The Ruined World of 'Barren'

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Imagine a future where humanity must survive alongside mutated horrors. An exploration of Keegan Francis’s dark post-apocalyptic worldbuilding project ‘Barren.’
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‘Barren,’ a post-apocalyptic worldbuilding project by Keegan Francis, imagines an alternate history where civilization ended in nuclear conflict, and mutated animal life rapidly evolves to rule over the irradiated wastes left behind.
A retro-future that calls to mind the worldbuilding of the Fallout series, the project reveals a world where human survivors must contend with biological horrors created by their own folly. So, for this entry into the archive, we’ll travel across the wastes, creating a ‘survival guide’ of sorts to the creatures that roam this desolate world.
Now, let’s cross into an alternate timeline, and witness the broken world of Barren…
0:00 World of Barren
1:47 Mutant Biology
3:32 The Bulwark
4:43 The Bonehen
5:55 The Zadger
7:12 The Nukula
8:58 The Dillo-Pig
10:09 The Goldwing
11:13 The Rotfowl
12:28 Biophage
13:31 “Ankle Biters”
14:22 The Vespore
15:28 Not All is Lost…
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  • @KfrancisArt
    @KfrancisArt Жыл бұрын

    Wow, this is crazy to see my world. Appreciate the feature and any who come over to support and join the project.

  • @raegardens8339

    @raegardens8339

    Жыл бұрын

    The art is so good!

  • @bustavonnutz

    @bustavonnutz

    Жыл бұрын

    Really interesting premise, I wonder what kind of horrors are lurking in the lakes & rivers...

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@raegardens8339 thank you :) appreciate it

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bustavonnutz people will find out soon :) specially patrons Get a vote on the what’s next

  • @michaelstevens8073

    @michaelstevens8073

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome work! Hope your project grows tremendously.

  • @danjaminmonster
    @danjaminmonster Жыл бұрын

    As a British person, I can confirm that this was not a fictional alternate world, it is actually a documentary about what life is like here in the UK

  • @dontforgetyoursunscreen

    @dontforgetyoursunscreen

    Жыл бұрын

    No the UK is more wet & always raining

  • @TheMisterDarknight

    @TheMisterDarknight

    Жыл бұрын

    Australia*

  • @GeoRich1216

    @GeoRich1216

    Жыл бұрын

    Birmingham wildlife and locals

  • @ghodge82

    @ghodge82

    Жыл бұрын

    Omg lol classic

  • @elijah7787

    @elijah7787

    Жыл бұрын

    Man bru I hate living in London fr fr

  • @timeshark8727
    @timeshark8727 Жыл бұрын

    War... War never changes This feels like a "what if the creators of Fallout read a biology book and made more than 5 animals per game"

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha thanks?

  • @timeshark8727

    @timeshark8727

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KfrancisArt like, old fallout.. not current bioware

  • @thegreygoblin5165

    @thegreygoblin5165

    Жыл бұрын

    @@timeshark8727 *Bethesda

  • @timeshark8727

    @timeshark8727

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thegreygoblin5165 that's the one... I get all the "once good, now crap" developers mixed up

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep haha

  • @CLCasual
    @CLCasual Жыл бұрын

    I just want to point out RE: Zadgers, their precursor, the badger, is NOT a harmless animal, they can be vicious little bastards

  • @paleoleft

    @paleoleft

    Жыл бұрын

    i mean theyre aggressive but not really dangerous

  • @jonathancapehart4669

    @jonathancapehart4669

    Жыл бұрын

    Badger killed my pa.

  • @binarybug5997

    @binarybug5997

    Жыл бұрын

    Badger killed me pops

  • @FatManWithNoPlans

    @FatManWithNoPlans

    Жыл бұрын

    As a person living in the Badger State, I can inform you that they're running a state-wide protection racket, and have infiltrated the US government enough that a blind eye is turned to their actions.

  • @Tanooki_Leaf.

    @Tanooki_Leaf.

    Жыл бұрын

    Badger killed my future

  • @darongw
    @darongw Жыл бұрын

    There really needs to be a mutated house cat that stalks the forests and fields of the UK in Barren. It would be fitting since people in the UK in real life claim to see large wild cats :)

  • @NetMoverSitan

    @NetMoverSitan

    Жыл бұрын

    It'd be even more amusing, if they evolve into Felis Sapiens.

  • @FeedMeSalt

    @FeedMeSalt

    Жыл бұрын

    It would be MORE fitting because cats in the UK are the single most responsible invasive species responsible for the extinction of 98% of native life. The UK is ecologically dead, and outdoor cats are ILLIGAL and kill on sight because of this. Over a thousand species of birds and small mammals entirely gone from the country. Over a billion birds and another billion small mammals, "nobody has studied reptiles yet" are killed by cats in the US every single year. They also recently have exploded with STDs and a few sexually transmitted genetic illnesses like cancer. Yes, cancer spread through sex. Canada is facing similar problems near urban areas. Since domestic cats kill for fun far more then for food, and they don't only target rats and pests. Infact they prefer birds over any other prey. Anyway, a massive mutant domestic house cat eating everything and killing for fun fits perfectly. Because they already do.

  • @tammywillmott7592

    @tammywillmott7592

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NetMoverSitan just a regular cat that can speak with a british accent

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    Imma add that idea to my book haha, I love it :)

  • @lepusistlich6930

    @lepusistlich6930

    Жыл бұрын

    We have wildcats in Scotland.

  • @Schlumpsha
    @Schlumpsha Жыл бұрын

    Dang, now I want a survival horror game setting in Barren! At least the upcoming Fallout London mod will somewhat quench that thirst for a radioactive GB.

