What happens if you head straight for the final picture in Iron Lung

[@icantthinkofaname8139]

So you can technically photograph that last structure, it’s just that everyone decides to do it last as it’s farthest away from spawn

[@ghxst.5128]

1.8k likes with Zero replies?

[@Rapgod3hoursclean]

Two now

[@varsitybaddie]

Make it three

[@timeforgottenprince8271]

four

[@everettphelps9678]

Five

[@djenei2564]

monster be like: you R U I N E D my plans

[@LMBknight]

Yet he pulled a reverse by scare at the end

[@ohno3736]

This is one of those comments that's absolutely hilarious for no reason

[@axle-mations708]

Oh yeah that thing would be really mad

[@Sam-vz8pm]

@@ohno3736 deadass

[@Sam-vz8pm]

I can't be the only one who read that in Sethical's voice

[@R3D4CTED]

cheers for this man for replaying literal HELL

[@ok0_0]

?

[@Providence..]

@@ok0_0 He's alluding to either how tedious this game is or to how disturbing it is.

[@ok0_0]

@@Providence.. It's pretty tedious, yea. Super cool experience though, I wish they'd expand upon it..

[@Providence..]

@@ok0_0 Agreed :^)

[@shayray8764]

IN REVERSE

[@johnbishop9621]

All the issues happening with your submarine, that is the oxygen running out, the leaks, the fire and even some of the noises outside, happen dur to triggers. That means aside from the fire nothing actually is going to kill you while you wait.

[@iforgotmyname1669]

That's the one problem with decoding and overly analysing horror games. You remember they are just games. Your first playthrough with no prior knowledge? That is where Iron Lung shines.

[@YoloMcCheesy]

@@iforgotmyname1669 yea i wished i played it myself first instead of watching

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@iforgotmyname1669 I honestly don't have a problem with it. The immersion is still great. It's like with knowing an illusionist's tricks: you either get bored, or you appreciate it all the better.

[@johnbishop9621]

@@iforgotmyname1669 I luckily went into the game blind. Especially since it's only an hour long and 5$, I considered it more of something I want to enjoy and kept away from being spoiled.

[@cyrolocker1229]

@@johnbishop9621 I can see iron lung being a amazing low budget short horror film, Seeing 1 man breaking down trapped in a metal sarcophagus

[@sapphirehesus]

so basically how the game end works is that when you have a 1 or 0 objectives remaining, and you are at a valid objective position the ""jumpscare"" activates

[@sapphirehesus]

@@FatherNagic I've put it in quotes since it's not really a jumpscare, but more of a sequence of several things getting activated, bla bla bla So ive Just said jumpscare

[@TemmieContingenC]

@@connorlancaster7541 Connor why are you saying this in a video about angry blood fish

[@mozarteanchaos]

@@connorlancaster7541 R?

[@Providence..]

@@connorlancaster7541 As a Christian, please do not force the faith onto others, they are given the free will to follow or not.

[@HiJinkens]

@@TemmieContingenC Because people that watch a video about angry blood fish need Jesus

[@ParityS]

It would be cool if that final picture was a something super unique since most people would never see it, like the wreck of a previous submarine or something

[@arbiter1er]

Well, you got your wish

[@captainszasz5836]

@@arbiter1er How?

[@arbiter1er]

@@captainszasz5836 The 2.0 beta added the wreck of a previous submarine in lieu of the Singing Monolith

[@thebossmongars9651]

@@arbiter1er great

[@Dynamic1809]

the monolith is still in game...it just got moved

[@RiskRule]

kinda cool that in a way this implies that u dont have to take pictures in order

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

That makes sense actually, there isn't really an order to the game. The only reason people take pictures in a specific order is usually convenience. The Speedrun does the "9th" picture before the "8th" picture because it's faster.

