Since a lot of people have mentioned it, the reason the framerate is "so bad" (I didn't think it was that bad, but whatever lol) in the beginning is because my software was accidentally capturing my monitor instead of the game window. And whenever it does that, the recording quality dips. The game ran perfectly fine from my perspective, but the recording was full of stutters.

I did notice it when I watched the footage, but it was either scrap the video and play/record the game all over again, or just upload it. So I decided to just upload it.

So yeah, it's not the game's fault at all. Thanks

Holy shit, that intro dialogue was well written and animated, especially for an indie game. Really felt like two work buddies just chatting naturally.

Hey!  I’m one of the collection devs, and a huge fan of the channel!  I’d actually tend to watch your videos while I worked lol,  Thank you a ton for giving the collection a run, and I hope you enjoy everything to come!

imagine dedicating ur life trying to decipher this book and dying for it, but then some random carnival employee just solves the rest of it in like an hour (while being hunted)

There's a lot to like about this one. I'm very much looking forward to The Mortuary Assistant.

That first conversation was shocking well written and voice acted for an indie horror game.

The framerate is killing me though.

the dialogue in the intro was so natural; props to both writer and VAs, that scene was really damn good.

I like how you’re giving more attention to each dread x collection game you’re interested in playing rather than having them all in one vid. Kind of nice!

"You can't squeeze through there? Sounds like a personal problem. That's a question of will!" THAT is why John is so entertaining 🤣🤣

I love the idea of calling an ancient demon / evil god an edge lord as a response to their resurrection monologue

This Mortuary Assistant dev has a great future ahead, hope they continue making neat horror games! 😁

I'm really impressed by the animations in this one, they're so smooth and charming!

Dread X was one of the best things for indie horror. It reminds me of those old CDs that were just game demos that gave you a taste of every game.

I agree on all points. When you escape via QTE, it looks like the villain’s head does an Exorcist 360, which may be intentional but looks like a graphical glitch. The instructions on the book puzzle need to be clearer; every YouTuber I’ve seen has needed extra time to parse what they were supposed to do, especially the part involving scanning the blank pages. And having Edwin say, “Why would you help him?” when he’s the one who’s been stabbing you all night, the one who provided the instructions to summon the thing, and the one who told you following them was the only way to make him stop stabbing you was pretty bullshit. We helped “him” because you fucking told us to, Eddie! 🙄

Apart from that, I liked the game. The opening scene dialogue and animations were great, and the settings (trailer, funhouse, spook house, carnival grounds) were well realized and felt authentic. My takeaway is that they’ve got a good team working on the graphics and game design, but could use more time and/or a better writer for the story and puzzle instructions, or maybe just a beta reader to help them out. Still looking forward to Mortuary Assistant!

33:04 that laugh gave me the shivers!!

I think the game has a cool setting but the fact that there is no real AI and you just get locked into a QTE in random intervals making crouching/turning the flashlight off completely useless kind of sucks

I have no idea, but when you opened one of the windows and yelled "WHERES THE MONEY", it was funnier to me than it should be. Great work John, loving the content!

Poor Edwin lol. Thank you so much for playing! Also there's an update where Trevor says to look at the book after activating the first generator along with some other stuff. Guess Dread hadn't pushed it yet. Thank you again!

The VA is really nice in this one! Kinda with Mark had a bit more (animated) expression to match his voice, but it all felt real, making the game feel a bit more believable for setup! Also very intriguing to see the killer stabbing and consuming the knife contents. Adds a bit more of a “personality” to the killer

This game scratched the horror itch in a way most recently haven't. Absolutely loved this video, lots of good scares and funny John moments 😁