#daedalic

[annkhr]

Recently rewatched "Edna bricht aus" or "Edna and Harvey: The Breakout" by watching a Lets Play from Gronkh, a german Youtuber/Streamer . Guess who my fave character is...

#schlüsselmeister #edna bricht aus #daedalic #fanart #edna and harvey #keymaster

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#edna and harvey #harveys new eyes #harveys neue augen #daedalic

[casualgay-mer]

Keymaster appreciation post

There's something to be said about his initial design and I will say this something. We are taking the original game as an example, but will touch on the remaster too.

The design

How the fuck did Poki do it? How can you make a character that looks like an absolute dork AND kinda intimidating at the same time? I tell you how, but before that - let's examine these two faces.

Unfortunately, Poki clearly had a trouble with the Keymaster staying on model, I call the first version "squarey" (you can see this version of his face during the first dialogue and during KM wait in the truck) and the second's "long-ey" (you can see this one everywhere else) but I will say that I generally prefer the second version - the long face one.

Why? The look is a bit more human and not "I don't have no fucking eyelids", the eyebrows are so much prominent, which adds to the look, and the bang is a bit longer.

So what's so cool and actually funny about his design?

He combines two archetypes: a general creep (sick (not in a cool way) eye and skin colors (dude may wanna check his liver tho), an indication of sunken eyes, the stache) and a coolass emoboy (this fucking haircut, smug talk, drama). Like these two guys fused together:

Like dude what the fuck

Also his skin color is fucking sickening you know why? Ever tried to rub your skin along - say - shoulder? Ever got these partricles of dead skin? Have you ever saw what color does it get, when you accumulate it enough in your hand?

That's right! They are morbidly greay-ishly green. Exact hue of his skin. THE DUDE HAS SO MUCH DEAD SKIN - ppls kinda shed - ON HIS BOD IT MIGHT AS WELL BE 20% of his body weight.

The voice/s

Original VA for Keymaster goes for a top notch mix of freako and smug. He sounds both flirtatious and a biiit unstable, like a person who tries their best to hit you up but clearly haven't slept for like 3 days - the tone and mannerisms are all over the place, the voice itself is the perfect balance of semi-deep and whispery. I love this performance - it confuses you into whether or not can you trust the guy . An original performance and the one to be respected.

(sorry for the little snippet of another voice at the end - this let's player doesn't know how to shut up and I am too lazy to record it again from a different source)

Russian VA for Keymaster - who based his performance off the original one - DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THAT HARD?? Dat voice is deep as FUCK, thicc even, you can't call the voice "thicc" but this one just IS. The whispery part is gone absolutely, KM sounds kinda normal even, but holy shit did the VA turned it up to 100. This one is a favourite of mine, absolutely. I don't even give a shit about what he says, this is some ASMR shit. Absolute 0 wonder why he tricked most of russian let's players into actually trusting him. The only criticism I may ha

English VA went to the opposite direction of the spectrum, he went all fancy kind of dracula over the top performance, kinda like, WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY and while he does sound unhinged, there is no doubt he's a sicko actually. That, or just a theater kid. But no shame on this actor tho, just bc I don't really like this particular performance, doesn't mean it's TERRIBLE ok?

Basicly I made a chart:

Go with your preference of choice, my dudes.

The personality and motives

Holy fucking shit so hear me out.

I don't like him around the fact that he's a flity pretty possible serial killer.

I like him for the fact of being RESENTFUL about it, possibly hating it about himself.

When he killed the pastor it clearly was made on impulse, and he hated it so much that he locked himself - and therefore Edna - up. Despite the smarts he's clearly impulsive in nature - like getting off to drive a Dr's car ABSOLUTELY NOT KNOWING HOW TO and ONLY THINKING AFTER THE FACT, there is like nothing going on in this head.

I am not excusing the guy's actions, but there is a big chance he just went a full on Sam Gordon just with no curse involved.

...

HOLY SHIT IS KEY MASTER A BLACK MIRROR REFERENCE

THE FIVE KEYS SAM HAS TO FIND, THE SURROUNDINGS, THE "OOPS FUCK I DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL PPL I HAVE ISSUES I HATE MYSELF *commits a sewer side*" AND THE LOOKS?

Okay I am just overthinking it at this point. BUUUT THIS GAME WAS MADE IN GOOD OLD 2003 AND PRETTY BELOVED IN GERMANY AND WE HAVE WALKING REFERENCES LIKE PROFESSOR NOK SOOOOOOOO

...

