Welcome to the Welcome to the Midnight Channel Club, how Welcome to the Midnight Channel are ya?

@noore4758

Жыл бұрын

first reply hi

@esmeraldaimp7578

Жыл бұрын

Afternoon Channel Club.

@yanisyaniso253

Жыл бұрын

I'm so welcome that I'm going to have the arrogance to say first

@Cal_is_still_here

Жыл бұрын

Midnight channel hello hello hello!!!! Also I'm fine ty

@emoluvrrrr

Жыл бұрын

OOOOOOO

The son just going, " ok " made me bust out laughing

@somebodysleftkneecap

Жыл бұрын

That's the "I'm-pretending-I'm-listening-but-I'm-really-not" kind of 'ok' all kids have used at least once lmao

@VueiyVisarelli

Жыл бұрын

"...Okay, dad."

@suup180

Жыл бұрын

7:45

@Silvercanth

Жыл бұрын

@@somebodysleftkneecap I'm in my 30s and still get a lot use out of that move.

@FalloutJack

Жыл бұрын

Same.

Dad: "Being a man, son... you're gonna watch a lot of Japanese cartoons." Manly: "OK, dad."

@Normania-is-here

6 ай бұрын

Insert manly playing japanese dating sim inspired games

@jamj4r

Ай бұрын

Dad: son, I'm gonna be honest with you... I've never watched a Japanese cartoon. Manly: ... M'k, dad

That Dad to son heart to heart man talk has got to be the greatest highlight of this game

@DJFrimFram

Жыл бұрын

Ok

@KoriandrOfTheStars

Жыл бұрын

_ok_ 😐

@vindurza

Жыл бұрын

OK 👍

@joeybonzo1758

Жыл бұрын

Ok

@jcuube6651

Жыл бұрын

..ok

"It's a TV guide, Patrick, they schedule these things in advance!" Had me rolling XD

@nyancat60873

Жыл бұрын

how to destroy iPhones! (again.)

Some serious creativity went into this. All the channels were distinct and plenty creepy, the parody shows were well done in feeling the right kind of off from what you'd expect, and just the idea of surfing cursed TV channels is a good idea executed well here.

@Esmeray_6

Жыл бұрын

11 minutes into the video and I absolutely agree. I love it.

Actually this game does a very good job of simulating advertisements in the 50s they were always catchy and we're a little more provocative and if you didn't know TV wasn't 24 hours back then they would end the broadcast with the Star Spangled Banner

@cici3147

Жыл бұрын

Is Manly Canadian? I can imagine someone that's not from the US wouldn't know this

@zombiehalo9588

Жыл бұрын

@@cici3147 I'm not sure I was kinda hoping he read this

@chucklebutt4470

Жыл бұрын

@@cici3147 He's from the Philippines I think?

@babsiiee81

Жыл бұрын

@@cici3147 I know he lives in the US now at least, he mentioned the recent hurricane in Florida affecting him on a community post or a video

@animeloveer97

Жыл бұрын

@@cici3147 he lives in florida

i really love the creators notes at the end it's so nice to see someone so passionate about their funny little clay guys and the scary game !! u can really feel their enthusiasm by how they talk about the making process and it's so fun !!

@Demon-vk2ny

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry

@samisthegreatest6682

Жыл бұрын

i love games like this

@suitov

Жыл бұрын

I knew in theory that a lot of indie games must be made on tight budgets, but seeing the sheer shoestring creativity of using a green JPG on your monitor as a green screen, and persuading your mate to wear a cheap robe and be cloned four times to make a cult, gave me new appreciation for how indie devs work. Kudos to the artist for giving this such a strong style and identity that all the rough edges look like intentional style choices.

@elusivemayfly7534

Жыл бұрын

Me too! This dev is so creative and resourceful and uses references powerfully. I enjoyed the notes as much as the game!

Oddly enough I get the whole "horror of late night programming" since it probably was what caused me to develop my arachnaphobia when I woke up in the middle of the night at age 3 to the old IT movie playing on the TV.

