Nightmarish Horror Game Where You Watch TV After 12 AM & Now It's Inside - NiGHT SIGNAL 

Welcome to the Welcome to the Midnight Channel Club, how Welcome to the Midnight Channel are ya?

The son just going, " ok " made me bust out laughing

Dad: "Being a man, son... you're gonna watch a lot of Japanese cartoons." Manly: "OK, dad."

"It's a TV guide, Patrick, they schedule these things in advance!" Had me rolling XD

That Dad to son heart to heart man talk has got to be the greatest highlight of this game

Some serious creativity went into this. All the channels were distinct and plenty creepy, the parody shows were well done in feeling the right kind of off from what you'd expect, and just the idea of surfing cursed TV channels is a good idea executed well here.

Oddly enough I get the whole "horror of late night programming" since it probably was what caused me to develop my arachnaphobia when I woke up in the middle of the night at age 3 to the old IT movie playing on the TV.

i really love the creators notes at the end it's so nice to see someone so passionate about their funny little clay guys and the scary game !! u can really feel their enthusiasm by how they talk about the making process and it's so fun !!

Actually this game does a very good job of simulating advertisements in the 50s they were always catchy and we're a little more provocative and if you didn't know TV wasn't 24 hours back then they would end the broadcast with the Star Spangled Banner

"You're not perfect." Ah, a Courage the Cowardly Dog fan, I see.

I am so amazed by the sound design in this. I'm pausing this every minute with how good it sounds over speakers. It's like my neighbor's dog actually is barking, or sirens are wailing from a distant street, and I have to make sure everything outside is okay. I can't speak to how it sounds with earbuds, but wow. The creator nailed the atmosphere. Thanks for playing this for us Manly; it's a great game that captured me straight from the thumbnail.

Clay and hand-crafted horror is the way to go when trying to build such an uncanny atmosphere. This game is stylish as all hell, and I love it.

I liked the style of the game, the contrast of light and dark was very nice. And the idea was very interesting, I loved how they used the tv channels. Hopefully they’ll make more games like this in the future.

I like to imagine that the game maker took all those little clay figures and put them up on a prominent shelf in her living room, so when people come over to visit, they're greeted by strange little figures that people wonder about but never _ask_ about.

I like how you where "Oh my god how meany commercials are there?!?" Yet.. It was just the one.. That said if you ever get a chance to look at old commercials from the time period this is re-creating.. The developer of this game was spot on. ( When it comes to cig commercials at least. )

15:33 I like the subtle reference to "Time Enough at Last" within the larger Twilight Zone reference. We all need more time...

Goo Goo looks like it needs a hug 🥺 This game is so interesting and creative with the type of art used! I really like it!

Manly: “There is nothing on this TV.” As someone who grew up without cable, this brought back some childhood memories.

"okay" "okay dad" "okay"

I like that the "evil" tv guide gave you a way to defend yourself and seemed to legitimately warp its followers somewhere to save them from what I guess is the world ending

Reminder that TV didn't used to be constant, the "American flag" bit that's on all 4 channels was the end of the broadcast for the day at like 11pm (or maybe a little later depending when). I'm not quite old enough to remember seeing it for myself, but I'm sure that at least here in the UK, we only had 3 terrestrial channels in the UK (edit: in the early 80s! learned from parents and watching the Young Ones lol!) and they definitely shut down overnight. I just imagine some folks here are too young to even know it was a thing!

You have no idea how happy this game makes me. That fact that I could tell the blabber signal was paper towel is so comforting and the whole thing was gorgeously creepy from the little kooky signal monsters, the vintage audio effects in the National Anthem's audio and voice acting, the obvious sitcom and mystery parodies to the underlying cult-ish story. Simply gorgeous just *mwah*🤌 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Man I remember TV Guide, every Friday you'd have to go out and buy the new issue covering the upcoming week before reading through it 2 or 3 times as you scoured each page to make sure you didn't miss anything you wanted to watch, while writing down the time and what channel so you wouldn't forget. It was either that or going to the TV Guide channel and watch as it slooowly scrolls through showing what's currently on and coming up for the next hour and a half.

Out of everything the thing that freaks me out the most…is the FACES.

13:10 In the notes of the babbling channel, their were a couple of words The sentences with the words in them were: Peel the bone. Do not the fog. Stay beeble! Orb! Dipper the flipper watch? 🤓

This was a surprisingly unique experience to say the least. Loved the visual style and the little extras at the end were really cool. Just some insight into the creation of the game, the inspiration and the developer themselves is a really neat little bonus.

That barking was so realistic I stopped the video to go look what was happening! What an excellent game!

As an enormous Twilight Zone fan, this was an absolute treat!

These are the types of games I LOVE. Indie (imo) has been superseding triple A for a while now. I want to see more from devs like this. Something totally out of left-field

I LOVE the art book at the end! Really cool way to showcase the effort that went into making this cool and creative horror game. Finally something hella unique.

