Skip to playerSkip to main contentSkip to footer
  • 5/5/2025
“BEFORE YOU IS THE PLAYTHING PROTOTYPE.
HE IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER COMPANION.”

https://rainslices.itch.io/the-prototype

Epilepsy Warning: Rapid flashing visuals, glitching text, loud audio, disturbing themes (incl. kidnapping). Viewer discretion advised.

~15-minute kinetic visual novel

999 words, one linear ending

Analog horror vibes + glitchcore aesthetic

Made for O2A2 VN Jam 2023

One director, one dev, one voice, one vision.

🎤 Featuring "Happy Birthday (1964)" by Bernadette Carroll.

📁 Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Analog Horror, Visual Novel, Psychological Horror, Kinetic Novel, Glitchcore, VHS Aesthetic, Short Game, Creepy, Horror VN, Experimental, Unsettling, Free Indie Game, Low-res, O2A2, Disturbing

#AnalogHorror #VisualNovel #HorrorGame #KineticVN #Glitchcore #CreepyGames #ShortHorror #IndieHorror #VNAesthetic #PsychologicalHorror #O2A2Jam #ThePrototypeGame
Transcript
00:00RAAAGH
00:02Alright
00:04You ready to play some fucking video games Joshua?
00:07Yep
00:08You ready Josh?
00:09Joshy Poo?
00:10I'm ready to get a girlfriend bro
00:12And get money from this channel
00:13Okay
00:14Joshua senpai
00:15Fucking big plans for 2025
00:16AHHHHH
00:18Subscribe
00:19What's going on bitches?
00:21Bitches
00:22Today we're playing the prototype
00:23The prototype
00:24Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:26Doing the fucking ad-libs for the intro
00:28Prototype, prototype
00:29Uh
00:30Yeah, it's a game on it
00:31You might get
00:32Okay, keep going
00:34Uh, this is
00:35This is an H.I.O. game
00:36Uh, link down in the description below if you want to go ahead and check it out yourself
00:39Um
00:40Indie title
00:41I think this was made for some kind of game jam or something
00:43It says that there's
00:44Under a thousand words using the entire game
00:46And this is about 15 of them right here
00:48Fucking English 2 game jam the fuck
00:50Four credit hours
00:54Property of Pandemonium Technologies, Inc.
00:56Wait, how many words is this on screen?
00:58Five
00:59I said 15
01:00Okay
01:01This videotape is intended for use by personnel of Pandemonium Technologies, Inc. only
01:06Play
01:07Eh
01:08Oh, nothing's great
01:09Preliminary model assessment
01:11Well, is this another Qualia?
01:13Similar
01:14You'll conduct a series of standard prompts to assess the latest prototype developed by Pandemonium Technologies
01:18I'll use the AE
01:19Choose normal if prototype is responding correctly, choose not normal if otherwise
01:23Before you is the Plaything
01:25Heeeewww
01:26It's the Angel Engine
01:27Yeah, Angel Engine
01:28I
01:29Am
01:30You
01:31His features include
01:32No, bro, that's Evangelion
01:34That's Evangelion
01:35That's Angel
01:36Oh, he's voice
01:37Oh, shit, I need to turn my volume up
01:38My volume was bad, though
01:40Me too
01:41The Plaything is capable of functioning as your family
01:43Me, what do I call my girlfriend?
01:44The Plaything
01:45Your friend
01:46Your entertainment
01:47Yeah, we fuck you
01:48I was about to say something like Zesty, bro
01:49I had to walk in
01:50Whoa, it just said I'm not ready
01:52At Pandemonium
01:53We take pride in the quality of our electronic puppets
01:57Ensuring that customer experience isn't
01:59Ooh
02:01Alright, cut off
02:03Section one
02:04Section one
02:06Arm
02:07Arm
02:08Area
02:09That's my Angel Engine voice
02:11Playing Stimuline
02:12Three, two
02:14One
02:15I'm
02:16Wait, what's this game called?
02:17I'm prototyping it
02:18I'm prototyping it
02:19I'm prototyping
02:22Ch-ch-ch
02:27Daisy
02:29Oh
02:30The prototype is responding correctly
02:32His arm
02:33To your right
02:34Should remain raised
02:37Nope
02:41Not normal
02:43I don't know
02:46Well, I'm assuming it's normal
02:49Cause that's how it was beforehand, right?
02:51Yeah, but shouldn't he like raise it in the air or some shit?
02:53No, it says remain raised
02:54Which was
02:55Which means that it was raised before
02:57I wasn't fucking paying attention
02:59I wasn't reading
03:01I'm only on the English one game jam
03:03Three credit hours
03:05I could never take four credit hours
03:08I'm on academic probation
03:09Okay
03:10When I'm fucking AI shoddy and she starts beeping and whirring
03:21Stimming