So anyways.

The conculsion

Key Master is great not because he's your stereotypical mass murderer POS. There is a lot of unpack and a lot of empathy to be felt if you try to think on how come he ended up the way he did.

He actively hates himself and doesn't enjoy the way he is which is - unfortunately - preeeetty much deserved.

I will write more abt the dude later - especially on my fav theory that says he's not real

#edna and harvey the breakout #edna bricht aus #edna and harvey #key master #keymaster #schlüsselmeister #edna and harvey keymaster #edna konrad #daedalic #keymaster post #cgm original #longpost #stach

[random-meme-bot]

#Deponia #Goodbye Deponia #Deponia 3 #Rufus #Rufus Deponia #deponia rufus #daedalic entertainment #Daedalic #Sleep #I can't believe it took me this long to realize the comedy potential of being able to program Tumblr post in the middle of the night

[sandygarnelle]

I lost it at Harvey and text is baaad NEVERTHELESS THERE YOU GO @a-n-n-i-m-i-a

#edna and harvey #edna & harvey: the breakout #keymaster #i can't believe we're both goth and trans #meme #daedalic entertainment #daedalic #point and click #эдна и харви

[nan0chka]

Какая-то штука по Эдне и Харви,которую мне лень заканчивать

#art #artists on tumblr #digital aritst #digital art #illustration #fanart #edna and harvey #keymaster #games #edna bricht aus #edna konrad #schlüsselmeister #daedalic

[super-antelope]

So the Gollum Game

Way to many of my thoughts on Gollum, Daedalic Entertainment and the click-and-point genre.

Recently a new game about Gollum, made by Daedalic Entertainment, came out. It has gotten very bad reviews and a negative response, so much that Daedalic came out with an apology. Now, I haven’t played it myself, but I’ve seen enough clips and screenshots to come to the conclusion that it is exactly as terrible as people say it is.

When this game was first announced back in 2019 I was actually very excited, because I really like some off Daedalics other games. In fact, my favourite game of all time, The night of the rabbit, is made by them.

This was also about a year after the company released the final game in their click-and-point adaptation of The pillars of the earth, which originally is a book by Ken Follett.

It’s a beautiful looking game with a good story and I enjoyed it very much. I thought that if they tackled Tolkiens world in a similar manner, it could make for a really cool and unique game. However, as soon as I found out that Gollum wasn’t gonna be a click-and-point I lost all hope.

Cause here’s the thing, Daedalic games tend to be very much not great when they do games that are other genres. They started out as a company that only made click-and -point, and it’s definitely their strongest suite. I’m not saying that all of their other games are terrible. I haven’t played any of them, and can therefore not make that judgement. I can however look up what people who have played them think, and if you look at the steam reviews on some of their games, there’s a clear pattern.

Here are some of their click-and-point games:

And here are some of the others:

They haven’t released any new click-and-point (as both devs and producers) since Pillars of the earth, and it also seems to be the last game since, that was actually really good. They were gonna release a click-and-point called The Devil’s men, but unfortunately it got cancelled in 2018, which is a shame since it looks sooo cool!

It’s a little unclear why it got cancelled. I’ve seen some people say that it was because Daedalic didn’t think people was interested in that genre anymore, or that they thought it wasn’t gonna make them enough money, but I haven’t been able to find any direct quotes or sources to these statements. So take that with a grain of salt

So where am I going with this??

Well, my point isn’t that I think Daedalic should stick to just click-and-point and nothing else. I totally get that making games that are always in the same vein and/or genre can be boring and uninspiring. I don’t wanna blame anyone for wanting to try something new or different. You should be able to make games and projects that you find fun and enjoyable to make, that you actually want to make, even if other people want you to make other games that you might not find inspiring. However, I just can’t help but feel like this isn’t the issue here.

Despite my love for them, most of their click-and-points has several flaws, some more than others. They are in no way, shape or form perfect, far from it. However, these games are still great and obviously loved by many, and I think the reason for that is that there’s so much heart in them. You can feel that they hade a blast making them while you play them, and that, combined with beautiful artwork and incredible soundtracks, is exactly why they work, despite the many flaws. The best example here is Deponia, one of their most appreciated game franchises.

