Had this idea a week before the fools day, couldn't quite get it done in time. Still have some animations in the works for the main channel, but this was a fun jaunt. Now I can get back to beating Elden Ring, 100 hours in and 4 main bosses to go. Hope everyone's been doing well
I thought this was real. But than I saw the date and questioned it. It would have be so cool to play it probably. But I still want the soundtrack of the trailer to hear.
To be fair, jokes aside, the actual gameplay concept here would really work. A comical medieval game with these two gems of characters in would really work. Hell, I would certainly buy it! :)
I mean, that's just kinda Dark Souls co-op already (at least, I find it a little goofy), but god I would love a FromSoft soulslike that went all in on the comedy.
Let's not forget that the FROM games themselves are hilarious and they're secretly writing jokes/gags (ways to kill you hilariously) constantly. Nicely articulated in a Polygon thing recently.
I love how there's barely any dialogue in this, but there's *still* a worthy addition to the Happy Souls pantheon of quotes. "YOU BOYS NEED A RIIIIIIIIIDE?!?!"
I was really coming around to how fun the idea of a medieval buddy adventure game with souls mechanics would be and then YOU HAD TO PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER ME LIKE THAT
Man this could legit be a great game to play coop with a friend and just have fun. a game that is serious to play but doesnt take itself serious with constant commentary but the characters. This is what the gaming community needs man. Please look into making something like this real!
My reaction to this was pretty much screaming “WHAT?!” I am slightly disappointed that we won’t actually get to play this, but holy shit was that awesome
I was absolutely not prepared for both how extremely funny and nostalgic that bit was at the end with the pre-order bonuses A LA oldschool gamestop commercials on TV. Just.... the delivery is on point, and the items alone are gold!
Even though this is an April Fool's joke I gotta appreciate the amount of work and clever ideas that went into making it. The giant water colossus coming out of the waterfall in particular was spectacular. Excellent work.
Honestly, this is fantastic work for just 3 weeks. Even if you got most of the assets from somewhere (which is how I'd try a project like this in such time), getting everything working even just for animation is impressive.
I'd pay money to a kickstarter to make this if it was a fully voice acted character development game. The real gem would be the fighting duo and their relationship. I think it would actually be a realistic vision.
@@bube1994 First sadly I have little to no experience with modding and honestly I think this could be it's own game with it's own story and stuff second I don't own Elden Ring ):
Honestly I'd love to just see a web series of these two legends in DS1, 2, 3, Elden Ring, and so on. Happy Souls is probably on of my most watched videos ever on YT. Thank you for that comfortable little treasure btw!
There was one its called hunted:demon forge but its more straight forward like army of two ( you both get a choice in dialogue but if your split the person with the higher affinity for it takes action) was kinda cool you could build a maze that's 10x10 arenas up to 100x100 and fill it with random enemies to fight and loot to grab.
No you should be able to have a bot player, except they say things like, "I wish I had a brain" and "sure would be nice if there was another person controlling me".
@@iamzid Or it just says "Kill me! Kill me PLEASE! My existence is an abomination!!!" constantly. And every time you die as a group it goes "Oh thank God"
Bro what this is crazy this was an awesome concept. I, as many others, still go back to watch happy souls cause it is so amazing so it is fun to see stuff like this
Oh, this is epic! Literally makes me happy each time I watch it! The two protagonists are so nice, the settings are varied and amazing, and the game looks like so much fun! If I could, I would give this more than one thumbs up. This deserves several thumbs up!
I wish that their armor would change as they progressed. Like it gets dirtier looses pieces, temporary field repairs. Would add to the comedy to see your shinny knight turn into a dirty armored vagabond as the game progresses. But this is definitely a very cool concept!!!
@@michaelschaub7685 You are very right, and I felt bad as soon as I posted it. The souls series has made me laugh plenty. I guess Im more talking about actual gags and bits.
@@michaelschaub7685 was literally about to say that 😅. Like the guy in Stormveil who completely misses you every time, and even if he didn’t, you would just fall down like a floor. And then you one shot him for his hubris… Comedy gold!