  • @SuspectStew

    @SuspectStew

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice pfp

  • @crowickedone4037

    @crowickedone4037

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah a game always dimishes the setting

  • @nothingclever7582

    @nothingclever7582

    Жыл бұрын

    Metro and stalker may help you. But also I'd prefer barren to be made more like metro due to how hostile the world is.

  • @emberandfriendsanimations2454

    @emberandfriendsanimations2454

    Жыл бұрын

    That would be so cool

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha that would be a dream come true, In meantime may develop a world to be played in DND + info and a book

  • @androidmk5987
    @androidmk5987 Жыл бұрын

    I can't help but laugh at the mental idea there's just some random reptile or crustacean that hasn't changed at all. Like a crocodile or a horseshoe crab that's just exactly the same.

  • @astranix0198

    @astranix0198

    11 ай бұрын

    Well, if it ain't broke...

  • @QueenPentax

    @QueenPentax

    11 ай бұрын

    It’ll be the horseshoe crab lol

  • @ItsMeVenusaur

    @ItsMeVenusaur

    2 ай бұрын

    Crocodiles and sharks have kept the same body shape for millions of years so it could be plausible 🗿

  • @cevatkokbudak6414

    @cevatkokbudak6414

    8 күн бұрын

    lmao

  • @darylpowell401
    @darylpowell401 Жыл бұрын

    As an american, it's strange to hear badgers called "harmless"

  • @maxxor-overworldhero6730

    @maxxor-overworldhero6730

    Жыл бұрын

    Especially when they're so closely related to Wolverines.

  • @kelekona5459

    @kelekona5459

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, British badgers aren’t harmless, they’re vicious bastards who will often try to attack and bite people. They won’t kill you, but they’ll fuck your shins up and give you horrible infections

  • @EllesGhost13

    @EllesGhost13

    Жыл бұрын

    They're not harmless at all, they do keep to themselves but can be real mean like any other

  • @FSmith-kv4fj

    @FSmith-kv4fj

    Жыл бұрын

    As someone on Tumblr once said, “a badger is what happens when evolution wants a crocodile, but all it has to work with is a weasel.”

  • @williamverhagen5210

    @williamverhagen5210

    2 ай бұрын

    Europeanen baggers can still fuck you up with their strong tunneling claws but no where near as dangerous american honey baggers

  • @aidanshea5942
    @aidanshea5942 Жыл бұрын

    "Yet the green landscapes of old have been replaced by a grim wasteland of silent decay" Wow, things must gotten *really* bad *after* the nukes

  • @Whalefire2

    @Whalefire2

    Жыл бұрын

    Dunno you ever been to Doncaster

  • @JudgeNicodemus

    @JudgeNicodemus

    Жыл бұрын

    Or the singularity of human misery known as... Slough...

  • @britisharmedforcesmilsim3015

    @britisharmedforcesmilsim3015

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JudgeNicodemus 🤮 Slough

  • @inspirednamehere6166

    @inspirednamehere6166

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah tbh "a grim wasteland of silent decay" already accurately describes a lot of britain

  • @Cadian-8th-4676

    @Cadian-8th-4676

    Жыл бұрын

    You have entered cumbria

  • @ukrainiansturgeon8561
    @ukrainiansturgeon8561 Жыл бұрын

    “The harmless badger” I know you already addressed this problem, but I have to say even large cats are afraid of it. I gotta say though I like this world building project is amazing.

  • @David_Fellner

    @David_Fellner

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I laughed at that phrase too. Badgers are anything but harmless, and a good basis for a radioactive monstrosity.

  • @sirensong237

    @sirensong237

    Жыл бұрын

    @@David_Fellner honey badgers throw hands with god. European badgers make you tea and cookies and ask about your day.

  • @cevatkokbudak6414

    @cevatkokbudak6414

    8 күн бұрын

    ​@@David_FellnerMe too

  • @blushblush32
    @blushblush32 Жыл бұрын

    It’d be really cool to see you cover Dogs of the Spires. It’s basically post-apocalyptic fantasy with quite a bit of spec-evo and cosmic horror sorta stuff in the later books Edit: I think you can get the series in some bookstores but you can probably find it online. Not normally a fan of xenofiction but the worldbuilding was more than enough to get me interested

  • @im.not.typical91

    @im.not.typical91

    Жыл бұрын

    Where can I learn more about Dogs of the Spire. I searched it on KZread and only got furry amvs

  • @DavidtinSongulous9856

    @DavidtinSongulous9856

    Жыл бұрын

    @@im.not.typical91 kzread.info/dash/bejne/oqGfldaoaMbAp8o.html I assume this is the one. It's definitely post-apocalyptic.

  • @thecatbrat42

    @thecatbrat42

    Жыл бұрын

    @@im.not.typical91 I am also wondering

  • @dyno6614

    @dyno6614

    Жыл бұрын

    cosmic horror? you have me interested.

  • @Rum-Runner
    @Rum-Runner Жыл бұрын

    Interesting concept, though wouldn’t it be more likely that these mutated animals would simply be referred to as their predecessors? For example, I think it would be far more likely that “bone-hens” would just be called “chickens” by the inhabitants of this alternate reality, considering that these are all recognized animals that would have mutated in such a short timeframe; within what could essentially be one person’s lifetime.

