Solipsis - Cosmic Horror Lurks Beneath the Surface of the Moon in this Tense Sci-Fi Horror Game

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@thatdudeoverthere456
@thatdudeoverthere456 4 жыл бұрын
“Moons haunted” “What?” *Loads Shotgun* “Moons haunted”
@gunlyte4661
@gunlyte4661 4 жыл бұрын
Doom when he finds out that there is another monster to kill- Oh wait thats actually Super Mario Odyssey.
@basedbattledroid3507
@basedbattledroid3507 4 жыл бұрын
Always has been
@JeanMarceaux
@JeanMarceaux 4 жыл бұрын
*K E E P L O O K I N G U P*
@SilverJavelin
@SilverJavelin 4 жыл бұрын
I can't really stop thinking about the astronaut spinning once he shoots on the moon
@mothified1676
@mothified1676 4 жыл бұрын
"STOP MOCKING ME!" *Shoots Makankōsappō towards the moon*
@Shuda51
@Shuda51 4 жыл бұрын
Love this one. Could absolutely imagine taking that rationalize mechanic and either expanding it or making a longer game with it. I think the second instance of it is my favorite, having to slam the thought of it being the Russians against the side to make it 'fit' the rationalization.
@EscapeCondition
@EscapeCondition 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed, the atmosphere in this was top notch, adding that psychological mini-game really took it to another level. There could be a lot of applications of this in a rogue like especially with permadeath.
@tomisabum
@tomisabum 4 жыл бұрын
Def wish they leaned more on those cool mechanics, didn't pay off sadly.
@Star-pl1xs
@Star-pl1xs 4 жыл бұрын
@@tomisabum seemed more like a proof of concept than anything, this shit slapped
@GusJenkinsElite
@GusJenkinsElite 4 жыл бұрын
@@EscapeCondition that would be a great mechanic in most genres except for rogue-likes. Not everything has to be a rogue-like nowadays.
@billul1
@billul1 4 жыл бұрын
It would be a great alternative to the standard sanity meters in other games. You have to collect "logic" and "proof" then crafts them into rationalizations to keep your character sane when confronted with eldritch things.
@RiotGearEpsilon
@RiotGearEpsilon 4 жыл бұрын
That 'rationalize' mechanic is brilliant, and the way the game plays with it as it goes on is more so.
@TheDustyMuffinsss
@TheDustyMuffinsss 4 жыл бұрын
I don't know about brilliant. As the player, we already know what the threat is. This makes an immediate disconnect from the character we're playing as. Also that last rationalize mini-game looked more frustrating than panic inducing.
@babble4888
@babble4888 4 жыл бұрын
TheDustyMuffinsss as a player you do know what the threat is, but your character doesn’t. this is dramatic irony. it is telling a story, you aren’t playing a game.
@SaintJimmy379
@SaintJimmy379 4 жыл бұрын
I don't know, I feel like one should be able to select any of them. I mean by default humans are capable of irrational rationalizations
@_wayward_494
@_wayward_494 4 жыл бұрын
@@SaintJimmy379 remember this is an astronaut you are playing as.
@Avarice0918
@Avarice0918 4 жыл бұрын
@@SaintJimmy379 if you didn't know anything about Lovecraft or pop culture in general and just spent your life studying and working to get where you are as an astronaut I'd be pretty damn terrified and confused as to what I'm seeing when I'm up there where anything could exist or happen
@larmpfy
@larmpfy 4 жыл бұрын
"R to rationalize" might be my new favorite prompt in a game
@dylanwhipple9882
@dylanwhipple9882 4 жыл бұрын
It should be a meme
@cocoaexists
@cocoaexists 4 жыл бұрын
“EA Sports made something original.” *R to rationalize*
@swine13
@swine13 4 жыл бұрын
Most relatable game mechanic of 2020
@yoshi9538
@yoshi9538 4 жыл бұрын
A little late but from this day henceforth, "R to rationalize" will herald us into the year 2021 with knowledge and common sense intact
@cocoaexists
@cocoaexists 4 жыл бұрын
@@yoshi9538 yesh
@_anthrax101_5
@_anthrax101_5 4 жыл бұрын
The rationalize mechanic is brilliant, especially how it gets harder and harder to do as the astronaut's fears grow. Genius.
@Anudorini-Talah
@Anudorini-Talah 4 жыл бұрын
No it’s not. Are you 10 years old and love drawing mandalas or what
@_anthrax101_5
@_anthrax101_5 4 жыл бұрын
@@Anudorini-Talah I can see you adopted the classic Twitter style of bullshit arguing. No, I'm not ten. And it's pretty obvious about the creativity of the rationalizing, because of how it shows having to pick through a bunch of irrational thoughts to find one that actually makes sense. Maybe scroll through the rest of the comments to see what people like about this game.
@Eduardo-vq1kr
@Eduardo-vq1kr 4 жыл бұрын
@@_anthrax101_5 you can't argue with dumb people it always ends with them running away thinking they won
@ACoalitionGuy
@ACoalitionGuy 4 жыл бұрын
@@Eduardo-vq1kr like you Edit: I just now realized that the person I replied to is a different person from urukosh
@mattcollins5974
@mattcollins5974 4 жыл бұрын
@@ACoalitionGuy bruh
@GreenGhost93
@GreenGhost93 4 жыл бұрын
I like that in the last rationalis phase, the astronauts face is screaming in terror
@kdbrown777
@kdbrown777 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and also all the symbols or "rationalizations" are the same confused image. Whereas earlier in the game he had different rationalizations of the anomaly - could it be aliens? The soviets? Some weird eldritch horror?
@rprince418
@rprince418 4 жыл бұрын
@Mialisus Now I'm picturing Cthulhu with a hammer and sickle on his forehead.
@marauder_gaming
@marauder_gaming 4 жыл бұрын
Rprince418 We gonna need Doctor Manhattan for dat shit.
