Please Note: The intro before the compilation was partly made by quoting Zeekerss’s own Steam and Patreon updates. This was done intentionally so I could tell the story as close to how Zeekerss’s might have felt as possible. I just realized not disclosing that could be considered plagiarism so I’m pinning this here and in the description.

You know, it's funny that you mentioned companies hiring indie devs to make games and giving them a big budget to work with, because that's exactly how Portal got made.

In short: one is fun, and the other feels like a job where you’re paying your boss.

One moment I'll never forget is when I joined a team of randoms, they were on a 1000 quota save and they were about to do Titan, I had NEVER gone to Titan, so when I saw the big looming building shrouded in fog, I felt AFRAID to just get out of the ship, but because I wasn't mission control, I had no other choice, I made my way up and entered the strangely peaceful main building, I gathered a handful of alright scrap before bringing it back, but one thing was missing, the person who was mission control, there was nobody there, my first thought was "Huh, maybe I should go to the fire exit, we can regroup and go together there!" and so I did, I walked in with nothing but my trusty flashlight through the dark halls, only to see the little girl standing in the doorway just stare back at me and I froze up for a solid 4 seconds only to turn and fucking BOOK it back out, I ran all the way back to the ship and checked the cameras to see if the team was alive, and it wasn't, I had no idea what happened to them and how they died so rapidly, but I was the only one left, and i had the ship take off.

Indie film directors getting to direct even bigger films is something the gaming industry should def imitate. Creativity is ripe in the indie scene, not the board rooms of share holders.

the longer AAA games go on, the worse they get, but the longer indie games go on, the better they get with each dev

Lethal Company rides the fine line between absolutely hysterical laughter and bone-chilling terror. And it's multiplayer. Absolutely incredible.

Sometimes the timing in Lethal Company is just perfect, Me and my friends were playing a few weeks back, and got an absolutely golden clip from our gameplay. One of my friends was getting killed by a snare flea, and right as he died, and his camera switched over to us, right as he was hoping to see us rushing to help him, what does he see? Us standing on the ship, far far away, laughing at the monitor saying "I think he's getting killed live rn".

In Lethal Company one of my friends has a clip of me yelling at a Bracken "I'm not scared of you" while making eye contact, then I turn my back and it snaps my neck

One of my friends and I were on March. It was a 350 quota and this was our last day beforer having to report to company. The previous day we had lost everything. We managed to get what we needed, until we faced a Coilhead. We got on a rail soon too since a thumper crashed down. My friend followed my directions and killed the thumper while I stared at the Coil head, as if a rookie was being guided by a vet. We hit midnight and the ship left us. Peak gaming experience 10/10

can totally see how this game would out sell a remake of a COD game very well presented

Three Days Later: Lethal Company adds in three certain features that make the game feel so much different A mask that essentially murders you A walking turret that is the Nutcracker And a Transmitter that could be used productively or make crude humor while your friends are being devoured alive. Amazing stuff, even while adding in what is essentially so little, it has such a profound change on the game. Meanwhile COD could add a map and it would feel horrendously bland like it’s been there since its release…

while hiring indie developers sounds good on paper, and alot them definitely deserve to be able to have those kinds of resources for their vision, triple A studios hiring indie devs wouldnt actually change anything. This is because the problem is with the industry and the studios themselves, not the devs. developers at these big studios dont make generic cookie cutter games because they want to, they do it because they are required to, because the studio knows that the formula has worked in the past and is therefore 'safe'. and they arent willing to take a risk on something new, so any time a developer tries to bring them something new, they're told to change it to whats safe. whats more the games are also poorly optimized and cobbled together because despite their budget, devs are told to meet impossible deadlines, so they dont have time to optimize it, or make sure it actually works. sorry about the big rant, I know that this wasnt the focus of the video, and that this is probably already known, the specific line about hiring indie devs, felt like saying that its the devs fault that the game is bad, and I wanted to ensure that record was straight as towards where the fault actually lies Tl;Dr: devs usually arent lazy, the gaming industry is toxic as all fuck and the blame for stale and unfinished triple A games lies with usually lies companies behind them

You know what, we need more successes like Lethal Companies. I mean, the game isn't complex, but what it does it does well and with a clear vision and a game not meant to please every demographic.. And in doing so, it's drawing in crowds from many demographics. Some people picked up this game despite their total aversion of being scared, just because it seems fun. Hell, the whole horror of lethal company IS FUN.

