Something Is Very Wrong With My Copy Of Gloomwood

[@arke5467]

Came here 13 minutes after the dev basically confirmed the existence of a hidden mechanic you just discovered for the first time. Congratulations

[@starseer986]

devs are joking

[@bycandlelight2957]

Phone part took me out of it a little, but I understand the inclusion as a nudge to remind the audience this is a story. Awesome job! Especially with the ending.

[@GalagoospurmankyREALofficial]

As one of the nine Gloomwood fans in existence, this is very neat.

[@derangedtangerine4731]

I agree as another one of those nine

[@MortimerSCrane]

Nine? Seems there's still more work to be done...

[@theguywhogoesheck5961]

Make that ten

[@TafferKing451]

“There’s dozens of us!”

[@evatestunit2983]

yeah what a niche game from one of the biggest indie game publishers out there

[@Tectsylum]

Every copy of gloomwood is personalised

[@ttgl_bobross]

The Dev, making notes while watching along: "This is great but how am I going to send those images to each player's phone? Oh I know..."

[@lutenut7215]

ITS THE SANITY MECHANIC

[@bitzthe8bit668]

A hidden sanity mechanic's gotta be the most diabolical thing a human mind can come up with

[@lutenut7215]

@@bitzthe8bit668 it’s not hidden, just not implemented

[@Mr_Spaghetti]

@@lutenut7215the lead dev on twitter quote tweeted this video with: “Someone finally managed to trigger the hidden "curse" value in the game.”

[@Vashjxn]

A sanity mechanic that affects the environment around you would be pretty cool, just not sure how they would implement it. Maybe something to do with the countess’s mansion?

[@dazedandconfused5711]

@@Vashjxn Countess's mansion would be the final area in the game. Maybe with the old kingdom

[@kableTC]

love the merchant's portrait melting thats pretty creepy

[@bendank9762]

The painting made me think back to the Amnesia the Dark Descent. Creepy! Im surprised emo parker didnt make this connection back to probably the first big horror hit to use this mechanic

[@Equinox_Fox]

Honestly such a neat idea. Fucking blown away by the creativity here. I hope the devs can do something along these lines.

[@EphiTV]

Much appreciated!

[@inarinakana]

it's real, idk how i triggered it, got killed before i could save after. i got the weird difficulty menu and saw the merchant acting weird by the wall. i dont wanna try activating it again tbh it was some creepy stuff

[@Tedlebob]

I love this so much!! This was really compelling and excellently executed. I hope we get to see more in the future.

[@EphiTV]

Glad to hear it! This was a little experimental project I've been wanting to try out for a while. Tons of work to put together, but the process was pretty fun. Would definitely be interested in doing more creepy stuff if the audience digs it.

[@BloodShot9001]

I've been doing some Gloomwood modding to get randomizer working (and have done some mods for Squirrel Stapler and Chop Goblins), and only recently was made aware of your content. I'm blown away at the stuff you're able to achieve. Admittedly I'm extremely inexperienced at modding, and have only really done script edits, haven't delved much further than that.

[@EphiTV]

Thanks! I've been making Unity games for a while now so I'm pretty familiar with how things are architected. I enjoy messing around with indie games like these just for fun. Smaller projects come with some interesting constraints a lot of the time.

[@Spikew]

Good shit, really appreciate the horror and refraining from using any jumpscares. Had me at the edge of my seat the whole time

[@SuperQGS_]

This is so cool and fits so well with your modding capabilities! If you are to make more content like this in the future, I think it could be interesting to play around with gradually escalating the plausible deniability. Especially with your knowledge of the game's interworkings, you might be able to make some pretty spooky stuff happen that could also conceivably be some rare bug or coincidence. I saw another commenter mention the phone, maybe instead of it's screen being hijacked completely you could receive a phone call from an unknown number that hangs up just before you can get to it, or it's static, or it's just silent when you do pick up. Or when you call it back the voicemail is something weird. Definitely strange, but we all get weird calls from time to time right? I can see it being quite spooky to have a series of things that independently can be explained as a coincidence or bug, but as the coincidences pile up it gets harder and harder to not believe. If the viewer's rational side is fighting with their spooked side, I think that could be neat. However, I could also see some of my suggestions detracting from the joyful silliness of your content, so take it with a grain of salt! Most of all trust your own judgement and you can't go wrong

[@EphiTV]

Thank you! Those are some good ideas. I understand some people have mixed feelings on the IRL stuff. I don't necessarily feel like 100% of the story has to be believable, cause then there's more wiggle room for fun surreal stuff. Definitely things I'll be thinking about if I do something like this again though.

