3 SCARY GAMES #112

Welcome to Obol!Obol.Ubul.Obol.O -B -O -L.I don't know what O -B -O -L stands for, but this is kind of, I think, supposed to be a little bit reminiscent of both Shotgun Roulette and also Inscription, which is the card game.

The really cool one with a lot of meta stuff going on there.Not meta like Facebook meta, like meta like meta analysis.Meta...meta -something.Meta...meh...uh...insert your own definition of what that means.This is a taste of what will become a full game at some point, apparently.I think they call it one of those demos.

Oh, good.There's a dead guy.Crushed by a box.

You had nothing to do with that murder, did you?

Oh, no escape.At least we're setting the tone for all of this.

Are we under the ocean?

A BUG!Okay, this feels a lot more Inscription than it does Buckshot Roulette.It's time we re -evaluate your competence for the job, as demanded by the corporate.For now, now, formalities first.I'll be back.Uh -huh, my mark.

What?Something...Oh, Scotland's, 8th of September, 2025.WOLUBENT, ALIO FUTURO TEMPORE, NON POTES PER USMAGIE VEL ALIORUM MEDIORUM, TE AB HOC IRI RONDO LIBERARE, SI HOC IN CI RONDUM OBLIGATORIUM, VIOLA VER RISTRAE GENERATIONES FAMILES, TUA ASSOCIATATEM PERTINIBUNT.Mors nondesteterminus velutinanius suici usiriusiurandi.Sign below.

Ha ha.Hua.Shua.Poada.Chada.Wombada.

Heba.Wump.Eh.Give me one of those.And give me one of these.Giladabascam.

Brah.Yah.Kick with that fat.Doink.Doink.Doink.

Doink.Doink.Doink.Doink.Doink.Doink.

Doink.Doink.

Nice.Gibberish.And seal it.You've done the ink, have ye?

Then let's seal the contract proper.

Not scared of a wee flesh wound, are ye?Contract with corporate.Well, alright.Aye, right enough, lad.Let us begin the evaluation.Thee I have to explain the rules to, you blubberin' slack -jawed landlubber.

There's a coin.You guess which side it lands on.Win, you keep your caps.Lose them all, you lose your head.Each round, I add caps, and I change the maximum amount you can bet.You better keep track.

Now open your blind eyes proper.I'll have a peek into your fate before the next throws.The maximum bet is one caps.Oh my god.I see two kraken's eating one dead man in the next three throws.Uh, okay.

What do I?Oh, so you're actually telling the future.So the wager would have it.It's definitely going to be a kraken.I'm sure.Well, this is easy because now I know it's - Oh, well, okay, we take turns.

That's...Hey, wait a minute.Hey, come on now.Well, it's definitely gonna be Kraken.I just got bad luck on that one.Now who's on the up -and -up?

You!I see one Kraken slaughtered by two dead men in the next three throws.Well, it's definitely gonna be a dead man.Ha ha!I'll be taking that.Now it could be anything.

What could it be?Oh, you're wrong!And looks like you're about to lose, because I know that there'll be a dead man coming up now!What?Hey, you lied!Wait, no, he didn't lie.

Wait, I'm a fucking idiot.Wait, no, God, I'm so stupid.Oh, I'm so dumb.All right, but this one, got it.Definitively.Take that.

I still win.You've burned through all your luck, boy, and the worst is still ahead of you.Okay, everyone ignore the fact that I was very dumb in that one.That's my one dumb moment in the entire video.Every video that I do has one dumb moment.That was it.

There's no other dumb moments after this.If there is, it's actually secretly a smart moment.And from here on out, I'm gonna be genius.Activating my brain cells, which I never do.

Now then, you've come through this round.

We'll play the next one once you sit back down at this table.Move with the WASD or on -screen buttons.Aha.Oh.No information about that in the demo.Hi, what the hell was that?

