This Game Tries to Make You Join a Cult

In 2013, an anonymous user who went by the alias of Pheonix released a strange game on Tumblr called Kanye Quest 3030.
At first, the game was first seen as a gimmick, reminiscent of Pokemon, but featuring Kanye West, and other hip-hop stars. But two years after the game’s initial release, players would discover a creepy hidden area that would make the community want to investigate further.
#pezle #internethistory #internetmysteries

[@Pezle]

According to the Wiki, the game's creator was Clara Hope who made the game for a school project. Also, the Ascensionism portion was originally planned as a separate work before it was combined into Kanye Quest 3030.

[@jamescross6982]

Pistols are bullpups

[@rockplopper]

My theory is Kanye made it

[@popcornpizza8869]

Why would they put this in for a school project..

[@beaclaster]

​@@jamescross6982stop it right there

[@am-wp9bg]

⁠@@jamescross6982the breech and firing action are in front of the firing grip. they are not bullpup

[@Liveleakk]

Ascensism isn't a real cult but it was made to promote songs

[@seandoesnpcshit]

watch the full video

[@fabiaaquino2207]

Search things before saying stupid things little man.​@@seandoesnpcshit

[@chappellroanmemes]

good because I was worried I was in the cult

[@dragonknight8280]

I feel like nobody here actually played the game in the video, the NPC you interact with to get to this area is Maxwell, who has a song called Ascension, the cult part is an Easter egg in the game though and I don't think it has context it's just a cryptid part.

[@K446.]

sounds like what someone who is in Ascensism would say

[@deathblite9806]

Its been proven that the game doesn't send any data through any method possible by computers. Somebody tested this in several ways, and double checked to be sure. No data packets left the computer at any point while playing the game

[@thelegendaryck]

Yup rpgmaker doesn’t support internet connectivity

[@777arksMa77_RGM]

Maybe only the first few one who finished the rest is follower and blocked

[@LAP-bd7oi]

@@777arksMa77_RGM If that were the case. the game would still need to try to connect with the server. Since the game doesn’t send any packets it seems like it never had internet connectivity to begin.

[@Shadow9955]

Ok but why are you putting your info in a game in the firsts place, especially if it’s about a cult

[@grimsbystalker]

@@Shadow9955you can fake it

[@user-zm7zl9lc6j]

This has been disproven a long time ago, the game doesnt connect to the internet so anything you put for the address wont be sent

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@levi7581]

Imagine catching a shiny snoop dog 😂😂

[@kallixo]

and he's white and blonde😂

[@RoastedChicken__]

Just take a picture of him using your flash.

[@phamdunk3345]

Yeah and then you realize it’s eminem

[@yetibeenz]

​@phamdunk3345 nah thats foul 💀

[@funnyman8713]

@@phamdunk3345 then you bring him to the vet clinic run by Dr Dre

[@garywebb1461]

Just to add something to the theory. The picture grabbed when he says Ascension, is the matrimandir in Auroville India. Its a massive golden globe with a large crystal ball inside.

[@rockz9783]

I went there when i was small. The thing that amazed me more than the dome were the amount of foreign people. I would walk past a Japanese family and then a French one not even ten seconds later, it was an experience to say the least, cause now i barely see foreigners except at the airport

[@renr4814]

brooo im from auroville, its funny that it was mentioned in a cult video 💀 I was shocked to see the matrimandir here cause av is a small, mostly unknown place so to see it in a big video was such a shock

[@renr4814]

@@rockz9783 yeah its very diverse

[@kevinramirez656]

Funny enough, last year, I learned how to make a game using the same program as this one. It's called RPG Maker MV. Interesting story tho

[@deos9]

from my experience with rpg maker games I would say it's rpg maker vx ace

[@user-fm4qh1nn8o]

@@mo0semustdiestraightism

[@mo0semustdie]

@@user-fm4qh1nn8o oh shoot ig that makes me a cultist then

[@sonarinfection]

​@deos9 yeah it's vx or vx ace, mv didn't exist in 2013 and the full screen being zoomed out proves it

[@Dr.H2010]

I thought it was made with an rpg maker program!

