Meta Inscription Explained Clearly

Welcome to Obol. Oobol. A bowl. O B O L. I don't know what Obol stands for. But this is kind of, I think, supposed to be a little bit reminiscent of both Shotgun Roulette and also Inscription, which is the card game, the really cool one with a lot of meta stuff going on there. Not meta like Facebook meta, like meta-analysis. Meta something. Meta Insert your own definition of what the that means. This is a taste of what will become a full game at some point, apparently. I could think they call it one of those demos. Oh. Good. There's a dead guy. Crushed by a box. You had nothing to do with that murder, did you? Oh, no escape. At least we're setting the tone for all of this.

Are we under THE OCEAN? A BUG! OKAY, this feels a lot more Inscription than it does Buckshot Roulette. It's time we re-evaluate your competence for the job, as demanded by the corporate. Well, now, now, formalities first. I'll be needing your mark on the official paper. Uh-huh, my mark. Pact of employee evaluation. Enacted under the shadow of the old ones. By bi- uh bear and September what? Something Oh, Scotland's 8th of September, 2025. Lucius random obligatorium.

Animalua at sociatatem pertinent in hoc vitae vel in quolibet alio futuro tempore non potes per usum magiae vel aliorum mediorum. Tiam hoc irriurandum liberare si hoc in sciurandum obligatorium violaveris tres generationes familias tu ad sociatatem pertinent habunt. Mors non est determinus vel usus anni usus sciurus sciurandi. Sign below. Give me one of those and give me one of those.

Nice. Gibberish and seal it. You have done the ink caveat, then let's seal the contract proper. Not scared of a wee flick wound, are you? Contract with Corporate. Well, all right. [snorts] Aye, right enough, lad. Let us begin the evaluation. Do I have to explain the rules to you, BLUBBERING, SLACK-JAWED, LAND-LUBBER? There's a coin. You guess which side it lands on. Win, you keep your caps. Lose them all, you lose your head. Each round, I add caps and I change the maximum amount you can bet. You better keep track.

Now, open your blind eyes proper. I'll have a peek into your fate before the neck throws. Aha. The maximum bet is one caps. Oh my god. I see two krakens eating one dead man in the next three throws. Uh Okay, what do I Oh, so you're actually telling the future. So, the wager would have it, it's definitely going to be a kraken. I'm sure. Ouch. Well, this is easy because now I know it's Oh, well, okay, we take turns. That's Hey, wait a minute. Hey, come on now. Well, it's definitely going to be a kraken. I just got bad luck on that one.

Haha. Now, who's on the up and up? You. I see one kraken slaughtered by two dead men in the next three throws. Well, it's definitely going to be a dead man. Haha. I'll be taking that. Now, it could be anything. What could it be? Oh, you're wrong. And looks like you're about to lose because I know that there'll be a dead man coming up now. WHAT? HEY, YOU LIED. WAIT, NO, HE DIDN'T LIE. WAIT, I'm a idiot. Wait, no. God, I'm so stupid. Oh, I'm so dumb. All right, but this one Got it.

Definitively. Take that. I still win. You've burned through all your luck, boy. The worst is still yet ahead of you. Oh. Okay, everyone ignore the fact that I was very dumb in that one. That's my one dumb moment in the entire video. Every video that I do has one dumb moment. That was it. There's no other dumb moments after this. If there is, it's actually secretly a smart moment. And from here on out, I'm going to be genius. Activating my brain cells, which I never do.

Now then, you've come through this round. We'll play the next one once you sit back down at this table. Move with the world or on-screen buttons. Uh-huh. Oh. No information about that in the demo. Hi. What the hell is that? Some kind of picture. We love dad, mom. Dad is in a some kind of bathysphere, and there's big fish. Huh. That's nice. Oh. Wait, hold on a second. New London Times, our days are numbered. That looks like the generator from Frostpunk. Am I crazy? That looks like the generator from Frostpunk, and it's New London, which is the city from Frostpunk.