Some kind of picture.We love dad.Mom?Dad is in a... some kind of bathysphere.And there's big fish.Huh.

That's nice.Oh, big fish.Someone decode this.Wait, hold on a second.New London times.Our days are numbered.

That looks like the generator from Frostb - Am I crazy?That looks like the generator from Frostbunk.And it's New London, which is the city from Frostbunk.Another one.Alright, head to the comments.There's gonna be people that are decoding these.

Okay, I'm going away from here.Oh, how do I - how do I stop?Help.Wait, what?Oh, what?What?

What?What?Huh?That definitely looks like the generator from Frostpunk.I'm not sure though.Could be anything, I guess.

Okay, there we go.What do we have here?23rd of December.Corporate said food rations will be reduced because we're behind schedule.We have been drilling day and night.Why is it still going up?

Come back!For the va - for the past week as if - what the fuck is it floating so well?I don't know why it's so weird the way it's floating.Uh, for the past week as if a day or night mean anything in this record place.25th December.God, I miss them so much.

Help me see them at least one more time before death, quote, comes.Okay, this seems to do nothing.It's doing something.It's definitely doing something.It is absolutely doing something.It is 1000 % doing something.

Oh my god, what is it doing?Well, uh, I've done it!Thought I did it.I don't know if that was supposed to happen.I think it was supposed to jiggle the door.And I think because I keep spamming it, it replays the jiggle from, but from its new resting position, which is at the top of the jiggle arc. I'm able to open the door.

Weird, weird about that.That's strange.What did I just see?Hi?No information about that in the demo.

The demo don't tell a shit.

No information about that in the demo.Oh, is this my wife and child?Security key needed in case of emergency.All right.Okay.Contract with corporate.

Each member has one.All right.I'm gonna sit at the table.Now, now.Let's watch your feet dance for us.Oh, employee evaluation form.

This describes me best.I wonder how I got to be the way that I am.I am the life of the party.I would sacrifice it.Sacrifice if it is needed to serve.I'd do that.

Yeah, I'd do that.Oh.Let's increase the fun.The maximum bet is now two cups.My axe - Oh!It's so fierce!

Hit to get items.Oh, I'll hit it.All right.Take one of these!Uh, take one of these.Wah!

Pushkaya!I see two kraken slaughtered by three dead men in the next five throws.Really?Some oil with a fish head inside smells so bad the opponent will faint for one turn.Unknown alcoholic beverage.gives one cap.

I'm gonna save that till the next one.Uh...Two kraken slaughtered by three dead bats.So technically it could be that.Shit.Well, that means there's only one kraken left.

But that's okay because I only bet one.What is that?Oh, no.Well, you don't know what it'll be.Come on.Fuck!

Hardly seems fair.Well, this hardly seems fair.Now I don't know what it's gonna be.It's a total.Well, I can get myself one cap.So I'm gonna do that lug Whoa right in the eyes.

So what I need to do is I need to I mean, I don't think I can win either way, but you you take that.Oh God, there's only one and one right now.Either way.I have both of the next turns.Let's see if I bet one And I get it, it's one of his gone, and then I know the next one.But then at the beginning of the next turn, I won't know.

So I have to roll the dice here.I have to - I have to bet it all.Because I'm gonna lose either way on the first turn, if I only have one going into the next round.That's just the way it is.Because it would then be his turn, and I would die.Pretty much immediately.

So I have to be lucky here.YES!Because then I get to go again.I know that it's gonna be the dead man.And then the next turn, I have to be lucky AGAIN.Hoping that - Oh, I can buy items.

This is great.This is fantastic.This is about the best that I could hope for.

I see two Kraken slaughtered by three dead men.

The next fight throws - Also, he's passed out.Uh -huh.So what I'm gonna do is I'm going to...this.Splash that in my eyeballs.I'm going to take this.

He's gonna pass out again.And I'm gonna bet two on this.And I'm gonna hope I get lucky, because it's two and three again.Odds are in my favor.Yeah, let's try it now.Yes!

