This is really good, don't want to spoil the ending in case anyone is reading the comments before they watch, but I loved it. You captured olden Minecraft horror perfectly, it was never in your face and just extremely unnerving. As someone who LOVES horror and old Minecraft, this is probably the best done I've ever seen it

My favorite part of Beta has to be the fog. It makes builds seem so big and the world so small. Like you are actually affecting the world. In present Minecraft, you're presented a massive world with the impossible task of filling it up with your impressions (builds, creeper holes, beacons, markers etc.) on the landscape.

* Hears footsteps outside house * *Immediately barrels into the horrible fucking woods in the middle of the night*

The most horrific moment was 8:38, when the player decided to use their sword to pick up the crafting bench.

immaculately nailed the way people built in beta, i could've sworn i saw some of those buildings on SMP servers in 2011. luv me cobble, luv me castles, luv me lack of 3d texturing. simple as.

you'd think that this would make you scared, unnerving by the quiet audio with occasional minecraft music playing. no one alive but an uncommon pig from time to time, and you, the player. but damn this gives me so much comfort. reminiscing of the good old days when things were simple.

I relate so much to the feeling of isolation the older versions have. Especially building an entire village, with yourself being the sole inhabitant. It's an almost apocalyptic feeling.

I'm going to try avoid spoilers writing this, but this captured the feeling perfectly. Sometimes the horror of having someone with you is worse than the horror of being alone

I like that in the reddit post at the start, David asks "Could it be something to do with the memory i'm allowing the game?" which is the source of ninety percent of modded minecraft issues Also.... laughed out loud at 6:28 after it takes about 7 seconds to find the item because the chest is so poorly organized

The fact that the shots at the start have mobs moving around, but at the end we only get static and empty screenshots... damn. Also, the first shot was filled with those mysterious buildings and the sign that had written "hello?" now saying "goodbye". Amazing details!

I don’t see this mentioned in the comments, but the little detail of the post about Calm 4 playing in beta being removed from the subreddit because it “could easily be answered by the wiki” just added to that sense of solitude felt by the person, not just the player, which I loved. Whether or not that was intentional, catching that detail added a LOT to the experience of the latter half of the vide

Something to note is that almost all of the bizarre “spooky things” that happen to the protagonist have one thing in common; they are scrapped features from the game. The initial music as the camera pans is an actual unused Minecraft track. The opening Reddit post is the Beta Player inquiring about a broken fog slider that isn’t working anymore. In the original versions of the game, there was obviously very little graphic settings, and I believe there was a time when fog settings were inaccessible. The footsteps around the player’s house invoke the weird “player” or “Steve” mob that theoretically would have had more power to break blocks and interact in the world before it was scrapped. Part of the reason mobs spawn en-masse in Beta Player’s village when they return from building seems to be that many of the torches have been removed by an unknown force. This further implies the idea of the scrapped players, but also might be a nod to the fact that torches were originally supposed to burn out after some time. The strange village the Beta Player stumbles upon is identical to the original abandoned villages that were never officially added. The Reddit posters elaborate on this detail. The sign being replaced continues to bring the scrapped Steve mob to mind, although at this point it’s clearly some sort of Herobrine-inspired figure as it’s starting to blatantly fuck with Beta Player, psychologically toying with them. The weird tunnel seems like it could have theoretically been something that would be scrapped. Perhaps an older form of cave generation? The music playing in the cave is a double reference. The track itself is another actual scrapped song, Calm 4. The event, on the other hand, seems to be a reference to an early idea from Notch about making a jukebox that randomly spawns underground, playing a music track to freak the player out. Seems like his concept works well, as the event is extremely harrowing. Around the point the Beta Player reaches the ice lake, mobs start appearing less and less, and fishing yields no fish at all. This is the first explicit sign of actual decay that isn’t related to cut content. And of course; finally, the climax; many seeming “other players” attempting to break into Beta Player’s home, as the jukebox plays Calm 4 again. The player panics and deletes the world, which is probably for the best. Our final shots show no mobs. 13 plays, an empty, abandoned village, and the Beta Player’s dog has vanished. Because of all this, I would suggest that this film is about moving on from what has been left behind. The player has been playing beta for so long that he’s created an incredible little world, but there’s no one to share it with him. The title implies he’s the last “true” beta player, and if that’s the case, then perhaps the game itself is alive, and it’s haunting is a way of forcing the Beta Player to move on from the past. The “scrapped” mechanics are the game’s way of saying “you’ve been here too long”. The unused content and development ideas of the game come to life as a metaphor for the need for the player to let go of his attachment to the beta, and eventually, he relinquishes, deleting his world, leaving it empty, for time to finally consume. This film certainly invokes the idea of how Minecraft offers a subversion to reality in the form of a practically infinite world with a practically infinite amount of time to shape it however you want. The film is here to remind us that, no matter how much we try to escape to the past, real life has a timer, and for now, we’ve reached our limits on exploration in the universe. This is a story about a game that realizes it’s an unhealthy coping mechanism, using it’s own unused content to scare away the last player who clings to it so that it can finally be consumed by time, freed from the stasis of one person’s imagination and at liberty to decay into nothingness, uninhabited. At least, that’s my interpretation. Thanks for making this!

