a lot in various comments here, settle down a bit man

[@Spar_kie]

Remember, If shit goes down, Toby is not gonna have your back

[@armintargaryen9216]

Good for him

[@_-Lx-_]

Depends on whether you're someone actually worth supporting, because in the case of someone like Hussie or Alanson that's clearly not the case.

[@_-Lx-_]

Depends on whether you're someone actually worth supporting, because in the case of someone like Hussie or Alanson that's clearly not the case.

[@irgendwer3610]

@@_-Lx-_ Yiik I.V dude

[@OlisGarden]

The worst thing about this game is how much potential it had. I really think it could have been a masterpiece.

[@ohwoah4324]

yeah, hearing this and seeing the characters make you imagine that masterpiece

[@niblet8308]

It'd be cool if it had some sort of remaster that fixed all the issues people had with it

[@eidolon562]

@@niblet8308 they’re working on that rn actually

[@OlisGarden]

@@niblet8308 theyre actually doing that! its a free update called YIIK IV, and its basically a full remake, a new battle system, graphics, story, etc, its a whole new game.

[@zenoblues7787]

I think my biggest disappointment is the inherent potential in the story. The game constantly chastised Alex for thinking he was the most important person in the universe. Only to unironicly reveal he kinda is. But it would be so easy to turn the idea on its head. Okay Alex you want to be the most important man in the universe here you are countless worlds have been destroyed by your ego and obsession. Deep down you know this is your fault because of the kind of man you are. Don't run from it or leave it in somebody else's hand this is your mess and your the only one who has to fix it. You started it you have to end it. Show that you actually learned from this Alex stop putting yourself first.

[@ArtianSetS]

Honestly the "box art" or whatever it's supposed to be (the art used as the video) is pretty cool, shows off the personalities of the characters. Vella's playing her synth, Michael is taking a picture of something, The Essentia 2000 is mysteriously in the background and far larger than everyone else, implying plot relevancy greater than expected, Alex (and Dali) are center, implying they're the center of the plot (which they are, at least Alex for sure), Panda Bear-ier is holding out a shield with a sword, implying the protectiveness he gives the party, or at least Alex, who he's the closest to and facing away from, Claudio has his replica katana out and is in an anime-esque fighting pose, Rory is hooded and cast in deep shadow, being lit from under, giving him a dark, more mysterious aura, and Chondra is gracefully using her hula-hoop. I know I'm probably putting too much thought into this, but YIIK does have some good theming at times, you've gotta admit.

[@TheHumbleHollow]

I think that's the worst part; it does have some incredibly good moments. It had so much potential to be a ridiculously enjoyable game but failed.

[@kaxcommentssomethingREAL]

​@@TheHumbleHollowlet's see what the new content for this game will bring us and tell us about the devs' future

[@Enseraku]

Sucks that such a good song is wasted on this game

[@pacboy1496]

Best game so back off turds

[@tecul1]

the fact that the comment is favorited to the top is sickening

[@marielcarey4288]

@Keenan Araipaima them character models and animations are shite.

[@sweetsilky9395]

@@tecul1 Shows where everyone's opinions lie. Maybe you're on the "wrong" side?

[@manuelkfc7916]

I need that Ran pfp

[@theokamimaster]

you looped it better than the game does lmao

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

yiik moment

[@pedroxruz6032]

When the battle theme is one million times better than the actual final boss theme.

[@psychopianist630]

It's actually a battle theme that only plays in one dungeon, called the Mind Dungeon.

[@n-extrafries-surprise]

Even Toby Fox is disappointed. The game looks cool... just... looks cool... ugh.

[@Nehfarius]

Even bad games sometimes have something good about them. In the case of YIIK, it's this song(which Toby really should reuse in another project of his). And also Chondra in this picture.

[@AnotherProgram]

The whole OST is pretty good actually, not just this song, but it does blow most of the others out of the water

[@psychopianist630]

@@AnotherProgram The Golden Alpaca battle theme sounds like the composer is having a stroke.

[@Cinderblock-c7l]

@@psychopianist630 Late comment but what about the final boss? It sounds like a whole orchestra having a seizure.

