Iron Lung: THE LORE UPDATE

[@gagehernandez1861]

HUGE SHOUTOUT TO THE EDITORS!! It’s the little things like the “you are here” marker that make the video even that much better. Also the neat little submarine cutscenes.

[@Etrius_Fysik]

Damn, bruh. He might be new. Calm down.

[@kurt_cocaine]

"Mark"er

[@galaxythebat]

@@moldylox Mark has *three* editors, dummy. They're all great and ALL deserve the support

[@minisn3066]

@@moldylox OP could’ve been new to the channel and not aware who’s the editor(s). Mark also has three editors, not just Lixian, it’s not really a secret lol

[@Shatmeself]

lixian? so you are new im guessing.

[@thebainetrain]

"I look forward to more stuff in this universe" My man really took matters into his own hands when he said this...

[@jaredgoffman601]

ikr

[@HollowShell_UwU]

we all came back to this video after the teaser trailer dropped

[@lcbyri]

it reminds me of when you join a fandom and find it completely dead so you gotta be the one to revive it

[@copycat500]

@@lcbyri I think the quote that best fits this scenario is “If you can’t find it from someone else, do it yourself” (I’m not great at remembering quotes)

[@Azteckaliber]

@@lcbyri lmaoo, sounds like me reviving the gc I was invited in. I do not recommend it, they just die once your gone.

[@imaginaryidiot]

"All rumours that these ships are used as literal execution devices have been proven false" sounding a lot like a "Your honor, I have investigated myself and found that I am innocent" moment

[@Rockman9830]

Ah the "Activision Blizzard" defense.

[@owlgoddess8534]

the FBI

[@TheDudeliestDude]

@Kavetion I'm sure you are buddy. Why don't you go over to your friends and play with the crayons? No... Don't put them up your nose..

[@Somespideronline]

@@TheDudeliestDude oh no! not the crayons!

[@ScuttleBugReal]

@Kavetion bait bot moment

[@TheRadBear502]

He starts off the video saying "I don't know if this is worth a full video" and he's now made an entire movie based off of this video

[@amosgodwin3921]

I don't think it's out yet

[@HeShoeTooBig]

trailer just dropped@@amosgodwin3921

[@Narwhal_Playz87]

​@@amosgodwin3921Hes released a trailer and its so cool how this is coming together

[@InvisibleSquids]

​@@amosgodwin3921it's not, but it will be

[@amosgodwin3921]

@josephgrooms2977 yeah but the rad bear commented that it was already out

[@NotOnLand]

Years ago I played in a D&D game that involved an underground blood lake. After defeating the eldritch horror within we reopened it as a vacation resort for vampires

[@AAAAAAAHELPMEaa]

Average dnd moment honestly

[@_murdocsleftpinkietoe]

sounds epic lol

[@mirster7262]

You may have just given me an idea for the next stage in my dnd campaign.

[@rag.animations]

They're bathing in their food? What if someone pees in it

[@andyatkinson6749]

Like swimming in burgers

[@KingOfTheRoost]

If I'm not wrong, the jumpscare at the 'end' of the game is not triggered by going to any specific spot. It's triggered by how many photos you've taken of the important areas. You can explore in any order and you will always die on the way to the last photo.

[@Nobody-ue5qs]

@DONT READ PROFILE PIC nice try rick roller

[@Somespideronline]

@@Nobody-ue5qs mf replied to a bot calling it a "rickroller"

[@katteisace4563]

and also iirc it’s triggered by turning around

[@bobthebuilder609]

yes, that was fairly apparent, even not having seen this second playthrough. what was less apparent though pretty obvious thinking about it is that the blood leaking into your sub, the fire are both location based as opposed to progress based, which is interesting.

[@hellcatt5887]

The jumpscare is trigger when you're facing the last photo and when turn around to take the photo it will jumpscare you.

[@dualrotorhelicopter]

I saw an interesting comment saying that when you take a picture of the giant eye, since that creature has been at such a low depth its whole life, you effectively flashbang it.

[@ratchit8122]

I saw that too! Can't remember what video though.

[@torturedgaming7524]

That might also be the reason it kills you, the flashbang could've just pissed it off enough to actually attack instead of just swimming around it.

[@thebutterscotchkid2481]

@@torturedgaming7524 That makes me wonder about what would happen if you don't take a picture where the fish is supposed to appear. Like, if the game is detailed enough to call out when you're going at it backwards, maybe it's detailed enough for it to recognize something like that?

[@sydney6698]

@@torturedgaming7524 there two different creatures in the blood ocean. The eye is one giant reptilian one that can’t fit inside the submarine and the one with the gaping mouth fish you see once not attack you and then again at the end of the game attacking which can fit inside the submarine.

[@bgreer3067]

@@ratchit8122 I think it was the science vid on game theory? Might be wrong tho

[@z-beeblebrox]

I like that this update really makes it explicit that this isn't just called a "blood ocean", it's literally an ocean of human blood. I think we know now where everyone else went! *blender noises*

[@VergilXChair]

*Perhaps*....

[@dreamking25]

Wait then where the creatures in the blood came from

[@z-beeblebrox]

@@dreamking25 Life, uh, finds a way?

[@thorthegodofthunder9150]

@@dreamking25 I like to think of it as a simulation scenario. Where the universe is a simulation and the developers of the simulation either decide to stir things up or wrap up the simulation by killing all the characters.

[@tysonplaster5138]

@@thorthegodofthunder9150 That’s like ending a really good book with “then they woke up”…

[@zeroraptor_]

I'm surprised there aren't more sunken subs littering the ocean floor in the open areas. Unless that alien fish prefers to corner its prey in tight corners, which is rather unsettling.

[@katteisace4563]

the coi only *has* 4 subs, 3 now that the sm8 is wrecked

[@airthefallen]

Well 2 after this game, RIP SM13

[@fivestarguy100]

Interesting headcannon, but apparently that Angler Fish or whatever it be, kills you on your way to take the last important picture. So essentially it is programmed to kill the player when they only have one important picture left to take. So it could literally kill you in the important picture in the middle of the ocean, the same one it can appear in. So maybe it just doesn't like pictures being taken, especially its picture. XD

[@gill5643]

Perhaps the other subs sunk on the other moons.

[@Francis-tc9jc]

@@fivestarguy100 I haven't watched this video yet, but I'd like to put my two cents in- This is deep waters where lights are not common- It is dark, and this fish clearly have adapted to it. So a giant flash of light, done whenever a picture is taken, must be like being hit in the face by a flashbang for some.

[@justin2308]

The Quiet Rapture is a pretty terrifying concept. Imagine you wake up, only to find that most natural celestial objects are gone and you’re pretty much floating in a black void. It’s that quick.

[@zanthe_]

But like, you spend a few hour not realizing because the phantom starlight is still there. Only when you try and contact someone you know on a planet or look where a planet SHOULD be do you discover the truth.

[@staidenofanarchy]

Either that, or you've been yeeted out of known space and are MUCH to far away to ever hope of finding your way back

[@Cherrytangela]

it gets even more terrifying when you remember that the blood oceans are in fact human blood So Whatever happened to earth, while not known, seems to have been a bloody massacre that somehow had all human remains located to various moons. all that blood came from the populous on both earth and mars, and no one knows exactly how it happened, but something sinister has occurred.

[@cokeMONSTERps3]

I find it unique in concept. I've never heard of it used. Any books? It'd make for quite a harrowing dark (literal) adventure.

[@dennismetzger9287]

I'm not sure you would have time to realize it lol

[@1nkf4ng57]

The horrifying part of SCP 354 is that there are no records of the exploratory mission outside of the logs. The O-5 didn't ok it, the site director didn't ok it. The people the logs say went in have zero memory of going in. They think the SCP itself created the log to scare them away from sending people into it.

[@blak4831]

corrections: nobody ever even *proposed* an expedition, and the people said to have gone through don't even exist

[@theasexualidiot4803]

My theory: the lake goes into different universes and such, similar to The Infinite IKEA. It could be an alternate universe SCP foundation that explore it and found this alternate world.

[@esteban938]

@@theasexualidiot4803 Another possible theory is that if someone dies within the realm of the blood lake they are wiped from existence but not completely, only leaving a few traces

[@ShukaHusk]

Jesse what the hell are you talking about

[@Kaiimei]

@@esteban938 Yes, but some of them returned, they didn't all die on the other side.

