The Desolate Hope - Part 1: Malwastes Virus 1 (No commentary)

[@tavinh8]

Scott Cawthon really needs to return to this glorious work

[@Toasterloaf]

I actually wanna see him make a competent Christian game. There's a lot of potential in Christianity, and I think The Pilgrim's Progress was a step in the right direction, but it kinda fell short in some nonsensical design choices. Making a whole RPG where you fight passively as a shepherd of the lord seems like a kind of wholesome experience.

[@cfq44792]

Yes! I dont care about A robot bear

[@JoseMat2953]

Same. Honestly, I'm want FNaF to just be over so Scott can return to these old games. I honestly care about these older games a lot more than FNaF.

[@tavinh8]

Scott Cawthon has recently made an announcement that he is retiring. This news is very unfortunate to hear. This is a big loss to FNAF, it’s franchise, and its community. However, this leaves a possibility for Scott to return to his older franchises like The Desolate Abandon to some extent. He stated alongside his announcement he posted on Scott Games that he misses his older franchises he worked on before making FNAF.

[@JoseMat2953]

@@tavinh8 That is a good sign indeed, imo. Even though his retirement isn't really the end of FNAF.

[@RighBread]

The setting, story, and art of this game are unmatched by anything I've ever seen in my life. It's crazy how unique and beautiful this is. Gameplay needs some love, I think, but I desperately want to see this revisited.

[@colelevel2654]

I think the gameplay is fantastic too

[@squedlly]

The battle system is fun, and the dungeon crawling is just the best way to earn chips, if tedious. It's still a very fun game.

[@HansonJ]

This game has so much detail.

[@Leffrey]

This game feels like he took some very elaborate and odd concept art and directly imported it into the game's design

[@RaisinHook]

its crazy how good of a audio composer Scott is

[@lerdeldrinboiYT]

Well it's either his work or more likely, he took copyright free stuff like he did for fnaf.

[@squedlly]

​​@@lerdeldrinboiYT I think a lot of this music was from Bjorn Lynne?

[@gameshocker2.0]

This game feels like a fever dream

[@neoplayx073]

even 8 years after, this game is still one of the best games has ever existed

[@I_Bleed_Luv]

man I really like that red eyed black robot looks

[@night-shadevirgo2104]

Malenz Yah he's fab af

[@SnowyFoxlinn]

Goddammit Scott, why couldn't you have just made Desolate Abandoned? This game deserves to be a series...

[@hotaruishere2133]

I like the way the robot with the human face looks

[@night-shadevirgo2104]

Mirad

[@skykrasher4475]

The design of the Derelicts look so otherworldly and eldritch and I absolutely love them. This really feels like if you took a H.P. Lovecraft story and made it metal.

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

I *HOPE* this gets ported to consoles!

[@LudiusQuassas]

That's a pretty desolated hope.

[@A.Z.296]

@@LudiusQuassas I see what you did there

[@lemmy154]

Nope

[@JoseMat2953]

Yeah.

[@rainfox2490]

that would be amazing

[@AgeAgeAge]

Oh sweet. Desolate Hope is one of my fave games.

[@luminescentprism5417]

Before we had Freddy and his friends, we had a coffee machine eliminating viruses.

[@JammerRammy]

Finally! Thank you very much for uploading a walkthrough of this game without annoying commentary

[@bluepolarbear]

You know, this game has intrigued me for quite some time. I'm glad to finally see it in motion. Thanks, ymmot.

[@KiiBon]

This game is the definition of Underrated

[@renoia3067]

The huge imposing wooden guys in the background give me “enforcer” vibes. It seems Malenz, in pursuit of his ideal dream, accidentally created a second dystopia

[@xianthefurcorn3855]

"Where am I?" "You'll never receive this message little one." "... oh crap"

[@bluegirrafe17]

This game is beautiful

[@peopleperson]

i love scott's style before fnaf

[@Nicoanimss]

6:23 now i see where funtime freddy got his endoskeleton design

[@GatorEC7]

I don't understand why Scott didn't get more recognition for this game. Maybe fnaf stole all the glory.

[@watershark7443]

I am busy running stimulations you could not possibly understand. Do not disturb me

[@tankthomus]

I would love to try this game! The visuals are spectacular and the giant robots really feel human (as funny as that is).

