Minecraft's Secret Cousin

[@chillin_mc_chillington]

this looks like a fake videogame in a cartoon

[@ElDous1]

lmao so true

[@PaveltheBugFan]

My doctor said there's a stone in my kidney, can you call that a hidden gem?

[@thebigtomato0597]

this is the average OrangE subscriber

[@PaveltheBugFan]

​Can you really put "the" and "average" in the same sentence if one implies importance and uniqueness while the other stands for something that doesn't stand out and fits in the norm? Kidney stones

[@karll0424]

Not hidden anymore, unfortunately, but a gem nonetheless

[@rhettorical]

Depends, does it take 80 hours to pass?

[@just-linx8271]

Been dealing with mine since last Christmas. Good luck.

[@rogerdecks]

this looks like something you would see Finn and Jake playing on BMO at the start of a episode in Adventure Time

[@naejelangelogonzales6623]

Minecraft causin

[@potato5119]

Reminds me of Cruelty Squad, both are games that are incomprehensible when you first see them, but yet they still have an insane amount of depth hidden underneath and you eventually get used to it's weird, janky art style.

[@Red_Sky_postNuke]

I too thought of Cruelty Squad! -maybe we should breed and ask our children what they think of the game- It's so strange how little games like this there are...

[@TTEENNOO]

@@Red_Sky_postNukemost normal cruelty squad fan comment

[@mintonpizza]

This is just like gorbino's quest, this is the gorbino's quest of life!

[@JackO_kidplosion]

@@mintonpizzaFractal blockworld does have 500 hours of mind pumping action

[@Or-ang-E]

Weirdly it was released the same year as cruelty squad

[@فهدالدوسري-ح6ض]

Sweet. I was just watching the History of Bloons for the umpteenth time. Finally something new to watch way too many times.

[@Ahmm3dSoud]

Me too mate, me too....

[@ketimportatopo3471]

History of Bloons is a hidden gem 🤓

[@pretzperson]

the eets and minecraft history videos are also really good background videos

[@abod_bios2]

صدتك يا فهد

[@فهدالدوسري-ح6ض]

@@pretzperson yep! You listen to them and relax either you're cooking or playing games or anything else.

[@LostBlade776]

It's honestly crazy at first I wondered how a game that looked like that could have taken 13 years to make but after watching this video I see now this game is so big and expensive with it's world and all of it being made by ine singular man in his spare time honestly it is so cool that this game exists and is definitely one of the most unique games out there

[@Or-ang-E]

Of the areas that I explored, I would say I only showed roughly 30% of that in the video which really says a lot

[@chonkydog6262]

It's a randomly generated world. He didn't place all the blocks himself.

[@salih4sure872]

I can smell a new subreddit about this game

[@naejelangelogonzales6623]

R/infiniminer exists so ya there would be

[@aidansedelnick4443]

This game literally feels like a fever dream in the best possible way

[@massiveidiot77]

That's also exactly how the creator made it. He had a fever dream

[@lostchild02]

this should be the ad for the game minus the vary end about what you discovered. i wanna discover the stuff on my own

[@Or-ang-E]

If it means anything I only ever explored a fraction of this game. I have no idea what other things are hiding still unexplored

[@marriedtomychair]

Haven't watched the whole video yet, but it's great to see someone else cover this game! I'd love to see it get some broader attention. It's a unique little flawed gem of a game and one that still sticks in my mind almost a year after initially discovering it, playing it, and making a feature length video on it. Your channel is markedly more popular than mine (probably because I only want to make videos on obscure games) so I suspect this video will give it a decently massive boost in popularity. The developer saw my video (which is quite outdated at this point) and implemented a large number of conveniences and fixes based on what I addressed. I have only briefly played the more recent updates, but the game is now in a far better state. So many welcome conveniences, optimizations, and tweaks have made it in! It's a much more focused and well-balanced experience now. Good luck with any future obscure games you cover. You'll probably need it.

[@CrashStudios856]

Lol I watched your vid after seeing this one. Cheers

[@mahzo7885]

How do you end up finding the games you cover, its been a while since ive really found a "hidden gem" so to speak, back when game bins were a thing id find myself a diamond in the rough every now and again but nowadays it feels like a proper shot in the dark when it comes to scrolling through steam, that is also without even mentioning the cost for some of these games too.

[@jagd_official]

now this is art to be honest, I love it's concept a lot. I feel like with some polish it could be a really popular game; I might draw some inspiration from it to add towards my games, such a weird trip tbh

[@Cypheruous]

Fractal Block Game looks like the stuff I dream about when I have a high fever.

