10 Indie Games You've Never Heard Of (But Maybe You Should)

an underrated youtuber making an underrated video about underrated indie games? Sign me the fuck up

Long video? Quality coherent content? Snarky comments? Being edgy without being insufferable cringe? Well you ticked 3 of these. Subbed. Good shit.

If anyone says my thumbnail is unoriginal I WILL hunt them down and I WILL kiss them on the mouth. If you know of any unknown indie games that you wish more people knew about, let me know in this comment chain. I'd love to check them out. And if you're worried about my video format changing, I'll be hopping back and forth between this series and video essays, so long as I can keep thinking of ideas. Thanks for watching.

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17:51 "You may not be officially dead yet, but as of now you are dead to me." This line hits hard enough to kill people.

I'm convinced you are Matpat in disguise

The Red Alliance AI issue reminded me of a fun fact about Bioshock: the first shot an enemy fired toward you was designed to miss. This was to keep the AI fair and allow you time to assess the situation and find the opponent, as opposed to just getting shot without knowing what was happening.

this is the first video like this where i've actually never heard of any of the games. Well done.

The idea of hiding devlogs in my projects honestly never occured to me. That is a very clever idea.

"It's like everything is falling apart and no one cares" CORRECT! This is a truth of working at a supermarket.

"just a youtuber with a thousand subs" Huh, would have thought a lot more for sure with how professionally done this is, though it seems the algorithm has blessed your efforts. Great format, I've also been trying out the lesser known games in my backlog (mortal sin is in there) :)

The swap from Smushi being a cute game and all that flipping over to the heavy gunfire of Red Alliance gave me whiplash and made me laugh heartily.

1:59 "gets depression or something, and time-warps back to the beginning" That ain't depression, that's motivation

6:14 Bro, I so feel you on this. First time I remember it hitting me hard was one Xmas when I was a kid and we were really REALLY poor, like rationing food poor. My mom baught me a Spider-Man game for a system I didn't have but I didn't know, I thought she got me a new system! I was so excited but when I couldn't find it in the presents and asked her about it, the look on her face of, "oh no! I messed up!" KILLED me. I wanted her to succeed so bad, I started trying to lie about it but it was too late. Fortunately, she was able to fix it and all was good, but I'll never forget that crushing feeling of wanting to see her succeed at what she was trying to do. And now, anytime I see someone struggle and try but it falls apart, especially fot reasons out of their control, it eats my feels alive. Empathy is painful sometimes.

40:31 I stroke her hair, working my way up to her adorable jester cap. My nails glide along her hat, tracing the stitching to the pom-poms that lie just within my reach. I give them a jostle - a gesture that surely foreshadows what's to come. "Oh, Jompo... Or should I say Jompni?" She giggles, her left eye twitching ever so slightly. Was it simply anxiety? Stress from living in this digital nightmare? Or perhaps, and I dare to dream that it may be true, she was flustered by my dashing appearance. I take a Jompknee, not only to show my absolute devotion to her, but to emphasize the wit she carried within her. Soon, my child will lay alongside that wit. "Pomni, we may be trapped in this so-called 'Amazing Digital Circus' with nary a light to guide us, and that brings great fear to us and our associates. However, there was something I found here that genuinely was amazing." I stare deep into her eyes, maybe even beyond them - to her soul. "And what was it that you found, Jompni?" She knows the answer, but she dares me to take the next step. To take the lead. And to deliver this message, I allow what is natural to roll off my tongue. The most terrifying words I have ever said, but somehow the easiest to speak. "You, Pomni. I found you." For a moment, panic appears to creep into her expression. Her eye twitches more than before. She smiles, but it seems forced. She grabs the sides of her head in apparent anguish. Was it too soon? Had I misread her? My heart was laid bare. It was too late to pull away, so I will push forward instead. A kiss. A censor bar appears, blocking the view, but there is no need for either of us to look. We could simply feel. Our lips lock together. Her warmth reaches out to me. She blushes beneath her makeup. Her shaking stops. She melts away in my arms. Literally. I forgot this world was a cartoon. A temporary escape. An exit that we were sure wasn't simply delusion. We both felt it. Pomni begins to solidify, returning to her jester form. She gasps for air, heaving in excitement and fear. "That was no digital hallucination. I thought we were stuck in H%$#, but I just felt like I was in heaven." Pomni looks at me, calmer than she has ever looked before. For the first time, she is at ease. And the fact that it was I, Jompo, that brought this to her... I don't know if her jester outfit is removable. But now is the time to check. In walks Long Johnson. "Hey, I'm Long Johnson," says Long Johnson. Track 16 of the pilot's soundrack, *Your New Home* begins to play. "Honestly," says Long Johnson, "I'm more of a Helluva Boss kind of guy."

Jompo uploading on April Fools was on my bingo sheet, thank god.

Love the video! But the bit about womens sport just feels a little icky. anyhow, will be subbing to see more!👍

I love how when this was in production, you where relatively unknown. Then, two days later, BOOM! Over 1.5k subscribers. Honestly, for the production quality, it's very well deserved. Looking forward for more from you!

"You may not be officially dead yet but you are dead to me" absolutely killed me. Thanks, Red Alliance.

Wait holy shit. Is this video… good? I didn’t even realize this was a small channel until well jnto the video. good job!