A Horror Game Where A Wolf & Sheep Are HUNGRY For Love? - Sweet NO Death ALL ENDINGS 

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I never thought that I'd be watching an anthropomorphic lamb and a magical star witch have a philosophical conversation about love and morality at 3 am, but here I am. No regrets.

Well this was an experience. Was not expecting to see a witch playing god enter a toxic relationship with a sheep today, and yet here we are.

My favorite part is when Lambchop comments about the Decor. "They remind me of you. "very pretty"". That's not the actual thing, Stella made "FAKE" Blood and Guts", Lambchop is commenting how very "FAKE" Stella is. Love it.

I love the “fuck it I’m just going to whips his memory and make him afraid of blood” ending, mostly because it’s funny

Lambchop would have a point if it weren't glaringly obvious that he doesn't want to be an actual person but wants to be a person to Stella specifically; he's utterly obsessed with her to the point that he's willing to kill everyone to get her attention; his existence and choices still revolves around Stella. If Lambchop believed the words he was saying, he'd realize that he doesn't need Stella to acknowledge him as a person and wouldn't mindlessly kill and torture everyone, creating scenarios where Stella can continue expressing her god complex and strengthening her grip on the town. However, instead, he would try to liberate the other animals and make them too realize that they are their own individual and that they can say, do, feel, and think things that don't involve Stella. The way he's going about it makes him look like a Yandere.

I love it whenever Manly plays games like these, because him reading the dialogue of these games make him sound like a dad reading you a bedtime story.

I like how Stella just sidesteps the "control" issue. The way I see it Lampchop would only be happy is if Stella stopped trying to be a hero, or more importantly give up the control of the hero. So the villagers would diverge and have unique personalities and be "people". Lambchop gets to, for years, only listen to the villagers talk about how great Stella is. Thus comes the dark thoughts. Alas, tis a stalemate in the end. That's just my take anyway. Control vs Freedom.

Petition for this game to be voiced and for Manly to be Lampchop. His voice and style of reading/speaking just fits the deathseeker/serial killer character

I just realized that the other dilemma besides the topic of control is that there are no consequences. Stella fixes the symptoms without addressing the problem - in that sense why would Lambchop feel guilty for killing if they'll just be revived?

I think it's interesting how straigth Lambchop is portrayed, he becomes that way both as a result of the way Stella manages things but he also seems to have some natural malice. Stella on the other hand pushes her ideas on everyone but I do think there is a certain degree of innocence in it, she doesn't percieve it as wrong and while she isn't as bad as Lambchop, its no good to want everything to go your way. Its a good way to show that too much control or too much chaos are equally destructive in their own way. Maybe if balance was achieced, everyone could end up happy.

Dev here!! Oh my gosh thank you so much for playing another one of my games!! I woke up to so many of my friends telling me you had played and I knew I had to get to watching it as soon as I could! I really love listening to your commentary, hearing your thoughts about the game, and I adore the way you voice the characters and breathe so much life into them! (Also, all the potion seller comments, they always give me such a spark of joy haha! Classic video!) I don't know what to say without repeating myself or sounding too corny, but thank you SO much again for playing! It really does mean the world to devs like me and it's always so so exciting and so so appreciated! Thank you!♥

We need more games with the "friendly predator gets attacked by evil prey" its just a good swap

Though I do have to wonder, is Stella truly unaware of her accidental God complex? Because she is a celestial being and from what I can tell she seems genuinely innocent about it for the most part. She seems to thrive off of others being her friends and happy. None of her actions or in the behavior of the others scream "worship me as your god" or "You are our god Stella" to me. I could somehow be misreading it at like 5 am but she just really seemed and felt genuinely oblivious about why Lambchop was proclaiming she loves herself being a god/more holy then thou and wanting essentially 24/7 attention on her. Love the game and the lore overall. Also wondering if Ruuuuby actually was romantically interested in Lambchop or if he was morbidly right in her conflicting feelings of 'I love him but I wanna eat him' as a wolf. I mean Stella never shamed her for liking the taste of meat so it's hard to say if the vegan like diet implications was only because the limited 2 endings and info we got or truly on purpose 🤔