  • @friend_trilobot

    @friend_trilobot

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a good point, but I think it happening quickly makes it more likely they'd change the name bc people would be aware of the "classic" chicken still to compare it to. When you introduce a new thing quickly, people will invent new terms to describe it and this is different than the slower version of language change which is usually sound changes or the gradual shifting of lexical meanings, e.t.c. In English people don't pronounce the k or gh in 'knight' bc of slow gradual changes in pronunciation, and they use it to mean a mounted warrior (or a special title bestowed by royalty that is descended from this mounted warrior tradition) when its literal meaning in pre-Germanic is something like "boy" or "servant." Of course the chicken of today is genetically and visually different than the ones in the past (if only size and breed) even when people use the exact same word, but I would argue this happens specifically bc the change is so gradual and hard to notice - sometimes language changes slowly even if everything's the same, and sometimes things change and the language doesn't. But that's over long periods of time. In contrast we began using the word "smart phone" almost right away after they were introduced. BUT on the other hand, many nowadays call it just a phone, except to distinguish it from other types of phones (which still exist). So it could be both or they'll use the old word. But i still think it happening fast makes it more likely they'd produce a new term, not less likely.

  • @fabriziobiancucci7702

    @fabriziobiancucci7702

    Жыл бұрын

    Probably because the post-apocalyptic people still remember the old world. Probably the names of the new animals was given in the first years after the nukes explodes, because survivors want distinguish them from the actual chickens or cows. And after generations the names remains

  • @Rum-Runner

    @Rum-Runner

    Жыл бұрын

    @@friend_trilobot That is something to consider. Well said.

  • @baneofbanes

    @baneofbanes

    Жыл бұрын

    Language can change rapidly.

  • @MrJero85

    @MrJero85

    Жыл бұрын

    Look at all those chickens!

  • @Ashannon888
    @Ashannon888 Жыл бұрын

    This kind of a setting can do wonders for world building with a bit of mythology. Imagine common dog breeds like german sheperds or labs turning into giant black furred wolflike monsters. Now you have packs of Black Schucks running around. How many English towns and villages have legends of those demonic black hounds haunting the countryside?

  • @edwardrhoades6957

    @edwardrhoades6957

    Жыл бұрын

    My boy, you have... the GRIM!! 🔮

  • @thomasfoster4370

    @thomasfoster4370

    Жыл бұрын

    well, shucks literally

  • @freakishuproar1168
    @freakishuproar1168 Жыл бұрын

    Whilst I do appreciate a post-apocalyptic reimagining of my country, I feel like I may have been spoilt by the many _many MANY_ speculative biology projects you've covered on this awesome channel. Barren feels a little generic, if I'm being brutally honest.

  • @nataliebell6760

    @nataliebell6760

    Жыл бұрын

    I think part of the problem is that the creators of Barren have gone for the standard apocalypse-induced desertification landscape, and it shows. The rot-and-decay aesthetic they've picked out for the animals doesn't do them any favours either, but they'd _feel_ less generic set against a lush landscape rich with autotrophic life. It wouldn't even need to be plants, really. You could have the landscape become dominated by exclusively radiotrophic fungi, and it'd feel less generic.

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    I get that, was a great video but not fully accurate as barren is far less focused on just speculative biology And the landscape in parts will be far greener and less simple decay as I want barren to show life can go on I’d say the video is more Curious archives interpretation to an extent Appreciate the actual constructive criticism tho :)

  • @LetsConquerTheUniverseTogether

    @LetsConquerTheUniverseTogether

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KfrancisArt It's all a matter of preference, really.

  • @atimetraveler4910

    @atimetraveler4910

    Жыл бұрын

    I prefer completely different alien worlds with there evolved creatures and plants

  • @michaelsimpson1224

    @michaelsimpson1224

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KfrancisArt I honestly appreciate how grungy and “grounded” this aesthetic is in the current market. I think “bright and vibrant alien/post-apocalyptic/alt-biology world” is getting a little oversaturated, and I always prefer a healthy balance of options. You've also found a lot of animals to nine that Fallout hasn't, and done so in pretty creative ways!

  • @noahjester8471
    @noahjester8471 Жыл бұрын

    The feeling I get when hearing about this world is interesting; despite all the horrific monsters, desolation, and struggle, I like that humanity continued to exist, as if to spite the wastelands they inhabit. I'd set out some table scraps for the 'Dillos, some eggs for the Bonehens, and I'm just sitting on my front porch, cleaning a shotgun and basking in the silence of a dead world...

  • @bitchassmoththing

    @bitchassmoththing

    Жыл бұрын

    we really are the most stubborn species to exist

  • @thomasfoster4370

    @thomasfoster4370

    Жыл бұрын

    not really, most of us Englishmen don't own porches, rather we would sit in an armchair in our front room, polishing our pipe-launcher and drinking a mug of New-Yorkshire tea.

  • @samuellima6193
    @samuellima6193 Жыл бұрын

    Man, this is a really dark project, but it is really good!

  • @germanomagnone

    @germanomagnone

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks I appreciate that

  • @jaysonklein6018

    @jaysonklein6018

    Жыл бұрын

    Sometimes dark helps to pump the gas, ya know?

  • @Wired_User
    @Wired_User Жыл бұрын

    :30 I mean Godzilla is *literally* Japan’s way of dealing with the trauma of dropping two nuclear bombs on them. So much art from Japanese citizens has a motif of the sheer horror of nuclear devestation.

  • @VoidVagabond

    @VoidVagabond

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah Godzilla's thick hide was inspired by keloid scars.

  • @lepusistlich6930

    @lepusistlich6930

    Жыл бұрын

    So... in Japanese media the radiation creates monsters and in western media it creates heroes?

  • @violetlight1548
    @violetlight1548 Жыл бұрын

    Nice to see this kind of post-apocalypse fiction that actually puts some thought into the effect that environment would have on life, instead of just making radioactive monsters out to get people. Thank you for sharing!

  • @sherman1376
    @sherman1376 Жыл бұрын

    The way he pronounced Yorkshire took 20 years off my life.