[@srinivasans7815]

Says" cult".proceeds to show auroville

[@JazzGamingKingdom]

What an amazing way to get your real info

[@justsomeguywholikesmangoes1363]

This theory was debunked.

[@sundowner9-11]

cult called Ascension god dam it get your m1911 and 500 points whoever has the most points will open the door

[@cabletv7260]

Honestly I just think it’s a silly little mystery they added Also if someone didn’t know no one actually gets the data though it’s made to seem like someone does

[@xofi.]

Didn't Game Theory break this one open? I thought it was confirmed to not be anything.

[@GrapplingHookJones]

Game Theory got it wrong, he found the wrong guy. Check out 'Finding Yeezus' for the real discovery

[@prod3kero]

If you’re gonna doxx people just make it a horror game we don’t need to catch a Fire type Biggie Smalls and a shiny Ice Cube and get doxxed at same time 😂 (was talking about game btw)

[@LInkinPark4life]

I don't believe RPGmaker is real. No FUCKING way Kanye Quest 3030, Changed, and Oneshot all came from the same game maker 😭😭😭

[@RoaringTitan365]

And omori

[@LInkinPark4life]

@@RoaringTitan365 I don't like that game personally

[@ysadalawatatloapat5]

FR THOUGH. that blows my mind

[@TYsdrawkcaB]

@@LInkinPark4lifei don’t like you personally

[@cougher9000]

also Mother:CogDis

[@Edu44FromRobloxLol]

This isnt entirely true, but cool nonetheless

[@seandoesnpcshit]

bro watch the video

[@grimsbystalker]

@@seandoesnpcshitIt isn’t true tho, the creator of the game is the one who shared with others the secret and it’s already been found out there is no cult

[@GrapplingHookJones]

@@grimsbystalker the creator did not share the secret herself.

[@grimsbystalker]

@@GrapplingHookJones the channel that first found it is kinda suspicious tho

[@Karlus_LeV]

WYSI

[@kinwa644]

bro shut up

[@Karlus_LeV]

@@kinwa644 no

[@hidden2098]

ITS THE FUNNY NUMBER

[@Karlus_LeV]

@@kinwa644 nah

[@jake1082]

MatPat did a whole theory on this

[@GrapplingHookJones]

...and 'Finding Yeezus' found the true creator

[@anongirlfrompoland]

I can make something similar in rpg maker in 1 day, would that make me an internet urban legend?

[@doriko.7894]

Lmao

[@Aaron-xr7oc]

I don't think they had that in 2013 bud.

[@anongirlfrompoland]

@@Aaron-xr7oc the first version of rpg maker was released in 1992 lmao

[@moldysshoe8639]

​@@Aaron-xr7oc, First, rpg maker is old as hell. Second, other comments have already revealed that this game was made with rpg maker.

[@billyhendry8369]

I think it's one of the first historical examples if someone stealing your personal details online lol. Those people who entered their details probably got a lot more spam calls and letters lol

[@GrapplingHookJones]

nope, it doesn't send the information anywhere

[@puglife658]

It’s just another one of those “things are far deeper than what they seem” games

[@UltraCenterHQ]

It doesn't even connect to the internet, and it was just connected with a artist making music

[@Azzurett]

Matpat did a therory already he found the person who made it and it was all just an arg to promote it but nothing happened and its not a legend its just a failed attemnt to start an arg

[@GrapplingHookJones]

Game Theory got it wrong, he found the wrong guy. Check out 'Finding Yeezus' for the real discovery

[@ItzStardustYT]

If the game wasnt connected to the internet then it means nothing

[@critical-goat363]

OH MY GOSH, I REMEMBER BEING OBSESSED WITH THIS MYSTERY. It's been so long since I last checked in, I'm kinda curious if anyone has any updates? I'm sure this won't lead me back down the rabbithole again.....

[@ethanpierce2014]

Alexi Tolliopulus and Cameron James have a series called “Finding Yeezus” where they solve this

[@murdoph]

was looking for this comment, that was a very good series

[@R41ph3a7b6]

So, no one ever got contacted, I suppose?

