The whole failed kickstarter plot bit is actually real - There Is No Game was originally a little flash game, and the creator Pascal Cammisotto launched a kickstarter to fund turning it into a full game. The kickstarter failed to get funded, but he still managed to get the full game finished anyway.

Fun fact, the Russian voice running gag came from the original There is No Game, also narrated by the lead developer(he created the original on his own for a game jam), because people kept thinking he was Russian. The lead developer is actually French.
And the plot of the (not)game came from the fact that it was originally kickstarted, but failed to reach their goal, but the dev team persisted and made it anyways. They're developing a new game now, so it looks like their efforts were worth it.

To give context for 1:11:15 the kickstarter for this game only reached like 10 percent of its goal and the developer took it hard, but was still eventually able to make the game.

"Mise en abyme" is a French phrase that means "placed into the abyss," and in art and literature, it refers to the technique of placing an image within itself, creating a repeating pattern that appears to go on infinitely, often seen as a "story within a story" or an image within an image; essentially, a self-referential loop where an element is depicted within itself on different levels.

There's another end credits scene for the yes option where game's creator is watching TV but every channel keeps playing the Wilhelm scream no doubt due to Mr glitch which causes the creator to get frustrated and hit the TV

What a nice change of pace after 100%-ing Cookie Clicker! I bet this game doesn't have a whole clicker segment and won't cause any painful flashbacks!

It's a shame there's no game to watch

1:14:33 The point of the puzzle is to make the cofee he hates the most. He likes long, suger and decaf, so you give him the opposite (esspreso, no sugar and strong).

So,this is interesting.  Mr Glitch is almost like their kid but opposite? Instead of being created by their unity,he was created by their separation.  But he is still ultimately created through them both

40:25 it was HILARIOUS to hear you have a flashback when they said "clicker" lol

Re: the tongue, a lot of old point and click games would have three buttons: and eye, a mouth, and a hand. Rather than specifically representing one action, they sort of did what the intuitive thing was for that context. Like, you could use the mouth on a character to talk to them, or on food to eat it. That way, instead of having a bunch of different buttons for different actions (like you would have to have a bunch of verbs in a text based game), the actions are grouped together, simplifying the UI. That explanation might not be 100% on the mark, but should be a good starting point if you're curious

Seanie's so good he went from not 100%-ing games, to 100%-ing games, to 100%-ing not games

I think the idea behind the game not wanting to load after you save them and why Mr glitch shows up is... The game was never actually finished and so it crashes and spawns Mr. Glitch. I think it is cute.

This video is how I found out that the flash game I ADORED and played probably a dozen times in middle school is now a full game. I’m so proud I could literally cry 🥲.

This is the first youtuber I have seen who has reacted near the same level as Game upon discovering the Free2Play section.

I'm so glad that more people are giving this game the attention it deserves
Edit: as people have kindly pointed out I must have posted this on the wrong video as there is no game here

40:34 Sean really got PTSD as soon as the word "clicker" shows up lmao

The PTSD when the clicker game started was amazing. This is why we come to the Shanie Dew channel for.

The absolute fear in his voice at 40:25 absolutely killed me

1:03:54
Color is set to 0 - First is the symbol of like a theta but the middle line is diagonal.
Print Cry and Trace Sorrow - Second is Cry.
For GiGi - You, Type End - Third is End.
What's a game with no pleasure - Forth is No Game.
Loop Until Us = Together - Fifth is Loop.
If home is what we earn - Sixth is The Home Icon
Then go to me and press Return - Return the Code.