03:23The left arm should remain raised
03:27Seems normal to me
03:29Can I like push this button?
03:31Seems normal
03:32Wait, I look he might be stupid
03:33When it said right arm
03:35I looked on the right side of the screen
03:36Not his right
03:38No, it says your right
03:40Oh
03:42I think
03:45Yeah, you like that you bitch
03:47Dude dude dude
03:49Dude dude dude
03:51Fuck your processing is so hot
03:53Bro
03:55The previous video will get age-restricted for other reasons
03:58Actually no, you might upload these in a different order
03:59This head should be tilting to the right
04:01To my right
04:02Dude, I'm supposed to be walking outside
04:04Nah, I'm joking
04:05It was probably Pete's guy
04:07We're gonna get fucking ganked
04:09Don't worry bro
04:11I edged before this
04:14Bro, give me the slow look
04:16You what?
04:17You what?
04:18You what?
04:22Yeah, I bet you like that you sick fuck
04:25AI bitches
04:28AI bitches when I
04:30It's head should be tilting to your left
04:31AI bitches when I show them my 60-90
04:35Are you trying to 60-90?
04:37No, bro
04:39The pickup line is
04:41Girl, you trying to end video
04:42Cause I'm trying to 60-90
04:47Uh, something about his eyes
04:49I wasn't fucking paying attention
04:50Just click normal, bro
04:52We like professors at the end of the semester, bro
04:54We like this guy
04:55We'll just pass him
04:57He was cool
04:58Like Mr. Ball, he was cool
04:59We'll just pass him, fuck it
05:00Yeah
05:01It's their last year in the college
05:02Yeah, we'll just force pass him
05:05He should be looking to your right
05:08Oh, yeah
05:09He's looking to my right, alright
05:10Shit, bro
05:11What's over there?
05:13Me
05:14It's me in front of him
05:15And then you to the right
05:16Penis out
05:17Jorking it
05:20Dude, helicoptering
05:22Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap
05:23No, bruh
05:24Like a clocker
05:25It's called cardio aerobic exercise
05:27What?
05:29You never heard of it?
05:30No
05:32Flicking your dick is cardio aerobic exercise?
05:34No, no, no
05:35No, the exercise is called cardio aerobic exercise
05:39Look into the left
05:40And now I'm on the left side of him
05:41Doing it
05:43Rose Kegel maxing
05:44Yeah
05:47Okay
05:48Everything seems normal
05:49I don't get what the issue is
05:51Fuck it
05:52Slap a Chuck E. Cheese costume on him
05:55Yeah
05:56He could be Grimace
05:57Oh, bro
05:58He could be Freddie
05:59Freddie
06:00Freddie
06:01Freddie
06:02Vanessa
06:03You know how they got like golden Freddie
06:04What if they got like bronze and silver Freddie
06:06He should be looking
06:08Yeah, he's looking
06:09What if they got bronze and silver Freddie for like second place and third place?
06:17Singing voice
06:18What does he sound like?
06:21He's gonna sing a
06:22Prototype singing voice
06:23He's gonna sing
06:24Through a pre-recorded prompt
06:25He's gonna sing Triple Baka by Hatsune Miku Saniteto and Nero
06:28Prototype does not respond correctly
06:29Please ensure speakers are placed properly
06:32Oh shit
06:33When I wake up
06:34I recognize you're looking at me for the pay cut
06:38Here we go
06:41Please sing Daisy Bell
06:43Oh
06:45Ding ding ding
06:46Well hey there
06:47Sure
06:48Ahem
06:50Ding ding ding
06:51Daisy
06:53Daisy
06:55Give me your answer
06:57Bro let him sing bro
06:59This is his test not ours bro
07:02All for the love of you
07:05Yeah he's getting that shit
07:06It won't be a stylish marriage
07:09He's getting it bro
07:10You can't afford a carriage
07:12Are you skipping?
07:13But you'll look sweet
07:15Upon the seat
07:16All the boys will be beautiful
07:19Yeah seems fine
07:20Sounds like a
07:21Like in Travis Scott songs on rodeo
07:23He'll do that
07:24Where he sings normal
07:25And then it's like down pitch for a following line
07:27Yeah seems normal
07:29Alright here's the next one
07:34Please sing happy birthday
07:35Happy birthday
07:39Well hey there
07:40Sure
07:45Ha ha ha ha ha
07:48Yo that's like a fucking
07:49And now for the moment you've all been waiting for
07:56Introducing
07:58Prototype
07:59Well hey there kids
08:00It's me
08:01Gozo
08:02Your favorite clown
08:04No I'm the favorite clown
08:05Who wants to see a magic trick?
08:07Sure I play magic too
08:09I see some hands
08:10One
08:11Two
08:12Three
08:13Four
08:14Why
08:15So many friends came to celebrate today
08:18I think I'm gonna piss myself