I liked the ending and the use of calm 4. No wonder why it was removed it was startling.

also, wow, the vibes of that all tall tree forest are IMMACULATE

Storytelling through gameplay with a “streamer cam” but no commentary is a very interesting medium. As others have said you brought a fresh take to the Minecraft horror genre by staying true to its thematic roots. Makes me want to make something like this!

The beginning with the very lovely player-made village populated exclusively by little pumpkin guys is both extremely nostalgic(I remember a ton of old adventure maps used to do just that) and also helps establish just how lonely old MC could be, that he's resorted to building little effigies to populate his world. Also makes the first shot of the mysterious village all the more creepy considering there's a pumpkin patch right next to the first house we see

flexing on us all by building with clay haha

Those are actually some pretty good Minecraft beta builds. They’re quite simple as beta builds tend to have to be, but their use of color are like competent pixel art using full blocks.

My first experience with Minecraft was playing the Pocket Edition alpha and holy shit this is bringing me back. There was always a feeling of being watched for some reason and back then I didn't know about "Herobrine" or anything of the sort. 10/10 atmosphere well done.

I went into this video thinking it was gonna be an essay talking about how good Beta 1.7.3 is and how more people need to try it and instead I got spooked. You captured the feeling of old Minecraft horror perfectly.

I love everything about this, it's interesting how we never get to find out who or what was trying to get to the player and why Calm 4 played in the background. It's very unsettling but it's unsettling in a good way and this whole thing was executed very well. Honestly well done

SPOILERS FOR ANYONE WHO HASNT WATCHED THE FULL VIDEO! This was an amazing video, and I just wanted to timestamp some of my favorite parts: 7:39 & 9:28 i had completely forgot all the wacky ass mechanics of old mc boats. when you just wanted to get out but accidentally pushed your boat put i to international waters lmao 12:56 that pause after seeing something in your peripheral you’ve never seen before. that unnerving feeling of discovering something unknown is SO old minecraft 21:44 nice nuckle cracks bro 21:50 when you opened the door to those sprawling mines i had such a visceral reaction. have memories of getting lost in caves like that for actual real life days. 23:18 made me jump out of my seat lol 25:05 - 27:28 when i realized this video was something special 29:50 schizo moment 32:20 i 37:57 Peter Griffin! 47:36 Peter, the poltergeist is here… 48:10 yeah i’d quit out too tbh 48:55 these screenshots were both haunting and beautiful in a way i cannot describe… This video was so cool… thank you so much for this. It made me feel this indescribable terror, as im sure was the goal, and yet it also filled my with a nostalgic comfort i haven’t felt in so long. in fact, i think i’ll go boot up minecraft right now. back to the version i grew up with. cause lets be honest, love or hate what minecraft has become, the minecraft we grew up with was really something special.

first time a minecraft horror video has absolutely transfixed me from start to end. every single detail is incredible, and the presense of a webcam but the complete lack of dialogue is a genius touch. really captures the "i'm alone, but there's someone here" feeling. the building dread was done perfectly, i never felt scared enough to look away but my heart was always pounding in anticipation. towards the end, every cow or chicken that emerged from the fog had me double-taking. the building sensation that you were *prey,* and whoever was hunting you was simply toying with you to draw out the hunt. (spoilers) plus, the ending and the deletion of the world genuinely made my heart sink. first time a mc horror has done that, too. those gorgeous builds full of history and memories, gone forever. really makes you think just how many hours of people's fun memories have been tainted and then simply erased over the years. i also kind of interpreted it as the need to conform to the latest versions of minecraft, the ones everyone are playing, instead of sticking with the one that once made you the happiest... and that's what this entity's goal was - to push you towards the future, instead of lingering in the past. probably reading way too far into it, but those were the emotions this video stirred in me. just - outstanding work. i'll definitely be watching your entire catalogue now, lol.

