Welcome to the You Wish It Was Cold Outside Club, how You Wish It Was Cold Outside are ya?

- So how much bromance would you like in your game? - Yes.

For Manly to play it it has to have: 1) Horror. 2) Romance. 3) Top Ten Anime Betrayals.

i just now realized augustine = summer, red, hot tempered winnie = winter, blue, calmer temperament. theyre literally named summer and winter

At the end of the bad end, Augustine himself got the attention he wanted, but because everyone's pitying him, the thing that his friend was afraid of.

Another good thing to note about the story is how the theme in the beginning when Augustine told Winnie not to project how he thought others would react eventually played itself by having Augustine project how he thought Winnie felt.

Manly be like "You have no choice in the manner. You will be hugged. Friendship is mandatory."

Notice how in the bad end 40:39 , Auggie has blue text and a blue shirt. It's because he took Winnie's place just like how he thought Winnie took his. I'm surprised Manly, and other ppl in the comments haven't pointed this out yet.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY NEVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN, RIGHT??? IT'S JUST COLLEGE, RIGHT??? THEY'LL STILL BE TOGETHER RIGHT?!? FUCK, MY HEART

These two are a slapstick comedy duo honestly. I had quite a laugh.

i was so scared Winnie was gonna be dead in both endings, if so i would have cried.

I laughed out loud at "Oh no, fire my only weakness! And friendship! But mostly the fire!" 🤣🤣🤣

I just realize when Augustine feels like he was betrayed, he doesn't call Winnie's name but just say "He", "Him" or "His" bruh D: but not mentioning his name

Ok, an anime pair/couple/group finally did the thing we all scream at Anime for characters to do. TALK TO EACH OTHER. It is ridiculous how much that solves everyone’s problems. Also it was heartwarming and nice. I enjoyed it, thank you for playing and letting us watch, Manly!!

I really liked how this game resembles the two games Manly played recently, the Sun and Moon girlfriends and the one where he is inside a car and has to shoot a deer monster.

Winnie steals even his status as the uninjured passenger LMAO, Augie's got NOTHING, lol

This game touches home to me. Also, I feel this is a mix between the movie that Manly was referring to and a creepypasta.

Mending broken friendships... forgiveness... metaphorical dream-like spaces... and most important, stairs... It reminds me of another RPGMaker game

4:47 and 40:40 are just the same shot of Auggie smiling, but the first is his and the latter isn't. Auggie just pulled a skinwalker and stole Winnie's life, as indicated by the blue text, blue shirt and him wearing Winnie signature smile. What's wierd though is that Winnie's smile was just an imitation of young Aug in the first place. But Aug doesn't know this. He just thinks Winnie is a happier and better person. And now that he has his life its all his. Not realizing it was his to begin with.

This game resonates on a scary level with me. I really assume the worst out of people most of the time and never try to reach put because of that because I worry they will hurt me, or use me, or bully me if i do. But seeing this makes me realise that maybe they have a really different perspective to it and actually care. It's a big conclusion to come to from just a game but idk

I really expected the protags to smooch by the end. Red and Blue characters that are foils to each other always give off romance vibes.

I've been in the snow before. My fingers were cold and numb, despite me wearing 2-3 pairs of gloves. I drunk a hot cup of cocoa with extra multicolored sprinkles, extra whipped cream and a LOT of marshmallows. It was the best memory I had as a child...

I really liked this game. Seeing more and more short indie games like this is really inspiring and I’m itching to make one of my own.

just felt a little overexplained at the end, but the rest of it felt very well built. I really liked the overworld style and interactive bits.

I like the story overall, but I would like to come to Augustine's defense a bit. I, fortunately, haven't been in Augustine's situation yet, but I do feel for him a lot, coming from a person who also has to combat much anxiety due to mental illness. He, himself, is the person that knows best that these emotions are not healthy, and he doesn't want them, but they come nonetheless. Augustine always cares for Winnie, despising his feeling about the relationship, even after the fall and during the car-crashed-indulged-shared-mental-hallucination. That is what it is like for me sometimes in a relationship, combat unhealthy feelings but also care about the other person. The thought of having to talk to the other person about these feelings, either confirms these feelings are true or risks changing the relationship for better or worse. About Winnie, I agree with Manly that he should not be sorry about his success but that is not the thing that makes Augustine feel the way he feels. In this relationship, I don't really know how much he knows about Augustine's feelings to say that he didn't reach out to Augustine, but one thing I know for sure is that he did put Augustine in the position that Augustine didn't want to be an idol. When he did that, he, to some extent, stop consider Augustine to be an actual person of his own but a blueprint for what he wanted to do, unintentionally becoming a better version of Augustine. In the end, they both make the same decision by making the decision for the other person, only when things get to a boiling point do they actually want to talk it out, because they both care for each other. I'm saying this not to clear Augustine of all fault or even to villainize Winnie. I'm saying this to offer the other perspective and want people to normalize feeling this type of shit. When someone actually feels like this, other people do not vilify them for this, and let them feel that they can talk about it without hearing people say "What's wrong with you!?." Thank you for reading this, I would love to hear from our perspective as well in the comment.

