Whoever made that game gets me on a spiritually comedic level.

It really is one of the best lines in modern gaming. 😂

wow thank you for swapping the U out for an @ like a good christian You just saved this comment section from eternal damnation

I don't need to see any more, we've finished, nothing will best, "F you sword car"

@@TuriGamer it's because of the youtube

Just wanted to let you know "Fuck you, SWORDCAR!" had me laughing so hard. Very interested in seeing where you go from here.

Wait, this is your FIRST GAME? Nice work, dude. Looks incredible for a solo dev’s first game. It’s a cool concept as well. Honestly I think you’ve got a good idea here

Exited to see how the game develops, it looks fun!

Wait wait. Your FIRST GAME?! What the actual fuck. Keep. It. Going. My guy that is how you cook in today's indie world.

Dude this is such an inventive game I'm crying laughing just looking at the review

Maybe I'm jaded, but I had the exact same thought

Yeah

is it real time? there is an ingame clock so might be related to that time?

@@sekfox8609 it is

​@@sekfox8609 that clock is an in game clock but the build time is in IRL time still. There's some events and things in-game that are dependent on in-game time like traveling merchants and the like. There's also things that are dependent on BOTH times as well.

Completely agree. A big reason of why I love watching hours of him exploring these games is because I know he'll keep an open mind to weird stuff, while still keeping it honest if he doesn't think it ultimately pays off.

Indomitable spirit of cheating maybe 😅

It mustve been WickedWiz I saw play it, totally should be pineapple's cup of tea

​@@hashbrown777So funny seeing the same circles. Wiz fan here too.

My money's on Pineapple. He has those thighs giving him strength.

@@hashbrown777 WW got it down.

The lengths to which he stretches the definition is what I love best about these lol.

Personally I wanna see how far he can bend what a souls like is

@@pimplepanda1932 I like this direction of covering whatever games he wants to but maintaining the bit by justifying their place in the genre in increasingly more ridiculous ways

​@@Radgerayden-istYES! This is what I crave. This all day.

I think that this way "most being actual souls like" is the best direction

you should play trine!

right up there with "Pick a God and pray" (fire emblem unit fred when hitting a crit)

@@zaftnotameni I'm partial to "Here is something to believe in!" while you crit them to death.

It has the exact same energy as "FUCK YOU BALTIMORE!" Fitting considering it's a game about a car heh

Felt like a sonic fandub quote, lol.

​@@zaftnotameniFredrick crit line is raw af

Your game has a lot of potential! Keep up the good work with your lovely crow mage XD

love the usage of the wanderers library. simply genius

Ill give the demo a go, looks decent.

Have you thought about the effects 2 spells can have? Like cast a poison spell and then a fireball to create an explosion? Having 2 spells work like that could add way more depth

Love the game! The magic system is really cool, and I think you can do so much with it. Combining spell effects, like another comment mentioned would be super cool, or doing ultra powerful spells that have a very long time to cast like in Dragon’s Dogma

Parabéns pelo jogo! :) não sei nada de desenvolvimento de jogos mas imagino que não seja nada fácil no nosso país, espero que de certo! Atualmente estou reservando minhas finanças mas vou colocar na wishlist, sucesso!

@@Carphil07 Obrigado pela confiança e apoio! Foi uma longa e dura estrada. Estamos muito felizes com o que conseguimos alcançar e espero que a gente consiga fazer ainda mais no futuro!

Brazil reference, sempre lindo

Dá muito orgulho ver um time BR fazendo um game com uma pegada criativa e bem única que ainda assim mantém uma raiz Souls-like. Eu desejo tudo de bom para vocês, pois estão fazendo um ótimo trabalho e por favor me permita... VAI BRASIL!!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

The idea of not only switching characters to create move sets, but also how those characters interact with one another while inside the avatar is really inspired! Great work and would love to see the polished form

was gonna say, it seems like he didnt even know you could parry

If rolling doesn't add I frames, can I ask what your reasoning for having it is? Normally that's what a roll would be expected to do, so I'm curious what your intending with it.

