Oh my gosh no way thank you for playing my game! There's a TON more secrets you haven't found yet though. :)

So no joke, the graphics were actually too high quality for their computer to handle. It's not supposed to be that slow and the subtitles are not supposed to lag behind like that

I love that Andy is one of the most relatable main characters in a Horror game. "We hid your house keys!" "Why should I have to play your games to get back my house keys?" "Wanna play tag?" "No, I'm just here for my keys"

"Y-You took the keys to my house?" Never fails to make me laugh Andy is one of the most realistic indie horror protagonist

I love how Andy Apple just seems like a normal guy. Like "Um, my keys?" "In the barn, why?" "No I don't want to play I want to get out of here" Things horror game protagonists should say but never do

Just in case anyone was wondering, the backwards audio at the end of the beginning message was, “ Thank you beta tester. *Please free us all.* “

Andy caves way too easily. "We stole the keys to your house and you have to get bonus stickers to retrieve access to your property" "What" "It'll be fun" "Oh okay" "Just go into the barn, your keys are in there" "But it's really dark in there" "You'll be fine" "Aight sounds good" "You should go run around in the hay maze with me even though you just met me" "But I'm here for my keys" "C'mon" "Oh, okay" He honestly seems like he really does not like confrontation.

The way Andy reacts to everything. The silence when he’s offered an apple, his responses like “Why would you take my keys?” and “No, I don’t want to play, I just want my keys!” It deviates from the usual horror game/movie protagonist who just goes along with everything blindly. It’s like even within the game, the whole thing is scripted and Andy isn’t in on it.

Something to also be aware of: If you did each minigame in different orders, a different part of the story will be told. Just in case you didn’t know

Looking at what the actual game was supposed to be, Andy was offered to eat a member of his species, got the keys to his house stolen by his friends, was forced to do games to get them back, and was locked in the barn after showing a fear of the dark with a creepy squatter pumpkin.

The real horror of this game is how bad Andy’s friends are. First they asked him if he wants to commit cannibalism and then they steal the key to his house, and im just at the start

things Matt may have missed: -when pumpkin pete catches you, yes the words 'save me' appear, but so do the words 'save us'.So it's not just one person asking you to save them. -in the axe murder scene, the man with the axe is the one saying 'You killed them!" and "stop lying to me", the man on the ground never said anything about his attacker killing anyone.

“The time was supposed to be happy but she could feel her skin peeling off” that is what is says when the error occurs.

Intentionally failing the minigames give you lore. edit: If you fail in the fishing game, you see your son if you fail the melody game, you see your daughter if you fail the apple game, you see your wife edit: you already failed the eye spy and tag games, and got their cutscenes.

48:47 the look of silent horror on matts face as he slowly processes the error screen is an emotion that i feel in the deepest parts of my soul

Man, I just love the story where George Washington doesn't lie about chopping up his father's cherry vines

Yelling at Matt “ no cherries don’t grow on vines they grow on trees”!

Is it not weird that Felix is “fishing” for his own fish brethren?

Everyone in game is super in character and then there's Andy, a normal dude, asking all the real questions

GOOD ENDING: Louis was scared of the water so he stayed home Thomas didn't turn to alcohol Kamryn & Isabella stayed away from the fire

Matt needs to wear that Security Breach merch when he inevitably plays the game. It'll be a Security Breach party!

MatPat's playthrough of this game had so many things in it that I've never seen on any other playthrough of this game before! Interesting... Very interesting indeed.

Headcanon: Margret's name starts with an "M" because she's a mastiff

Matthew and Matt blanking on cherry trees and agreeing that they must grow on vines is absolutely WILD to me

The scissors could easily just be for her hairstyle. She used the scissors to "cut" and "style" her hair in the way it is. That was my immediate reaction.

I swear my heart sunk to the bottom of my stomach when I finally noticed the subtle but absolutely horrifying image on the right side of the options menu... it wasn't until 48:58 when I first noticed it, I have genuinely never been more scared in my life until then. Correct me if I'm wrong but- do you see it too? I looks like a messed up face staring at the audience. edit: I can't believe Mat didn't see it even though his cursor was on it

If you think about it, Peter collecting pumpkins is like if a human would be collecting severed heads.

“You took…the key to my house?” Has the same vibes as: “He. Ate. It. He ate. My pencil… HE ATE MY PENCIL!” Anyway. Me too, Andy.

Wanted to share - I wore my Game Theory scarf to Chem lab today, and met a fellow Theorist! Glad I got to share a moment of fun with her over your channels. Thought you might enjoy.

