Seeing Riley as the main villain in the throne game will honestly make a lot of sense. She could be trying to make her drawings come to life and we, the player, have to stop her.

It’s really cool that the lyrics of Build Our Machine was in this. It’s like when the FNAF1 song was in the fnaf movie.

Joey: fires Riley for disturbing drawings Also Joey: Sacrificing souls to the ink machine to make his characters come to life.

I Love Ragtime Guffie, He Seems So Chill and Relaxed. Also Very Poor. Very Poor. Have no Idea why is is called a "Tin Can Boogie Man".

I’m sad to know that the story ends with B3ndy, but I’m also happy that it will HAVE an ending Edit: I meant the MAIN story not the franchise

When he said “A janitor of sorts” when talking about Ragtime Guffie, I yelled “Wally Franks?!?”

I wonder if Riley and Audrey will meet in Bendy 3. Both are artists but Audrey enjoyed drawing light-hearted cartoon while Riley drew gruesome cartoon could potentially be the character conflict between them if they faced each other as enemies in the next game. Or the protagonist may be someone else and Audrey may not appear much but we'll see...

I’m so excited that B3NDY will probably go more into Gent, because I’ve wanted to know more about the company. I also hope we see Audrey and Henry return, this game is great with their protagonists!

6:46 this song is creepy af not gunna lie the line “can’t u here the brakes squeal” is so dark bro 💀

I think this game is a platform to push news and updates throughout the process. It's a great way to keep us engaged and interested while getting different updates throughout.

It's not the Drawing Room, it's the Drawing Board, as in "back to the drawing board", meaning to start over...as you do multiple times during this game.

Now I'm really starting to think Riley the one who made those morbid inky creatures that Henry will fight in the bendy the ink machine cage the one with a human skull red eyes

"Bloodwheel, Bloodwheel, can you hear her breaks squeal? Bloodwheel, Bloodwheel, coming round the bend." That voice...where have I heard that voice before???

This is a long stretch but what if Riley is Henry’s daughter, we know that the Henry in bendy and the ink machine and bendy and the dark revival is a ink variant made by Joey so what if the real henry and his wife Linda had a child but at some point died in a car accident.

Now in the last game they tried to make a brand new mascot character to replace bendy. It failed, but his design went back into the ink. Guffie looks inspired from popeye, for some reason he kinda reminds me of wimpy. So I wonder if the failed attempt to change the mascot of the universe, and with the new design added into the ink. That the world of bendy of the ink machine can incorporate new designs with each reset, meaning that it has the potential to evolve.

The rooms shifting/changing and the way the story telling is written and handled feel very much inspired by the horror game Layers of Fear. The gramophone scene especially sold it to me that the creators took notes from the first game of Layers of Fear. A mentally distrubed artist, a tragic family accident, an artist rejected from job opportunities for their art being too disturbing for children's content, and a little girl are the main things they seem to have in common storywise. I just thought it was a likely and an interesting comparison and possible inspiration.

Even if this may be the end of the trilogy, remember this: The movie has yet to release. We still have bendy: the cage (although that may be b3ndy but I highly doubt it). And we also have bendy: the silent city. (While that’s probably low priority, still good to look out for) and more! Bendy may end its main series but that doesn’t mean it will be the end of bendy.

I just started to listen the audio logs for Dark Revival and found something big related to Riley: Steve McCregor mentions a girl with blonde locks following Allen Gray from Gent, referring her as the secretary. The family portrait here shows she has blonde hair and locks. The secretary Steve talks about must have been Riley

I have a feeling Riley would’ve been corrupted by gent and maybe she’ll become the villain because they did something to her because she doesn’t seem like a villain, like she’s got a twisted perception on the world but that could be because of trauma from the car crash

This story is interesting now because we now know the main artist behind the now delisted and dead BINR, but also we need more story content as to why she created the rest of the enemies seen in that game! (Really excited about the future of the franchise Mike and hope to see you next time also don't let there be BOTS on my COMMENT!)