Oh my god!I'm the best.Yes!Ha ha ha ha ha ha!Don't let this make you think you're worth a damn, lad.That's what you get, man.

Now then, you've come through this round.We'll play the next one once you sit back down at this table.Uh -huh.Well, is there anything else to really see?Oh.To my friend and blurb and bygones.

And brother?Maybe?Brother?Might have been brother.Alright, let's try it again.You wanna - you wanna go?

Right then, let's get back to it, shall we?

But first, before melodies, you'll fill up a form before you're - Wait, hold on.

How would you deal with voices calling you to dive deeper into the hole?Weak men perish, strong men don't listen.No matter how much I miss your little hands, I accept that you are gone.According to company policy.I guess according to company policy, I say.That's a good answer.

Good answer!Good answer, mate.Good boy.That's a different.

Let's increase the fun.

The maximum bet is now four kips.Stab, stab, stab, stab.Nice.A splo -goosh.

I see three kraken slaughtered by four dead men in the seventh rows.

Uh -huh.Why do you - wait, why do you have so many items?

Wait, why do you -what?

What the - fish trashed - trapped under a glass dome might protect us in some way.Can I drink your beverages?Allows you to see the next coin outcome somehow.All right, three and four.Well, I mean who really even knows?It could be anything.

I'm gonna play it safe and I'll play the odds.It's three and four, but I'm just gonna do one.Well, I got it anyway, that would've been - there's no way I would have known that.Okay, he's waking up apparently.Oh, wow.Yeah, good nap, buddy.

Interesting.Okay, right.Well just the one that's not so bad, and I don't know what that's about But all right, I'm guessing I can't make it happen.So now it's two and three So I'm guessing there wouldn't be a point in doing a high bed because it's probably gonna protect from me getting any of his stuff So I'm just gonna do one two and two.No, sorry.I bet one and three.

Oh Keep messing that up.Uh -huh.Good for you, man Okay, that's not fair.It's one in three, it's definitely gonna be.Oh!Okay, that protected him from that, but I know we're in business now, because I'm gonna do this.

You're gonna pass out, and I'm gonna do maximum bets on this side for each of these, because I know what it is.Luck is definitely on my side here.And then before I have any chance to screw it up, I'm gonna do this.these, cause I want to fill my bar.I'm not screwing anything up, I just want - cause I only get one shot at this, but it's gonna be this.Cause I know.

So now he's down to two.So even if he skips my turn, and adds his own, and knows what it is, I'm not gonna be able to die.Nay nay!

Nay nay!

Hold fast!Wha?Nay nay.You're gonna nay nay?But we - we're on the next round.But there's another round.

Are - are we getting a - wait, was there another - Oh, three!That's right, it was three.Well, he should've bet more.Well, I think you're being a little too light - woah!You're being a little too easy on me, huh?Alright.

Okay.It's raining blood, is that supposed to happen?Alright, three and three.He's only doing one so this makes it easier for me.So if I do two of the skulls cuz three and three the chances are I'm gonna get it because I mean I know this isn't how statistics work, but you know, you know, come on.We all know that it's actually how it works.

You may be starting to believe in your luck.This is not but a fluke.It looks like you're out of weird fish heads.You blasted fool!It is not time yet!Was there a floating bonefish?

It is not time yet!Oh, laughing or was that crying?What?Oh, seizing.Entering a vision.I like these kind of weird tabletop style games, there's something fun about it.

I don't know, just harkens back to, I guess, when all we had was just a few coins and a few cards, you know?And then, under the ocean, you know our ancestors!

Under the ocean, in a bathysphere, death all around us, blood raining from the ceiling, you know?

Good times!But this is great.Can't wait for the full one.Uh, wishlist it.Wishlist it, if you can.Obol.

I think it'll be pretty good.Movin' on.This is wet candy from the Twisted Zone.There are candy under the pool.Not so sweet and definitely not for everyone.Okay.