[@doe9000]

I hate that mark missed this- when you go through the really tight, secret hallway that connects the first main area to the second, you can take a picture and itll show a man made hallway, made out of the same materials as the wall that you take a picture of before you go to the hallway. A clip of this can be found on KZbin

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Like walking through the vaulted halls of an ancient temple, flooded with a universes worth of sacrifices…

[@apostleianlovelette]

Jack picked up on it in his play of the game. It was eerie.

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

Can you send a link and timesstamp perhaps?

[@SmoothTurtle840]

@@tytoalbasoren9457 Unfortunately ever since the last bot invasion, if you attempt to post a link in a comment/reply, it gets auto-deleted shortly afterward.

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

@@SmoothTurtle840 Damn

[@N0tASpy335]

This just proves that Mark is willing to face even the ocean if there's *LORE* involved

[@N0tASpy335]

Y’all are heartless, whoever made these bots.

[@kirstyshepherd1579]

Yep.

[@benjaminlamothe2093]

​@@N0tASpy335 I know and I swear I've reported both of these before

[@kirstyshepherd1579]

@@abdulkarimsanchezspectra8186 are you kidding me this is the person that took my spotlight on the top 4 comments? Wow what an embarrassment.

[@seokism]

he already proved this with subnautica

[@-Miasimon]

Every single time Mark says "lore", I keep getting reminded of that one time in Surgeon Simulator with Mark crawling through vents like a madman, muttering about the lore.

[@sidereumcantor1525]

Why does surgeon simulator let you go in the vents???

[@shadowbunny7892]

@@sidereumcantor1525 All surgeons enter the operating room through the vent. The door is for patients only. You didn't know that??

[@declantecho1717]

@@sidereumcantor1525 surgeon simulator 2 co-op, where you can roam around the room

[@sidereumcantor1525]

@@shadowbunny7892 i just kind of assumed they went through the door,,,,

[@The_RedAdmiral]

@@shadowbunny7892 Whenever you go into surgery they put you under. They make you think they do this for your sake but actually it is to hide the goblin surgeon in the vents

[@Imthinkingaboutit0]

Them “We want you to basically die via big ass fish” Mark “no” Them “you get paid in l o r e” Mark “definitely”

[@willrosfeld3906]

You right

[@NinjaRose23]

I hope it's like that in the movie 😂 "I refuse to go, I'm gonna die either way!" "But you'll die possibly knowing the lore w h y" "... Put me in the damn sub."

[@barrettson1028]

It’s a creepy thought, being deep beneath an ocean of blood, a place that would give off such a bad smell, a place that has so much thickness, it has pretty much 0 transparency to the human eyes, deep beneath in a mechanical tomb surrounded by blood that comes from the same species as you.

[@cheesecake1255]

Just drink it

[@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice]

Blood smells pretty good actually

[@spiderpig20]

I think that’s the point

[@falconeshield]

​@@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_JusticeDahmer?

[@mrnohax5436]

@@cheesecake1255 reminder: one percent of that is aids certified

[@justsomerando6551]

Mark: this is not a major update, except it is. For a game that's surprisingly popular, except it's not surprising. Good mark, good. Never let them know your next move

[@orbrat212]

always dodgin

[@aktvxs]

"Aye ricky, lets grow some dope."

[@airsickspace9272]

@DONT READ PROFILE PIC Ok I won’t

[@gandalf1753]

except show your every step

[@CarlosPerez-id2be]

@DONT READ PROFILE PIC Don't bother people

[@OneFinalAutumn]

This is like crazy game design. It manages to be immersive while having the bare minimum of gameplay. There are only a few buttons and a map and the game managed to make an entire experience.

[@vhs360]

And lore.

[@iank472]

Another fantastic example of story and atmosphere beating shiny graphics. I want to feel immersed in a game and that happens when the story really grabs me, not when I can see every bead of sweat and hair follicle on the bland protagonists face.

[@mjchase2927]

@@iank472 It reminds me a lot of Presentable Liberty, tbh

[@hermanzhukov8044]

fnaf

[@tomrawrzzz5096]

​@@iank472 the game of life is in 40k or otherwise the highest graphics a human can experience but all gamers don't want to play that game

[@josedapro7084]

The fact that he did the first run perfectly without hitting a wall is crazy

[@itac.2280]

He can be kind of a perfectionist when it comes to these kinds of things so while crazy, I was not surprised in the least lol

[@yallbehecks6991]

He was playing as an actual sub driver so I'd say it was pretty life or death in his situation.

[@falcie7743]

He scraped a wall the first time but didn't go full force

[@whatsupbro3]

I’ve played the game myself, and in my experience it’s actually pretty difficult to hit a wall. The game starts warning you even if you are a pretty massive distance from any walls, so as long as you pay mild attention and have patience, you shouldn’t be hitting any walls on your first play through.

[@irishdunce3111]

I mean he COULD HAVE been a engineer as he said

[@coltforceplayer]

In case anyones confused, Pyrocynicals video explains it perfectly: The Blood Moons are actual Blood so they may be made up of the victims of the Quiet Rapture The Buildings in the ocean could be either an abandoned research outpost or an actual building that was taken during the Rapture The Giant Fish that kills you and the one on the camera that shows u it’s eye is theorized to be different The Entire sea floor is 100% rendered and u can actually explore it Your character is from Eden

[@mccoolfriend6818]

wait what we're from Eden ? interesting, thats why they want us to die

[@SkeletonKingYoutube]

That fish is probably the one that appears in the first objective photo before disappearing in the second.

[@StockGoat]

The fish that shows the Eye its probably a whale seeing the similarities

[@coltforceplayer]

@@StockGoat whales don't have scales

[@mr.holiday8900]

I think in the game you can hear at one point the two different creature's roaring at each other. 🤔

[@pjesmile]

22:34 that achievement if for photographing the upper right anomaly. The game ends and the jumpscare plays when you attempt to photograph your 9th node, whatever node that may be (you can never photograph more than 8 anomalies), and the upper right is *usually* last, especially on the first playthrough. Hence, "You've Played this Before" you know about the jumpscare, and wanted to know what the "last" photograph was. Also, I think that sound is the sound of something breathing...

[@mrrithexthesilent6385]

Could also be the sounds of something being pumped through those tubes, which seem the be functional unlike the other tubes you find further back

[@t0mbst0neyt]

I got the "you've played this before" achievement on my first run by pure accident because I missed a photo at the start

[@sloft-70]

@@mrrithexthesilent6385 The other tubes/artifact also makes that sound

[@derekw104]

I skipped the photograph right outside of the space-warping star's tunnel on accident lol

[@leventeborbely7120]

That's not breathing, that's the tubes pumping something, which is the same sound you hear at the 3rd anomaly at 27:11.

[@eg_manifest510]

I just realised that if the ocean is real human blood, then the fact that it's red means there is oxygen and iron, so if that could be extracted then they've just found a literal ocean of resources

[@Amogus-bq2ig]

Keep it at 69 likes

[@Meatjar_streams]

What bugs me is why dont the humans just pump out all of the bloodand let the fish suffocate

[@hollow1139]

@@Meatjar_streams its a HUGE ocean, they kinda don't have the time nor resources to do that

[@-nkn0wn]

lung= oxygen blood=iron

[@Zybit1423]

@@-nkn0wn blood = hemoglobine = oxygen & iron

[@imapiminzuniga6080]

Let's all thanks Lixian for taking the time to point out of Mark's locations in the map making it easier for the viewers to know where mark is at all time. :3

[@omarhajar9822]

Agreed, it was very much appreciated 💝

[@falconeshield]

​@@moomoonThank you Rachel then

[@The_Nü_Wave]

:3

[@creatorglitch]

i love the little :3

[@hexlart8481]

I really like the "ghost light of dead stars" thing. Like the stars aren't there. But they're light years away so you won't "see" them disappear until their light stops reaching you years from now. If this happened to us right now, we wouldn't see any star besides our sun disappear for over 4 years.

[@Oliver-wv4bd]

And what's scarier is that first the Sun would go out ~8 minutes after the rapture (as seen from Earth), then nothing would happen for 4 years, until suddenly Proxima Centauri disappears, then another star, and then another after that, and every few years we'd see stars flicker out of existence and our night sky gradually grow darker and lonlier and colder with no way of ever knowing why they abandoned us.

[@colekiesler6218]

Markiplier: Figures out the lore Also Mark: “Even going to the bottom I still don’t see anything great.”