All right, head to the comments. There's going to be people that are decoding these. Okay, I'm going away from here. Ooh. How do I stop? Please help. Okay, there we go. Wait, what? It Oh, the What? Huh? That definitely looks like the generator from Frostpunk. I'm not sure though. Could be anything, I guess. Okay, there we go. What do we have here? 23rd December, corporate said food rations will be reduced because we're behind schedule. We have been drilling day and night. Why is it still going up? Come back. For the va- For the past weeks as if Why the is it floating so much? I

don't know why it's so weird the way it's floating. Uh for the past week as if a day or night mean anything in this wicked place. 25th December, "God, I miss them so much. Help me see them at least one more time before death quote comes." It's doing something. It's definitely doing something. It is absolutely doing something. It is 1,000% doing something. Oh my god, what is it doing? Well, UH I'VE DONE IT. AW, I THOUGHT I DID IT. I don't know if that was supposed to happen. I think it was supposed to jiggle the door. And I think because I keep spamming it, it replays the jiggle from but from its new resting position, which is at the

top of the jiggle arc. Uh weird about that. That's strange. What did I just Hi. No information about that in the demo. Hey, the demo don't tell us No information about that in the demo. Oh, is this my wife and child? Security key needed in case of emergency. All right. Okay. Contract with the corporate. Each member has one. All right. I'm going to sit at the table. Now, let's watch your feet dance a for us. Oh, employee evaluation form. This describes me best. I wonder how I got to be the way that I am. I am the life of the party. I would sacrifice it the sacrifice if it is needed to serve.

One two. Let's increase the fun. The maximum bet is now two cops. My axe It's a fish. Hit to get items. Oh, I'll hit it. All right. Take one of these. Uh take ONE OF THESE. OH. PUSH GUY OUT. I SEE two kraken slaughtered by three dead men in the next five throws. Really? Some oil with a fish head inside. Smells so bad the opponent will faint for one turn. Unknown alcoholic beverage gives one cap. I'm going to save that till the next one. Uh, two Krakens thrown but slaughtered by three dead men. So, technically it could be that.

Well, that means there's only one Kraken left. But, that's okay cuz I only bet one. What is that? Oh, no. Oh, you don't know what it'll be. COME ON. Well, now I don't know what it's going to be. It's a total Well, I can get myself one cap, so I'm going to do that. Glug. Whoa, right in the eyes. So, what I need to do is I need to I mean, I don't think I can win either way, but you take that. OH, GOD. THERE'S only a one and one right now. Either way, I have both of the next turns. Let's see. If I bet one and I get it, it's one of his gone and then I know the next one. But, then at the beginning of the next turn I won't

know. So, I have to roll the dice here. I have to bet it all because I'm going to lose either way on the first turn if I only have one going into the next round. That's just the way it is because it would then be his turn and I would die pretty much immediately. So, I have to be lucky here. Yes! Cuz then I get to go again. I know that it's going to be the dead man. And then the next turn I have to be lucky again hoping that Oh, I get my items. This is great. This is fantastic. This is about the best that I could hope for. I see two Krakens slaughtered by three dead men. The next five throws. Also, he's pissed. Uh-huh. So, what am do is I'm going to do this. Splash that in my eyeballs. I'm going to take this.

He's going to pass out again. And I'm going to bet two on this. And I'm going to hope I get lucky cuz it's two and three again. Odds are in my favor. Yeah, LET'S TRY IT. YES. OH MY GOD, I'M THE BEST. Don't let this make you think you're worth a damn, lad. That's what you get, man. Now then, you've come through this round. We'll play the next one once you sit back down at this table. Uh-huh. Was there anything else to really see?

Oh. To my friend and blur and bygones. And brother, maybe? Brother? Might have been brother. All right, let's try it again. You want to go? Right then, let's get back to it, shall we? But first, before melodies, you'll fill out the form before you're on. Who are you, sir? How do you deal with voices calling you to dive deeper into the hole? Weak men perish, strong men don't listen. No matter how much I miss your little hands, I accept that you are gone. According to company policy, I guess according to company policy, I say that's a good answer.