Dont feel bad mirror mat. Jason also almost never preplayed game, when he did it was for like 5 minutes

My favorite thing about this game is the fact that if it didn’t have a story behind it it would be a story about how some terrible friends took Andy’s keys, left them in the barn, forced him into doing their chores, and then trapped him lmao

"She was supposed to be happy but she could only feel her skin peeling of" bro who hurt you o-o We're you peeled like an apple.

I’ve put a lot of time into solving this cool story’s puzzles and secrets. I’ve translated a lot of he ciphers and even spent an hour decoding binary. The main idea we can get so far from this story (including elements from solved puzzles) is that this poor family delt with a traumatic event that ultimately tore them apart. Father and game creator Thomas East wood and his wife Kamryn Eastwood had two children the oldest being Isabella and her little brother Louis. One night Isabelle Louis and someone else went out on a row boat in the lake, and louis feel overboard and went missing. Thomas starts losing it, taking the incident out on isabella to the point the parents separate. We know Kamryn died in the fire that destroyed the house, as for isabella i’m not 100% sure what she’s got going on. Kamryn’s potential love interest after Thomas leaves is Arthur, who is murdered by Thomas. ( who is also his best friend) We don’t completely know if Louis is dead or not, as in decoded messages “I don’t blame her” is repeated in response to Thomas blaming isabelle for the accident. We also don’t know who else was on the boat when Louis went missing. However we do know that someone knows what Thomas has done, as in the final decoded message at the end of the game is Edit 2: (i wrote it incorrectly lol) “Thomas, don’t ask for help nobody can save you now” All in all i love this series to death and would love if you covered some of these elements or if you can help me with the two clues I haven’t been able to solve! Edit 1: format change :] Edit 3: Hello! I have joined the official discord for this game, and found the answers to a lot of the secrets I wasn’t 100% sure of so let me clear some things up. (MAJIOR SPOILERS) The large section of binary was cut off, the entire message reads “ She was so scared from what happened she couldn’t tell us the truth. It wasn’t her fault” There were also a few clues i missed/glossed over. In another of the secret end screens a Cesar cipher reads “Thomas Eastwood got us all trapped in here” The only other cipher i missed was a translation of “Louis Eastwood” under his missing poster in a secret frame Another Cipher langue appears as well that I didn’t catch, one saying “please save us” and the other “yet” repeatedly. The QR code leads the the website to where you can play the game for yourself. As well as all the information about the creators and link to the Discord, all the information presented has been confirmed in a Google Document in the Discord.

I like when Matpat asked Matt "Would you eat other apples?" and Andy answered "of course I would" 13:21 - 13:24

I can just imagine the characters while Matt sits at the error screen saying “God when will he restart the game”😂

I love that these people aren't even your friends, they're just complete strangers that took your keys and told you to do stuff for them if you want to get them back (and then betray you by locking you up in their barn with a crazed pumpkin instead of just giving you your keys back)

I love that Appi is just "OH BOI my friends pushed me into this weird dark building because they stole my key, I guess I'm just gonna not call them assholes because I'm family friendly "

Personally i LOVE the "witty banter" sections of the videos its interesting to see the Matt² interactions

Title: "If the Walten Files were a game" Me: Isn't that literally FNAF?

Game suggestion: You should play “It’s not me, it’s my basement.” It’s a very interesting and creepy game. I’m sure you’d love it!

What’s wild about this game is that every play through I’ve seen has had a different variation of events happen, some people get the dead body in the lake, some get the weirdness with the dog, some get the freak out with melody, and some don’t even get the “deceased” with claus.

31:19 Matt: "Eat your heart out" Melody: bet *Boss music intensifies*

Both Felix and Thomas felt guilt and regret after killing someone. Felix with Ed and Molly, and Thomas with Arthur

Title: "If the WALTEN FILES were a game!" Bunnyfarm: *"baby i'm not even here, i'm a hallucination"*

Matpat: if you were and apple would you eat yourself? Andy:Of course I would!

Mat Pat should do a 3 channel collab on Courage the cowardly dog. Game can be on the "cancelled" courage game. Film on the show. And food can test if Muriel vinegar recipes would be any good.

Offscreen Andy finally gets his keys, his groceries sat on the doorstep so long everything went bad. He now has a carton of yogurt, potatoes are growing out of the bags...

20:13 "the time was supposed to be happy but she could feel her skin peeling off" 24:28 couldnt make it all out but something about a lake and it not being her fault 42:55 prob binary for a lot of it but the engish reads "i just wanted to see my family again i knew what i was doing was risky save us help us"

MatPat: "You you were an apple would you eat another apple?" Andy: "Of course I would!"