[@ragergamer3111]

@DONT READ PROFILE PIC Stupid trend

[@Fuck_handles]

@@ragergamer3111 the only place that this was a trend in was in England during the great depression...at least I think they started eating spam back then

[@LHC47]

@@Fuck_handles it took me longer than I'd like to admit to realize the joke

[@Hujecokk]

*LORE

[@thedarksalmon9893]

@DONT READ PROFILE PIC I didnt as soon as I saw the comment, thanks for letting me know to avoid and report the spam you post though!

[@timmelville6683]

Choosing Lixian as an editor was probably one of the best career moves Mark has ever made.

[@king_halcyon]

Why you all forget that he has more than just Lixian bruh.

[@Shy-Shadow]

@@king_halcyon i'mma be honest idk the other 2

[@kdevelopergw]

@@king_halcyon im pretty sure lixian is the lead editor, meaning he does most of the funny things

[@Jourei_]

@@Shy-Shadow The editors are always credited in the description.

[@Shy-Shadow]

@@Jourei_ Huh.. I never noticed....

[@goglihere]

Fun fact: The entire ocean is 3D modeled, meaning you can take a picture of a point from multiple angles, getting different pictures of the same object, it isn't just pre-set pictures you'd get at specific points of the ocean, also the monster following you is actually just a PNG of it's eye following your submarine!

[@sixteenthbluemoon7606]

I do recall some other youtuber but forgot his name that there is a 3D model of the map, but the way the game works if my memory wasn't being rusty is that they take pictures of the specified 3D modelled area out of bounds to your photographs depending on where your XY coordinates are.

[@goglihere]

@@sixteenthbluemoon7606 Well I got this info from Pyrocynical so might be from there

[@nicreven]

@@sixteenthbluemoon7606 you control a camera in the ocean the iron lung itself is out of bounds, and just moves the camera around realistically, that's how any sensible dev would do it, too

[@yaboikyohai4323]

EphiTV the one who hacked

[@kaytea0963]

​@@nicreven any insight for the moving objects? Like at 25:49 how you can take photos and see slight differences in the background.

[@ProtoBlueGaming]

The fact that Mark still actually gets jumpscared by whatever the hell that thing is. Iron Lung will always be terrifying.

[@bofa987]

pretty sure its a giant angler fish

[@JaydenCarterVT]

@@bofa987 fun fact: its called a "frog" in the game files

[@BigBrainGamer58]

That shit is not a frog

[@RavenOnATree]

@@JaydenCarterVT bro that is not a frog

[@Snake75055]

Devs will name files weird for many reasons

[@wheeze2429]

It's insane to me how one can be so good at storytelling that they can make a game where the only thing you ever see is the inside of a deep sea submarine and it's still somehow this good. I hope this game isn't forgotten.

[@pussioofamw2]

it isnt that good

[@wheeze2429]

@@pussioofamw2 🤓🤓🤓

[@CatBxtchNami]

@@pussioofamw2 Being a contrarian is the best way to be quirky and special.

[@arandomcommenter412]

@@pussioofamw2 You kinda brought it upon yourself. If you’re going to go directly contrary to somebody’s comment, explain WHY.

[@Nicro_Allavonis]

@@arandomcommenter412 Legends say they still haven't said why.

[@CloudMouth27]

I love how Lixian put mark's face on his current coordinates for us to know where he is

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture960]

Don't read my name,

[@katiekawaii]

Lixian is the best

[@saywatnow5171]

ok we wont read your name

[@VlazeSkylax]

actually it was edited by someone else, see description

[@realboomslang]

He’s Markerplier now!!

[@HomeByMidnight]

so glad he found the SM8, was worried he would miss it before the update, there was a "Humming Monolith" in the same spot, similar to what Mark found in the very top right of the map this playthrough, but it also made an exclusive sound. additionally, the eye jumpscare would follow you until you use your camera, and the beast that gets you at the end, its file name is "frog"

[@ma.2089]

I wonder if the monolith was moved, since the mystery it provides is so cool. Then again, they could’ve removed it if it was just to be mysterious and doesn’t make sense of the lore that’s been added

[@A_Dude_You_Know]

@@ma.2089 it was. moved i mean. its still in game what he found was the humming monolith

[@fivestarguy100]

I like how the fish that kills you at the end is just called, "frog". Ma! There's a weird looking fucking Frog outside! It looks like grandma, the fuckin thing!

[@faether1429]

@@fivestarguy100 "I don't want my fishes near this thing!"

[@TiforEdits]

What if we delete the frog file like on ddlc

[@DaintyBouquet]

Apparently, according to my friend, based in the scales and the eye, the creature is more of an herbivore than a carnivore. And due to the fact that it lived in the dark its whole life before you effectively flashbanged it, it was basically just: “Oh, what’s this moving thing? It doesn’t look like something I can ea- OH MOTHER FUCKE-“ Edit : The creature that kills you at the end and the creature’s eye you took a picture of are two different creatures from what I’ve read.

[@thenumber24]

it didnt kill you at first, its not a predator, it was curious of you

[@willrosfeld3906]

Yep, just coming in to give you a kiss

[@uglebeffus]

I thought the big monster had the teeth of a carnivore, though... Can't say the same for the skull Mark found in the first video, though, whatever THAT thing was was definitely an herbivore. Which seems odd that it would be found in a blood ocean.

[@scottwpilgrim]

On land, most herbivores are opportunistic carnivores when given the chance, especially in times of low nutritional value in leaves and plants. There are videos of deer chewing up snakes that have more context.

[@DaintyBouquet]

@@scottwpilgrim I know, I saw someone’s rib in a baby deer’s mouth lol.

[@ILiketoDerpAround]

Mark kept answering his own questions in the opening. Gotta respect that.

[@xxmirandacracraftinhellxx8543]

MARKIPLIER SHOULD READ MY NAME ABOUT HIS NEICE LOL!

[@jacksonhillhill3805]

Shut up

[@InfinitelyGenerating]

@@xxmirandacracraftinhellxx8543 Shadduuuuup

[@gothicfemboy428]

I am the best KZbinr ever I am a god. All KZbinrs bow. not a bot btw

[@gothicfemboy428]

I am the best KZbinr ever I am a god. All KZbinrs bow. not a bot btw

[@christianfilteau3962]

me: listening to Markiplier in the background while sewing, current threading a needle mark: "this is quite the threading of the needle" me: "thank you"

[@DismemberedHat]

What a coincidence! I was also sewing!

[@leggie6092]

The sewing community of Markiplier is small, but definitely existent.

[@BehelitZero]

Granniplier squad

[@EtamirTheDemiDeer]

Oooo what're you all making?

[@DismemberedHat]

@@EtamirTheDemiDeer cosplay costume, but I'm about to switch over to crocheting a blanket... wbu?

[@Tytoalba777]

What really fascinates me about this game is just how interesting this world is for just how little we get of it. Even more intriguing is that (from what I've heard), the Creator said that all the lore he has for this universe is present in this game, he hasn't (or hadn't) really thought much beyond that. So for what little we get, there's just so much.

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

The greatest trick a good fiction author can pull is show you a tiny bit of information and cause you to invent something huge and interesting to you. Sounds like this dude did it by accident.

[@fanndx]

@@dashiellgillingham4579 Reminds me of Scott

[@Tytoalba777]

Well ain't this relevant comment nowadays

[@percyl6522]

"Oh good, the blood had arrived!" I wonder how long Mark had that on preorder

[@Ajehy]

Vampires are also suffering from the supply shortages. 🧛🏻

[@ChaosHorseStudiosReal]

Timestamp?

[@The_Everything_man]

​@@ChaosHorseStudiosReal14:42

[@aceupmyhole]

This comment COULD NOT have aged better.

[@UltraWeebMaster]

Waiter! Waiter! More blood please!

[@X-SPONGED]

Plot for Iron Lung: There are 2 remaining factions in the universe after the quiet rapture happened. You are playing as a captured member of Eden, the remains of an old martian colony established before the rapture. You are forced by The Coalition of Iron (C.O.I) to do research on Moon At-5 or die. The protagonist chooses life and writes the letter on the floor of the submarine as a way to vent his frustrations and how if he's going to go out, he might aswell go out on his own terms. In the depths of the unknown blood ocean instead of the vast emptiness of space. The Coalition actually sent a research vessel down there before the player but it crashed and they're now just scrapping everything together to try to make sense of this blood ocean anomaly. It is also confirmed that the blood seems to be of human origin or at least human adjacent. The game assets also suggest that there was some weird ancient cult like civilization at one point inside the blood ocean. There are remains of buildings/temples, weird monoliths, wormholes, and giant bones. It was a theory that this specific civilization casted a ritual that made it so that every star, habitable planet, and (presumably) everyone on it vanishes from existence. Also a point of note is that NO ONE watched or found out about the quiet rapture before many days after it supposedly happened. First, it was radio silence before a few ships was sent to investigate to find the remains of an empty void. There's also hidden secret assets in the game which is either a leak for the dev's newest unrelated game or a sequel/prequel to expand the universe of Iron Lung (though that is highly unlikely)

[@walterthemighty7549]

You don't think the note was written by a previous prisoner who refused to carry out the mission?