[@texasred8424]

help this game is so forgettable i forgot who chondra is

[@absolutelyfinished]

@@texasred8424 The one with the hola-hoop in the air

[@magicalZen]

so this is what they call a sonic 2006?

[@on-zm8sg]

Nope, is Sonic 2006 syndrome, where the game sucks but the music is good.

[@thehammurabichode7994]

I genuinely think that YIIK will be looked back on as one of the worst games of all time, like Sonic 06. Though, we shouldn't try to force it into that category. I haven't even played it!

[@oatmeal3013]

i can confidently say that yiik is painful to even sit through, much less actually play. i genuinely enjoyed sonic 06 more than this, that's how bad it is

[@XaiEia]

Sonic 06 reaches the levels of so bad its good and has many things that caused its downfall (budget, staff cut in half, way to strict time limit) and I'm sure sega and the people who worked on it can admit it's not great YIIK is just bad and the developer insults people who say that it's still bad, but in a different way

[@oatmeal3013]

@@XaiEia you're probably right with that, hell it was so bad that it's not even canon (the fire that was blown out at the end deleted the entire story)

[@majorghoul9017]

I love how you can always tell when a song was made by Toby Fox

[@Harmonica821]

_"When shit hits the fan, good-ol' tobey won't have your back."_ *- Running Shine*

[@steelsunglasses4291]

I love the artstyle in this game, I really enjoy the music, I really liked the ideas the developers were trying to do, I like the voice acting, and I liked how they tried to be original. I really do respect all the effort put into the game. It's just a shame so many things were poorly executed. -For one, the main character Alex has got to be my least favorite character in a video game... probably ever. Sure, to be fair, he grows a bit throughout the story, but I still hated him throughout the whole game. -The dialogue... oh my God... it's one of the worst I've seen in a game. There's so much dialogue that's so unnecessary, so many pointless monologues Alex does (this is where show don't tell would've went a long way here everybody!), and moments where it's downright CRINGY (like a character pulling the race card when it comes to lock picking). The game treats itself like a visual novel of some kind, and for a game like this, it doesn't work. The only saving grace here has got to be the voice actors. Minus all the yelling, they did a very decent job, no matter how bad the dialogue is. -The endings... oh boy. I heard the developers rewrote one of the endings (but correct me if I'm wrong), but even with that, they felt very rushed, very unsatisfying. Sure, I've seen worse endings in other games, but bloody hell. -Almost all characters, except for Vella and another character, are very bland. They feel very generic, you don't feel attached to them while the story continues. -Speaking of story, for 2/3 of the game, I thought it was okay. The last 1/3 though, it's very confusing. There were just moments where it just didn't add up, questions that weren't even answered. Not to mention the horrible endings. EDIT: The story itself even has a very, very messy tone. Like, it's like it can't choose what it wants to be, which makes moments not that effective. -The gameplay is fine while exploring in my opinion. Sure, it can get a bit tedious at times when it comes to puzzles, but I can get past those. Combat however, while I respect the effort, it's way too damn slow with very little polish. The balancing is so freaking messy, it can make some battles go by fast, while some can last for over twenty minutes. The quick time events were pretty cool at first, but they get very tiring after using them over and over again. By the time you play it for three hours, combat feels so freaking same-y, even with different enemies with more health and more attack power (that's how I felt anyway). -I liked the mind dungeon idea, but I think they should've made things feel a bit less tedious. -Some very questionable design choices. Overall, I really do appreciate the effort put into this game, but I can't say it's good. I think it's just mediocre, the kind of mediocre you don't want to hate due to the amount of work put into it. There was a lot of potential here, but if there were more people on the team making it, I believe it would've turned out better. That said, I'm really interested in how the VITA version turns out. I have high hopes that the port will be decent, since it's being delayed and the game is in Unity. Sure, usually games running in Unity run poorly on VITA, but with some optimization, I believe they can run well on the system.

[@pistachoduck9128]

This is how you talk about videogames, with perspective and knowledge.

[@SoulHero7]

Actual best comment on why this game suffered the fate it did. Now if the developer actually learns from this there's hope. Otherwise YIIK will forever remain one of those games that was ruined by it's own creator.

