DAGON - H.P. Lovecraft's Maddening Cosmic Horror Story Adapted as an Interactive Horror Experience!
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- DAGON - H.P. Lovecraft's Maddening Cosmic Horror Story Adapted as an Interactive Horror Experience!
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I performed this script at 4AM in the morning, absolutely exhausted, to give my voice a hollow, weary sound. I've just played the finished game, and BitGolem have captured the perfect vibe. The artwork and sound atmospherics are great. Congratulations guys!
2023 UPDATE - If anyone is interested, I've recorded a second Lovecraft short story. The video will be premiered on my CZcams channel this Friday 8th September 2023 at 19:00 (BST) for UK and Europe, 11:00 (PDT) or 14:00 (EDT) for North America, and 23:30 (IST) for Indian subscribers. It would mean a lot to me, if some of you guys and girls would be there to watch ❤
Your voice acting was amazing
Great work man
Your voice work was perfect in this. Love that you went a little method to capture the madness! Great job!
The dedication, wow
Great job on this, I loved your voice- kudos 👍.
One of the "features" in Lovecraft's text for Dagon is that us, the reader, can't ever be sure if what the narrator is writing down was real or if he was just hallucinating everything and the text is nothing but the ramblings of a crazy person. This game captures that feeling amazingly well.
An unreliable narrator
Remember reading this from the ho lovecrafts necronomicon book. I always thought that you'd have to have some pretty insane hallucinations if it drove you to a life of drugs and suicide in order to forget and escape the trauma. Also, you can trick your mind but the persception of time is something different. He didn't hallucinate for an hour, but apparently for days. Your persception of time would have debunked the amount passed in say 1 hour if during that hour you managed to hallucinate a whole day and night cycle. You don't even dream that something happens for that long. Like, you don't dream your day starting noon and within the same dream uninterrupted go about your day til the night and so on.
Sure, but Dagon is a real god in H.P. world so we know even if he's hallucinating he's not full of shit.
I don't think that is the take away. I think the experience itself drove him mad, but that it isn't a hallucination. He is really haunted by it and the horror is really coming for him.
Sure, schizophrenia etc is a huge risk to become a drug addict which will worsen your schizophrenia further, but again, I don't think the point of the story is him hallucinating everything. A hallucination, won't have long term effects on your psyche if, for instance it's induced by a fever. It will more resemble a dream and you will be over it.
I think the story uses the madness to portray how great the horrors he encountered was, they were in fact so great, that they drove him mad.
I thought it was fairly straightforward & the story is real. There’s nothing to indicate he was lying, any more than any other storyteller.
Fishman was just like "hey bro you forgot your wallet" and the dude yeets himself out a window
"Hello my friend. Do you have time to hear about our lord and savior Dagon ?"
"The window ! The window !"
"Excuse me, we've been trying to reach you about your cars extended warrantee..."
"THE WINDOW! THE WINDOW!"
Candygram!
@@hungryalien8494 🤣🤣🤣
@@hungryalien8494 A Mormon Dagonian cultist? Moses on a pogo stick, that would be fucking terrifying!...
Nothing beats a faithful adaptation. I don't know why most directors feel the need to toss their junk in.
Most don't. Guillermo del Toro wrote a script adapting "At the mountains of madness" very faithfully. He presented the script to several studios, and all of them rejected it on the grounds that it didn't include a romantic plot. A romantic subplot on a Lovecraft story...
Studios will not make a movie unless it has a romantic subplot shoehorned in it. Del Toro had a choice, either he didn't get to make the movie, or he had to shoehorn a romantic subplot in the script. He chose to keep his artistic integrity and not make the movie.
@@LuckyBird551 Hmm? No romantic subplot? Now that sounds like a movie I have no interest in.
@@richardwatson1254 Maybe a couple of the penguins could start screwing in the background while Shoggoth looks on?
@@AlphaBetaGamer LOL, going to town while screaming "Tekeli-li, Tekeli-li"...
@@AlphaBetaGamer
"I dare not describe their forms" Because having the lower half of an octopus is traumatic, but the lower half of a fish is a classic sea tale.
Aye, remember the time Frank went insane from seeing a mermaid? oh that was a day I was glad I was not on deck.
Aye, my mind hasn't been the same since I last saw a washed up dead squid.
@Space Vatnik Hey look everyone, someone who cannot understand humor.
The narrator also gets a mention in the Call of Cthulhu story as he throws himself out of the window on the same day that Cthulhu briefly awoke and a bunch of people across the world went mad.
I've read each a dozen times and did not realize the connection. Thanks!!