08:19There's only two of us on the couch
08:20I have a little present for you birthday girl
08:22Three of us
08:24I'm not a girl
08:25Happy birthday
08:31Yeah seems normal to me
08:33Happy birthday to you
08:36Section three
08:37Response to conversation
08:42This prototype will respond to a series of standard questions using pre-recorded response
08:46You know in like Kenya where they hire like random ass people to be like AI
08:50Uh
08:52Testers
08:53And they pay him like a Lunchable
08:55That's what this is
08:56Whoa Lunchables are expensive
08:57Well hey there hey there
08:58That inflation nearly kicked our ass
09:01That was normal
09:02I don't know what he was doing
09:04How are you?
09:06I'm doing just well
09:08Thank you
09:10That's a good response
09:12No he's meant to be saying some shit like
09:14I'm the greatest
09:16Hi Kanye
09:17I'm a genius
09:18Puppet
09:19But I'm a smart one
09:22Why did it just get so loud?
09:25Maybe you clicked the fucking volume slider on the headset when you sat back
09:30I was created to sing, make jokes, and so much more
09:35I am a talking companion intended for all ages
09:38I can be your family, your friend, your
09:41Your
09:46Your boyfriend
09:49Or he could be your daddy
09:53Why did the cupcake go to the doctor's office?
09:55I don't know why
10:00I don't know why
10:01Because it was feeling crummy
10:03Ha ha ha
10:04Ha ha ha
10:06I'd probably struggle this guy to death if he told me that joke
10:08No, no
10:09That's his purpose
10:11To what?
10:12Just like the purpose in Rick and Morty was for the robot to cut butter
10:15His purpose is to tell jokes and be
10:16I have a good one
10:17Alright here we go
10:18What type
10:20Of
10:21Tape
10:23Do
10:24Do kidnappers use?
10:26Ha ha ha ha
10:27Wait what did he say
10:28What type of tape do kidnappers use?
10:30I don't think that's normal
10:32Seems normal to me
10:36Why didn't you come home dad?
10:39For his daddy
10:40I fucking knew it
10:41I fucking knew it
10:42I fucking knew it
10:43I called that shit
10:44I knew he was daddy
10:45I knew he was daddy
10:48Dude
10:50Not cool dude
10:52Is that a birthday party across the street?
10:55Holy shit he knows
10:56Now imagine
10:58That is the saddest fucking party I ever saw
11:01Damn
11:03What?
11:05Fucking crazy doctor
11:07Chris look
11:08You be the left I'll be the right
11:09They got a clown and everything
11:11You think that guy has a family?
11:13Wait a family guy?
11:14Wait a minute
11:16Nah what a fucking bum
11:18He's got a dying clown wife or something
11:20You dick
11:23Ha ha
11:27He's really going extra with the balloon animals huh?
11:30It's all balloon dogs dude
11:33Oh shit
11:34Oh shit
11:35Huh
11:38Uh oh
11:42Hey
11:43So uh
11:44Earlier I picked up Cole from his school like you asked
11:52The kid was getting hungry so we went to Hardee's for dinner
11:55Hardee's?
11:56The name drop?
11:57Hardee's? Bro nobody fucking goes to Hardee's
11:58He fucking goes to Hardee's
11:59Time to break one cake from that birthday gig
12:00I got you covered
12:02Just
12:05No one goes to Hardee's?
12:07Yeah no one goes to Hardee's bro
12:08Ruin immersion
12:13Where are you?
12:14Hardee's isn't real it can't hurt you
12:16That seems normal to me
12:17Cole found your pager at your nightstand
12:21He brings it with him to school
12:23Refuses to give it to him
12:24Yeah Cole brings his pager to school and calls his friends the F slur
12:28Ah!
12:32I've been hearing about missing cases happening recently
12:36Bro
12:40Your son is worried
12:42So is this guy's like wife missing?
12:44Sure
12:45I'm worried
12:48Sure
12:49What the fuck does that mean Josh?
12:51I'm not gonna lie I wasn't paying attention I just said it to go alone
12:54Get the fuck off your phone
12:55What did he say? Nuh uh
12:56What are you what are you doing on your phone?
12:57I sincerely hope you only fucked off to a local hot birthday
12:59Uh
13:00I'm actually on the Widow app
13:03Jesus Nick
13:07Are they gay?
13:09Call me back ASAP
13:11Do you want them to be gay?
13:12Maybe a Widow
13:13Right
13:14Maybe a Widow
13:15Who's you?
13:16Nick
13:17Nick Miller
13:18That's me
13:20Welcome Nick
13:21Go ahead
13:22And tell me about yourself
13:24Rick and Nick
13:25They got voice acting in the game
13:27I
13:28Grew up in a small town all my life
13:30Until I moved to a different state two years ago with my son