Good answer, mate. Good boy, that's something different. Let's increase the fun. The maximum bet is now four caps. Stab, stab, stab, stab. Nice. A splooge. I see three crackens slaughtered by four dead men in the last seven rows. Uh-huh. Why do you Wait, why do you have so many items? Wait, why do you What? What the A fish trashed trapped under a glass dome might protect us in some way. Can I drink your beverages? Allows you to see the next coin outcome somehow.

All right, three and four. Well, I mean, who really even knows? It could be anything. I'm going to play it safe and I'll play the odds. It's three and four, but I'm just going to do one. Well, I got it anyway. That would have been There's no way I would have known that. Okay, he's waking up apparently. Oh, wow, yeah, good nap, buddy. [screaming] Interesting. Okay. All right, well, just the one. That's not so bad. And I don't know what that's about, but all right.

I'm guessing I can't make it happen. So, now it's two and three. So, I'm guessing there wouldn't be a point in doing a high bet because it's probably going to protect from me getting any of his stuff. So, I'm just going to do one. Two and two. No, sorry. My bad. One and three. Oh, keep messing that up. Uh-huh. Good for you, man. Okay, that's not fair. It's one and three. It's definitely GOING TO BE OKAY, THAT PROTECTED HIM FROM THAT, BUT I know we're in business now because I'm going to do this. You're going to pass out and I'm going to do maximum bets on this side for each of these. Cuz I know what it is.

Luck is definitely on my side here. And uh, before I have any chance to screw it up, I'm going to drink these cuz I want to fill my bar. I'm not screwing anything up. I just want cuz I only get one shot at this, but it's going to be this. Cuz I know. So, now he's down to two. So, even if he skips my turn and adds his own and knows what it is, I'm not going to be able to die. Nay, nay. Nay, nay, who fast. What? Nay, nay. You're going to nay, nay? But we're on the next round. But there's another round.

Are we getting it Wait, was there another Oh, three. That's right. It was three. Well, he should have bet more. Well, I think you're being a little too light. Woah. Being a little too easy on me, huh? All right. I see four Krakens eating with three dead men in the next seven throws. Okay. It's raining blood. Is that supposed to happen? All right, three and three. He's only doing one, so this makes it easier for me. So, if I do two of the skulls cuz three and three, the chances are I'm going to get it because I mean,

I know this isn't how statistics work, but you know. You know, come on. We all know that it's actually how it works. You may be starting to believe in your luck, but this is not but a fluke. Well, looks like you're out of weird fish heads. Yeah. What? You blasted fool. IT IS NOT TIME YET. WAS there a floating bone fish? It is not time yet. Oh. You're laughing or was that crying? What? Oh, season. Entering a [snorts] Yeah, uh huh. Oh. That was great.

I love the atmosphere. Love the underwater Love all the I mean, I know I gave him that voice business like I like these kind of weird tabletop style games. There's something fun about it. There's something intriguing about it. I don't know. This harkens back to I guess when all we had was just few coins and a few curds, you know? And then under the ocean. You know our ancestors under the ocean in a bathysphere. Death all around us. Blood raining from the ceiling, you know? Good times. But this is great. Can't wait for the full one. Uh wish list it. Wish list it if you can, O ball. I think it'll be pretty good.

Moving on. This is wet candy from the twisted zone. They're a candy under the pool. Not so sweet and definitely not for everyone. Okay. Whatever you say. Something didn't look right with it. CD in the paper pamphlet. I don't know. So you're not from here. Who? Me? I don't even know where here is. Then where are you from? Oh, I've heard that place. On TV. You want to be friends with me?

