I remember how horrified I was when I didn't know you couldn't reset the game and as I kept refreshing and restarting it always was just the shot of him "sleeping" by the bench

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Same here! When I was younger, I didn't realize that the title itself was delineating the nature of the ending - you only have one chance to do things! I thought the game was broken and it became so annoying for my little-kid mind back then, which I suppose contributed to its long-lasting impact for me.

@R4ndomUser567

6 ай бұрын

My game glitched and it gave me a second chance lol

@DeXyfero

6 ай бұрын

@@R4ndomUser567god gamer

@Automaton_unit

6 ай бұрын

My broken ah computer broke the game itself

@AaronGaming1066

6 ай бұрын

​@@R4ndomUser567what did we do lol

My biggest memory of this game is Mark finding the mc's wife in the tub and he just spent the next 10 or so seconds just screaming "no"

@emilythezeldafan848

6 ай бұрын

SAME

@cammyman32

6 ай бұрын

Same.

@batteryacid__

6 ай бұрын

i always remember the way mark got the best ending and he still cried thinking about the true horror of the situation

@austinperezgk1

6 ай бұрын

Lmao me too

@cagedtea1879

4 ай бұрын

i remember playing it when i was like 6 with no spoilers i was horrified i remember it so vividly

The ending messed my kid brain up back then, I was so used to resetting for a better outcome... But when I couldn't, it truly gave me a sense of literal hopelessness.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

I know! Before games had permanent consequences like they do these days, we really never expected this, and I'll be the first to admit, as a younger player, you typically don't think of your consequences until it's too late! XD

@izzybizzy4398

6 ай бұрын

You can get another chance by: Playing the game on another website, Playing it on another browser account, Or playing in incognito. And no, I'm NOT a bot.

@ajstudios9210

6 ай бұрын

So, it was like life.

@BioHunter1990

4 ай бұрын

You learned a powerful lesson. I wish life had treated me with naivety. You were blessed. :)

@spinedotlazuli1120k

4 ай бұрын

Try Undertale then

I remember this game. What an amazing horrific experience

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

It's a very memorable game, even after a whole decade! I would chalk it up to the simple graphics, gameplay, and the premise is so "out there" that you can't help but remember the game!

@Grylingirici

6 ай бұрын

Yeah

@A_friendly_guy

6 ай бұрын

​@@qliqoeiit him fualt trust me he just become dumbas-

@friedchicken8440

6 ай бұрын

The horror part is the "good" ending

@shoobzy3431

6 ай бұрын

Same i remember seeing markiplier play this years ago and for some reason this game has stuck with me since. I always randomly remember it every so often

I remember watching a big lets play youtuber(probably markiplier) play this game as a kid. The game made me so scared that it was hard for me to sleep for a few nights lol. The idea that everyone in the world slowly dies like this was very terrifying for me as a child.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

I totally can relate; I remember this game as one of the most prominent narratives I played through, and let me tell you, I couldn't pay attention to any story very well when I was younger, so this game definitely was something special!

@goofy3517

6 ай бұрын

I swear we all live the same lives 😅 same story for me

@kegajitt

6 ай бұрын

Same lmao that bathtub scene was terrifying

@emilythezeldafan848

6 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure I watched Markiplier play this when I was younger

@Nikken_1

6 ай бұрын

I was about to say the same thing. I forgot about this game until today

Another element I wish you would've mentioned, is the message at the start of each day. It starts with "you have one chance", but on the last day, it turns into "you had one chance". This is one of those things that just makes me feel a knot in my stomach from this game.

@qliqoei

4 ай бұрын

Good observation! That one word difference really settles the impact of what your choices throughout the week led to.

@Mayhzon

3 ай бұрын

It's a bit of a cheaty game too. If you try anything besides work, at any one point - You get one of the terribad endings. At the day where the boss told me to go home, I did and spent the night with the family hoping it would cheer up the mood. Also you do need rest to work more efficiently. But I got the bad ending regardless, where at the finaly day going to work Molly dies in the floor. I felt extremely cheated. "That one 'mistake' ruined it all".

@anguslazy

3 ай бұрын

@@Mayhzon its not called "One Chance" for no reason

I just finished the game, and my thought process through the whole thing was "Screw spending time with my family, I want to go to work!", thinking this would be the worst possible outcome and would lead to the game telling me there is no cure for the virus and that I should have valued the time I had with my friends and family because you never know when it could be stripped from you.... You can imagine how shocked I was when I found out this was the good ending

@qliqoei

5 ай бұрын

It's definitely a shock, considering that it appears that everyone in the game wants you to spend time with one another instead of working, but no! Work ends up having the best outcome!

@thealterego3187

4 ай бұрын

Lesson being forget family, get that bag!

@reallycantthinkofausername487

4 ай бұрын

@@thealterego3187 The grind stops for no one

@fluffynator6222

4 ай бұрын

Is it tho? It ends with you sitting in the park, your daughter's eyes still closed. I think you might be the only person left.

@reallycantthinkofausername487

4 ай бұрын

@@fluffynator6222 That doesn't make sense as to why the cure worked on you and not her

I remember this game so vividly for years except one thing, its name! Over the years every time I tried to find it I failed and it got to the point where I just accepted that it must have been some sort of fever dream I had. Thankfully this popped up in my recommended and the second I saw the thumbnail I knew it was it. So thank you, this has provided some closure and knowledge that I haven't been insane for the past 10 years

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Wow, what an insane twist! I'm so happy you were able to find the game once again! It's unbelievable that the game is *that* memorable for so many of us! Thanks for sharing!