[@PaveltheBugFan]

There's this genre that's on the rise, it's called a metroidbrainia (like a metroidvania but you use knowledge instead of upgrades) and this sounds just like that

[@Donovarkhallum]

You use hella upgrades lol what

[@musikalniyfanboichik]

weird term, just call it knowledge based game

[@PaveltheBugFan]

@@musikalniyfanboichik i don't make the terms

[@RootatouilleSH]

Does this mean spoilers are your worst enemy? Lol

[@GIadator169]

I think you might have revived a hidden gem of a game

[@placeholderdoe]

I honestly don’t understand how this game was made, my brain simply cannot comprehend it

[@TTEENNOO]

There’s a niche group of people on the internet who are INSANELY good programmers whod do something like this. (To be fair, the person who made this game really is still just a guy with a maths degree who likes making games and nothing more then that)

[@Oyakinya-Izuki]

It's just raymarching

[@placeholderdoe]

@@Oyakinya-Izuki I didn’t know those things could do that

[@Oyakinya-Izuki]

@@placeholderdoe if you search Nintendo on tech demo you're gonna see what it could be used for even years ago

[@Oyakinya-Izuki]

@@placeholderdoe I think my comment got removed, try searching ninten do on tech demo

[@aedandotcom]

Discovered your channel from a different video, but this one is probably my favorite of yours so far

[@user-vw4xp5nt9f]

what a weird fucking game. i love it

[@user-vw4xp5nt9f]

reminds me of roblox trawling, in a sense

[@hiddenalien]

@@user-vw4xp5nt9f what is trawling

[@winkystinky]

If the game really is this good, let's hope this video gets it sales so it gets the attention it deserves. It's still being updated, too.

[@Frugner]

Can you in theory make an entire unique fractal world with a single seed? I am talking about story line, bosses and hidden secrets all around. Or as another option we can make players add the bits to a never-ending fractal world and make dozens and dozens of these unique world accessible by a single block. This idea is so unique and mesmerizing that I am going to learn programming only to make my idea come true. This is not the last of me you'll see! Oh god I am starting to see fractals in the comments already

[@sammcgarry5822]

Just a heads up that fractals and similar mechanics are very difficult to implement, especially when learning how to program; don't get discouraged if you don't make a lot of progress on that idea for a while and be sure to focus on your fundamentals first!

[@Or-ang-E]

About seeing fractals in the comments, I had that EXACT experience after closing the game one night and opening youtube

[@Memezuii]

KZbin calling this Minecraft is like calling a green banana a knife

[@zixvirzjghamn737]

banana knife

[@iliyanvasilev1724]

New OrangE video, my autism is recovering

[@your_internet_angel]

reminds me of squishcraft... in the way that it has VERY eccentric graphics and/or sound design but it's actually pretty well made

[@ialwayswatchyoutube812]

litteraly was thinking "so its just like squishcraft" the whole video

[@erete5505]

This is peak

[@matthiass._.]

So true

[@aviess9701]

been loving these types of videos youve been making lately. i wouldnt have heard of some of these games if it werent for your videos. very fun!

[@starchip08]

the title does this game a bit of a disservice you should include the games name in the title something like... Fractal Block World: Minecraft's insane cousin

[@goldengolem4670]

Titles are for people to click on, leaving it ambiguous will make more people click on it. No-one will click on it for its name because i doubt most people know what it means. Also it has 15 reviews on steam so SEO wise its also bad.

[@walmartiancheese4922]

no

[@Xedronic]

i mean he literally mentions the game's name 2 minutes in. not only that, but leaving the games name out of the video title draws up curiosity and makes people click on the video, which may actually be more effective than putting the game's name in the title

[@zixvirzjghamn737]

fractal bloock world is just a description of the game, not a very marketable title

[@piddlesfiddles2075]

That was such a good video man, i love the idea of this game and you are an perfect person to showcase it. Would love to see more videos like this one in a future

[@PolarTheToaster]

I'd honestly love an OrangE gaming/let's play channel! your whole humor and personality genuinely seem really charming! The editing is also really good, i especially love this part around 17:09

[@pauseiscool6232]

The fact that for a majority of this video orange only talks about what you can find while shrinking shows how much content is in this game

[@sotos-js4sf]

I am gonna name this new genre crueltysquadlike.

[@_Whyro_]

38:02 I like how he says "I'm gonna prove this to you with this clip" and its fucking incomprehensible geometric shapes and random sound effects

[@userlamest]

Hi OrangE I think this is my favorite of your videos so far. I keep falling asleep through your longer videos though lol. Love your content ❤❤❤

[@Bonelord69]

If you said this game was the result of the sun's cosmic rays shooting down to a computer and flipping random bits that just happened to result in this game being created, I would believe you.

[@frozenclicker]

Thank you OrangE for bringing this game to light, now we will wait for some people to find out everything in this game and put it in a wiki.