Whatever you say.Something didn't look right with the CD and the paper pamphlet.No, no.So you're not from here.Me?I don't even know where here is.

Then where are you from?Oh, I've heard of that place.On TV.You want to be friends with me?Okay.Linda?

Who are you talking to?Someone from the pool.My new friend.She's in the pool.Uh -huh.You're a bit old for imaginary friends, Linda.

Really?You hid candy underwater?

Uh -huh.

Let me help you bring it back up.Collect all the candy.Oh, okay.All right.Also the sensitivity is high, but that's usual.Okay.

I'm gonna go get the candy.I'm gonna get the candy.I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna get, I'm gonna get the candy.Oh, do I dive in?I probably dive in.

Dive?No.Do I just fall in?

I've just fallen.Candy?God, there is candy at the bottom of the pool.Oh, look, it's the candy.Hi, friend.Hi.

Hi, friend.Hi.Hi.Hi.Oh.Alright.

Ah.And then on the ground.Of course.That was great.Great candy.Whoosh.

Ah.More candy.At the bottom of the pool.Great.I got the piece of candy.The candy.

I got the candy.The candy.The candy.I got it.I got the candy.I have it.

Here's the ca - uh oh.Alright.Two candies.Amazing.I mean, what could go wrong when the parents are watching right there?We're all safe.

Candy, it's a candy.It's a pull seem deeper.No, no, no, it's just candy.It's candy Oh, I got the candy.Okay, three pieces of candy.Oh, oh, oh god.

Oh god Oh, you all right?You okay?Get a piece of candy there?Hi.Hi.You all right?

Ooooooh!

Take that!

Oh my god.Did I get it?

I think I got it.

Candy.Candy.Somewhere there's candy.I don't see any candy.I don't see candy.What is with the dot?

Is that my candy radar?I must be getting close to the candy here.

There's gotta be candy somewhere.Oh!Okay.I don't know.I don't know what's going on, man.

Hey, Ma!Hey, Dad!There's something wrong with the pool.Okay.Gotta be more candy around here somewhere.There just has to be.

Oh, green dot indicates you're swimming in the right direction.

Oh, good.

That's good to know.Oh, there's candy somewhere.Oh, nope.Whoa, whoa, whoa.Oh, oh, oh.Help!

Help!

Oh, God.Okay.

All right, I'm gonna swim in the right direction.Still swimming.There's candy somewhere.Oh god.Oh, I hate it.

Oh my god.What is that?What is happening?

I don't even know.Into the abyss?Into the darkness?

At least I'm going in the right direction.

I don't even understand.I don't - oh.Mom?Dad?Oh, hey, kid.I see you on the bridge there.

Hey!Help!Oh, hi.Hello.Let's give my daughter back.I didn't take your dog.

She didn't do anything to anybody.Right direction, obviously.Oh, candy.Boy, okay.Well, I'm going after oh god And more, okay.Hello.

What are you doing up there?It's not safe.Someone's coming.You should go.Can you hear me?Can you hear me?

Okay, I guess you can't hear me, huh?All right.I'm gonna go up and around.

HelloOh, I'm...

Ah, okay, good, yeah.Well, I said it'll teach you a lesson not to take candy from strangers or your own dad.It seems to be some kind of Vietnam War story.Probably based a little more true than one would like.I'm guessing I gotta swim down again and it'll all have a green light.Yep, yep, that's what I assumed.

I know I'm going the right way because of all the bodies floating in the water, which I don't recognize.Oh, am I going home?Oh, good!

Good, good, good.Whoa.

Oh.well, that was horrible.But then again, there's a horror game.Many things in horror games and horror are horrible.It's funny how those words conflate or they're the same.So, uh, it's always one of these where I get to the end of it.