@wildcard9671

6 ай бұрын

I have similar feelings about games too, and I love that you were abLe to find closure... I have about a dozen that I still haven't found again, and I'll probably forget them sometime soon. Such is life

@eton_1428

5 ай бұрын

same

@yYSilverFoxYy

3 ай бұрын

Its name burned into my memory… I chose the path where I kept working on the cure. With each heartbreaking decision, I told myself I have one CHANCE! That is working on the cure. And the last day, it said YOU HAD ONE CHANCE. That gave me chills. I thought it was over. I was chasing pipe dreams while my wife and child died feeling unloved. …But it worked!

@ricardo-2022

3 ай бұрын

Your pfp is very cring

*One Chance when it meets my cookie wiper:* :0

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

*that's a tip only the PROS know* 👀

@jimijenkins2548

4 ай бұрын

N+1 Chance

@KazuichiSoda.

3 ай бұрын

Yep that was my trick, too. It didn't help the fact that I still couldn't get the 'good' ending

@platypusparasol9825

3 ай бұрын

i felt like such a little hacker when i tried to delete my history before going back to my lil game website just cause i got a bad ending

@Ilyakuznetsov1

8 күн бұрын

∞ + 1 chance

Dude, when i played this as a child I tought the mom died BY THE PLAGUE while she was taking a bath, NOT KILLING HERSELF. My thinking must have been like "damn, maybe it made her shit blood or smnth". Fuck. I was stupid.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

I totally understand! I actually was like that, too, when I first played this game back when I was way younger. I think when you revisit the game once you're older, you can really appreciate the finer details sprinkled throughout the game!

@ashleybyrd2015

2 ай бұрын

SAME

@muksimulmaad7413

2 ай бұрын

Same lol

@frogblasttheventcore69

Ай бұрын

Goddamn I envy your childhood innocence

@marigold_____

Ай бұрын

I don’t know how I put two and two together but I did even though I was a dumbass

I feel like there were surprisingly many sad games like this made between 2010 and 2017 that made you feel alone and not in control. I remember watching Markiplier play presentable liberty in 2016 and feeling devastated by the ending. Recently I remembered the game and searched it up to look for secrets or an alternative ending of some kind. Instead I found out that Robert Brock took his own life in 2018. To me games like these feel more like a glimpse in the mind of their author rather than just sad and shocking content which is why I will always keep occasionally remembering and coming back to replay or at least rewatch them. .

@decas5505

6 ай бұрын

Who is Robert Brock?

@duddybuddy

6 ай бұрын

@@decas5505 the creator of presentable liberty

@emilythezeldafan848

6 ай бұрын

I remember Presentable Liberty I didn't know that about the creator-

@dontkickmychick6076

6 ай бұрын

Well you DID find an ending of some kind, just not necessarily the one you were looking for

@TheONLYFeli0

6 ай бұрын

As a writer, I understand. It’s all you have left.

There are two types of game/media that gives me nightmares: -Horror obviously -Games or other things that makes me feel like im responsible for some kind of bad thing which scares me on a existential level

@naleygoo

5 ай бұрын

Undertale...

@thatguy5391

Ай бұрын

​@@naleygoothis is like the spongebob meme with the tiny ass roller coaster

@ImNotFunny541

16 күн бұрын

@@thatguy5391lmao

@smallgreenflies

7 күн бұрын

you should play OFF by mortis ghost!

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one that remembered this during COVID. I replayed this twice in the last year, and the tears keep flowing. What a beautiful flash game, man. When you beat the game, it locks you to the ending screen whenever you come back so you can't just play again unless you refresh your cookies. I didn't know that as a kid, so I never got to see the other side of it until recently, and I'm glad I found it again. I'm even more-so happy that everyone else found it and isn't going to soon forget this wonderful game.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

It's amazing how prominent this game can stand out in your memory, right? I think One Chance, even with all of its flaws, is a masterpiece, as you said! Also, if you don't want to refresh your cookies, playing this in Incognito Mode on your browser will let you play it over and over again. Thanks for sharing!

This is why you test things extensively before releasing them.

@hadesKIU

Ай бұрын

I always thought the implications were that the apocalypse _was_ the result of the drug being tested - that all it took was that one, seemingly insignificant mistake to eventually spread and kill everything.

I’m so happy someone is talking about this, I found this game in a lets play years back as a stupid kid and it still sticks with me as a stupid teenager.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

That's awesome to hear! The game definitely stuck with me the same as it did for you. How could anyone forget the unique circumstances of the game, right?!

@NamelessAnimatorProbably

4 ай бұрын

​@@qliqoeiI forgot though.

SPOILERS: Ahh.. this game was very well made, I remember being young and having this weird sick feeling whenever the song played where the mother took her life, and only amplified with the one ending where the co-worker kills your daughter. it made me feel so weird for a while. such a helpless situation. This one and "quiet time" are on par with the eerie/helpless feeling in horror games

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

You're right! This can definitely put your mood into a very strange spot, especially when it's coupled with the eerie music, as you described!

