LOVELAND: An X-Files Inspired Horror Game Based on the Ohio Loveland Frog Monster Folktale! (update)

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Note: I covered an early build of this a couple of years ago. The new build has a lot of new additions and improvements though, as well as new content and some cool tunes! :)

[@UBRambo56]

I heard there was a new demo and wondered if you would play it.

[@-0rbital-]

What engine is this? It looks similar to several indie games I’ve seen in your channel and elsewhere recently.

[@jones0736]

@@-0rbital- It’s an old version of Unity with a heavily edited renderer.

[@MoogMonster554]

ABG leaves the poor guy tied up and soaks him with frog-melting acid. I don't think ABG takes this job as seriously as Mulder and Scully.

[@francescobruno-bossio537]

Oh wait- wait now- Have you seen season 1 of X-Files?! Mulder is a real 🤪

[@bri-xcx]

don't really think vinegar and lemon juice would hurt a human

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

ABG: *reads that the moonshine contains frog snot in the journal* *casually drinks said moonshine one second later from the fridge*

[@tracer.s]

As someone who has a partner who works in Loveland and with loved ones who live in Loveland??? Yeah this tracks. Also love the joyfulness of your radio experience, gotta appreciate the small moments amidst the frogs amirite?

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

17:42 ABG, I can forgive waterboarding the captive but feeding the captive with Hawaiian pizza is a warcrime violating seven Geneva conventions!

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Haha, yeah I know! It's a horror game so I ordered the most horrifying type of pizza. I did feel a little bit guilty feeding it to the captive though. Poor guy's been through enough! :)

[@DeletedUserInGreen]

Pretty standard Ohio experience tbh

[@BlameScott]

ABG - *sprays frog with repellent* Frog - *screams in pig*

[@EagleTimberWolf]

It's Kermit and Miss Piggy's freakish hybrid offspring

[@planescaped]

I liked how the frog eyes spying on you were a lot more subtle in the original version. It's very obvious in this one since they changed the eye color to purple.

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

8:26 *ABG casually drinks the frog-transforming moonshine* Me: oh no... ⊙_⊙

[@oscarraymond5737]

Ok I’m just starting the video, and why are people concerned that people are going missing in Ohio? They probably just left; everyone born in Ohio leaves Ohio

[@ilovemarblehornets]

so excited to see you play the full version of this game! :D

[@andrewdiaz3529]

Your first video of this game is the first video in my all purpose Delta Green/Call of Cthullu/Lovecraft like Ttrpg idea KZbin Playlist. Thanks for all you do, you show off countless great games.

[@HE13272326]

Mystery/Horror games where you can call a pizza delivery service are always nice

[@JohnCharb87]

"Freaky Frog Juice Drinking Cult". I'm intrigued. 1. Part 1 of the video showcased Distracted Driving Simulator in your futuristic 1991 pickup truck with auto pilot. 2. Hard not to unhear the frogs...um squealing.

[@bjbeejthethird6357]

Intro was hilarious. Loved the dancing. Really great job!! 🤣

[@hagnekore]

ABG just fuckin JAMMIN at the beginning 😭

[@Adventure-Guide]

I just covered the real claimed encounters of the Loveland Frogman on my channel. They were known as Gnoman before 1972. Gets pretty crazy. The encounters are civilians, the U.S. Army's GOC (1955), two police officers (1972), and a driver from the U.S. Army's civilian defense (1955).

[@spagetmonster6880]

It always irks me when the game protagonist just leaves their car running with the headlights and radio on.

[@jones0736]

You can turn them off

[@danteUp]

Nice reference at the end: "Okay (okay, okay, okay) Just a little pinprick There'll be no more, ah But you may feel a little sick Can you stand up? I do believe it's working, good That'll keep you going through the show Come on it's time to go"

[@deluxeedition4639]

omg the guy actually responds when you spray him 😭LMAOOO

[@ebonhawken574]

Really looking forward to a full release of this. I Remember you playing this a few years ago. The dev nails the atmosphere, and I love the humor as well. There’s a lot of potential here, hope he eventually finishes it.