I'm like, I can't, I, I really don't feel actually like that was great.Anyway, but there's more stories from, uh, The Twisted Zone.The Twisted Zone.I like the style.Oh, the Twisted Zone is its own thing.Oh, oh, the Sensifier.

Device capable of turning inanimate objects into sentient beings.Danny, a prisoner serving a life sentence, is forced to prevent these objects in the hope of earning a reduced sentence.That's good.I'll play this one.I will.But, it'll have to wait.

Because right now, we're moving on.Whoa.That's fun.

Hello everybody, my name is Markiplier and welcome to Mortem.Kind of reminds me of Faith.Mortus.This is a game.Sometimes I just see a name of a game.I'm like, yeah good enough, you know, I'm sold let me in there Why do I need to lift my foot to continue?

Oh your uncle asked you to take care of his corner store for the night quick and simple job He'll pay you well, but the city at night isn't safe these days you agree.I agree that it's not safer I agree to do this moonlight danger.I want to believeIs that a burned corpse?No, that's me.We up, boys?

Who's up late in their shift?Is this not highlighted because it's actually interactable or no?So it is interactable, but I just can't do it.I don't have time to play these days.And then I can't do anything there.And then I can't do anything there.

Alright, I'mma move on.

Take pills.What pills?This is probably a key plot point.Needed water with him.

Stray from the tap.

I mean, yeah, there's really no other efficient way to do it.

I have to take a shower.

Or I had to.Couldn't shower with the door wide open.Yeah, I guess you're right.It's the nice normal start.God, I gotta - I mean, yeah, this is whatever.Yeah, it all makes sense.

Just woke up.I gotta do all these things, of course.I'm sure.Okay, can I go now?Please?Can I go?

Can I do something?What am I doing?

I don't even have tasks.Am I going?

Oh, I am going.Okay.Oh my god.Hi.Yeah, it's me.

What?the fuck is WRONG WITH YOU?!Gotta stay safe.

That's how you stay safe?I mean, okay, that is the defense that I do.Every time I think that something's gonna jump out at me, I do sprint at it at full speed and yell at it, so yeah.You know what, actually, this one I do get.And you jump at people with a fucking knife?Oh, you got a knife.

Alright, goodbye, man.Nice knife, though.You live in darkness?You just...RETRUAL DARKNESS?Whatever you say.

Why did not know we lived in the APOCALYPSE?

Holy shit.I wonder if there are Kreegs just going around.What?What?What?What the?

What?What?What the?Heh.I'm leashed!They got me!

What the fuck is that?Hi, what's up man?Look.Okay.Sorry.I... left my wallet at home.

That might be true.I don't even know...

You don't know anything, man!

Can you speak up?I barely caught that.

Oh well.You sound pretty Portuguese.

Which is a very fortunate language to have.It's a very nice accent.Not unpleasant at all.Yep.Why am I tethered?Hi.

Is that you or the man?Is that you?Are you real?

That is fair.

I just did run up to you randomly.Okay.Okay.All right.Okay.Goodbye Jim's sweets.

Oh Ain't that just nice was dark as hell.It sure was.Oh good.It's a main power supply all the way in the back We're not hello.It's glowing like I was supposed to go to it.I see.

I did.

How do you know?How do you know, of course?Uncle Jim place looks neat.I'll take good care of it.

Don't worry Got it.

I'll grab it right now.

Oh, thank you.I don't want to be overworked.Look out in one way.

Nuisance in one way.What do you mean nuisance?It's alright.I will enjoy your trip.What would happen?Jim, what would happen?

Are there rocks?Are there rocks?in here?Why did I say this place looked neat?It looked awful.This looks like hell.

Restock items.Mop floors.Pick up trash.And by trash, I mean rocks.I wanted to check out the news first.Of course I did.

That seems like a logical thing to do.Can I - Nah.Nah.Nah, I can't do that.Oh.It's not the news.

I thought that was like the opening - Alright, whatever.Okay.Is there a remote?

I sit on the couch.

Today you're watching the big news.