This looks like it would genuinely be super cool. Reminds me of the goofy action adventure games on playstation from like the early 2000s. I legit bet you could make this if you did a kickstarter.
Contrary to what the Tadpole Treble trailers would have you believe, game development requires quite a bit more than a pile of money to throw at it. Not saying it can't be done, but getting together a team of devs to make a game and then actually getting that game across the finish line is really hard.
This was the most beautiful thing that popped up on my home feed but my heart dropped when I realized it was a April fools joke. Now I need this game to exist no matter what!
Damn this actually looks sick, I wouldnt mind it being an actual game, that and happy souls is a video I adore, ive watched it so many times, it always brightens my mood when im feeling down
I'm late to the party (at least not as late as I was for Happy Souls) but I like this "epic orchestral version" of Summon in the Sunlight. Would love to be able to listen it outside of the video. Great work!
Duuuuuuude, if you actually made this into a game it would sell incredibly well. This just oozes charm and all of the set pieces seem instantly iconic.
Can a relatively skilled dev PLEASE make this an actual thing? I would love to fuck around with a buddy and these two characters in a medieval comedy soulslike!
A truly successful April Fools joke is to do it after April Fools. I legitimately thought it was real and was getting excited. Well, if you ever do want to make a 3rd-person action game, it looks like you have a good foundation to work from.
Honestly insane how much you guys embrace all the cool wacky adventures one can go on in medieval games while other games that actually come out tend to be very formulaic and scared to really do ideas that would hamper with its lore Cant express how badly I want this game
This is your best project you've uploaded yet. You're absolutely hilarious, and in my opinion, the creator of the best souls cartoon ever made! Happy souls is my favorite video ever uploaded. I'm happy to see you're still making things like this. Stay well my friend!
I remember commenting on the original Happy Souls video years ago, wondering how a sequel was doing! I didn’t know you were doing some game design, and this video made me smile so much, even if it’s a joke. I am glad to hear from you man! Keep up the good work as always.
I do love the concept of these guys just continually having adventures across not just souls games, but other genres as well. Just hanging out in Skyrim for a couple of weeks before hopping over to the Warhammer universe, somehow getting lost in Call of Duty's multiplayer, then finally winding back up in Drangleic. And of course, deciding to do it all over again :D
Do you make your own music? If so will you ever release some of it to the public? I know many people keep complementing the visuals and comedy which don’t get me wrong they’re fantastic, but I’m also loving the music.
And again, this composition that you inserted at 0:30 (it was in the first animation on 7:32) WHAT IS IT?!??!!!!! I am trying to find it for weeks now! Could you pleeease tell me?
Had this idea a week before the fools day, couldn't quite get it done in time. Still have some animations in the works for the main channel, but this was a fun jaunt. Now I can get back to beating Elden Ring, 100 hours in and 4 main bosses to go. Hope everyone's been doing well
The return of the king
bro happy souls is literally my favorite RUclips animation by far, im just glad you are still doing it
Aw come on man. This would be such a cool game
I will wait to 2222
I believed it because recently I saw a game in development by billie bust up
"God DAMMIT! Why would they troll us like this?!"
"...'cuz it's easy... and it does alotta damage..."
i love that quote 😆
This is gold.
I thought this was real. But than I saw the date and questioned it. It would have be so cool to play it probably. But I still want the soundtrack of the trailer to hear.
lord i spit mi lunch over all the screen jajajajaja
I am physically hurt that this is just a joke. Someone please give them a AAA budget!
This is the greatest game we’ll never get to play.
Unless... someone makes it...
@@dragonlordgon6806 I got you fam
@@Input-um5et don't do that...don't give me hope
@@wettoast8902 bro actually someone already made their own game on it. It's a parody of "Happy Souls" and it's called Dark Souls
@@Input-um5et and they made 2 more, it was a hit! (Isn’t dark souls 2 is what happy souls about?)
To be fair, jokes aside, the actual gameplay concept here would really work. A comical medieval game with these two gems of characters in would really work. Hell, I would certainly buy it! :)
Deus Vult, brother.
