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Barnacle Boy is taking the villain role too serious

Barnacles are crustaceans like crabs and lobsters but undergo a metamorphosis where they become anchored to one spot as adults. Most attach themselves headfirst to a solid structure such as a rock, piece of wood, ship, or sea animal then filter out food with their feet. A few species are parasites of crabs. Infection causes the victim to produce barnacle eggs instead of their own, but they are fooled into caring for the barnacle eggs like their own children. The concept of parasitic barnacles has been previously explored in the game We Need to Go Deeper. There has been at least one confirmed case of a barnacle larva getting into a man's hand after getting a cut. The larva attached itself to the tendon of the hand, causing severe pain and motion limitations until it was surgically removed.

Watching you walk past the locker man so nonchalantly every time without even glancing at it was tense

Once there was an ugly barnacle, he was so ugly it turned everyone into mindless zombie-barnacle hybrids The End

It whistling back was actually terrifying

When Manly saw “Press Shift to Run” he knew that shit was gonna hit the fan

When I was at Circle K the other day, a woman in her car in the parking lot whistled at me...I'm glad now I know that she was a barnacle person and it's a good thing that I acted like I didn't hear her.

15:30 I’m surprised manly didn’t seem to realize the note of ‘they won’t whistle back if you’re too close’ in other words, all of the statues were sentient - they just weren’t going to whistle back when he was too close.

I didn't expect the whistling mechanic to be so creepy

Ok, I love that at 8:10 when they do that horror trope of seeing a monster walking down a hallway, they actually show the statue is still there sitting down when you look in the direction it went. I've always thought it was a missed opportunity when horror games just have the creature disappear once you round the corner. Literal chills!

My God I just realized something. At first I assumed they must have done the lazy method and just made the player camera move to simulate the rocking of a ship but at 1:01 you can see the chains lean in the same direction that the ship is rocking in. I applaud that! Edit: Also as for the "mannequins" that is a real effect that can happen to a corpse if it is left exposed to salt/sea air for a while, the body is petrified.

Not only is this is an awesome boat horror, but it's the first game of Marco-Polo I've seen used in a video game.

Those mannequin-like beings are kind of cute. Or at the very least non-threatening. All of them seem to be set in such a way that shows friendliness. Even the one in the locker felt like it was simply showing you how to hide.

love the way the protag slams the lockers shut like they owe him money

It's charming how sonar-like the whistle mechanic is! I also can't help but wonder if the statues use it to locate YOU as well. You're basically giving out little "Here I am!" calls every few seconds.

I love that the game's atmosphere makes even Manly keep checking behind him

Having grown up weaned on all types of horror, it actually usually takes a lot to really get to me. There are, however, three things that always get me, and that I have zero defense against: unnatural dancing, unnatural smiling, and whistling in places where there should be no whistling.

I always make sure to withhold my final score until I see the chain physics. And this game is a 10/10.

I like how Manly instantly detects a scripted scene and barely bothers to wait until the animation is done. 20:30

I am 80% sure the whistling does nothing during this demo but likely will be useful in later areas after the player gets thrown, same with the hide mechanic which didn't seem too useful outside of that one sequence. The dev probably just added it so as to give people the idea of the mechanics and also because tricking the player into using the whistling out of their own decision, even if it's not doing anything, makes the player more alert to the enviroment and helps create the fear just by having them pay attention to the statues answering, overall making them feel more scared about any of them jumping at them. Would also be possible that the full game may use it, but dev decided to not use it during the demo and just focus in the enviroment fear aspect.

Ah, the barnacle curse. They must have tried to scrape off the barnacles on the ship and got cursed.

There is that moment when one of the barnacled guys walks in the corridor perpendicular to the player until you can't see it but then he just sits peacefully around the corner... That was GOLD.

Imagine if you’re in this vessel and you don’t know how to whistle 😳

4:32 Did anyone else think that the white blob inside the porthole looked like a face? the atmosphere and slow buildup of this game are top notch.

I love the design of that barnacle-man monster, he's incredibly unique. Hope to see this game get some traction!

I'm a pushover when it comes to horror, so I live vicariously through your videos. Great content as always, Manly.

Oooh, I get it. A lazaret is both a section of a small vessel for stores *and* a ship that is quaranteed for plague or leprosy. Neat.

Wait a minute, this game takes place on a ship that went missing, the people on board who died were drained of blood, and the enemies totally Morb out. I feel like I have seen this before.

Good grief! I’m not usually fazed by horror but something about the dead cruise ship really REALLY freaks me out!!

20:32 "that thing is like damn Davy Jones" The only reason he doesn't come after you is cuz you're already in his locker

Man, having the run prompt appear with the thing right in your face, and then NOT having it chase you is perfect, really puts you on edge, because you know that the danger is now real, but you still haven’t seen it yet.

Makes me think like a lot about a Resident Evil mechanic with the puzzles and all The whistle mecanic is quite simple but effective, as I understand, the statues will only whistle back to you if you're not close enough from them, makes it truely terrific: When you hear a response you know there is a danger but when you're not hearing anything, you can never be sure it's safe ! Again: simple, but effective !

