An Extremely Cute Not Twisted Horror Game Where oh no WHAT are you WAIT no - Happy Birthday Balvenie 

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I didn't see anyone else point this out but the Developers must really love their Whisky. Balvenie, Ardbeg and Ballantine's are all named after Scottish Whiskies. -Dave from Scotland.

I remembered watching this person's animation meme like.. 2 years ago. This is amazing, props to the creator

This is... so menhera? For those who don't know, menhera is a fashion style described as "sick cute". It's got loads of pill imagery, gore, sh and the like which well, ties with the themes of the game and animations.

Iv never seen the animations, but this is what I gathered from the game- (This could be completely wrong :/) so I think it's balvanie was a popular kid being bullied in school by this mean girl. Her crush (TineBallan?) often stands up to her bully(s) and taught her how to draw. They both shared their favorite oc's. Balvaine made a muzzled zombie that was kinda violent. It helped with her anger twards her bullies. Her crush made the bandged boy who would take pills, just like herself who had to take pills for her depression. This explains why Bacardi was head over heels for Aredbeg and wanted him to be a zombie that would be difficult to kill. It was what Balvanie felt for her crush. One day on her birthday, Balvanie finds her crush who had committed unalive in the bathroom. Desperate to save her, she cut herself open to try to give her back the blood she had lost, but she ends up dying Aswell, stuck in an endless purgatory of her own birthday, Tineballan ending herself, and her trying to save her all over again.

0:42 you’re off by about a century man. That’s when some weird scientist kept building skull castles

I love that _Rosé_ is the reason that the zombies _‘rose’_ from the dead- I appreciate a good pun.

I'm tellin' you all... one day manly will make 'is "it's obviously not a horror game" title joke, and it will be true.

The cuter the art the more scared i am lmao

I think ardbeg and barcadi are "self" insert characters of some kind? Ardbeg being 100% a "self" insert (most likely made by tina) of bellvani. Not sure about bacardi but hes either supposed to be tina, bellvanis bullies, or some sort of mixture. He may even stand for a concept if some kind. Either way I'm pretty convinced (especially with the notebook paper door) that ardbeg and bacardi are tinas OCs that she showed bellvani on the roof top.

6:30 Manly's genuine shock. A cute but disturbing, creepy game that doesn't try to hide what it's about somehow makes it even scarier. A heavy traumacore feel to this.

Game is literally the embodiment of "I can fix her"

Fuckin love the genuine reaction at 8:08. Stuff like this is why you’re my favorite horror creator.

I like the feeling that nothing is in control and it's all hopelessly chaotic and unpredictable. it feels off, like it's all gonna tear apart at the seams at any given moment. good stuff.

one of these days a character in a cutesy horror game will have a happy ending

Opening scene reminded me so strongly of Dreaming Mary, nostalgia hit hard. Great video as always Manly :)

_HO-LY CRAP THEY HAVE A GAME NOW._ This person is famous for making pastel gore/horror animations here on RU-vid. I had no idea they have a game!

Ok so I think I got the point of the story, I based it off rest of author's animations and stories. So big SPOILER alert: Balvenie is a school girl and she meets Tineballan. They quickly make good friends, share creations together and cope with fun. Tineballan also saves Balvenie from bullying (that purple hair bully, it's Rose) and she quickly becomes Balvenie's crush. Sadly Tineballan commits the act of unalive (on Balvanie's birthday) and Balvanie tries to save her by giving her own blood. The outcome is eventually unknown, but after that event we move to the candy world of pastel gore. Here Balvenie is some sort of queen, with bunnies attempting to create successful birthday party for her. This explains why Tineballan is being revived over and over. Balvenie just doesn't want her to go, and feels guilty of her death. Yet Tineballan still loves her, and actually tries being support for her. There is also Rose mentioned (only seen in school segments, but she's part of pink world as well) which plays her evil bully role, as she created zombies. Now we move to the Bacardi and Ardbeg part. Ardbeg is actually non existent person, but is based of Balvanie's personality after the incident. He's covered in bandages after "blood donation" and takes medicine to help with the trauma. Bacardi is also, non existent person who symbolises alcohol. It is strongly suggested as his name is literally a brand of destilants, he has unhealthy relationship with Ardbeg (mixing medicine and alcohol at the same time) and it explains why Ardbeg is dizzy after "chunking on Bacardi's flesh". That concludes the true ending, Balvanie's post-trauma self indulging in unhealthy habit and copying with reality. Which is ultimately, the saddest ending of them all..