[@Untitled_Niamiko]

Why didn't this become popular before FNAF?

[@AJPwny]

No idea, I'm sorry I didn't hear of it before I heard of FNAF. I started looking into Scott's games after getting into the Five Nights At Freddy's series, & that's how I found this.

[@greekboi357]

Basically, I think it was known, but had many negative critiques

[@greekboi357]

Corope Yes, it is weird. When I checked Steam, everyone said they love it

[@I_Bleed_Luv]

Pickleodeon Scientistalleo idk

[@troin3925]

Corope Actually, the hate came from a misunderstanding of the game’s ending which Scott removed (well, a specific part at least), to prevent more misconceptions (which he regrets doing in hindsight). I haven’t finished the game yet so I can’t tell you what it is for now. Update: Another comment that I forgot about. I’ve already beaten the game since those 2 years. The controversy involved some ending text that said something along the lines of “for all the children who never got to grow up.” Due to the context of the game’s ending, which involves a human fetus (presumably the last of the human race), that was preserved by the coffee robot to grow up in a virtual simulation, combined with the fact that Scott is a very open Christian, people thought that it was supposed to be an anti-abortion message. Scott clarified that the text was referring to things like miscarriages and kids dying at a young age.

[@heronoverdose]

How did he render the 3d here? Looks amazing, full of sovl!

[@kmrl5982]

The effort that went into this is insane.

[@francotherox5853]

man, imagine some kind of darksouls game with this style made by scott cawthon.

[@AXZED_1983]

Scott is the best rtx stuff in 15 years ago

[@watershark7443]

Automated message: System resources dedicated to stimulation. Come back another time please.

[@zkiller-46757]

I hope Scott will remember about this game and do something with it (not the another fnaf)

[@ico-theredstonesurgeon4380]

This is so well done

[@SUPERLEAF026]

This is my second (after fnaf) my favorite Scott game.

[@WartimeRs]

This storyline rocks

[@zuri293]

2020 I MISS DIS GAME!!!!!!!

[@memedude8303]

Ok but we didnt need to know when you posted it

[@zuri293]

I just wanted to add the year for no reason at all

[@KruhlSentru]

Several elements of this remind me of an old indie game that probably very few know of these days - Loonyland 2: Winter's Woods. The music, for example, and those spinning turrets. I have to wonder if there's any actual connection? Perhaps Scott was partially inspired by some those old indie games from Hamumu?

[@drswag0076]

this was made before Scott worked on FNAF. it's been 11 years since the first game came out.

[@gayzer1020]

I just want scott to quit fnaf for a while and make original projects like this honestly he did this all by himself imagine what he can do with a team **This aged well**

[@edrick106]

Back in a day he said he already had something planned after he has done with fnaf but he never talked about it again.

[@gayzer1020]

@@edrick106 He hopefully will finish or take a break from the series after security breach but chances are alim

[@edrick106]

@@gayzer1020 Yeah he wasn't expecting fnaf to be a such a hit and he's also supervising the movie so it's gonna take a while for him to create something new.

[@gayzer1020]

@@edrick106 yeah but he keeps getting better so that "new" thing is gonna be absolutely incredible

[@gayzer1020]

@Bernardo Coutinho Beny2000 i think he retired from making videogames he might come back though

[@AJPwny]

I'm getting a big Kirby vibe from the music. Nice!

[@Idiotic_B_Purcell]

03:13 OK so I noticed a machine claw to the very top right of this particular room. I've been told to look up a playthrough as said claw was recycled in another game years later, but nothing else was specified. Can anyone tell me more? 'Cause I literally don't know what 0+0 is tbh

[@myttydohun4851]

this game is fucking badass

[@LennyWhatever2]

As much as I'll die for a new FNAF game there NEEDS to be a remaster of this

[@W3B-2424]

I think that somehow FNaF is gonna tie into The Desolate Hope

[@GJames-Legend101]

28:45 seeing this part makes me wonder if this is what inspired the fazbear frights story the puppet carver, in the story theirs a inventor named Porter who creates animatronics made out of wood, and if so maybe matpats old theory about porter being the book parallel to Henry is true and perhaps he did use wood to make characters such as balloon boy - jj - little joe - the magician and the fortune teller and any other characters that seem to be made of wood.