I used the music app on our old Nintendo 3DS and reversed that dialogue from 7:25, the outcome was, "please free us all" Edit: at 36:21, Claus says, "deceased" backwards

13:22 the timing of andy voice is just perfect with what matpat asked

he is so right about the start having Charlie the Unicorn vibes. they were just constantly trying to get him killed

I literally just screamed "yes" when I saw this upload cuz I've been wishing and waiting for you to cover this game!!! Currently obsessed with it! Can't wait to see the next chapters!

YES THE WALTEN FILES IS OFFICIALLY A REFERENCE WHEN MATPAT TALKS ABOUT THINGS WE'VE DONE IT

“The time was supposed to be happy. But she could feel her skin peeling off” “I just wanted to see my family again.I knew what I was doing was risky.I didn’t want it to turn out this way.” “Free us Save us Help us”

Feels like Thomas made a deal with some creature or entity to make his game either more successful, or make his character feel more alive. Alternatively it also seems like this eyeless entity was preying on Thomas, making him go insane and going through great lengths to fix his own game, unknowingly killing his friends and/or co-workers. Maybe the entity was controlling him? Thomas seemed confused and afraid when he killed the other guy (I forgot their name), almost as if he wasn't aware of what he was doing. Or maybe Thomas thought his friends were disappearing and the other guy was to blame, and that's why he killed him. Idk, just some thoughts

MatPat screaming at a jumpscare is scaring me more than the jumpscares themselves xD

It's really weird when horror games as simple as this require such high graphics quality that it lags the computer.

I think Andy's Apple Farm is more like the Battington files "Harmony & Horror", both involve dads who sacrifice their entire family to give life to their creations

What MatPat didn't finish in the text of the first minigame was "She could feel her skin peeling off."

I was waited with bated breath for Matt to play this game! I can sense the theory already. One thing a lot of people don't notice is the face on the right during the "blue screen" when you try to start the file with 8 bonus stickers. ALSO, I'm starting to think that Peter the Pumpkin is a police officer/sheriff of some sort, because the broadcast during the fishing minigame mentions the Pumpkin County Sheriff's Office.

In order to get all the lore, you have to do things in different orders.

The scariest part about this game, is losing your sanity and patience.

Fun facts: Felix's minigame is fishing (cannibalism?) Melody's song is "twinkle twinkle little star"(in which she is a moon) there's a clock on Claus' minigame for no reason

Hey on a side note, please make sure you're not on the road to burn out! Rest when you can, you look kinda tired and I don't mean that to be a read. I would hate to see you crash cause you're so dedicated to what you do, remember self care!! Your passion for your job is incredible, but just don't forget to care for yourself along the way!!

Hey Matpat! There are some hidden easter eggs and lore if you try to say "no" or try to break out of the mini games! I wont say all of them, but new dialogue appears depending on who's game you play first, and strange things happen if you try to say "no" or try to break the mini games! (Also each door in the barn gives a different secret ending screen) Like in the fishing game. Tell him "no" for a secret surprise. And spoilers for this! If you drag the body at the bottom of the lake across the riverbed after being forced into the game, you get a creepy message that says "you know exactly what you did" with faded binary just below 01001011 01100001 01101101 01110010 01111001 01101110 I went and translated the binary and it came out as "Kamryn" So here's a theory for ya to add to this mystery! Who exactly is Kamryn, and what does she have to contribute to the story of the game? Also, something different happens if you bring the body back to the dock ;)

I just watched Ranboo's gameplay of this game and I noticed that some of the lore cut scenes are different. Very weird and interesting...

Everyone's commenting on how relatable Andy is as a protag and I'm just here like "cherries grow on trees wtf"

I just finished watching 8-Bit Ryan's play through! Now I get to watch Matpat's play through!

this game hits different when your name is andy

We can all agree that Andy needs better friends.

I think one of my favorite eighties/nineties video game tropes is, "Hey, friend! We're just relaxing and having lunch. Say, wanna play a game? Great! We already got these McGuffins for you to collect from us, and determined a prize for you if you collect them all, but just you though, all this is catered exactly to your interests and pleasure!" Like imagine being one of these friends, getting called at 6 AM by Claus the Clock or whatever cause he had this idea where everyone else pools their money to get Andy a gift, but they don't wanna just give it to him; Andy has to face a trial first, even if it's just hide and seek. Is this a normal thing friends do to each other and I just have terrible, non riddle demanding, non trial creating friends? Should I start looking into the logistics of making my family jump through hoops for their christmas presents? "Thank you for the books, Grandma, but to receive your gift, you must answer me these riddles three! The riddles are in the form of haikus on audio tapes, and furthermore, one of these riddles lies while the other two tell the truth only to the pure of heart!" Sorry, I got a little carried away.