[@julijusmisgirdas3682]

@@connorlancaster7541 gonna need that for this game 😆😆

[@MsScarletwings]

@@connorlancaster7541 It’s a shame that the Holy Spirit never tells you guys to mind your own business

[@itsnotamasterpieceitsamist772]

@@MsScarletwings it’s kinda like when Jedi say stuff like “only Sith deal in absolutes” even though that statement is an absolute itself

[@gutter1]

@@connorlancaster7541 YEAH TELL EM CONNOR

[@christopherreynolds4506]

This is what I assumed would happen considering there is a structure there, implying that you are meant to see it. I watched someone no-clip the game.

[@bryanlemmens68]

I always thought to portal was the actual final one considering its the weirdest

[@bloomingpain-flower7074]

@@bryanlemmens68 why do you think it is a portal?

[@bryanlemmens68]

@@bloomingpain-flower7074 i mean it warps the game itself like the gravity is different from the other side. Besides its generally believed by the wiki

[@bloomingpain-flower7074]

@@bryanlemmens68 whoever can edit the wiki and I thought that it's just some kind of anomaly, that's all. If it is a portal there should be better proofs.

[@bryanlemmens68]

@@bloomingpain-flower7074 i mean its a glowing light that moves in place. Seems portal-y to me

[@theguy5855]

Damn. All I wanted was some secret ending where if you end off with a specific location say that portal thing something else happens

[@Zero-ye2dk]

Portal thing?

[@szymonzuberycki7525]

He means that wierd star thing

[@tiggins1565]

And u get portal'd off to another blood ocean on another moon

[@enchantedspoon759]

everyone says its a "portal thing" but im quite sure its just a high-pressure geyser sorta thing

[@LordVader1094]

@@enchantedspoon759 it isn't

[@andrasfogarasi5014]

You know, game sense really does worsen horror game experience. When I played this game, it took me until about the first oxygen tick to have this thought: "You know, having an imprecise oxygen meter kill the player and forcing them to replay the past hour or so would be quite frustrating. So assuming the game is well-designed, the oxygen meter is probably tied to position triggers. While we're at that, a monster you can't see ripping up the sub would also be frustrating, so that's not going to happen until we reach a proper ending." Of course, there are ways to die in this game, but they are well-within the player's control. The scripted fire is slow, loud, and easy to fight. And all you need to do to not ram into a wall is to not suck.

[@thesaladballs]

all valid points. my only counter point is, they aren’t there for any purpose other than atmosphere, and (here’s the kicker) *personally* they did just that excellently. and i know, that’s highly subjective and not really what you’re looking for, but i suppose that’s video games for you😪

[@anonymousapproximation8549]

@@thesaladballs In order for those to affect the atmosphere, the player needs to view them as credible. Someone with a game sense would know what is and isn't credible, so aren't nearly as moved by the atmosphere.

[@ferociousfeind8538]

It's a bit of a paradox- any actually substantiated threat of death, any fulfillment of it, will immediately take the player out of the experience, so good horror experiences will most likely not involve actually dying. As soon as you cash in all the suspense you've been building up, it's all gone, and the player will be frustrated, if not disappointed in your mediocre jumpscare or end state. So, this game does well within the psychological limitations set on it, I think.

[@CloneLoli]

@@ferociousfeind8538 What? But the best horror experiences have death as a consequence, it leads to real tension. Not saying good horror games have to include death but there is a reason horror games used to be challenging, plus many horror games with death involve quicker segments with safety afterwards otherwise dying could reset too much progress. The reason the best jumpscares in RE work is because they normally introduce a threat that can halt your progress or waste your resources. Horror games should strive for a good balance of challenge, loss and atmosphere.

[@ImaPizzaK]

@@ferociousfeind8538 i am going to simplify your comment

[@mistydayremainsofthejudgment]

It’s fascinating how the map is quite open but most people experience the same thing and so we go thru this linear experience. It predicts how a person will move thru the map. That’s the sign of a great game.

[@pfitz9346]

Not necessarily that crazy. Humans will naturally plot the shortest route to a destination. The last destination most players go to (this one) is the one that's the furthest from the start.