Honestly the thing that makes this game terrifying is realizing the lack of control lambchop has. No one in the village is supposed to have true free will, it’s just a playground for Stella to live out her ideal world. Lambchop is lashing out violently because he doesn’t know how else to break the cycle, he’s throwing madness at the wall hoping it sticks. It also ties into something Mark Fischbach said, that life needs contrast otherwise happiness looses its meaning. Life doesn’t really have a meaning for the villagers, they’re just going through canned responses and ‘preprogrammed’ actions. It who knows, someone else might try to break the cycle. If it’s not lambchop, then another villager might act. It’s inherently a cycle that’s going to continue, and the only way to break it is for the lashing out villager to convince Stella to slowly yield ground over time, and considering the scale this game is suggesting? That might take eons The best metaphor for that this game is? Imagine if a space ship crash landed on earth, and the alien that came out was nearly omnipotent, and decided to make our world ‘better’. We would be mutated into something more resembling the alien species, our world would morph to resemble the ideal landscape for this alien, and all we would know is emptiness as we went about our day doing things that appease this alien’s fantasies. No one can die, there are no breaks, we’re at it until the sun explodes. That would be pretty effed up. All in all, bravo to developer for making such a compelling narrative in such a bite sized format!

Imagine if Stella just says "You want people to know the truth then fine!" Uses magic to make everyone remember what happened. Stella "Adios." Lambchop is now stuck with an angry mob and a wolf girl after his throat.

kinda wished there was another ending that results from the villagers finally gaining their memories of being killed over and over again, so they shame stella and lampchop to leave. the extreme ends of control and chaos. that would have been the true ending

This game feels really like... that meme of the lady with two kids on a leash in an airport? But horror, and Stella is just trying to wrangle a murder sheep. I love it, and Manly's voices just elevated it lol Lambchop's crazy voice and Stella's "I am SO done with all this shit" voice were the best.

Question for everyone out there - we've been seeing this continuing trend of colorful/pink/bright settings then devolving into a horror or gruesome or tragic twist (with the world and its characters transforming with it into a darker setting) , all of which I love, but is there any game like this one (RPGMaker, other engines, etc.) where the reverse happens? A game that starts out in a dark, tragic, or gruesome setting or narrative but slowly transforms into some type of colorful, bright, and positive twist/world towards the latter half?

I'm gonna be honest idk if Ruuuuuuuby was brainwashed, but regardless the scene of Lambchop forcing her to consume meat made... stomaching any of his later points less justifiable. Esp when he said he considered kissing her. Like, I get why someone would be annoyed at someone like Stella fixing everything, but thats not an excuse for behavior like this. This goes beyond murder and shit the logic he displayed reminded me so much of abusers. Stella, for all her faults, genuinely just wanted people to be happy. She just feels the only way they can be happy is if she can control things... which isn't healthy either, but idk it didn't read as bad as Lambchop. Just because the scene with Ruuuuuuby made my stomach do backflips due to experiences.

Funny how that A-rooooo moment with stella and ruuuby felt awkward for manly lol

Yep, Lambchop sounds like a gaslighting psychopath. "I'm not broken; you're just a bad person because you won't let me force my will on others. In fact, that's what YOU'RE doing by not letting me! I should be the one getting what I want, not YOU (and not any of my victims, but who cares about that when there's me?)." King of DARVO, this'n.

The lambs argument is funny You're controlling and maniuplative in a way that ensures mutual benefit, I'm controlling and manipulative in a way that is beneficial for just me. You play with your toys like an innocent child wanting the best for everyone, I want to play with them like a devil. We are clearly the same because we are both controlling and manipulative.

As soon as Lambchop started talking about having new feelings toward Ruuuby I assumed he was gonna say he thought it was hot when she was covered in blood. He just wanted a lil kiss. I also kinda assumed that Stella was gonna go murdering with Lambchop to make him happy. Stella making fake gore decorations is so much funnier tho.

I love how the entire first bit of the game is Stella establishing everything Lambchop said. It was a huge red flag when she "fixed" a flower that looked different. It doesn't matter to her if it is harmful or not but rather if it is what she wants. While Lambchop had to go to extremes Stella would literally use magic to force her solution on others and even completely erase their memory meaning they had no idea of who to distrust. This meant they would suffer as Lambchop killed them for an unknown amount of time. Even if everyone forgot they suffered because Stella forced her solution not thinking of the consequences. And they still will from that ending.

Man I love hearing fucked up bedtime stories from the cool uncle after a closing shift.