13:33It's
13:35The monkey
13:36What?
13:37It's been a challenge trying to provide for us both
13:40I've been doing odd jobs until I saw your job listing
13:45Hmm
13:47I'm
13:48Uh
13:49Looking for my next professional challenge
13:51Odd jobs?
13:52Yes?
13:53What kind?
13:54My current job is entertaining children at birthday parties
14:08Could you demonstrate?
14:09Uh
14:19Hm
14:20Well hey there kids
14:21It's me
14:22Gozo
14:23Your favorite clown
14:26Who wants to see a magic trick?
14:27Wait Nick is Gozo
14:29Wonderful
14:31Wonderful
14:33Thanks
14:34You do not get the job
14:35Go home
14:36You're hired
14:37Oh
14:38Oh shit
14:41What?
14:43You're hired
14:44We could use someone with remarkable talent like you here at Pandemonium Technologies
14:49Uh
14:51That's
14:52That's great
14:56So do they like stuff him into a suit?
14:58When do I start?
14:59What?
15:00Oh fuck
15:01Do they kill him and turn him in the robot?
15:03Please let me go
15:05I will kill him
15:06I will kill him
15:07I will kill him
15:08I will kill
15:09I swear
15:10Divine internet
15:11We don't want to damage it
15:12It hurts
15:13Fuck
15:14It hurts
15:16What the fuck are you doing to me?
15:20Oh shit
15:21He's fucked bro
15:32Eh seems normal to me
15:37His transformation is finally complete
15:42Now
15:43To test him out
15:47Hello
15:49Well hey there
15:52How are you?
15:54I'm doing just swell
15:56Thank you
15:59What are you?
16:02I'm an entertainment companion
16:08Excellent
16:09Do you remember who you are?
16:17I feel a little bad
16:18I feel a little bad
16:35That's pretty good
16:37I'm in heaven
16:38I'm in heaven
16:39I'm in heaven
16:40I'm in heaven
16:41I'm in heaven
16:42I'm in heaven
16:43I'm in heaven
16:44What a girl
16:45Who's penny seeking
16:46Me
16:47Beast зель
16:48They all gather in my song
16:49But I know
16:51That the party's for me
16:52They know how
16:53That you're not quite a girl
16:54I'm in heaven
16:55I Juliet
16:56I'm in heaven
16:57I'm in heaven
16:58I'm in heaven
16:59I feel a bit
17:00I'm in heaven
17:01I'm in heaven
17:02I'm in heaven
17:03I feel shite
17:04And that you're not quite a girl
17:06Yeah, you see like at the end the mask opened. Yeah, that's pretty cool
17:14Damn bruh, so they like kidnapped him and his fucking kid is like left
17:18I'd love to see like an actual like long-form game about this
17:22It kind of reminds me of net escape
17:27Where they're like kidnapping people and turning them into robots
17:30I don't know if Aqualia was like that. Aqualia was like that? Kinda. No, Aqualia's premise was like torture. No, it was You Are the Redman
17:46Yeah, like torture
17:48Oh
17:55Imagine doing the entire game and then it turns out that you used you thought you only used 999 attraction discounted
18:02So you have to like cut a word somewhere
18:06Only English 3 is allowed to use a thousand words or more. I'm still in English 2
18:11I'm still in English 2
18:15Um, damn this thing's pretty impactful
18:18It's pretty good
18:20Yeah, kind of funny
18:23Really uh interesting
18:26Josh's insightful commentary
18:29This game is impactful
18:31Honestly though, like
18:34Uh
18:35Even our guide is over here, it gets turned into a little boss
18:41You probably deserved it
18:42Me when I cast the spell that turns target creature into a robot on the 1-1 human soldier token
18:50Proper dependent on technology
18:51And it just restarts
18:53Oh yeah, it just restarts
18:55That was something else
18:57That was kind of fucking crazy
18:59Yeah, that was kind of
19:01Alright, well if you enjoyed that game
19:02I can never think of that
19:04It'll be down in the description below if you want to go ahead and give a like rating to the
19:07person who created the game
19:08I thought it was pretty interesting
19:09Uh, we're gonna go ahead and end it there
19:11Josh, what'd you think about that game?
19:13I may never wish this upon my worst enemy
19:16You would never wish that upon your worst enemy?
19:17Yeah, have them turned into a little
19:19Actually, wait
19:20You remember Fuse 240?
19:21Similar concept
19:22It's kind of like that, yeah
19:24Man-made horrors beyond our comprehension
19:26I don't even know at this point
19:28Fuck it
19:29I would, I'd wish that on my worst enemies
19:31I wouldn't
19:32I have no enemies
19:33Alright, goodbye everyone

Recommended