14:09 really gave me that bottom of the stomach feeling. You can tell by how the player reacts that, of course as the story goes, he didn't build this place. The loud moo sound always used to scare me. Excellent work!!

The fog made this surreal. Makes me want to play Beta again.

extremely well made! nice to see more minecraft horror style content. hopefully someone'll make a 2 hour video essay about this.

I was GLUED to the screen, bro. Nothing has quite made me feel so uncomfortable like those last lingering shots of the world. It genuinely felt like i was seeing something I was NOT supposed to be seeing, nor was I welcome to be seeing. Bravo, Mongster. This was an Absolutely excellent video.

I absolutely love how subtle this is. I genuinely could not tell it was horror related even with the comments saying it was, and still can't tell to what extent it'll go as im watching it. Feels so real, down to the details of you using your sword to mine the crafting table not to lose your almost-broken diamond axe xD. This also serves as a pretty interesting way to learn more about the old beta versions. EDIT: That ending TERRIFIED me, i feel like that and everything building up to it is exactly what everyone fears playing this game alone, just the tiniest most impossible chance it might happen

I love the intro music. It sounds like a mixture of several minecraft tracks, and that just makes it seem “wrong”. Everything’s in the wrong key, some notes are different or missing, you think you know what’s going to come next but it’s never the same. Perfectly encapsulates the video.

THIS is the Minecraft horror content I’ve been looking for. No extra stuff, no convoluted storyline, just old Minecraft and raw creepiness. This was masterfully done in every aspect. The calm parts brought me to a simpler time of just playing regular Minecraft and then when it escalated, it was like my childhood fears brought to life. Also I loved the reference to the Creepy and Weird Stuff in Old Minecraft video!! Felt realistic to add and also brought up a lot of nostalgia for me due to the video it was talking about in that clip

I feel like this video is one of the greatest examples of Gen Z playing Minecraft, is growing up and understanding horror better. I've always been rooting for the young ones trying to make digital horror, but they lack the refinement that comes as you hit older teens/twenties, even thirties. You start understanding what makes horror scary. Digital horror is an extremely hard thing to make someone older feel any tension over. They go 'well turn off the fucking game, yo'. I should elaborate I'm relating this as to why digital horror vs analog horror has been no competition for a long while. But if people like you can keep refining like THIS, I see a real future in digital horror. It's important to use human curiosity and our knack for wanting to dismiss weird things as glitches. Your silence on camera is a good way to convey this without saying a thing. You're just a guy playing a game, alone in your room. You have no reason to want to turn off your game most the video because it's just like, 'Oh, I thought I did this already.' We ALL experience that. It builds that something's weird, slow and steady. When there was a noise behind you and you turned before the cut, that was especially good. Even older horror stories like The Ring understood it's only actually scary when the threat is, or is perceived to be, getting closer in reality as well as on a screen to the characters. I'm gonna have to check the rest of your content and see how you grow. From the other comments here, it seems you've really found a voice to work in, and we love to see it lol

this video is a staple of how the tiniest of details can amount to the highest factor of spookiness, this is a very good watch and i highly recommend that everyone gives this video a watch

Woah, this was awesome. I love the premise.

This is absolutely brilliant. By seemingly nothing at all, I was on edge the entire video. It really captured the feeling of "What's worse, actually being alone or not knowing whether or not you are?" Actual shivers at the final scene with the still and empty pictures... and the missing dog. In a way it feels like the city you built became another one of the village you found. Desolate, abandoned by its builder to be discovered by the next. 10/10

Great job. I especially liked the moment when Notch's discarded idea was used to have juke boxes underground that would play music and scare the players

fantastic stuff, really captured a sense of intrusion and violation of perceived sovreignty. [spoilers below] i really like how you worked with the genuine worries of older versions - why did that music sting play? is worldgen supposed to work like that? didn't i put torches up here? i thought i had enough torches so monsters wouldn't spawn here? etc. - while lightly weaving in the uncanny/doppleganger anxieties people tend to associate with herobrine

Amazing video as always, really engaging concept and you perfectly captured the sometimes unsettling nature of older Minecraft without going overboard.