[@SuperQGS_]

​@@EphiTV Honestly I think the IRL stuff was pretty cool and has a lot of potential! The daunting thing about that potential is that there are a lot of cool directions to go and everyone is going to have a different favorite! As long as the direction you choose is your favorite, the passion will shine through. Thanks for making cool stuff for us to watch!

[@Klaptorsk]

just realised that the thing skittering around at 5:15 and 11:28 is the merchants head

[@orthoceras]

almost feels like one of those “playground rumors” you’d hear as a kid. great video!!

[@rfurthegamer3412]

I can’t tell if this is real or not. Like obviously the phone wasn’t but I’m still unsure

[@toronsplace]

The dev says it is

[@rfurthegamer3412]

@@toronsplace so it’s made by the dev then. From this channel specifically I coudnt tell if it was a mod or an, an Easter egg.

[@VarenvelDarakus]

Your quickly becoming one of my favourite youtubers , quality of your content and effort you put into your videos. i know i not commented much on your videos in past if even at all but i think your amazing:)

[@EphiTV]

Thank you, I appreciate that!

[@dumbvillage9253]

Hey, at least you recovered a bunch of health from eating all this food. 10 per cheese, 5 per can! I'd say this was a mighty fine investment! Grezzo is a fine pal, I must say. So much hospitality!

[@Abradrake]

This makes Gloomwood seem less like a Thief homage than it does a System Shock homage.

[@rat4289]

deleting gloomwood now, thank you 👍

[@AnOrdinaryMouse]

Welcome back 2010 videogame creepypasta

[@Funkman47]

As someone who has never heard of Gloomwood this is fucking incredible

[@When_the2]

bro looks like he was bit by a spider and said "im gonna put some dirt in your eye"

[@FiSH-iSH]

each time you call the mealworms 'maggots' a part of my brain goes necrotic

[@weaved-matters]

thank you chad infernmum for trickng my sleep deprived self

[@Big_Sword]

Great vid! Also spotted the Deserter copy, loved that collection. The recorded lover, death logic, and mimics stories were some of my favorites.

[@EphiTV]

Yeah, he's great at nailing those creepy open-ended concepts in such a short form. Even if they don't all hit there's a great variety in the collections.

[@Rubbly]

That edit at 11:30 was great 😂😱

[@PraetorBeast]

Everyone shall embrace the glory of The Many.

[@VoidDwelllerGuy]

We need this as an easter egg

[@DRAGHNALL]

I am always looking forward to your videos. Keep up the great work.

[@FatherMcKenzie66]

"every copy is personalized!"

[@itz_vo1id]

we got gloomwood creepypasta before Hive update

[@adumbcanadian773]

The deep…

[@intooblivion262]

Every copy of Gloomwood is personalized

[@moriop4482]

Since I know from the Devs that this is not real, I have to say, this is some nice mod or something, I kew none of it was real, yet I enjoyed the video and found it pretty disturbing. Great job, I'm gonna play some Gloomwood now

[@vee6460]

fun video, but the phone thing kind of takes me out of it, lol

[@MrDoctorWumbo]

Love the video! just teasing but you’re really giving emo SM3 Peter Parker 😂

[@When_the2]

wow gloomwood creepy pasta, nice

[@SorasShadow1]

the maggot texture looks like macaroni, either would be deeply unsettling to suddenly become the main material for your surroundings.

[@Vashjxn]

A game that purposely seems bugged like creepypastas could actually be pretty cool. Nice video

[@thegoldencrowbar6439]

Haven't played Gloomwood in a few updates but I'm sure scared to jump back in now!

[@ArcRay20]

im stuck on the part of the story where your phone, unconnected to any of this game or your computer, messaged you to go back to play a pc game, in a way a phone would never message somebody unless it was randomly hacked.

[@matthew1882]

I think it's a very well done 'bit'

[@ArcRay20]

@@matthew1882 i think a far less forced bit would be his Steam account sending him an email to go back to the game.

[@brendanjamieson83]

Awesome dude. Really good stuff.

[@sv_cheats1]

the dave newblood apparition is upon us

[@mrfreemin4321]

Wow this was really cool, good work!

[@hornedgoober]

8:04 NOTICE HOW THE PAINTING ISNT DISTORTED IN THE SCREEN EFFECTS

[@hornedgoober]

not that important i just thought i saw smt hcool probably shouldntve used caps lol

[@KilelSix]

Its because it was just a replay of the previous footage of the painting

[@SVN_ETR]

Every copy of Gloomwood copy is personalized-WAIT WHAT THE?????????