Army of 2 but with humor and wizards
Oh absolutely! Two goofy ass knights in medieval fantasy? I’d pre order it fam
Chivalry
Cursed Crusade if it wasn't bad.
Coming back to rewatch this masterpiece. Just another 199 years to go
Hope it doesn't get delayed
I guess in the meantime I'm going to have play the knock off made by from software.
198, we’re closing in…slowly…very slowly. Can’t wait for the great great grandkids to play this game
@@dovargorath2722you mean Eldin Ring?
correction I meant Dark Souls.
God damn this actually looks like a really good game concept, goofy co-op dark souls? I'd buy this in a heartbeat
same! I truly wish someone would pick this up and actually make it a game
I mean, that's just kinda Dark Souls co-op already (at least, I find it a little goofy), but god I would love a FromSoft soulslike that went all in on the comedy.
play outward, it's kinda like this
I dunno... I didn't see a poison swamp level.
BUT. There was a waterfall secret; I'm conflicted.
You never show the swamp in the trailer. Players must find it on their own and feel the despair from crushed tiny hope for it to not be in the game.
The ice slide is what hooked me 😄
I've found like.. 1 waterfall secret in if the dozens of waterfalls I've seen. I don't think that's a staple.
Thats HAPPY game, there is a beach party timetravel level instead of a swamp.
@@bobobsen the disappointment is the staple.
A dark souls game based on being a comedy instead would be fucking hilarious.
I'd definitely buy it with decent enough gameplay and writing.
I feel like this exists... but I can't put my finger on it...
The concept makes too much sense to not exist somewhere.
Damn right
There's one in the works. "The last hero of Nostalgia"
Let's not forget that the FROM games themselves are hilarious and they're secretly writing jokes/gags (ways to kill you hilariously) constantly. Nicely articulated in a Polygon thing recently.
A Souls games based on a comedy based on a Souls game
I would pay good money to play this if not just to hear “YOU BOYS NEED A RIDE?!”
Honestly give me a game with these two as the main VA's for the mandatory coop duo. Then just sneak a random bird line in when you least expect it
That's the best part of the whole trailer.
"Right down the road!"
@@unicron3000 right down the… Bye Bye!!
Right down..byebye~
I love how there's barely any dialogue in this, but there's *still* a worthy addition to the Happy Souls pantheon of quotes.
"YOU BOYS NEED A RIIIIIIIIIDE?!?!"
The existence of a Happy Souls 2 indicates the existence of Happy Souls 1...
We must find this lost gem.
Just look for happy souls on RUclips.
My life will not be complete until I see this becoming a real game.
same
And so our two hundred year wait begins
I will give my left arm for a game like that
I agree, BEGIN THE PETITION PROCESS!
Seriously, get fromsoft in on the ground floor to make a game that lampoon's the modern gaming industry
I was really coming around to how fun the idea of a medieval buddy adventure game with souls mechanics would be and then YOU HAD TO PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER ME LIKE THAT
Try knightfall, it dosen't have souls mechanics at all, but it remain the idea
This would be the game of the decade by far, im sure to enjoy it in 200 years
It would have to beat Elden Ring somehow
At least it will release before Half-Life 3
I am the 690th like
If this was a Kickstarter trailer I would have backed it without even thinking.
Man this could legit be a great game to play coop with a friend and just have fun. a game that is serious to play but doesnt take itself serious with constant commentary but the characters. This is what the gaming community needs man. Please look into making something like this real!
it’s not even real and “YOU BOYS NEED A RIIIIIIIDE” is still already an inside joke with my friends
My reaction to this was pretty much screaming “WHAT?!”