​@@dracotoyfunny enough he acknowledged the parry

@@stephenlong9806 Rolling is still very powerful and can still avoid almost every attack. What is most likely to hit you when rolling would be arrows and the gorgon projectiles, but if you roll left or right, and not super close to the attack, those projectiles shouldn't hit you. You can also cancel out of a roll with a parry if you see an incoming attack will still hit you. If you parry the arrows they will shoot back at the archers and kill them in one hit and if you parry the gorgon stone attack you will freeze them instead which will let you get close to them. The other enemies that can hit you while rolling is the large level 2 cyclops that can still reach you even when rolling or when the cyclops or Minotaur does a ground attack and you're in range, although you can parry the Minotaur's axe while he is in the air to ignore the incoming damage. The reason I decided on no I frames for rolling is because parrying is what gives you the invincibility and you can upgrade it to stay invincible for a good while after you parry. I see this as you can keep your roll if you want a quick escape, but it doesn't guarantee you will make it out without taking damage, or you can take the risk of parrying, but if you succeed is far more benefiting. But again, rolling is still really strong and you will avoid damage the vast majority of the time.

Thanks for making th MC Thicc

Bureaucracy and creativity go together like oil and water, so in small quantities like indie studios then work fine, but in huge amounts the one repels the other. Hence the lunatic solo-devs who create masterful acid trips that no producer wants to touch, and the corporate machines churning out gruel and calling it fine dining because it's coated in brightly coloured and highly detailed nail polish... (Alternatively you could say they're like water and ethanol, the more of one you put in the bottle the less of the other you can fit, and on one end you have worthless piss while the other end dries your throat enough to send you to the ER)

It's just a quantity thing. There are dozens of indie games being released every day, most of them shit. But of course some of those are bound to be decent.

i think thats the problem with a lot of people, complaining is easy, giving out *useful* feedback is hard

Holy hell, your level design and artistic vision is inspired! I'd play the game solely to wander around and discover the surreal visuals. Any plans to add this to Steam later on?

Absolutely loved the fever dream vibe to your world and enemy's.

Out of all small scale indie games Pineapple reviewed, yours looks the most interesting by far. The art, the music, the concept - everything is super sick. Hope you can generate enough interest to launch an early access or get some funds or something to get the game to a more complete state.

I’m super interested to see more combat I’m not crazy interested in parry focused games besides a couple exceptions so I’m hoping some of the other pieces allow more melee focus

Your game is by far the coolest thing I've seen across this entire video series. There's some really strong potential here

If anything, the length of these videos is an argument to split the vids into more vids. Like a 2 hour long vid is cool, but what if we got TWO hour long vids instead? Granted a decent chunk of the runtime was due to No Rest For The Wicked section being a 40 minute review, which would honestly justify being its own vid, but how to properly split up content is definitely a discussion worth having.

the real reason why i don't leave youtube

I love longer videos, it's feels like a content glitch irl.

@@webbowser8834 Agreed. I'm fine with the length, but the usage was a bit off for me. No Rest for the Wicked seemed like a perfect candidate for a dedicated video since it's too high profile for this series and had so much time dedicated to it in this video.

The video length I saw from the thumbnail made me positively giddy. I love these!

I don't mean to be rude but aren't the animations straight up pulled from DS3?

@@namelesslad5803That would just make it low budget elden ring.

@@namelesslad5803 Hello! Ever since we started developing the game, people have been asking us the same question, but we actually made all animations from scratch, by hand. Of course Dark Souls was a big point of reference since we wanted to nail the Souls combat just right, but we didn't ever have access to the original files. We have a few videos on our channel showcasing the animation process - check it out if you want!

@@RogueMastershonestly that’s says less bad about you guys and more about just how important Miyazaki’s influence on the ARPG genre has been. We are living in a post-souls gaming world after all. The standard is the standard !

You're not my master

I recognized it thanks to TABS lol

​@@JohnDBluerecognised it thanks to Assassin's creed brotherhood

Recognized it from Persona 4 lol

Ignore the disrespectful troll man, I liked how Hortigan came across. Also, these comments from those who worked on the games displayed are the best parts of these vids for me cus you get to see how the feedback is received.

Hortigan was great.

​@@junova7503 Thank you for your support! I am mostly happy that Freemana Studios is getting the deserved recognition. We've worked together for several other titles, and the lad has an excellent vision and bona fide work ethic! We've both been part of the Souls community for years, and being featured by the legendary Iron Pineapple is an absolute honour!

The crow was a stand-out of the video. Such a great delivery. He seems like a crow but also so human-like it comes off as kinda funny.

I adore those voices, the crow was impeccable. Excellent.