I don't see anyone talking about the ending screens so - In the bad ending, Lampchop is seen as an actual sheep, but in the 'proper' ending, Lampchop is bipedal and actually looks humanoid, signifying he's seen as a person

two things: one, i really like how they portray two characters, equally consumed by their own delusions, neither one being the one you should root for. just two painfully flawed characters. stella's right, but she's also wrong. lambchop is wrong, but he's also right. second: is this made by the same person/people behind "it's not me, it's my basement"? the artstyle for the sprites seems really familiar and at one point when i wasn't paying too much attention i thought lambchop's overworld sprite was embry third thing i decided to comment on now: manly's faux voice acting in this video was especially good, i liked the inflection choice for buck, and lambchop's voice in general was really effective and great

I love the idea of a game that's trying so desperately to be horror, but the protag is having NONE OF IT

Well if the title says “sweet no death” I must believe that this is a sweet game with no death at all😊

I love that every time Buck is mentioned, Manly says the dialogue in the sweet voice of the character and follows it right after with "BUCK IS DEAD."

What a *SWEET* little game with no *DEATH* at all!

I think I get what's going on... maybe. Stella keeps the villagers trapped in an Animal Crossing-esque world. All she's concerned about is making sure everything is sunshine and rainbows. From the outside, it looks as though that's how it's meant to be. But Lambchop sees the truth underneath. They're all animals deep down, even though Stella made them more humanlike. For them it isn't natural to behave in such a squeaky clean way. Lambchop wants to tear off this veil, for everyone to run wild, killing and eating each other like the animals they are. To set them free.

I'm curious about what happens after, there's a bunch of things that could easily break this new cycle of killing and restoring. Lamb could realize he's in another cycle, same as before, just that this cycle is him killing and Witch resetting, and then try and do something to break this second cycle. Witch could realize maybe wiping everyone's memory of Lamb killing them is a bad idea, and the townsfolk now knowing Lamb will actually try to kill/mentally scar them if he's alone with them _(will probably do a lot of things to Lamb but)_ sure as hell won't die to him anymore. Lamb could sabotage her potion making and truly murder everyone. Witch could finally get through to Lamb by finally acknowledging and understanding her selfishness and maybe god complex, and they come to an understanding where she stops being the towns goddess and Lamb stops killing everyone. Or some third person like the wolf could just walk in and flip the entire situation on its head. I need a sequel

IM SO INVESTED IN THIS, my expectations were completely subverted. Like I wonder??? Has this been going on for hundreds of years? Is Stella immortal? Did she make everyone else immortal too?? is that how Lambchop went from someone who could barely handle a papercut to THAT. Anyways I love those two they are SO toxic in a immortal magical creatures way. I love how Stella’s reaction to all the violence lends to her godhood as well, like ofc she’s not shocked (even if she hates it). It’s of no consequence to her, because she can fix it and she can’t die. I’m also left wondering why she hasn’t wiped lambchop till now 🤔 She reminds me of Princess Bubblegum in a way, a sweet seemingly one dimensional character that fits a Princess archetype who actually has serious control issues. I only bring that up because she’s like one of my favorite characters of all time in fiction LOL

YAYYYY! Arcade worked so hard on this game and it’s so so amazing! I’m so happy to see you play this!!!

This dev really knocks it out of the park!

Both are horrible, Witch, for making a perfect world without free will, and I feel that lampchop, at one point he wanted to be free and happy, (in a normal way), until he have a break down and realized that it bothered her, she would see that he can make his own decisions.

There really needed to be an ending where Stella lets Ruuuby eat Lambchop.

Manlys voice when he reads Lambchops dialogue is SO good, it made him feel so real and so very passionate about his words, it just added SO much to the story and I love how much he emphasized on the words and just PLAYED the character. So satisfying and so thrilling to watch :)

This needs a sequel

Lambchop claims that everything in the village revolves around Stella, but Ruuuby actively shuts down her request to join the pie session. And Stella doesn't do anything to interfere, she just accepts it even when she knows that what's about to happen isn't what she wants. It seems like being a sadistic murderer isn't the only way to get through to her. 🤔

