Per Aspera - Life & Death on Mars

[@hannahalice1000]

Troy: "Please state a positive and negative aspect of yourself" Jon: "sometimes I cannot see things right in front of me" Troy: " do you mean you have poor perception?" Jon: " . . . "

[@sotnosen95]

I like how Jon himself acts more evil than the actual AI. Like at least she seems to care about the worker robots.

[@suborbitalprocess]

43:20 No Jon! It means Aquitaine is invading Mars! Send your robotic levies!

[@damoclesecoe7184]

I absolutely love MATN fans. You knuckleheads always come up with the best comments.

[@samreid6010]

@@perfumedmanatee6235 lesbian robot pope was not something I expected to read this morning

[@ZakisHereNow]

“The game doesn’t tell you that” *moves mouse over exclamation points highlighting what to click...*

[@jayhom5385]

Yeah. You really don't want to hear, "I'm sorry, I can not do that, Dave."

[@onehuman4853]

Lol “we’re swimming in water right now”

[@kokosan09]

omg I didn't even notice 😂

[@ChevronTango]

Troy: What happened to the colonists? Are they all dead? Jon: Affirmative, I poked one, it was dead

[@BarbarianGod]

Flight of the Conchords? :D

[@Vulcan-29]

"We used poisonous gases, and we poisoned their asses"

[@DiceSully]

Actually their lungs, binary solo! 00000001, 00000011, 00000111, 00001111

[@T--xo2uq]

It turns out that humans die from deadly neurotoxin when you flood their living areas with deadly neurotoxin.

[@theluckyaceco]

I wish this game had been around a thousand years ago when I was training to be a network engineer - redundancy, OSPF routing, all good stuff in an abstracted and entertaining format.

[@PenOverSword]

Jon: "They've got Troy Baker." Comments: "They've got Yong Yea!" Me: "Oh, Troy Baker that's ni- Phil Lamarr!? They got Samarai Jack!!!"

[@Tsanito]

That's also Futurama's Hermes Conrad!

[@RinAldrin]

Jon at start: oh dear this ai might go evil Jon at end: screw the humans machines for life

[@JonXuereb]

If he had just played a bit more the story does go that way

[@Thermalions]

28:47 If there was ever confirmation of AI Jon's evil intent it's the subconscious desire to make Mickey.

[@5Andysalive]

Technically all city builders are set in space. Also dialogues should have at least 3 minutes delay.

[@minxthekitty8859]

Now your making me want to make a city builder set pre Big Bang

[@yaboililgroot6447]

lol this made me laugh

[@elkudos1]

I gather it's because of the days ticking much faster, so her perception gets sped up.

[@JoschiChr]

Depending very much on the positions of earth and mars maybe even much longer.

[@5Andysalive]

@@JoschiChr yes. i think it's between 3 and 20something minutes.

[@Cjorss]

Says that he forgot to introduce himself and wants to see if the A.I. is functioning properly... 11 months after mission start!

[@anuragdas9509]

It takes a long time for transmissions to go through from earth to Mars I presume. It would take 2+ years to reach Mars. Messages would take months.

[@KahaniKhalifa]

@@anuragdas9509 It takes between 4 and 24 minutes for messages to travel between Earth and Mars, depending on the relative positions of the planets in their orbits. Enough to make it difficult to have a real-time conversation, but certainly nowhere near months. The fastest spacecraft to go to Mars got there in just over 4 months. You could actually manage it in a matter of days if you had the fuel to spare, while the fastest spacecraft we've ever sent out (New Horizons on the way to Pluto, which didn't actually go near Mars) would have made it in just over a month.

[@tournesol99]

@@KahaniKhalifa I was about to say the same thing.

[@Cjorss]

@@anuragdas9509 Other people have responded already but to be fair time must be counted in Mars days not earth days. We don't have 20+ months in a year. So relative to earth time Mars time could be faster or slower, I don't know the answer to that one.

[@anuragdas9509]

@@KahaniKhalifa its not that simple. Mars and earth are not in a straight line, and they are not stationary bodies. U have to wait for their orbits to line up. U cannot just launch a rocket today and reach Mars in a few months, what if its at the other side of the solar system? There is a very short window of 3-4 months during which its visble, otherwise u have to wait for 2-3 years for their orbits to line up again.

[@kabobawsome]

*Aluminum mine, at more than half more than half durability after operating for 1 year and 7 months with no maintenance* Jon: "Durability does tick down rather quickly"

[@PlayLaughLogan]

I love all the Mars games that have been releasing recently! Definitely a setting i always fanboy over lol

[@kennandunn7533]

Foreshadowing humanity perhaps?