@edmundliankalang5925

6 ай бұрын

Is there multiple ending

@LegoBatmanTheVideoGame

6 ай бұрын

If u wanna listen to that song it's called Tautou by Brand New

@InternalChickens

5 ай бұрын

I've never played, but reading that made me so sad. That poor child

@Agudname

5 ай бұрын

​@@edmundliankalang5925he said that in the video

I remember being in elementary when I first saw people doing lets plays of the game. Hard to believe it's been 13 years since this game came out, almost feels like yesterday that it left such a huge impression on me as a kid. Thank you so much for making this, I almost feel emotional seeing it again.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Dude, I know exactly what you mean; I had a very similar experience, too! I remember playing this game, but during my younger years, I simply didn't take in the fine details, such as the newspapers each morning, and made the worst decisions. Probably the worst, however, was that I didn't even understand the meaning of "One Chance" and thought the ending was a glitch! Gosh, 13 years ago makes all of us feel old, right?!

@brezio5251

6 ай бұрын

i was BORN 13 years ago bruv

@localmilfchaser6938

6 ай бұрын

@@brezio5251lil kid

I played this game. I was confused as to why the screen would look the same after the ending you chose, because i was probably some dumb, naive teenager, (or kid) but now i realize it. You ONLY get one chance. Once it's done, it's done. That's it. No NG+, no load save file, not EVEN play a new game, nope, once you got the ending, it's truly game over. And this is scary too. To think that something like this could actually happen irl.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Exactly! I remember I tried to refresh the game to be able to play again, but nothing! Now, though, I reckon that many of us can understand the reasoning behind the title!

@zed9256

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I got stuck with the bad ending even though I chose work every day. I don’t know what I did wrong.

@rollinontheboard

6 ай бұрын

i recognize you

@silvanatteveld6637

6 ай бұрын

From what i gather chemotherapy in real life is very similar to the symptoms they explain in the game. It’s used to kill cancer cells but never actually stops killing causing the human body to deteriorate. It’s honestly horrific.

@zed9256

6 ай бұрын

@@silvanatteveld6637 Have a person close to my friend on chemo and yeah, very accurate.

>Wake up >Work on cure despite people having already given up >Reject thot >Disarm armed attacker with bare hands >Become last survivor of humanity along with daughter Based protagonist

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Truly a based man, indeed!

@catxolotl

6 ай бұрын

but what happens next? they are probably the only two people in the world... 😦 im scared.

@arawong6070

6 ай бұрын

@@catxolotlwell as long the daughter grows up she can have kids and the population will grow up

@pointcrowscreepyuncle

2 ай бұрын

@@catxolotl atleast life on earth survives life will evolve again i say that because in the good ending the trees are green so i assume they release the cure into the air

@FAVOURITEBRO

Ай бұрын

Don’t see any reason to believe they’re the only two left. Trees are alive at the end therefore there’s no reason to think lives weren’t also saved. Can’t imagine he went around injecting trees. It’s far fetched but my optimistic brain says he was able to use the same thing that spread the cure in the first place again. Would of had to, as it was all living cells; oxygen would start to drop as nature does out. I dunno he spread the cure and the trees were green once more so it wasn’t to late, hooray!

the fact that this game can shock you without jumpscares or even effects is amazing for such a short game

feel like for the good ending, since all the plant live has recovered in seemingly such a short time, then im guessing at the very least 5% of the human population survived, so at least they should be able to survive and recover

@qliqoei

4 ай бұрын

I would also assume that others survived as well, and here's why, everybody in the main story knew that the world was screwed when the gas was released, and we can safely assume that prepper-type people would have also known this news, and went into their bunkers, or a similar hermetic structure that would keep them safe. Obviously, we don't know if they came back out after John finds the serum, but there's got to be somebody else other than John and Molly who survived. Now, whether or not they could ever meet up to form communities, that's another rabbit hole!

@synthetic_creature

2 ай бұрын

bit late, but considering the plant life is back, i'd have to assume it was mass produced and administered in the same way the original "cure" was, leading to anyone eventually returning to the surface realizing it's all fine now

@FAVOURITEBRO

Ай бұрын

@@synthetic_creaturethat’s what I said in another comment. They managed to gas the entire planet with this cure. So naturally it was done again. Some large infrastructure was surely still in place if they had only spread it 6 days prior. Government probably shared with some that a cure was still being worked on. So homie got out there and did work.

@daviddow3705

15 күн бұрын

Nah, they're dead.

GOD it is so good to see someone finally talk abt this game, i remember playing it and trying desperately to reset what i had done to get another ending it's such an experience to play

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

I know exactly where you're coming from! I, just like you, tried so hard to reset the game over and over again to play again, not knowing that the permanency was the intended ending!

@clark5184

6 ай бұрын

Opening it in an incognito tab always worked for me when I was trying to get every possible combination of choices. You could probably also just delete whatever cookies the site had saved, but I'm not sure if that actually worked or not since I never tried it. With flashpoint, the game files and runtime environment are all on your own computer, so in that case you can just delete the save if it's even a separate file or redownload the game which even for the crappy centurylink DSL that I'm stuck with, it only took around 30 seconds for substantially bigger flash games. for clarity my download speed was at best 2 megabytes / sec, although it should've been somewhere within 3 to 3.5 megabytes / sec. (33.018 megabits is the exact listed speed)

All that could have been avoided if they actually tested it before releasing it. Really depressing.