This was a cute little game, but I also feel it's touching on something important: Empathy. It's not the same as "Sympathy", empathy is being able to process another person's emotions and share them. Sympathy is pity. Sympathy is feeling sorry for the situation, empathy is feeling sorry for the person themselves and how they feel. The main character's problem is that they're, of course, looking at the world through the lens of a protagonist rather than just another person. The plot is all about agency and allowing other people to be themselves even if it involves going against the MC's values. It sounds simple but a LOT of people have trouble comprehending these things. Lambchop didn't start out mad, they were DRIVEN mad by having their entire sense of agency being removed and forced to larp as another cute character in this little world Stella has fabricated; he wants the freedom to choose and has become so desperate for that freedom that he's willing to do anything if it makes him different from everything else. And the more extreme a "pull", like this "sugar coated" world Stella made, the more extreme the rebound will be as someone/something rejects it. Stella wanted a totally PG, pristine world, Lambchop started trying to turn it into the usual JRPG horror schlock. Once again, sounds simple, but people make this mistake all the time whether it be trying to force certain morals on their kids only for them to do the exact opposite or when political activism leads to a disenfranchised and frustrated basis of people who turn around and rally in spite of the activism. The ability to stop, listen, and see where the other person is coming from is important.

I like how the entire conversation Lambchop and Stella have (About Stella being controlling, not letting nature take place and making their world fit only one way; exactly how she wants) is portrayed in the first few minutes of the game- with Stella's garden. She goes outside to take care of all her flowers just before she leaves for Raj's "picnic". Four flowers in total, and all are blue but one. As she approaches the red flower, she realizes it shouldn’t be that color- even though something in the environment is making it want to change. That something's trying to force it to adapt, to become just like all the others. But instead, it is rebelling. Stella dislikes the odd change in color, claiming it is sick, and uses her magic to change it back to the similar blue of the normal flowers. See it yet? It could just be me overthinking things in the game, but I do think the flowers are quite the nice little detail, haha.

Raj seems like he's got a good head on his shoulders. He's headstrong, and would definitely stick his neck out for his friends.

wow i really liked this one, the artstyle is gorgeous and super pleasing to look at, and the "conflict" between stella and lambchop was really thought provoking. on one hand, lambchop is literally murdering his neighbors with no remorse, hell he takes pleasure in it. but on the other hand, stella seems to be unconsciously controlling over everyone else (though what shes doing is absolutely nowhere near as twisted as what lambchops doing)

23:40 I like when devs do that split second eye shift toward the player.

Been sometime since i watched Manly time to get back that habit

This was unexpected, I didn't predict the motive here. It's really good because, despite very clearly going way too far, I do feel like you can understand the motive; even a pleasant, perfect day repeated forever will eventually drive you mad. This also let Manly flex his demented voice range, some excellent lines here to stress that manic rage.

16:08 That "Arooo" was too much for him :D I think that's the first time I heard Hero's actual laugh

am i the only one to notice the split second Lambchop looking straight at the player right after saying "...you've got such a beautiful smile."?

It's a surprisingly complex situation with no magic quick fix. I suppose I'd ask him if he wants to go back to being a four-legged, non-uplifted animal. A regular ram could still wreck a village square Goose Game style if he wanted, but he wouldn't feel the full force of existential horror he does now. If he didn't go for that, I guess I could move him to a parallel dimension without his knowledge and populate it with convincing p-zombie fakes who squeal and bleed but don't suffer.

What a nice, lighthearted horror game! Huge respect to manly for reading it! Good stuff

This is very interesting. I'm a bit of a Yandere researcher/obsessor. So I paused throughout the video to work through Lambchop's thought process. I think what he truly wants is for Stella and him to be the only ones in this world, but he will never admit that because he's already made up his mind that she wouldn't like that. Or simply that he wants to be her boyfriend but doesn't think he's on the same level as her. He aspires to be on the same level as Stella. So the only way to get the goddesses' attention is to do something ungodly. Or I guess something with enough impact or disdain that it would "catch her attention" even though he just needs to tell her his feelings. He uses arguments like "things aren't supposed to be this way" to avoid the heart of the issue. Stating the love and adoration of the townsfolk is consuming them. Even though they have their own will to come and go as they please (As far as we, the player, know). They don't have to do anything for Stella. They simply enjoy her as a friend. He took that as an invitation to play around with the practice of consuming. Consuming is his excuse to not confess his love to Stella. I know he's stated how he loves and worships her. But when he talks about it, he talks about it in a way like he's referring to a separate being and not her as a person. He actually adores her for her kindness and doesn't feel like he can be worthy of her, so he finds his own way to become worthy of her. Now, if the townspeople actually can't leave and don't have any free will, then I'm more inclined to Lambchop's thinking. I obviously don't think he should hurt the other townspeople, though. However, this isn't the case simply because of one character, Acorn. Now hear me out; Acorn is a nonbinary character. If these were previously animals, then it's very plausible that Acorn found this new identity with their gained consciousness. One they couldn't have had before and one that Stella would have no reason to force upon them. I know it's only one piece of evidence, but I think it's very interesting for what it's worth. Thanks for reading! If the Dev sees this, I'd love to hear your thoughts! I love characters like this. They intrigue me and are very fun to write about!