[@tmoney1487]

I never understood how people didnt immediately notice every star in the night sky disappearing. That would raise concerns personally

[@bluec9151]

I wonder if the game would at all be connected to David Symanski’s other game “Dusk”, since that game is centered around a cult

[@KaihanDTuna]

@@walterthemighty7549 i don't think so , why it would previous prisoners? If the submarine itself actually just designed for one time use mission? we can also see the lore , submarine was welded while someone is inside there is no door to get in , so the prisoner just welded in the makeshift submarine

[@DanS044]

Source: Trust me bro

[@rolliepollie54]

Next installment of "...with Markiplier" definitely needs to be ocean related. So much lore.

[@ericdigirolamo8904]

Set sail with Markiplier?

[@FranciumBoron]

In De Boat wit Mark É Pleur.

[@sleepiestbro]

Underwater with Markiplier?

[@heart022]

Scuba Diving with Markiplier?

[@45calGunslinger]

Barotrauma With Markiplier

[@grunt2655]

The lore makes this game 10x scarier, as it seems there truly is no hope left.

[@xItzRevenge]

Even if there is no hope, there may at least be answers… which is why the game is also so interesting

[@samwallaceart288]

Bruh when he found "SM8" i was genuinely surprised right there with him. Environmental storytelling is so simple but so effective.

[@armageddon_gaming]

That SM8 bit was creepy as fuck but excellent story telling!

[@GLORIOUSCHONK]

Timestamp pls

[@samwallaceart288]

@@GLORIOUSCHONK idk it's when he goes to explore the "ending" section before doing anything else so it doesn't trigger

[@valerielynne4330]

@@GLORIOUSCHONK17:15

[@fromstvalentine]

Oh my god I assumed the "blood oceans" were just oceans highly concentrated with iron-oxides, like an ocean-wide version of the "red beaches" that occur irl. I didn't expect them to be straight up human blood

[@clintonbehrends4659]

same but I'm glad they specified what the chemical compisition was

[@puma8262]

You're a nerd just like me lol, I also assumed it was just something that Looked like blood to us but wasn't really. Makes me wonder if the same logic can be applied to the meat fountains of Alma from the game OFF...

[@TheCorrodedMan]

How these things formed is what interests me. What led to the formation of these things? How long have they been there? What the FUCK is that thing doing down there in it?! So many questions.

[@astitvakumar8618]

Personally I think that all that human blood is of the humans who died in the quiet rapture

[@clintonbehrends4659]

@@astitvakumar8618 possible

[@TRquiet]

As a writer, I really appreciate Mark being able to draw comparisons between this and SCP while *emphasizing* that they are distinct and unique stories. Too many people just say, “so it’s just [similar thing].”

[@Itrali]

anyone who doesnt have double digit iq can realize that correlation does not always mean causation (causation in this case being copying of the story) so its not that impressive tbh its just being not-dumb

[@gkid9957]

1984, get out, alien, stranger things, game of thrones, "artistic inspiration is a new concept for me because I myself have no personal qualities worth inspiring others"... or something

[@commie_dog_boy]

@@Itrali thats the thing tho. a surprising amount of people have double digit iqs.

[@Blue-fg8vt]

@Can'tthinkofaname most monster collecting games fail in the USA because people often consider them a Pokemon rip off, for example.

[@marshmallowmountains4636]

I'm an artist and it's so annoying when people compare my bird characters to Pokemon even though they don't look alike. Like I have a bird with a red body and rainbow flight feathers and a rainbow crown of feathers on its head (like it's ACTUALLY rainbow). For some reason people compare it to Ho-Oh even though: The body is not the same The legs are not the same The head shapes are different The feathers on the head are different The color of the wings is different The tails are different The body feathers are different The beaks are not the same The eyes are not the same The body markings are not even slightly similar Yet because it's a bird with a red body, it's automatically Ho-Oh. Even though the color red and being a bird are the only things similar (and Ho-Oh isn't even actually rainbow like mine is).

[@jazzfawke1407]

Interesting thing. In last vid Mark mentioned something like "all people on earth wouldn't be enough to fill this ocean with blood". After that I got interested and made some calculations. I don't have any data on in-game ocean of blood on this moon, so I used Pacific Ocean on Earth instead. So, to fill Pacific Ocean with blood, if it's drained somehow, you'd need to exsanguinate approximately 1.34*10^18 adult human beings. Its like, 1.34 billions of billions. And it's 168.686.463 times earth population. Then I was bored and calculated how it'd affect our Moon's trajectory relative to earth, since blood is a bit heavier than water, but its not that impressive - moon would get just 0.0009% closer. Edit: obviously, ocean in-game is, probably, much smaller than Pacific, since it's located on some moon and moons tend to be smaller than planets. It's just that this theme caught my interest. Someone call me if we'll get information on this ocean's volume, and I'll adjust numbers to get proper data applicable for this particular ocean Edit again: I've been trying to answer your questions and making more calculations under this comment, but there's too many of you, people. You're on your own now. Look for formulas in answers to this comment.

[@adamkerman475]

Fascinating, in terms of space though even that small of a percentage does make a rather major difference.

[@13thMaiden]

Further they _say_ it's human blood, but from their own records there's not enough humans to fill even a pond, let alone a moon. So what if the blood is the _same_ as human blood, (chemical makeup) that somehow is created on these 4 moons? The earth can create various liquids, so what's to say other places couldn't make something similar to human blood in makeup? And it doesn't congeal so it must not be totally like human blood....

[@Newt2799]

This was cool of you thanks

[@noimdirt]

That is very interesting, thank you.

[@theoryofimagination5214]

Nice calculations, but since there are only moons in this universe after the rapture, then the oceans are really, really smaller than Earth's oceans. Also, there were more humans in Mars than on Earth, according to this new lore; so probably way more than 7 billion existed

[@rachalwithana]

i love that mark hyperfixated on this game so hard he made a whole movie out of it like *that's* some dedication

[@vibezone1426]

I love how Mark just casually speaks about relatively deep SCP lore like it's a regular Wednesday for everyone watching. Mostly because it is for most of us.

[@draconianscout]

How is that deep SCP lore? I. Relatively certain he didn't start going on about the multiple different SCP universes, anything in the fiction section, or anything else of that level.

[@o5-redacted0]

@@draconianscout Because Iron lung has literally nothing to do with SCP

[@ptjhnsn]

@@o5-redacted0 that doesnt make him mentioning the existance of an SCP deep at all

[@dragonfell5078]

Why am I not surprised Mark knows SCP lore

[@ohno1body]

i wouldn’t say anything from series 1 could be considered deep lore

[@SeraliaAerials]

What makes it worse is when you know it’s actual human blood and then you start thinking about temperature… is it warm like fresh blood right out of the vein? Or is it cold and thick and super viscous?

[@willdavis3802]

It shows waves in it, so it's not cold and congealed, it has to be warm.

[@DeathlyDrained]

The computer says, "somehow remains as a liquid" so I assume its cold

[@oldveryveryoldmanfromthe1900s]

You can walk thru it in your sub really easily so I assume it’s still somewhat warm

[@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ]

Implied to be cold, since it’s noted that it somehow maintains liquid form.

[@ipostwater6491]

@@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ that’s probably more so due to the fact that exposed blood generally coagulates, ignoring temperature the blood should naturally coagulate to a semi-solid too state

[@crucifiedhughneutron7764]

Fun fact: that strange stick mark encountered behind the final location is nicknamed ‘Monolith’. It and the remains of sm8 don’t appear on the map, though Monolith gives off sound.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture960]

Don't read my name!

[@bigboyskater-koi]

@@dontreadmyprofilepicture960 dont be cringe!

[@Aerofiq]

@@dontreadmyprofilepicture960 don't born

[@ajamaja0525]

Its crazy how its been LESS THAN 1.5 YRS and mark is finishing up on editing the fucking MOVIE for this. Im so excited for the next teaser/trailer.