@qliqoei

Ай бұрын

Seriously! That's the biggest plot hole of this entire game.

@sneedchuck5477

9 күн бұрын

@@qliqoei Yeah, pharma companies would never make drugs available for widespread purchase and use that could harm people. The owner of the company that made elixir sulfanilamide infamously said "We have been supplying a legitimate professional demand and not once could have foreseen the unlooked-for results. I do not feel that there was any responsibility on our part", it really isn't a plot hole when shit like this can and has happened in the past

@FelixNothus

2 күн бұрын

@@qliqoei Plot hole in the game? It's the biggest plot hole in real life as well with the jabs released during the pandemic...

@Juicedbelmont

2 күн бұрын

​@@qliqoei Maybe the effects weren't apparent from lab testing Maybe only after being released on such a large quantity did the effects become apparent

Considering the gas kills all life on earth, the fact him and his daughter are immune is irrelevant to the fact that they will starve to death because humans need to consume other living things to survive.

@sneefinsnorfintime

6 ай бұрын

They could still live off non-perishable goods like canned foods and other preserved goods. The setting is evidently modern, and considering there's no need for competition since everyone's dead except him and his daughter, scavenging through somewhere like a local supermarket would be pretty easy to keep John and his daughter fed. It won't be a healthy diet, but they won't starve. Still is a pretty miserable existence, nonetheless.

@cold1895

6 ай бұрын

They may suffocate, the only reason we have oxygen is because of cyanobacteria and plants, the total oxygen content would slowly diminish as atmospheric oxygen reacts with pretty much everything. Not sure if that wou,d be a process too slow for it to matter, or fast enough it would happen in their lifetime.

@Lightheart_1.0

6 ай бұрын

@@cold1895If you return to the game and obtain the good ending opon loading back into the game it seems like all the green came back to the environments! So there is hope about things being okay!

@cold1895

6 ай бұрын

@@Lightheart_1.0 Perhaps, but only with an unfortunate amount of inbreeding.

@Lightheart_1.0

6 ай бұрын

@@cold1895 Either that or that there is a chance that some people were immune to the spread which can be possible. But again there is a reason why it left to be so mysteriously perhaps for peoples interpretation

This game was honestly my first experience with hopelessness and, what felt like to me, a young kid, actual death and loss. It was fucked. But also eye-opening and such. I think about this game fairly often, at least once every couple months or so.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

I totally relate with your experience, too! I remember thinking how terrible it would be if the entire world was ending - what would you do? I mean, at that point, what is anything any more? I would say that as we got older, this game becomes more meaningful, given how we are forced to handle our issues not as kids any more, but as adults now.

I’ve had the bathroom scene in my mind for YEARS it was one of those things you see and forget where you saw it from. Im so glad this got recommended to me :)

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

And I am very glad you shared that! You're absolutely right about that particular scene. There's something so eerie about that, and obviously, it's very resonant to the many people who actually unfortunately experience feelings that the wife did and I think that's the key reason to why so many of us remember that scene!

This inspires me as a biochemistry student. I think the message is to not waste opportunities and push on despite your mistakes and failures.

In the game I played you had to pointlessly walk to the balcony and back to the lab to get the cure. I did what you did but got the end where you stare at the X on the screen and die.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

I think the key to finding the cure is working whenever you have an opportunity to do so, and in your case, you may have skipped a day of work? If your family leaves, then this shows whether or not you skipped a day of work. If you look up 'One Chance All Endings', a Russian KZreadr has a flowchart of all actions that lead to specific endings!

@breezebender

6 ай бұрын

I think he means you need to talk to your boss on the rooftop on day 3 to have more coworkers to help you work the cure.

@ethanroller7228

4 ай бұрын

Its obligatorio tho

Sounds amazing! Sad that flash died but even if i could play it now, not sure if i would. Im way too indecisive 💀

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Definitely a shame that Flash as we knew it is gone, but man, this game is one of those games that you've just gotta try once! Even if you're undecisive, you'll get an ending no matter how good or bad! XD

@uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhidk

6 ай бұрын

There are flash archives, like Bluemaxima's Flashpoint and such.

@JordanPlayz158

6 ай бұрын

Ruffle allows you to play Flash games in the browser again, it is pretty far in terms of supporting everything Flash supported and it will only get closer/better

@billycumcamp6104

21 күн бұрын

Im pretty sure all flash games can still be accessed on newgrounds

Remember that time when Markiplier played that game and he thought he got the bad ending but instead he actually got the best possible ending in the game?

Absolutely beautiful storytelling. I love these kinds of videos where you get into the story so much that you don’t even realize it.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! My intention of this video was to take viewers on a journey through John Pilgrim's perspective and it looks like it worked! Glad you enjoyed watching the video!