Thank you for mentioning the song that plays on the phonograph! I felt like I was one of the only people who figured out the lyrics! I also don’t think that Bendy in Nightmare Run is part of the story anymore, since the game was discontinued. I’m pretty sure that the car monster we see is not Gaskette, but Blood-Wheel who was mentioned in the song. I think the devs just recycled Gaskette’s design to use for her. I also want to acknowledge the possibility that Riley’s parents could have been killed in a hit and run instead of a traffic accident, given the fact that there doesn’t seem to be any implication of a car that the parents were in and the song refers to stepping out into the road. Joey Drew Studios is also located in New York City, and it seems to be a bit of a joke that NYC cab drivers (the car is specifically a taxi) aren’t known for stopping or slowing for pedestrians.

Made it just in time see this I love all this new lore I’ve been wanting to hear more about Riley, gotta respect Mike for making this

I think itd be cool if riley was a villain that could be redeemed somewhere in the story

Overall this game is showing us the Bendy franchise moving forward is going to be more mature and scary which is something I’m truly excited about 😄

So we get 3 new characters, Riley Wells (another animator that worked alongside Drew AND created some of the characters for His studio that haven't been brought up until now), Ragtime Guffie (Where did he even came from? He's not the janitor... (Wally??, Wilson?? Shawn Flynn??) nor a even a mechanic from Gent... So... What? another ghost character?) (Who'se soul Is in him?) and Gaskette (another inky shenanigan of Joey? Or Gent?) and 4 New games: Boris: Lone Wolf Bendy: The Cage Bendy: The Silent City "B3ndy" (Tittle Pending)

Didn't realized that the taxi car that chased us down was called Bloodwheel. After listening to the creepy lullaby, for a moment I thought that maybe Riley may have ended up becoming Bloodwheel if Gent had subjected her to their experiments. But if she's to become the new villain, I guess it would make sense that they would be more monstrous ink creatures that we will see in Bendy 3. Also the fact that now Bendy/Ink Demon isn't in the machine, Gent would quickly take his place to take control of the ink world just like Wilson but seeing how Audrey and Bendy were able to get out of the ink machine, I believe that would be their goal. To use the ink world to create and test their experiment for their attempt to bring them to life.

I do have a theory that when Riley went to go work a gent clicking on the ink well is probably symbolic of Riley turning into the taxi being gents first experiment and also when human characters get attached to cartoon characters love or hate they end up becoming the same take susie cambel and Alice angle for example

The car accident is one thing I had in mind. If this is a real car crash that Riley’s parents passing, then this story is true. Or perhaps I would think that they died from a hit and run while the suspect is nowhere to be found. Trauma which she only see the car, not the driver.

Let's sit back and think about how many times he told us the secrets of everything you have to give this man some respect

Can we all appreciate what this guy does?

I wonder if Riley is supposed to be the tim burton of this world. If so I don't know why we haven't gotten a Tim burton inspired horror indi game.

This is horrifying to me. Because the other bendy games were no where near this brutal

I’ve been waiting for an explanation of this short game for a while thanks man

6:18 omg animatronic Bendy full of ink, I can't wait for the FNAF crossover and the reveal Henry and/or Edwin consulted on the design 🤣

You are by far one of my favorite KZfaqr gamers. Love your content

Can't wait for the future game of bendy

Ultrakill fast paced shooter set in bendy and the ink machine,yessir!!!!(Bendy the silent city)

Is it me or do most of the male characters in Bendy have such a soothing and comforting voice?

I'm glad to see that the creators haven't completely forgotten about Bendy in Nightmare Run. Despite the fact that it's not longer available.

