Soul Searching - A Relaxing Nightmare

Soul Searching is a narrative survival game about taking a gentle trip across a calm ocean. It's also about an impossibly depressing and grim life of despair. It is a very odd game.
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[@ShadyDoorags]

"Being a lesbian worked out pretty well in Always Somtimes Monsters." It really didn't, Jon. Your character wound up a lazy bum who stole from old ladies, poisoned people with fake pills, and told all her coworkers to ignore their friend which made him commit suicide.

[@PaulZeroSolis]

And then his character tried to run away via bus.

[@davidjames4890]

Shady Doorags Damn lesbians...

[@NoReplyAsset]

At least she was happy... I think

[@WillieManga]

You better watch your micro-aggressions, bro!

[@cptnkaladin1312]

Jon: "I'll be a lesbian." Jon right after starting the game: "Was that my husband?"

[@Optix149]

I know that you'll probably won't see this, but there is a game that I recommend. It's called "VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action". I know it's not what you usually play, but if you ever want to relax and see an interesting story, I'd give it a try.

[@Mauraaal]

I can't recommend enough Sunless Sea, a survival story-telling game. And you wouldn't want to leave those poor stories alone, would you ? They might come back, you don't want them to.

[@Boundertree]

I disliked how the economics are fucked in that game, doing anything but grinding until you can afford the best stuff because the increase is so negligible and the starter ship seems to be the best?

[@Mauraaal]

if you have to grind in that game, you're not doing yourself a favor, go explore, take risk, die or worse. Money and power are not the point of the game, immersing yourself in the deep and mysterious world of the Unterzee is.

[@Boundertree]

yea, the stories are intriguing, but i wish the gameplay had seen a little more love.

[@anothernephron3660]

This so much! Would love to see where Jon would end up!

[@Tigercup9]

I recently wrote an Imagist poem(English assignment) about the facade of being happy when your depressed. I used a boat and the ocean to represent these two factors. This game pleases me.

[@egestros2752]

Some Guy Hey, are you that one guy that asked for people to remember you?

[@Tigercup9]

Not that I can remember(Pun unintended). When did this happen?

[@egestros2752]

Some Guy I think almost a week ago, or more. Maybe it was that one guy, as in maybe he was called that one guy, can't remember but I'm sure I have it written down somewhere.

[@SourceOfBeing]

"Have you seen any dragons?" - No, but that's why he's started a Skyrim playthrough

[@PaulZeroSolis]

And soon he shall see "Many A True Dragon" because of that.

[@defaultname-wr9sk]

A personal game huh? neat. *sees suicide hotline flashback ... so game dev, got something you wanna talk about?

[@MrNicoJac]

This game is surprisingly cool. Because it doesn't use the standard tropes of AAA games, you simply don't know what the hell is going on. Loving the mystery!

[@WillieManga]

Well, it probably has something to do with therapy

[@ryttyr14]

Proper boat mechanics? Well I'm impressed! In most games boats just handles as if they were cars on water but here it turns like a proper boat and it's course drifts due to currents and wind. Marvellous.

[@notbob9865]

Hi Jon, Thanks for making great videos!

[@jacobmartinez9339]

Hey Jon have you made a decision on a Realpolitik series? I don't know if I speak for everyone but I think that could be your next total war style game as you're nearing the end of the Brutii campaign

[@robbiedickson3386]

im pretty sure he said that next he would do an invasio barbarorum game, and after that a game of medieval 2

[@benradford847]

''none of these are healthy colours to be!'' *passes brown* well, not in america, it's not.

[@PaulZeroSolis]

Nor Britain, it seems.

[@hyacinthoides]

John Deer yikes!

[@CatCubed]

a Trump profile pic lol that's just way too obvious for a troll

[@QuintonMurdock]

YAY. I love overgeneralized racial prejudice

[@jacksonheichel2318]

So, there's an island called busy island, where the people are specifically saying that they are wealthy and all of them have work, yet there is an unusually high suicide rate and also mentions of stillborn babies (likely that grave on the first island) and mothers with postpartum depression. if that's a commentary on how us working too hard and focusing on wealth leading to sadness and suicide, what he'll was green island supposed to represent?