@chucklebutt4470

Жыл бұрын

I had that happen to me but with the movie Pi by Darren Aronofsky. I woke up and it was at the end of the movie where he *spoilers* drills a hole in his head *end spoilers* and the movie is in black and white and really freaked me out. I was more like... 9 or 10 tho hehe

@faeb.9618

Жыл бұрын

there is definitely a surreal feeling from watching tv so late at night that i really cannot explain, i remember being in high school and a very stupid kid, i wanted to watch teen titans so badly but at the time cartoon network only aired it at 1am so i really did wait that much to watch it at times while laying down in bed curled up in my blankets and while it was so worth it, sometimes i got such an eerie feeling from doing this alone that i really can't describe. spooky

@Evalora

Жыл бұрын

@@faeb.9618 unrelated but where's your avatar from? the styling looks really familiar but crops are hard to source

@confusedjello7292

Жыл бұрын

man the old one is scary as shit ngl

@dustgraystone9448

Жыл бұрын

Chucky v-v

"You're not perfect." Ah, a Courage the Cowardly Dog fan, I see.

@quoteclone

Жыл бұрын

So they watched that episode? That explains everything.

Clay and hand-crafted horror is the way to go when trying to build such an uncanny atmosphere. This game is stylish as all hell, and I love it.

I am so amazed by the sound design in this. I'm pausing this every minute with how good it sounds over speakers. It's like my neighbor's dog actually is barking, or sirens are wailing from a distant street, and I have to make sure everything outside is okay. I can't speak to how it sounds with earbuds, but wow. The creator nailed the atmosphere. Thanks for playing this for us Manly; it's a great game that captured me straight from the thumbnail.

I like how you where "Oh my god how meany commercials are there?!?" Yet.. It was just the one.. That said if you ever get a chance to look at old commercials from the time period this is re-creating.. The developer of this game was spot on. ( When it comes to cig commercials at least. )

@2189fallenangel

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh

@cici3147

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing XD 'dude, that was only one commercial'

I liked the style of the game, the contrast of light and dark was very nice. And the idea was very interesting, I loved how they used the tv channels. Hopefully they’ll make more games like this in the future.

@blatantslander

Жыл бұрын

Unpopular take but I think it would have worked wonderfully with color

I like to imagine that the game maker took all those little clay figures and put them up on a prominent shelf in her living room, so when people come over to visit, they're greeted by strange little figures that people wonder about but never _ask_ about.

15:33 I like the subtle reference to "Time Enough at Last" within the larger Twilight Zone reference. We all need more time...

@marthapozo4881

Жыл бұрын

It also reminds me of a twisted version of One for the Angels.

Reminder that TV didn't used to be constant, the "American flag" bit that's on all 4 channels was the end of the broadcast for the day at like 11pm (or maybe a little later depending when). I'm not quite old enough to remember seeing it for myself, but I'm sure that at least here in the UK, we only had 3 terrestrial channels in the UK (edit: in the early 80s! learned from parents and watching the Young Ones lol!) and they definitely shut down overnight. I just imagine some folks here are too young to even know it was a thing!

Manly: “There is nothing on this TV.” As someone who grew up without cable, this brought back some childhood memories.

@JoanLamrack

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes. The memory of being the one asked to adjust the antenna everytime theres a certain show

@animeloveer97

Жыл бұрын

@@JoanLamrack also smaking the shit out of the tv to fix the bad signal lol

@arbiter11171

Жыл бұрын

Or being forced to hold the antennae a specific way because the tv only gets a signal if someone is holding the antennae and you re the youngest.

Goo Goo looks like it needs a hug 🥺 This game is so interesting and creative with the type of art used! I really like it!