I got the same ending, the first time i played this like a decade ago. Nice to see I wasnt the only one who got a traumaticly depressing feeling from this game. Even if you spend all your time working, instead of trying to live up what time you have left, its a bittersweet ending at best as although you saved yourself and your daughter. However your wife, all your friends, for the most part your lifes work, and 99.9999 percent of humanity(and if theres less than 500 people in the world after the end then it doesnt matter regardless because theres not enough genetic diversity for humans to continue) are all dead, and to top it all off you are probably carrying around the burden that its your fault for the rest of your life. Its like that one ending to SCP Containment Breach *You escaped but the world is already over*

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Right, it poses that question, would it be worth it to stay and enjoy the time with those that you love, or would it be better to throw your remaining energy and time towards a cure, one that, even if successful, will mean little, as no one will be left? I agree with you, the emptiness that is left behind as a result would be extraordinarily difficult to reckon with. Glad to see you got the same ending, too!

@itsoracle

6 ай бұрын

how is there "not enough genetic diversity"

@slasher3428

6 ай бұрын

@@itsoracle if there's less than 500(and more accurately probably around 1000) humans left in any population, there will not be enough human generations to phase out each person's genetic diversity(which decreases by 50 percent each time down to less than 1 percent to prevent inbreeding). If there's not enough humans left to do that, the population is automatically doomed due to inbreeding.

@ultimate8125

5 ай бұрын

slasher3428 jumpscare

@jimijenkins2548

4 ай бұрын

@@itsoracle Inbreeding results in normally suppressed alleles becoming dominant, usually undesirable ones. Effects of inbreeding include reduced fertility, reduced birth rate, higher child mortality, reduced adult size, reduced immune effectiveness, increased risk of heart disease, facial asymmetry, and increased risk of genetic disorders. All of those in combination means fewer humans will survive to be sexually mature. In short, below a certain threshold, there is no hope for the race to recover.

I remember how much I cried to this game. It broke my heart as a kid and im glad its seeing recognition again as it was a truly beautiful experience.

@qliqoei

4 ай бұрын

It's a very memorable game and experience!

I remembered playing this game and I honestly still think about it. I got the ending where the protagonist lives and sits alone on the bench. All because I thought it would be okay to show the daughter the fate of the mother, idk. At that moment I thought that it was better to show her the truth rather than lying. Or some cringe thing like that. I tried resetting it to change the ending to try and save the child, but all I saw was the protagonist, alone, in the bench. Knowing that my decision couldn't be undone. Good game tbh. Would play again.

I remember as a young kid seeing a gameplay video of the game, it made me cry so much at first. But then it started to make me aware of how fragile life is.

@Mayhzon

3 ай бұрын

In it's own ways it is also suprisingly sturdy. If anything, life and all life forms are shaped by versatility. I have seen and heard of so many people who should have been dead and lived long and fruitful. And the opposite, too. People who died from something that would seem unreal. You can't exactly mark it down. Many factors apply.

This game kinda reminds me of oneshot where you only have 1 chance to either save the world or return home

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Many people have also pointed that out! Having only one opportunity to experience the game and resolve the problem is one of those feelings that you can't replicate!

@zed9256

6 ай бұрын

In the free version. Not the Steam version. Also, Niko can die in the free version if you quit the game.

@gladisjoseph6646

4 ай бұрын

wait so what your saying is if you leave the game AT ANY POINT its game over?

@zed9256

4 ай бұрын

@@gladisjoseph6646 Only the free version.

@zed9256

4 ай бұрын

Then you get a broken lightbulb and a message saying you killed Niko.

the 'no reseting the game' bit me in the ass because it froze on the wife dying and it wouldnt let me continue at all. i wasnt even able to get an ending cus of it

I remember this as a kid. I went home, and learned that working was most important

I had completely forgetting about this game! It really helped kickstart my horrific existential fear of death

@n6ghk

6 ай бұрын

me too :(

This game is genius, not only because of the concept of you only having one chance, but also due to how well it uses the concept of a game where you can only play once

@qliqoei

2 ай бұрын

You're right, this game really did the play-once idea great. Very memorable!

@RandomDude1487

2 ай бұрын

@@qliqoei oh and also RIP the kid who didn’t realize he couldn’t just go back and try researching

There were a lot good flash games from that era, but sad many of them are either forgotten or lost, and this flash game is one of those good ones

@oi_bruv

6 ай бұрын

Scriptwelder my beloved (not the creator of this game I just like em)

@chesedcheesed

23 күн бұрын

for me, bfdia 5b and this game were the good games in flash

@Arelated

23 күн бұрын

@@chesedcheesed for me it was that lava girl water boy game, i used to play it with my cousin a lot

@gianni50725

4 күн бұрын

"Everyday the same dream" is another game in the same vein, and you can see the influence on this game immediately. I don't agree fully with its message, but it's still a work of art. If you want even more games like that, then the "Art Games" list on Newgrounds is basically a bunch of games like this minus a few joke entries. Don't Look Back is another favorite of mine.

When I started this video, it felt like this was made by a very popular youtuber. Good work!

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad the video was immersive! I was going for a movie/documentary-like intro and it looks like it worked out well!

Ah, childhood memories. I remember playing this game back in 2015. You're right, it did put my mood down when I finished it lol

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Right?! No matter which ending you got, there just really isn't anything left at all!

This game is just something else, it really shows how games can show emotion and have an impact

I found a way to play the game again. If you play it in an anonymous tab, close it, and open another, you can play as many times as you want

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

That's right! Or some others will clear out their cookies, but I like your method better! You get to keep all of your cookies! (Who doesn't like cookies?!)

When he was rushing to cure his daughter I was full on expecting her to have died before he was able to

@Norinia

17 күн бұрын

One asshole who made an explanation video on this game claimed she died, and it sent people spiraling until someone came by to confirm he lied.