[@watershark7443]

Hmmm, a new version. I will grant you access. Hopefully you will succeed where the others have failed. Step closer to the access point.

[@Peeblo]

Coffee is really mean for no reason, it's not like the gamer ai did anything wrong

[@dustedjpeg9892]

makes me wonder why this game did so poorly, it's a beautiful and enique game really.

[@17denby]

I think this game would’ve been a lot better and popular if the gameplay was a bit better and a little less dialogue because the game looks fantastic and the story is too

[@watershark7443]

Hello again, New and improved I see. We are all busy I'm afraid. So much depends on us.

[@fishhsif9003]

I sometimes wonder if scott takes any Osamu Sato inspiration in his artwork. A lot of the robot designs remind me of characters you’d see in Rolypolys or Eastern Mind

[@mateolopez6291]

Steel Wool is open to making this

[@zenlarrushiro3607]

Niko: I don't know what this is but it looks interesting

[@thexylophone]

*_Niko... Bellic?_*

[@Nowaythisisnt]

We still have to know which niko your talking about

[@chippythebest_]

This takes me so far back. When rainbows weren't gay and when the world was a good place to be in. When we would go outside and play for hours, and go home exhausted. When we would watch videos having a good time not having to think about what was actually happening in the world. When we were just normal kids. And then "The Desolate Hope" came out. Me and my friends loved it, we would play it at my place. It was so jolly every Christmas, waking up to see gifts and chocolate under the tree, when we would get lost in the snow and make snowmen. When we would make igloos and try to get inside of them only for them to fall. When there was a hot summer out and swim in the pool. When we would get bug bites and act like we were zombies. When we made a water gun war. When we would only go inside our homes to sleep or go to the bathroom. And when the fall started and we would go to school, we were still happy because we knew we would see each other there. When everything was simple and everything was easy. But how long must it last? "The only inevitable thing is change."

[@medeahan]

The random homophobia is so funny bro what 😭

[@VxCane4]

it isn't homophobia, bro.. ​@@medeahan

[@fizzie6902]

I stopped following scott after fnaf4 I didn't know he made a cyberpunk adventure game?!

[@noideasmen]

Oh this game is VERY old, I believe

[@MinkoedZamorVedro]

@@noideasmen it was made in 25 april 2012. Not like so old.

[@birdboy16]

@@MinkoedZamorVedro it’s about 9 years, so it’s fairly old

[@mrbigsauce9984]

Wait if there are no humans why is there a coffee brewer? With Coffee?

[@davidhong1934]

Same reason there's a gaming chip despite the lack of humans It was pre-installed

[@michaelofparadise]

very nice

[@red-bro]

in 4:54 is that funtime freddy???

[@therobotboy7056]

What😮

[@Freddy1-31]

Freddy (2587) 4:53

[@theloniuspunk383]

wow a video game that doesn't look like total shit I am in awe!

[@gemerlr-0145]

Somebody know the name of malwastes theme?

[@bricksider5588]

Bjorn Lynne - Ang Kahora

[@lemondude2]

ui am really confused

[@dannyrogers3246]

So is this the first Scott cawthon game with coffee in it or was there one even before this?

[@astromonster312]

He was also in The Desolate Room, a prequel game.

[@edrick106]

@@astromonster312 I beat The Desolate Room and i still don't get how it fits in the story of TDH

[@astromonster312]

@@edrick106 Okay, so it’s not really a prequel. The Desolate Hope is more of just a successor, and has a different canon.

[@edrick106]

@@astromonster312 So it is like a spin-off?

[@astromonster312]

@@edrick106 More of a follow up.

[@Zhania-wj9uw6wz8x]

Robot machine coffee ☕ female?

[@javiermedina9392]

I'm pretty sure that a robot doesn't have a gender

[@ONEBATS]

Tero tolik 39:09

[@companioncube4232]

I definitely didn't expected such shit gameplay for a such good looking artstyle

[@recluse9978]

Compared to a lot of his other games this game play is really good.

[@squedlly]

​@@recluse9978yeah, Scott was good with aesthetics, but his gameplay left a bit to be desired. However, the dungeon crawling wasn't that much meant to be important for gameplay: it's just the easiest way to grind chips. The battle system is more fun, especially with Boxcar's Junction.