[@-0rbital-]

So I looked it up and apparently the Ohio Frog Monster is an actual urban legend. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveland_frog

[@jordontp]

the frogman is chill as fucj

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

actual ohioan here, the frogman is pretty well-known in the cincinnati area there was never a frog-worshiping cult, but there was an unrelated satanist cult in the area (it was in blue ash, a suburb of cincy)

[@c4rlosraven]

Yeah it was just a tailless iguana

[@Polyeurythane]

@@nottherealpaulsmith holy shit there was a cult there? Ohioan that lived in Cincy for college last year and my apartment was pretty close to Blue Ash. I guess that shows how much of a hermit I am lol (though with how bad Covid was there, I don’t think anyone could blame me).

[@emperorpalpatine3045]

Been waiting since Joel’s haunted Ps1 demo stream, good to see it’s soon ready.

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

Pizza delivery person watching a guy run around and frantically spray-bottle frogs: Please take the pizza, the money, and have s*x with me, just don't hurt me!

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

lol I love the car dance at the beginning.

[@MisterDraken7609]

ABG is chillin while listening to music 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Parasiteve]

more game devs need to make games like this. theres an actual x-files game, i think a few, but the one for ps2 i think it was? was the best one. all i remember though is scully and moulder go to a forest town and these 2 girls did witchcraft and disappeared and at the end of the game i think they're in russia lol. either way i liked that game and just wish there were more like that and with this game theres one more added.

[@francescobruno-bossio537]

That X-Files game I own. It was meant to be a sort of collected omage to various main story arcs throughout the series- Alien Bounty Hunter, Krycek and CSM pulling the strings, the Tunguska incident. It also was meant to play off of Resident Evil franchise with the zombies, and Silent Hill with streets named after authors.

[@francescobruno-bossio537]

Also I disagree with you. There was an X-Files for the PS1 which was very accurate to the TV series and I think delivered a better punch as far as the story goes. This one had its own story rather than the one on the PS2 which made merely a nice soup for the fans.

[@berniekatzroy]

Some paranormal mystery in the midwest, count me in a midwesterner.

[@しあん-t9f]

始まった瞬間のノリノリカメラ好き。

[@Muhammadghiffari732]

Frogs in ohio be like: 💀

[@-0rbital-]

Why do you need lemon juice for the frog repellent? You already found a fine frog repellent in the back of that guy’s pickup truck. 9:32 - Never mind, that stuff works great! 👍

[@BlowfishShorts]

Gotta fight some monsters as part of my day to day job and all they give me is a flashlight!? lol

[@jones0736]

They specifically tell the agents not to fight. Just prove that the danger exists.

[@mikecampos1193]

Pepe the frog is mad what have you done.

[@alexciardella4350]

I wish that ABG would put DEMO in the title

[@slickm0uth]

Game: i probably shouldnt be waving my badge around. ABG: immediately shows badge to first person.

[@jorginhodabikedj5669]

This game looks so promising

[@TheBigGSN5]

Loveland doesn’t look at all like this.

[@Gojira_Sama]

Will there be a full release?

[@GraveyardTricks]

I'll put my love all over your land

[@leoneldoleschal1194]

Nice song intro!!!!!

[@allecsgaut8161]

I am from Ohio, I know this myth

[@kenguyii9108]

*RIBBIT!!!* 🐸

[@zenith7969]

Nexpo brought me here

[@theslungus1000]

Wtf is this? This is just footage from ohio.

[@LeftWithTheNorthernMoney]

Last love.

[@larajones175]

Seems just like yesterday we visited loveland........ I like it!

[@ferealnight3596]

Its a actually a interesting game :)

[@amorcofianza9416]

Frog legs anyone

[@moycorbin4750]

Amphibia but it's not other dimension just Ohio

[@soul904]

W video

[@LeftWithTheNorthernMoney]

First love.

[@francescobruno-bossio537]

I have only one thing to say to this: Wrebbit. (maybe some of you will get it)