Good observation

He screams, then head grows with ears, lastly blindfold is ripped off The first is blind with no ears The second has no eyes The final one has it's mouth stitched All attempt to refuse

Irons description sounded almost identical to the problems that fortnite (before it was BR) had. The "game" was fun, the other systems were not.

or gacha games, either way not good

If I’m remembering correctly Moon Studios is largely remote employees from all over the globe so that could be the main cause of the disjointed feeling although this is not the first game they have made with some less than stellar mechanics both Ori games have a bit of that

Hopefully they get rid of, or at least massively improve, the resource grind. The fact that it takes *so long* to get a single item of a resource that you need dozens or hundreds for even early game crafting... it's just nuts.

It is meant to be played with friends. Reminds me of beta Destiny where solo play was a bit wonky and repetitive since you were meant to balance the play time with friends hopping between each others objectives

Also feels very much like a Yahtzee line.

I feel like if your bonuses don't start at at least 5% you might as well not put them in your game.

Just wait for one game to unironically add this, and after equipping it long enough your base attack turn into claws.

yeah basically how I feel everytime I see diablo style loot in most games, they rarely do it right

Just booted up Death must Die and closed it after seeing the first row of talent trees were just this. lol

This all the way!

@charlesthoreson4162 that's certainly one way to look at it. I think it speaks more to IronPineapple's growth, development as a creator, and reach on the platform that being featured in one of these videos is a worthy and yet attainable goal for these individual game devs (or small teams) Don't get me wrong, I'm a very cynical person and it's very easy to find shitty people doing shitty things. I just don't think this is one of them

@@charlesthoreson4162 what harm does it do if they respond to what he says, more often than not do I find their responds interesting too. Also his videos are not for entertaining purposes only, its also to showcase some niche and often overlooked games on the market and to help the developers to improve and make the best product they can. Your comment seems overly negative to me.

@@BananaFlikFlak That Charles guy is going around leaving negative replies on the devs feedback comments. Dude's letting his sour outlook colour how he sees things and is making a total edgelord of himself.

@@junova7503 man needs to go outside

What thst first sentence mean sista

@@christianbrewster2571 I also have troubles with the second to last word of it.. what is it again?..

​@@christianbrewster2571It means Pineapple has 5 friends, i don't see why you're struggling with understanding the inherent meaning of that first sentence

The creator has now commented and said the current record to kill the Minotaur is under 1m 30s so definitely true

The first time you feel strong in that game is awesome after getting stomped so hard for so long lol. Then you just die in a stupid way and laugh. Really looking forward to it becoming more refined.

Supposedly parrying is basically required to defend against some of the insane stuff, and I'm 99% sure pineapple had no clue that parrying was a possibility

​@@matthewbergeron3641parrying =/= defending

​@@matthewbergeron3641reading the replies from the dev either he skipped the tutorial or just completely forgot it was an option immediately. frustrating that it's coloring the opinions of people based on the video, makes it seem a whole lot more jank than it is. :s

Skill issue.

Yeah, pretty much!

Happens to me every time, those damn Hollows!

10sword/car

I wishlisted the game then and there.

@@seanhennessy3968I was interested at first but the moment I heard that line I was sold lol

Man that's such a disappointment. And they even had a good qa team not afraid to give them not strictly bug related feedback. (You're probably well aware but many studios especially big companies, get pissed when their qa try to offer constructive criticism on the gameplay mechanics etc when qa feel they're egregious enough the game might bomb or sell worse without changing said mechanics, so alot of qa peeps are afraid to give constructive feedback on stuff anymore.)

It couldve been a good game, but whoever decided on this zoomed out camera is a r-word. Wasted potential.

@@user-ez7ls2du9c trust me homie the camera is NOT the game's most glaring issues LMAAOOOO look at the mf screeeeen

@@hhu_uhh I get it bro you have a personal investment in this project which makes you unsuited to review it from the outside. Ill have you know that I reviewed over 300 games and was top Reviewer at Boot Camp Class of 2012, kiddo. I personally know of over 300 different ways to review your game, in fact your little pea brain could never possible understand the reviewrage you have invoked today with your puny little comment, thinking with your one brain cell that you could ever get away with such a disgusting act against me. You have invoked the full force of the United States Reviewers Corp on your head today. Nothin personell, kid.

@@hhu_uhh Do you still suggest getting the game? I generally love top down ARPGs and I like what they're trying to do, but if you think they're not likely to make the sort of improvements they should it's probably not worth it.

It helps he has a strong grasp of game design choices. Like, he's genuinely insightful.

Do the pots not break?!