We had a quota of around 1800 and we were on an INSANE roll, we had saved up around 3000 worth of scrap in our ship. We were exploring the bunker on the last day before quota and I was on my way to go back to the ship so I made my way to the fire exit (in the dark cuz someone took the aparatice lol) and when I finally saw the fire exit below me in the staircase room, I decided to make it quicker by jumping over the railing instead of taking the stairs. Right when I landed a BRACKEN snapped my neck and I didnt even realize there was one and apparently everyone else had died as well so all our loot was gone :')

The MOST beautiful things about this game, is the sense of nostalgia it invokes: few polygons, really low resolution but especially a lack of micro-transaction. This game absolutely deserves its success...

An Indie game outselling any game that has both a big budget and is known worldwide by millions of people is a feat I have very rarely seen from Indie games, sure you see a lot of games get popular, but every so often we get gems like these that rise above the rest and become truly special

The fact that no matter how many times you play the game it never ends up being the same as the last, it’s always random which makes it so perfect, plus the in game chat makes everything so much better with a ton of laughs

I think one reason why indie games feels so good and fresh is that they don't have a massive budget, a big workforce team, and resources overall, that pushes creativity and ingenuity. If you give a indie dev all the resources they could ask for and then some, I think they wouldn't really know what to do with all of it.

So youre telling me a furry outsold an entire company with literal infinite budged

I love playing this game on stream with Other CCs. The fact I can just reach out to someone and go "aye lets play this horror game for a few hour" and almost always get an "Hell yeah man lets go!" is nice. Now as a multiplayer horror game, this games fails cause of proximity chat making everyone a voice actor,. However, If you have the balls to play this alone. . . Oh boy I salute you. Amazing game. Real Ten out of Ten. deserves all the hype it gets. Makes me wish more devs would add proximity chat.

I learned about lethal company from some online friends a little bit before it blew up and got widely popular. Friend was like I found this game it’s kind of like phasmophobia but in space and trying to not get killed by aliens. It immediately grabbed my interest as I loved ohasmophobia despite not really having a proper mic to play it. Went out bought a proper mic and bought the game and I played for maybe two hours that first play station and I absolutely had a blast. There’s just something about jumping off the ship early breaking your legs but somehow still surviving and then you and a friend immediately get eaten by a work 10 seconds upon landing on a planet because you didn’t know what the eclipse weather condition did. It’s freaking great!

It is almost beautiful how the creativity of man outshines the greed of corporations every time. Dude truly loved the journey as much as the destination and the results did not disappoint.

respect for adding caseoh's clip to the video knowing that it will add 20 hours to the video render time trying to compress his webcam

The Flowerman is what ties the game together, at least for me.

The thing that makes Lethal company as good as it is is not just the fact that its 800MB (It'll probably get larger in the future) don't need a high end gaming laptop/PC or the well programmed monsters. Heck not even the maps. Its the randomness. Just like how in Roblox natural disaster, the game is still popular not because it looks good but because of the random moments. Lethal company is programmed this way intentionally or unintentionally. Since everything isn't repetitive and every game has its own unique twist. You get a reason to play more and in the end you don't feel tired. Because of this randomness Lethal Company gained comedic moments as well as horrifying ones. Which is probably why it caught the interest of many. If the game was repetitive then people would get bored of it quickly. Any game that can master randomness (In a good way) will DEFINETLY be good. Because that is a reason why most of the good games are respected. a few examples can be ARK, Phasmophobia, GTA. (Randomness isn't the only thing making these games good, but hopefully you can see my point) I'm not saying that that's the only good thing about it, because personally i enjoyed it because of the random horrifying moments with the well programmed monsters and their horrifying sound designs. The bracken and coil-head turn me into the flash. The reason COD is less enjoyable is because it has 0 randomness so it is just very repetitive.

Using Lucy tricking Charlie with the football is a perfect metaphor for the new cod games👍

I’m very glad to have stumbled upon this video, as I might reference some of these pointers to make my own video on why Lethal Company Proves we need more games with proximity chat, good shit man

The unfortunate part about studios hiring indie developers to make/design new stuff (like hazbin and I’m gonna say probably TADC as well) is that they almost immediately snuff out what made the indie film/game so great, they scrap original voice actors that people liked, they re-write the stories, and they keep it in production for 5 years without any updates or progress it seems. So although it sounds good in theory to have indie producers have access to “production” quality funds, I think the fan base just needs to be more active and donate directly to keep that originality and avoid sellout pieces of shit like Amazon and Netflix from puppeteering them.