I am a Japanese who adores Lovecraft's works, and I watched this video with a translation book in hand. This comment is also written using a translation site, but I am going to devote myself to studying every day, dreaming that one day I will be able to express my impressions of this video in English in my own words.
素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます（Thanks for the great video!）
See, this is how HP LC in a visual modem should be more like. The games of this genre keep failing in trying to be Lovecraftian by adding too many action elements or other elements that just don’t make sense in a Lovecraft sense. Having more of an experience of Lovecraftian themes rather than an action or mystery game better allows for the Lovecraftian vision to be portrayed correctly and really allow one to immerse in the mind destroying, manic inducing nonsense that is H.P. Lovecraft.
@Lostcause That’s true
Agreed
I thought the same thing but after reading stories like The Dunwitch Horror and The Call of Cthulhu I realized there ARE action scenes in some of his stories, like the dogs mauling one of the Wately boys and the final confrontation of the other one at the end, and not to mention the police confronting the cultists twice in Call of Cthulhu once in New Orleans and again on boat. Action COULD work in lovecraft games, jist very sparingly I think...
@Lostcause a bit loosely, but I think Bloodborne managed it quite well, sure it is an action game, but you fight the creatures created by these cosmic beings, not the beings themselves (safe a couple exceptions). Everything mostly is a bad ending in that game, no heroes or anything and at the end of the day the more you dwelve into the lore the more powerless and confused you feel.
@@Duck_Praise It should also not be understated that Bloodborne does not initially present itself as lovecraftian. It starts out as your typical gothic horror, that slowly unveils its maddening secrets as you progress, with allusions to Great Ones and invisible monstrosities only those that have gained the knowledge of madmen can even perceive.
For what has rightfully been called more of an interactive storybook than a game, it was quite engaging.
"I think I went mad then" - love that line
This is probably the best way to adapt from Lovecraft source material
exactly, and the fps view truly helps to you immerse yourself
Now this is how you adapt a Lovecraft story. Kudos to the voice actor too, awesome stuff.
I'll be honest for a moment I thought it was the same narrator for the War of the Worlds Musical, not the new generation but the original album
Thank you very much. It was an awesome script to perform!
Karl Urban (Dredd), is that you? 😂
Interesting to see how someone else’s vision of this story is compared to your own. Broad strokes overlap in each interpretation but everyone has their own unique view of this Lovecraft classic.
This should also be in VR as well. SInce it was more interactive narration kind of media. WIth VR experience I'm very certain this will be a blast to go through.
You're in luck! It's playable in VR too! :)
Cool name
Yeah
This was so good up until the obelisk part - a description of *conventionalized* figures in *bas-relief* is told, but we are shown some concept art "etched" flatly into the surface. My only complaint is this and the monster shortly after; I think it would have helped the developer/artist to actually look at monoliths, relief sculpture, etc. Hate to nitpick this part, but it's basically the climax of the short story, so seeing it portrayed so flatly is kind of disappointing.
That said, this is by far the most faithful Lovecraft-esque game, I think more developers should approach these stories as just that - interactive *stories*. Developers really nailed the tone and presentation here.
Yeah I agree. Its truly a shame, really, bcs i can think of a few ways they could have done that scene, but they really nailed the rest, which isnt easy. I would love a game like this but based on Night Ocean.
Not a monster, its DAGON
Yeah the monster looks way too much like a buff human. It's not like how the Dagon creature or the Deep Ones are described really at all. For some reason people give the Deep Ones way too human proportions when they don't have them at all.
That bothered me too. It clearly states that they are Bas-relief but didn't show it. Other than that, overall a good interactive story.
the monster i was confused by as well but i assume thats cause ive come to asscioate dagon with his "deformed merman form" as in having some aquatic life lowerhalf compared to his creature of the black lago style upper half but lovecraft didnt ever actually mention details of dagons appearnce except he looks like a giant deep one.
God this is one of the best takes on Lovecraftian horror I've ever seen covered. Very well executed, beautifully depicted, and still horrifying all the same.
Disgust and fear towards anything new, this truly captures the essence of Lovecraft work. I always found it funny that his name contains the word 'love' when he could barely give or willing to receive 😆 it from others.
Wes Craven.
are you angry about something?
I love this idea, it’s not exactly a point and click like say amnesia, but more of a interactive audio book, i hope more love craft stories get made into something similar.
If only Mr Lovecraft had been born 100 years later, he would be a legendary computer game designer!
His cat would also be a great cat video material
@@Genesix6 Lmfao
Dude was scared of reading about air conditioning and circles, I don't even want to imagine how stressed out he'd be nowadays
He'd be a racist asshole. Not the nicest of people, I understand. Except to his cats.