@ariaphillips778
@ariaphillips778 3 жыл бұрын
It doesn't look like a terrorized face. It's more like he's going crazy. I interpreted it as hysterical laughter.
@enashimo
@enashimo 3 жыл бұрын
@@ariaphillips778 It actually is. He is more on grinning which makes it much much more disturbing
@anothegg7591
@anothegg7591 4 жыл бұрын
This guy goes down 4 stairs a time. Legend.
@Adam-zt4cn
@Adam-zt4cn 4 жыл бұрын
That sounds pretty easy at 16.5% of Earth gravity.
@anothegg7591
@anothegg7591 4 жыл бұрын
@@Adam-zt4cn has a galaxy brain
@CptnMango9108
@CptnMango9108 4 жыл бұрын
I think is 5
@anothegg7591
@anothegg7591 4 жыл бұрын
@@CptnMango9108 jeez
@JM-iu7qx
@JM-iu7qx 4 жыл бұрын
@@anothegg7591 moon brain
@slayerofevil2642
@slayerofevil2642 4 жыл бұрын
"Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only one's mind is sure to exist. As an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything outside one's own mind is unsure; the external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist outside the mind." - Wikipedia
@scxmvt
@scxmvt 4 жыл бұрын
you should go watch Vsauce's video about this it's great
@long_chin_man
@long_chin_man 4 жыл бұрын
yea
@lucjanl1262
@lucjanl1262 4 жыл бұрын
Which video?
@sazzaxeight3124
@sazzaxeight3124 4 жыл бұрын
@@scxmvt could you link it here i wanna watch now too XD
@scxmvt
@scxmvt 4 жыл бұрын
@@sazzaxeight3124 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmWYgmSVpdh3p80
@mauriciomorais7818
@mauriciomorais7818 4 жыл бұрын
That terrible feeling when you realize you're just an idea in an extra-dimensional being's head.
@JollyJuiice
@JollyJuiice 4 жыл бұрын
Least I can do is be a good idea.
@K4n01
@K4n01 4 жыл бұрын
@@parodiadisimo Its the plot of Final Fantasy X
@Profile__1
@Profile__1 3 жыл бұрын
It's like when we come up with movie scenes in our head. We might not realize it, but all of those fantasies and stories were real.
@kranianus5559
@kranianus5559 2 жыл бұрын
Azathoth?
@Me-ob4kb
@Me-ob4kb 2 жыл бұрын
And when you realize it your mind literally gets blown
@IronSandwich_
@IronSandwich_ 4 жыл бұрын
I liked it ! Espacially the mini-games to "rationalise", when you can clearly see the astronaut's face
@bishubi
@bishubi 4 жыл бұрын
and at the end when you rationalize again and you can see the astronaut is going nuts because of the events he's going through, awesome touch
@dryued6874
@dryued6874 4 жыл бұрын
When you literally have to hammer an idea to make it fit. That was top-notch.
@alidaleeannspence2734
@alidaleeannspence2734 4 жыл бұрын
And he looks like Domhnall Gleeson LOL
@alysondavy2485
@alysondavy2485 4 жыл бұрын
@@alidaleeannspence2734 I thought he looked like Shia LaBeuf
@fgjjdgb3949
@fgjjdgb3949 4 жыл бұрын
The moon is tired that once in an old movie people hit her in the eye with a rocket and now everyone is making a reference to this movie and colliding in her eye.
@Thebigem
@Thebigem 4 жыл бұрын
I saw the Original movie
@fgjjdgb3949
@fgjjdgb3949 4 жыл бұрын
@@Thebigem I'm happy for you, I've only seen cuts and references...And I'm russian🤣
@Pedro_Nussy
@Pedro_Nussy 4 жыл бұрын
@@Thebigem what movie?
@Stavrosstavrosstavros
@Stavrosstavrosstavros 4 жыл бұрын
@@Pedro_Nussy cant remember exactly but i think it was called "Trip to the moon" on popcorn time and it is really old (1930s)
@fgjjdgb3949
@fgjjdgb3949 4 жыл бұрын
@@Stavrosstavrosstavros 1902
@solarisowl
@solarisowl 4 жыл бұрын
No one is pointing out the similarity between what happened to the astronut in the last scene to rationalize mini games. The astrounut seems to become an idea/concept/rationalize for the moon creature. He was outlined and fitted to the dotted line on creature's forehead, just like his rationalized ideas.
@someguy4405
@someguy4405 4 жыл бұрын
And then he exploded.
@gabrielajanki9167
@gabrielajanki9167 4 жыл бұрын
@@someguy4405 What else do your rationalizations do after you think of them?
@shadow7179
@shadow7179 4 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielajanki9167 To be specific, your rationalizations/insights disappear/transform (or explode in the case of this game) after they are thought up because they become knowledge. (This is just my headcanon)
@someguy4405
@someguy4405 4 жыл бұрын
shadow7179 Don’t they just fade?
@supercato9613
@supercato9613 4 жыл бұрын
"Astrounut" Space nut
@jtorres3428
@jtorres3428 4 жыл бұрын
Hey alpha just wanna say thanks for bringing hidden games like this into the spotlight
@l4dfanatic11
@l4dfanatic11 4 жыл бұрын
No leave them in the dark or else they wont be scary anymore!
@marktan8423
@marktan8423 4 жыл бұрын
I wonder where or how he finds these games even
@l4dfanatic11
@l4dfanatic11 4 жыл бұрын
@@marktan8423 prob alot of itch.io
@jacobc8036
@jacobc8036 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah! I heard about Helltaker from him before it was even a meme
@asbufix2091
@asbufix2091 4 жыл бұрын
@@marktan8423 well it does say in the channel description that they do alpha and beta testing for games
@gregwenzel2871
@gregwenzel2871 4 жыл бұрын
In space, no one can hear you rationalize.
@MrLordFireDragon
@MrLordFireDragon 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the spiral staircase he descends at the end had the same number of spins as the spiral over the "I'm going crazy" head in the rationalisation minigame.