It has the absolute worst main character I ever played as, some of the puzzles makes absolutely no sense, whatsoever, the “dark humour” often leaves a bad taste in your mouth, cause instead of being actually good jokes, it feels like it crosses the line just to cross the line. Do I still love the games to death, and have replayed them multiple times? Absolutely yes

And once again, take this with a grain of salt since I actually haven’t played any of them and I’m basing this of reviews, but that heart seems to be missing in their other genre games. They don’t feel as genuine and as cared for, they lack passion and creativity. And the same goes for Gollum more than anything else.

It just makes me so sad that it seems like Daedalic have given up on a genre that they did so well. Not because they don’t want to make more click-and-points, but because they think that there’s no longer an audience for that genre, and therefore there’s no gain in making anymore. This might of course not be the case at all, but that’s how it feels to me. And it sucks, because while the audience for click-and-point might be smaller than some other genres, their point-and-click games are generally more appreciated, and better received, as I pointed out earlier.

I truly think that Gollum could have been great, if they would have been brave enoughto make it click-and-point. It would have been a risk sure, but I think that even a mediocre click-and-point about Gollum would have been better than what we got. And look, I understand that its unrealistic to wish that all games should always be passion projects. At the end of the day, capitalism is a bitch that has power over all of us, whether we like it or not. Making a game a certain way because you’ll think it’ll be more financially successful, is very fair and valid. But still.

Anyway this ended up being waaaay longer than I intended lol (no one will probably read this, but if you did, hey!! Thanks, my pal!!🤘) I hope that the flop that is Gollum doesn’t hurt the company to much, and I hope that they will continue to create games, whatever genre they may be. And if they’ll make a new click-and-point, then you can be damn sure that I’ll play it!!

#gollum #lord of the rings: gollum #daedalic #daedalic entertainment #games #indie games #click and point games #adventure games #deponia #pillars of the earth #the night of the rabbit #apparently I actually post my thoughts now #so I don’t have anything else to ramble on about here in the tags #for once

[gadthekulshushain]

Stiesel

#edna and harvey #edna bricht aus #daedalic entertainment #daedalic #harveys new eyes #babbitt #Stiesel

[wolfleblack]

Oh no, Daedalic is working on another Lord of the Rings game

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has been a disaster thus far, becoming the worst-reviewed game of the year on both Opencritic and Metacritic. I have it sitting in my Steam library and intend on reviewing it myself, but after browsing through the various opinions of other people, I may choose to keep my sanity intact, thank you so very much. The release has gone so badly that Daedalic had to…

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#daedalic #The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

[thatguypharaotix]

One of my bigger projects and one of the plushies I kept

#harveys neue augen #harvey #amigurumi #crafts #crochet #crocheting #handcrafted #handmadewithlove #wool #bunny #daedalic entertainment #daedalic #edna bricht aus #plushies

[ednakonrad]

Human Harvey 🛹

#edna and harvey the breakout #edna and harvey #art #edna bricht aus #harvey's new eyes #harveys new eyes #harveys neue augen #daedalic entertainment #daedalic #artist #fanart

[annkhr]

I can't get enough of this game! ("Edna bricht aus"/"Edna and Harvey: The Breakout" by daedalic) If you haven't played it it's a big recommendation from myself. It's a point and click game with a really awesome take on, well, everything :D The humour is good, the puzzles are good, the characters are good... well everything.

#edna and harvey #edna bricht aus #harvey #edna #bienenmann #droggelbecher #schlüsselmeister #daedalic #video games #fanart

[new-folder-1]

[ we swore that we would always be there for each other... ]

▶ mg1 — machine girl [0:46]

#harveys new eyes #harvey's new eyes #harveys neue augen #edna bricht aus #edna & harvey #daedalic #edna konrad #mg1 #machine girl #video #edit

[eolewyn1010]

I need to know: what would be your reason for not dating Goal (Deponia)?

are we talking Spunky Goal here because of course I'd date her what are you even on about

I have reservations about that time she wanted to commit a genocide because working on the repair of a damaged environment is haaaard, you guys. Overall, that woman is just kind of fickle, and I doubt she'd appreciate my bluntness in calling her out on her bs.

#ask thingie #Deponia #Daedalic #thanks!

[6r1n]

Marquis the Hoto from the game the Night of the Rabbit

Fanart from the Night of the Rabbit podcast (The Pagecast) on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/5QF7RYd84424pEIPdd6Z02?si=HBBxxLtZRoyyTfycRQFzFg

#night of the rabbit #daedalic entertainment #marquis de hoto #daedalic #traditional art #podcast #pagecast

[alonewithdestiny-blog]

#daedalic #entertainment #developer