I am slightly disappointed that we won’t actually get to play this, but holy shit was that awesome
It looks like asset flip
@@12halo3 even if it was I'd still coop the shit out of it
@@CrowBag Same
Wdym it's totally coming out 200 years from now, why would he lie on the internet
@@AmericanNEET8644 as a 400 year old turtle, not sure I’ll make it that long :(
Some of those ideas honestly look pretty cool, time to start 200 year daily happy souls update
"killing pursuer every day until Happy Souls comes out"
This would be such an amazing co-op experience. If it were done similar to “A Way Out” I would pay full triple A price for this 😂
I was absolutely not prepared for both how extremely funny and nostalgic that bit was at the end with the pre-order bonuses A LA oldschool gamestop commercials on TV.
Just.... the delivery is on point, and the items alone are gold!
I was baffled, even told some people as I was watching it.
Then I saw the ending
I ain't even mad, that's one hell of an April Fool's joke.
same, though the entire time i was like "Watch it be an april fools"
Best part, when i hit the ending, I didnt tell my friends the ending
Even though this is an April Fool's joke I gotta appreciate the amount of work and clever ideas that went into making it. The giant water colossus coming out of the waterfall in particular was spectacular. Excellent work.
Yeah that was pretty friggen sick. Wasn't expecting it either. Stealing that for a D&D campaign
was that not in dark souls?
Him coming out of the waterfall? Which time? The first time or the second time or the third time? :P
I said “holy shit” aloud
@@mrosskne no?
Honestly, this is fantastic work for just 3 weeks. Even if you got most of the assets from somewhere (which is how I'd try a project like this in such time), getting everything working even just for animation is impressive.
*_"YOU BOIS NEEDA RIDE~?!_*
-Hides Rohypnol cookies-
i just randomly found this after watching happy souls
makes sense everyone expects a april fools day prank to be on the first not on the 13th
You're mom's on the 13th LOL
I'd pay money to a kickstarter to make this if it was a fully voice acted character development game. The real gem would be the fighting duo and their relationship. I think it would actually be a realistic vision.
Heck make it like they did a way out and such. Buy the game get a digital gift version also to be able to play with someone! This be sick asf.
I would honestly help develop it just so I could play it
It would be a elden ring mod of that! With the original voiceactors!!! Dont know if you can kickstart a mod?!
@@bube1994 First sadly I have little to no experience with modding and honestly I think this could be it's own game with it's own story and stuff second I don't own Elden Ring ):
It's like that weird ass fever dream you had after playing souls games for the whole day and then sleeping that night
Honestly I'd love to just see a web series of these two legends in DS1, 2, 3, Elden Ring, and so on. Happy Souls is probably on of my most watched videos ever on YT. Thank you for that comfortable little treasure btw!
Cant wait to fight amazing, totally original bosses like: Goldstein & Dough, Ghlorm the slightly taller, minimum-wage knight gayl and asylum demon again!
Can't wait to meet Bandaid, The Not So Easily Damaged!
Minimum-Wage Knight Gale's got me in stiches
watching this video does make me realize, there's not enough Elephants in FromSoft games. We need more Elephants, idk why
The Assylum Demon
Don't forget the lost demon and heatsage demon.
Imagine playing a souls-like, but it's mandatory co-op with two players (a la A Way Out). That would be so sick
There was one its called hunted:demon forge but its more straight forward like army of two ( you both get a choice in dialogue but if your split the person with the higher affinity for it takes action) was kinda cool you could build a maze that's 10x10 arenas up to 100x100 and fill it with random enemies to fight and loot to grab.
No you should be able to have a bot player, except they say things like, "I wish I had a brain" and "sure would be nice if there was another person controlling me".
@@iamzid Or it just says "Kill me! Kill me PLEASE! My existence is an abomination!!!" constantly. And every time you die as a group it goes "Oh thank God"
What if I have no friends?
@@bagelgeuse5736 thats the sign to step away from the game console for a while
Bro what this is crazy this was an awesome concept. I, as many others, still go back to watch happy souls cause it is so amazing so it is fun to see stuff like this
Hahaha, funny seeing you here
Happy souls is a yearly tradition
Oh, this is epic! Literally makes me happy each time I watch it! The two protagonists are so nice, the settings are varied and amazing, and the game looks like so much fun! If I could, I would give this more than one thumbs up. This deserves several thumbs up!