[@Zulf85]

Honestly may pick it up for shits and giggles if it comes out on vita - I've seen enough clips to mourn the missed potential but it does make me wonder if the creators can move forward and put out a better game

[@steelsunglasses4291]

@@Zulf85 Let's just hope the VITA version is a decent port. Unity games usually run like shit on VITA, like The Deer God (Gotta love it's framerate and screentearing glory), Corpse Party: Blood Drive, The Long Reach, NORTH, etc. But it can be possible if done right, like STAY, Claire and such. It's far from easy, but it can be done if optimized correctly, I believe. And yeah, I do hope the creators learned their mistakes and improve moving to future projects. They do have a lot of potential, just didn't know how to execute their game well (which resulted in a very mediocre game, of course).

[@christianboustani8284]

Wait... You liked the god awful voice acting?

[@wendigovanderblitz4823]

Breaking news: Bearded manchild goes into a outer-planar dimension to beat up boring enemies and complain about everything in verbose- find out how Toby Fox was involved.

[@TheLordofSiIence]

YIIK is genuinely one of the only games that actually fits the description of "It's so bad it's good." The game has so many flaws and issues, but the unbearable amount of passion the devs put into their project is so obvious that it ends up looping back to being an incredibly endearing game looking from an 3rd party perspective. I despise, and love this game. YIIK is ironically the best, and worst game I've ever had the chance of knowing. Shame so few can actually sense passion in a project, even with it being a total failure. Alas, majority only view the surface of the water. If there was one thing that YIIK was best at, it was being an example for all future indie devs to know that even if you're the most passionate, inspired, and creative person, you still need a storyboard. I pray for another No Mans Sky because the devs deserve it.

[@Averi0]

Man, the music and even the art looks aesthetically pleasing. It's such a shame the game wasn't as good as it looked.

[@catoticneutral]

I'M GONNA YIIK OOO I'M YIIKIN OUT OOOOOOOOO YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[@CBman11037]

"When the going gets tough. Tobitins Fox will not have your back!"

[@CBman11037]

Wise words

[@powersurge413]

Michael shows up more in this picture than he does in the entire game.

[@nyukjustacommenter857]

This theme really makin me feel something this whole game don't

[@ohwoah4324]

makes you imagine this game if it was really good

[@bungergaming]

I am yiiking out

[@paragonace4711]

Michael didn't even take the lens cap off the camera

[@Yun_denn]

This sounds like it could've been in Deltarune. * Looks at title again * ..Ah.

[@kevinm5940]

What do you mean?

[@Yun_denn]

@@kevinm5940 The joke is the song sounds like it could've been in Deltarune. Which is made by Toby Fox. And Toby Fox made this song.

[@kevinm5940]

@@Yun_denn ah, I see. I thought that 'Into The Mind' was somehow a Deltarune reference.

[@evo683]

ᅚ Yeah, it’s giving me Rude Buster vibes

[@alaiyoooon]

1:33 gives me "field of hopes and dreams" vibes

[@tjiiik]

I'm glad Toby didn't put a lot of time in this. Almost sounds like an old project he resurfaced. Edit: then again, if I listened to this on Deltarune, I’d probably really love it lol. Still, could use a little bit more work.

[@Zulf85]

It sounds like the soundtrack to a missing homestuck flash, so maybe it's from waaaaay back. I dig it

[@sweetumami1338]

Even if it wasn't made with much effort, it's still pretty enjoyable. And that's saying a lot when this game took about 4 years and still was inferior to this one track

[@dvhugg1808]

@@sweetumami1338 this game took 4 years to make? Damn what a disappointment

[@musicbyhikari]

@@sweetumami1338 a lot of the game's music is actually pretty good. it's just bundled with a really bad package, the leitmotif of the game is a hell of an earworm imo.

[@charmanderfan1]

it doesn't mater how long toby spends on a song, it's always a masterpiece in the end.

[@misterturkturkle]

This games name is yeek, rhymes with fleek and seek, and anyone who argues legally forfeits their right to feet

[@poopmeat15]

Yeek's fleek and seek (Formerly Chuck's)

[@deltaphant_]

But what gender is the cat?

[@xAkito]

The true question here

[@MatheusVinicius-eh1jl]

I think it's a car.(Persona 5 reference)

[@psychopianist630]

I think it's a girl?