[@catsnchess]

oh wait he’ s already finishing? :0

[@Anti-furry-x6k]

Already finishing?? Well, i think i might become a channel member to find out

[@adora_was_taken]

@@Anti-furry-x6k it's been 6 months but he mostly just talks about it on distractible, no need to be a channel member

[@cobaltprime9467]

Lixian can never leave the channel. He’s TOO good to not be the editor. He’s incredibly good at making, not only Mark’s video, but his own work enjoyable. Most editors can just edit, take best moments or whatever, but Lixian goes above and beyond.

[@SpecterVonBaren]

Shout out to Jens on Trump's (The Hearthstone player) channel too. Also goes above and beyond with his editing.

[@Frostphyre2]

@SpectreVonBaren agreed! Jens and Lixian are absolutely fantastic

[@fattlebieldproductions3198]

I feel as though he does too much with zoom ins and voice echos and screen filters

[@sijenkai3928]

@@fattlebieldproductions3198 nahh

[@fattlebieldproductions3198]

@@sijenkai3928 great comeback

[@that_kid_nobody_notices]

If anyone is interested, I highly recommend looking at anything about behind the scenes of the game. It's really interesting. The whole map is a rendered 3d area, and *you* never actually move, you're in a stationary cell. What's moving is a camera that you're controlling. It's really neat and I highly recommend checking it out! Edit: grammar, I was really confused at first, I'm usually really good about catching that stuff before posting. But thanks Matimele for pointing it out!

[@nezikaile9067]

Yeah saw that and seeing the whole map open like that is very neat

[@matimele1]

You're*

[@DK-1474]

@@matimele1 it already says the correct "you're" and the comment hasn't even been edited...

[@matimele1]

@@DK-1474 "what's moving is a camera your controling"

[@that_kid_nobody_notices]

@@DK-1474 no, there was a wrong your instead of a you're. It was the 2nd one :) but now it's fixed

[@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495]

Considering if all stars disappeared right now, we would still see them in the sky for millions upon millions of years, since light would have to travel all that way to our eyes until we can register they’re gone, it’s more likely that everyone not on a planet at the time of the Quiet Rapture were the ones raptured and not the other way round. By what, or for what reason, is the question.

[@omegawilliam95s36]

Damn, that’s a twist and a half.

[@StarboyXL9]

Or maybe the thing that caused the Rapture is sentient and is deliberately snuffing out the stars to torment us

[@graycrest806]

@@StarboyXL9 or collecting planets and stars

[@R_violi]

you see stars on the title screen for that very reason

[@Blewlongmun]

Part of the opening exposition says they're under the light of dead stars. I'd assume asteroids wouldn't get raptured and life gets left behind.

[@metalxhead]

Exactly one hour after Mark has dropped the Iron Lung trailer, this video has 4.2 million views. Let's see how many of us are watching and rewatching this now :D

[@cottonball605]

Yes indeed :)

[@thiccityd9773]

4.2 million…

[@D6YTON]

Let me put a comment here to remind myself about this Edit: 7 months later... I have been reminded

[@k0biza]

yeessss

[@elliusagi]

43 17 224 now!! INSANE numbers! The movie is going to be amazing! 😍🥰

[@dallekakyoin3231]

I want a podcast that’s just mark reading scp files

[@_Admin_01.]

That would be interesting.

[@akyiwood]

That's exactly what I was thinking

[@Chipmunk-jx3xq]

The hidden podcast!

[@CaLypSO4456]

Maybe that’s the secret podcast, which I very much want to find

[@ij1376]

I'd watch it.

[@HeisenbergTheFirst]

No words can describe how much I love the world in iron lung, love to see mark play it again

[@jacksonhillhill3805]

WHY IS HEISENBERG EVERYWHERE I’M GOING INSANE

[@gyrus1902]

jesse we need to explore the blood ocean

[@kidnamedfinger6657]

@@jacksonhillhill3805 Did you take your pills, Jack? I think your schizophrenia has reappeared.

[@kamiladrewaossowska1847]

Hello Heisenberg.

[@Rebel3000]

What world? HAH!

[@goldenpixl]

So, no one's gonna talk about the Sub in the little animated interludes being called 'The Unsinkable II'? An excellent piece of detail and a really cool easter egg to 'In Space', Mark and Lixian!

[@nivada94]

that is a cool detail

[@alfiedakin523]

@Kavetion how many subs do you have then?

[@heresywithana]

@Kavetion yup that's an insta report kid. even if you won't get banned for spam you'll get banned for harassment for your content

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Hey! Did you know God is three in one!? The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! Bless him! Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him! True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better! Have a blessed day, everyone! ❤

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Your worries (yes, anxiety), depression, suicidal thoughts, EVERYTHING will melt away and be NO MORE when you lean on God and put your trust in him! When I have physical pain, I literally pray and the Lord quells it, that I am healed! Know that there is power in the name Jesus Christ! His name casts out demons and heals! People are bothered by his name. The world hates the truth and wants to continue living sinfully! God's children are set apart (holy) and righteous.

[@stidzy0]

Mark looking through the computer is like the captain in Wall-E finding out about pizza and plants

[@willrosfeld3906]

I’m the words of the god we worship… YOU RIGHT!

[@Hadfield15]

I really like the expansion on the lore in this game. I gotta admit, I got chills when Mark found the wreck of the SM-8

[@itac.2280]

I love it, absolutely a nice gift for the explorers who work to find it.

[@Kay-rv8rj]

@Kavetion no youre not

[@rishanochannai5103]

@Kavetion You are drunk since i dont see 20 million subs on ur channel

[@Coal_XVII]

@Kavetion yes

[@Hadfield15]

@@Coal_XVII nice alt

[@skycop4502]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate Lixian's consistently refined and high quality editing?

[@adumbkidnamededdie6023]

And Rad! He edited this video aswell

[@skycop4502]

@@adumbkidnamededdie6023 Ah Rachel was involved in this one as well, my mistake.

[@codemunkies]

@Kavetion can you just...stop?

[@TenderNoodle]

The other editors too!! They also do an amazing job:)

[@Aventrixmusic]

@@codemunkies It's a bot don't bother talking to them.

[@hollow9943]

I just thought about it and what about the possibility that the Quiet Rapture wasn’t the disappearance of planets and stars. They’re all normal and present, however all of the *spacecraft and space stations* were the ones who disappeared into some alternate reality due to a space anomaly. What’s more plausible, every habitable planet and star in the universe magically disappearing with nothing left behind to even hint at an energy source capable of doing so? Or all spacecraft and orbital stations vanishing due to an unforeseeable anomalous event

[@russiansans4597]

That makes more sense for or what if all the space stations got teleporting because of a black hole or something I don't know I'm just rambling on

[@i1C4RU5]

This is rather unnerving. Given this concept, and considering the oceans are confirmed to be of human blood, it's almost like whatever brought the survivors to this realm has been doing so for a long time, and with the singular purpose of reducing us to blood.

[@kayohwai]

Whether the POV we're seeing is from those taken or from those left behind is, ultimately, a matter of perspective until evidence solidly proves otherwise.

[@Miss_Lavender_Tea]

This game scared me shitless and i fr could not sleep for a whole ass week. Even after a month of having watched a playthrough of it, it still unnerves me onto a personal level. Whoever made the game is a fucking horror genius and i fear them.

[@junohypot]

that kinda reminds me of Observation, the characters are stranded in their space station trying to establish communication with Earth only to find out something unexplainable transported their space station to the orbit of Jupiter, amazing concept!

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

7:58 I just realized something, it says here that prisoners are "undergoing *conviction* realization" and the character you're playing as is a convict, which makes your character definitely from Eden station and is undergoing the process to earn his freedom.

[@lazertwin]

Thanks sherlock

[@r_4yman]

well no shit

[@let7597]

it does, in fact, tell you exactly this at the beginning of the game

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

@@let7597 Oh wow I'm blind. Yeah I'm dumb 🤣

[@recreationeer53]

I feel like people don’t talk about how terrifying the idea of the quiet rapture is, literal dying universe no stars left, light something that’s normally always constant is now a limited resource and will eventually fade completely. And the thought of whole planets and civilizations disappearing with no trace, nothing left in the universe besides a ship running on continuously less and less fuel to call home

[@humanleader184]

well considering there are maybe a few thousand humans remaining in this game's universe, i think the blood moons alone could be enough to power their civilization for upwards of thousands of years.