Lethal Company is both fun and absolutely terrifying and it’s beautiful.

My favorite part of this game is that it feels like a game where no matter what you will always find yourself getting panicked and chaos should shit go south. And it's fun when there is chaos and failure.

Lethal Company manages to someone strike a perfect balance with its skill ceiling. Anyone can download the game with zero knowledge and have fun, but there's also so much depth to its mechanics and ai that allow more hardcore players enjoy the game too. The procedural generation does a lot of heavy lifting too, making every run feel unique whether you've been playing for 3 hours or 300. If Zeekerss meets his goal of adding a ton of monsters and variations to game, I can see this game becoming the Minecraft of horror games. Especially with the modding scene already popping off AND Zeekerss working to incorporate ideas for mods into the base game. The difference between COD and LC lies in the "why" of it all. Every creative decision in LC was made for the sake of fun while most decisions made in COD's development were made to maximize profits, draw in new spenders, increase playtime, and sell microtransactions. Things like operators only exist in COD so they can sell you something in the store while LC isn't trying to sell you anything but a good time with your friends. The gaming industry has lacked heart for quite awhile and it's awesome to see that there's still talented devs out there that make games just for the fun of it without a worry for shareholders.

i love hopping on going to public lobbies and joining a squad of 3 other random people and genuinely enjoying the team environment instead of getting pissed because they either suck ass or are toxic. in my 30 odd ours about 2/3 spent with randoms i've only really experienced one or two semi toxic players

Part of why games like battle bit and lethal company are actually good is because it’s what we want as gamers. No bullshit micro transactions just a good time.

I love lethal company, thank you zeekers, your game is keeping me from krilling my shelf

great vid, now i know what to buy my pals and I for Christmas, happy holidays!

10:17 The problem inst the devs are lazy, they just become corporate controled, Zeekeers could go to make them a game and get crushed because the higher ups prefer formulaic games instead of breaking the mold.

I had no idea the person that made It Steals also made lethal Company. It honestly makes sense now that I think about it. They deserve all the credit they are getting, and hope they continue to update in the future.

My friend bought Lethal for me for Christmas so we could play together. I cannot express enough how much I love this game. I made so many new friends playing in random lobbies. I haven't been this into a game since Subnautica.

wow lufa you’re videos are doing great!! you really deserve it, keep it up!

I really do love his game style. I remember seeing lethal company for the first time I immediately recognized him, Which is crazy cause he's the only indie developer I've played where I can actually recognize his touch. So happy he got so much success. He deserves it for all the amazingly goofy and scary games he makes

Bro zeekerss made light bulb? that was such a good fucking game its what inspired me to play a bunch of horror games no wonder I got instantly attached to lethal company.

Hey thanks for getting straight to the point. This yap session didn't put me to sleep, good job

Also another thing to add is that most AAA games are released with one thing in mind, look flashy and appeal to an existing audience who've been buying your games for years at this point whereas indie games are treated as a passion project and mostly coded by people who just enjoy making games.

“We could be playing an ultra realistic version of Lethal company in VR with Nikki Minaj!” So is she the monster or…?

Absolutely insane that this video only has like 1k views, this is a really well made video man! Keep it up!

Lethal Company: - Cheap - Very fun to play - Had ton of humor COD: - Expensive - Very stressful to play - No humor, the skins aren't fit to the game.

Ive seen two of this dudes game on pastras channel, still no idea whats going on in most of them but i love it

ultrarealistic lethal company would be less fun

Nicely put and concise

your a great youtuber dude just to let yk keep it up homie

Had to subscribe because you made me laugh, the video is great! Maybe could have used a little bit more b roll towards the end

IT’S FINALLY HERE! I’ve been so hyped for this video! 10/10 dude! Lethal Company is the most fun I’ve had playing with friends since Halo 2. This game deserves all the hype. Shouts out to the Lufa god for recommending it 🙌

really hope this game stays popular for a few months at least

i didn't even know this and im so glad i do know now lol, this makes my day like 5x better

That bath is not for just "decoration" it's actually helps you to reduce paranoid idk the word, by a little girl that haunting you around

This gane is so incredibly fun. I havent had this much fun with my friends since halo reach and Lan parties

I love this game. It takes the co-op horror of Phasmophobia but adds it’s own unique, fun, and memorable twist on it and always keeps you immersed. However, unlike phasmophobia and it’s clones, the facilities are never the same (the exteriors are, but the interiors are randomly generated seeds), so you never know if you’re gonna have one with easy access to scrap and exits or a winding, dark maze that you can’t hope to escape. Plus the fact that proximity isn’t just a way to talk to people, but an actual mechanic that can get you killed if you’re not careful is great for tension and horror! And then you have MW3, which does nothing new, gives you FAR less than what MW2 did, and still asks for $70, nearly 200 gigs of storage, and to spend more on battlepasses and dlc…like come on, Activision! If an indie dev team of ONE is outselling you, a billion dollar AAA company, clearly you must have some flaw in how you create your games, but that would imply higher ups like Kotick are actually humble and see consumers as people and not walking dollar signs to be squeezed to oblivion.