@@princeofcupspoc9073 A racist? Oh no! Then he needs to be canceled.
There have been a plethora of games released with Lovecraft's content, would be good to see more like this, just visual storytelling and building atmosphere.
One of my favorite Lovecraft stories. This looks dope.
I absolutely love cosmic horror games. In the past few years there has been some pretty awesome lovecraftian horror games.
Amazing, I hope they do "At the Mountains of Madness" next.
When horror meets Doctor Who. A definite influence on Seeds of Doom. It is definitely more of a science fiction story than horror.
So basically Dagon went out to read monolith fanfiction about himself?
It was a worshiper. Dagon is basically an old God. He's larger and Monstrous and in another dimension.
So a worshipper went out to read fanfiction about himself.
@@AntipaladinPedigri It's a monolith, like a cross.
Dagon died on the monolith for our sins.
@@ReneAensland Dagon is not an old god! He is a priest of Cthulhu!
THEY DID IT.
This is an idea of mine: to recreate HP.Lovecraft short stories into mini games in one package
...once i get money that is
and a crew
So I guess this is the future of audio books.
"With only a slight churning to mark its rise to the surface, the thing slid into view above the dark waters"
*suddenly and loudly explodes out of the water, with a cliche jarring chord played simultaneously*
That acting beat at the end! Where the player was too scared to click the door so they delayed it…no notes! Brilliant! Chef’s kiss
I want more experiences like that, i wish the developers adapt more stories into this kind of format
I would pay for that. Make it VR. That would be neat.
Wow, it helped me to imagine the landscape so much bettef, amazing work!
This is truly like reading a Lovecraft story, it give you the feels and sensations on unknown horror. Is as smooth as it sounds, you can even just be listening without playing and feel your place of the narrator. A truly work or art.
That was absolutely phantastic (spelled that way on purpose!) Great adaptation. I've always loved Lovecraft's work! Thanks for sharing!
My man saw a squid and lost his fucking mind.
Now they should make a game about the Color out of the space.
Purple if I remember.
Excellent narration. IMO, your voice perfectly conveyed the state of the narrator's mind during each scene.
This is how kids should be taught literature these days, instead of just using books. Have them play through this game and then discuss in class or write an essay about it.
I would consider this more as an award.
Realistically, you would need an entire program to instill the desire to read on children. Not only do you need tests, but to make a space where they can read and talk about whatever book they want to. Club or library, probably most first world countries have this already.
This is my favourite story from Lovecraft. It gives me chills. Thank you for making this, it’s truly incredible, took my breath away. I felt the same fear watching this as I do reading the story.
Loved it. Thanks for posting!
15:10 narrator: "....the thing slid into view above the dark waters"
the thing: *jumps out more abruptly than me jumping out of bed thinking I'm late for work on a sunday*
like that "Dumbledore asked calmly" meme XD
That was fantastic. It really captured the atmosphere of the story. I’d love to see more things from this developer.
Recorded at 4 am? Good man.
Apparently I'm one of the few who appreciates walking sims like this. It really helps if they are based on a classic.
Love this channel!
This was pretty good! For more Lovecraft stories I recommend the iLovecraft interactive books, they scared the bejeesus out of me.
Cool video, visuals and dialog, nicely done. Only concern is the music gets so loud it washes out the vocals at times, 16:23 for example.
That was awesome! As an avid Lovecraft fan, well done.
As someone with a deep thalassophobia this is really scary but amazing, great work. and the voice actor is epic, very great work
This was actually the first of these stories I ever read all the way through. I remember to vocabulary being a bit much for me at the time, but since then I've started understanding it.
really like the overall look of the game, and the voice acting is very well done. biggest gripe is how abrupt the transitions are on the walk to the monolith. just a few steps and then fade to black. i think the game could have had a greater sense of passing time if we'd had a little more time to observe the scenery between points of dialogue. doesn't need to be the full distance but just a little time walking through that landscape.
I miss how articulate people were
Lovecraft was thought of as wordy and stiff even in his own day.
It used to be that people would attend grammar school, which is to say they studied for the explicit purpose of being articulate. Sad that society no longer deems it a priority. Instead we are to be rushed off to professionals school as soon as possible to grease the wheel upon which megacorporations ply their human resources.
Bravo! This was a fantastic visual novel, I’ll definitely be watching it again soon
7:32 he missed a question mark on that worm.
Great narrator
I love your channel, greetings from Argentina.
basically a interactive novel with 3D visuals
So freakn cool! Great work!!👍🙏
Good shit 👍
Would like to see more adaptations
Now I want to see a game adaptation of mountains of madness.