As usual with this channel, late but great. Wonderful atmosphere with the tiny render distance. I especially enjoyed scene 10 take 4 Also the reddit usernames were a nice touch lol

That cave bit with the flint and steel plays out a lot like disc 11

小さい頃マイクラをしてると、なぜか見られてるって思う瞬間が来てたのをこの動画で思い出した。 ワールドには一人しかいないはずなのに嫌な予感が止まらなかった。 そんなことを考えてると余計に不安な気持ちになって、洞窟や通路を歩いてる時、後ろに何かがいるんじゃないかと怖くなった。 次第に外で動いてるモンスターや動物も不気味に見えてしょうがなかった。 だから毎回家は崖を掘って窓を作らないようにしてた。外をなるべく見たくなかったから。 この動画は昔のマイクラの良さだけでなく、自分の幼少期の頃の不思議な経験も思い出させてくれた。

Love this kind of stuff. At first I clicked on the video thinking it was a let’s play and almost fell asleep to it. Really well crafted, gave me goosebumps.

WOW THIS IS ACTUALLY AMAZING??? i’ve never thought that one could tell a cohesive story using just raw minecraft gameplay! this is something i’ve always dreamt of as a child and as a filmmaker, but brushed off for being "undoable" and "silly", which is the opposite of what you did. massive applause to you, Mongster

That might’ve been one of the best works of media done in Minecraft i’ve ever seen. Can I even call this horror? Doing that would feel like injustice to this. You’ve created a physical, watchable piece of art that gives off the FEELING of playing Minecraft on single player. It’s hauntingly lonely, yet comforting and nostalgic. And the fact that there’s so much story in the way the player moves around in the game? It’s beautiful! I may be just some joe shmo on the internet, but I know quality when I see it. Instant subscribe from me to you!

I was expecting some sort of monster or jumpscare in the part with the cave and flint’n’steel, instead i hear Calm 4 out of nowhere a found myself doing a jiggy in the middle of my room.

You earned a subscriber, the way you created a narrative without words and weaponized the unknown was phenomenal, i loved how despite the increasing tension caused by the many evidences indicating the presence of someone else are rationalized as bugs or cut content. It really takes me to a time where in minecraft i was afraid of encountering someone else in the mines, really well done.

Unironically my favorite thing about this video is the title and thumbnail, because at least for me, it set the complete wrong expectation for what I was getting into. The title and structure of the thumbnail (and the length but that was less so) had me going in expecting a video essay about the semi-recent rise of people playing beta minecraft again. Going into what I thought was a video essay, getting an intro that didn’t necessarily contradict the idea of it being that, and then just being blindsided by a guy on his phone with a Reddit page open about something weird in his game added SO MUCH to the weird uncertainty of everything that happened, because even I, the VIEWER, was confused and startled by what was going on because it wasn’t what I expected.

this was structured beautifully. it had genuine casual minecraft gameplay that made everything feel a lot more natural to it - like this was something really happening to some random 1.7.3 player. the instant deletion of the world after the second solid encounter felt so real. the acting was phenomenal in that part; reacted JUST as i would have LOL. there’s that feeling of immense panic. it’s weird, even though i haven’t experienced that, it was relatable enough to me to make me acknowledge, “oh yeah, that’s terrifying, i do that.” when i don’t. all in all - this video is wonderful. keep making creative things.

this is....so weirdly melancholic, i can't even- i don't have the words to describe how much I love this! (also, I did only watch like a few minutes of the video before writing a comment, so i kinda got spoiled that this is a horror video. you thought you'd get me, eeeehhh? well, I'm still gonna watch the whole thing and enjoy it! I'm sure this is gonna be super spooky and I really really do love this)

that was surprisngly well paced, loved the vibes all around, this adds a lot to the mongster lore tho, very deep meaning

I watched this video last night and I can’t stop thinking about it. The atmosphere is flawless and really plays into the old Minecraft feel of being alone in the world but still being watched. I’d LOVE to see more similar videos.

I just noticed that at the start it shows a plain old plains, but at the end it shows the same exact place but with those houses, and at the very end the dog is no longer there. Creepy Nice job btw i like how it didn't use anything that "wasn't in the game" or just not using anything stupid like entity.exe or some shit, its so cool how it just seems like a normal gameplay video where occasionally unusual things happen, kinda hard to understand everything because of sound being to quiet or not being able to see, but i guess that just makes it seem more real, also those houses are sooooo liminal sitting around in a plains biome without any paths or anything, really cool. This deserves way more views

Hearing ''Excuse'', the basically forgotten song from mc's soundtrack in something is so satisfying. It feels like it fits perfectly into the rest of the OST, but somehow also stands out completely. It has such a unique feeling to it that no other song really has.