Rewatching in 2024, someday this’ll become a reality.
A dark souls style game with a more comedic tone would actually be super cool
Nothing dark about these souls
There have been some attempts. Necropolis is a rougelike that plays like souls and is pretty snarky in overall tone
@@mkv2718 I'll have to check it out
@@mkv2718 is the game actually red or is it just rougelike?
God how I wish this was real, This actually looked like a fun game to play maybe even with a friend as a Co-op game.
Lmaoo imma gift this to my great-great-great grandkids so they too can experience the greatness of Happy Souls
That theme song was sick.. it was the summon in the sun but turned epic
Only 198 years left. Can't wait!
God a physics based soulslike heavy on atmosphere and laughs would genuinely be an amazing game. Unfortunately game devs hate money.
Nah devs are great, it’s publishers.
Check out Exanima
@@albertgore7435 bungie
@@Ithinkso11 who were being driven by Activision to make destiny a Game-as-a-Service
If what you just saw was made into a game it would be trash. Assets put into a game and nothing more. Like all the indie trash titles on Steam.
This is the most effort I've ever seen put into an April fools gag, very impressive!
I really want this to be real, I want to play it, I want the boss weapons.
BOSS WEAPOOOOONS
Thank god the release is RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD
Right down the road?
Right down the road
Can't miss it!
I would fucking love a game about 2 friends whoa re wacky and jokey about everything even in serious situations
I wish that their armor would change as they progressed. Like it gets dirtier looses pieces, temporary field repairs.
Would add to the comedy to see your shinny knight turn into a dirty armored vagabond as the game progresses.
But this is definitely a very cool concept!!!
Can you imagine? A dark souls game with actual humor?
Dark souls games have humor, it's called hidden enemies who push you off cliffs and blow you up with explosive barrels.
@@michaelschaub7685 You are very right, and I felt bad as soon as I posted it. The souls series has made me laugh plenty. I guess Im more talking about actual gags and bits.
Heheheh- That one guy
@@michaelschaub7685 was literally about to say that 😅.
Like the guy in Stormveil who completely misses you every time, and even if he didn’t, you would just fall down like a floor. And then you one shot him for his hubris… Comedy gold!
Dark Souls has actual humour.
This would be Dark Souls as satire. And people would pay for that.
This looks like it would genuinely be super cool. Reminds me of the goofy action adventure games on playstation from like the early 2000s. I legit bet you could make this if you did a kickstarter.
Contrary to what the Tadpole Treble trailers would have you believe, game development requires quite a bit more than a pile of money to throw at it.
Not saying it can't be done, but getting together a team of devs to make a game and then actually getting that game across the finish line is really hard.
This was the most beautiful thing that popped up on my home feed but my heart dropped when I realized it was a April fools joke. Now I need this game to exist no matter what!
DO YOU NEED A RIDE!
Damn this actually looks sick, I wouldnt mind it being an actual game, that and happy souls is a video I adore, ive watched it so many times, it always brightens my mood when im feeling down
I'm late to the party (at least not as late as I was for Happy Souls) but I like this "epic orchestral version" of Summon in the Sunlight. Would love to be able to listen it outside of the video.
Great work!
These guys make more content for a godamn joke than most Kickstarter campaigns for actual serious games
Duuuuuuude, if you actually made this into a game it would sell incredibly well. This just oozes charm and all of the set pieces seem instantly iconic.
After watching the original happy souls so many times, I cannot describe how exciting this is!🎉
Sorry to tell you it’s not happening
@@RealHero_of_Time have hope may be after seeing all of the comments of people that would love it maybe they may make it one day..
Can a relatively skilled dev PLEASE make this an actual thing? I would love to fuck around with a buddy and these two characters in a medieval comedy soulslike!
Idk why I'm here 2 years later but I'm 100% pre-ordering the 120$ edition to get the extra co op mode so I can play with a friend
A truly successful April Fools joke is to do it after April Fools. I legitimately thought it was real and was getting excited.
Well, if you ever do want to make a 3rd-person action game, it looks like you have a good foundation to work from.