[@KitsuneYojimbo]

Plot twist! It's Sweet Shalquoir from Dark Souls 2 making a return!

[@eldritchexploited5462]

Yes

[@DubiousDoom]

A Toby Fox composition is always good, no matter the quality of the media it appears in.

[@driphearts8035]

I've been on the internet most of my life, and I have NEVER seen such an insanely dedicated video game hatedom like this one lmao

[@tehValorin]

Charge Shot, how about Yandere Simulator?

[@driphearts8035]

@@tehValorin That was a trans hatedom, meaning it started as a fandom that slowly devolved into a hatedom. YiiK is the strongest Pure hatedom I've ever seen.

[@tehValorin]

@@driphearts8035 Oh, I remembered another one. Depression Quest, may the God forgive me for even mentioning this "game".

[@KittyKatty999]

Toby Fox: I'm famous! I made two awesome games people LOVE ENDLESSLY! I'm super rich! NOTHING can ruin my reputation in anyway now! YIIK: Good and lovely morning, which is the time after night, sir who is not a female. Can you please possibly maybe somehow make and create audible good yay music for our game which has player interaction? Toby:...For how much? YIIK: *demonic sounds* Toby: If I do it for you, will you leave sooner? YIIk: Positively affirmative. Toby:...Fine. What's the worst that can happen?

[@XaiEia]

this comment is beautiful

[@alecazam6755]

One of my favorite comments

[@tovi3280]

Best thing yessss

[@caligulas430]

I'm a simple man, I see "made by Toby Fox" in the title, I click.

[@steelsunglasses4291]

Who wouldn't to be honest? Toby makes some damn fantastic music, like Rude Buster in Deltarune and Core in Undertale.

[@caligulas430]

@@steelsunglasses4291 yup

[@Veryfreshveryflourish24]

This game had promising artstyle and alot of very cool ideas, but it was just not for me. Althought i do like the message of not being like hipster.

[@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450]

This game was for me and a lot of other people, but we all hated it anyways.

[@JovialEclipse]

We makin' it out of the 90's with this one!

[@Beelze_Bubbles]

Toby Fox is like a ray of sunshine, shining brightly into the otherwise gloomy darkness, illuminating my soul with hope.

[@c4rtriidge]

Finally, Toby Fox music in a GOOD gane

[@GenericSeal]

this truly is the best persona game

[@atwistedb]

Yiik is persona if it was good

[@GenericSeal]

@@atwistedb so true

[@KitKat-sv9qp]

God I'm in love with this song. Anything Toby makes is a bop

[@Gaminggod1997BAGR]

When the ship sinks, Toby's the first one on the lifeboat.

[@ukatosp1953]

I've been looking everywhere for this track in the I.V version and I almost had a heart attack when it randomly showed up in a random battle in the Essentia Mind Dungeon

[@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450]

This is one of Toby’s best songs tbh

[@rubidium1948]

This song is basically a mint-copy of Earthbound in a landfill of copies of E.T. for the Atari 2600.

[@sirsquiggles2639]

The incredibly disrespectful thing is, he had TOBY FOX make a track for his game, and then turned around and said that the reason his game failed was because video games can't have deeper meaning or serious topics. He has to have known what Toby Fox has done, which makes what he says that much more disrespectful.

[@Murmarine]

ngl this got me yiiking

[@lunebadru5997]

Why does this song and one image look better than the entire game

[@hrgrhrhhr]

If you knew nothing about this game other than this song and this cover art you'd probably think it was really good

[@LiquidOrcana]

Love dunking on Alex YiiK as much as the next guy, but I'm genuinely kinda excited to hear this song once YiiK I.V drops Really hope the game can make a weird comeback with the update

[@octavia8836]

I hate that I'm having fun with it

[@freyathedragon899]

Me: “People say this game sucks, so I’m not looking forward to the OST…” (Turns on this song) Me: “This game’s music is a straight BOP.”

[@Gotmilk0112]

this is literally the only good song in the game

[@freyathedragon899]

Gotmilk0112 I like the OST, mostly. I’d argue that there is a couple more good songs that came out of it, but that’s my opinion.

[@bufaloguerreiro7573]

What the fuck is a bop

[@freyathedragon899]

Bufalo Guerreiro A song that awakens the beat in your soul ;3

[@webberdabest4510]

Is this BOP... dare I ask... for kids?