@gracekelley2907
@gracekelley2907 4 жыл бұрын
I love the rationalization mini game. Especially the last one where all these ideas are moving around so fast that it’s difficult to grab the one you want. It just encapsulates this feeling of dread, terror and this desperate hope to believe something aside from what is there, it’s something I’m sure we’ve all felt.
@gyga100
@gyga100 4 жыл бұрын
3:52 you can see an eye in the surface
@bora9491
@bora9491 4 жыл бұрын
nice catch
@rhabdoviridae
@rhabdoviridae 4 жыл бұрын
Where is it? I stared for several minutes.
@gyga100
@gyga100 4 жыл бұрын
@@rhabdoviridae when he is putting the instrument ,you can see it under the instrument
@rhabdoviridae
@rhabdoviridae 4 жыл бұрын
tiger Thanks!
@Anudorini-Talah
@Anudorini-Talah 4 жыл бұрын
Cringe
@dennisarthur7852
@dennisarthur7852 4 жыл бұрын
THERE ARE NO FACES THERE ARE NO FACES THERE ARE NO FACES
@JeanMarceaux
@JeanMarceaux 4 жыл бұрын
THE 51ST STATE IS NOT A PLACE
@kylevanpelt2654
@kylevanpelt2654 4 жыл бұрын
YOUR HOME HAS ANOTHER DOOR
@ryarod
@ryarod 4 жыл бұрын
At first I thought you said "there are no facts".
@Bratboy360
@Bratboy360 4 жыл бұрын
Local 58
@firstnamelastname5230
@firstnamelastname5230 4 жыл бұрын
*HIS THRONE*
@mothified1676
@mothified1676 4 жыл бұрын
*Press R to rationalize* "Aaah, yes! It's the commies!" No, it doesn't fi- "I said it's the commies!!!! *smashes the symbol on the screen borders in order to make it fit* " o-ok.... o_o
@javierfito5077
@javierfito5077 4 жыл бұрын
pretty realistic way of how rationalizing works when you actually have no idea
@Ranzord95
@Ranzord95 4 жыл бұрын
I mean, the red scare was a thing
@AkinaGod
@AkinaGod 4 жыл бұрын
@@Ranzord95 It is becoming a thing all over again.
@doctorlunarous5747
@doctorlunarous5747 4 жыл бұрын
I mean it makes sense from a psychological perspective. When the possible has been eliminated as possible and all that's left is the impossible it is the answer however unlikely (probably butchered the phrasing), however, you really want to make the probably the truth, so you will force yourself to believe the improbably rational answer.
@RedneckSith
@RedneckSith 4 жыл бұрын
@@doctorlunarous5747 When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
@bingusshlingus1442
@bingusshlingus1442 4 жыл бұрын
I really like how in the second bit where you choose the soviet one, you have to break a piece of the thing off. Its like your character is having to basically force/make up this narrative because of how absurdly strange and out of place the stairway is.
@yahkimicki236
@yahkimicki236 4 жыл бұрын
6:24 Game: Pick the option that best fits, and makes the most sense. ABG: obviously cthulhu
@aeromorphenjoyer7102
@aeromorphenjoyer7102 4 жыл бұрын
Well, you know, he had 2 Cthulhu related games recently
@generationm2059
@generationm2059 4 жыл бұрын
Given that 'solipsism' is the theory that only the self can be known and verified to exist and that the astronaut is basically a rational symbol for the moon, one could argue that humanity itself and possibly the rest of the universe is likely just figments of its thoughts and imaginations. In other words, the moon could be the real Azathoth...
@Star-pl1xs
@Star-pl1xs 4 жыл бұрын
thinking of the astronaut as a symbol for the moon's "R" prompt didn't even occur to me, nice catch that's so cool
@knightstormbringer
@knightstormbringer 4 жыл бұрын
It fits with the visual similarity between the rationalization minigames, where you fit ideas into the dotted line and the last part, where you fit the silhouette of the astronaut on the dotted line, awakening the moon face.
@hawkeyenextgen7117
@hawkeyenextgen7117 4 жыл бұрын
Mind blown
@mrpalmer3978
@mrpalmer3978 4 жыл бұрын
i like the rationalize bits, how he starts off just looking calm, then after his shuttle is lost, progressively more horrified. the lighting effect was real good for those parts too
@shoes8193
@shoes8193 4 жыл бұрын
I find it interesting how this game constantly plays with the idea of the "man in the moon". The game first talks about seeing a face on the moon, which many people know about. What I find more interesting, though, is how the landscape changes once you enter the staircase in the eye. I'm likely overthinking things, but since the "eye is the window to the soul" comes up in my head when I see this scene. That aside however, the floor of the moon changes considerably once you reach the bottom - the circular indents of the moon have changed to uneven grooves which at times resemble faces - once again, man in the moon. Now those two finger-looking things that moved while you were underground certainly implies something, but what exactly im not sure. Heres the fun part, when our astronaut enters and reveals the face, he *becomes* the man in the moon. I'm pretty sure this game is an allegory of being consumed by your fears, but I'm probably overthinking things lol Also this just came to me while I was writing this, the fact that the gravity measurer becomes heavier, I believe thats related to "the weight of your fears", if thats how the saying goes. Lastly, the rationalization seems to actually correlate with the actions you partake in. You drag these ideas to your forehead to make sense of them. Now, what is usually tied to not only your mind, but is also an eye? The mind's eye. Taking a step down that staircase is the astronaut literally going into his mind, where he spirals down and once again meets his fear of the face of the moon. He cannot rationalize anything about that situation because simply, his fear is irrational, until he saw the face, that is. Also the symbols in the last rationalization are heads with something spinning into it. Spiral staircase into your mind. I rest my case.
@il-ma.le.
@il-ma.le. 4 жыл бұрын
@Roy may I add that when the astronauys explodes not only id similar to the rationalising mechanic, but the point is settled in what would be the third eye in the ground's face?