Nice to see you played it! A theory on this would be pretty cool :)

now we need an ACTUAL Walten Files game like Bunnyfarm

20:13, the text under the error thing said "The time was supposed to be happy, but she could feel her skin peeling off" 23:44, I watched someone else play this and they got another catch before the mini game ended and another glitch happened that had more story line. Also the person was playing in high quality, so maybe that's why? 31:35, the person I watched went up and not to the right, when they went up they got a different cut screen type thing instead of the video tape that Matpat got. 42:06, the person I saw play failed the first game and got a pretty interesting cut screen. 54:45, nvm matpat got the odd cut screen when he restated it. 56:19, the glitch texts unscrambled says "Do not be afraid Thomas, (and then something I can't read)" I am very excited to watch the game theory for this game!😁

18:11 unless your talking about cherry tomatoes (that grow on vines) no cherry's don't grow on vines, they come from a tree so yes it would be a cherry Orchard (though bananas also grow on trees but get called a plantation not a orchard so ?)

12:20 that’s not a fish… he’s a Gilman (see the Skylander Gill Grunt as a reference) Mat, cherries 🍒 DO grow on trees… “What is this game?” A glitch festival! Also did anyone else notice that Melody’s song was twinkle twinkle little star ⭐️

I grew up on a farm, delt with fruit trees frequently. We had cherry trees and a few sour cherry bushes (90% pit) Funny thing, in the 1930s or1940s I had a family member who would splice random fruit tree cuttings together. Eventually, we had several trees with pear, apple, peach, and apricot branches. When I was born, the trees had stopped producing fruit...but we can still find some trees on the property that have 3 or 4 different type of branches (but no fruit)

Ya know something’s wrong when your eyes start to melt out of your head… good advice for life Matt, never would have known…

The code at 34:35 is a basic code shifting every letter to the left by one. "this is all your fault"

I personally love just listening to them talking at the start of the video no matter how off topic it gets lol. Love how I’ve been watching this guy since I was like 5 and just remembered to subscribe to gt live and film theory now. Lots of good memories with this guy, even though I never met him hahahaha…

my favorite is the argument over where cherries come from lmao! if cherry blossoms grow on trees I wonder where cherries come from hmmm...

Just letting you know, Mirror Matt, cherries do grow on trees and bushes (my family has a sour cherry orchard)

Alright, having watched other playthroughs of this game, I thought the movement speed wasn't quite right. Then I saw the static effect and realized that it was super choppy, almost as if the game was running at a low FPS. Thinking that I might've been going insane, I went over to Dawko's video but sure enough, everything was much faster and smoother. I just think it's hilarious that the only time Mirror Matt has recommended playing a game at high settings is also the first case of the poor old GTLive PC being obviously unable to do so.

Day 5 of asking Mat to play Inscryption, it’s a card based game (which I know you LoVe) that has an ARG with some real theory potential

inb4 swarms of people complain that Mat is comparing two different IPs again. "hOw dArE yOu cOmPaRe tHiS gAmE tO wALtOn FiLeS!!??!!??" Can the man not compare similar ideas anymore?

Mat: yeah, eat your heart out, years of dancing ... Melody: *went all full hard rock on a harp* me: *deflating like a balloon full of helium*

As matt says would you eat apples if you were an apple Andy says yes of course. Great timing

Came for the witty banter, stayed for the ending jumpscare that legitimately made my skin crawl.

I've been waiting for MatPat to play this! I need the lore and timeline for this game!

Apples, Pears, Cherries, Plums, etc. all are very closely related and grow on trees.

The binary at 42:56 is a little odd to try to translate to ASCII, given that the last number gets cut off, but you can use context clues to figure it out. The three words appear to be "SCARED", "HAPPENED", and "WASN'T/HASN'T". Interestingly, the first letter of all three words is missing. EDIT: 52:06 yields "US TH TRUT . IT ASN'T HER F ULT." This likely ties back to the glitch at 24:28, which uses the phrase "It's not her fault" twice at the end.

An apple farm has apple orchards in it, they are filled with different types of apples. An orchard is something that exists within a farm itself. In some cases farmers have orchards of different fruits and other vegetables within their farms.

I love how MatPat is avoiding House of Ashes at all costs.

cherries grow on trees, there's a cherry tree on a trail near my house. cranberries grow out of water, then they flood the fields to make them easier to harvest.

i love andy’s reaction to claus offering him an apple to eat and his friends saying they took the key to his house he said 😀

From dawkos playthrough it seems like you get different glitches and errors each time! That’s really cool!

Matpat: This is perfect I have no notes Matpat's next sentance: this is painfully slow

20:04 The message that popped up said "The time was supposed To be happy But she could feel her skin peeling off"

THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE! 1. When you went into the snowy spot, you should have gone up because the footsteps and other noises are Thomas' family's house being burnt down with them in it 2. if you clicked no in the Felix minigame you could have found a body in the lake.