[@theiceman4494]

Remember, when crap goes down, Toby's not gonna have your back

[@RealSnuuy]

Toby Fox if he worked on a good game:

[@RycoreXIII]

Is it me or has Toby's thing recently been making songs that are the best part of otherwise underwhelming games.

[@psychopianist630]

Both this and Pokémon Sword and Shield came out in 2019, and they both had one Toby Fox song each, WTF

[@Ramsey276one]

The Yuki Kajiura Paradox Western Side XD

[@SuperSmashDolls]

@@Ramsey276one British English: "Tim Follin-itis"

[@pkchiptune]

and little town hero, too

[@erihtea0719]

@@psychopianist630 THEY CAME OUT IN THE SAME YEAR? That’s insane

[@Deezpacks]

The imaginary fight scene in my mind rn is bussin

[@karabirb]

Damn how’d a song this good come out of such a bad ga- “By Toby Fox” Ah yeah that makes sense then

[@Light-vl6sr]

This game’s plot and art style are just the product of incest between Persona and Earthbound.

[@Light-vl6sr]

Saaduddin Ansari I’m saying that because it seems like a good combination, but... y’know, incest and deformities go hand in hand. The only good part of this game is the music.

@@Light-vl6sr oh you mean that part.. 😱

[@mayamelodyegg1607]

@ what the sh i T

[@samiam7327]

This comment made me laugh a little harder than I should

[@SuperSmashDolls]

...but we already have "what if Persona and EarthBound had a baby". It's called Deltarune.

[@Ramsey276one]

From what I have seen from the 1.25 project, that remake will be worthy of this OST QUALITY

[@MCarlos15]

Really? I played the original and enjoyed it despite its flaws. I'm waiting for the 1.5 update to be released to retry the game. Does v1.25 offer substantial changes already?

[@dom-nx9ik]

i like the vibe of the game but just from a few clips the game looks super confusing and inconsistent???? idk not to mention it’s just become a meme lmfao

[@carlitosbautista6400]

theres several scenes in the game where there is so much text for it when actually you could replace it with 2-3 text boxes and still convey the same message

[@rasta7655]

@@carlitosbautista6400 could you explain what's going on?!

[@carlitosbautista6400]

@@rasta7655 Im not invested into the plot since that would take hours solely from the unnecessary text

[@blackcat2333]

@@carlitosbautista6400 i think its a joke. alex spends 90% of the game asking what's happening

[@carlitosbautista6400]

@@blackcat2333 if it was a joke, its a joke that runs way too long and gets old quick

[@train4292]

Dang. now this theme is FIRE. A shame the game couldn’t be as good as this theme

[@Scott-nx2bt]

This is handsdown the best part of this game lol

[@katsef3934]

i like to come to this and pretend i’m listening to a song from a really good game.

[@masonasaro2118]

i think toby might actually use this in deltarune. if he managed to put _the baby is you_ into a mainline Pokémon game, i think he’d have no problem with this

[@known_questionmark]

Can i say, without context this art looks like its presenting a really cool cast of characters? Heck even the panda looks silly and helpful, maybe as some little brother type figure that always wants to join in on the fight Sadly the game doesnt portray these designs justice..

[@grief8060]

seems that everything toby touches will have some sort of infamous effect on the internet, Homestuck, Under Hertale, Deltoid Rune, and coming back full circle, Yeek

[@HopefulLass]

YIIK would have been way better off as a novel. I mean, the writing isn't perfect, nor is the story, but more focus on those points, instead of on a broken gameplay and a fundamentally wrong use of the video game medium might have improved the thing a whole lot. Like, if they just scrapped the "game" elements and made it into a visual novel with the same art direction and music, and with a bit of help in the writing departement, YIIK might have genuinely been a good experience. Shame.

[@stitches768]

Exactly, it was wasted potential

[@Ramsey276one]

The 1.25 remake could make the Soul of this game Survive...

[@armageddongirl612]

yiik could be a webcomic, similar to homestuck but it probably would never gain the same popularity

[@kaxcommentssomethingREAL]

goddamn man how did i not realize that Toby has actually made some music for this game? sounds so good

[@christianboustani8284]

This is actually a pretty good track. Love how Toby is the only one to bring any sense of quality to this game.