@shoes8193
@shoes8193 4 жыл бұрын
@@il-ma.le. i cant believe i missed that, good point. It has the outline and everything too
@rizkypramana6003
@rizkypramana6003 4 жыл бұрын
So.. Care to give more explanation or simpler?
@umcaraqualquer3640
@umcaraqualquer3640 4 жыл бұрын
You missed the title, though. "Solipsism". Solipsism is a school of thought that believes the only one who can be truly known, and therefore exists, is the self, while everything else is merely a figment of your imagination, of your RATIONALIZATIONS. At the end, the astronaut becomes the rationalize minigame for the moon, implying it is merely but a concept, an idea to it. As that moon is likely also merely but a concept to a being superior to him, and so on. You gotta remember this shit's Cosmic Horror. Things as "Facing your fears" are technically incorrect interpretations of it.
@danielwoods3896
@danielwoods3896 4 жыл бұрын
Or maybe, and hear me out here, it isn't a metaphor and is just a cool ass cosmic horror game.
@kelmorian178
@kelmorian178 4 жыл бұрын
4:42 I have a theory that the crash of two spacecraft broke the astronauts helmet that causes gradual asphyxiation over time which he starts to get delirious (hallucinating from his childhood imaginary horrors) as he eventually ran of oxygen, where he suffocated by the vacuum of space when the helmet glass shatters.
@stephenfiler3204
@stephenfiler3204 2 жыл бұрын
If his helmet cracked, he would have blacked out in 15 seconds. In 90, he'd be dead.
@Mr.static404
@Mr.static404 Жыл бұрын
Can’t there be a crack so small that it just takes time
@karacreed0723
@karacreed0723 Жыл бұрын
​@@stephenfiler3204 Hallucinations can also make things feel slower than they actually are, soo..
@Iwanwahid1969
@Iwanwahid1969 Жыл бұрын
@@karacreed0723 I mean…a man passed out for 15 second and he experinced 15 years of his life inside his head. Getting married and even have kid, all inside his head. Makes you wonder if we are actually alive right now or are in a playback mode as your brain slowly dies.
@karacreed0723
@karacreed0723 Жыл бұрын
@@Iwanwahid1969 considering we can remember almost anything wrong given enough time, it wouldn't really matter since it'd technically be more like a different life with alterations to what it actually was, and I find that a little relieving.
@agdtkry
@agdtkry 4 жыл бұрын
Ah. Now I see why cosmonauts brought shotguns into space. It seems like they knew the truth all along...
@eleethtahgra7182
@eleethtahgra7182 4 жыл бұрын
And thats why CNSA only sent unmanned moon missions....
@ferdinandbardamu.
@ferdinandbardamu. 4 жыл бұрын
Wtf is this real?, they brought shotguns?
@agdtkry
@agdtkry 4 жыл бұрын
@@ferdinandbardamu. Yep. If you're willing to have a look, Simple History got it covered in one of their videos. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4OmYX2jnZJsqrs TL;DR, they carried a shotgun into space because once they were back on Earth, they'd land in forests rather than the ocean like Astronauts do. So they added a shotgun into the capsule as a defence item to fend off wild animals
@ferdinandbardamu.
@ferdinandbardamu. 4 жыл бұрын
@@agdtkry damn, thanks lad, I'll watch it
@Blueflag04
@Blueflag04 4 жыл бұрын
@@agdtkry wow
@ed94ro99
@ed94ro99 4 жыл бұрын
Tension: exist KZbin adds: showtime
@jellymop
@jellymop 4 жыл бұрын
This is a pretty clever game. The rationalize part was so on point. I feel like that’s almost exactly how it goes in your brain as things get more and more bizarre.
@vexn3699
@vexn3699 4 жыл бұрын
I like how the only symbol for the last minigame is a face with a spiral, like he's hearing impossible things and his only way to rationalize this is that he's going insane. Edit: I just noticed the "I'm going insane" option was always available. That's... Deeply horrifying.
@georgeofhamilton
@georgeofhamilton 4 жыл бұрын
That face at the end looks like something out of _The Annoying Orange._
@FerrickAnima
@FerrickAnima 4 жыл бұрын
that explains why the astronaut exploded then
@ACoalitionGuy
@ACoalitionGuy 4 жыл бұрын
@@FerrickAnima makes sense
@Messier42-handle
@Messier42-handle 7 ай бұрын
hey apple! what? *moon explodes*
@barnardsloop01
@barnardsloop01 4 жыл бұрын
HIS THRONE
@spac3noodl3s
@spac3noodl3s 4 жыл бұрын
R E J O I C E
@hamper6511
@hamper6511 4 жыл бұрын
HE TOOK ME
@generalrubbish9513
@generalrubbish9513 4 жыл бұрын
IF YOU ARE SCARED WE WILL LOOK TOGETHER
@Extreme_Ultimate_Sfaccimm
@Extreme_Ultimate_Sfaccimm 4 жыл бұрын
It's nice to see people still remembering local 58
@JeanMarceaux
@JeanMarceaux 4 жыл бұрын
GO OUTSIDE
@Manuel-j3q
@Manuel-j3q 4 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, actually this have a lot of thoughts and attention to detail packed in this game. So right from the beginning. First gravity measurement return 8.something. "Just solid ground" as "alter ego" said. Also "we a hoping to locate an empty lava tube". So they want to go under the surface of the Moon, for some reason. Second shows -15.5. This is anomaly, small cave under the ground for example. "Some sort of subsurface feature". Nothing special. Third is -119.something. "Heh, that our lava tube. Must be a deep one." Again, nothing too special. Fourth -650. Thats a REALLY BIG one. And its the first time the astronaut starts to question reality. If you look carefully on the ideas in rationalization minigame it shows three possible solution for this, how astronaut see it: First one is "there are big cavity under the ground". This does not suits as 'correct' solution since it jump from 0 to 100 too fast. Second is "Im loosing my mind". Astronaut begins to doubt is what he see is real. Or rather, is things what he see is reality is or no? Third one is "gravimeter is broken". Simplest and most obvious solution....for now... After spacecraft explosion from the collision