I love the bluntness of just “It’s blood”

I just noticed that lambchop sprite is facing the player unlike the others that faces to the side

I’m no furry, but that wolf is making me feel things no human should ever feel.

It's wild how many people try to justify this guys murders because witch girls kind of a control freak. I guess you guys just ignore he force fed someone to the wolf girl. 🤷‍♀

The writing in the game is deliciously superb!! It reminds me a lot of Don't Toy With Me in terms of its depiction of abusive/toxic relationships and situations.

I really can never get enough of these cute horror games it’s my favorite genre

You are like the dad I never got to have when I was a child. I greatly appreciate your videos they let me rest at ease listing to stories

Lambchop: What are you!? Ruuuby: an idiot sandwich

I love how Ruuuby is a wolf yet still represents the more mature aspects of that particular fairytale! And Lambchop being the devil? Genius!

I luv the style of this game! Its really sweet🥺

I feel like author called her "Ruuuby" specifically in case she becomes a marketable character, lol

Is no one gonna talk about the flowers in the start? Even though she watered them one of the flowers was still "sick" so she fixed it, using magic, as she always does. The flower didnt look how *she* thought it should, like lambchop.

Lambchop really tried to compare wanting to make everyone happy(even if slightly selfish) to killing an entire town for fun. He's very fucked, but his design is very cool:]

I have to admit, I'm always a sucker for stories where the hero and villain have a heart-to-heart conversation.

"i'm somebody and you hate it!" manly: i also hated you murdering everybody but yeah yeah that's the issue i have with his argument 😂 stella is definitely overbearing and controlling bc she wants everything to be perfect but lambchop is wrongly taking it out on everyone and justifies it by wanting to be free from the narrative (stella) and being his own person. both extremes are bad in their own way but at least stella doesn't do it with malicious intentions, and she's open to change in the true ending lol

*Starts reading Acorn lines in normal voice* "Hi Stell-" "No, I'm not gonna do it in a chipmunk voice." *Proceeds to use same voice*

I love how dark the story is, in the end they both are villains with the witches control, and lambchop's murder spree

Ruuuby is downright irreplaceable. 🥰

That wolf needs the best head pats in the world

Lambchop forcing ruuuby to eat a friend Manly: is that the idiot Sandwich meme?

Damn this game is amazing (like all other things from Arcadekitten). I loved how even in the end, Stella doesn't fully comprehend what Lambchops trying to tell her, instead making him "happy" by adding superficial spooky decorations. It shows her selfishness in a way by still trying to control the villagers emotions instead of letting them develop their own unique personalities, like Lambchop for example. I love Arcadekittens artstyle btw, its simple but very effective at showing emotion