Dad: "Son I'm a failure" Son: "Ok"

_Perfect late night TV horror_ Some of the infomercials you see are just as scary and have real people that look very much like those 3D clay models! I enjoyed this and the nods to the golden age of TV shows like Twilight Zone, Outer Limits and One Step Beyond. MBH's getting freaked out with the hands crawling made me laugh the most.

Night Signal is seriously so inspiring! Very creative, I haven't been so invested in wanting to learn more about the 'midnight channel' since P4 in 2012! But really though, I know its different but the nighttime channels are satisfying my lovecraftian eldritch horror itch.

i really like this because it makes me think of that eerie feeling you had watching cable tv at night and stumbling onto something really strange and being glued to the screen despite the uneasy feelings you had, kinda like "UNEDITED FOOTAGE OF A BEAR"

We need to bring back more creator notes and galleries. The making of was so cool!

It’s nice to see someone talk about and take inspiration from the dark eye. I can’t think of another game quite like it

This reminds me of those cold war era nuclear war prep PSA commercials. They always felt super dystopian....

Wow, I didn't think this would strike nostalgia in me. Growing up in the late 90s and early 2000s, I remember when everyone had old bulky T.Vs, and watching midnight programs alone always had that underlining creepiness.

Hey Manly I know you probably won’t see this but I’ve been going through a lot lately and your videos have really helped me motivate myself to do things or get me to sleep. Thanks a lot man. Edit: And also thank you a lot for this amazing and supportive community! I am getting better, slowly, but better.

Even early on the vibes are immaculate can’t wait to see how it goes

It always makes my day better when manly uploads

5:32 this is probably before your time MBH, but back in the day (the 90's on prior), whenever a channel would stop broadcasting they would play the Star Spangled Banner and sign off (like the beginning of *Poltergeist)* This means it's midnight or later. Remember those instructions!

It used to be when disembodied hands crawled out due to your TV set you'd have to throw your remote at them. It would have been so much easier with a remote control that shot electric pulses.

When it said, "you're not perfect" that brought me right back to my childhood trauma: The bugle monster from courage the cowardly dog.

I think they really took the "analog horror" concept literally and to the next level lmao

This is a great game! There are always rumors of Scary Midnight Channel circulating around whenever a new place have a TV, so this actually touch so many of horror aspects! Nice game! Kudos to the devs

Really enjoyed that last segment, it was cool to see the creator's process! Very eerie game

thank god today was my first day at my new job i needed this

This feels like a good place to share this story of mine: When I was a kid I once woke up at like 2 AM and wasn't tired so I started watching the TV that was left on. The thing that was on the TV was a horror movie about getting stuck in dreams/exploring dreams too much and it ends with a boss battle with the devil himself. Lucifer in the flesh. Being quite the religious kid it was a real scare. Had to watch 2 documentaries that came afterwards to calm down and go to sleep again.

This game defines work with what you've got. Watching it, I never guessed it was made the way it was. I love the idea of using a green image for a green screen substitute, I've never seen anyone do that personally. Needless to say, I'm impressed with this game and it gave me the 'Uncanny Valley' experience. More so during the daytime sequence because the nighttime viewing are things I'm used to seeing, not uncanny human faces. I really enjoyed it.

Before I even start watching the video, this concept reminded me of something. When I was a little kid I stayed the night at my Grandpa and Aunt's place. I stayed up all night watching TV because they had left it on and went to sleep. Mr. Meaty had come on and you probably already know where I'm going with this. Having never seen the show before, my first episode ended up being the tapeworm episode late at night.

The creativity and effort that went into making this is amazing! Great job to the creator and I hope they continue making games in this fashion! Who knew you could make such a fascinating game with a bunch of clay and a spirit Halloween robe?

I enjoyed this but it made me feel weird, the sounds all of it is so very unique. It also makes me feel uncanny valley feels been a long time since I've honestly felt this level of creepy.

Whyy is this artstyle just "What if the Stonks meme was nightmare fuel?"

I love the little dev journal at the end explaining how they did stuff and their influences.

Sometimes, you can just tell that a game is filled with a lot of love and care. Like, even without the lovely notes about the art and all that, you could tell while watching Manly play (or by playing the game) that the people behind it cared about what they were making, and I think that's super neat.

22:16 Courage the Cowardly Dog Cinematic Universe!?¡?¡!!? Loved the game, super interesting concept and great use of clay 😁👌

The style in this piece just oozes out. A veritable picture out of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine! Phenomenal. It gave even me, an English person who wasn't alive in the '60s, that nostalgic feeling for a period we only absorb through pop culture these days (and see satirised in properties like Fallout). The original Twilight Zone broadcasts must have been so awesome to watch as a child, all in black and white with those clunky antennae. Although... I think I'll leave the Pleasantville conservatism, cigarette ads and radioactive TV dinners in the past!