@daviddow3705

15 күн бұрын

@@Norinia It seemed pretty implied she died. It's not exactly his fault he took it as her dying.

Why is your channel not blowing up?? Your videos are so high quality!!! 🤩

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I try to play around with new editing techniques to make the video exciting! I'm very glad you liked it!

4:55 this made me chuckle

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

I'm so happy that someone finally mentioned that little bit! 🤣

@dogyX3

6 ай бұрын

Wait, I just realised the joke 🤣🤣

Thanks for making a video about this master piece of a game. Coincidentally, i was thinking about it couple of days back. I used to saw videos of people playing it when i was a kid, It was one of the first games to make me tear up

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Playing this game as an innocent little kid is quite impactful, given the simple words and narrative, and I definitely know what you mean when you say it made you tear up; who wouldn't feel _something_ while playing this masterpiece, right?

Now I know where Oneshot took its inspiration from

@qliqoei

Ай бұрын

One Chance and One Shot, two games with the permanent mechanic!

I remember when I first heard that school was closed for good when Covid first hit. One of my immediate thoughts was a flash back to this game, specifically when Molly asks John about her school. Why is school closed? Why can’t I go to school today? Back during Covid, at its height when everyone thought the world was ending, this is what I thought of. One Chance and another game called Presentable Liberty.

I remember playing this game back then and being depressed as I played along to this game and taught me of the sad reality of consequences

you deserve alot more than 700 subs, i really hope one day this channel blows up, the editing style you tested in this video worked really well!

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

My friend, I appreciate that so much! For this video, I wanted this video to take the audience on a journey, and allow those who have played this game to take a stroll through memory lane, and at the same time, invite those who have not had the opportunity to play the game. I'm so happy that you enjoyed the video! Thanks, once again!

Out of all the flash games I've played, this one was one of the most memorable. And boy am I glad I got recommended this 🥳

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Same here! This game is the most memorable for me! I'm so happy that you found this video, too!

Yo get this guy more subs, this channel is criminally underrated! And how does this video only have 160 likes with 2,000 views?!

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Dude, you're awesome! Thanks so much! I appreciate you taking your time to comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

I have remembered this game for YEARS but never known it’s name. It always stuck with me because it was so dark and in a way mortifying but also so simple at the same time.

I remember watching this as a kid, it made me cry

Omg recently been looking for this game, Jesus Christ what a trip down memory lane

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

It's so weird how this game, despite being over a decade old, still stands out so vividly in many people's memory! Glad this video showed up when it did!

with that face and that lab coat, I thought the ending was gonna be him going in a lab, dying because of a bullett wound while "Baby Blue" played in the background

My god. Its been years since someone covered this game, thank you very much

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

You are welcome! It's a well-crafted game that still holds up today! Thanks for commenting!

This is why I always found it silly when people end themselves before an impending doom, like, why the hell would you do that? I don’t get it. Especially if it is a quick death anyway.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Definitely reminds me of The Mist's (movie) ending! After all, patience is a virtue!

@flariz4824

6 ай бұрын

@@qliqoei Yep, that was tragic..

@Wizardrex562

6 ай бұрын

If the way I am killing myself is less painful then absolutely

@callmezeldaonemoartime

6 ай бұрын

@@qliqoeiGod I remember watching that in a hotel room, that movie was so depressing

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

@@callmezeldaonemoartime Seriously! There was almost nothing good that happened, given how the tribalism gets just about everyone in the grocery store. Even with the military rolling through in the end, the main character's got no one left any ways. You're right, such a depressing movie, indeed!

im so glad someone finally decided to cover this, great video

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Heck yeah! It's a game that I think deserves to be covered because it's one of those games that once you play, you don't really forget. I am very happy that you enjoyed the video!

@NonstickSQYD

6 ай бұрын

there is another game called i fell in love with color or something like that, i cant remember it quite right, but you were a sea monster and you would grab and pull certain objects into your view and depending on what choices you made the endings would be different@@qliqoei

You know this soft toned meaningful content is what i needed today thank you for that best of luck in the future

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Glad I could provide that for you! Also, thank you for your support, too! It means so much for us smaller content creators!

@ricardo-2022

3 ай бұрын

Your pfp is very cring

i was literally looking for this game a few days ago and couldn't remember the name i love you so much

@qliqoei

4 ай бұрын

Oh yeah! Happy to help you remember this game! You won't believe how many other people had a similar experience where they suddenly thought of this game, but then this video popped up! It's so crazy! Thanks for stopping by!

@ricardo-2022

3 ай бұрын

Your pfp is very cring

@ghez3863

2 ай бұрын

@@ricardo-2022 your cring 🤬😡🤬😡

@ricardo-2022

2 ай бұрын

@@ghez3863 😁😁😁 yeah man 👍🗿💪💪🏢

8:16 One shot: Undertale Pacifist(can be played twice only if you do something with files): Yet it's still unique, since these are all the games i can even think of having this abikity

this game was probably the first time i ever experienced true hopelessness. it was very effective. however, now that i have knowledge of scientific research, i am horrified by the utter lack of preliminary trials and tests before they unleashed it on the world. this is why clinical rials are important, y'all.