It’s pink and edgy definitely passed the vibe check

I think this game would probably be a lot more fun if I’d seen the series it was based on

OMG I IMMEDIATELY KNEW WHAT IM GETTING! CONGRATS JOSIPU FOR MAKING THIS GAME!

Always a fan of the classic RPGmaker combo of Pink that slowly starts to devolve into red over the course of a -normal- video game

I could see the hobby of drawing having something to do with these character overlaps, with one of each pair being real and the other being a drawing in their own image.

I can just imagine her saying "it's my knife" in a Australian Accent

based off their videos, ardberg and balvenie are actually twins!! Bacardi and ardbergs relationship is mainly physically abusive, while balvenie and tineballen is mentally abusive. Their world mostly revolves around zombies and stuff, so bacardi, tineballen are technically(?) zombies

The story makes me extremely curious... does anyone have an idea of what order you'd watch their videos/ general plot of their series? This game was really cool.

so this is how i find out jo_sipu has a rpg maker game?! WHAT?!

Frieza was right, cute things are terrifying. I do have a few theories though, with what may be happening, however this if without watching any of the content from the creator. These theories consider the world not to be with a bunch of monsters and crazy stuff, and takes it more as symbolic. First off I think Ardbeg, they represent the battle with depression. The pills make them happy and remove feeling, as anti-depressants do. The innocent side trying to be preserved in a way. The person that “cares” about them, Barcardi is self-harm. Self-harm usually feels “good” to people battling with this, it eases stress, and I think that is what’s happening. They become stuck addicted to anti-depressants but still doing self harm. Together they make Tineballan. Next, we know Tineballan is dead. Now, Balvenie is alive, I thought she was dead as well due to the chocolate scene, but I think Tineballan stopped her from eating the needle. (Originally I thought Tineballan grabbed a different piece of chocolate, but I think they snagged it from Balvenie). I was thinking Balvenie and Tineballan were the same person, but I am more thinking the bathroom scene was a genuine flashback of the real world and the events that happened that day. With the events in game we know Balvenie is obsessed with Tineballan. Balvenie is upset Tineballan hurts themselves, and wants to stop them from doing it. Also, I think Balvenie confessed to Tineballan, and was told no. Blinded by the rage of reject of the one person that they considered a true friend and loved, they killed them, as revealed by the secret scene. Tineballan did not end their own life through self-harm. Therefore I think this world is a mental one created by Balvenie to cope with what they did. The bunnies were created to take blame for the actions, and also to keep her surrounded by “friends” and happy. The date and the true death of Tineballlan being locked away makes me think she is trying to seclude and forget that memory. Maybe this could be an actual world with these horrors, but I really believe it is a phycological experience due to the realism of the flash backs clashing the style of present time in game.

I'm so happy the creator made a game, I loved their work so much it's amazing, I must say Balvenie's backstory is really sad 😕 seeing someone who saved you died right in front of you is upsetting and she didn't deserve that, plus I think Ardbeg/Balvenie relationship with Bacardi is like SA? probably isn't but idk

Reminds me so much of Dreaming Mary, if anyone else remembers it!

I'm glad I recognized the art style. I found their videos after stumbling on their old point and click Snow White animation.

Kind of reminds me of Dreaming mary with the way you move around + the design, basing it off the first 5 minutes.

Omg omg I’ve been subscribed to this artist for a while and seeing Manly play their game is such an experience. To see them go from animation memes to making their own game is so exciting!

Tbh why do some games look normal but then they get into a twist point of scary moments it just interested me

I love Balvenie’s heart shaped ahoge, that she has in all of her flashbacks, & the heart shaped light sheen on almost all of the character’s hair- this artist truly has an adorable art style.