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha seems lots of people say it that way for some reason

  • @personman2346

    @personman2346

    Жыл бұрын

    Isn't that how its pronounced?

  • @handleisntfkinavailable

    @handleisntfkinavailable

    Жыл бұрын

    @@personman2346 they say it as 'yorksheer'

  • @tyddlup

    @tyddlup

    Жыл бұрын

    Whenever I hear anyone pronounce any "shire" counties like that, it makes me wince.

  • @tyddlup

    @tyddlup

    Жыл бұрын

    @@personman2346 Nope. We pronounce it as "sheer" or sometimes "shur" (depends where in the UK someone's from, I guess). Place names with "shire" at the end are never pronounced "shy-er" here, and the only times we'd pronounce that word like that is when talking of the shire horse breed or shire counties.

  • @saturn_in_blue
    @saturn_in_blue Жыл бұрын

    It makes no sense they have radiation burns, etc. The background radiation level would be pretty low at this point. The animals would grow up healthy and normal looking, just with weird features and designs that came out of their mutations. This is one very unrealistic thing that annoys me both about fallout and other post apocalyptic worlds. After a few decades and especially centuries the post-apocalyptic world would be be lush and green, just very different in terms of types of life and with hidden dangers (like irradiated zones that could quickly kill a normal human but look almost the same as non-irradiated zones). Look at the area around Chernobyl.

  • @David_Fellner

    @David_Fellner

    Жыл бұрын

    True. Radioactive mutations are a fun way to explain fantastical animals, but it's tricky to use that to justify realism.

  • @David_Fellner

    @David_Fellner

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Corndog_Enthusiast It's just someone's opinion. There's no need to get upset.

  • @carno.5911

    @carno.5911

    Жыл бұрын

    I found not much foundation for this claim that most of the Radioactivity would decline so fast. Experts only say that there are Nukes that produce very low amounts of fallout, but this dont means that they would be used mostly for nuclear warfare, cuz it would be to less of a treath.

  • @hedgehog3180

    @hedgehog3180

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Corndog_Enthusiast Well people are criticizing it after those standards because this channel is usually about plausibly realistic spec evo.

  • @____Carnage____

    @____Carnage____

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hedgehog3180 codex inversus and rust and humus

  • @Kamarovsky_KCM
    @Kamarovsky_KCM Жыл бұрын

    This project looks really promising, and I sincerely hope that the creator will receive lots of support through his Patreon so that he can continue creating it. I, however am nothing but a Rotfowl, and just like them live by scavenging, thus sadly not being able to support.

  • @Trees...

    @Trees...

    Жыл бұрын

    Same. Just remember we play an important role in ecosystem. :)

  • @melvinfranco2142

    @melvinfranco2142

    Жыл бұрын

    Funny. Thou art a Rotfowl. That meant thou canst rid the project of decaying plot lines, like how Rotfowl feed on decaying bodies.

  • @ghodge82

    @ghodge82

    Жыл бұрын

    Bruh lol

  • @marxtheenigma873
    @marxtheenigma873 Жыл бұрын

    You need to look at an old ps2 game called Scaler. I love it for the detailed environments. There's even a plant on one level mimicking a big scary predator.

  • @Emsworth377
    @Emsworth377 Жыл бұрын

    "Farmers raise bulwarks on the fertile fields of an area called New York-SHIRE"....I'm pretty sure the locals don't call it that!

  • @KnightmarePhoenix_official
    @KnightmarePhoenix_official Жыл бұрын

    Badgers have long, sharp claws, sharp teeth, and a vicious demeanor. Those critters are anything but harmless, they may be small but they can still screw you up.

  • @l0u13__3
    @l0u13__3 Жыл бұрын

    I had an idea for a story like this set in a post apocalyptic Britain, more specifically the Mercia region. Areas are run like castles, ruled by lords and false kings. Factions like chavs and The Knights of The realm, even Viking factions controlling towns located near York But I couldn’t figure out what kind of animals

  • @____________838

    @____________838

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe focus on what caused this departure from the standard timeline?

  • @Matheus-wg5nq

    @Matheus-wg5nq

    Жыл бұрын

    That sounds promising.

  • @foxpro3002

    @foxpro3002

    Жыл бұрын

    Use barren as inspiration, or fallout. Honestly I would love to see your project it sounds interesting.

  • @lotguballa7839

    @lotguballa7839

    Жыл бұрын

    Bizzare medievel painting of animals for inspiration

  • @Matheus-wg5nq

    @Matheus-wg5nq

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lotguballa7839 i know a guy who is making a game about this.

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 Жыл бұрын

    I'm actually surprised Biophage wasn't involved in phage treatment. It'd make sense given their name, logo, supposed medical ties, and could provide an explanation as to how nukrosis came about.

  • @hedgehog3180

    @hedgehog3180

    Жыл бұрын

    Tbf it seems pretty obvious that that's gonna be the big reveal, it's just being kept purposefully vague right now.

  • @michaelchaney2336

    @michaelchaney2336

    11 ай бұрын

    Technically ankle biters exist now.

  • @chasewormwood9638
    @chasewormwood9638 Жыл бұрын

    Hello sir I was hoping you could check a game called Rain World. It is set in a world where a super advanced race of ancients have all died out, leaving behind all their structures to be reclaimed by nature. Much time has passed, and the ancients were masters of genetic tech. The purposed animals they created to perform various tasks roam the world and have evolved to the new environment, but the are also many bio-mechanical creatures still around from the time of the ancients, leading to many unique animals. I think you would find it quite interesting

  • @0x1337feed

    @0x1337feed

    Жыл бұрын

    you've been served :)

  • @memomorph5375
    @memomorph5375 Жыл бұрын

    The “dillo-pig” made me smile. Fun fact, Guinea pigs only have 2 babies at a time but they’re born eyes open and ready to run!