The outro to me sounds like a sinister victory music to the monster that won your world over by scaring you out and is now mocking is by showing pictures like "haha you don't even know what i am but stole your world" Back in my childhood i used to fear finding herobrine, your video now makes me scared to play 1.7.3. I came full circle and im happy about it.

the amount of work and detail that went into this horror ARG was amazing. Thank you so much. subbed!

Randomly got this recommended to me and it might be up there with some of my all time favorite pieces of content on this platform. Everything was incredibly well done, and if captured my full attention the whole way through. This is amazing work

Hey Mongster. I don't comment too often on videos but what have made is absolutely stellar. As a graduated film major specialising in sound, I found your use of sound to be on point! You encapsulated that unsettling feeling of dread, all the while building up the tension through extended periods of monotinous minecrafting. What I was most impressed by was how the ending was expected while also highly unique for the type of video it is. Hats off to you, please make more! Take care :)

Whoa, this goes leagues above any horror stuff about minecraft lol. Spoilers below: The fact that the only thing that's hurting the player is fall damage and regular mobs is even better. There's no literal one thing that's chasing the player or any confirmation of what it is. It's just an overall uneasy feeling that lingers and builds up as you go on. I loved this so much. I got genuinely uncomfortable the first time the music started playing in the cave. It's so odd and disturbing somehow and it feels believable! At the end when you realize that someone seems to be breaking into the player's shelter I was genuinely on edge, hahaha. Well done.

Dude this was so unsettling to watch. It really takes me back to when I first started playing like 10 or 11 years ago, back when I genuinely believed Herobrine or maybe Israphel existed out in the world. This really scratched an itch I've been having though as I've been looking for spooky Minecraft stuff like this, awesome work!

I usually scroll from videos to another videos for like 15 seconds of watching it, but i was soo engaged with this whole video! i love the way you crafted it from beginning to end it really captures the essence of that Minecraft beta eerieness. this was really intense, immersive and somehow i also found it therapeutic to watch even tho it was almost 1 hour long, i thoroughly enjoyed every single bit of it. it has good unexpected scares, and that's what most horror film needed.. there's no cheap jumpscares or even generic predictable horror scares. that 'scene' when you hear the ice cracks legitemately send chill down my spine, it was scary as hell, great work!

I didn’t really know what to expect going into this video just by it’s title. I was almost expecting a video essay! I’ll avoid spoilers, but man!! Everything about this video feels so raw and real, all the movements, pauses, mistakes in dropping items, reorganizing your hot bar, having a hard time finding items in chests. It really helped amplify my connection to the player and get invested. I absolutely loved this video, amazing job.

I don’t think I’ve ever watched a yt video this length in one go. This is a masterpiece that takes one back in time. Really, really well done.

The feeling that you think you're alone but strange stuff starts happening like hearing blocks breaking when you're doing nothing or someone running on grass when you're standing still, it's just, unnerving and very creepy but i love how well this is made. Very nostalgic but entertaining!

In old Minecraft you don't want to be alone, but you'd still rather be alone than not.

“Good old days” -lil Timmy born in 2015

i feel kinda bad for the guy cause he's just getting clowned and stuff on reddit because he still plays beta 1.7.3, and it's kinda true cause at some point your favorite version that you played on as a child and grew up with even if it's something underrated like releases (not betas) 1.2.5 or 1.5.2 or 1.6.2 it would get old at some point and people would care less and just laugh at you for playing such an old version even though for you it's special because you loved it so much and grew up with it

That intro was perfect. so comforting yet terrifying, exactly how old Minecraft used to feel for me as a child

I watch a ton of little gaming documentaries on youtube, so when this ended up on my recommends I thought that's what it was in the vein of. Imagine my surprise when I clicked it and it turned out to be a truly stunning short horror film!!! The little details really make it. Absolutely superb.

I know you've probably seen a thousand of these comments by now but damn this was so good the sound of whatever it was breaking blocks in the distance was just so unnerving I never thought I would be this scared from the funny block game the feeling of nostalgia and the constant buildup of tension waiting for it to strike was amazing please please please please please make more stuff like this Sincerely your number 1 fan

I was FULLY expecting a video essay and was about 20 mins in until I read the description and realized what it was. Thought it was just typical MC gameplay but Jesus Christ I am so glad I stayed. This is one of the most core chilling films honestly. 10/10 Lovely mix between horror and Minecraft.