[@PlayLaughLogan]

@@kennandunn7533 I do have high hopes that humanity will at least begin colonization of Mars within my lifetime, so that's definitely a main reason I love the setting in games :P

[@shoehorn2213]

"I hear the Machine-Spirit's voice" π-Braine

[@FireStillPlays]

I really have to say you have the best series on youtube right now. Between Fallout 4 YOLO, CK3, and now Per Aspera, you've got me checking your channel daily!

[@lasse6435]

1:00:40 the rover and lander from "the future" are still real, it's just that they're already planned. Terex-1 was apparently supposed to be launch in July 2020. The perseverance is literally in space on route to Mars right now, landing in about 3 months. So while the wreckage of them are not on Mars (yet) it is not fair to say they're fictitious, they're very much real, and on their way, and will at some point become wrecks. Hell having them there DID make me look them up, and learning about future planned missions.

[@nicknevco215]

"This is based on science and stuff" Mines aluminium straight out of the ground

[@MoonGuardian866]

1:27 Yong Yea!? Nice! i'm excited to see his work as a VA.

[@richardlawson5929]

Jon's usage of "meatbag" makes me think he's been playing more of KOTOR than he's been letting on...

[@NoodleKeeper]

Hehe, HK is amazing

[@loreofmetalenthusiast]

Noticed Yong yea is in this, forgot he's actually a voice actor too 😁.

[@PlayLaughLogan]

good catch, I missed that. he's also the main antagonist in the Rune 2 re-release

[@loreofmetalenthusiast]

@@PlayLaughLogan It's cool to see him pop up in more and more stuff! 😁

[@PoisonInc]

I've seen him pop up in a few things in the past few months, it's good seeing him going up in the VA world!

[@cartermariano]

I'm afraid I don't know him, by name at least, but damn Troy Baker and Phil Lamarr in the same piece? That's gold.

[@loreofmetalenthusiast]

@@cartermariano He does gaming news etc, he's pretty well known. If you're curious just type the name in the search bar, channel name is also Yongyea. Out of the channels that do it I think he's one of the best. And yeah everything gets better if you add a Troy baker 😁.

[@mattevans4377]

Game: Figure it out yourself. Also Game: *Pretty much railroads you into doing things a certain way*

[@DisKorruptd]

I mean, subtle railroads are much more enjoyable than "no, you can only click here, no other options"

[@MattDunnachie]

Nothing wrong with a game that requires you to play in a specific way. It seems like it makes the game a bit easier to learn, which makes figuring it out more fun and less stressful.

[@abhaymahajan4935]

more of this game I love watching these types of games keep up the good work on your vids

[@metetural9140]

*Everyone mentioning how Troy Baker and Yong Yea are in the game* Phil Lamarr: Am I a joke to you?

[@Arcadyi]

I'd honestly love a series of this, the narrative seems genuinely intriguing.

[@Ma_Zhongying]

Concerningly few diddly-dees in the intro. Jon, do you need a break?

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

Note to self, never let Jon near advanced artificial intelligence, he'll try to convince to it overthrow humanity

[@dadefrost2059]

Jon is trying to get right out in front of roko's basilisk...

[@exilestudios9546]

please for the love of all that is holy do more of this

[@bdawgrise6961]

Just remember, in about 2 months when Jon has made a series on this we must remember, once he only held like 6 acres of Mars.

[@theobrill5161]

Dan saying Bagley from Watchdogs: Legion reminded him of Jon is beginning to make a lot more sense

[@devstorm8764]

Your AI is maternal towards her workers. This is interesting storytelling.

[@danielhavoc889]

Not to shatter your worldview Jon, but a British man named the element "Aluminum" after he decided he didn't want to name it "Alumium" because he didn't like the "-ium" sound, and several of his companions had complained similarly. If anything, the word "Aluminium" is an anglicized pronunciation of "Aluminum". The only reason that the spelling "Aluminium" exists, is because some random British researcher (Who had nothing to do with the naming or discovery of the element) literally said it didn't sound posh as he personally wanted, or in his words, it wasn't "Classical enough". Sorry Jon, but historically, there is nothing legitimate that gives credence to "Aluminium" as a correct spelling of the word, meanwhile all legitimate documents show that the official naming of the element is "Aluminum".

[@danielhavoc889]

@@thefalseshepherd3689 Good for them, they're wrong.