  • @improvcomedy14
    @improvcomedy14 Жыл бұрын

    Speaking of post-apocalypse, why don’t you cover the Fallout universe? It’s got plenty of interesting creature designs and you’ve already shown a willingness to cover video games. I’d be all for it.

  • @guromenst4416

    @guromenst4416

    Жыл бұрын

    Truee

  • @Erykthebat

    @Erykthebat

    4 ай бұрын

    this was fallout with the serial numbers filed off

  • @The_Raydinator_2008
    @The_Raydinator_2008 Жыл бұрын

    In a nuclear fallout scenario, I’d be most like likely that in that following years that Cancer, Mange, and Necrosis would be the most prominent problems, along with viruses, and maybe a slight chance of mutations, but it would probably lead to Cancer

  • @tanyanikolaevagizdova6571

    @tanyanikolaevagizdova6571

    Жыл бұрын

    Cancer is itself caused by mutations.

  • @Laxhoop
    @Laxhoop Жыл бұрын

    This is definitely the biggest “what if” I’ve seen on this channel, so far. An alternate history where amphibians became the dominant life form? Might’ve been plausible. An alien planet that has skyscraper sized titans, being taken down by hostile living needles that launch themselves out of the dirt? Sure. An alternate history where intense radiation exposure just speeds up evolution, rather than causing all life it touches to begin to rot before it dies? That’s a bit of a stretch, not gonna lie.

  • @pifilixxiv3192

    @pifilixxiv3192

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean, the skyscraper titans is straight up the the settings for xeno blade games

  • @deadlydingus1138
    @deadlydingus1138 Жыл бұрын

    Nuke + Dracula = Nukula How has no one thought of this before now?

  • @thomasfoster4370

    @thomasfoster4370

    Жыл бұрын

    because noone has made nuclear vampires before

  • @deadlydingus1138

    @deadlydingus1138

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thomasfoster4370 I know, but Nukula just sounds like nucular if said with the right accent. I mean, it’s right there.

  • @Unemployeduser224

    @Unemployeduser224

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@thomasfoster4370 The Bloodsuckers from S.T.A.L.K.E.R come to mind

  • @germanomagnone
    @germanomagnone Жыл бұрын

    with the "fashion" of the apocalyptic end as in "walking dead" that here makes us glimpse, for me it is quite terrifying. 3:52 the Bulwark (ex-cow) looks a lot like the Reek from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. or rather a hybrid between a dicynodon and a ceratopside (a placecias and a monoclonius)

  • @arturosandovalsaito2704
    @arturosandovalsaito2704 Жыл бұрын

    This project reminded me of a story I was working on. It’s about a man who has to go to a military stronghold without getting himself killed by aliens, cannibals, and highly evolved versions of modern animals. It’s pretty much like a post apocalyptic adventure story, but it takes place in the same setting as “the future is wild” or “after man: a zoology of the future”.

  • @Digitaaliklosetti

    @Digitaaliklosetti

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow what a bad story, I hate it a lot

  • @jonahulichny9874

    @jonahulichny9874

    Жыл бұрын

    Why so?

  • @wefhen7708
    @wefhen7708 Жыл бұрын

    Honestly I wanna see an post apocalyptic game that isn't the most generic trope and it's actually lush and bright

  • @jessegauthier6985

    @jessegauthier6985

    Жыл бұрын

    There are a few but they're all shit

  • @ohiologist9256

    @ohiologist9256

    Жыл бұрын

    I have a thing with friends that is post apocalyptic after a nuclear war and it's lush and bright with mutated insects and stuff

  • @StillStupidStillDumb2834

    @StillStupidStillDumb2834

    Жыл бұрын

    Imagine a fallout game set in Australia thousands of years in the future. You are implied to be to the last human searching fruitlessly for signs of humanity after being woken up from the last functioning life pod in Australia. One day you give up, only to find a fallout 4 mongrel alongside a pack of future dingoes running away from a giant lion-like cat descended from invasive cats. implying to you that colonization has happened somewhere else on the giant island.

  • @minhducnguyen9276

    @minhducnguyen9276

    Жыл бұрын

    @@StillStupidStillDumb2834 Any tropical regions will have the radioactive dust washed away very quickly due to monsoon rain. But hotspots in low lands where the dust accumulate can be expected. The abundant of sunlight and biomass also allows wildlife to quickly recover. I can imagine the southern American States like Louisiana will still have abundant life with little mutation on the land but the closer you move to the swamps where the dust is accumulated the more exotic animals are presented.

  • @danijelovskikanal7017
    @danijelovskikanal7017 Жыл бұрын

    reminds me of the video game Metro 2033 it's one of my all time favorite games,together with Stalker,which is also a similar,(kinda) post apocalyptic game. the former is based of a book (actually a series of books) and i highly recommend it to anybody who likes post apocalyptic stuff.

  • @ASlickNamedPimpback

    @ASlickNamedPimpback

    Жыл бұрын

    They’re both based off of books, but stalker also takes inspiration from the stalker movie. Always scratches the realism itch that fallout doesn’t

  • @danijelovskikanal7017

    @danijelovskikanal7017

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ASlickNamedPimpback yep,it's called roadside picnic.

  • @thecandlemaker1329
    @thecandlemaker1329 Жыл бұрын

    To witness the green landscapes of old Britain getting replaced by a grim wasteland of silent decay in real time, just drive from Exeter to Newcastle.