@JoanLamrack

Жыл бұрын

When i saw the name, my mind autocomplete the name with "Ga Ga"

@JoanLamrack

Жыл бұрын

And yes I want to hug it as well

13:10 In the notes of the babbling channel, their were a couple of words The sentences with the words in them were: Peel the bone. Do not the fog. Stay beeble! Orb! Dipper the flipper watch? 🤓

I like that the "evil" tv guide gave you a way to defend yourself and seemed to legitimately warp its followers somewhere to save them from what I guess is the world ending

Man I remember TV Guide, every Friday you'd have to go out and buy the new issue covering the upcoming week before reading through it 2 or 3 times as you scoured each page to make sure you didn't miss anything you wanted to watch, while writing down the time and what channel so you wouldn't forget. It was either that or going to the TV Guide channel and watch as it slooowly scrolls through showing what's currently on and coming up for the next hour and a half.

@faeb.9618

Жыл бұрын

you just unlocked a memory of me and my mom going to the hair salon when i was a kid and i would get really bored so for some reason i'd just obsessively look for any tv guide they still had there and read through it and for some reason i really liked just jumping straight to anything i saw with the yellow or red dot for rating and just as obsessively looked for those in every page to read what it was

@CleoPhoenixRT

Жыл бұрын

And by the time you find something on the TV Guide Channel, you change to the channel just in time to see the end credits 😭

@theinvertebratequeen

8 ай бұрын

My mum still religiously buys one every time a new issue is released. I think they're like 79p or something here so mega cheap. One of my mum's favourite pastimes is just flicking through the TV guide and circling every show or movie she wants to watch throughout the upcoming week. I actually didn't realise TV Guide was an older thing until now lol!

You have no idea how happy this game makes me. That fact that I could tell the blabber signal was paper towel is so comforting and the whole thing was gorgeously creepy from the little kooky signal monsters, the vintage audio effects in the National Anthem's audio and voice acting, the obvious sitcom and mystery parodies to the underlying cult-ish story. Simply gorgeous just *mwah*🤌 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

These are the types of games I LOVE. Indie (imo) has been superseding triple A for a while now. I want to see more from devs like this. Something totally out of left-field

Out of everything the thing that freaks me out the most…is the FACES.

@rissole_dot_exe

Жыл бұрын

Some of them felt like stonks face, but creepier.

@R421Excelsior

Жыл бұрын

There are no faces

"okay" "okay dad" "okay"

This was a surprisingly unique experience to say the least. Loved the visual style and the little extras at the end were really cool. Just some insight into the creation of the game, the inspiration and the developer themselves is a really neat little bonus.

That barking was so realistic I stopped the video to go look what was happening! What an excellent game!

As an enormous Twilight Zone fan, this was an absolute treat!

_Perfect late night TV horror_ Some of the infomercials you see are just as scary and have real people that look very much like those 3D clay models! I enjoyed this and the nods to the golden age of TV shows like Twilight Zone, Outer Limits and One Step Beyond. MBH's getting freaked out with the hands crawling made me laugh the most.

It’s nice to see someone talk about and take inspiration from the dark eye. I can’t think of another game quite like it

I LOVE the art book at the end! Really cool way to showcase the effort that went into making this cool and creative horror game. Finally something hella unique.

We need to bring back more creator notes and galleries. The making of was so cool!

i really like this because it makes me think of that eerie feeling you had watching cable tv at night and stumbling onto something really strange and being glued to the screen despite the uneasy feelings you had, kinda like "UNEDITED FOOTAGE OF A BEAR"

Wow, I didn't think this would strike nostalgia in me. Growing up in the late 90s and early 2000s, I remember when everyone had old bulky T.Vs, and watching midnight programs alone always had that underlining creepiness.

This reminds me of those cold war era nuclear war prep PSA commercials. They always felt super dystopian....

Dad: "Son I'm a failure" Son: "Ok"

Even early on the vibes are immaculate can’t wait to see how it goes

5:32 this is probably before your time MBH, but back in the day (the 90's on prior), whenever a channel would stop broadcasting they would play the Star Spangled Banner and sign off (like the beginning of *Poltergeist)* This means it's midnight or later. Remember those instructions!