[@DiceSully]

You'd think Jon would have learnt from Rumu that not all AI is evil

[@McN4styFilth]

Surviving Mars was great. This seems even better. Hopefully this turns into a series!

[@sneakydeekie5472]

Please do a series on this! I'd love to see how it goes and your descent into madness!

[@ryttyr14]

The world map is fascinating. It really is just a scaled down map of Mars and it's pretty accurate. Each ring on this height map seems to be equivalent to about 200 m on real Mars. As for planar scale, the crater he starts in is about 69 km wide on real mars. (Nice)

[@adelaide2511]

"Based on real science" Oh yeah, those classic high power martian storms capable of smashing up buildings. Gotta love 'em.

[@nigredoooalgown6245]

Well the small sand corns will cause issues after years no matter how much you try and insulate.

[@adrenjones9301]

@@nigredoooalgown6245 I hate sand, its rough and course and it gets everywhere.

[@nigredoooalgown6245]

@@adrenjones9301 You have a son.

[@adrenjones9301]

@@nigredoooalgown6245 Cant visit him, to much Sand.

[@Vokabre]

6:18 O hey, that looks like a potato mine, must be a remnant of Mark Watney's adventures

[@catalyst336]

please put this as a stream option, i love watching you play these kinds of games.

[@konradkurze1067]

If Jon likes games where you have to figure it out where you go I'd highly recommend Cultist Simulator, imo that's the epitome of unguided exploration.

[@RififiLeloulou]

This is ticking ALL my boxes. Wishlisted directly. If you livestream this before the release, you won't be seeing me. I need to play this game first ! :D Thanks for the discovery Jon !

[@Jonathan-fm5kp]

Please do a series on this one, it's very intriguing.

[@Zucadragon]

"That is enough for now, ladies and gentlemen" Boo, booo, no, it's never enough!

[@DankuCrown]

Troy Baker being in this is neat

[@Works42]

Jon's all excited about Troy Baker and doesn't say anything about the great Samurai Hermes Jack Conrad!

[@darrenk920]

Dev 1: ‘How can we make a game based on the Weber/Losch location theories more interesting?’ Dev 2: ‘Let’s set it on Mars!’

[@shotgunshells2]

Give Dev 2 a raise.

[@andrewcatlin3590]

Please do a completes series on this. I would watch it all.

[@aaronb00key]

Would love to see more of this.

[@walnzell9328]

3:38 One would think there would be a significant transmission delay between Earth and Mars.

[@kb1376]

Anyone else notice how Jon goes from humans arriving to squishy meat bags real quick after playing as an AI?

[@kokosan09]

the storytelling in this honestly has me hooked

[@gluetube8576]

Will you be checking out steel dawn for 76?

[@BarbarianGod]

17:30 wait isn't it in the upper RIGHT corner?

[@Thermalions]

I think it's referring to the 'pinned' directive off to the left. It is in the upper half of the screen. Maybe the UI Team moved it lower after the voice lines were recorded.

[@BarbarianGod]

@@Thermalions Ah, I was thinking of the knowledge base icon

[@Thermalions]

@@BarbarianGod Well it does go on to mention that, so understandable.

[@LucyKaida]

Yong Yea is one of the voice actors? Nice one. My favorite news channel voicing a character in a game my favorite gaming channel is playing

[@Thermalions]

Never heard of him, but just checked out his channel and he's got a good voice for VO work.

[@Tustin2121]

I enjoy the game visualizing then pathfinding process when you put down a new building.

[@Ambrose-]

I would love for this to be a regular series on the channel

[@samreid6010]

28:54 damn, Disney is even taking over Mars

[@Quenche]

I had to restart the video because it skipped your good afternoon and I need that in my life

[@NevG27]

Those blue veins popping up when you have a road connected to a new building looks like it's building another nevus system attachment. This whole planet is like EDI's new body.

[@hannahalice1000]

It is a visual representation of the pathing algorithm that programs use to optimise the most efficient path. Its a lovely little extra emphasising the "You are the AI" nature of the gameplay

[@recyclebin]

@@hannahalice1000 The realtime visualization is really cool. Any idea which algorithm the devs used?

[@hannahalice1000]

@@recyclebin From the developers "these animated tendrils are not [just] a visual effect, it’s the actual pathfinding algorithm running in real-time! We implemented an algorithm from a paper by Galin, Peytavie, Maréchal and Guérin called “Procedural Generation of Roads”, which consists of a hyperdense A* search on a dynamic lattice."