[@awakened64]

also the "events" like oxygen going lower, the fire, steam or blood rising are triggers placed around the map, not from amount of pictures

[@bababooey5402]

Technically from the specific places it wants you to shoot, but yeah. If it worked off of the amount of pictures in general, this would be the easiest game to speedrun.

[@playstation1homeentertainm981]

I like how the entire game balances on the player taking pictures in the correct order

[@LordVader1094]

Kinda bad design lol

[@somelolicon293]

@@LordVader1094 not really, you quite literally have to go out of your way to make the path unnecessarily complicated

[@sterpogamer7958]

@@LordVader1094 there isn't anything that's bad about it though? maybe if you miss one at the start (intentionally or not) but that's in a game about suspense. a long travel back to the start would probably work in its favour for most players (who don't know the ending, at least)

[@mr.cup6yearsago211]

… no it doesn’t? This video literally showed that almost nothing changes at all.

[@abathtub1411]

@@somelolicon293 yeah, plus the movement system is deliberately clunky so its the player will want to go the most direct route with minimal backtracking. Makes following the "correct" order intuitive, seems like perfectly fine design to me.

[@SkyMacaroon]

Yeah in my first play through I did these out of order. I went to the unknown light as my final picture than the intended route. Not gonna lie it was far scarier that way.

[@vince3736]

nice effort! thank you for this information

[@doodle_bear291]

I had to pause it to do something and came back LITERALLY just before the jumpscare so it got me good 💀

[@HazardousEnvironments]

Still jumped knowing the jumpscare at the end

[@jebediahkerman8245]

This was a great find!

[@bossroth8201]

If this became a movie I’d watch it lol be cool little story they have to add on to

[@PoochMG]

Yea for sure. Some dude trapped in an Iron Tomb for like an hr. Maybe 10 min before and 10 min at the end of them not being in it. That'd be cool. Kindo of like 127 Hours but under a sea of blood.

[@bossroth8201]

@@user-xy6wu3xg2c na I met a real movie like a dude whose captured turned into a convict and placed into the sub. It could be like buried movie not where you just see a screen but a guy actually Inside a tiny sub.

[@atanaZion]

Seems boring in a movie formart

[@karinapowell2487]

Boy do I have news for you

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

LMAOOOOO it aged like fine wine

[@definitelynotcris]

What happens if you ignore the part with the eye when its right in front of you and keep playing, maybe even getting to the ending? I've seen you can move while its right in front of you until you take the picture, so how far can you go?

[@DarkBlqze77777]

This ^ The Eye Part, I Always Wonder When The Fish Rage Because yYou Flash Photo Right To It's Eye, What Happens When You Don't, n Just Stay Still or Get Away From It.. 🤔

[@outspade]

id imagine youd have to take a picture eventually because taking pictures is how you progress from a lore standpoint, whether you would take that picture or not wouldnt matter because thats not actually the fish that ends up killing you

[@superafgbg167]

The radar just continues to freak out until you take a picture, regardless of how far or long you go.

[@riverajustinmarks.]

Yeah you're forced to take the picture, you can't take pictures of other markers unless the fish leaves which won't leave unless you took a pic of it.

[@DarkBlqze77777]

@@riverajustinmarks. Oof..

[@jessicaeskebk5945]

What if you back up against a wall near the final jumpscare? Will it just wallhack? Lol

[@DrowseProductions]

The Submarine doesn't actually exist in the game world. What the controls in the sub do is just move a separate camera object around the map from which you take the pictures with. The Sub interior is essentially a separate set from the game map.

[@Max._Power]

@@DrowseProductions I think the question was more that since the jumpscare happens when you turn to press the button, what if you didn't turn around and walked backwards towards the button instead

[@jessicaeskebk5945]

@@DrowseProductions totally forgot that. Aaaaaa

[@CturiX.IREALLY]

even if it was a sub in the game world, it wouldnt match the angles needed for the photo, thus not triggering a hungyboy jumpscare

[@boofmiester9014]

@@Max._Power trying to back up during the final picture doesnt work since the game puts an invisible wall there forcing you to turn around or just sit there and do nothing

[@OurMHVs]

Did that scare you at the end? I jumped lmao

[@gevakta7629]

Absolutely, I've seen it so many times though I've gotten used to it. Check out my playthrough for my blind reaction

[@sorrowmcgeethatsme]

Kinda how I assumed the game functioned but thanks for scratching that itch for all of us.