[@digstrememcdingus1463]

Well it be possible to survive if set up a blackhole bomb to generate infinite energy

[@humanleader184]

@@digstrememcdingus1463 a black hole bomb is well outside the reach of a few hundred humans to build, if they can't even get a decent low-depth submarine to work. simply orbiting a black hole and harvesting energy from its orbiting matter would be much more achievable.

[@digstrememcdingus1463]

@@humanleader184 Well their are asteroids and moons still around, perhaps Black holes too

[@inoob26]

Also the fact you also can't tell which stars disappeared alongside the rapture until the light faded finally vanishes from view after who knows how long

[@VaterOrlaag]

"All stars have disappeared" "You won't be seeing the stars again" "The stars shine pale as bones"

[@mattc9598]

plausible answer: many stars are far enough away that their light will still shine for countless years, BUT they've determined all stars went by noticing the ones nearby vanish right away

[@davijones2369]

Because the flash seen on the camera is a star but it's only shows as pale as bone. Ha verbiage I see what ya did there.

[@mcalkis5771]

Because of how far the stars are, some of them could already be gone and we wouldn't know for hundreds or even thousands of years. If the Sun disappeared we would still see it for like 8 minutes because of the speed of light.

[@cookiecreeperplayz]

It also mentions the ghostlight of stars. This is a reference to the fact that these stars, while having disappeared, since they are thousands of lightyears away, the time it would take for it to have visibly disappeared from the location of say earth, would take thousands of years, which is why the stars still shine, yet they are dead, "ghosts" if you will.

[@urmom-zh6zs]

@@mattc9598 or, as other comments have stated, the stars and planets werent raptured; the space stations were

[@jaydenapollo5337]

This is literally my favorite small indie game ever. Not only is the text expertly written (written in a way where it gives you all the info you need without a HUGE wall of text), but the ambiance is made incredibly well and the game itself built in such a smart way. While I LOVE this game, though, I hope the developer doesn't continue to add onto it. I hope they go and either make games in the same rich universe as it or create something entirely new. They're incredibly talented and I can't wait to see what they come up with next.

[@Blackholebirb]

Meanwhile I would personally love if they did add more to it, I am too curious for my own godo and really wanna know the story of what the hell happened in this universe I NEED MY LOREEEEE

[@Spiffyo]

The creator has said he wants to work more on this game, but he doesn't know how because the game was literally something that came to his mind.

[@jaydenapollo5337]

@@Blackholebirb For me, the mystery of it only adds to the horror and adding too much knowledge would take away from that fact which is why I think a new game, new setting, new character but same universe would be a good way of expanding on the concept without revealing too much- but that's just my opinion.

[@dotcomgamingd5564]

saaaaaaame

[@dooddoingstuff]

Well i mean you could look up Dusk, it's made by the same developer, great game also.

[@meghanlong966]

29:06 “i look forward to more stuff in this universe” well you know what they say, if you want something done well you gotta do it yourself!

[@MrTheSilentAssassin]

The thing is, that obelisk that emits that weird groaning noise was already in the game before this lore update. So I find it curious that the game would be updated for “lore” but there still isn’t any clue as to what the obelisk even is. The only detail I noticed, and this is something Mark pointed out but I don’t think actually connected these dots, is that there are two “buildings” that look the same in this ocean and they both have an obelisk nearby. The difference is the one closer to the start point is silent, while the one at the end of the game is emitting noise. What this means, I have no idea. But it seems like an important detail to note.

[@cherry9787]

My idea is to put the name of the achievements into the computer and see if it has an inquiry

[@yetanotherethan9747]

Maybe the computer entries are the added lore

[@adamgrogory]

But the obelisk looked different before did it not?

[@modelomegatyler]

maybe one is "dead" and the other is still "alive" and communicating?

[@FightingFoodonsFan]

@@modelomegatyler Maybe its an endpoint/startingpoint thing? A "listening" and "talking" system could be possible too.

[@jacksonknock1833]

My theory is that those spaceships (c.o.i and eden) are the ones who disappeared and are now stranded in an empty void with some blood moons around. The Earth and the Mars are probably sitting there, thinking "where did our spaceships go?". That's the most optimistic you can be in that situation.

[@colehinson9306]

The worst possible isekai story (at least so far as the characters fates go)

[@dustrose8101]

Unlikely and also my least favorite of the theories. A major factor of the horror of the premise is the sheer magnitude of the Rapture, and that the space stations were the ones actually raptured detracts from this.

[@1ncorrect976]

then how do you explain the blood ocean being human blood?

[@connormacleod1237]

​@@1ncorrect976 What ever took the stations and ships wanted to torment the occupants, an ocean filled with human blood would do that.

[@camboi6103]

@@dustrose8101 It's an interesting theory though

[@RadiantRedSteel]

There is a mod that opens the window so you can continuously see what is going on outside. It's really interesting what you find in the depths!

[@DeathnoteBB]

I saw someone look at the outside and it’s just nothing. The actual map is somewhere else

[@RadiantRedSteel]

@@DeathnoteBB Correct, the submarine you stand in doesn't move. You control a camera that moves about and the mod has the camera view constantly shown to your window.

[@Albinojackrussel]

@@DeathnoteBB it is there, but it's hidden for whatever reason EphiTv goes into it. Though as RedSteel said the sub doesn't actually move around the map, but the map if right there next to it.

[@Goldstandard_1]

If you say LORE three times, you will hear a strange sound coming from your closet, if you listen closely it will sound as if a man is saying "that's just a theory"

[@TheGary108]

A Game Theory!

[@MrDudeFace]

THIS IS NOT A JOKE IM IN THE BASEMENT, AND MATUS GAME THEORY IS TRYING TO BREAK IN HELP-

[@toothfairy10133]

matpat has straight up destroyed the word "lore" for me. i cant use it anymore. everything is "worldbuilding" and "history of the world of the game" to me now.

[@willrosfeld3906]

Lore lore lore

[@SirWhitez]

​@@toothfairy10133omggg toothfairy10133 lore with matpat is so cool

[@HollowedPrince]

I needed my daily dose of LORE from Markiplier. So this is nice! Better yet, it’s IRON LUNG!

[@xxmirandacracraftinhellxx8543]

MARKIPLIER SHOULD READ MY NAME ABOUT HIS NEICE LOL!

[@hijeatsdirt]

A bot stole your comment lol

[@i.d.9754]

Definitely! I always knew it needed lore and it would better by a sevenfold

[@gothicfemboy428]

I am the best KZbinr ever I am a god. All KZbinrs bow. not a bot btw

[@Thurman_Rooney]

Guys, watch my videos please

[@rigelsirius145]

Seeing him bring up SCP makes me really hope he's heard of SCP-Secret Files and gives the demo a go. I think it holds alot of potential.

[@kamyk2000]

Oh my yes, I'd love to see him play SCP-Secret files. Seeing him react to the hanged king would be entertaining. I love how the game took such a scary SCP, and then fleshed it out more than the article does to show the aftermath of an uncontrolled containment breach.

[@thepingking2234]

Yessir

[@stormanimations5422]

Mark's a massive SCP nerd with hundreds of SCP vids on his channel, if you didn't know.

[@kamyk2000]

​@@stormanimations5422 We know, that's why we'd love to see him play another one he hasn't seen yet. ^_^

[@stormanimations5422]

@@kamyk2000 right. Not trying to be pretentious, just letting you guys know. Sorry if it came out that way.

[@gamershadow8]

i think it's more terrifying realizing that 1. all habitable planets and stars just suddenly disappeared and 2. its an ocean of HUMAN blood

[@Blavin]

Do you think humans on the habitable planets were used to make the blood ocean with their remains?

[@NicoNicoNessieSub]

@@Blavin it's likely some creepy phenomena that happened and it just turned humans into juice

[@waffleauflauf4213]

@@NicoNicoNessieSub That's what I was thinking- these blood oceans are the remains of all the people that vanished. It's so fucking creepy and I love it. I love that the creator gives us the resources to make these theories while not outright confirming anything either way. Piecing it together makes it so much more unnerving.

[@somebodyontheweb8399]

@@waffleauflauf4213 Indeed! There is also castle-like structures in the ocean, and also a weird portal or dimensional rift (one of the pictures that you need to take)

[@yeetionary]

@@somebodyontheweb8399 a dimensional rift, also known as the light. go towards the light...

[@MythicBeanProductions]

hearing mark use actual command line commands and trying to log in as the root user unlocked a new level of respect I have for the man

[@parymah]

mark whenever he can type in a game: "I'm screamin/shakin and cryin rn"

[@Lithex343]

Always.