What?

There's a new news outlet in the city, no cap.Today we'll be talking about some local happenings, as well as today's weather report.I've been informed by management that I should speak in a more relatable way to increase engagement with the audience, and for more revenues.So I've been doing more research.I've watched several TikToks, and now I understand everything.Anyway, chat.

First off, apparently some people have been reporting missing people around the block, or some shit.But it's mostly young kids like y 'all.My furries are advising everybody to stay indoors, travel in groups, and generally, don't throw your life away for content.Personally, I think the whole thing is kind of new, about the low -key giving the fake news vibes, but that's just me.The furries are apparently taking it very seriously, so maybe don't listen to my take, because it could age poor.Witnesses claim people have just been disappearing with absolutely zero explanation, which is honestly pretty sus.

Not gonna lie to ya, this situation is not giving it up.If you're out walking around at night, keep your head on swivel.Maintain maximum aura.Do not get caught lacking.Getting kidnapped is objectively a massive L, and would negatively impact your emotion.Now on to the weather report.

It's looking pretty good today.Sunny skies, decent temperatures, and only a small chance of rain in the evening.Huh, well that's...With this forecast, later tonight, we may see some clouds rolling, which is kind of fringe, but overall, the weather is certain.Very few complaints.Anyway, Jack, stay safe, stay hydrated, protect your aura, keep the vibes immaculate, and remember, Wow, I barely understood any of that.

But I got the gist.There was someone being hashtag relatable, and they were speaking the language of the children, and they were giving the news and saying that people were being kidnapped, but not to throw your life away for content, and that it might rain, but it was gonna be sunny, and then it started raining ironically.Anyway, alright.I'll pick up the trash.I'll sweep the floors.No, I won't.

Fuck that shit.Fuck that!I don't wanna!I don't wanna!I would never do that.Restocking the green cans.

Restocking the red cans.Gonna restock the blue cans.now.There's been so many of these types of games where it's like, Hey, pick up the shift at this random store.And I don't have a problem with that per se, but it seems to follow the same recipe every single one of these.And it's fine.

It's fine.But again, you know, I, I guess I did complain like, Oh, there should be, should be more interactive in the environment.But also I'm like, man, I am, I'm getting a little, uh, It's a little overbearing.Hi, are you the same one that was outside?I am not hitting on you.

Can I get a bag of chips and a green soda?

Yeah, I suppose so.Just a second.Uh, I don't even know what the - Are these chips or that chips?The chips?Okay, there's that and a green soda.You got it.

Doesn't even let me make a mistake.Can I have the money now?Take the money.Alright, bye.Okay, so that's transactional.Hey, can I do the tasks?

It's fucking filthy in here.I guess I can't do any of that.Am I certain I think my next task was to mop the floor?Sure.This is...

a mop?I don't think that this person knows how mopping works.I don't think...

I don't know if they've ever mopped a floor.

This feels like it was programmed by someone that has a conceptual understanding that mopping requires something on a broom handle to be rubbed against the ground.I -I don't...Huh?Heard a customer coming.I didn't hear a customer coming.What are you talking about?

What are you talking about?How'd you hear that?Over the rain and the lightning?Hi.What is it?Hey, welcome to Jim Sweets!

What can I getcha?What the fuck?Oh, it's just an old person.Nope, it's a weirdo.Donut and a bottle of coke comin' right up.There's a donut.

Here's, I think, is Pepsi okay?

What things?

Huh?What do you mean?The owner is my uncle.Had me take care of this place for a night.Ah.Don't worry.

I have six bodybuilders in the back.That's a weird thing to say that I got, but I have that.Don't worry about it.

Give me your money.Be gone with you.

I got to get back to mopping floors.sometimes when I play these games it feels like if an alien was Distantly studying how earth culture was and how humans behave to be like yes And then you mop the floor and then you greet a customer When in reality you would clean up all the trash first and I get the you know I've got high standards for mopping with Lixian's game of late -night mob of course and also why is trash rocks?Why is trash rocks?Why is trash rocks?What I miss I miss I it's floating What happened?I missed both the spooky thing and the - I understand what happened.