@cici3147

Жыл бұрын

I'm thinking he might be Canadian. It only would've been in the US

@Spooky_Platypus

Жыл бұрын

@@cici3147 he lives in Florida lol

@EmperorZ19

Жыл бұрын

The 90's!? I thought the practice stopped way before that, like the 70's or earlier Edit: Internet says that it stopped in the 80's. More recent than I thought

@TheRealNormanBates

Жыл бұрын

@@EmperorZ19 it could have been as late as the early 90’s. Cable was definitely the primary source of TV entertainment, but you still had a few cable access channels (primarily local) that would still do it, sometimes for no other reason than nostalgia.

Night Signal is seriously so inspiring! Very creative, I haven't been so invested in wanting to learn more about the 'midnight channel' since P4 in 2012! But really though, I know its different but the nighttime channels are satisfying my lovecraftian eldritch horror itch.

This is a great game! There are always rumors of Scary Midnight Channel circulating around whenever a new place have a TV, so this actually touch so many of horror aspects! Nice game! Kudos to the devs

It used to be when disembodied hands crawled out due to your TV set you'd have to throw your remote at them. It would have been so much easier with a remote control that shot electric pulses.

When it said, "you're not perfect" that brought me right back to my childhood trauma: The bugle monster from courage the cowardly dog.

Really enjoyed that last segment, it was cool to see the creator's process! Very eerie game

This feels like a good place to share this story of mine: When I was a kid I once woke up at like 2 AM and wasn't tired so I started watching the TV that was left on. The thing that was on the TV was a horror movie about getting stuck in dreams/exploring dreams too much and it ends with a boss battle with the devil himself. Lucifer in the flesh. Being quite the religious kid it was a real scare. Had to watch 2 documentaries that came afterwards to calm down and go to sleep again.

@Sofia-wh9jr

Жыл бұрын

Oh man are you talking about insidius? Just saw the newest movie today!

Hey Manly I know you probably won’t see this but I’ve been going through a lot lately and your videos have really helped me motivate myself to do things or get me to sleep. Thanks a lot man. Edit: And also thank you a lot for this amazing and supportive community! I am getting better, slowly, but better.

@berberrb-3754

Жыл бұрын

Stay strong bro, I know you can do everything you want and desire

@suitov

Жыл бұрын

You're doing a good job, buddy! And I think I get what you mean. Manly's voice and delivery are always soothing to me, no matter what horror material he's featuring, and that combination makes this a big comfort channel for me. (Water and meds reminder, choo choo!)

@italucenaz

Жыл бұрын

Maybe manly won't see it, but he cultivated a good community that will

@coolitudeextraordinaire

Жыл бұрын

perfect video to sleep to, right? lol. :) hope things get better for you soon

@elusivemayfly7534

Жыл бұрын

This really is a great community. Keep going, you’ve already made an impact on all of us liking and responding to your comment. You are making an impact in other aspects of your life, too, whether you can see it yet or not ❤️

This game defines work with what you've got. Watching it, I never guessed it was made the way it was. I love the idea of using a green image for a green screen substitute, I've never seen anyone do that personally. Needless to say, I'm impressed with this game and it gave me the 'Uncanny Valley' experience. More so during the daytime sequence because the nighttime viewing are things I'm used to seeing, not uncanny human faces. I really enjoyed it.

thank god today was my first day at my new job i needed this

@muhamedbarzan873

Жыл бұрын

hey! congratulations on your new job. these kind of stuff must be addressed and have priority over almost everything. Hopefully you enjoy it…

@moviestargf

Жыл бұрын

@@muhamedbarzan873 thank you legend ☝️😁 it was okay i hope you had a good day

@minaxne.

Жыл бұрын

congratulations on the new job !! hopefully it'll bring new opportunities:)

@basiliska

5 ай бұрын

it’s been a year!! how is the job going? hope you’re doing okay!