[@slackerboy1488]

I wish this game was good,and i hope the dude who made it doesnt stop pursuing the craft and makes a banger in the future

[@pedroxruz6032]

The worst part about this great track being in a bad game is that no one will remix it or arrange it.

[@littlemoth4956]

Nah, not really. People will still remix it.

[@Jakepearl13]

Considering how this game is getting a facelift,and how much of a banger this track actually is (there’s some good music in the soundtrack in general,yes I will die on that hill if I have to),it’s only a matter of time till someone remixes it

[@zwxn123]

Ah, yes, "YoK", my favorite game.

[@daridon2483]

* FROGGIT appears! But it seems furious about something.... * WHIMSUM slowly flies near you. It is too sad to actually care about you. * LOOX stares into you. It's rapid eye movement doesn't look like anything good..... * VEGETOID rises from the ground! It sees unhealthy tendencies in you. * MIGOSP runs by, extremely energetic! * NAPSTABLOOK just....appears.... * SNOWDRAKE saw you and rapidly confronts in battle! * ICE CAP appears because of the fact you don't wear a crystal helmet. Seems disgusted for that. * LESSER DOG barks in! * CHILLDRAKE would like to not be with someone like you but has to do it anyways. * GYFTROT confronts you! It seems tired with it's "clothing" * DOGGO sneaks in! * DOGAMY and DOGARRESA comes to you, kissing each other in the process * GREATER DOG is more than ready for destroying you in a matter of a bark! * GLYDE comes with a great wind barrage! * JERRY also comes, more annoying than ever! * AARON floats in. It looks like it has prepared all it's life for this moment. * WHOSUA comes to clean you! But that cleaning isn't what you think... * MOLDBYGG stomps in! It feels very dominant on you * SHYRENN stands there, wanting you to leave her alone. * TEMMIE is vibrating so hard it warped in front of you! * VULKIN comes to give you a HOT hug * TSUNDERPLANE flies by, and is NOT because she likes you or something like that. * PYROPE jumps in! It looks very insane * SO SORRY is lamenting this fight to start. * ROYAL GUARDS are ready to block your way! * FINAL FROGGIT comes in, armored like no other! * WHIMSALOT has finally decided to fight it's fears, which is YOU! * ASTIGMATISM fades in. It was very creepy to see. * MADJICK teleports in to block your way! It is no novice magician * KNIGHT KNIGHT forces it's way to confront you! It's enormous! *FRISK LV 1 20/20 🟨🟨🟨 HP* ⚔️FIGHT 🔊ACT 💰ITEM ❌MERCY

[@meh3083]

well, everyone says the game is terrible. i'm sorry for anybody was genuinely passionate in making/playing it. at least we have this wonderful song though, thanks Tobias Foxington III.

[@oxfordcommaisthegreatest]

Imagine my surprise when I found out that blonde guy has both a hood AND hair

[@ZachPrime]

It ain't fair, this song the splash art alone is enough premise for a good game

[@Medachod]

I find it hilarious Toby Fox helped out with this game. Considering his reputation, it is no wonder he dropped support after it became controversial.

[@guy3480]

Very well done on the loop. Absolutely perfect

[@AngieYonaga]

Thanks :)

[@dukeofblizzards255]

Dude i'm YIIKing out

[@peterclaymore2239]

Not even Toby’s music could save this game.

[@Starham2000]

I tried playing this during a DnD game, and it crashed another person's computer. This game is cursed.

[@SkeleHardNuggets]

I love being in yiik!

[@BlackRaveBow]

When ever Toby helps put music to something that’s not his own creation it always back fires into a lackluster game. This and pokemon so far.

[@almondjoy4938]

@Source90000 Eh,Little Town Hero was alright,in my opinion. It's way beyond this.

[@NiceWeebBro]

looks like OMORI broke the streak lol

[@masterofbloopers]

Listening to this every day until version I.V drops!

[@Trashedaccount123]

This game couldve been one of my top ten's. It's such a shame, so much potential thrown off the roof

[@porcuprick]

this track alone makes every character in indie rumble have a connection in homestuck in some way