38:15 ayo the pizza here one of the most dramatic and thematically appropriate "you're gonna burn alright"s i've ever seen. in all seriousness though, i really like this game! the art is beautiful and the symbolism is really neat too, from the concept of the cold front itself to smaller details like Augustine's text turning blue in the bad ending. also, Manly voicing the ManBearElk was amazing

I think I saw someone say in the bad end maybe the reason Winnie dies is because he lost all will to living after being pushed in the “coma space” by his best friend and that absolutely destroyed me

Only their second game? This is excellent work. Pitched just right, good art, and a cute monster.

This was emotional. Kinda hurts me on a personal level...

Give him the f*cking coat. This is not a drill.

I clicked because I liked the art style in the thumbnail. Instantly became WAY interested as soon as I saw the perspective angle. Love the design choice! Edit: Though, I will say, the good ending was a bit too explanatory. I prefer when stories let us connect the dots on our own. I get at least some of that needs to be explained, & the friends needed to communicate,, though if Winnie is slowly freezing to the point he couldn't feel his hands, their focus would be on survival, not theorizing. Overall, I did still like it a lot!

I'd read enough manga with yandere bois in it that I'd recognize that "childhood friends gone distant with one of em having that creepy hidden face shot" anywhere

43:45 *quietly adds Augustine to kin list*

I really wish that at 48:30ish, after they pounded fists, that Augustine woke up and found that Winnie was dead anyway. It would've hit far harder that, indeed, no matter what, there wasn't any kind of supernatural friendship trope hiding behind the coma. It was just Augustine replaying his memories with his best friend, and he had the choice to either betray that friend and take joy in his death or to realize what he was doing, forgive his friend, and then have to come to terms with losing him because he was a bad friend. It's a much more powerful message. Appreciate and communicate with the people you love in your life, because you won't get some kind of anime last-minute redemption arc in a shared memory with them if you don't. They really can be gone in a split second car accident, "dead instantly" as in the bad end.

I NEED to rant about how CUTE Winnie's design is😍

Misunderstandings are inevitable, but communication will carry you through it all~ surprising how easy it is to be friends when you're not constantly trying to find hierarchies or comparisons and want to be equal

It reminds me of my best friend- we've been friends since our highschool years and we're still best of friends over fifteen years later. I did have much admiration towards her and she did the same towards me. It's hard not to jealous at times about such achievements, but at least we're able to see their achievements as our achievements as well, and view it as another way of becoming better people and better friends, even now. I liked this story a lot- maybe I'll look into where I can get the game and send the link over to her. She'll probably enjoy it just as much as I did. Thanks for the lets play! Always a pleasure to watch, Manly! thanks for recommending another great game.

I adore the art style so much what the heck,, the sprites are so cute 😳😩 Also how the fuck are the subtle jump scares so effective like-

i had a feeling when "winnie" said all that stuff to auggie that it was something to do about paranoia. i get that sometimes actually, so the fact i connected with that kinda scaresm me the "ask augustine about the stairs" makes sense too; he wasn't asking why he was pushed down (close your eyesss you'll be here soon) but was asking why he didn't help him. that part was winnie's memory, i'm sure overall this game is really good, i really enjoyed it :]

I genuinely said 'WHAT' when you said this was a game jam game. One month it took them to make this?? Thats impressive!

When Winnie begged Agustine to admit how he really felt, and the music swelled as he began to cry, and the colors turned bright and warm, I thought he was about to admit having romantic feelings for Winnie. A little disappointed that's not what happened, but it's nice to see emotional vulnerability portrayed in male friendship.

The game is rather well made; solid characters, good writing, and the reveal is well executed. The themes of friendship and communication and dealing with internal insecurities were overt but charming in there implementation. The art was expressive and vivid, pleasant in experience. Where I think the game wains on me is when Winnie starts to explain all of the nuisances that where shown in the game. My emersion broke in that later third due to this. The game didn't need to explain itself at the end of the second route, it already did through the experience of the game. Overall I'm very impressed with it, and with this being the developers second game is commendable. Cold Front was a fun experience, but I don't think I'll play it again any time soon.