[@taylor_ack]

Know the video?

[@arciantum]

@@taylor_ack Yes, it's FeedVid from about 6 months ago

[@taylor_ack]

@@arciantum Thank you

[@X-SPONGED]

Fun Fact: Iron Lung is a 3D Game. So that means the objects are actually 3D assets. This means that the assets need to have names. The "Worms" are actually tubes of some kind. The "Bone" is a stone monolith, The one in the back is a special one that sings. There's also actual Bones in The Ocean. The wormhole is called "Anomaly" or something like that. 19:25/21:32 Edit: I don't know what the fuck happened in my reply section during these past 8 days, but at this point, I'm too afraid to ask... Edit 2: Well, if I read the situation correctly, it seems that a goofy ahh pineapple doesn't understand that "Art is Subjective" and went on a rant about how Iron Lung isn't artistic or something like that. As you might imagine, some people didn't like the vibe he's giving off and that sparked an argument in my replies. So if you're said pineapple or anyone who's trying to join the argument. DON'T, you won't change anyone's opinion. It will only add fuel to an already burning fire. It's best to just let this die down until one of the sides get bored and move on with their lives (or to another reply section to argue once more idc)

[@isaacisalive]

The singing stone is Humming Monolith wormhole is Void the fish skull and bones are/were Whale Bones (may have changed the name because of the achievement) stone monolith is, well, Stone Monolith Windowed areas are Buildings credit to pyrocynical: literally everything here thanks for the likes losers

[@kingofravens215]

@@isaacisalive Finished that video yesterday and I gotta say it’s probably my #1 favorite of his recently imo

[@EmilyTheMedic]

The giant eye asset isn’t tho. They just attached that JPEG to your camera until you took a picture of it. (My source is Pyrocynical)

[@blubaustin1]

@@EmilyTheMedic and why would a 2d game not have names for their assets as well?

[@pineappleparty1624]

@@blubaustin1 yeah lol. I just wanted to say into the void since the dev put in all the normal effort for a small 3D game, why does it look so effing terrible...I could make the main menu mountains in blender within a few clicks and it look realistic. The inside of the sub, it took more effort to make it look shitty. As a 3d artist, it annoys me to the core lol...

[@X-SPONGED]

25:47 Fun Fact: The in-game asset for this "Fish" isn't actually named Fish. It is actually named as a "Frog" Asset. Even though it looks absolutely NOTHING like a normal Earthly Pond Frog.

[@StargazerSkyscraper]

Could this imply that the creature is amphibian and, as such, not bound to the blood ocean? Maybe it saw the Iron Lung enter the ocean and actually followed it in.

[@kuhkowabbu]

@@StargazerSkyscraper I shiver at the thought of that

[@HillbillyDeLucks]

Is there an asset name for the eye? I'm assuming the eye creature and the creature that kills you aren't the same. They look different.

[@the2050th]

It looks like a frogfish?

[@slickman3975]

To me It looks kinda like a anglerfish

[@beeza]

There’s been another lore update!

[@erasproductions1033]

Bruh😂

[@unterhau1102]

Lmfao

[@ChaosHorseStudiosReal]

💀

[@usagifang]

Mark being an SCP nerd is the best thing. Like imagine a conversation and then he just drops random SCPs on us.

[@tysonvienneau1830]

That would be terrifying. He just yeets peanut at us and then throws Shy Guy at someone else

[@Birbiede]

@@tysonvienneau1830 And then calls in the old man to rip us apart

[@FederalBeurauofInvestigations]

And then he throws the plastic flamingos at us

[@iamacatt5050]

Unearths an entire ikea building with his bare hands and hurls it at a random cilvilian

[@sw0rdhyd350]

Well, two of the games that made his channel explode in the first place were Containment Breach and the staircase (I forget the number).

[@fnafboi9707]

The fact that the submarine mark uses during editing is called “The Unsinkable 2” is a nice reference to In Space with Markiplier.

[@ItsChevnotJeff]

Whatever happened to The Unsinkable 1, I wonder?

[@sdekoning2100]

@@ItsChevnotJeff Hmm yes i do wonder perhaps it sinked no that couldnt be possible its the unsinkable. Yes i do also wonder?

[@2god2me]

Unsinkable 2 is one of the oldest joke-names to christen a ship.

[@stvrrl1ghtt]

@Kavetion then how come I have never heard of you or your achievements? 😊

[@thedevilhimself4661]

@@stvrrl1ghtt don't reply to bots

[@haypy367]

iron lung is such a cool game. just the idea itself of being underwater, on another planet, which happens to be a ocean of blood, is such an interesting concept. and there’s so much that you could theorize about this game it’s so cool. not to mention the ambiance, which is scary itself without using any jumpscares.

[@utu_be]

Satellite not planet

[@xxmirandacracraftinhellxx8543]

MARKIPLIER SHOULD READ MY NAME ABOUT HIS NEICE LOL!

[@KarlMacmillann]

Except it's not a lake but a whole OCEAN.

[@haypy367]

@@KarlMacmillann ah yes thank you for correcting me!!

[@GLORIOUSCHONK]

Don't forget, it's 100% human too.

[@peterseaboldt1250]

The way that the creature looks directly into the camera suggests to me that whatever it is must be highly intelligent and aware of you and what you're doing. I feel like it might be some kind of Lovecraftian cosmic entity that may be responsible for the Quiet Rapture.

[@paragonjones13]

It's more likely an animal. Animals observe things they aren't familiar with. Seeing what, by all accounts should be a predator in its midst, not react when getting up close to it, it's probably just sussing you out before attacking Hell some animals wait till their prey is literally touching them before they strike I prefer to think that the monster can't see. An ocean of blood, it probably evolved to survive without sight, because it would be virtually visionless in the depths

[@jumpvelocity3953]

Even as a human I would have no idea where and what a camera would look like on the iron lung, it is most likely discreet. It was probably game design and also lore wise a coincidence that it looked directly at the camera.

[@SirWhitez]

​@@paragonjones13i think It was a passive creature, the creature only attacked the ship after the photo was taken, so probably the flash made by the sub to take photo flashbanged the creature making It agressive

[@HeisenbergTheFirst]

I love how iron lung only has 1 jumpscare and the ambience and groans of the ocean is what makes it a horrifying game

[@jacksonhillhill3805]

THERE’S TWO HEISENBERG COMMENTS AGGHHHH

[@kidnamedfinger6657]

@@jacksonhillhill3805 Scary.

[@himedo1512]

Jumpscares also include sudden audio, it doesn't have to be just visual

[@uhohhotdog]

Jump scares are the only thing that scares me though.

[@DracoHandsome]

It has multiple jumpscares. The numerous times you see the fish or other enemies in the images, the time the fish's eye appears on the camera, and the final kill.

[@ChronoTheRobo]

This game has such an interesting universe, I really hope the dev adds to it in future. I also hear a theory that the blood oceans are the people that got raptured being used to fill the caves but I really dont think its the case. Its obvious that the oceans have been around for a long time as the ecosystems in them have adapted to living in blood. A more plausible theory is that where the planets and stars disappeared to, the blood moons came from and "switched places" from an alternate dimension either by some kind of dimensionally instability or ritualistic event. Maybe this alternate dimension (if it is the case) was dying/was at the end of its life cycle so the life forms that lived in it used a ritual to bring it back to life by stealing the stars and to also get resources from all the planets.

[@hi_-bz7wf]

It could be that only the space stations got shifted into the other reality.

[@ChronoTheRobo]

Thats actually a good point too

[@gimo6881]

@@hi_-bz7wf Yes, The humanity of that fictional world must be millions of millions of years more advanced and evolved, surely they have already created portals that lead the colonies to another universe.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824]

@@gimo6881 Hes saying the space stations might have been teleported

[@dustrose8101]

@@hi_-bz7wf Unlikely, since they wouldn't be able to see the still-traveling light from the missing stars if that was the case unless the starlight got shifted with them which isn't impossible but would be a strangely particular conclusion. I also just hate this theory because it takes away from the cosmic horror of the game's premise. As it's presented, that all the planets are gone, means there's no longer a safe space for the survivors. There's nothing they can go back to, while an alternate reality implies there is so it becomes ehhh

[@leafrostfern]

Iron lung is so terrifying without using any jumpscares. Such a nice change of pace

[@GeneralDino]

Iron lung used some jumpscares

[@leafrostfern]

@@GeneralDino yeah but very differently from other games imo.