I don't know of you noticed but the Gent that gets cut off sometimes will Display "Gen 1" or "Generation 1"

This man is the goat of horror

I'm awfully excited for the release of the next Bendy game, oh well, the series of games haha, we'll sure have a loot to dig in this year

I have an idea that for a future game, the ink demon should become a dad (both as a foil to joey and Audrey and as a way to explore his more sensitive sides). The Idea is that 6 kids with tragic backgrounds (at the age range of 9-14) found their way into the cycle and ended up In a dying state. The ink demon found them and intended to make them other pawns for him to use, so he rescued them from dying by taking their souls and giving them ink Bodies with powers based on their characteristics. However, along the way they sort of started to grow on him And he started to see them as more than pawns and as people who are really important to him. This is because never really feared him and saw him as a benevolent figure who was there for them when no one else could (think of it like a more demented version of despicable me). Each kid is named after a classic cartoon character of sorts with their ink forms mostly based on modern human kids cartoon characters. There are three boys and three girls in total, each with their own set of powers, skills and personalities. The kids are lulu (named after little lulu and her ink form has an appearance reminiscent of Luke Pearson's Hilda), olive (named after olive oyl and her ink form has an appearance reminiscent of thomas austruc's Marinette), Felix (named after Felix the cat and his ink form has an appearance reminiscent of Patrick McHale's wirt), Wednesday (named after Wednesday Addams and her ink form has an appearance reminiscent of Dana terrace's Luz Noceda), Annie (named after Little Orphant Annie her ink form has an appearance reminiscent of Owen Denis's Tulip Olsen and Julia Vickerman's Reggie Abbott) and Casper (named after Casper the friendly Ghost and his ink form has an appearance reminiscent of innocence boy characters like Enrico Casarosa's Jesse Andrews' and Simon Stephenson's Luca paguro and Carl Harvey Greenblatt's Harvey beaks).

I don't often make requests but I'd really like to see you play killer frequency

That song is so chilling. It feels like it's been a long time since something like this has actually made me feel uneasy

My theory is Riley was part of creating the Ink Machine and used a bunch of shadey methods to make it so that it could bring back her parents, but part of her trauma, despair and her horrifying drawings seeped into the inky world and the machine, and a lot of the time, and some of the creations became monsters.

What in the world was the popcorn thing?? I've been avoiding everyone else's videos on Secrets of the Machine just to watch Mike's play though of all the hidden secrets in the game 🤣

damn i just explored crazy thing about this game as if we pause the game a little too much in middle of our walkthrough then a jumpscare will appear and u are dead☠

I like to believe that the Monster version of the taxi car is probably named bloodwheel due to Riley's creepy lullaby

How is there an already story explained vid the game hasn't been out that long....but I'll still watch it 😅

Im wondering how Riley was able to find work at joey Drew when all her art is disturbing.

Wait Mike you forgot about the chase scene in B:SotM gaskette chasing Riley

I dont know why but, whenever he does these story, character and secrets explained videos, his voice is just so calming to me. I just wanted to say that.

I find it really funny that this game always forces you back to the Drawing Board.

I feel like we'll get more story on Riley in either Silent City or The Cage, and it leads to either her being the hero of B3ndy or the villian and eventual cross paths with either Audrey or Henry

I love the video Mike thanks for the early birthday gift

I'm surprised no-one has picked up on the fact that the building is called "the drawing board." What's interesting about that is the fact that there's an old saying that some people use when plans go awry - "Back to the drawing board." This implies the whole building and everything in it represents things that did not go according to plan and we are experiencing them, perhaps in a vision or dream-like sequence, coagulated and combined into this ever evolving entity that changes whenever something goes wrong. We are literally going 'back to the drawing board' each and every time.

Great job mentioning that song that was playing on the old phonograph! Now we pretty much know what the lyrics were about!

I love how I was thinking of supperhorrorbro explaining secrets of the machine. We got that.

I am so happy you're doing lore videos again!!! Thank you so much

11:55 WHAAAT IS THIS I CAN'T JAJNKJD Thanks for showing the theories and secrets!!! I hadn't understood anything about the game, now I'm less lost xD everything is very interesting, I can't wait for what's coming for the saga, and I won't miss a single video of theories about it

Made it in time! I appreciate your work so much!