with meteorite each new measurement shows more and more negative numbers, the closer astronaut get to the staircase. So I suspect in gameplay perspective you should use gravimeter to find it. Rationalization near staircase also reveal something interesting. Now each 'idea' have weak parts in it. Now main ideas is: "its an aliens": does not suits here since if it really was aliens, astronaut would notice their presence right at the beginning. "its a supernatural being (cthulhu as example)": does not match too, since 'ghosts in outer space????? really????????????????' "Im loosing my mind": not suits here since "staircase on the moon SHOULD have logical explanation". Also notice, this idea does not have a 'weak' parts. "its a communists": it 1969-1972 years in game I believe. USSR was first who landed on the moon, so its the only 'logical' solution why moon have human made structure. But its veeeeeeery weak rationalization, almost comical. When astronaut descend on the staircase, he sees big human like hand and hear some very suspicious noises, but for some reason does not question it. If you compare radio sounds that astronaut hear after falling from stairs with radio chat from the beginning, with astronaut that was left on the orbit, you can notice that background noise are similar in both broadcasts. You can say "but hey, its like radio work in this game". No, its not. When the hero speaks, it is very clear that you can hear him through radio. And his translations dont have such noise at all. When realization hit him that he loosed his mind, all ideas in rationalization minigame have same icon "Im loosing my mind". And also, 'shape' of the idea that suits this time have same shape as "Im loosing my mind" idea in both previous minigames. It can be interpreted as "I see not that happening in real, right from the beginning". Last minigame, when astronaut becomes an idea, is quite tricky....I mean from the point of rationalization...ehhhh.... So anyway, if you watch it carefully right from the beginning you can notice that astronaut walk on spiral staircase, which have same amount of turns as spiral from the head in "Im loosing my mind" idea. So it mean that he actually descend into the mind if some being -> he becomes a part of this being mind -> being stop thinking about him -> he ceases to exist, both as idea and as existing object/being.
@lindinle
@lindinle 4 жыл бұрын
dont make excuses for this boring shit. its not even scary.
@choo-choo4269
@choo-choo4269 4 жыл бұрын
The USSR sent a man to space, not specifically the moon. The first man on the moon was an american
@Blueflag04
@Blueflag04 4 жыл бұрын
And then he popped
@ToastyTastyPancakes
@ToastyTastyPancakes 4 жыл бұрын
@@lindinle if I remember correctly, this game is part of a larger meta-game type thing. But anyways, when it comes to this stuff, some people can really get into it, while others are rolling their eyes so hard they spin to the back of their head, I guess you know which one you are.
@lindinle
@lindinle 4 жыл бұрын
@@ToastyTastyPancakes ohh well if ots part of something bigger. ...meh have to find it then
@user-rl4tg2mr9n
@user-rl4tg2mr9n 4 жыл бұрын
Love how there isn't any music, adds to a loneliness type of vibe. Also, if you wear headphones, you can hear a low hum
@Ekusupuroshon
@Ekusupuroshon 4 жыл бұрын
Because most of the game is in the dark, it feels like the astronaut is walking on my face *Maybe i am the moon*
@thatdudeskillet847
@thatdudeskillet847 4 жыл бұрын
😯
@nightmareseer3755
@nightmareseer3755 4 жыл бұрын
Depends. Do you have craters?
@malleusmaleficarum2992
@malleusmaleficarum2992 4 жыл бұрын
aaa nice ref 💖
@Walamonga1313
@Walamonga1313 4 жыл бұрын
Wtf I see you again
@hellotherehi2826
@hellotherehi2826 4 жыл бұрын
Ekueku
@teafee153
@teafee153 4 жыл бұрын
This face on the moon: exist That one baby face on the sun in Teletubies: Finally a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!
@hydrogencyanide4999
@hydrogencyanide4999 4 жыл бұрын
Any fucking KZbin video: Exists Redditards about to write an overused dead meme in the comments: Now this looks like a job for me
@amyburnett8760
@amyburnett8760 4 жыл бұрын
But wait! What’s this? Star dream has entered the arena along with hellstar remina.
@amyburnett8760
@amyburnett8760 4 жыл бұрын
SPOILER WARNING!!!!!!!! Star dream is the final boss of Kirby planet Robobot. If you don’t understand look it up.
@Blueflag04
@Blueflag04 4 жыл бұрын
I hate that tubbies thing
@inspektor12
@inspektor12 4 жыл бұрын
@@hydrogencyanide4999 complaining isnt gonna make this shit go away.
@pyrosnineActual
@pyrosnineActual 3 жыл бұрын
the best thing is how the final "rationalization' is the Moon itself rationalizing the existence of the human- the astronaut is so small and insignificant that it's almost like an idea to the moon, and the very act of being considered by the small planetoid is enough to utterly evaporate a person.
@fantastick00l11
@fantastick00l11 4 жыл бұрын
Control: "How's the look down there?" Guy: "Heh. Felling just fine" *Are you sure about that*
@Andrew-ow6fq
@Andrew-ow6fq 4 жыл бұрын
It makes me think that if solipsism is taken to its natural conclusion, it's revealed that the solipsist can't even confirm their own existence. They're merely the dream, or rationalization, of some Lovecraftian and unknowable consciousness which inhabits them. This creeping feeling destroyed their perception of others first, and when the darkness is peeled back and it is fully realized, it destroys the solipsist, too. The empty moon looking out at the world mirrors the astronaut's empty helmet looking out at the moon. This was a brilliant piece and it makes me so glad that I continue to check this KZbin channel.
@softpiglet
@softpiglet 4 жыл бұрын
I love how the face at the end becomes a faint smile.