Yeah, I do that a lot.Okay.Well, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uhthat work?Okay.Oh, I missed a trash probably because it floated in the air over here.

I bet it's bugged because Did they really not anticipate anybody wouldn't try to pick up more than one piece of trash at a time Who's there?I think I hi.How you doing, sir?

What the fuck?

What the fuck kid you scared the shit out of me Man I have to buy something or get out Hello, old man. I saw you outside before.Would you like some candy?Hey, sir, welcome to Jim's Sweets.

Oh, this is a fine place.

Yeah.

Knew Jim well back in the day.

Huh?

Hard -working man.

You knew my uncle?

Kids are annoying these days, ain't they?

Uh, maybe.Yeah, uh, wanna buy some?

They won't bother ya for much longer.

Why'd your accent change?What the hell are you talking about?

Have a nice day.Of all you know, it could be your last.

Oh, yeah, same to you, old man.You could die in your sleep.Your old heart could give out at any moment.Your wrinkly skin could get caught on a tree branch and ripped off, straight off your body.Hope your knees don't explode and you fall down a precipitous hill.Wouldn't that be a tragedy?

Two can play at that game.Think I haven't threatened anyone before?I should call it a night and close up.

Oh, man.

Hope it's not my last.How do I close up?I don't even know.Turn out the lights and I run.I can't see anything.It's dark.

Why is it dark?You still there in the corner?

Oh!

Hi.

Excuse me, so sorry to bother you.Have you seen a little boy around here about 10 years old?

No, I have not.Oh, I'm sorry.

My son, he's been gone a few hours.He was going out with friends, but he should have been home by now.

Uh, nope, no idea.There was a young boy who came into my store just before I closed up.Couldn't have been more than ten.

He was out this late?God, do you remember which way you went?

Don't know if this is the same kid at all.Do you have a description?Do you have anything about this kid that you might be able to identify - help identify - We need to narrow - Alright, whatever.I'm sorry, I didn't see.

Okay, okay.I need to call the police.Thank you.Really, thank you.

What did I do?I think I might have just misled you, ma 'am.Ma 'am!Ma 'am, we don't have time for this!Are you gonna give them a description to or are you gonna just kind of say that he's 10?Also, where's my dramatic line leading me back home?

That's a specific time.La la la shove shove push shove shove push shove shove oops bump shove push oops.I don't have anything to say about that.I got nothing to say about that.Apparently my character isnothing.

Tell no secrets, tell no lies.Is that a body?Uh, I don't know.Hide the body in the wardrobe?Why?Why is that what I need to do?

Why, why, why?It's a pristinely skinned body, and I need to hi - Damn, I'm strong.God damn, look at me.Oh my god.I could just pick this thing up one -handed.Right in the wardrobe.

I have a mop in my bathroom.Okay, do I yeah mop why why why if I got a mop?All right, let me just clean this up.This is fine.This is fucking weird This is weird Yeah, yeah, I gotta put my mop away.

No, I don't I hear reports about some noises smells from this apartment Uh -huh.

If you look around no, I mean, yes, I mean don't come in.

I'll look huh?

Got a warrant or something?

Look man, we don't have time for this shit.Just need to take a quick look to make sure nothing's going on.

No.Nuh -uh.No.We have to be extra cautious these days.Uh -huh.

People are losing their kids.Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

I'll be quick.This is against the law!

I'm sure you're fine and all.As he said, we take every report extra serious now.

Uh -huh.So what?

I mean, I'm sure you heard and you understand.They've been all over the - Oh!

That's unfortunate.That's it?I mean - Oh, hold on.Wait.You better hope to - Fuck, this is not fifth game.I'm about to look.