  • @lorcanmcloughlin3686
    @lorcanmcloughlin3686 Жыл бұрын

    This video was..just wow love your channel I have been watching you for a while your channel has good things ahead of it

  • @SkyWKing
    @SkyWKing Жыл бұрын

    I dislike the stereotypical postapocalyptic wasteland filled with highly aggressive and active predators "because of mutation". The postapocalyptic biosphere will more resemble a tundra. Most animals will be herbivores grazing mosses and lichen, while predators tend to be small and nimble like cats and foxes. However, most carnivores will simply be scavengers instead, because the caloric expenditure for hunting is way too high in a nutrition-poor world. Majority of the animals will be burrowers and only go out to the radioactive atmosphere for getting food. The environment is simply too hostile for large caloric-intensive animals like cattle. Whatever "mutated" humans that are banished by the survivors will likely not attack humans at all, because being an intelligent species, they fully understand the danger of attacking humans with firearm. They will likely be cave-dwelling hunter-gatherers and develop some sort of unique artisanship that will produce them tradable goods to exchange medicine or food with humans.

  • @nataliebell6760

    @nataliebell6760

    Жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't be so sure. Chernobyl, which is the only example we have of a radioactive ecosystem, is quite lush and supports populations of deer, wolves, and bears. Nagasaki and Hiroshima, our primary examples of the effects of nuclear war, are still inhabited and by all accounts no worse off environmentally then any other city. Basically, apocalypse-induced desertification has no evidence for its existence.

  • @zack-ronald259

    @zack-ronald259

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nataliebell6760 I think OP is talking about a world under a full nuclear winter

  • @AdamWhistle1

    @AdamWhistle1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nataliebell6760 Because Chernobly was abandoned by humans and has minimal human activity. That is the primary reason why Chernobly became an almost lush place compared to neighboring environments. The area was abandoned to prevent any radiation-induced sickness, not because it was certain mutation-death. Yeah, animals probably died from radiation poisoning but the damage was nothing compared to what normal human civilization has on the ecosphere.

  • @kordellswoffer1520

    @kordellswoffer1520

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zack-ronald259 assuming sure but nuclear winter is purely a theory and a heavily debatable one at that.

  • @cxireen2193

    @cxireen2193

    Жыл бұрын

    You should do some writing 🙂 Or at least be hired by some group of writers 😊

  • @aarav_sharma
    @aarav_sharma Жыл бұрын

    it's fkd up and really fascinating at the same time

  • @mysterioussoup3393
    @mysterioussoup3393 Жыл бұрын

    I'd like to see a biology of Skyrim or Fallout. They've got some very good worldbuilding and creatures I them like the Yorkers from Skyrim or Ghouls from Fallout.

  • @mysterioussoup3393

    @mysterioussoup3393

    Жыл бұрын

    *Hoarker not Yorker

  • @oaktree149

    @oaktree149

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mysterioussoup3393 Oh You Know what He Meant. Also it’s Horker*

  • @David_Fellner

    @David_Fellner

    Жыл бұрын

    @@oaktree149 It's always funny when somebody does a *spelling correction and then misspells the same word.

  • @thesharkormoriantm274
    @thesharkormoriantm274 Жыл бұрын

    Many worldbuilders make the mistake of filling an ecosystem with apex predators and very few prey animals. As well too much attention is put on the fauna in worldbuilding projects, ¿what flora has survived?. It would also be cool to dig into the culture of the people living there ¿what is their society like? ¿Has their language evolved? Interesting project overall.

  • @minhducnguyen9276

    @minhducnguyen9276

    2 ай бұрын

    Another flaw I have seen here is the assumption that scales provide better protection than feathers especially in the setting of a post apocalyptic Britain where it's cold. If feathers don't provide an evolutionary advantage terrestrial birds wouldn't have them.

  • @vapertainment5313
    @vapertainment5313 Жыл бұрын

    "Harmless" is an interesting take on those ambulatory walking death carpets.

  • @grayelephant3050
    @grayelephant3050 Жыл бұрын

    Hi man, i Just want to say that your vids are the best and hope your channel thrives and prospers like flowers!

  • @rickcharlespersonal
    @rickcharlespersonal Жыл бұрын

    Here's what I want: an open-world survival simulator reminiscent of Ark: Survival Evolved, but the storyline is that your characters have access to inter-universal technology and can travel to different worlds in different universes. Infinite possibilities. Each map/DLC is a world from a different speculative evolution project like this.

  • @murplesman
    @murplesman Жыл бұрын

    Great video, I hope there'll be more to come on this project.

  • @darkblade6896
    @darkblade6896 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for introducing me to this project I'm truly fascinated by the art and lore, I cant wait to see new additions and lore

  • @maxleroux
    @maxleroux Жыл бұрын

    I love it when you explore alien ecosystems in a nature documentary-style format. It would be cool to see the speculative evolution of The Eternal Cylinder or Pikmin 3 on your channel.

  • @suggiethames9870
    @suggiethames9870 Жыл бұрын

    I like it better when these videos focus on more plausible scenarios

  • @olavomacedovasconcellos1593
    @olavomacedovasconcellos1593 Жыл бұрын

    The Zadgers might be based on the Honey Badgers from Wasteland 2 and 3, that have mutated into apex predators after the nuclear war.

  • @adamreynolds3863
    @adamreynolds3863 Жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love these videos!! You make these stories so fascinating! keep up the great work

  • @fionagibson7529
    @fionagibson7529 Жыл бұрын

    I really wish there was some kind of “this is going to be super unsettling and creepy” warning because it’s night where I am and there’s no way in heck that I’m going to be able to fall asleep now.

  • @ythegameritaisthebest
    @ythegameritaisthebest Жыл бұрын

    If there Is any can you cover some desert planets? Like One with Life only living at the poles? Would be cool

  • @F0XX7
    @F0XX7 Жыл бұрын

    The giant grasshopper footage was rather hilarious.