[@ggman.]

i was surprised to see that most people went for that picture last, i went to the anomaly last because it looked more annoying to get out of. i think my ending is better bc of the anomaly sounds, they really put me on edge.

[@ferretzim8694]

I actually wondered about that. Is the end jumpscare location based on how many objectives you've done, or are all the other points actualy irrelevant, and going straight for the end location gets you to the end of the game faster? Now my curiosity is sated.

[@wojtekgogol1015]

As I don't like jumpscares this one is the best one ever and i really like it.

[@planetxpro10.03]

thanks dude for not wasting so many people's time

[@kubyooo8571]

well, I actually treated this anomaly thing as last checkpoint (which i think was intended cause it gets all shaky when you go there + its the hardest to manevour in this little pit)

[@shadydaemon4178]

This guy: Alright everyone, what have we learned from this? Me: As you said it will end all the same. The fish: I…am inevitable.

[@jameswent48]

No one cares

[@shadydaemon4178]

@@jameswent48 20 people do.

[@perplexical]

fish is just camping

[@Unbound_Wisp]

*grumbles to self about actually getting jump scared for the first time in history*

[@LibraryOfRuina_Angelica]

The MONSTER follows you everywhere. It always followed you from the beginning.

[@christianpuga9424]

What if you never took a picture of the monster when its in front of you, proceed to the point of interest, and then take two photos in quick succession?

[@karimitickaeloogreattemlor3486]

Thanks for the video! I was curious about wether the script was about the places or the pictures!

[@dominiccalintzdelacruz1880]

theres no good ending

[@Galaxy-MediaX]

*Gevakta,* tysm for uploading this video. I was curious on whether the order of points of interest mattered.

[@rift8430]

Never knew that it would trigger something, I just thought the final picture would get you into a jumpscare.

[@graphite7898]

Honestly goes to show that the developer is good at making short games that he knows how to optimize it, after seeing how little effort was actually put, I guarantee he finished this game in a week at max.

[@verruxlunox8438]

Cool short informative video. Thank you for the quality.

[@philardo]

I never saw gameplay of iron lung before and funny enough that this is the first thing I see, cause I remember my teacher telling us to read the last page of a book, to raise our interest, if we can't get into it, which I'm pretty sure applies here, cause I really wanna know wtf is going on in this game now

[@serPomiz]

Well, you're in luck, since the maker of the game made other titles of completelly different types, they are all on the same line of things not getting explained to you properly, and theres whisper of an ARG between all of the titles, even the future ones...

[@func_e]

pretty neat, actually

[@tsunamo2081]

did anybody else fling upwards due to the unexpected jumpscare?

[@fluffypinkpandas]

Jumpscare triggers when conditions 1. Player has 1 objective remaining 2. Player has looked behind them when there = true What can we do with this information? Rush the furthest objectives and work backwards to make the spawnzone objective trigger the ending. Trigger the ending on the void ball to make things interesting. You can complete all objectives and keep eploring as long as you don't look behind you when the rumbling starts.

[@Piromysl359]

It is hard coded, that Monster attacks before you try to make 10th photo.

[@GrillaDog]

They should make a nightmare mode with a literal moving creature in the waters

[@Pavilius_]

the lore is really interesting the stars and planets disappear but only moons are left behind with anomalies on it like it was done on purpose by who knows so if your on a spaceship or something else you’re fine but if you’re on the surface you disappear do you really die because it’s not like the stars and planets exploded so I would like another game that happens on another moon with another anomaly you can really expand the lore

[@TylerMcNamer]

I like to think that you are Noah's great grandson or something and you dive into the fish.