This is one of the few pieces of horror content on this platform that exceeds expectations and presents something amazingly. A captivating story that builds so much. You deserve every view this video gets.

There's something about old Minecraft I love that has always unnerved me, something that can't be explained. Like you're playing something that's been long since forgotten, and yet somehow, you get this dread that /something/ is out there, even if you're just playing single-player. I've always wanted to see someone give old Beta Minecraft the justice it's deserved, without having all the cliche tropes you'd expect from a Minecraft horror story... and honestly dude, you hit it right on the head. Everything from start to finish is a perfect mix of tension and suspense, the sudden jumpcuts, the subtle visual/sound effects throughout, and a perfect ending setup... it all makes this really feel like something made by someone who really appreciates the 'soul' that Minecraft had in the older versions, and you got it down to a T. It really does make me sad to see this era of Minecraft gone, I hope more people revisit beta and live the old experience again.

Such a simple yet extremely captivating video! It was exactly like watching ourselves play back in the day, no noise, no sudden jump scares every two seconds, just you and your computer. The webcam was also a fantastic touch to add that extra bit of realism. I was hooked from the very beginning, feeling a certain comfort in the way that old Minecraft used to scare us. It definitely capitalised on our fear of "it won't happen, but it COULD happen". The ending is genuinely sad to me. All those hours of work, all those memories, just to be tampered with by an outside force that you cannot control or even see. The slideshow displaying screenshots of the world accentuates that, it's like looking back at photos from a time that you loved, but you can no longer return to. There is a certain eeriness looking at screenshots of the world before it was tampered with. For all we know, millions of blocks away could be the same thing, infecting our world long before we even know... The scariest part here is, you are truly alone now. Being the last ever beta player, it is literally just you and the entity that haunted millions of other worlds. How old is this entity? What will happen to it when no one plays beta anymore? Somehow, being the last beta player makes you feel less alone than you did when you first started playing.

I mean, we all know that KurtJMac will still be playing Beta until the heat death of the universe.... but there is a good reason why he left spawn and never returned.

What I found very intriguing that literally NOBODY is talking about is the sign in front of the castle with the dog in it went from saying "hello?" to "goodbye." in the final set of screenshots and that just adds so much. it's like whatever was terrorizing you knew you would delete the world. Almost as if it's there beyond the game. Especially where you deleted the world through MultiMC and not the actual game client. Very chilling. This is by far one of the most interesting Minecraft horror videos I've seen in a while, and I’m glad I did see it. This showed up in my recommended. I was glued to my screen from start to finish, the sense of dread always there. Excellent use of scrapped gameplay mechanics and ideas to create a compelling atmosphere that tells the story impeccably! You 1000% deserve my subscription! Keep up the good work and have a wonderful night!

Beautifully made. Old Minecraft horror is some of my favorite things even to this day. This kinda reminds me of RejectedShotgun's old "The Haunted" Series, or some of the1tofear's Machinimas. The fog is what always got me, weather it be simply from short render distance, or void fog balancing on the surface of bedrock. Not being able to see too far ahead, not knowing what was there, even though you knew it was probably nothing. Honestly that was the most unnerving part. It plays well with one's fear of the dark. Playing well with the idea that no one is really scared of the dark, they are just scared of what could be lurking within it. Once again, wonderfully made sir.

Now this is my kind of Minecraft horror - something that is subtle, and barely perceivable until the situation escalates. I particular like how even early on in the video, I swear I could hear duplicated footsteps: and later on it seems my paranoia was vindicated. Also, I appreciate how all of the 'strange events' are not over the top, they're unnerving enough to creep me out, but none of them ever feel cheap or in my face. Seeing the old school town was so refreshing, I remember when builders had to compromise their vision due to the limited selection of blocks available. It was crude, compared to today's choice in a palette, but there was an undeniable charm to the imperfection. This is my new favourite Minecraft horror video.

I haven't seen any comments... comment on the cave scene, the use of the flint and steel instead of torches, the rappid running while trying to get away from something or someone, and finally ending up on a body of water... ...was it a nod to Music Disc 11?