Lethal company has the most incredible moments. On my first time playing we had gotten up to Rend and I was stuck in a corner hearing a Nutcracker. I had no idea what I was hearing and begged my teammate to get back to the ship and teleport me, but he never responded. I managed to sneak up to the balcony (we were in the mansion) and get cornered by a Coil-head, and I can confirm that hearing the Nutcracker stomping closer and closer and a Coil-head staring me in the eyes was the best tension I've ever experienced, and the Nutcracker yeeting up the stairs and shooting me off the balcony with me *living* was the best jumpscare since my first playthrough of Doors. Lethal company is worth every penny.

two worms jumped at me at the same time, i dodged the first one but didnt know about the second one

Horror story: my friend angered the bracken and then jumped into a pit, he proceeds to unmute on discord and say look behind you. I never screamed until then.

I'm so happy that Lethal Company is getting the attention it deserves. I still feel pretty pessimistic about the idea of AAA taking cues -- there's now too much money involved for the risk-taking and experimentation that produces great things. Who cares, though? In my view, this is a reminder that we can create the games we want ourselves. It's also worth remembering that there's a huge back catalogue of AAA games from the before times, when the people calling the shots actually cared about human creativity. It honestly sickens me that interactive art has been co-opted by corporate entities so early into its life, turned into just another thing to keep us wanting. But, it has, and so we should make sure that Lethal Company is not a one-off. Let's all support and make art like this game: stuff that's made with a vision beyond return on investment for stakeholders. All this other garbage? These games that encourage children to gamble? Have you taking abuse from mentally ill strangers for a drop of ranked elo? I feel like my comment will get hidden if I swear, but you can imagine a few words I might use here. I'm not talking down on people who play AAA games, I've played them my whole life. But it's undeniable that the state of the games industry is just another cause for young people wasting their time on isolating, toxic, addictive, *predatory* experiences. We deserve better, and Lethal Company IS this 'better'. Sorry for ranting on your video, it was a great summary of what makes this game so worthy of its success. You've got my subscription :)

Nice video mate, subscribed!

*Insert picture of Spongebob making one pretty burger, whilst Neptune makes hundreds.*

He made it steals ?! He really create the best horror game

Lufa is so underrated

got it a couple weeks ago, already put 30 hours into it, becoming of my top 5 most played games on steam, there is also a few mods that have made the game even more fun.

Lethal Company probably has THE BEST implementation of prox chat that's ever been seen in gaming.

I love he idea of giving Indie devs massive budgets, but I think what made lethal company successful was how it was creative despite its small budget. Like with Call of Duty, millions of dollars is no replacement for actual creativity, and a lot of that innovation comes from limitation, as the developers need to use their resources carefully and squeeze the most out of even very simple concepts.

Honestly, the fact that a transgender furry might push gaming into a new era is incredibly poetic to me

Don't let the cod devs hear this. Knowing how they seethed against Kratos's VA for his jab in the awards show, they'll absolutely mald over this one

If update 45 is anything to go off of, i think we have a whole lot to look forward too. Without giving away too much, just a few creatures and items along with bug fixes and balances, but it feels like it added so much, and am excited to see reactions of other players to it all

first time someone hasnt said COD being outsold by a (furry) dev lol

Oh wait, that... that's not a metaphor... it's a simile.

I'm genuinely happy to hear the developer of one of my favorite roblox horror games growing up has hit it big. As better as it would be for him to stick to off roblox development, I hope zeekers makes one last horror game on roblox to show how far they've come.

when i first saw this game i was like how did a 2010 game get to my list of videos i did now know it was so new

An indie devteam with the budget of the CoD devs gets you Valve (literally the only big-ass company for which, including its CEO, I have respect for).