@ghosters1072
@ghosters1072 Жыл бұрын
was let go today, from my dream job. It deleted from my life direction and independence it is a humbling, harrowing, surgically dismantling thing to realize that you are nothing more than a cog in a greater machine. This game reflects that.
@javierfito5077
@javierfito5077 4 жыл бұрын
-Wait, Moon is a huge monster face? -Always has been **Splath**
@Vandheleister
@Vandheleister 4 жыл бұрын
Sci fi horror is (almost) always amazing and this game was pretty good
@R0o0man
@R0o0man 4 жыл бұрын
This is so good, though the ending leaves you lacking. I mean, build-up was brilliant. The developers should use this again for other games
@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 жыл бұрын
Every moon has a dark side
@iambumbo7534
@iambumbo7534 4 жыл бұрын
and a face man...
@panjisatriowidiantowidiant924
@panjisatriowidiantowidiant924 4 жыл бұрын
Always has been
@shadyone6620
@shadyone6620 4 жыл бұрын
If it has a face, it should also have a butt...
@iambumbo7534
@iambumbo7534 4 жыл бұрын
@@shadyone6620 Time to vist the dark side of the moon
@justsomelurkerrr
@justsomelurkerrr 4 жыл бұрын
There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark
@sweepingtime
@sweepingtime 4 жыл бұрын
Seeing the astronaut rationalize reminds me of something from Disco Elysium.
@thedinofighter2768
@thedinofighter2768 4 жыл бұрын
When I was a child, my parents would often leave on trips and I’d spend the nights at my grandparents. During this time, up until I was 7, I had the same nightmare 5 times. I’d rather not get into it unless people start asking me because it’s a long nightmare, but it was about that moon. I still sometimes feel weird about the moon. This game connects horror with me on a really personal level
@bosselotiscanon
@bosselotiscanon 4 жыл бұрын
please elaborate on the nightmare, i'd love to hear
@Mr_Fancypants
@Mr_Fancypants 4 жыл бұрын
Yea, tnx for telling the 3 people asking you about it...
@Clan_Universe
@Clan_Universe 4 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie could make for a good book
@DeandreSteven
@DeandreSteven 4 жыл бұрын
Please elaborate
@ffoxgag6067
@ffoxgag6067 4 жыл бұрын
please
@sntjana9348
@sntjana9348 4 жыл бұрын
SO want to see a fully-expanded version of this. I'm with everyone else: the atmosphere's amazing, the top-down view, the rationalize mechanic- it's a formula for something great and I can't wait to see what can come after this
@knightstormbringer
@knightstormbringer 4 жыл бұрын
I like the visual contrast between the rationalization minigames and the last part, where you awaken the moon face. Just like in the minigames, where you're fitting an idea/jigsaw piece to fit the situation, the dotted outline against the backdrop of the astronaut's face, in the last bit, you're fitting the top down silhouette of the astronaut against the backdrop of the awakening moon face. It's as though the game is conveying to us that the very mechanic of trying to rationalize what can't be explained is futile and doesn't lead anywhere good.
@chinobaby123
@chinobaby123 4 жыл бұрын
When he finds the stairs look closely to the entrance... The rocks surrounding the stairs makes it an eye
@catkilled
@catkilled 4 жыл бұрын
Ok but can we talk about how terrifying this was?? The parts with the hands, the close-up of the guys face during the rationalize parts, the distorted audio, the MOON THING. I don’t get spooked easily but this got me rattled
@internetdinosaur8810
@internetdinosaur8810 4 жыл бұрын
I love how the game plays on paridolia with faces being "shown" in the shadows, which aren't actually there. Correct me if I got the term wrong
@Chicopajiso
@Chicopajiso 4 жыл бұрын
Do you mean Paranoia?
@Noobgalaxies
@Noobgalaxies 4 жыл бұрын
@@Chicopajiso Nope, pareidolia
@noiseyrabbit8264
@noiseyrabbit8264 4 жыл бұрын
@@Chicopajiso its a phenomenon where we make faces out of objects. Like the man on the moon.
@ACoalitionGuy
@ACoalitionGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah me too
@shikiryougi7067
@shikiryougi7067 4 жыл бұрын
Wait, This is a Horror game? Always has been
@ZkullShot
@ZkullShot 4 жыл бұрын
@Whited Out nah, it's fine
@vbgvbg1133
@vbgvbg1133 4 жыл бұрын
Z E S always has been
@radianceakatheradiantmeepl1004
@radianceakatheradiantmeepl1004 4 жыл бұрын
Always has been.
@Blueflag04
@Blueflag04 4 жыл бұрын
@Whited Out no
@epicm999
@epicm999 2 жыл бұрын
I love how well that fits the ending
@fischi83
@fischi83 4 жыл бұрын
I dunno why, but this game really freaked me out in a very unique way. Masterpiece
@twfourofsix
@twfourofsix 2 жыл бұрын
Solipsism: "The idea that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist."
@bloomingpain-flower7074
@bloomingpain-flower7074 4 жыл бұрын
anyway my favorite feature in this game is a "rationalization" this how you character tries to explain unexplainable, and every next time he just can't come up with something common and drives more and more crazy.
@DoubleAyeBatteries
@DoubleAyeBatteries 4 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see a longer game like this with the rationalize function... I think it could have a lot of interesting interactions!
@Crocogator
@Crocogator 4 жыл бұрын
DANIEL MULLINS? Dude just keeps pumping out good stuff. Everybody play his other games - Pony Island, The Hex, and Inscryption is coming out soon
@whiteface513abandonedchann8
@whiteface513abandonedchann8 4 жыл бұрын
This was made by the same guy that did Pony Island?
@Crocogator
@Crocogator 4 жыл бұрын
@@whiteface513abandonedchann8 Yep!
@whiteface513abandonedchann8
@whiteface513abandonedchann8 4 жыл бұрын
Damn no wonder it's so good
@dopaminecloud
@dopaminecloud 4 жыл бұрын
Poster image of doing a lot with very basic concepts and small budget.