I really like the lighting and sound effects in the game,it gives of a chill yet unnerving feeling

wow the atmosphere genuinely scares the shit out of me

“Main character literally getting choked to death” Main character:🗿

That's a cool looking monster! He must be pretty handy too, keeping the lights on and operational for years. I think the statues would be cooler if it Medusa'd the crew but it was a fun demo!

I absolutely adore games with art styles like these

The whistling mechanic is genius. It's actually much more scary than I'd expect it to be. Reminds me of that one really short game, where you're looking for your dog on a farm, and run around calling the dog. You do it a lot to get an idea of where the dog is, as he barks back, and get used to hearing it. Then, the monster arrives and anytime you call for the dog the monster chasing you mimics your voice, but its broken and evil sounding. Just... Off. Things like that are such great horror elements that don't get used nearly enough.

Player: uses crowbar as an item, discards it Anyone else in the world: uses crowbar to smash coral people heads.

I'm glad Manly is here to play these games for us, cause I woulda noped out so hard seeing that thing moving

Ahhh great time I can't sleep it's 7.26am here thanks for the video, I need to sleep but I can't :::) Jumpscares spoiler for me: 6:00 Peek-a-boo 9:00 I guess? 10:21 Sh*t moment 11:14 Chill. 11:41 Groaning like a lil bij 13:23 The moment before disaster 13:43 Please buy a new TV 19:54 Bij ver. 2 21:38 Hi, how are ya? 23:39 Peek-a-boo again :D 25:15 Model walking

_Davy Jones, I presume_ I really loved this! I love sea stuff and the ship was great. Sound, atmosphere, small touches including the chains. And the camera movement. The statues moving, but then just posed, waiting. The absolute best part, tho it made no sense, was the whistling. It was extremely eerie to hear the different pitches responding. I don't quite understand what the statues were or if they were just hallucinations. The big guy almost looked like someone in a diving suit, heavily barnacled. I'm looking forward to the full game and I hope the story behind the ship, the statues, and the big Davy Jones Barnacle Man.

welcome to playing marco polo with the barnacle beings: the game. Btw I like that the statue stop responding once it get too close. you wont know what hit you >:) 19:18 "are you evil?" oh wow, I think phasmophobia should make one stage on ghost ship. although it doesn't makes sense with the van at all

as someone who is deeply afraid the ocean,boats,mannequins, and the dark... this was quite scary.

That's my experience on the Disney Cruise Line in a nutshell.

haven't even gotten past 15 minutes and im pausing the video multiple times just to catch a breath. the suspense is INTENSE. great design cause nothings even happened yet..

I honestly have a fear of the ocean in general, ships scare me... and the atmospheric sound and the design of the game is just aa.. another thing that I have a fear of is like something happening, like everyone dying and being the only one there to investigate it by your self, especially in the ocean :( sppooky

Man, I'm actually super excited about this game. Atmosphere is on point, and the whistling gimmick gives me chills. I can't wait to see how the whole thing pans out.

This game does such a good job at making the player uneasy and on edge thinking a jump scare will happen at any moment, but doesn't. The sounds, graphics, and attention to detail does great at setting the horror mood without using other common tactics. I think this game is going to be amazing when the full play comes out.

I’m embarrassed to say that the exiting the locker animation make me jump the first time I saw it. I got scared by a hand 😔

Manly I love your content so much, you mix the right balance of commentary and funny side jokes with focus on the gameplay itself. It really makes me feel like I'm right there playing the game with you. I also appreciate how you go for all these wonderful indie games that don't usually get a lot of spotlight. Thank you so much for that Death Mark playthrough that got me hooked on watching you.

One thing is about decomposition of bodies in some controlled environments like areas on ships, is that they tend too last longer due to lack of animals, "natural" temperature, and humidity. No expert here, but that could explain why the look at least "better" then what you'd expect. Edit: Still smell like shit though, your bowels keep workin' for a short amount of time when you die from what I know of.

seeing the chain physics, I thought the game will simulate being on the sea by moving the whole ship (since it'll move the lamps a well). but apparently it's using camera rotation instead?

This is probably the coolest horror game I've seen in a long time

Ok so as far as I can tell how the statue mechanic works is basically checking for danger. It said the statues wont whistle back if your near them but that also means if the monster is near them they also wont reply. So when you whistle the direction you get the reply from means that direction is safe.

*press shift to run* *starts laughing* lol I had the same reaction XD oh no need to run to live now.

Outside of when the monster grabbed you at the end, this was genuinely terrifying and well made! I hate the trope of long dark hallways but it definitely was a clever redirection that revealed we missed a whole room of “crew” around the tv. The whistling is a horrifying thing because making sound is the *last* thing you would ever do in this situation unless absolutely necessary and to make it a mechanic to prevent the sentient ones from getting you, is truly spine chilling to me. I cannot wait for this game to come out. I’m hopeful its not too expensive but i hope the devs make the price fair for the work for the work they’ve done!!