I wish that in the ending where Auggie pushes winnie theres an end credits scene showing him at Winnies funeral and Winnies mom gives him winnies diary and he reads it and realises that Winnie didn't want to steal everything from him but he actually idolizes him and thought that if he did the same things as him he would be happy, but when he fell down the stairs and Auggie didn't help him he thought he hated him and distanced himself away from him, the scene ends with Auggie dropping his Winnies diary and bursting into tears after realising what hes done

Istg if Winnie doesn’t become Augustine’s rich eccentric husband 5 years from now, I will r i o t

I feel like the conversation they had was like two bros fiercely smooched and Winnie: no homo? Auggie: no homo.

I don’t care if anybody sees this or not, but at this exact moment I’m super drunk and got completely fucked up by my cat, covered in scratches. It wasn’t her fault, i tried carrying her inside and i forgot about the dog our family was dog sitting, so she went berserk with her claws, so I don’t blame her. All i gotta say is this hurts, but thanks for the content as always manly

So if manbearpig appears during climate change, then ManbearElk appears during a shift in relationships lol

"Should I study for the exam?" "Should I take a nap?" BAD ENDING GO!

You're videos are unintentional strategy guides for the completionist.

I really liked this. All the friendships, please. I theorized that auntie was superimposing his own insecurities onto Winnie, that's why he said such bitter things in the beginning. It was kind of a role reversal from their childhood selves. Also I know the cold was supposed to be a flashback to their winter memories, but wouldn't it be interesting if it also represented them getting closer to death like rigor mortis setting in. That's why Winnie is so much colder that Augustine because he was on the driver's side. Everything was also really well foreshadowed.

*auggie broke winnie's heart so badly winnie physically died*

Didn't expect to see a ManBearPig reference in a Manly video. Also, the protag looks like a mini version of you

The first ending with the stairs is giving Omori

This was nice, particularly impressive for a game jam given their time restraints. All the art is great, the presentation is good, the story was interesting even with some self-acknowledged cliche decisions. I do feel our protagonist is forgiven a little too easily but that doesn't lessen it for me.

if ya think about it, this game is like life is strange, where theres a bunch of choices, yet only 2 endings that all depend on a single choice

Coming back here after dead plate!

NO MATTER WHAT DARKNESS RESIDES WITHIN YOU, IT WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE BURNING FLAMES OF FRIENDSHIP!!

its just the feels with reki and langa all over again GODdamnit im weak

I actually think the "bad" ending is a cool subtle horror, cause yes the protagonist is happy, but he's happy /because/ his friend died and he gets to replace him, so the horror of it is that in this "happy" ending the main character has become a bad person.

omori stairs made a comeback good for them

Honestly they would work out as a couple lmao

The protag got learned helplesness from being copied. He blames himself but that's actually a form of abuse: make someone think they can't do anything, that nothing they do matters. Stealing the scene, robbing the show, taking someone's thunder constantly, having to be the center of attention, making that person want to shut themselves in and not even try is vile. Especially being privileged and gaining success from other's ideas, executing them with resources they don't have. Like, getting on specific competitive events just to outshine your friend (rather than applying your talents anywhere else where you'd succeed and he wouldn't) isn't a good look for a friend. I'd start hiding my interests or break the friendship up, like, Jesus

I absolutely love the portrayal of Augustine’s anxiety, I don’t think this is talked about here all that much

A lot of exposition at the end - but still, it was cute, enjoyable entertainment. Your voice acting really topped this story off to it's full potential :). So glad you played this.

SNAP BACK to reality with the power of fire and friendship or murder your friend in-between your life and death mind scape. Not much actual gameplay and more like a visual novel with the occasional quick time. I really enjoy the different perspective and look forward to games that do it in rpgmaker.

So, basically, Silent Hill but the folks are stuck in The Day After Tomorrow's planet Earth instead I really dig those two characters, although I find it abit strange how Augustine never tackled his previous fake ending where he actually did push em.

11:53 I though the freckles on the green guy's face were tiny ten-ten eyes and laughed

This game is fantastic and one of the better RPG Maker Games out there. I just love the dynamic between the two main characters!