Okay. Linda? Who are you talking to? Uh someone from the pool. My new friend. She's in the pool. Uh huh. [clears throat] You're a bit old for imaginary friends, Linda. Really? You hid candy underwater. Uh huh. Let me help you bring it back up. Collect all the candy. Oh, okay. All right. Also, the sensitivity is high, but that's the usual. Okay, I'm going to go get the candy. I'm I'm going to get the candy. Do I dive in? I probably dive in.

Dive? No. Do I just fall in? I've just fallen. Candy? Oh my god, there is candy at the bottom of the pool. Oh. Look. It's the candy. Hi, friend. Hi. Oh. All right. Ah. And then on the ground, of course. That was great. Great candy. Whoosh. Ah, more candy at the bottom of the pool. Great. I got the piece of candy. The candy. I got the candy. I got it. I got the candy. I have it. Here's the ki- Uh-oh.

All right. Two candies. Amazing. I mean, what could go wrong? The parents are watching right there. We're all safe. Candy. It's the candy. It's supposed to be deeper. No, no way. No way. It's just candy. It's candy. Oh. Uh Okay. Three pieces of candy. Oh. Oh, god. Oh. You all right? You okay? Get a piece of candy there? Hi. You all right? Oh, I'll take that. Oh my god. I didn't think I got it. Okay. Candy. Somewhere there's candy.

I don't see any candy. I don't see candy. What is with the dot? Is that my candy radar? I must be getting close to the candy here. There's got to be candy somewhere. Oh. Okay. I don't know. I don't know what's going on, man. Hey ma. Hey dad. Something wrong with the pool. Okay. There's got to be more candy around here somewhere. There just has to be. Oh, green dot indicates you're swimming in the right direction. Oh, good. That's good to know.

Oh, there's candy somewhere. Oh. Nope. Whoa. Help. OH GOD. OKAY. All right, I must swim in the right direction. There's candy somewhere. Oh god. Oh, I hate it. Oh my god, what is that? What is happening? I don't even know. Oh, into the abyss. Into the darkness. At least I'm going in the right direction. Mom. Dad. Oh, hey kid. I see you on the bridge there. Hey. Help. Oh, hi.

Hello. What's Give my daughter back. I didn't take your daughter. She didn't do anything to anybody. Well, I'm not going in the right direction, obviously. Oh. Don't shoot. Oh. Oh boy. Okay. Well, I'm going after Oh god. Oh, okay. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Hi. Hello. Oh, hi. Hello. What are you doing up there? It's not safe. Someone's coming. You should go. Can you hear me?

I could have been here, but okay. I guess you can't hear me, huh? All right, I'm going to go up and around. No one in the hut. [snorts] Oh, I'm Uh, okay, good. Yeah. Well, I said it'll teach you a lesson not to take candy from strangers or your own dad. It seems to be some kind of Vietnam War story. Probably based a little more true than one would like. I'm guessing I got to swim down again and it'll all have a green light that tells me the way to go.

Yep. Yep, that's what I assumed. Oh, yeah. I know I'm going the right way because of all the bodies floating in the water, which I don't recognize. Oh, am I going home? Oh, good. Wow. Oh. Uh, [clears throat] yep. Well, that was horrible. But then again, this is a horror game. Many things in horror games and horror are horrible. It's funny how those words conflate or they're the same. So, uh It's always one of these where I get to the end of it and I'm like, I can't I really don't feel like I SHOULD LIKE, "THAT WAS GREAT.

I HAD A BLAST." OH, MAN. ANYWAY, but there's more stories from The Twisted Zone. I like the style. Oh, The Twisted Zone is its own thing. Oh, oh, this Sensifier. Device capable of turning inanimate objects into sentient beings. Danny, a prisoner serving a life sentence, is forced to present these objects in the hope of earning reduced sentence. That's good. I'll play this one. I will. But, it'll have to wait because right now we're moving on. Woah. That's fun. Hello, everybody. My name is Markiplier and welcome to Mortem. Kind of reminds me of Faith. Mortis. This is a game. That's it. I don't know.