This concept brings me such memories from childhood. I think every child fears the tv during the night in the dark and I was no exception. I remember when I was a kid, in the dark of the night the THX logo terrified me. I also remember when i was 5, from behind the couch in midnight the tv played a women with black braids, a sari, and sitting with hands behind her against a green background, two people dressed in black next to her. One of them slicing her neck. This is one of my earliest memories and gave me ptsd nightmares for so many years and feared watching the TV after midnight. P.s the american song playing at midnight reminds me of the Joanna Lopez tv sign off case. If you look it up, you'll get why.

Wow.. that’s was such a fun performance to watch! Thanks for introducing this to us and amazing job to the creator! You’ve left me inspired!

I'm pretty old, and I remember staying up late to when broadcasting actually ended, and they played the US national anthem before either pre-recorded paid programing or more likely, just a dead screen. This amused me more than scared me because of how many times I had to be the 'antenna bunny' to get a good signal. It really tugged on my nostalgia and seeing things in the snow with an overactive imagination.

That dog barking had me pausing the video constantly because I couldn’t tell if it was real or not.

22:16 I like the little courage the cowardly dog reference.

I know that the creator stated their influence coming from old point and click and Twilight Zone, but I gotta say, this gameplay of just scrolling through different weird and strange phenomena and reading a little pamphlet about each of them really gave me SCP vibes, and I am absolutely here for it. It's like you're exploring different SCPs from your TV and getting messed up or killed by them. Honestly tho the TV and remote can honestly be considered SCPs of their own for what they're capable of doing

Looking at the first enemies like "oh no, it's Dan Scheneider!"

When you said that this was the same game dev of “a wonderful day of fishing” I was so excited I don’t know what it is about that game but I absolutely LOVE it and I loved this one too I can’t wait to see future works from this dev

I freaking love this style of animation/games, claymation under black lights is just so neat to me, love it.

that song that plays at the very end is so so good

11:55 That awkward silence when Manly has to stop himself from saying ''Finger-fucking''

16:03 Yeah, hot chocolate weather is pretty tasty. That was definitely surreal. My favourite part was the daytime TV programs.

manly is my favorite let’s player ily manly, your voice is fr asmr and even when u laugh it’s like the cherry on top! ever since i found you years ago i never stopped watching

the fact that most people replayed kazoozoo and manly getting crushed really shows a lot

Basically part of the Plot of “Poltergeist” and loosely that of “The Stanley Parable” combined.

The dogs in the background kept making me pause

These videos keep me going man, amazing as always

Very cool, appreciate the backstory at the end, inventive production.

I love this channel. You always find the most fascinating games

Man, this TV stuff takes me back to the old crt tubes. At 4am the channels sign off and come back on at 6am. Neat.

I loved the art book and game development portion. Very cool to see the process of the story and aesthetics!

I like the way they added the end of programming segment in the beginning, really took me back. before all the channels had moved to automated 24 hour broadcasting, you would get the national anthem or a test screen with a message saying programming would resume at a specified time in the morning

Loved this game: great style, good concept, and I appreciate the behind the scenes! Creepy, uncanny, uneasy things are my fave.

10:02 damn that dog sound is well done I'm looking around like wtf is that real

Deadass at 22:16 I thought Manly whispered that lol

This is an amazing game, I love the ideal of watching tv at night and creepy stuff happens! Now i've seen a few games like that, but the homage for Twilight Zone and old claymation shows is the real kicker for me!

i haven't watched the video yet but from the description i can only tell what kind of mental loops this game has in stored lol

I have a broken tv in the corner of my room, ever since I was little child I was terrified of the ring (the movie), it's 11 pm and I'm watching this.

I love that they included an art book as an extra! Thanks for going through that, too!

Strange scary things haunt my tv in the middle of the night, infomercials!!!!!

Super cool. Just... reminded me of a lot of neat ideas, one of which was Little Inferno, among those already named.

I really enjoyed the artistic aspect of this game :)

This game is incredibly creative! Nothing that comes out of the TV is as creepy as the normal human characters look.

I wonder if the vision Channel would let you see through the peephole

My grandma had one of these tvs. Made the mistake of leaving it on one night and when I woke up there were hands everywhere. It was a huge hassle cleaning them all up.

Oh hey a new video from Manly! I’m sure it’ll be fine to watch it at night- AAAAAA

This is one of my new favorite games, wow. The notes at the end were really interesting!

That ok from the son had me! 🤣

Prepare to enter... The Scary Door!

Woo!! midnight channel!! let's see who we get to save before the rain clears!!

"hot chocolate weather" Why do I suddenly feel like howling at a moon in a summer afternoon?

This whole game reminded me of Eraserhead. Anyone else? May be it was because the first time i watched it was while surfing through channels late at night and half asleep.