Nutshell: Overpowered magical butterflygirl keeps entire town in friendzone, sheep goes psycho for a shot to leave it. Religious imagery galore. Honestly, for an rpgmaker game, this is quite the intriguing story. Anyhow, Lambchop's got a point: Stella really doesn't see them as people, and why should she? She's on a completely different level. It's not just her reality-warping magic that makes her so different, there's her mentality too. Ruuuby got coerced into doing something that clearly traumatized her, she clearly can't handle the sight of blood. On the other hand, Stella doesn't bat an eye at all the gore even in the middle of Lambchops murder den; she's mildly perturbed, but has nowhere near the same reaction - because she knows she can fix it. This is similar to how a child may cry about breaking a toy, while an adult will just shrug it off and either fix or replace the broken thing later. Stella truly has no reason to see the townsfolk as equal; they simply aren't. The story has some pretty clear religious imagery. Lambchop is a lamb; the term "sacrificial lamb" exists for a reason, it's derived from abrahamitic socities. But it extends beyond just that - Stellas abilities are so fantastical, and her intent superficially so pure that she could rightly be called the God of this town. She can revive the dead, apparently "fix all problems", and considering how she changes Lambchop and the towns appearance without seemingly touching them, is clearly capable of altering reality to a degree. She also does not appear to feel threatened in the slightest by Lambchop, further denoting a difference in power. And the fownsfolk are clearly described by Lambchop as Stellas worshippers; their lives evolve around Stella and living in accordance to her wishes. Which brings to the central conflict of the story: Free will & respect. Stella extends neither to the villagers; fundamentally, she's an adult in a room full of children, a god whose love and very presence smothers her worshippers. And that's why Lambchop acts out. The endings can be interpreted through a similar lense; a common argument among theists as to why God allows suffering in spite of his omnipotency is so that humanity can have free will. The bad ending seems to agree with that argument; Lambchop gets stripped of his agency ( and in the process, rather vindictively, is marked as a black sheep), and despite this sparing the townsfolk a lot of suffering in the future, the developers straight up tell us they consider this a bad ending. Yes, having no free will would be bad, even if it spared us all a lot of suffering. However, note that the second ending is not called the "good" ending. It's just the end. Again, I feel this is deliberate commentary. This ending reflects our reality - a world where people can commit harm wantonly. Here, Stella listened long enouth to Lambchop to realize he has a point; but she is not willing to aquisce her control over the people. That's because she ultimately cares more about herself and her needs then her "friends", or as Lambchop puts it: She wants to play hero. So she compromises: She won't let go of her control, she will still play her role and make people go along with it - but she changes the town/world to suit Lambchops "tastes" better, and allows him to freely commit evil. Not because she truly cares about free will; it's merely about her self-perception as a good "friend", and maintaining control. And Lambchop sees through this, amused, and points out: This works better for what you *really* want anyway. He is not really happy about this, but at least he gets to make *some* choice now... even if Stellas inability to be honest with herself makes the entire situation completely absurd. Letting a murderer run free, just so you can tell yourself you are a nice, considerate person? It might make some sense from Stellas almighty perspective, but it's still absurd, because Lambchop will cause a lot of suffering to others still. In short: The developers think the free-will defense is a load of bull. It's the actual end, but not a good end. What is my take on this? Personally, I think Stella should have left the town; if she desires companionship, she should seek out other beings like her, and if such beings do not exist... well, she should work to elevate others to her level.

Imagine Ruuuby or Acorn or Buck leaving the house in the morning and seeing blood everywhere lol

I don't quite like Lambchop's logic. I get all the stuff about having no control and wanting something for yourself, even if it's something someone else don't like/want... but there's a big difference when you're actually harming someone else. His argument is a fallacy-- he keeps talking about how Stella only wants what she wants, but I highly doubt that the other animals enjoy being maimed or killed. Sure, maybe he's trying to make it his "story" too, but _he is literally achieving it by causing physical harm to others._ EVERYONE wants something for themselves, but the difference is what you do in pursuit of it. He is LITERALLY complaining about how he isn't allowed to murder other people. I'd just kill Lambchop. It might sound hypocritical, but HE is advocating death. If he likes killing so much, then he should try being on the receiving end too. Also, if you pick a fight with a being more powerful than yourself, then THIS is exactly what to expect. If _I_ pick a fight with someone with a gun, then I fully expect to be shot. To expect otherwise would mean that I'm abusing someone whom I know would not fight back (and it would also mean I'm COMPLETELY stupid). With freedom comes consequences. Being brainwashed is horrible, but he does have that coming as well. What did he expect when he started doing this? ... The "good" ending, I guess. The good ending just makes Stella more horrible as well. Now she's willingly letting the other villagers to be harmed and killed over and over. (And is rewarding Lambchop for murdering.) I don't really like Stella either. Though Lambchop is still worse of the the two. But the concept is interesting, at least. My only critique is that the dev shouldn't have labeled the bad end the "Wrong End". Just let the player decide what is good/right and what is bad/wrong. It'd fit the spirit of things a lot better.

Lambchop is projecting super hard. If anything he's worse than Stella. He complains that Stella doesn't see the others as real people & she's forced their entire lives to revolve around her. He complains all she wants is absolute control. But he's the one that sees everyone else as just tools to hurt Stella & his entire personhood revolves around Stella, even if it's it to be jealous of & hate her. Everyone else *but* Lambchop have lives outside of Stella. Ruuuby has a crush on him. Raj values him a a friend. Buck & Acorn hang out with each other & like Lambchop too. And all he can do is see them as tools to hurt Stella with. When asked what he wants he can only frame it around Stella. He doesn't ask to be left alone, he doesn't ask to not be helped, he doesn't ask to have the problems he had fixed unbidden to be reset so he could organically deal with them himself, he doesn't ask to be turned back into a regular lamb. Because he's not really interested in being his own person away from her or escaping her control, or being *free* . He wants *control* . So instead he forces everyone else to change around him, whether or not they want to. And he's just mad & jealous he can't get what he wants. Because he's not interested in them, not for themselves, really. He doesn't ask them to reconsider asking Stella to do everything for them. He doesn't ask them to consider asking Stella to not fix their problems & let them grow. He's not really interested in their desires, just his own & even then in relation to his own relationship with Stella.