What's it? Sometimes I just see a name of a game and I'm like, "Yeah, good enough. You know, I'm sold. Let me in there." What do I need to left mouse button to continue? Oh. Your uncle asked you to take care of his corner store for the night. Quick and simple job. He'll pay you well. But the city at night isn't safe these days. You agree. I agree that it's not safe or I agree to do this. Would like to answer. I want to believe.

Oh. All right. We up, boys? Who's up late in their shift? Is this not highlighted because it's actually interactable or no? I guess sit. No. Wait. So, it is interactable, but I just can't do it. Huh. I don't have time to play these days, and then I can't do anything there, and then I can't do anything there. All right. I'm going to move on. Take pills. What pills? This is probably a key plot point. Needed water with him. Straight from the tap.

I mean, yeah, there's really no other efficient way to do it. I have to take a shower or I had to. Couldn't shower with the door wide open. Yeah, I guess you're right. Just a nice normal start. How do you spell God, I got to I mean, yeah. This is whatever. Yeah. It all makes sense. Just woke up. I got to do all these things, of course. I'm sure. Okay, can I go now? Please. Can I go? Can I do something? What am I doing? I don't even have tasks. Am I going? Oh, I am going. Okay.

Oh my god. out of here. Hi. Oh. It's you. Yeah, it's me. man. What the IS WRONG WITH YOU? SORRY, MAN. These missing reports coming out and these creeps going around, got to stay safe. Got to stay safe. That's how you stay safe? I mean, okay, that is the defense that I do. Every time I think that something's going to jump out of me, I do sprint at it at full speed and yell at it. So, yeah. You know what, actually, this one I do get. And you jump at people with a knife? Oh, you got a knife. My bad. I'm going to go now. All right, goodbye, man. Nice knife, though.

You live in darkness? You just Perpetual darkness. Whatever you say. Why did I know we lived in the apocalypse? Holy The warning of their creeps is going around. What the I'm leashed. THEY GOT ME. WHAT THE is that? Hi, what's up, man? Can I get a dollar? Just $1, man. Look. Okay. Sorry, I left my wallet at home. That might be true. I don't even know I know you're bullshitting me. You don't know anything, man. And be careful. Oh dear, what a cruise and weirdos. People going missing. Don't want to become one of them.

Can you speak up? I barely caught that. Oh, well, you sound pretty Portuguese. Which is a very fortunate language to have. It's a very nice accent. Not unpleasant at all. Yep. Why am I tethered? Oh, hi. Is that you or that man is that you are you real? Hello. I have a boyfriend. That is fair. I just did run up to you randomly. Okay. I'm going to tell my boyfriend that you were hitting on me.

Huh. Okay. What the All right. Okay, goodbye. Jim's sweets. Aw. Well, ain't that just nice? Huh. Interesting. Oh, good. It's the main power supply all the way in the back. Or not. Hello. It's glowing like I was supposed to go to it. Oh, I see. Huh. Hey, kid. Hi. You're right on time. I did. How do you know? Of course, Uncle Jim. Place looks neat. I'll take good care of it. Don't worry. That's what I like to hear. Just make sure to keep it all clean. Matter of fact, I'll let you know with the list of tasks by the TV.

Be sure to check it out. Got it. I'll grab it right now. Good. Simple stuff, I promise. Don't want to overwork you. Aw, thank you. I don't want to be overworked. And a lot of kids come around here, too. They can be a nuisance, so look out. Look out in what way? Nuisance in what way? What do you mean nuisance? It's all right. I will. Enjoy your trip. Good luck. If anything happens, call me. What would happen? Jim, what would happen? Are there rocks? Why are there rocks in here? Why did I say this place looked neat? It looked awful.