  • @shogun2215
    @shogun2215 Жыл бұрын

    Quite frankly the most unrealistic thing about this is that the UK continues to exist after the war. It would be more likely to splinter into its component factions; Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, Cornwall and Greater England.

  • @ExtremeMadnessX

    @ExtremeMadnessX

    Жыл бұрын

    You mean Ireland, Scotland and Wales become independent countries?

  • @hysterical5408

    @hysterical5408

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ExtremeMadnessX I mean, Ireland already is.

  • @ExtremeMadnessX

    @ExtremeMadnessX

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hysterical5408 There is still Northern Ireland. Also, according to Star Trek, Ireland will unite in 2024.

  • @thomasfoster4370

    @thomasfoster4370

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ExtremeMadnessX yeah, I can see that happening on schedule

  • @Ditchhead
    @Ditchhead Жыл бұрын

    "[the Bonehens] have changed much from their tame predecessors" I can tell from that statement you've never raised chickens. I'd argue that because they have visible dorsal spikes you'd know where the danger is coming from, which would be easier to deal with than our current chickens.

  • @radudancoroian5169
    @radudancoroian5169 Жыл бұрын

    An insect world? This will be intresting

  • @PK-we6vk
    @PK-we6vk Жыл бұрын

    Dude, I literally subscribed an hour ago and was watching your videos when this poped up.

  • @kayleighwukovich8318

    @kayleighwukovich8318

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome! It's an epic channel

  • @enclavecomms.officer5219
    @enclavecomms.officer5219 Жыл бұрын

    Oh hell yeah nuclear armageddon

  • @DragonMG2
    @DragonMG2 Жыл бұрын

    Love your vids, you have such a calming voice

  • @porakiyadraekojin3390
    @porakiyadraekojin3390 Жыл бұрын

    this was an awsome watch. pretty bone chilling with some of the man made experiments. I'm actually wondering how octopi and other cephelapods would have changed in this alternate timeline, especially since octopi can actively modify their own DNA (which is good for learning and survival, but makes passing new mutations down to offspring very difficult), and even more so because of how the babies look. I'd personally imagine that they'd become semi-amorphous monstrosities with the ability to rapidly transform their eight limbs as needs for a variety of tasks......and that their limbs can be torn off and become little monstrosities of their own, as each arm has a sort of pseudo-brain.

  • @MonkeSeeMonkeLaugh
    @MonkeSeeMonkeLaugh Жыл бұрын

    The thing about nature is it will eventually find an equilibrium to prosper given few centuries or a millennia. None of these post-apocalyptic stories venture much farther than the point of collapse to show the new balance of nature.

  • @kayleighwukovich8318
    @kayleighwukovich8318 Жыл бұрын

    The old film trim for the Old World was a great idea and good touch

  • @Gorbz
    @Gorbz Жыл бұрын

    As a resident of the UK, we commonly pronounce it as "Yorksha" rather than "York Shire"

  • @thomasfoster4370

    @thomasfoster4370

    Жыл бұрын

    I just treat the e as silent

  • @mikeemous1410
    @mikeemous1410 Жыл бұрын

    Man I love this video it just makes me want you to do the whole fallout series it covers most of the us and there are a lot of creatures in all nieches not just the super popular scary predator types I believe it does have a reasonable ecosystem even without all the human presence

  • @alexhilton9634
    @alexhilton9634 Жыл бұрын

    was just watching another one of your vids, and then I see this

  • @yormomshouse
    @yormomshouse Жыл бұрын

    i have been a sub since the beginning of this channel keep up the good work curious

  • @binuuls5747
    @binuuls5747 Жыл бұрын

    I love your videos I’m sure this one will be good too

  • @blueorange965
    @blueorange965 Жыл бұрын

    You should cover Jay Eaton's Runaway to the Stars. It's sort of post apocalyptic, but humans are still surviving, just mostly not on Earth. It's really interesting and the Speculative Biology in it is really nicely done.

  • @michaellyczak9337
    @michaellyczak9337 Жыл бұрын

    I've sometimes imagined what all the dogs, cats, and other critters I see would look like if they didn't have fur or feathers. This is very similar.

  • @A_Shrubbery1901
    @A_Shrubbery1901 Жыл бұрын

    "Yet the green landscapes of old have been replaced by a grim wasteland of silent decay" That's just London

  • @ZexyObserver
    @ZexyObserver Жыл бұрын

    This is so bad ass. Exactly what I wanted this channel to do.

  • @gamemacatron7512
    @gamemacatron7512 Жыл бұрын

    You should do an archive video about Pandora, I really like the one you did for tatooine I think there’s enough footage of the wildlife of Pandora it make it easy to make a video about it

  • @neutronstar6379
    @neutronstar6379 Жыл бұрын

    Great as always

  • @aquaticathedragon7645
    @aquaticathedragon7645 Жыл бұрын

    I used to watch this on summer break and I Love your videos keep uploading🎉

  • @rogersnick17
    @rogersnick17 Жыл бұрын

    I love your channel so much

  • @lettuce7378
    @lettuce7378 Жыл бұрын

    My personal head canon for the unbroken kingdom is that the ruler is still the Queen, and that she is protected from the Necrosis by advanced cybernetics

  • @rizaleliasmosquera5114
    @rizaleliasmosquera5114 Жыл бұрын

    And if I could suggest Curious Archive to look into the manga "Made in Abyss" by Akihito Tsukushi. It even has an anime, currently at season 2. It would be thrilling to watch the Abyss, its curse, and its various flora and fauna discussed in this channel.