[@victoriaasenjo524]

Rigel is a blue supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. Together with TON 618, it feels like the heavens themselves are talking to you through this game.

[@vantom253]

I'm glad the random comment of this one guy caused you to play this game and share it with us

[@starmantheblaziken1453]

We need a Doom mod of these crazy (mostly) upgradable weapons from this crazy game about a crazy man finding his crazy friend in a crazy cubiterniverse. Not sure if we could have the shrink mechanic work, but the weapons yesyesyes.

[@TTEENNOO]

The internet has recently somehow seen a mass surfacing of these weird games with unprecedented depth. Cruelty squad, psychopomp, what’s next? I wonder why this is happening just now, actually

[@jaredwhite7285]

Honestly, this game looks insanely cool.I think if they got an artist on board to improve the visuals.And made everything a little more understandable for the average player (and less of a labyrinth, maybe a map that you can zoom in really far?).This could be an incredibly interesting experience.

[@michaelmcarthur2944]

This reminds me of the difference between something like scorn and the German game based off an opera called "ring". One game is intentionally being obtuse and confusing to try to capture the players interest, but still holds some very recognizable design details and artistic inspirations, while the other was a passion project meant to be seriously enjoyed but was constructed seemingly at random by someone genuinely unwell. The difference between this game and cruelty squad is that cruelty squad was deliberately made to be abrasive, yet still has clear intent in much of its design and detail, while fractal block world was seemingly a genuine passion project that looks like an lsd trip simulator.

[@Amirrorofmirrors]

Looks like a game I would find at 12:33 am, play for 3 hours while slowly developing a headache, and then go to sleep so utterly empty that I don’t even have enough emotion left to regret my decision.

[@Ensign_games]

you just played an game that I hallucinated when I had a feever

[@steaven7324]

The story is likely a fractal following the pattern of presenting the player with a new area that in turn has another unique area and so on. I can't see how it can be over 80 hours otherwise.

[@uninable]

finished this video and hopefully this game gets more popular than it is right now

[@idadood2278]

5:54 the fact i have played littlebigplanet so much to know from the first second that this is a A Fifth Of Beethoven playing in the background is an actual accomplishment anyways this has reminded me that i need to put lbp2 songs in my music playlist

[@leyulis8882]

I dislike Larry

[@P0P218]

eets music. good choice the game is interesting but i cannot think of anything to say about it i do appreciate that this game is "unique". not afraid to be unusual and weird. very cool

[@jaborbis]

there could be maxwell gaming in this game and we would never know

[@beezzinha]

This channel hasn't been recommended for me in a while (even though I am subscribed) and I was only around for the dont starve videos. But this was a pleasant surprise, the game was insane and the pacing of the video wasn't a drag, all 58 minutes went by so smoothly I barely noticed the video had nearly 1 hour.

[@Or-ang-E]

Thank you for the kind words

[@nomletparti2622]

This game's presentation reminds me of Cruelty Squad

[@madpumpkin2756]

Fractal block world is the grandfather to fps btd6

[@willorn]

the name is pronounced "Rye-Gull" it's a well known visible star in the night sky. The name is quite old arabic, probably a nod to ancient arabic astronomers

[@SKYPORF]

this game gave me nightmares the sound effects were too realistic

[@Tisisrealnow]

This is the Cruely Squad of Cube games

[@infectiousmoth]

cruelty squad didn't invent the surreal aesthetic but i see what you're going for

[@Tisisrealnow]

@@infectiousmoth it may not be the inventor of it, i can only think of lsd simulator (and maybe yume nikki) but Cruelt Squad definitely put more eyes on it and its definitely a game that seems superficial at surface level but has far more depth in it than any normal person would expect.

[@insertuncreativenamehere]

Here at 2.4k views. 5 minutes in, I assumed this would somehow be like Pixel Gun. The more I watch, the more amazed I am at whay this game really is. Half the time, I have no idea whay I am looking at, and I love it.

[@pengun835]

you see that fractal? you can climb that fractal!

[@fibblyjuice]

Some of the music used is from Little Big Planet, and it brings me back to when I used to play it way back :(

[@aidancode]

26:16 oh my god I'm doing one of the new quests in the update knowing full well I have a ton of homework due soon I feel so called out 😭

[@conuy4663]

This game hurts my head so much but for such an old game… how does it have so much content

[@inhquangang3253]

the review about the game being like a mind on crack was not too big of an exaggeration. I would never plaz this even given free to me, but listening to this was great

[@Lircaa]

The game reminds me of one of those 4d games, only difference is the fourth dimension is changing your own size.

[@zixvirzjghamn737]

thus making it much more comprehensible

[@Blanken-lp2iu]

Thank you Orange, now i can continue to devolop our parasocial releationship❤

[@imnotcreat1ve588]

man i just wanted to watch a normal video. what the hell is this. how did i get here. why am i still watching it

[@BerryGo.]