This looks like hell. All right, whatever. Restock items, mop floors, pick up trash. And by trash, I mean rocks. I wanted to check out the news first. Of course I did. That seems like a logical thing to do. Can I No. No, I can't do that. Oh, Is this not the news? I thought that was like the opening All right, whatever. Okay. Is there a remote? Can I Oh, I sit on the couch, of course. Anyways, chat, first off, apparently there's some people having reporting missing people around the block or some I don't really know, but it's mostly young kids like y'all. Authorities are advising everybody to

stay indoors, travel in groups, and generally not throw your life away for common. Personally, I think the whole thing is kind of new rule. But the real kids giving the fake news vibes, but that's just me. The police are apparently taking it very seriously. So, maybe don't listen to my take because it could export When this is playing, people have been just been disappearing absolutely for no explanation, which is honestly pretty sus. Nothing to laugh at. This situation is not giving good vibes. If you're out walking around at night, keep your head on swivel.

Maintain maximum aura. Do not get caught lacking. Getting kidnapped is objectively a massive L. And we'll negatively impact your emotional. Now onto the weather report. It's looking pretty golden today. Sunny skies, decent temperatures, and only a small chance of rain in the evening. Huh. Well, that's Mother nature is a weather and cool. With this forecast, later tonight, we may see some clouds rolling, which is kind of dangerous, but overall, that's never certain.

May there be a couple nights. Anyway, yeah, stay safe, stay hydrated, protect your aura, keep the vibes immaculate, and remember, if you see something suspicious, call the authorities instead of making a cryptic TikTok edit with funk. Get now. Wow, I barely understood any of that. But I got the gist. There's someone being hashtag relatable, and they were speaking the language of the children, and they were giving the news and saying that people were being kidnapped, but not to throw your life away for content and that it might rain, but it was going to be sunny, and then it started raining ironically. Anyway, all right.

I'll pick up the trash. I'll sweep the floors. No, I won't. that. I don't want to. I WOULD never do that. I'm restocking the green cans. I'm going to restock the bottles now. There's been so many of these types of games where it's like "Hey, pick up the shift at this random store." And I don't have a problem with that per se, but it seems to follow the same recipe every single one of these. And it's fine. But again, you know, I guess I did complain a little like, "Oh, there should be more interactive in the environment." But also, like, man, I am I'm getting a little uh It's a little overbearing. All right,

are you the same one that was outside? I am not hitting on you. Can I get a bag of chips and a green soda? Yeah, I suppose so. Just a second. Uh I don't even know what the Are these chips or that chips the chips? Okay, there's that and a green soda, you got it. Don't even let me make a mistake. Can I have the money now? Take the money. All right, bye. Okay, so that's transactional. Hey, can I do the tasks? It's filthy in here. I guess I can't do any of that. Am I sure and I think my next task was the mop the floor. This is a mop? Okay, I don't think that this person knows how mopping works.

I don't think I don't know if they've ever mopped a floor. This feels like it was programmed by someone that has a conceptual understanding that mopping requires something on a broom handle to be rubbed against the ground. I don't Huh? Heard a customer coming. I didn't hear a customer coming. What are you talking about? How'd you hear that? Over the rain and the lightning? Uh-huh. Hi. What is it? Hey, welcome to Jim's Sweets. What can I get you? and a bottle of Coke.

What the Oh, is this an old person? Nope, it's a weirdo. Donut and bottle of Coke coming right up. There's a donut. Here's I think this is Pepsi okay? Will that be all? Yep. Weather sucks right now and I hate being out late, especially with all these things going around in town. What things? Aren't you new here? Huh? What do you mean? The owner is my uncle. Had me take care of this place for a night.

Well, you ought to be careful. There's a lot of weirdos around. Ah. Don't worry. I have six bodybuilders in the back. I'm good That's a weird thing to say that I got, but I have that. Don't worry about it. Give me your money. Be gone with you. I got to get back to mopping floors. I don't know. Sometimes when I play these games, it feels like if an alien was distantly studying how Earth culture was and how humans behave, they'd be like, "Yes, and then you mop the floor and then you greet a customer." When in reality, you would clean up all the trash first and I get the you know.