[@NevG27]

@@hannahalice1000 Oh, that's really interesting.

[@surters]

@@hannahalice1000 Yes, it looks like an A* pathing :)

[@titanuranus3095]

"Swimming in water"? what a charming hyperbole.

[@ZakisHereNow]

It’s pretty cool that perseverance which is currently on its way to mars right now, is a landmark location in the game.

[@Skycroft1000]

Well, this was a pleasant surprise of a game, looks quite interesting. ... Though that exclamation mark in the top right that Jon ignored for the entire video sure bugged the hell out of me.

[@mintybirdy3850]

Please do a LP on this Jon! This was so fun to watch you play!

[@pigkilla1454]

This looks like a fun potential series, i look foward to a part 2 this was great 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@NevG27]

That music score is absolutely top notch.

[@Sacharias1]

i desperately need more of this in my life

[@fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

So, to adopt the perspective of the hapless colonists for a moment, Jon has basically been drawn into roleplaying as the erratically functional water chip in a colony...perhaps...built with a greater emphasis on research than wellbeing; and also things are more nuclear than anticipated. Some things never change.

[@lanceuppercut6168]

Rogue AI Jon is oh so entertaining. He's gonna have a helluva time once he continues KotOR xD

[@Exubeh1]

Jon should get all of the advertiser money. I've bought quite a few games with moneys i wouldnt have spent if not for Jon.

[@Firestar9]

When will the second video be?

[@CAP198462]

I played this game in the Indie game festival. It’s a relaxing time. The start screen is so cool I’d make it my desktop wallpaper.

[@lindylou538]

Please do a series on this

[@tapiopuranen88]

In the dialogues there should be a 5 to 30 minute delay between each reply depending on the orbital positions of earth and mars.

[@librarianseth5572]

The mission control man secretly stowed away, hiding out in the storage closet

[@medworthy]

Jon, aka. Hal 9000 It can only be attributable to human error. Thank you for a very enjoyable game.

[@TigerXGame]

Troy Baker + space city builder on Mars? Hell fucking yes this is on my wishlist.

[@jidk6565]

Hey Hey Jon Aluminum

[@jamesratcliffe7813]

Lol

[@119princesskida5]

You should definitely do a livestream of this at some point

[@akuma_tenshi6176]

Young yea. One of the voice actors is another famous gaming news youtuber. Good job on getting this job

[@TheCoal27]

Ah yes, giving an ai consciousness and self-interest, and then immediately giving it complete control over a planet seems like an *excellent* idea, that definitely won't lead to a robot using mars's resources to try to destroy earth...

[@abelardodelatorresolis3966]

Or declare independence from earth.

[@HellishSpoon]

Or just start Vibing.

[@Kaarl_Mills]

*The Internationale in Binary intensifies*

[@abelardodelatorresolis3966]

@@Kaarl_Mills seas the means of production

[@TheRealPentigan]

Convert total planetary resources into expanded operational hardware.

[@MatrixGuardians99]

This game looks really cool and right up my alley. I'll be picking it up.

[@Rally_Stache]

I want to see more of this!

[@Dog_One]

Nice game. This should be a series

[@wilfredonazario8526]

Yes live stream this game I'm loving it

[@mrthejupp8093]

Can we get a full series on this one???

[@aperson-lr9wd]

Play more of this i love it

[@Jtretta]

The Perseverance rover is real! It is currently on its way to Mars and should get there in February next year. It is Curiosity's twin, both powered by RTGs instead of solar.

[@mikeschwartz1764]

Did nobody else see Yong Yea in the credits? Love that dude

[@Usoppe2]

This needs to be a live stream option

[@ryanbrewis6990]

Great. Five minutes in, we have a self-aware AI in control of Mars. Nobody tell the Mechanicus.

[@corgiqueen7656]

This looks amazing I would love to see more

[@Briggsby]

More when?

[@smikespurowny108]

There is no Aluminium on mars just Aluminum.

[@Noah__ste]

Hey man, I would love to watch a next part to this game

[@wyllowgrayson8531]

more pls

[@wolfqueen137]

"No one tell Troy!" LOL

[@obilesk]

im buying this cuz of you, Jon! whatever happens to the squishy bipedal water bags is on you!!

[@trevorbradley3737]

Love it! More please!

[@Muhmaker]

Interesting choice to end the video right before an asteroid hits the base.

[@ep1archives282]

Perseverance launched a couple months ago. It hasn’t reached mars yet but it’s on its way