[@tadhgmcelligott3693]

Jackson Heichel SMOKE WEED ERY DAY

[@delaclease]

I love little games like this. Thanks Jon!

[@Rateus_Johanson]

Godspeed Jon you magnificent barstarred!

[@BiggySpidity]

Jon I know this isn't a fallout episode but what do u think the worst ending and best ending for vegas I've been writing this comment for 1 month now and I want a response btw great episode :)

[@Wandering1500]

Spicy Pizza Surely it's all about perspective?

[@kakoka1pro]

Spicy Pizza Worst Ending: Thy consumeth Endingth Best Ending: Jon Saves Everyone by saying very very good indeed Xddddd

[@eleanor81]

the fact you've been writing for a month may be the reason he hasn't responded

[@MetalAcrean]

Best ending is the no kill run. Worst ending is the kill everything run. (Or the opposite of what I said)

[@BiggySpidity]

mac tg we'll give a take more like 2 weeks 😂

[@pokepat124]

This game seems pretty interesting, but all I could think of was that the setting really reminded me of Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea books. Anyone else get that vibe?

[@historyinoutline4785]

You need to collect those little rainbow butterflies because you can unlock spells on some of the islands and smaller islands with them.

[@historyinoutline4785]

Also it isn't the butterfly things (Idk what they are called) that give the flashbacks it is when you are traveling to certain areas.

[@starwarsnerd100]

8:43 "I'll be watching you when you're dying. And I'll live on" So in other words, "When you're dying I'll be Still Alive"?

[@ham_the_spam4423]

"I love games that were made entirely by one person" airships conquer the skies was made by one person, but I don't think you'll play it anyway since it's in early access and it's going to stay like that for a long time since the dev is careful and not rushing it

[@josephhenderson2538]

Something tells me Dan might like this one. I'd suggest recommending it to him.

[@hunterharris1577]

Lol ah yes the classic charm of an island full of suicidal people... truly the best impression a game can leave

[@fireflazor]

can we ever expect to see the sunless sea as it always felt to me like something you would enjoy

[@1967sluggy]

Thank god. I'm currently engaged in a very annoying argument with a 9/11 truther, and I need something to take my mind of it. They seem to have shut up for a bit now. Hopefully I can get through this whole thing without them responding.

[@jwebb4750]

Great Britant It was true mate watch the footage

[@1967sluggy]

Jack Webb Believe me, I know. I'm currently talking to someone who believes it was a false flag by the Jews. They're probably too far gone.

[@PaulZeroSolis]

Everyone knows 9/11 was a Bush Administration coverup of the test of an earthquake-creating device. (I jest, of course. It was _really_ caused by members of Al Qaeda.)

[@dappercthulhu4386]

God that sucks. The best course is to just ignore them. Or degrade them by posting pictures of your conversation to places that will be sympathetic to your side. Either way you feel better.

[@1967sluggy]

Vicus Utrecht Yeah, I'm a LIHOP. Remind me what the excuse was for the lack of air defence? Wasn't it something like "all our planes just happen to be doing a training exercise right now"?

[@andrewod7487]

Yay! a narrative game!!!

[@Jooju413]

You saved me from my boredom :D

[@Abysslord1234]

Oh, do you feel lost? Why not try a bit of soul-searching? Don't expect to find anything though. -JD

[@sircaramelofcanadia4743]

Your knowledge of compass bearings pleases me

[@FiremanJR02]

Sir Caramel of Canadia How about his knowledge of cars?

[@andrewmurphy8813]

oh god jon and cars

[@thomasesr]

The darker gold pieces are worth 5 each, even on the ocean.