[@russiancheems2275]

Fun fact: the fish won’t jumpscare you until you turn around

[@yayothejowen2541]

Ex-convict after he gets hoisted up: "I lived...bitch"

[@Hi-Yanto]

Imagine there’s a secret ending where you find a secret picture or note about the place and it cuts off

[@aaron1232006]

It realled pissed me off when he did a literal 360 at the last location

[@NewAgeRenegXde]

Yeo jumpscares never get me but boy did I still jump 😳

[@daultonmertz1483]

This gotta be based off the endless blood lake scp

[@aseheavyindustries798]

surprisingly good game to play around the homies

[@mccallyoung8152]

what if you try walking backwards to the botton and maybe avoid the jumpscare

[@Tagrix]

It's a good method to jump scare you

[@bifar99]

for some reason I thought the title said lion King and was very confused

[@GODi76667]

A game you can never win😒

[@bogdan_golubovic]

It would be so cool if you could get a good ending this way...

[@tls559]

Dead End...

[@LordWyatt]

That’d be cool if there was an Easter egg if you do it backwards

[@michamakowiecki6431]

Can someone recommend a sci-fi novel in style similar to (or causing similar emotions, having similar atmosphere, having a similar topic as) Iron Lung videogame?

[@gevakta7629]

I'd say 'I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream' is a pretty good choice if you're after something dark and depressing. It's a short-story tackling the end of the world in a futuristic-esque style kind of similar to Iron Lung, though focuses more on the end of the world rather than it vanishing entirely. It's perfect if you're after something bleak and hopeless.

[@michamakowiecki6431]

@@gevakta7629 Thanks!

[@Mr.Smeller]

Man, doomed always.

[@calfinhobbes1082]

Why does the thumbnail look like the Depression Cherry logo doe

[@tralphstreet]

The amount of 14 year old elite programmers in the comment section is astonishing. Guys, nobody cares that you think you know how the game works, some of your assumptions are actually horribly unfounded.

[@glidershower]

Why does the monster's mouth remind me of _Conker's Bad Fur Day's_ Big Mighty Poo?

[@happynunez2599]

Nice

[@yesplease5661]

It's like the fourth vid I watched about that game.. Somehow I was thinking if something so minimalistic, slow paced but still immersive and chilling would work for todays Kids. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing bout a good lookin AAA Movie today...but to enjoy and appreciate this Kind of Entertainment IT needs Imagination and stuff... Has this ability been lost over time or am I just starting to be a grumpy boomer?

[@xrup9728]

Wait what if you went for the reality distorting plasma orb last

[@liamtaylor849]

So what if you walked backwards to take the last photo? I saw in another video that dived into the game's source code that there is a line of code that waits until you turn around to trigger that jump scare. So if you didn't... what would happen?

[@725ken]

Not sure if you saw OP's other video but it creates an invisible barrier that can only be crossed when you're facing the fish

[@liamtaylor849]

@@725ken ah...well that's screwed that then

[@sebru]

I didnt even move at the "jumpscare", i guess thats a benifit of being a horror game veteran

[@zephyr.r]

imagine calling urself a retired fnaf fan😂🤓🤓🤓

[@sebru]

@@zephyr.r it was meant as a joke because when it was those fnaf 4 days i was a fan but not anymore when it became more nerdy

[@Providence..]

@@sebru Is that what's being called nerdy nowadays? Lol.

[@sebru]

@@Providence.. well its only my opinion

[@demonthesoule]

@@sebru FNAF is no where close to nerdy. You mean the community. With their made up stories and theories. I'd suggest referring to self as a horror game veteran, it's better then retired FNAF fan, it's gets less of a mixed reaction like you got in this little section. Also feels more powerful

[@luwle1]

What if the blood reaches you

[@livingtoaster]

it dosnt.