I'm about to look, alright?I'm about to look, alright?You better watch yourself.I'm about to look.Alright, Windy.Even worse, it's your seventh game.

Alright, it's fine.That was not good.Okay, that's all I could say.That was not a game.It's not even what I would say like is a walking simulator type game because sometimes that's like going through a haunted house.The reason I say it's not good is because the entire horror part of it was disconnected entirely from the main setting, which was the sweet shop, Jim's Sweets.

There was nothing that had to do with the Finale there that had anything to do with the store.Now the name of the game is Mortem But given that this is your seventh game, I definitely have to point out that this isn't really a game There's no game here.

There's no feeling like you're role -playing the nephew who's Like looking after the store.

There's nothing about the store that's involved with it It's just like there's a there's a vague thing of like there's something in the area where someonebad's happening but it's like this it's very it's very nebulous there's very little connective tissue anywhere in here it's checkboxes right it's loosely associated checkboxes to be like this fills out enough time to qualify as a horror game right quote unquote it is not a good yeah that's that's all i can say about it had one jump scare that got me the rest of it was so dissociated from itself and everything else that i it wasn't an enjoyable experience it was just not very compelling good name But then again, sometimes I just go with the name and that's what it is.But man, okay.How could it have been better?I don't think you need to have the shop run at all.Maybe it's just like your uncle died and you gotta go clean up his store because it's the only thing I did.

I served two customers and I restocked for no fucking reason.There's no reason to do that.You could have the same thing happen where people come up and be like, hey, are you open?And it's like, no, we're not this isn't open I'm just cleaning up after my uncle passed away and then things could escalate and be creepier you don't even need to build like a whole store system you you're going to a strange city you're going in here Bad shits happening.That's good.Have more of that like have more of the city if the city is a part of it It was way too dark in the second half of it There's there's dark and then there's too dark and it's like when you see the old man walking out of your apartment Going past you and you don't even say anything to him It's like you have to have these characters that you're having because it's it's a piece of media You have characters that you have to make them at least somewhat compelling.

They have to exist in one way or another No logical action was there to hide the body, right?None of these decisions made sense.You have to have some framework where this all is something logical.if you're if the only thing you're going to do is clean up Then remove the store aspect from it completely because that didn't even fucking matter, right?You just go into it and have it be something else.Have it be literally anything else, right?

Uncover some dark secrets, you know?Uncover that maybe your uncle was also part of this, you know?Maybe he was partners in crime with that other old man who said that he knew him from way back when.Maybe he had to kill your uncle because he was getting cold feet about the whole murder thing.That they were doing using the store as a front to kill all the people in the neighborhood and it would no one would suspect Joel Jimmy sweet tooth no one would suspect him, but then again Jimmy sweet tooth got cold feet and then Johnny sugar tongue had Old Johnny sugar tongue had to ruin it for everybody killed your uncle now you come back and you start to uncover Oh my god.My my uncle was a monster.

I I can't believe this.I gotta tell someone You know and kill you not whatever you could even have him try to recruit you into a maybe like all part of the family son Your uncle failed me, but you might not you know you could have you could have some depth there some connective tissue somewhere Like, I love playing these indie horror games.Don't get me wrong.I love people trying.I love that.That's totally fine.

I got no problem with it, but...This is starting to feel very stale.Very stale.If everyone's gonna do this kind of store simulator kind of thing, there has to be some innovation, or else there has to be, you know, even in Newgrounds, there was a button called Blam This Shit, that you would push that button on this, right?You'd push that button.Push it down.

right?There's got to be some competition here.There's got to be some desire to push yourself.There's got to be some expectation of putting out something that actually has a little bit of potential.it's your seventh when it's your seventh thing first thing second thing third thing fourth thing can be bad fifth cannot no excuse six Oh seventh there's no excuse in the world I get to be a little mean at that so I am hope you understand I mean the best and I'm sure you mean the best too well I gotta say this is lacking