6:13 you can *feel* the "nah, i'm good" when MBH sees that happen

The ominous "shift to run" never fails to scare me LMAOOO like WHY ARE YOU SAYING THIS NOW?? *edit: Wow, I liked this game! It had a great atmosphere and sound design and the whistling will probably come in handy in the full game

10:20 The message appeared so casually, got a nervous chuckle out of me as well

When I was a kid, someone described Bioshock to me and this game right here is close to what I imagined Bioshock would be before seeing what it actually looked like. 😂

Nothing like horror at water.

Very nice atmosphere, a setting you don't see too often, a fairly creative means of identifying the threat via whistling. Not too shabby for a demo. I agree sound more sound would be nice, at the least I'd like our lead to not just be this silent entity.

"If you don't like motion sickness, then turn it off." Ah yes 4 out of 5 people suffer from Motion sickness, this ship is filled with those that enjoy it.

I don't why, but that barnacle monster just looks so done with everything

the audio design in this is perfect, every so often i thought the noises were in my house and not just in the video. one noise to the left side made me so terrified that i had to keep pausing and replaying to make sure it was in the video and not in my house XD

Devs should have payed more atention to detail and realism. Might be because im a sailor, but seeing all those shelves in a ship without a chain or a rope to keep stuff falling off, got me angry 😆.

yes.

*Ah barnacles, Manly Kun's having his life in Jeopardy one more!*

this is one of the best horror game demos i've ever seen very subtle and low-tempo start where you're just investigating shit, and there's no stupid fucking 300 decibel orchestra blasting in your ears every single time you find a pool of blood or see the monster. i hate chase music because it's just white noise that diminishes the effects of being chased; it is much more terrifying to know that it's behind you and the game is just like "oh hey yeah that's happening, btw you better press shift". aside from a lack of foosteps of the monster- which i do feel it could use (just not bowel-shaking mr x / nemesis stompystomps)- the way the lighting and sound design was used here is REALLY GOOD. there is an absurdly high amount of polish and proof of concept here that is so so refreshing to see in this industry. i am most certainly going to be following this game now.

Getting very strong Monstrum Vibes from this game, and I love it

Suppose this is the curse of Davy Jones, part of the ship, part of the crew afterall.

It's past 1 am and I want to sleep but you uploaded. Time to ruin my sleep schedule even more

A+ for the feedback manly always gives at the end for developers. I've never made a game, but I want to one day and I feel like it's going to be good from watching these videos and listening to him comment on things.

The camera angle makes good job at bringing atmosphere to the game. The slight swing made it feel like player authentically was on the ship

My dog is wandering around looking to see where the whistling is coming from

Recently subbed, love your videos man

One of the best videos to watch at 6:48am! Thanks, Manly.

Eating breakfast and saw this in my feed. New Manly video, let's go!

Finally! It's Arin's BARNACLES nightmare!

BARNACLES MR SQUIDWARD

I LOVE horror based on ships, I was so excited to watch this and Manly never disappoints.

*I subbed because of this video. I thoroughly enjoyed the video.*

Really don’t like how when you whistle one moment it sounds a few rooms away then you whistle again and it sounds like it’s blowing down your neck now. And by dont like it, I mean really like it. This is a really good horror game.

Got some "Monstrum" vibes from this. Would love to see how it turns out in the future, they absolutely nailed the atmosphere.

This is very neat. I was expecting the various statues around to be camouflage for one that looks the same and was so certain the first time you got to the vent with the four guys opposite and it stopped whistling back that you were toast and one of them was a monster. But the design it has is so immensely cool. Got a few Monstrum vibes from this atmosphere too, would love to see that played again.

The use of shadows and mannequins (that may or may not be alive and evil), and especially the moving light sources/shadows sweeping over half-seen humani-sh shapes, gave me such Condemned vibes! (That's a good thing). That whistling mechanic is extremely good and spooky, too. Good job, Aegon Games

This game definitely gave me some cold fear vibes. A hugely underrated title and it really got shafted because of the release of resident Evil 4. Arguably just as good of a game if not better. If I rustled some jimmies I apologize but that's the hill I'm willing to die on. Manly great gameplay as always. 😎😎

Manly I think you should consider narrating scary stories you have a great voice for it

Its a good concept. Looking forward for the full gameplay.

10:22 that's the most nonchalant way of saying "Hey so now we release the thing that's gonna cave your skull in." I've ever seen.

This gives me Resident Evil Revelations vibes and I love it

Very Outlast vibes with the general layout and music use in intense, suspenseful situations. And of course, LOCKERS. I hope its kinda a spiritual successor. The Barnacle man is a great design, and fuels that nautical horror of grotesque organisms/parasites capable of overrunning a creature, and disabling all capacity mentally or physically of removing the invading threat.

This makes me think of The Thing. There is something so interesting about the whole story, the location, and the whistling make is so surreal and uncommon. Beautiful too.

Davy Jones was just mad as you were hiding in his locker... get your own.

The sustained fear is very well executed

Can we appreciate how not afraid this mans is? A better suited name dont exist 🗿💀

10:20 whenever a horror game suddenly gives “shift-run-tutorial” I will frantically run with no direction

The cutscene camera work and the animation needs a little work, but the atmosphere and environment are off the charts! Very eager to see this one’s full release