The creativity and effort that went into making this is amazing! Great job to the creator and I hope they continue making games in this fashion! Who knew you could make such a fascinating game with a bunch of clay and a spirit Halloween robe?

I enjoyed this but it made me feel weird, the sounds all of it is so very unique. It also makes me feel uncanny valley feels been a long time since I've honestly felt this level of creepy.

It always makes my day better when manly uploads

@pinnkpixie

Жыл бұрын

right!

I think they really took the "analog horror" concept literally and to the next level lmao

I know that the creator stated their influence coming from old point and click and Twilight Zone, but I gotta say, this gameplay of just scrolling through different weird and strange phenomena and reading a little pamphlet about each of them really gave me SCP vibes, and I am absolutely here for it. It's like you're exploring different SCPs from your TV and getting messed up or killed by them. Honestly tho the TV and remote can honestly be considered SCPs of their own for what they're capable of doing

The style in this piece just oozes out. A veritable picture out of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine! Phenomenal. It gave even me, an English person who wasn't alive in the '60s, that nostalgic feeling for a period we only absorb through pop culture these days (and see satirised in properties like Fallout). The original Twilight Zone broadcasts must have been so awesome to watch as a child, all in black and white with those clunky antennae. Although... I think I'll leave the Pleasantville conservatism, cigarette ads and radioactive TV dinners in the past!

22:16 Courage the Cowardly Dog Cinematic Universe!?¡?¡!!? Loved the game, super interesting concept and great use of clay 😁👌

This concept brings me such memories from childhood. I think every child fears the tv during the night in the dark and I was no exception. I remember when I was a kid, in the dark of the night the THX logo terrified me. I also remember when i was 5, from behind the couch in midnight the tv played a women with black braids, a sari, and sitting with hands behind her against a green background, two people dressed in black next to her. One of them slicing her neck. This is one of my earliest memories and gave me ptsd nightmares for so many years and feared watching the TV after midnight. P.s the american song playing at midnight reminds me of the Joanna Lopez tv sign off case. If you look it up, you'll get why.

Sometimes, you can just tell that a game is filled with a lot of love and care. Like, even without the lovely notes about the art and all that, you could tell while watching Manly play (or by playing the game) that the people behind it cared about what they were making, and I think that's super neat.

I'm pretty old, and I remember staying up late to when broadcasting actually ended, and they played the US national anthem before either pre-recorded paid programing or more likely, just a dead screen. This amused me more than scared me because of how many times I had to be the 'antenna bunny' to get a good signal. It really tugged on my nostalgia and seeing things in the snow with an overactive imagination.

Before I even start watching the video, this concept reminded me of something. When I was a little kid I stayed the night at my Grandpa and Aunt's place. I stayed up all night watching TV because they had left it on and went to sleep. Mr. Meaty had come on and you probably already know where I'm going with this. Having never seen the show before, my first episode ended up being the tapeworm episode late at night.

@ashleyguthrie572

Жыл бұрын

Oh NO not the tapeworm episode

@candlestone5397

Жыл бұрын

wait... you mean that show WASN'T a Fever Dream? It actually existed??

@dylanbrewer8605

Жыл бұрын

@@candlestone5397 apparently. I never saw an episode after that though...

@matth3760

Жыл бұрын

Oh man, you poor soul…

@SupHapCak

Жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure that was also the only episode I ever saw of that

I love the little dev journal at the end explaining how they did stuff and their influences.

Wow.. that’s was such a fun performance to watch! Thanks for introducing this to us and amazing job to the creator! You’ve left me inspired!

When you said that this was the same game dev of “a wonderful day of fishing” I was so excited I don’t know what it is about that game but I absolutely LOVE it and I loved this one too I can’t wait to see future works from this dev

I freaking love this style of animation/games, claymation under black lights is just so neat to me, love it.

22:16 I like the little courage the cowardly dog reference.