@qliqoei

5 ай бұрын

Crazy how they just let the gas out on the entire world without even checking, right?! Hopelessness is definitely the appropriate feeling for such negligence!

The ending where you make a cure isn't even a happy one... Sure you and your daughter are saved, but the world is rotting around you and is now uninhabitable. Global ecosystems are dead and the only thing you and your daughter can eat is canned food and that'll eventually be gone. All you can do is endure a depressing and dead world until all the remains are microbes deep within the earth's crust.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

For that matter, the daughter likely won't even grow up right in the head given that a child needs to experience talking to others their own age, which there are none left, and with only her father left to be with her, it really would be a depressing existence. You're absolutely spot on. On the bright side, though, you could walk around anywhere, any time without any repercussions!

@Crackedcripple

6 ай бұрын

There was still that one last guy roaming around at the end there’s still some people and some hope

@GoldballIndustries

6 ай бұрын

pfp♥

oh my god. i watched markiplier play this and it was genuinely heart wrenching. i havent even watched the video but im still too scared too just remembering the game.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Seriously! It's a very impactful story, and I suppose it's more effective when you play/watch this a while ago, then return after you're somewhat older since you understand everything just a little bit more!

I have been trying to find this game for years, thank you so much

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

You are most welcome! Glad you finally found the game!

this game has so much potential for a great movie

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely! If they redo some of the details, such as why the gas is released so quickly without further testing, it would be such a good movie; imagine the tension!

The music that plays on the Friday/“Bad End scenes” is so eerily heartbreaking. It has stuck with me for years

I remember playing this game when I was like 9. It stuck with me so much that i still remember it at 18. I’m glad this video showed up because I forgot the title and I really wanted to play it again.

I was thinking about this game the other day! I forgot about it except for little bits here and there. I’m happy I found it again, I really liked it when I first watched a playthrough a few years ago.

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

It's crazy how much this game suddenly just "popped" back into so many people's heads again! Glad you found the game again!

Great job putting this together!

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Appreciate you stopping by and commenting!

0:00 the world is ending and i feel nothing -Freeman

@qliqoei

3 ай бұрын

Gordon Freeman: The right man at the right time, at the right place!

I remember mark playing this and I genuinely started crying

Remember playing this when I was like ten in a public library fuck that’s nostalgia

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Don't you feel old now?! When I was replaying the game, I thought that it held up pretty well for today's standards. Looks great, music's great, and plays really good.

@inazuma_fan9682

6 ай бұрын

@@qliqoei yeah still a testament to a game that holds up and something I’d pay good money for opposed to 90 percent of the crap that’s churned out these days

This game was quite the fascinating experience, but not exactly the saddest I surfed the most obscure flash games back in the day, and found several that were as sad if not more so. Here's a list of emotional flash games you could try, reader: RPG shooter: Starwish (side-scroller with a small spaceship. Lovable characters, humorous tone(before X happens and the atmosphere gets much dourer), sad story, ending depends on your choices and which characters you got closest to. Quite a pearl) missed messages. (not a typo) A game about a girl with depression and you're her roommate and help her. Feels cringey but maybe some would find it sad and worth playing? Air pressure Kind of an airtight game. It's still about depression but much more implicitly than the previous one. Actually I'm not sure what it was about anymore; but it made you think a lot about... stuff. Train of Afterlife Translation is iffy(feels like a VN made by chinese authors, peculiarly enough), and layout makes story hard to understand but it's a pretty good experience. Has multiple endings, some more difficult to grasp but it's honestly an experience. Public version is a demo, you need the full version(which I can help provide, cuz I am a sort of custodian for good but forgotten flash games) (the maker has a few other VN-like emotional games that I never tried tho. X-note, Phantom Seeds, Area X and others) Vorago Inspired by Silent Hill and The Mist(2004), a biblical apocalypse-themed horror game and quite fun actually. Surprisingly good VA and animations, a fun 30-60 minutes play Looming Didn't really understand it cuz played it REALLY long ago, but it gives off a Yume Nikki vibe and there's quite likely more to it than meets the eye. Not really an emotional game, but a mystery/philosophical one, the kind you might play if you're in the mood for emotional games but got no emotional games I woke up next to you It's really weird, gives off an 'off' vibe and an aethereal feeling. Didn't play it through, but looks like it has a lot of potential He beat her Only heard about this game, and that it might be good, but can't find it The Grey Rainbow I think it was an emotional game but can't remember much. Similar to 'A book of Living Magic' that I'll make a passing reference to Personally I found Starwish to be the saddest, because you get attached to the characters much more than you would in a 10 minute game. But author, can you please pin this comment so others can see it and know to seek these good, almost forgotten diamonds?