hi!! its been a while!! so my memories and english translations might be incorrect but heres some info!! Balvenie is a popular idol in worlds, shes always the prettiest the most popular and loved everywhere, the "main character" However it's seen that her perfect image come crushing down after the loss of Tineballen and her imperfections(medicine usage, signs of harming sxlf) seem to show more, making people hate her. Tineballen is a xxxcidal person that hates Balvenie for keep bringing her back to life with an addixxion to smoking. Often revived by Balvenie no matter how badly she ruined her body. Ardbeg, they're correlated to medicine a lot. It's just my personal intrepretion, they seem to be one of the vent ocs the artist uses and contains some context to what the creator could've been through I don't know well about Bacardi but I know they were shipped together with Ardbeg by the creator. Rose is usually the antagonist of the worlds, Rose's father was abusive and forced her to become like Balvenie(look like her act like her and all) because he loved Balvenie. Rose hates Balvenie because of this, she is seen ruining her life often in a lot of stories. She's also seem to be correlated with a lot of body modification. (tamagotchi video: altering her victim, red riding hood video: a wolf turning into balvenie, etc.) Jo_sipu loves hearing various different theories I think! There sure is a set story and their personal stories in a few however as long as they don't confirm it, don't be scared to think about it! Again it's been a while since I've seen the whole series so I could've missed a lot of details to whoever is reading this, please make sure to check out Jo_sipu's other works if you can stomach it!! It might give more context to the game and make sure to show them a lot of love!

I wasn't aware that they actually made the game! I have subscribed to them for the animations and speedpaints!! 💗

I thought the art style looked similar!! I remember watching a video about some sort of dress up game about this character!

Oh it’s Jo sipu!!! I love their animations! A perfect mix of cute and horror. Definitely check them out if body horror is your thing.

I do like that the title screen does still have obvious hints as to the nature of the game.

happy birthday to all the birthdays today

OMG THEY FINALLY DID IT!!! I’ve been hoping that jo would make a little flash / rpg style game forever!! So proud of them

She's one of my favorite artists on RU-vid. It's so amazing you are playing her game! No you aren't missing anything.... in a way. That's just how things are. You can think of each character as a extreme of a type of mental illness. Or unhealthy personality type. Bacardi is a enabler in a way and acts like he's trying to help but really only does things to make him worse. He kinda represents the vicious nature people like that can have. This is all my opinion though. Hope you liked it!

I absolutely love this creators art! I’m a big fan of them, and really want to try out this game. So proud of them.

I love how much of an impression Mogeko Castle made, with it still being mentioned today.

Manly play pumpkin panic, very cute game and totally does not have anything suspicious about it

So here's how i saw it: tinebellan was the mc's friend, treating her like a normal person, not a celebrity. She was stuck in the endless loop of keeping up appearances while having to deal with bullying/ depression. One day, she discovers tineballen having od'd / other s method, maybe knife considering the blood fixation (thus the "doctor" character giving them "medicine" to "fix their problems", which slowly destroys them (as depicted by the true ending). Mc, upon seeing her only friend, who helped her cope so much that she now feels lost, dead, she tries to save him in whatever way she can, probably trying to give her own blood to save her friend. She doesn't succeed, but she survives; she "moves on" (physically) but is stuck with the guilt and sorrow for who she lost, so she resorts to substance abuse herself (thus baccardi, etc. - alcoholism). She tries to cope by entering a land of make-believe, where she is outwardly happy and has adoring fans, while she ist slowly dying inside, refusing to accept the reality of the situation.

Man, I've followed the artist for quite some time now, their art is amazing This game was sl intriguing

OH MAH GAWD JO_SIPU MADE A GAME???? AND MY FAV GAMER IS PLAYING IT????? I ALREADY LOVE THIS

This reminds me of mogeko castle and wasanohara. Especially the “bun bun” bit.

This is so cool!!! This is one of my favorite artists, I didn't know they had a game!

OMG *Korean* RPG Maker horror? That's new to me! And I'm glad it's way gorier than what we're used to see! I barely know what's happening with the characters but I loved the designs and atmosphere!

Well Made Game, Deserves A Thumbs Up.

the art style here is truly spectacular

Everyone knows this person but I’m hella confused

I'm so glad jo_sipu was able to make a game! I've loved their works for a long time now!

I saw the thumbnail aind immediately clicked. Ive been a big fan of josipu for quite a long time so im really happy to see their gory but cute art style get turned into a game

I never knew Jo_sipu would auctally make an horror game, but it's rlly good! ♥

man i've been following this creator for the longest time!! so happy to see manly play this game :D

its quite ironic that this vid was released on my birthday, and love your vids manly they are quite relaxing even though they’re usually horor games lol

I immediately recognized the art style and who made this game and now I need to watch it

babe wake up manlybadasshero just posted

I love how it’s so cute that I didn’t notice all the blood and murder weapons in the thumbnail.

i love the creator so much lol ive been subbed to them since like 2018 and they were the ones who got me into pastel gore hehe

So, does anybody actually have context to what the story of this series is?