[@exiledkenkaneki701]

I wouldn't called it scary just eerie and silent, senses of dread , there's nothing scary, but I guess it's subjective

[@xxmirandacracraftinhellxx8543]

MARKIPLIER SHOULD READ MY NAME ABOUT HIS NEICE LOL!

[@caldercockatoo2234]

There's technically only one jumpscare at the end but the build up throughout the entire game makes that final scare worth it. Jumpscares are only hated because they often aren't used correctly, and this game uses them correctly.

[@Skuffd_Lad]

The jumpscare is based off of how many pictures you take, so you can actually find all the POIs without dying

[@rpsyco]

What happens if you do find them all?

[@falconeshield]

​@@rpsycoYou get ligma

[@Not_Efficient]

And you could die at the very beginning

[@empdisaster10]

Its not picture based. Its pictures OF the Poi based. So you can do them in any order but as soon as that last check is about to be marked you're fucked

[@nojo9308]

Can we just appreciate the fact that when Lixian zoomed in on text, he highlighted where Mark was when he zoomed back out. That man thinks of everything.

[@231thorium]

@Kavetion I know you're just trying to get clicks on your video but its genuinely fucked up to make fun of someone's dad dying for it

[@pepper19am]

@@231thorium it's a bot dude they all are, replying does nothing just ignore it

[@231thorium]

@@pepper19am nobody's gonna go through all the trouble to make a bot that comments this shit just for a few clicks on their video

[@wcskeleton1388]

@@231thorium youd be surprised

[@pepper19am]

@@231thorium do you not realize how many videos these bots comment on? and it's the people like YOU that don't realize it's a bot and click on their channel. THEY. ARE. BOTS. stop giving them attention

[@winterchill365]

The lore of this game is so intriguing. Iron Lung is a remarkable game.

[@benjaminlamothe2093]

It genuinly is I don't know of any other game where your only way of knowing where you are is based souly on coordinates and grainny black and white pictures

[@alexandranichols7361]

Ratio

[@scarlettbaltazar4121]

Ratio

[@Zeno21340]

i really do hope they add more lore cause now we have the iron lung and sm8. who knows what they will do with this world.

[@alexandranichols7361]

@@scarlettbaltazar4121 ratio

[@miguelgenovata6250]

it would be so horrifying to think about that some cosmic entity decided to end all life, destroying every planet, and dumped all their blood on the remaining moons.

[@thecatfather857]

Thanos, what did you do?

[@thecatfather857]

@Kavetion Jarvis, show me who asked.

[@shoishie]

I am THRILLED that Mark is creating a movie out of this! The concept is so unique, I’m obsessed! I love a good story with well thought out lore, it gives me chills!

[@bethhawk1399]

I'm so glad that the creators updated this game with more lore! Honestly added a lot to the world building while still leaving many, if not most, questions unanswered. I'd love to see them continue to explore this universe they've crafted in other games, short scary experiences like this one, or even a longer game, maybe a prequel exploring the other moon's blood ocean, or from the perspective of the scientist or whoever left that note about the sm8 in the database on the space station. This universe is fascinating and the developer really has a talent for the scary ambiance that makes for an entirely unsettling experience rather than just a few scares.

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

Stop giving youtubers money.

[@zhankazest]

@@neo-filthyfrank1347 and why are you telling someone else to do something with their money?

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

@@zhankazest Because the use of money in this regard is pathetic, of no actual function, and reveals a normie mindset. It shows that this person has prioritized empty content and has made it a big part of their lives, showing no actual interests or appreciation for detail or any respectable sense of life purpose.

[@zhankazest]

@@neo-filthyfrank1347 so if its pathetic why do you care Also what the hell is a "normie mindset"

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

@@zhankazest Taking eight seconds to write a comment doesn't really show a significant amount of "care". Even if I hypothetically spent hours upon hours here that would indicate an interest in the topic, which is irrelevant to the described circumstance being "pathetic". I literally just defined it for you. A normie mindset is found among people who don't actually have any genuine interests. So they hate detail, depth, exploration of those interests, heaven forbid actually learning anything from them or making their own. It stays at the surface level primarily and is primarily motivated by the desire to stay socially adaptive and has little if any basis in actually enjoying that interest.

[@konatea]

I love the idea that everyone on these stations missed the end of the world and they have been left forgotten to find some way of surviving the now, empty universe

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture960]

Don't read my name *

[@themaninyourcabinet8438]

i know right, its such an interesting and clever concept!

[@alansmithee419]

SCP-354 is a red liquid resembling blood which reaches abnormally high densities below its surface. SPOILERS The most interesting thing about it if I remember correctly is that at one point it spat out an exploration log which chronicled the travels of a group of SCP foundation staff within the SCP (or perhaps on the other side of it), having entered the lake and re-emerged in another bigger lake in a different world than Earth. The foundation never sent any such exploration crew.

[@maxmocs5008]

Seeing as SCP 354 is implied to be some kind of inter-dimensional portal, and the blood ocean in Iron Lung not only has a mysterious portal but also randomly teleports the sub from time to time, I think that inspiration is likely.

[@chromaphasia453]

@@maxmocs5008 I think this game dev has made quite a few games centered around blood and viscera, so it could just be coincidence.

[@erinfinn2273]

@@chromaphasia453 Let's be honest, an ocean of blood is a disturbing and intriguing concept regardless of inspiration.

[@krustylesponge6250]

There’s also the fact 354 has creatures that come out of it sometimes

[@Ylerian]

Reading that sent a chill across my entire body

[@charley2714]

Btw for those who don't know 1:05 This is a real river, and it looks like this today It's called the Reka Daldykan River in Russia It turned red due to mercury mining upstream There were many cases of this in Russia's past but this being the largest example of it happening, as you can even see it from space Also if you want to see some creepy shit that's very similar look up Antarctica's Blood waterfall

[@Jcat36]

The Eden space station having the last remaining trees is an amusing reference to the biblical “garden of Eden”

[@TheApplianceDirect]

more like a dull and obvious one.

[@Raccthusiast]

@@TheApplianceDirect someone didnt get the last slice of cake from the fridge

[@srwordsussecuaces6374]

@@Raccthusiast He sure didn't lmao

[@justjill.8965]

4:24 outta love how Mark tries to say "creepy" fails, says "creaky" instead, and it just goes on to the point of "cookie"

[@jcody66]

I thought he said kooky

[@zhankazest]

@@jcody66 i think he did

[@tonkbutsmaller8008]

*cookie*

[@TheRogueWolf]

26:49: "I don't know why it's not bumping me, but I'm not getting bumped...." Hideous sea monster: "Okay, jeez, fine, I'm doing it! Get off my dorsal fin!"

[@BrownFoxWarrior]

14:14 I actually did try to ram it on my first play through. It keeps swimming ahead of you, so your only solution is to either photograph it or accept that you can't have a sensor reading in that direction.

[@breadedbutterman5328]

Something tells me that if a submarine specially designed to travel through blood oceans were to break apart in a blood ocean, the Iron Lung has even less chances of not breaking.

[@Chwarzerd]

To be fair, that submarine was ripped apart by something huge, likely scaley

[@silverflight01]

I love that we're learning more about the state of the universe after the Quiet Rapture, such planets being stripped of their flora and fauna. And I'm pretty surprised at the similarities between Iron Lung and SCP-354 (exploration included). Wouldn't be surprised if it was inspired by the SCP 14:05 I bet the monster wouldn't expect getting rammed by the submarine

[@jacksonhillhill3805]

Quiet rapture when loud rapture walks in:

[@joao34386]

I think it's not possible to ram the monster, there's a few small channels that have tested out all sorts of these things, but the eye monster just kinda chills there until you take the picture.

[@BarryThundercock]

@@joao34386 The eye is just a jpeg which follows the camera around until the picture is taken, giving the perfect illusion of being stalked by the beast. very clever.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture960]

Don't read my name.

[@uzukishimamura]

Iron lung’s world building is so interesting. It really does throw you into it, the whole concept of whole planets disappearing suddenly and blood oceans leaves for so much to craft around.

[@longerthanyouthink]

This horror game is amazing. They should totally make a movie about it.

[@SAFIS448]

Ikr

[@sammy_slammy]

Nah, that'll never happen

[@I.Dont_haveYouTube]

@@sammy_slammy bro's living under a rock

[@falconeshield]

​@@I.Dont_haveKZbinDon't tell him

[@ChaosHorseStudiosReal]

​@@falconeshielddoes he know? Does bro know?