[@goku262002]

Wait.... that game that VideogameDunkey had a video on ages ago is real?! I thought that was some kind of shitpost thing he made!! 😂

[@STNDD]

What a great idea giving your info and credentials to a random 4Chan user

[@josh.weaver]

Y'all need to watch the docuseries "finding Yeezus" if you haven't already - deep dives into Kanye quest and the cult

[@johnbasketball2012]

person in the video almost put in my postal code and i about jumped

[@JoseGonzalez-yv4ry]

Deberias hacer un video de lisa miller, con tu forma de narrar y tu análisis quedaria bastante bien. Por cierto que buen video.

[@war_fish]

Peenix

[@SamIsPoggers]

peenix sc

[@the_irs_real]

​@@SamIsPoggerspeenix sc when meinkraft

[@Nextlevelofdumb]

I’m just watching the game theory on it he talks to one of the people who help make the game all it was was just a joke

[@GrapplingHookJones]

nope, the person he spoke to was not involved with the game at all. Check out 'Finding Yeezus' for the real discovery

[@PoopyPants-ho8so]

I remember hearing about this like 2 or 4 years ago

[@SomeGuywhoplaysGameslol]

Ascension just reminds me of the Soviet cosmodrome nowadays

[@TheWiggyStardust]

Theres a documentary series called "Finding Yeezus" on youtube that actually exposes the truth behind Kanye Quest 3030.

[@Bumbledrop]

Plot twist, hidden in the game files was the fully finished version of Yahndi

[@IAmBe...]

BRO I REMEMBER THIS

[@ottelf]

Normal people: Haha funny easter egg lore That part of the internet: 💀

[@BIGTHANKSHEESH]

Have you done Minecraft Secret Vault? That variant of Monopoly kinda blows, and you are hearing it from a guy who enjoys Monopoly

[@nickfromm5315]

You didn’t mention the Boost Mobil Easter egg

[@alfonx5438]

You know when somethings so obscure and mysterious that even 4chan can't even solve it.

[@jacobdavis9467]

Reminds me of The Three Body Problem

[@DRourkey]

The kanye quest needs a kanye rest

[@MyAngelMahiru]

Wyfsi

[@Karlus_LeV]

WYSI

[@hidden2098]

ITS THE NUMBER

[@C_Corpze]

If I recall the game actually does not even connect to the internet at all.

[@AdamJ103_]

i forgot about this game

[@erixlang1441]

I love this game

[@nathanielmartins5930]

Matpat covered the game, its actually just a fun card board cut out of a "Secret Recruitment Effort" The games doesn't send any of the contact information anywhere, and the loading time to "send" them is a preprogrammed and randomised part of the game's code.

[@GrapplingHookJones]

Year 12 projects usually aren't that sophisticated lol

[@Theory_O_Gravity]

I SAW A VIDEO OF THIS GAME THAT MATPAT MADE

[@emerald-splashhhh]

Fun fact: Kanye west was in the game

[@ramens]

loll lil B made it to the game

[@user-cr9xu5pk3r]

When i heard the kanye i knew what was happening

[@ExcelsiorLi-ion]

Let's hope it costs 100$ for the dexule edition.

[@danlin339]

Hello😊

[@Selvankarthi]

Clean madambakkam lake and save agriculture based on it

[@KindaSus_]

aw i remember this from long time ago, shit was fun

[@deos9]

Can rpg maker vx ace games actually send out info from the game inputs online tho

[@miragebangbravern2024]

No

[@ratoim]

What a fun way to freak people out! Make them think that a mysterious group with all their personal information will be forcibly recruiting them into a cult. Trollololololol!

[@sumwrongwithmymental995]

LIL B LMFAOOO

[@sultanrowa1567]

It already got debunked by the goat matpat

[@elliotkeitges8165]

And people still just give out there info like that. 😂

[@_verdun]

The game is not connected to any server, meaning all the information you enter goes nowhere.

[@elliotkeitges8165]

​@@_verdunThat makes more sense. I've never played it myself so I wasn't sure. At the very least it still seems sketchy. That's probably what they were going for though.