[@TRGTACE]

It slightly annoyed me that you didn't realise the wind... lol

[@excusethesanity]

So Jon, we've got a great game for you. It's this one guy, right, and he made a game that's like FTL, but it's also a narrative survival game, right, where the choices matter, and basically it's just Fallout New Vegas.

[@UhCubby]

i noticed that the rainbow thing occasionally turned into a swastika

[@cleo3228]

nice job in rocket league!

[@ManyATrueNerd]

:(

[@cleo3228]

Many A True Nerd :D

[@dylanaustin3474]

Many A True Nerd please do a new series on assassin creed 🙂

[@BRUXXUS]

WHAT?! Wish I'd known about this Rocket League situation! Love that game. I can be your coach!

[@xander5506]

pls play anchored, I think you would love it

[@QuintonMurdock]

Terrible is my favorite color

[@gzoeprice5402]

gotta b more observing. u forgot to shop n talk to tht one person on busy island

[@honda6353]

Jon, could you imagine yourself playing Oxenfree one day?

[@ashtonrowlett2546]

i love shoes

[@yeetrpg]

This is game is awesome. Wanna buy it.

[@Penguin_Tree]

why does the danger music sound like flash gordon

[@anonviewerciv]

Beats you over the head with the story, doesn't it?

[@on1punch780]

John can you do clone drone in the danger zone?

[@dylanaustin3474]

John, please make a escapist vid

[@Pigmedog]

Soul Searching: The Sole Search For My Sole (from my shoe)

[@Dolkarr]

It's actually a tale of a man from South Korea that is looking for a new life in the metropolis.

[@mkaiww]

John I think you might be interested in this game that I made on my own it's like FPL but a narrative survival game

[@PaulZeroSolis]

So, a procedurally-generated narrative survival game?

[@mkaiww]

Narrative survival game in space

[@rahmodin9209]

jon please play Her Majesty's SPIFFING

[@hex_6590]

Jon, can you check out Mount & Blade Warband please? It's kinda like Total War, you'll like it. I have 530 hours on it :P

[@slickslawth281]

"INCIDENTALLY"

[@Bobby.2k1]

Do some more Skyrim Jon!

[@gokhaneyi6451]

Yeahh !! Turkish game !!

[@poogmaster1]

Is there Rome tonight?

[@BaseShowGaming]

Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday :)

[@namynamerson7155]

Shouldn't be that's a Tuesday Thursday and Sunday series

[@davidjames4890]

Namy Namerson I like how you basically said that same thing,and he got likes but you didn't.

[@Tigercup9]

Mr. Sandwich, I have now rectified this. And it's quite likely that people only saw Alexander's comment and not Namy's

[@BaseShowGaming]

It's very likely indeed, that he wrote his comment without previous actualisation, so he didn't see my comment, so just be grateful, that he also is a nice MATN Follower which just wants to help :)

[@gennik7966]

play oxyfree

[@bigwalk007]

Hahahah those souls look a lot like dragonfly's

[@tadhgmcelligott3693]

Big Walk HEY LISTEN, LISTEN HEY, HEY LISTEN.

[@nullkrym2741]

23:00 why on earth could a map not fit a boat?

[@davidjames4890]

Oi

[@weetdirt]

Okay, this was not helpful for my mental health

[@elamdavis1529]

Then you Should play undertale

[@WillieManga]

I'm trying to figure out if sexuality really does anything for this game. All it seems to do is change the gender of whoever you first talk to on Homeland. I appreciate the thought, but I've not been able to figure out how to get the A Close Friend achievement and it's really bugging me. I wanna see what it's about.

[@Left4Plamz]

Meow

[@vagrant2574]

Please stop saying incidentally every 5 minutes

[@lloydmullins2658]

boring

[@Stampede21]

First!

[@warbossgrimdakka5401]

William Thomas good job, your name will go down in legend the Harpers will sing of your great accomplishments this night

[@Stampede21]

Hamzah Sajjad I know thanks for your recognition