@dansman1729

6 ай бұрын

pin-worthy

@bianca6519

6 ай бұрын

missed messages, he beat her, and i woke up next to you are all by the same person. i’ve played them all through fully, he beat her is kind of hard, and i woke up next to you is a little unsettling, but i would recommend all three edit: he beat her is about a man being accused of domestic violence, and he has to prove he is innocent, and that his girlfriend was actually abusing him. the game is basically to find clues to prove to the jury that you’re innocent. i woke up next to you is,,, weird? idk it’s about a one night stand except it becomes more than a one night stand and like i think it becomes an unhealthy codependent relationship i don’t remember it was like 5 years ago i played it. ALSO by angela he (creator of these 3 games) is ‘you left me’ which is about loss and unhealthy coping mechanisms and grief, very sad u can find her stuff here - zephyo.itch.io edit 2: ok this comment sent me down a rabbit hole where i relived my angela he addiction so i just want to point out there’s this game that’s rlly similar to one chance in the sense that it’s a virus that’s gonna wipe out the whole earth and you need to come up with a cure for it and the game is called ‘grey plague’ but i never played it bc it’s decision heavy and im indecisive. also ‘there’s this girl’ is a cute short sapphic romance story OK IM SKRRY IM DONE

@benjaminjameskreger

6 ай бұрын

I fondly remember air pressure from this era, it was about opiate addiction.

@CowboyLuigi

6 ай бұрын

Ooh, those are definitely interesting games to explore! I can also recommend "The Visit," which has a mix of humorous and sad, mainly at the "You're a sad man" ending. The game is a funny way to show what consequences are like. There's also another game, "We become what we behold" which represents social media in general. Absurdity and Satire about the sad truth.

@avidarois5505

Ай бұрын

no-one has to die is also super good

The moment i saw your thumbnail i became the one thousand mile stare meme you fr brought back the deepest of thoughts in my mind

And this children; is why you never give up on your goals.

@qliqoei

Ай бұрын

Seriously! Look at what John could do - he saved the world! (At a cost!)

You are an AWESOME story teller!

I still remember watching this to this day after 7 years even though I watched this once.

YOOOOOO u just unlocked a deep hidden memory of mine, this game made me really sad when i was younger

@qliqoei

3 ай бұрын

Glad to do so! I think it's so amazing to see how many people remember this game, especially just from the thumbnail alone.

when i was a child i thought the daughter was sleeping and that was the good ending

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

As long as no suffering is involved, I would suppose that could qualify as a somewhat "good" ending!

@jessealvarado7796

2 ай бұрын

wdym "good" in this quotation mark@@qliqoei

Please cover more flash games , bc I absolutely loved this :D

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

You can count on that! I've got so many other games I'd love to make videos just like this on! Thanks for your support!

@sourlab

6 ай бұрын

@@qliqoei my personal pick would be : this game only has one level , its just so unique and its still pretty fun and " give up " an extremely hard game which insensitives you to quit and if you close the game or just give up a message pops on saying : that's completely fine , you still have a life to live .

@frogmemo4153

4 ай бұрын

​@@qliqoei I'd love to see no-one has to die. Amazing flash game

i remeber this game. i remember loving it. good to know it holds up

@qliqoei

6 ай бұрын

Oh yeah! This game is one of those that simply don't look any older as time goes on!

Something I remember vividly about this game was the soundtrack. I remember a song called “Brand New - Tatou” which I listened to days straight. Thanks for the nostalgia!

Was just thinking about this game last night after not thinking about it for years. Still one of my all time favourites

I once found a unique ending, i dont remember how i got to it and obviously i couldnt reatart. It makes me wonder if uears ago i indeed found an ideal secret ending. I remember it involving you finding a cure earlier than usual but during a quicktime event i wasnt fast enough so died.

Dude went and chilled at the park instead of going and maybe helping others

@organichotchoco

3 ай бұрын

he did help the others I think, look at how healthy the park is. He likely used the dispersal method

It took the universe 6 years to get this back in my vicinity and ohh boy does it both feels dreading and nostalgic at the same time.

I remember playing this. Even if i didn't remember the details, this game earned his little corner in my heart. Thanks for this video

@qliqoei

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! It seems that One Chance found its spot in many players' hearts. There's so many people who had the identical experience!

One chance was the first flash game where i actually cried

I was just thinking about this game last week. I was planning on trying to find it but I didn’t yet. Low and behold this video popped up in my recommended and from the thumbnail I immediately knew it was it. Despite being such a small game and and being pixel art it was still immediately recognizable

@ricardo-2022

3 ай бұрын

Nice pfp 😅

@joshuapurdy7065

3 ай бұрын

@@ricardo-2022 thanks

"Saddest flash game ever" The fnaf 3 minigames: 🗿

I played this game a few years back. Too used to getting the bad ending, and restarting for a good one, I tried to try again. I couldn't. I kept trying, but eventually game up. So I started thinking. My mind likes to wander after playing games. So it wandered. Eventually I thought to myself "One shot... One chance at life". And that shook me to the core in a way few things ever have. For one moment, a single iota of time, I felt like I woke up, saw my life and where it could lead from outside myself. It didn't look like it lead anywhere good. And then I was me again. For that brief flash of a moment I was someone else, watching myself live and die, having done absolutely nothing with my life.

@qliqoei

3 ай бұрын

That's such an interesting experience you had! Actually, I'm similar when I finish a movie, book, or game, I think really deeply about that particular subject for a day or so, and it's quite the experience, a powerful one at that, to be transformed to understand a perspective.

This game was my first proper introduction to despair and futility 😍

What a nostalgia rush thanks for the video.

@qliqoei

3 ай бұрын

That's great to hear! Glad you enjoyed the video!

I remember this game, I remember getting it right the first time not knowing how and not understanding what happened and yet the music haunted me, made me feel sad and melancholic.

This is a classic, forgot that it once dominated the internet. Thank you for making me remember this amazing masterpiece