TY for the Baba Is You music, much appreciated.

[@Dinorexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

well my mind was blown several times during this video...

[@rocksocar]

Started watching this, got 10 minutes in before realizing the video was an hour long. hoo boy i'm in for a ride.

[@havenspeakr]

This game feels like something one would dream about

[@bladee512]

Im guessing this is insprired by an acid/ketamine trip the idea of fractals being able to become smaller and smaller and weird 4D geometric shapes reminds me alot of acid while the story/gameplay looks like my dreams on ketamine also the friend is litterally called k (nvm lol i hadnt finished the video)

[@Lb_V]

a day after watching the minecraft video… oh, how the world works.

[@brandonbombplays9304]

"Bro check your email, I sent you something important" The something important: 26:30

[@wafflewarrior3782]

"Hello everyone" will forever be engraved in my brain.

[@goindown]

watched this video and said "what a good use of an hour"

[@increbidel4685]

Reminds me of Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity

[@kingstonlovely7404]

Premiere being so pissed off at trying to comprehend this game, it constantly tries to self destruct, to not release the vid

[@ГеоргійКаламурза]

"They (videos) will lean more on the serious so it's not filled with as many references and jokes and before." (No more don't starve videos (channel update video)) Also two month later: (this videos comes out)

[@BNC-OT]

)))(((((((((((((()()()()()()()())())))))))()()()()()()((()))(()()()()()

[@BodaciousCarmichael]

please don't make this a running gag

[@bumper3241]

Holy shit, I watched the Early History of Minecraft video like 5 hours ago and now I get to watch more, let's gooo

[@andrec.8208]

thank you for giving me this enlightning lore orange man

[@logandothewarlock6043]

Just finished the video, I legit feel like I've woken up from a dream. If minecraft has infinite content, this is content at a cosmic, unknowable, Yog-Sothothian number. I will absolutely buy it, but I may never be the same again.

[@kiwi_savetf2]

Hey orange can if you want can you talk about the lore of a game called Ugly because it's a really good game and I think that you are going to find the lore really interested (it's about the mystery behind the now burned Mansion and the story of the family that lived there)

[@GirishManjunathMusic]

meanwhile, Zach Barth has made the best decision and retired.

[@CubeItself]

a lot of people around me - even my teacher - tell me that i could make a lot of money from my art but in the end its just a hobby i do while feeling very great or to focus in class, it also makes a lot of memorable days

[@Mentelgen-1337]

I’m confused with the change. Maybe it’s nostalgia. But… what will we do with the don’t starve jokes?

[@georgehennen]

This is one of the few topics that can acceptably be 10 hours. This game is insane.

[@grunchchristmas]

26:43 THEY GENTRIFIED YING WORLD

[@Guyinthecommentsection]

"How can you be 80 hours in a game and still not have seen everything?" Oxygen not included, noita, and kill the spire: allow us to introduce ourselves.

[@superasax3245]

Add satisfactory and factorio

[@JohnnyPederson]

Horse bojack too

[@obsranejaja27]

23:40 my co worker be losing his mind bro💀

[@edd_end]

9 hour work day

[@littlebois1813]

This tickles my brain in the best way Possible

[@Lys22179]

Watching gameplay of this made me feel nauseous

[@femgirlmitikuz]

the game feels like a werid lucid dream combined with fever dream

[@Jzoldyck]

IDK his cousin. But minecraft Brother is Wurm online. Another game created by notch that haves 8000+ hours of content (im not joking)

[@GiantEnemySpider2631]

This game reminds me so much of outer wilds, not in a gameplay or look way, but just the feel of the game, especially since Dark Bramble is a similar idea!

[@RadikAlice]

Only 15 minutes in and I'm in love. 6DoF games aren't quite my thing, but hats off to Dan. He somehow made Descent but even cooler

[@X3m.Gaming]

if this game was 1% better it would be game of the year?

[@HeHe169]

This game is more than a fever dream, probably more than tripping too, but I love it

[@tahmiduddin1868]

How is this guy making peak so quickly. Pyro would die I get this much consistency.

[@thefirstsalty3055]

hot diggity more waterflame music

[@catdotjs]

46:57 > “inside a yellow box” > shows a clearly green box

[@pheasyl2990]

49:05 mr slop man spotted

[@maksymillian]

who else is fractalizing their block world to this

[@360newporductions7]

This random game with like 10 players has more content than what Minecraft has released and maybe ever released in the future, which I honestly think is inspiring

[@theonemanarmy2473]

00:00 Starts yapping 58:21 Stops yapping

[@_i_c_]

This is the most confusing game I’ve ever seen, but the moment you said it’s made by a math professor it made perfect sense.