What the hell man, congratulations on this. This is an immaculate experience that I did not expect I would get today. Genuinely the best minecraft video I've ever seen, thank you for making this video!

This is so well made. Like others are saying, this video really encapsulates the almost scary atmosphere of early minecraft. The fog is something that will always remind me of simpler times, and Herobrine of course. Takes me back to watching old KZfaq, Yogscast's Shadow of Israphel series, PaperbatVG's Minecraft movies, and TBone105's mod series' alongside so many other old Minecraft KZfaq content creators. Really good stuff man.

This was really well done and an excellent video. You nailed the horror aspect so well. I love how it’s was cohesive but subtle at the same time with the feeling of dread. The horror of not being alone was done very well. I also like some little details and how realistic the gameplay in both ways. Like the Player making a mistake or misclick. I also like how despite no dialogue is spoken, you can see the Adeline the Player was feeling when realizing they weren’t alone and the Mouse was spermatic with thr hint of fear. That end bit was perfect. Nothing was explained as to who that was and why they were after the player and why Calm 4 would be played. One thing was certain though. He wasn’t alone

This was genuinely one of the best Minecraft horror videos I have seen, it’s subtle, with a slow buildup and constantly keeping you in tension, you don’t really know what you are getting into when you click on the video and the slow ramp up to all that is happening combined with the irl addons makes it feel like you are actually seeing someone’s experience and their genuine reaction. Overall I was kept on the edge of my seat the entire time and the ending was really good, the way it starts and the buildup all leading to one horrifying and chilling climax until the abrupt end, never really getting a good look at what was causing all of this. Overall this was an amazing video and I thoroughly got spooked, sorry for the essay haha

This was an extremely good watch, love how whatever was chasing you was left in the dark, would love to see more of this from you!!

Seems I'm a little late to the party, but damn. I was expecting some sort of video essay about the last beta play-tester, but what I got what even better. Fantastic job on making this, had me glued to the screen the whole time. Love how subtle things were, I was constantly on the look out for minor details that might've changed over the course of the video. Also man that ending, love how you showed the changes to the beginning slideshow at the end. Seeing the whole town be all covered in fog, the creeper explosion, the dog missing (rip). Really hope you consider making more of these kind of videos. Because I would love to see what kind of horror you could do off of, say other versions of minecraft.

Finished the video. Amazing work. I'm speechless. Everything was done so well!!!!! SPOILERS (and lots of compliments) BELOW: The fact you (or whoever was in the bottom left, amazing decision btw. made everything much more emmersive.) didn't speak once was amazing. I honestly was getting "Disc 11" vibes from the entire video, especially when you were digging to the surface, breathing heavily as the music spiked. Having "Thirteen" be the closing song was a wonderful decision. The slow burn of this whole video was perfect!! I'm honestly a little tired of jumpscare after jumpscare, so your decision not to do that was super appreciated, and in fact made me walk away from this video feeling more energetic and giddy than a video full of jumpscares. This is easily one of my favorite videos of all time now. I enjoyed every second of it.

Really captures the mysterious essence of old minecraft. I was really bummed out when the story ended, you got me in hook the whole time.

At first I didn't even know this was supposed to be a short film, and then with all the creepypastas involving Beta Minecraft I thought this was going tk be yet another spooky Herobrine video, but nope this was awesome, great work

I watched this in the morning before school, and after years of waiting, i finally got to experience it again: watching a minecraft video that has magic. I was thinking about this masterpiece all day. Its just like how it used to be. And how it has to be. Please make more of this, I just can’t live without it. ❤

I love this I love everything about this and I love seeing "small" channels post actual content and rare content at that you don't see many videos like this anymore keep up the good work mate!

I cant wait to see people make videos about this and analysing stuff, this is one of the most interesting and scary in the most unexpected ways! I really wanna know the lore and explanation behind this.. if a sequel is possible like the player recovering the file, smth like that… I’ll wait for months even a year for it!

The emoting as a player normally would in their actions was done exceptionally well, normally in production the authenticity gets a little lost, not here it seems. And in general this just felt like a more than worthy successor to any Herobrine_creepy-pasta_single-player video. Well done.

Honestly one of the best videos of Minecraft I've seen. Such a cozy version twisted, well done!