Ruuuby is adorable and I want there to be more of her

I *need* to play this for myself. Thank you for showing us this adorable and messed up game!

Ironically Lambchop even if the point he is trying to give is that he seeks to be able to have his own choices I fell like he is just less of a "person" than any of the others and he has less of a choice. When he saw how the world was to perfect he tries to do something different, but instead of doing something he liked, he killed, not because he loves killing, but because he known Stella hates it, he fells he has a choice when he does something that Stella hates, but when he does that it just made his life even more depending on Stella. All the other characters even if they like Stella and ask her for help they still have a little of a personal life, they can do things without Stella knowing, and she wouldn't even search for them unless some ask her to do it. And also I feel like both of the endings are bad endings, even worse in the second one, not because Lambchop continues killing, but because Stella would never get his point.

So Lambchop had a joker moment/arc right? That's what I'm taking away from this, lambs can want to cause chaos for philosophical reasons too

I like how the ending where the main character performs a magical lobotomy on the psycho sheep and solves the issue is labelled as the "wrong" one, even though it's clearly the best outcome.

I always love when Manly does his villain voice 😳

22:31 Lambchop is quite the paranoid psycho isn't he? Poor Ruuuby having to go through that.

Alternate title: Murder Sheep Racially Profiles Innocent Wolf

Lambchop started getting real near the end.

23:11 Manly, the destroyer of scary atmospheres

Today on cutesy games that's in no way a "horror game" in disguise.

Yeah, you can think Lambchop is being deep and all. But honestly, sociopaths do this kind of psychological crap all the time. They're master manipulators, and abusers are excellent at making YOU seem like the bad guy.

Ah thats why the art style feel so familiar I miss the basement

I love how in the quote on quote “Bad Ending” Stella is literally like “fine, since you want to be the black sheep so bad, I’ll make you the Black Sheep” forcibly making him hate blood

I love this game so much! ArcadeKitten's games are always so much fun and Manly's commentary juat makes it even better!

I don't know, game, I have a really hard time thinking that the ending where Lamb-ibal Lecter gets mindwiped is the bad ending.

I really like how thought-provoking this simple game is, because honestly, if I would be in a world without any problems, I would go mad too. I felt like a lot of things Lambchop said was right, that being under the control by someone who dictates what is "good" and "bad" really sucks, and how he mentioned that he has became a "person" after he started killing others. How I interpreted this is that a "person", unlike mindless animals, have the free will of choice, and they desire to have choices. This can be seen from everyone here, we don't just want food and water anymore, as people, we want more than that, things like entertainment by RU-vid videos. We have the free will to choose what videos to watch and what makes us happy, and that is what Lambchop really wanted, the choice to disobey he was told to do. Thus, I feel like the ending is not the perfect ending, he wanted a choice to break free from the ideals set by Stella, even though he got what he wanted, it was not the choice he got, but just what he liked. There is no point in suffering nor is there any point in pleasure, doing neither will really make a person happy unless it was done with a purpose, and Lambchop had a purpose to show everyone that they can be a "person", someone who can go against the authority and decide what is best for them on their own, and that is what make him happy.

Manly midnight strikes again. This looks like a joy!

This definitely has that distinct Arcadekitten feel to it: Fluffy but the horror is never upfront. Good on them for building their own distinct style.

The character designs in this are top tier!

Lambchop reminds me of Monika from Doki Doki Literature Club, except roles are reversed. [spoilers for both games btw, so don't read this if you want to play DDLC spoiler-free]. While Monika had GM powers and the player's avatar had none in DDLC, here Stella has effectively GM powers and Lambchop has none. Yet both Monika and Lambchop act like real people and are frustrated by their friends being nothing more than just NPCs. Now imagine what would it be like if you could do to Monika what you can with Lambchop, how impossibly cruel would that be. I think there's still a lot of uncharted land in horror games where NPCs are aware enough to either realize something is wrong or that they are in a video game.