[@rubysvndev]

finally. the gloomwood creepypasta is real

[@MrDumbRodent]

Super creepy and fun! Good work!

[@elmarjuz]

following up on this imma make me a simple arcade game ***

[@davemardrov777]

COME GLOOM.

[@davemardrov777]

This is what happens when you play gloomerwood for longer then 100 hours in one session

[@pillgrimm]

Ok but what's up with your phone?? What do you mean it randomly told you to come back?

[@pillgrimm]

oh this ain't real nvm

[@20-9_Twenty-Nine]

@@pillgrimmbro spreading misinformation 😭

[@enwyz]

im waiting for the gloomwood schizophrenia mechanic

[@GmodPlusWoW]

Yo you have a copy of Ito's "Smashed" collection? Same here!

[@EphiTV]

Yeah, I read most of his stuff years ago on some bootleg translation blog, but since they're printing in English now I've been picking up the books.

[@THOUSANDSofAPOLOGIES]

@@EphiTV Was it Slug Chicks? Neat video!

[@EphiTV]

That sounds familiar, could be.

[@AccordYeen]

Wait why does the game have access to your phone.

[@commenttype6977]

Nyarlathotep did this

[@upwardsoul2182]

Juji Ito spotted nice

[@53xy83457]

Wait a second... this isn't MrCreepyPasta's channel!

[@Matt-md5yt]

what a new creepy thing went on? nice, thanks for covering this.

[@SirSerSor]

Nope nope nope nope nope im outtta here

[@nadamasquemanu]

coward embrace the flesh

[@codyuriostegui1076]

Does the game message you?? I’m confused with the Come Back message on ur phone

[@neilfromcanada]

And then Dillon Rogers appeared with hyper-realistic blood on him........

[@EphiTV]

Lol. Coincidentally there is a pic of him hidden in the game.

[@neilfromcanada]

@@EphiTV Live dillion reaction.... argghh!!!

[@ZoewithRose]

EVERY COPY OF GLOOMWOOD IS PERSONALISED

[@Mostawesomepablo]

must be playing on blood moon

[@VaterOrlaag]

spoopy

[@lukarizzi1654]

Was the going to sleep sound a reference to Robert Thomson's video of the game you get sucked into? If it was, nice reference!

[@EphiTV]

It's actually the sleeping sound effect from Final Fantasy 7. Pretty iconic as it's used a lot in the game.

[@lukarizzi1654]

@@EphiTV oh makes sense, I got too excited at the idea of it being a nod. great vid as always!

[@dooppooter]

great vid

[@real_logangifty07]

Can you try out-of-bounds of voyager 19?

[@RANhxcCORE]

Chat is this real

[@JayOfSpade]

that's an image of mealworms not maggots

[@EphiTV]

Today I learned

[@twynstyck7807]

Ballingrud!

[@EphiTV]

I was recommended Wounds recently and really enjoyed it. Definitely need to check out more of his stuff.

[@NewBloodInteractive]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@EphiTV]

Hi Dave

[@enwyz]

insane

[@Tronnus]

Wait so there is the possibility that my copy of Gloomwood becomes a horror game? Maybe I really should not buy that game when it leaves early access...

[@ingrid_buzzkiller]

Ooooh somebody finally developer JVK Morrowind for real

[@adriangraham9849]

That’s it?

[@matthew1882]

NG IS VERY WRONG SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG SOMETHING I

[@rickysargulesh1053]

Not too familiar with his content. Is this fanfiction or part of the game or modded?

[@andrewkelley9405]

i'm not sure, that is the fun part.

[@Armm8991]

This also happend to me but i never progressed much after the first flesh book

[@brewedjuice494]

my "fun police" answer is probably modded to be like a classic creepypasta-type story, since hes been known to goof around in the code of newblood games, including gloomwood, but i think its funner to just take it at face value.

[@realhami]

Yeah instead of my phone getting hacked the game bricked my washing machine 😭

[@thinkofaname6002]

Well Dillon said on twitter that 'they re-wrote 20% of the code for performance' so it may very well be official

[@michaeldooley1140]

Sponsored by junji ito

[@Anvenjade]

For the love of whatever, don't bring the phone into this at any point. The game is on your PC, not your phone. Broke my suspension of disbelief.

[@mixmaster112]

😱😱

[@KentuckyFriedJohansson]

dude looks like bully maguire