@TheLatinoRedneckCowboy

Жыл бұрын

Stupid dog you make me look bad oga booga"

16:03 Yeah, hot chocolate weather is pretty tasty. That was definitely surreal. My favourite part was the daytime TV programs.

that song that plays at the very end is so so good

manly is my favorite let’s player ily manly, your voice is fr asmr and even when u laugh it’s like the cherry on top! ever since i found you years ago i never stopped watching

Very cool, appreciate the backstory at the end, inventive production.

That dog barking had me pausing the video constantly because I couldn’t tell if it was real or not.

These videos keep me going man, amazing as always

I love this channel. You always find the most fascinating games

Loved this game: great style, good concept, and I appreciate the behind the scenes! Creepy, uncanny, uneasy things are my fave.

I loved the art book and game development portion. Very cool to see the process of the story and aesthetics!

11:55 That awkward silence when Manly has to stop himself from saying ''Finger-fucking''

Man, this TV stuff takes me back to the old crt tubes. At 4am the channels sign off and come back on at 6am. Neat.

I love that they included an art book as an extra! Thanks for going through that, too!

I like the way they added the end of programming segment in the beginning, really took me back. before all the channels had moved to automated 24 hour broadcasting, you would get the national anthem or a test screen with a message saying programming would resume at a specified time in the morning

Whyy is this artstyle just "What if the Stonks meme was nightmare fuel?"

This is an amazing game, I love the ideal of watching tv at night and creepy stuff happens! Now i've seen a few games like that, but the homage for Twilight Zone and old claymation shows is the real kicker for me!

Oh hey a new video from Manly! I’m sure it’ll be fine to watch it at night- AAAAAA

10:02 damn that dog sound is well done I'm looking around like wtf is that real

Looking at the first enemies like "oh no, it's Dan Scheneider!"

Basically part of the Plot of “Poltergeist” and loosely that of “The Stanley Parable” combined.

This is one of my new favorite games, wow. The notes at the end were really interesting!

I really enjoyed the artistic aspect of this game :)

Super cool. Just... reminded me of a lot of neat ideas, one of which was Little Inferno, among those already named.

Woo!! midnight channel!! let's see who we get to save before the rain clears!!

Did not see the vid yet but i know it will be amazing, keep up the good work manly, cheers from Spain

@franck-oq4jv

Жыл бұрын

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My grandma had one of these tvs. Made the mistake of leaving it on one night and when I woke up there were hands everywhere. It was a huge hassle cleaning them all up.

i haven't watched the video yet but from the description i can only tell what kind of mental loops this game has in stored lol

This is definitely one of the coolest things i've seen in awhile with these horror games, the devs did a real good job with this one.

God this game was fantastic! I used to only watch Markiplier videos but holy hell was I missing out. This channel has the goods when it comes to horror game content. Thank you ManlyBadassHero, you gained another subscriber.

Deadass at 22:16 I thought Manly whispered that lol

This is very cool. I hope this dude makes more!

Oh boy, I love me some dev commentary after the main game! Ambiance not quite as comfortable as the secret rooms in Mateusz Skutnik's series Submachine, but always nice to hear about what went into a work!

I really like premises like this- finding, even by accident, a weird side of reality

MANYLY! You gotta do a stream or SOMETHING for Thankmas my guy! Lots of us would love to donate and EVERY BIT HELPS! Your my favorite horror gamer and I love everything ya do it would be fun!!! (Play a Christmas horror themed game live or something lol)

I really liked this, it was very creative in a refreshing way and fun to watch

I looked at captions to see if it's been improving, but no. It hasn't. First thing I see is hey everyone this is manly badass cereal 🤣

the fact that most people replayed kazoozoo and manly getting crushed really shows a lot

@maysee2515

Жыл бұрын

In what way? I know I replayed the crushing part once right after it happened because I didn't see what killed him; I initially thought some form of monster (like the hands) must have appeared next to him and killed him, didn't realize the ceiling was encroaching. So are you making a joke about people never looking up or something?