Okay but this made me cry in a good way, this game is so cathartic and Manly's voice really made the emotions real

Looks like the perfect opportunity to get closer to somebody and snuggle them 😉

OMG this game is also from racheldrawsthis.... just after im so invested with dead plate, the bromance (?) atmosphere is the first thing that i notice, though i know rachel just turn it into rivalry lol

Why is it that every anime game goes like: "Great, so we both understand exactly what's happening here, because I just summarised it in excruciating detail?" "Absolutely!" "Excellent, well let's go through it from the top one more time!"

Honestly, my sincerest thanks to this game's creator and to Manly for posting this video, I was in need of an outlet that talked about those themes to confront some stuff in my personal life. I know this comment doesn't mean much, but even so, I wanted to express my gratitude. Thanks.

This game made me cry I feel bad for Augustine 😭

This is really well written.

Even if it used cliché tropes and ideas, this is such a cute and amazing game. The art style & the characters were so easy to fall in love with ;D

This LP was a wonderful watch. 😌 One of your best Mr. Hero. 👌🏽 Danke!

I really enjoy watching your gameplay videos!!

i do enjoy being trapped in a blizzard in summer

This hit so close to home, my heart was clenching the whole time. I'm in the middle of a similar experience (although much more mild) where I feel like my best friend is outperform ing me in a lot of the stuff I like to do and my paranoia is basically making me rot. I don't want to tell her of my jealousy though because I'm afraid it will drive us apart. I feel like I'm being left behind. But I just sit back because in the end I'm happy for her. This game did make me reflect and I honestly feel like just letting go of it all at this point 🙃

This,,, really hit into a current situation I'm in and gave me a new perspective on things. I'm not sure what else to say other than I really enjoyed watching you play this game as well as the developers behind it. :)

32:48 the body suit gaining eyes caught me off guard

manbearelk??? ok, first time for new creatures I guess

That was a lovely little VN. I think what helped it to stand out, despite being cliché in some areas, was its subject matter. The intricacies of friendship, especially close friendship, isn't really something often explored in this genre. Kudos to them, and thank you, Manly, for playing this! 🙂

I wish that in the ending where Augustine pushes Winnie there would be like a secret end credits scene of Augustine at Winnies funeral while mumbling to himself how much he hated him, and Winnies mom gives him Winnies diary and then Augustine reads it and realises that basically Winnie didn't want to steal everything from him but Winnie just idolizes him and thought that if he did the same things as Auggie it would impressive him, and that day when Winnie fell down the stairs and Auggie didn't help him, he thought that Auggie hated him or something which was why he distanced himself from him, and the scene ends with Auggie dropping Winnies diary and bursting into tears after realising what he has done and he looks off into the distance to see the ghost of Winnie looking at him with blue tears as he whispers " I'm sorry I made you feel that way Auggie, I really am sorry"

I'm watching you for horror and scary, not to feel my heart beat! Also, funny enough? This story is *seemingly* eerily similar to a real life situation between two lovers named Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell...Except...it does have a bad ending. Sadly the real world cannot always be like our dreams...Loved this story though! Sad our rl relationships can't work out the same way sometimes. Heart goes out to all those who have their own "Bad Endings" . You are not alone

Man I'm really bummed by both endings tbh. I wanted them to stay together forever how dare they be realistic

Your voiceovers give such life to these games, Manly! You did such an extraordinary job on this one, I felt all the emotions!

1:10 Ah, so that indeed ended up as foreshadowing.

Living in the Midwest, tbh, I wouldn’t be too shocked if it were to suddenly start snowing in the middle of what is currently the hottest summer on record. We had snow and cold snaps clear into April this year.

I liked the end part where they literally rekindled their friendship ^7^

This game is amazing for real but now I'm just sitting here watching in awe how Manly's voice acting skills are getting better and better

Man if only conversations in the good ending could go so easily like that, I really love the good ending even though when Winne left Auggie still had other friends and had a message on his cast from Winne, it was so sweet they finally became real friends after all this time.

This connected with me very personally. Happy to see that RPGMaker games are evolving so quickly!

Something should be said about Manly's voice acting talent! I loved the way he voiced them both, made the playthrough even more atmospheric. Overall, lovely game, and Winnie is precious, but it kinda bothered me how lightly they treated the fact that Augustine let him fall and didn't even call the ambulance. Like that's not a small thing, he could have died. Still a nice little story though, thematically everything fit together very well.

Their appearances and personalities reminds me of certain boxing characters

Thanks!

*Feel The coldness Of the Void Manly Kun.*

The aesthetic and atmosphere of this game are phenomenal. The way the characters are drawn is really nice.

This was probably the first time my eyes went to tears in one of your gameplay/reviews 😢 Awesome 👍