I've got high standards for mopping with Lexian's game of Late Night Mob, of course. And also, why is trash rocks? [bell] Woah. What I missed? I missed I It's floating. What happened? I missed both the spooky thing and the It's too dark. Okay. Not sure I understand what happened. Yeah, I do that a lot. Okay, well, what? Huh? How does that work? Oh my god. Okay. Oh, I missed the trash probably because it floated in the air over here.

I bet it's bugged because if Oh, no, it's floating in the air over there. Did they really not have just made anybody wouldn't try to pick up more than one piece of trash at a time? Who's there? I think I Hi. How are you doing, sir? What's up? What the kid? You scared the out of me. Oh, man, I have to buy something or get out. have money. Bye. All right. Hello, old man. I saw you outside before. Would you like some candy? Hey, sir, welcome to Jim's Sweets. Oh, this is a fine old place.

Yeah. Knew Jim well back in the day. Huh? Hard-working man. You knew my uncle? Kids are annoying these days, ain't they? Uh, maybe. Yeah, uh, want to buy some? They won't bother you after much longer. Why'd your accent change? What the hell are you talking about? Have a nice night. For all you know, it could be your last. Oh, yeah, same to you, old man. You could die in your sleep. Your old heart could give out at any moment. Your wrinkly skin could get caught on a tree branch and ripped off straight off your body.

Hope your knees don't explode and you fall down a precipitous hill. Wouldn't [clears throat] that a tragedy? Hope someone doesn't shove you and your skull impacts something. Yeah, whatever. Two can play at that game. Think I haven't threatened anyone before? I should call it a night and close up. Oh man. Hope it's not my last. How do I close up? I don't even know. Turn out the lights and I run. I can't see anything. It's dark. Why is it dark? You still there in the corner?

Hi. Excuse me. So sorry to bother you. Have you seen a little boy around here about 10 years old? No, I have not. Uh I'm sorry. My son, he's been gone a few hours. He said he was going out with friends, but he should have been home by now. Uh nope, no idea. There was a young boy who came into my store just before I closed up. Couldn't have been more than 10. He was out this late? God, do you remember which way he went?

Don't know if this is the same kid at all. Do you have a description? Do you have anything about this kid that you might be able to identify help identify We need an arrow All right, whatever. I'm sorry. I didn't see. Okay, okay. I need to call the police. Thank you. Really, thank you. What did I do? I think I might have just misled YOU, MA'AM. MA'AM! WE [screaming] DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THOSE are your son! Are you going to give them a description, too? Or are you going to just kind of say that he's 10?

Also, where's my dramatic line leading me back home? Nope. That's a specific time. La. Oh, shove. Shove, push, shove, shove, push, push, shove, shove, oops, bump, shove, push, oops. I have anything to say about that. I got nothing to say about that apparently. My character says nothing. Tell no secrets. Tell no lies. Is that a body? Uh, I don't know. Hide the body in the Why? Why is that what I need to do? Why? It's a pristinely skinned body and I need to Damn, I'm strong. God damn, look at me.

Uh, well. Oh my god. I can just pick this thing up one-handed. Right in the wardrobe. I have a mop in my bathroom. Okay, do I? Yeah. Mop. Why? Yep, I got a mop. All right. I could just clean this up. This is fine. This is weird. Open [snorts] up now. Yeah, yeah, I got to put my mop away. No, I don't. reports about some noises and smells from this apartment. Uh-huh. we look around?

No. I mean, yes. I mean, don't come in. I'll look. Huh? Got a warrant or something? Look, man. We don't have time for this Just need to take a quick look to make sure nothing's going on. No. Nah-uh. No. We have to be extra cautious these days. Uh-huh. People are losing their kids. Hey. Family members. Hey. Wait. THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW. I'M SURE YOU'RE FINE AND ALL. As he said, we take every report extra serious now. Uh-huh. So seriously.