I really hope you make something else similar to this at some point, I enjoyed this far more than most Minecraft horror vids

Reading "last beta player" Me: Don`t worry bro, your not alone. After watching the video - Me: ... ... I'm out of here.

i like that little detail in the screenshots where that sign that had "hello?" written on it had "goodbye" in the ending

I've been waiting for someone to do something like this (and do it well). Happy to say you nailed it. I appreciate that the story is told in a way that doesn't merely occur in Beta 1.7, but in fact can perhaps only work in such a version of the game. The quest for clay is something you would almost never see in modern Minecraft, where there are about a hundred more desirable blocks and resources. The lack of sprinting, the unadjustable darkness, and the lack of (expected) pre-generated structures really set the stage here. The little struggles around finding items in chests, exiting boats, and getting stuck in ghost blocks are all typical of this era of the game, and it all gives a feeling of authenticity. This isn't just someone playing Beta 1.7; this is someone who *has been* playing Beta 1.7 (for a very long time). The ramp up in oddities as the video progresses is quite tastefully done. I appreciate the incorporation of various moments that *could* just be normal gameplay, yet in context feel frightening and make you wonder if perhaps they're not normal at all... particularly some of the moments where creepers show up. A less experienced writer would have felt the need to give a glimpse of the mystery entity (e.g. random Herobrine eyes in the background), or would have ramped up its apparent abilities way earlier. But in this story, the oddities remain mostly benign and small in scale up until the very end, leaving the protagonist (and viewer) to speculate on whether the oddities are even dangerous or just merely odd. At one point, I pondered whether perhaps the footsteps and altered blocks were not directly related to some of the other oddities like the calm4 jumpscares. I wondered if perhaps there was another normal player who found himself playing on a world that he too thought was singleplayer (yet by some strange force had become multiplayer), and perhaps he was as scared as the protagonist. The ending with the *multiple* block-breaking sounds, however, begins to suggest something far more frightening and perhaps more clearly sinister. I wonder now if perhaps my second-player hypothesis up until that point would've made for a more unique direction to take the story in, though I don't know how you'd proceed or conclude from there in a satisfying manner. Regardless, I think the way you *did* end the story is pretty good: just as the oddities and danger reaches a point of feeling inescapable and actively antagonistic (with the phone suggesting that its scope may even extend outside of Minecraft), the threat is neutralized, albeit at the cost of the world the protagonist has spent so long building. I appreciate that you chose to have this action of deleting the world *actually work* (or at least that's the impression the viewer is left with), because it leaves the protagonist with some small agency at the end, and it suggests that the chosen conclusion to this conflict was not necessarily the only possible conclusion. Both the protagonist and the viewer are left to wonder what would have happened if he had chosen to face the mystery entity instead, and neither can ever get an answer. (I suppose *technically* the protagonist could turn around and use a data recovery tool to un-delete his world, but thematically, it seems he has already made his decision and wouldn't dare to do such a thing.)

oh i love this. minecraft horror vids are such a staple of my earliest youtube experience. seeing this genre with a facecam (using the term generously lol, only shoulers and keyboard to see here!) is surreal, a very clever more modern take. at some point in the video i realized i was actually immersed, getting nervous right along with the player (im a wimp so maybe it isnt that impressive, but to feel entranced by a youtube video like that is so rare to me). this so perfectly captures what has always made minecraft eerie to me, and why i could hardly stand to play it by myself when i was a kid. the idea that your peace of mind could be broken so quickly, that the tiniest thing being out of place could make you realize that the entire time you havent been alone. i wouldve had the same exact reaction as this person, probably deleted the world faster LOL. and the pics at the end would normally feel cheesy to me, but it works so creepily well with what we've just seen. a contained world, all its landmarks and solitude, all in a neat little package, existing silently even when youre gone. in some cosmic way, itll remain. claustrophobic, uncharted, and terribly msyterious.

the last minute is such amazing payoff like i love it so much!!!! the single block breaking sound turning into so many really got me like wow.....

3:22 I like this little footstep right here. Don't know if it was intentional, but as the video goes on, those footsteps are getting worse and worse to the point that you get panicky scared because of them. Overall, the entire "sudden footsteps getting louder, closer and faster" is a perfect scare, and it works very well. I loved it here. Too bad it is either implemented very porly or very rarely in other horror movies.

This was so well done! When the music started playing the first time at 36:50, I had never heard that song before, so I thought it was your phone ringing at first. But once it didn’t stop and I realized it was coming from the game I had a chill run down my spine. Well done

This is genuinely amazing, you nailed so many parts of this feeling real, even down to details like the calendar date matching up to the posts.