His first video was about Duke's archive trolling before ds3. That's why he has a channeller with glasses avatar. It was hilarious, but I couldn't find it anymore (did he take it down?) I came across that video, giantDad, and story of dark souls around the same time. Back then ds was still a niche game with people making absolutely hilarious videos.....

It's been many years since those videos and he was just a kid back then. Pineapple just grew up and matured into a responsible adult and good dude in general.

same, i just started watching a movie but was like fuck it movie can wait. literally the only utube stuff i would do that for lol.

Same

NEVER GETS OLD!!!!❤❤❤

Me tooooo

Same

Isn't it tho? I love reading the dev comments and this one is chalked full of them. That goes to show how important these videos are to the indie dev scene. I appreciate the shit outta him for that. Amazing to see a big creator use their platform to boost the lil guys, ya know?

@@r3gret2079sorry to be that guy but its ''chock full" not "chalked full"

@randomassortmentofthings hey no need to be sorry. I have no issues being corrected when wrong. Rather I enjoy it, it means I learn something. The internet is a shitty place so I understand your caution. But hey, thanks, I appreciate you.

the amount of motivation gained by my thread above is literally priceless, good group of folks on this channel!

@@spacemicroscope that is GREAT to hear. Keep up the great work. We appreciate you.

Classic spin to win, can never go wrong!

That's Vinesauces' favorite trick

I'm not a fan of games with party mechanics like that in general BUT I was surprised at how much better the execution seemed here. I guess the typically slower more methodical combat of the genre makes it (at least appear) much less annoying as well.

I feel the same way! Besides general polish, I think one cool way they could improve the combat is have certain characters put stats effects that other characters can follow up on. So one character could freeze a dude, then you follow up with a character that has a blunt weapon for extra damage.

Yeah, it doesn't look half bad even if the combat seems a bit off. I like how being one guy let him blend in, but then as soon as he switched it aggroed the guys instead.

​@@darienb1127bluent? yesnt.

@@mycookiehasnoname Blunt. Fixed it

I laughed as i just had this image of Sonic from SATBK just slowly materializing in my head as he mentioned the character

I was thinking of this too, but I assume he was hoping for something that had controls that responded to the player.

*Knight of the Wind plays

Swordcar plays the way Sonic and the Black Knight SHOULDVE played

Yeah, the art direction was really good and the designs so creative! Even if that game doesn't work out for a major success the designers behind it could do great things in a bigger team I'd think

i like the biblically accurate follower- the floating eye thing

Biblically accurate crabs gotta be truly formidable...

Seconded. This could be twice as long, and I'd still be excited for another IP vid.

Yeah, Stonemachia was stunning from start to finish in the visual department.

I don't know, I'm pretty partial to "Wait, is it moving? Wait, is it breathing? Wait, is it a crab?!"

Stonemachia is like a gothic Catholic surrealist fairytale nightmare cartoon. And the lighthouse crab moment was indeed beautiful.

@@_JellyWalkeryou know I never thought of mixing Bosch, chess, and the Bible but it works surprising well lmao

🥺

Every game will add the 'souls-like" tag so pineapple will play it

@@matthewbergeron3641 I think two or three of those featured here don't even have the souls-like tag at all

I mean, in his intro there's damn near 1500 listed on steam alone and he's been using that intro since 2022. So who KNOWS how many he's got to go through? Not to mention when he does updates to games he's already played that got patched or whatever.

I also love the casual nature of the content. Sort of a review, kind of a playthrough, but capturing that "in the moment" discovery of a new game.

It honestly already looks like its more than 90% there already I am excited to play it but definitely gonna wait till launch

I thought the same lol

Yeah. And we know how it turned out...

My Will To Fight The Knight! My Will To Fight The Knight!

Sonic and the Black Knight was a joke to us all, bud.

Sadly that game was nearly as cool as it sounded

dang, dude! You working too much :)

It seemed right to reply to that beautiful face.

Not only that, i had to watch it in pieces but still never watched any other video in the meantime. 100% hooked

I thought the Slay the Minotaur segment was long and it had turned into a Slay The Minotaur video. Then he played No Rest For The Wicked.

I wish other people did this style of series for other genres

I always really enjoy these eps and I don’t like Dark Souls games at all

Same. My wife isnt a huge game person, but when she sees these videos come up she cant wait to watch them with me. These are great on so many levels.

Which one is your game?

Dark Souls

Absolute chad

Yea this series is really just game recommendations for me. Another Crab’s Treasure is pretty good. Some jankiness and a decent amount of bugs but the charm and art direction carry it a long way