[@tumabiilofrelan7024]

Wow look Literally nothing is different in a short scripted game about one whole jumpscare Who'd have thought

[@brylleangeloprado2058]

i have shat myself

[@Arthas972]

Well that was disappointing

[@sethdove8847]

jumpscare didnt even phase me, proof ive seen too many horror games

[@Atte_Rios]

they thought about everything,, excelente game

[@RabiesRaccoonlol]

The game actually is optional with which pictures you take therefore the last one you try to take will be the one that you die at

[@Reviwitha6]

Alternate ending, he saved human life in the universe. Wait. Nevermind

[@tbone551]

what even is that thing

[@haiphucnguyen5861]

Nothing changes

[@chrishughes1574]

Is there a way to beat the game without dying?

[@gevakta7629]

nope!

[@cosmicstrawberry7579]

i've never seen such an amazing game have such a garbage ending lmfao

[@bababooey5402]

As far as someone else here said/found on Twitter, the dev is intending on expanding this fame's world further later on, so in essence this game is a demo.

[@illusion-xiii]

I'm curious, as you took the pictures of the targets, were the actual images in reverse order from how they appeared when you play it "normally" (meaning the images are fixed to the physical positions), or did they appear in the same order (meaning the images are fixed to the order they're found in)? From what you show here, it looks like the "last" image (the one you went straight to) resembled the kind of images you'd normally see at the end (artificial looking wall with rectangular "windows"), which suggests that the images are fixed to the physical positions. If that's the case, I'm curious how that affects one of the scripted moments, when you take one of the targeted pictures (I believe it's one of the skeletons) and the first time you take it, there's a creature in the background, but when you take it again the creature is gone. I think it was maybe the 3rd or 4th image when you do them in the normal order. I'm curious, does that little event still take place in the same sequence based on number of targets completed (and therefore in a different image than it would appear the normal way), or does it appear in the same image/position and therefore later in the sequence of creature-revealing events? I hope all of that makes sense and parses out correctly.

[@thorveim1174]

some people have effectively modded the game/cheated to allow to see through the porthole normally; all elements you need to photograph are physical objects in the game world. In fact, the world outside is a full 3D environment you navigate in, and pictures are exactly that: pictures of the outside of the ship taken in real time (with a few exception like a fish eye staring at you) As for the background angler, its a stil, rough 3D object of just the face (then disappears into a black nothing) that exists as a piece in the actual world, it just disappears after you take a picture of it. Its also (not 10% sure) the exact same thing that crashed throught he back of the ship on the ending

[@illusion-xiii]

@@thorveim1174 Thanks!

[@g.l.o.w.s.s6900]

Ok but no one is talking about this speedrun potential?

[@shellnut]

i don't see how this would be any faster

[@g.l.o.w.s.s6900]

@@shellnut you’re ignoring every other picture and b-lining it straight to the last one.

[@shellnut]

@@g.l.o.w.s.s6900 you did actually watch the video, right? the game doesn't end until you get all 10

[@g.l.o.w.s.s6900]

@@shellnut ok I see, admittedly I did skip around a bit and read the text at the beginning, and judging by what it said I thought you could go right to the final one.

[@shellnut]

@@g.l.o.w.s.s6900 fair enough, I can see how the title and start of the video would indicate that

[@disabledman230]

ez speedrun btw

[@JimBimBum]

this kinda shows how little effort actually went to the objectives showing none of it really mattered.

[@serPomiz]

Maybe just the singularity does? I mean, it's the only thing that behaves differently

[@JimBimBum]

@@serPomiz does it really though? it just kills you meaning yeah they sent you down there to die.

[@ARandomAccountYT]

Oh interesting

[@ChefK123]

Scared the shit outta me

[@davids5978]

epic

[@chainjail4834]

Bruh

[@KoshiefYT]

Ohio:

[@sayaminatsuki8780]

How do people think this game is a masterpiece

[@sayaminatsuki8780]

"pSyChOlogiCal hOrRor"

[@Oliepolie]

So…. >lazy

[@dandanger5637]

Man, the ending in this game is such trash.

[@sayaminatsuki8780]

So boring