@Pe6De
@Pe6De 4 жыл бұрын
Except this game is much worse than Pony Island. The guy took a huge step back in compare to that.
@mangoslormpy7618
@mangoslormpy7618 4 жыл бұрын
Genuinely terrifying in the way most cosmic horror is. A great thrilling game :o
@gobsauce84
@gobsauce84 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent and bold. That’s some brilliant existential horror. Reminded me of a nightmare trip.
@DispairNL
@DispairNL 3 жыл бұрын
Walking down a seemingly endless flight of stairs on the moon is scary enough on its own when you realize how difficult movement is one of those suits !
@bishubi
@bishubi 4 жыл бұрын
solipsis is a short but sweet game and the theme and style of the game fits very well, the gravity meter and rationalization system mechanics were unique but ultimately superfluous though. however if this was made into a full game with in depth mechanics just as unique as these two it really would be an amazing horror game
@YourBestFriendreally
@YourBestFriendreally 4 жыл бұрын
Ooo, that was an interesting one. I like the rationalize concept, and seeing him losing his mind by the end of it visualized in a cool game mechanic was well done.
@mint5438
@mint5438 4 жыл бұрын
I love how the rationalization mechanic is literally how we do it in our heads, but as a minigame.
@corg5089
@corg5089 4 жыл бұрын
We've woken the hive!
@Wilson-kt8or
@Wilson-kt8or 4 жыл бұрын
*The moon has awaken!*
@mutecolours5872
@mutecolours5872 4 жыл бұрын
yeesh, i heard Dinklebot instead of Nolan for a sec...
@toddkuznitz3629
@toddkuznitz3629 4 жыл бұрын
Oh damn the memories that brings back
@vid9511
@vid9511 4 жыл бұрын
THE THRALL WILL SMOTHER YOUR LIGHT
@someguy4405
@someguy4405 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Destiny does cosmic horror very poorly
@juliantotriwijaya9208
@juliantotriwijaya9208 4 жыл бұрын
Me, sees thumbnail and title: is this apollo 18 movie the game?
@Meritferret
@Meritferret 4 жыл бұрын
I read a creepypasta like this once, stairs and all.
@long_chin_man
@long_chin_man 4 жыл бұрын
terrifying movie lol
@Blueflag04
@Blueflag04 4 жыл бұрын
I love that movie
@Galvatron102
@Galvatron102 4 жыл бұрын
This is Local58 the game beeeeeach
@VoidOPlasm
@VoidOPlasm 4 жыл бұрын
Saw the thumbnail and was like - Whoa this game must have the best graphics ever!!!
@guillermogerrycabrera7625
@guillermogerrycabrera7625 3 жыл бұрын
Sooo... The moon rationalized him. Neat.
@gregoryedwards9097
@gregoryedwards9097 4 жыл бұрын
Alpha you remain a legend. This really just goes to show how lucky we are to live in a generation where indie developers are making little hidden gem classics left and right, and you are the one shedding light on so many of these. Keep it up!!
@howdoyoudo5949
@howdoyoudo5949 4 жыл бұрын
I see Majora has arrived to this universe.
@avramnovorra
@avramnovorra 4 жыл бұрын
While I haven't had the chance to read Lovecraftian-type horror, this is one of the best cosmic horror titles I've seen.. All that's left is getting a Steam account at last.. Love your work Alpha! 🤙👍
@velorum92
@velorum92 4 жыл бұрын
-Wait...it's all creepy-looking face? -Always has been. 11:00
@Doctorgeo7
@Doctorgeo7 4 жыл бұрын
4:43 I love how you shake your head at all of that. You know stuff has gone crazy now.
@Mark-ll5lm
@Mark-ll5lm 4 жыл бұрын
Wow its impressive to see how fast this guy posted videos, wish i was this productive
@fl8281
@fl8281 2 жыл бұрын
I love how they mixing live action with video game graphics. Looks unique.
@scxmvt
@scxmvt 4 жыл бұрын
I like how he just pops at the end.
@FirstLast-cg2nk
@FirstLast-cg2nk 3 жыл бұрын
At the end, it isn't you trying to rationalize what you're seeing, but that thing rationalizing you out of existence.
@MrBolo808
@MrBolo808 3 жыл бұрын
10:50 not gonna lie, that was pretty stunning
@killgazmotron
@killgazmotron 2 жыл бұрын
This with that rationalize mechanic definitely needs to be soooo much more. That is a genius way to handle a "sanity" character spec.
@karinasurbakti5730
@karinasurbakti5730 4 жыл бұрын
0:08 "You know,it's strange that i became an astronaut." Yah..you know,you lucky you be astronaut and instantly die while human race suffer on earth beacuse emo boy who summon a thicc female demon squid for get smooch
@breebls8167
@breebls8167 4 жыл бұрын
10/10 callback
@thejurassicwarewolf3300
@thejurassicwarewolf3300 4 жыл бұрын
cthulhe (or cthulette in that matter) aren't demons
@TechNinjaSigma
@TechNinjaSigma 4 жыл бұрын
Good smooch, Worth
@sporter527
@sporter527 4 жыл бұрын
@@thejurassicwarewolf3300 Doompenguin... is that you???
@5000mahmud
@5000mahmud 4 жыл бұрын
Wait, are both games connected?
@a.keeper
@a.keeper 4 жыл бұрын
I love the idea that you can break those extra parts when rationalizing, as if the main character convinces himself that all this can be explained in a logical way and continues to believe only in what he himself desires to believe but in the end his mind gives up and his thoughts just go wild
@dudeinthehood6280
@dudeinthehood6280 4 жыл бұрын
Dread x collection never dissapoints
@DonMarges
@DonMarges 4 жыл бұрын
That was an amazing game! The level of tension and pacing were spot on!