Honestly, I thought this was going to be related to RAMDARAM's work because the MC of this reminded me so much of Sue from Underfity Friends

Omg I didn’t know the person made a game of this! I love their art so much ❤

I LOVE jo_sipu’s content im so happy they made a Game!

Wow looks like a very cute and nice game, I wonder what horrors we will find in this one

Well that was a surreal experience. Interesting art. Pretty heavy stuff. I would like to see more of the world to probably put things together more. Arts great. Got so many theories and such. It is a tragedy and the actual characters sorta going through the traumatic feedback from it. It did seem like ardbeg was like a fusion of the personalities of Balvenie and Tineballan, at least from Balvenies perspective cause of the unfortunate end of the actual tineballan. Drawing art was their coping mechanism til Balvenie was taken to a hospital, after you know...and thats how ardbeg came to be, with medicine prescribed to them. But with all that pill imagery, i think whatever Bacardi is, is sorta urging them on to over doing it, keeping balvenie in that state. Thats why the ending with Bacardi is the true end. The zombies are the bullies and probably the weird apple people with Tineballan always there knocking them away. As for the eyeball man, not sure, it could be something symbolic or a part of the psychosis affecting balvenie or some kind of manifestation of some sort. The tragedy of Tineballan probably happened on balvenies birthday. One thing i could think pertaining to what Bacardi is, is that they are another manifestation created by balvenie to sorta replace what tineballan was to her. In balvenies mind the events of what caused her trauma on her birthday are just playing out in repeat while they are still living as ardbeg.

I've followed this creator for a while! They're very cool

Oh, I love this person’s art and channel, I didn’t know they made a game though!

Lol im a moron, tineballan's is ballantines. Everyone is a whisky except bacardi

I will continue trying to convince Manly to play purrfect apawcalypse 2.

No WAY! i know this stuff! I have always love the animations I had no clue they made a game with the characters that’s so cool! :D

Birthday theme game for in my birthday? Wow its so cool 😂 always love your content manly it cheer my day always ❤❤❤

WOAHHH, SHE/HE(???) MAKES A GAME NOW?? woweee

Oohh noooo I recognize this art style.

Ahhh this is a great day for me. Two of my many favourite youtubers in one video

Ive been watching josipu's animations maybe 1-2 years ago! I never expected them to make a game but here we are!

Not familiar with the youtuber and I don't often like "cutesy but gory" games these days, but this one is quite captivating. It reminds me of Dreaming Mary in the best way possible.

Waiting for someone to comment the story/explanation 😭

OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS CREATOR SO MUCH. THEIR ANIMATIONS INSPIRE ME A LOR

Some of the best content and titles on RU-vid.

Cute and brutal thumbnail tho :D The pink blood gaves me the danganronpa vibes Pink blood is way family friendly than red blood

Wow bring back memories when I first discovered and subscribe to this creator. I thought back then it was just going to be a cutesy animation...until the gore began 😂 Cant believe they actually did a game. I love it

i love jo sipu’s work, it’s so unsettling yet cute at the same time and i’ve always loved their art tbh

OMG YAY I LOVE THE CREATOR OF THE GAME SO MUCH!!!

This game reminds me a lot of dreaming Mary with some of the story stuff and overall cute appearance.

Seeing the room full of buns triggered me 🙃 …. Mogeko

i remember watching this creators speedpaints often, nice to see they've created a game!

i like how bal's birthday is 10 days after my birthday

Yay!!! Another cute not so scary totally not gonna get killed game ✨😁

JOSIPU MADE A GAME!!!! HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO COOL

Oh wow i knew i recognised the style. I was a fan of josipu since long, my old comments should be there unless i followed them on my lost yt acc

I love Josipu! I’m surprised to see u play her game :D unexpected crossover

Video titles are on point

Damn that guy at the start really committed *REDACTED* right there (you know considering your a horror youtuber you are really able to keep this family friendly. Although I doubt many five year oldes as an example would be watching horror games)

How funny you posted a bday game on my bday. XD Thanks, Manly!

i never knew josipu had an actual game!!! it looks so cool!!!