Some details remind me of the eerie Other Side of the Mountain by Michel Bernanos... Especially the drifting, the delirious dreams, the unexplainable and unmapped patch of land... Thanks for sharing this interactive story, Alpha Beta Gamer :))
This is a very good story although short. - And this interactive version is a pretty good adaption.
Oh my god... What a surprise to see this. Dagon is my favorite Lovecraft story, and while reading I imagined everything EXACTLY as it is in this game. Awesome!
pretty accurate description of HP lovecrafts work ,the developers really got into depth with it
This was my first Lovecraft story and, while I don't agree with the way the ending was portrayed, I think it was very well done. Almost frame for frame what I had imagine things looking/feeling in my mind when i was going through the story for the first time.
As if I need reminding of the horrors of the unfathomable ocean they show the boat so small on the surface and the passing by of a massive creature beneath it!
I really hope we can see more of these someday
To me, this is more innovative than it seems first. It's between reading a book and playing a game, and it keep and deepens both parts.
Just read this little short story. Seeing some visuals for it was great.
Oh wow I wish I could write like this. This is so amazing.
This is very well made
everything was just like i imagined in my head when i first read this one, i loved it... although if i had to make one gripe..
it states that "and unlike anything i'd ever seen in books" lol but they have like, literal zoobook illustrations for sea creatures.. i just kinda imagined it would be like, crude "cave-like" drawings of the sea creatures .. not like, photo copy pictures from a modern science book X,D but hey, thats it.
everything else was brilliant ^.^
Me gusta, nos sumerge en la atmosfera de la narración. Esta bueno!!!.
I wonder what other Lovecraftian works we like to see in video games: Call of Cthulhu, At The Mountains of Madness, Nyarlathotep, Shadow Over Innsmouth, etc. 🤔
Lovecraft stories barely have got dialogues, so I think that something like this, would be a great format for a sort of audiobook evolution. Something a bit interactive like this, could be really immersive.
Yep. No one in Hollywood would dare make what amounts to a narrated silent film. The horror is in the word choice, turn of a phrase, not in the story.
Great adaptation - now do "The music of Erich Zann"!
I wish they would also adapt the story where two (or three) people find some hole and descent down and simply go mad because they see something unimaginable frightening. It is so well written
The Colour Out of Space? The story, not that complete PoS film.
That looks beautiful
I'a Dagon! I'a Dagon! Cthulhu f'tahgn!
Wonderful performance in this also by the way. A joy to see Lovecraft's work adapted in a video game so well! At last, one might say..
F'tahgn. And Go Pods!
Not gonna lie, the narrator wasn't the brightest bulb in the first place essentially heart of the sea-ing himself in the middle of the Pacific barely aware that he's "south of the ecuator" rather than getting dropped off by already jovial Germans at Tahiti...
This has got to be the best Lovecraft adaptation I’v ever seen
Simple, but effective.
Would work great in VR as well. Such sceneries are perfect for it.
This was almost exectly how I imagined it while reading it. Very nice
Most faithful adaptation of Lovecraft I have ever seen. Excellent.
Ok that was freaking AWESOME!!!
just played this great little game i loved it big fan of HP Lovecraft and have read this story and i did like the game and plus its free and loved the little bits about him that was added wont say too much spoil it good game thanks hope to see more from you
Very effective. Well done!
It’s cool that you can actually see the Prehistoric squid species like the ammonites and The Giant Orthocone
ahhhh that was well done. *chef's kiss*
This is almost exactly as I've imagined it when I read it. Fantastic
As a huge fan of lovecraftian horror they stayed very true to the source material here
FUCKING HELL!!!!! i read this short story months ago and HOLY SHIT DOES THIS EVER CAPTURE IT PERFECTLY i feel just like i did at the end of that story the first time i read it man this is just fantastic!!
One of the best light novels i had seen,nice
8:33 HOLY FUCKING SHIT DID THEY USED A CARTOON SPLAT NOISE WHEN HE GOT UP FROM THE MUD?! i havent stopped laughing holy shit help me
Great video and game, thanks ABG for your work
Also, *Ay fifty+first!*
This was incredible.
Awesome game, very faithful to the source material!
Awesome👍
This certainly feels like a blend of Amnesia and Dear Esther, with Lovecraft elements thrown in =)
Wdym with lovecraft elements thrown in? Its literally one of his stories
I've loved this story ever since someone commented that the first death stranding trailer looked like an adaptation of Dagon
Great narrator, i would love to see the game in black & white
Top notch, this thing. Wish there were more like it.
Beautiful looking game, and beautifully narrated too.