I mean, I'm sure you heard and you understand. They've been all over the You better hope to this is not your fifth game. I'm about to look, all right? You better watch yourself. I'm about to look. All right, Windy. Even worse, it's your seventh game. All right, it's fine. That was not good. Okay, that's all I can say. That was not a game. It's not even what I would say like is a walking simulator type game because sometimes that's like going through a haunted house. The reason I say it's not good is because the entire horror part of it was disconnected entirely from the main setting, which was the sweet shop, Jim's Sweets.

There was nothing that had to do with the finale there that had anything to do with the store. Now, the name of the game is Mortem, but given that this is your seventh game, I definitely have to point out that this isn't really a game. There's no game here. There's no feeling like you're role-playing the nephew who's like looking after the store. There's nothing about the store that's involved with it. It's just like there's a vague thing of like there's something in the area where something bad's happening, but it's like it's very nebulous. There's very little connective tissue anywhere in here. It's checkboxes, right?

It's loosely associated checkboxes to be like this fills out enough time to qualify as a horror game, right? Quote unquote. It is not good. Yeah, that's that's all I could say about it. It had one jump scare that got me. The rest of it was so dissociated from itself and everything else that I it wasn't an enjoyable experience. It was just not very compelling. Good name, but then again, sometimes I just go with the name and that's what it is. But man, okay, how could it have been better? I don't think you need to have the shop run at all. Maybe it's just like your uncle died and you got to

go clean up his store because it's the only thing I did. I served two customers and I restocked for no reason. There's no reason to do that. You could have the same thing happen where people come up and be like, "Hey, are you open?" And it's like, "No, we're not. This isn't open. I'm just cleaning up after my uncle passed away." And then things could escalate and be creepier. You don't even need to build like a whole store system. You're going to a strange city. You're going in here. Bad shit's happening. That's good. Have more of that. Like have more of the city if the city is a part of it. It was way

too dark in the second half of it. There's there's darker and then there's too dark. And it's like when you see the old man walking out of your apartment going past you and you don't even say anything to him. It's like you have to have these characters that you're having because it's it's a piece of media. You have characters and you have to make them at least someone compelling. They have to exist in one way or another. No logical action was there to hide the body, right? None of these decisions made sense. You have to have some framework where this all is something logical. If you're If the only thing you're going to do is clean up, then remove the store aspect from it completely because that didn't

even matter, right? You just go into it and have it be something else. Have it be literally anything else, right? Uncover some dark secrets, you know? Uncover that maybe your uncle was also part of this, you know? Maybe he was partners in crime with that other old man who said that he knew him from way back when. Maybe he had to kill your uncle because he was getting cold feet about the whole murder thing that they were doing using the store as a front to kill all the people in the neighborhood and it would No one would suspect the old Jimmy Sweet Tooth. No one would suspect him. But then again, Jimmy Sweet Tooth got cold feet and then Johnny Sugar Tongue had the old Johnny Sugar Tongue had to ruin it

for everybody, killed your uncle. Now you come back and you start to uncover Oh my god, my uncle was a monster. I can't believe this. I got to tell someone. Oh, no you don't. THERE'S ANY YOU KNOW, and kill you. Not Whatever. You could even have him try to recruit you into it. Maybe like, "Oh, you're part of the family, son. You were in the Your uncle failed me, but you might not. You know, you could have some depth there, some connective tissue somewhere. Like I love playing these any horror games. I don't get me wrong. I love people trying. I love that. That's totally fine. I got no problem with it,

but it This is starting to feel very stale, very stale. If everyone's going to do this kind of store simulator kind of thing, there has to be some innovation or else there has to be, you know, even in Newgrounds there was a button called "Blam this shit." That this that you would push that button on this, right? You'd push that button. Push it down, right? It's got to be some competition here. There's got to be some desire try push yourself. There's got to be some expectation of putting out something that actually has a little bit of meaning when it's your seventh. When it's your seventh thing. First thing, second thing, third thing, fourth thing can be bad. Fifth cannot.

No excuse. Sixth, seventh, there is no excuse in the world. I get to be a little mean at that. So, I am. Hope you understand. I mean the best and I'm sure you mean the best, too. But, I got to say this is lacking.