Thank you for your thorough coverage of this game. 😀 I enjoyed watching.

I love when you do bendy videos

“May your dreams come true somewhere else” is wild

I personally believe that Bendy dancing is extremely important to the lore

Miss these bendy vids man your bendy vids were my childhood

When I heard the creepy lullaby I couldn’t sleep

Just got around to watching your 2nd video on this game and I KNEW something was up with that bendy poster because it had 3 lines on the hand instead of 2 dots, I was not expecting a rave though

I NEED MORE SHB UPLOADS NOW THEY'RE SO GOOD ESPECIALLY THE BENDY ONES

I’m glad this came out! I’m excited to hear more about the lore that I’ve tried so hard to figure out.

No mention of the greatest detail revealed so far: Bendy's dance moves.

I'm just glad we're getting Bendy stuff again :)

I like how you storytell! Keep doing video like this! I cant play weird/scary game even tho i love the lore! Thank you!

Reminds me of the theater creepypasta game. Wanna say that may’ve been the inspiration. While she SEEMS not mean, same with the Alice Angel situation. She could be warped. Not intrinsically evil, but tainted.

I'm beginning to wonder if the mysterious ink in the ink machine is as volatile as the "mood slime" from Ghostbuster 2. As evident from the past two main titles and the possibly in "The Cage", souls with a strong negative emotion usually ends up twisted and distorted, while those that are generally good-natured are relatively ok. However, it really is difficult to gauge this idea without truly knowing who's a trap soul or who's just a copy of someone. As for Bendy himself, who is created without a soul, who knows what vibes he felt when he first awoken.

Personally i like bendy as a main villain more and i hope he stays that way he was awesome in the dark Revival definitily one of the best horror game Ever.

Looking for the happiest year of my life

Why can an artist live a good life in any of these games

This is great and it was a great way to introduce us to some new characters in the bendy universe.

riley is the female tim burton

Omg, this video just saved my day, i've been in horrible physical pain all day and no distraction then this video popped up and saved me. thank you so much.

This guy never stops and in happy that he doesn’t

Mr Mike you are my sole story man (besides the game theorists) and I always thank you for the bendy content.

The song hits hard 6:45

I wonder if Riley knew about Audrey, how she was a human born of the ink, looking totally normal, and her motive now is to bring her parents back to life through the ink and Gent

Isn't anyone going to talk about gaskette killing riley, her own creation brought to life by gent, and now she's dead or trapped in a loop?

11:54 bro hit the hardest griddy in the world

It's always a treat when exactly one week after my birthday, I get a taste of some neat BATIM content.

I love the art style of this game. It’s got the simpler, more cartoony feel of the first game, but with the air of the second. I think it’s the best they’ve done so far.

Now I'm curious to learn about Gent Corporation's secret experiments with the Ink Machine and Riley's descent into darkness after being terminated by Joey Drew Studios for her morbid artwork

Bendy being still alive fills me with joy

Hey Mike! I'm usually a lurker, but just wanted to say - hope you are well, you got this! ❤

well, Riley is either gonna be the antagonist or the protagonist. either way, she will have some major impact on the bendy story.

Finally, a villain that sees the power of the ink to make the world "much better"! I hope we get more lore about this because so far the ink is just "there" and has no real "origins". Maybe they did voodoo on it? That would be nice to see instead of reusing Lovecraftian tropes. I'm jaded from them. *brakes squeal

Hi, I never really subbed to you but I always saw your content and watched it while playing all bendy games. I appreciate your work.

Ragtime Guffie is...the janitor. Everytime you interact with him he vanishes, dare I say this, He's outta there. ...Is he Wally Franks?

It’s been so long since I’ve heard this background music!!

Appreciate you big time!

Thank you do mike!