I was just talking about happy souls and rewatched it before finding out about this
Legends foretold of this day, yet I did not think I could weather the storm until it arrived.
*Edit: Fuck!
Imma tell my grandsons to tell their grandsons to tell their grandsons that this was Dark souls
I heard that the release is right down the road
i'd play the heck out of a co-op adventure game with these two chuckle heads
Was so excited. Now i just feel crushed. WHY MUST YOU DO THIS TO US
This looks so good
Beat me too it
The Thing That We Don't Even Know It Exists But We Deserve
As much as I love Elden Ring and the darksouls games... i do really want something in the same world/genre but more lighthearted. Cool animation!!
Elden ring finally got some competition 😤
Holy shit if only this was a real thing. I would buy it on the spot.
Honestly insane how much you guys embrace all the cool wacky adventures one can go on in medieval games while other games that actually come out tend to be very formulaic and scared to really do ideas that would hamper with its lore
Cant express how badly I want this game
I've been watching the first video for years on every project I have! It's a go to! I can't wait to see what amazing work you've done!
Can't believe I just found this now. Instantly added to my favourites
I was so ready to buy this lmao
Will we finally be able to get some boss weapons down the road?
Did you say boss weapons?
@@badabingo1029 BOSSS WEAPOOOOONSSSS
Right down the road, you can't miss it!
Right down the road.
Right down the road?
So this is what you have been doing all this time
legit got hyped up cause it looked better than most games out today
You are a monster for teasing us with this incredible game that will never exist.
At last another adventure for these two heroes.
This is your best project you've uploaded yet. You're absolutely hilarious, and in my opinion, the creator of the best souls cartoon ever made! Happy souls is my favorite video ever uploaded. I'm happy to see you're still making things like this. Stay well my friend!
Finally, the two-player experience everyone's been waiting for
Darn. I even checked Steam before I realized this was an April Fools joke. I'd totes play something like this with a buddy.
the fact this still looks more fun than most modern games is amazing
I remember commenting on the original Happy Souls video years ago, wondering how a sequel was doing! I didn’t know you were doing some game design, and this video made me smile so much, even if it’s a joke. I am glad to hear from you man! Keep up the good work as always.
This is the greatest news I've had in a while
This looks like so much fun. A souls game designed from the ground up for coop shenanigans?
I would unironically purchase this. This looks better than most gameplay trailers.
I do love the concept of these guys just continually having adventures across not just souls games, but other genres as well. Just hanging out in Skyrim for a couple of weeks before hopping over to the Warhammer universe, somehow getting lost in Call of Duty's multiplayer, then finally winding back up in Drangleic. And of course, deciding to do it all over again :D
The legends are back.
HE IS FINALLY BACK
Oh man, I hope when it comes out I can go get it right down the road.
Right down the road?
@@lliamkacinski9658 Right down the road!
@@socrative9810 YUP! ... Right down road.
@@ConfusedKain right down th- BYE BYE!
this game is right down the road from launching. we can't miss this.
Bruh why does this look way more appealing than most real video game trailers that come out these days?
wait is this really coming out or is this just a late april fools prank
4/1/2222
@@AlfredoTaken fuck
Early april fools prank
this genuinely looked like a game trailer, great work!
Hahaha, amazing
this is the greatest animation other then the original happy souls by far glad you’re still out there making these
I would so get this if it is like a way out or it takes two to have a buddy thru the entire game I wish this was a full game now
Do you make your own music? If so will you ever release some of it to the public? I know many people keep complementing the visuals and comedy which don’t get me wrong they’re fantastic, but I’m also loving the music.
And again, this composition that you inserted at 0:30 (it was in the first animation on 7:32) WHAT IS IT?!??!!!!! I am trying to find it for weeks now! Could you pleeease tell me?
It's a part from Tiny Tim's "Living in the sunlight" song.
This was fantastic
I would honestly be so down for a comedy buddy dark souls-esque where you have to bring a friend.
ONLY 198 Years left, we are getting closer !