@rune.theocracy
@rune.theocracy 4 жыл бұрын
6:45 I think the symbols actually mean something, the Hammer and Sickle would mean the Soviets. Maybe he's thinking "Perhaps the Soviets were here before us and is beyond all of this." The other symbols idk, aliens, cthulhu etc. They represent what his guesses are and you have to choose the most rational one to continue from that puzzle. Edit: behind* not beyond, was tired sorry..
@rune.theocracy
@rune.theocracy 4 жыл бұрын
4:09 Yeah they totally mean his guesses, the first one is a sinkhole or crevice, thinking the strange phenomenon with the gravity is due to the fact that the moon has lots of hollow areas thus the strange readings. The third one is the symbol in the end that represents I suppose "The moon is a living creature" and the second one represents his gear to measure gravity, which is the correct one he chose and so his next dialogue is "Maybe the gravometer is broken..?"
@rune.theocracy
@rune.theocracy 4 жыл бұрын
And the end... You can figure out what the last rationalizing puzzle is in the end... He realizes the moon is actually alive as there is no other rational explanation he can think of.
@katzea.a7880
@katzea.a7880 4 жыл бұрын
@@rune.theocracy I thought that one meant "I'm going crazy"
@CrudeConduct666
@CrudeConduct666 4 жыл бұрын
@@katzea.a7880 me too haha with the twisted up symbol
@iapetus6110
@iapetus6110 4 жыл бұрын
And well the twisty coil on the head probraly represents hes going crazy remember the part where the player astronaut is mumbling something weird?
@DayOfCasual
@DayOfCasual 4 жыл бұрын
This was so good and had such a nice feeling that I wish there was WAY WAY more to it.
@cbatbh5402
@cbatbh5402 4 жыл бұрын
The rationalise system is so innovative! Wish the game were longer and held the suspense.
@larcen6206
@larcen6206 2 жыл бұрын
More games need this rationalize mechanic, not just horror games but perhaps even action shooters where the main character has to come to terms with the fact that he has committed or witness a terrible crime. I could also imagine this having a butterfly effect like in Until Dawn or House of Ashes.
@TheAmazingCowpig
@TheAmazingCowpig 4 жыл бұрын
Welp, looks like the Space Kraken got to him.
@FelixHelix
@FelixHelix 4 жыл бұрын
"Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only one's mind is sure to exist. As an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything outside one's own mind is unsure; the external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist outside the mind."
@asyuh2000
@asyuh2000 4 жыл бұрын
I shall consume. Consume... Consume everything…
@iapetus6110
@iapetus6110 4 жыл бұрын
Good luck trying to consume
@asyuh2000
@asyuh2000 4 жыл бұрын
@@iapetus6110 Majora's Mask intensifies
@iapetus6110
@iapetus6110 4 жыл бұрын
@@asyuh2000 hellstar remina insetifies cuz consume
@asyuh2000
@asyuh2000 4 жыл бұрын
@@iapetus6110 his manga is always awesome and terrifying.
@iapetus6110
@iapetus6110 4 жыл бұрын
@@asyuh2000 ikr? we dont know what happened to the other planets moons in hellstar remina they r probrally still there so remina and the other survivors can colonize one of those moons
@tomsmurf4225
@tomsmurf4225 2 жыл бұрын
*sees stairs on the moon* "It's the commies" _But that doesn't make any se-_ *smash* "I SAID ITS THE COMMIES"
@latenightmp7978
@latenightmp7978 4 жыл бұрын
new intro is slick
@zedc6072
@zedc6072 2 жыл бұрын
3:52 just noticed theres an eye peeking at you while youre setting the cylinder down, freaky
@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1
@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1 4 жыл бұрын
So huh... This is why we haven't gone back to the Moon? Because of Moonface?
@napoleonsolo5929
@napoleonsolo5929 4 жыл бұрын
If that's the case, then why are we going back now? : (
@baxter22071990
@baxter22071990 4 жыл бұрын
@@napoleonsolo5929 because the donald is obsessed with the u.s returning to its "glory days" of the mid 60's? even though most off what happened then can't be repeated because it no longer exists
@uppishcub1617
@uppishcub1617 3 жыл бұрын
What I take from this is that the astronaut didn't actually exist. He was just a dream inside the mind of the moon.
@CesarinPillinGaming
@CesarinPillinGaming 4 жыл бұрын
I'm the only one who sees tons of heads in the floor by 9:30 ?
@CrudeConduct666
@CrudeConduct666 4 жыл бұрын
I looked but don't see what you mean
@TravelWithCesarin
@TravelWithCesarin 4 жыл бұрын
@@CrudeConduct666 Its subtle, for example, in one of the times he set up the measurement tool for gravity. There is something that looks like an eye blinking. ( 3:50 ) Then later on, there are some faces.. like 5:38 infront near the light and then on the lower left of the measurement tool circle.
@lcmiracle
@lcmiracle 3 жыл бұрын
The dark side of the Moon is the face of Aleister Crowley
@tun4046
@tun4046 4 жыл бұрын
There's a starman waiting in the sky He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky He's told us not to blow it Cause he knows it's all worthwhile...
@skornie123
@skornie123 4 жыл бұрын
The usage of the Top Down Perspective at the end is so goddamn good ! ^^
@legionbeast
@legionbeast 4 жыл бұрын
This really does capture a sense of dread I haven't felt since seeing the original trailer for Alien. Also, Solipsism is a manner of "drowning in one's own ego", though Ego can refer to ones train of thought, not just personal pride. IE: Letting your imagination run wild.
@atlanticherring6763
@atlanticherring6763 2 жыл бұрын
The rationalize thing was really cool The first go around it introduces the mechanic The second go around it displays how even when something doesn't fit logic, if we throw it around and malform the idea, even the illogical can rationalize anything The third go around it encapsulates what a mind would be like trying to rationalize eldritch things. You can't rationalize the irrational so it sends your mind into a frenzy trying to find something, making it near impossible to do so
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