  • @bencook1068
    @bencook10685 ай бұрын

    What I find interesting is a map we see briefly, as it looks like there was a major tectonic shift. Norway has been wedged into Scotland, the Jutland peninsula has gone, and what I think is Greenland appears to have moved to just west of Ireland.

  • @troycoley-cn5bb
    @troycoley-cn5bb11 ай бұрын

    Incredible Work!!!

  • @Violet_iris
    @Violet_iris Жыл бұрын

    This is so cool, it’s like fallout meats after man

  • @asparagusstaging430
    @asparagusstaging430 Жыл бұрын

    "I am sure that at the end of the world in the last millisecond of the Earth's existence the last human will see what we saw." It's so cute they thought the entire Earth would end with humans.

  • @carlosandleon

    @carlosandleon

    Жыл бұрын

    Earth mat as well not exist if there's no consciousness like ours to observe it. Remember when you die, the world may as well not exist anymore since you're not there to observe it. The world ends with you.

  • @asparagusstaging430

    @asparagusstaging430

    Жыл бұрын

    @@carlosandleon Your sense of self importance hurts my head. The Earth and life on it existed long before humans and long after. When you die and decompose back into soil and are long forgotten by the ages; sure you no longer exist as if you never did. But Earth will still be here.

  • @carlosandleon

    @carlosandleon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@asparagusstaging430 But your point of consciousness is your own. You only perceive the signals your brain interprets. Reality is only manifested in observation. It's not about my self importance, what about yours? I could be just a figment of what your brain perceives right now. Are you familiar with the double slit experiment?

  • @carlosandleon

    @carlosandleon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@asparagusstaging430 is soil really soil or what you perceive as soil?

  • @AJScraps
    @AJScraps Жыл бұрын

    Amazing content as always! 👀

  • @NotOnLand
    @NotOnLand Жыл бұрын

    The dillo-pig is so cute, I would love to have a half-pangolin half-guinea pig as a pet

  • @Aettaro
    @Aettaro Жыл бұрын

    This feels like a more well developed Fallout and I like it.

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey I’ll take that as a complement

  • @britisharmedforcesmilsim3015

    @britisharmedforcesmilsim3015

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KfrancisArt this project is very interesting lad, good stuff.

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@britisharmedforcesmilsim3015 much appreciated mate

  • @Aettaro

    @Aettaro

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KfrancisArt you should. This world is fascinating.

  • @KfrancisArt

    @KfrancisArt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Aettaro much appreciated 💛

  • @ok_ghost4678
    @ok_ghost4678 Жыл бұрын

    The barren world of ‘Barren’

  • @Finn-xo3wu
    @Finn-xo3wu Жыл бұрын

    its kinda crazy i have loved every single vid that i have watched of yours

  • @stormwallwarrior6095
    @stormwallwarrior6095 Жыл бұрын

    I would love to see a video (series) about the ecosystem of dnd, There's just so many creatures and planes that I feel like it would be a very interesting topic

  • @cyber0mega513
    @cyber0mega513 Жыл бұрын

    barren is the weird cousin of birrin

  • @onion_terra4921
    @onion_terra4921 Жыл бұрын

    yo nice vid man

  • @dollocaris_ingens_7747

    @dollocaris_ingens_7747

    Жыл бұрын

    you haven't even seen the video yet

  • @wendylacey2745
    @wendylacey2745 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video as always! Do you think you will be able to make a video explaining the biology of the creatures of The Eternal Cylinder?

  • @taylorgreysoon737
    @taylorgreysoon737 Жыл бұрын

    I'm not surprised if the narrator of curious archive makes a speculative biology project

  • @jaysonklein6018
    @jaysonklein6018 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome stuff. I can't wait to see what they do for other countries.

  • @user-mh2hm8er3t
    @user-mh2hm8er3t Жыл бұрын

    Very cool video, I'm wondering if, for example, there will be an analysis of the fauna of the Tabletop Game Degenesis? ma quite a large amount of post-apocalyptic fauna and maybe you will be interested in this as material for the video

  • @roboninjasaur6729
    @roboninjasaur6729 Жыл бұрын

    Might I recommend the Planica project for the Archive? its a wonderful project set in a 2-Dimensional world and I would love to see you cover it!

  • @ashsmash666
    @ashsmash666 Жыл бұрын

    Love this you have to cover more!

  • @kingaz
    @kingaz Жыл бұрын

    I think it would be funny if you did a speculative biology video on Minecraft.

  • @lepusistlich6930

    @lepusistlich6930

    Жыл бұрын

    In Minecraft, the player is the only human except zombies and (probably) skeletons. Villagers, witches and other beings with large noses are related but different species. I like to think they are Neanderthals.

  • @JoeMaMa-lz3rd
    @JoeMaMa-lz3rd Жыл бұрын

    Awesome vid

  • @JoeMaMa-lz3rd

    @JoeMaMa-lz3rd

    Жыл бұрын

    kind of fallout esque

  • @joratto2833

    @joratto2833

    Жыл бұрын

    You haven’t even watched it

  • @JoeMaMa-lz3rd

    @JoeMaMa-lz3rd

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joratto2833 you caught me

  • @joratto2833

    @joratto2833

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JoeMaMa-lz3rd Joe MaMa

  • @JoeMaMa-lz3rd

    @JoeMaMa-lz3rd

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joratto2833 😯😯😯😯😯😯

  • @Anna-dw4ll
    @Anna-dw4ll Жыл бұрын

    Well this is a cheerful thumbnail and title

  • @PhileasLiebmann
    @PhileasLiebmann Жыл бұрын

    "the harmless pre-war badger" Show me this harmless badger you speak of, I dare you.

  • @Brain4Brain

    @Brain4Brain

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol

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