[@_verdun]

@@elliotkeitges8165 it was just a bunch of idle people making an arg that lasted for years, and in the end it was just to promote a musician who didn't even last 2 years making music after the end of the arg. I wish I could recommend the video I saw about this whole case, but it's from a Brazilian KZbinr, so I don't think you'll understand what he says, unless you understand a minimum of Portuguese

[@theshadowking3198]

Oh god Kanye quest

[@dem_apples]

After a long day of work, Kanye West goes to his Kanye Nest to take his Kanye Rest. He wakes up feeling his Kanye Best. Then he’ll get Kanye Dressed on his Kanye Vest to go on a Kanye Quest. He goes to church and becomes Kanye Blessed, then to a hotel room to be a Kanye Guest. Then to school to take his Kanye Test. He forgot to brush his teeth. Did he run out of Kanye Crest? His neighbor stole it, what a Kanye Pest

[@themysteriousjc9684]

Rpg maker 3????!!!! With the basic graphics?

[@Mr_N69]

If they made it in 2023 it would be insane

[@jiaxihao1847]

matpat lol

[@GrapplingHookJones]

finding yeezus lol-er

[@pikachufan9511]

I believe game theory made a video on it lol

[@GrapplingHookJones]

no way!

[@RealmOfUnknown]

It was solved. Was an unfinished school project

[@readjordan2257]

I can't believe it's not NorthKorea

[@alexandrecura7498]

Matpat already did 2 theory's about this game just watch those

[@soggysooponline]

Matpat did a theory on this a while ago

[@GrapplingHookJones]

'Finding Yeezus' did a fact

[@shiyunkari9044]

Who remembers mamamax making a video on this?

[@user-xd4mq5xj5p]

I wanna join a cult too :(

[@AndGoatz04]

[Quick filed under: Occult]

[@vamporidae]

my ex's ex girlfriend was in ascension, she ended up committing

[@fuxkag3908]

Is a rpg maker game which dont use wifi It shouldnt be able to send that info over

[@ryles5069]

pokemon?? bro, final fantasy

[@MeltingBucket]

Matpat in the other hand…

[@GrapplingHookJones]

'Finding Yeezus' on the other hand...

[@AxifiOffical]

Give 4chan a week and they will figure it out

[@schizophreniagaming1187]

False. Disprove. Factually wrong. Stop cooking bro

[@sparemedat5453]

Am I the only one that thinks that looks eerily similar to among us…

[@democraticrepublicofsprout7263]

I dont know about you, but id join a Tupac cult if a video game told me too

[@waszlawbrno8355]

He is using stardew valley music

[@kingrainbow5432]

Another failure of Mamamax

[@Bilal_Irp_Dev]

Did i see a React js logo

[@expertelf]

Game theory already did this one💀

[@GrapplingHookJones]

Game Theory didn't finish the job :(

[@immuno9015]

Stardew music

[@Metallic_hedgehog]

I heard it was a joke by the developer

[@GrapplingHookJones]

year 12 project, yes

[@suirenJA]

I played that shit

[@uhhxd42069]

😭 Error: 404 101

[@JodiGeo]

Don’t push information that’s already disproven as actual fact for views mate

[@divyatandon2389]

Bro , The Image Of The Temple You Used to Synonymously refer to as Cult is Actually A Meditation Center. It is a Spiritual Place. Just to Sell Your Videos And Making a Good Thumbnail Stop using things you don't know about. It's Cheap

[@rifqitaqiuddin]

Its a Recruitment front for a Hacking group.

[@GrapplingHookJones]

nope, it was a school project

[@tenebrisity6170]

Its fake. How would it send out of the game? Doesnt make sense

[@GrapplingHookJones]

yeah, it was school project

[@tweakfinals173]

Not to brag or anything but I’m in well was in. The leader is mad boring and didn’t plan things out

[@canyouseedis]

Here before this blows up

[@ld2048]

hopefully not, make these creators get a real job instead of copying scripts and changing the inflections

[@GrapplingHookJones]

this blew up years ago. The mystery was solved in 2022

[@Zenith029]

Satan getting real crafty💀