Imagine spending millions upon millions to get absolutely Ratio'd by a roblox creator...

i remember the first time me and my crew (three of us in total) went to dine, there were land mines everywhere, we were moving down a stairway looking for more loot, instead of loot we found a spring head, I quickly start staring at him while my crew recollected themselves (they were freaking out) one of them stepped on a mine killing both of them. I kept staring and moving back through dark rooms, carefully listening for mines while i tried finding the stairs. out of the dark in front of me walked a jester and he started cranking, then i heard LAUGHTER, the spring head rushing around corners i"d passed, mines beeping reminding me not to sprint backwards as terrified as i was, i knew the little girl would be coming for me soon. It was all in the span of maybe a minute that felt much longer before i found myself backing onto a lit staircase, i could finally see what was in front but i still had to walk backwards, at this point the jester's music was playing fast, he would come out soon, the little girl is making more frequent appearances, my line of sight of the coilhead keeps breaking and he keeps gaining ground, but finally in front of me is a doorway in a large room, i made it to the main entrance, i sprinted backwards as the girl skipped to me, she started getting so close, i knew the exit was right behind me, i risked turning my back to the coilhead but i had no other option, the shuffling sound of him sprinting at me while i waited for that circle to fill so that i could escape had me crapping myself, I ran to the ship before the girl had a chance to appear and chase me again. I left empty handed and the only survivor, my crew had watched that whole experience and were nearly as scared as i was, they were breathing so heavily. (we did NOT end up meeting quota and died anyways)

The minimum requirements can be easily translated into: "If the computer turns on, you can play it"

What you said at the end with the developers in a different room thing reminds me of the the spongebob making 1 craby patty that is great. And king neptune making 1000s of krabby pattys but they are dog shit.

Lethal Company gives everything you need to learn the game without forcing you to do anything, no tutorial, nothing. You just know the controls and have access to a computer where you can read everything. I know some players like tutorials, but I feel the way Lethal Company handles everything just makes the game 10 times better on top of the already good idea.

This is what genuine effort and care towards game development does. This game is so fun to watch and play, and it definitely deserves all the praise. 10/10

Wait this is the same guy who made it steals, i had no idea. Now i really gotta play this

I have almost 70 hours in lethal company… and I have never not had fun and laughed my ass off while playing

I love unexpected indie hits. Among us and lethal company deserve the love

It’s very interesting, but I’m curious to see whether or not it has any longevity. For example, we saw something somewhat similar with Battlebit. It really blew up and still has a decent playerbase, but dropped a while after its initial explosion.

I love seeing small indie devs making honestly great games. Ultrakill, Undertale, and now Lethal Company are all some of my favorite games. All of them where made with small teams and still manage to be some of the most fun I've had in recent years.

i think the biggest problem with AAA games is the management of the studios who make them, the higher-ups are only interested in ticking of Boardroom goals that make their shareholders happy.

I feel as if This game also got popular via word of mouth. Like I didn’t even know this game existed until some of my college friends told me about it, telling me of the terror it has and the fact it had proximity chat. So that’s what got me into playing it

I saw the title and made the biggest most genuine smile I’ve ever made

Nice content bro, but would you also do "The Finals vs COD" too? the finals has more players than COD in steam too ;P

I didn't realize he worked on Lightbulb and Silent Dark. Both of those games were extremely good. IIRC, Lightbulb was a topdown horror game with alot of scares related to, y'know.. lights. Silent Dark was a game I don't remember too well, but I BELIEVE it was a psychological horror game about an alien baby that convinces you to lose your fear and simply fight back, killing the monster chasing you? Though I might be mixing that up, because again, I don't remember it too well, been years, can't replay it because it's broken now. I do remember it was very enjoyable, though.

Part of the problem you didn't mention is that peek CoD was MW2 (2009) because there was no AI banning you for camping and standards rage banter.

Great video!

Lethal Company is one of the most perfect blends of horror, fun, and even comedy.

I think one of the biggest criticisms I can give for Lethal Company is that giants are the reason I don't visit vow or march. Simply because there isn't a counter to them, even forces of nature like the jester or earthworm have counters or ways to play around them. If a giant sees you it will likely never leave

I love how this game is both difficult and requires you to actually think and learn to get good at it, but is also exceedingly fun even if you're not good at it. It doesn't matter if you ever manage to get good or not because you have fun either way. Even if you never meet a quota you and your friends will still experience the joy of hilarious deaths.

One fluffy boi vs one of the largest game franchises

the nightmare fuel and unpredictable maps are the best main selling point for the LC, and not to mention the game are pretty modular (you can add mods)