“I understand what kind of ideas always work” *shows a grapple hook* accurate

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Big mode now only publishes souls likes 😂

Platinum Pomegranate

"and which never work" shows shitty crafting accurate

"I played 69 MORE Bigmode Souls-Likes you've _definitely_ heard of" PS I really like your Displates, they remind me of the Super Mario RPG character renders that filled up the old Player's Guide and that I've always loved so much

As someone who works in publishing, I wish you the best. There's so many excellent games we end up not funding because it's not "company policy" or not "profitable". I hope some of those end up seeing the light of day regardless of the label, so seeing a new player in the indie publishing scene makes me hopeful Good luck Dunkey ! Hopefully you have surrounded yourself with people that can support you in this endeavour.

Those games you reject, send them towards Bigmode. Ez Clap

Hello there, I wanted to start an indie game publishing company too, is there a way I could reach you. I have some questions I'd like to ask please 🙏

This is god damned fantastic. I love the idea of a real fan running a publishing company. I wish you guys nothing but the best.

ok

@van truong thi Yep

Hey man watch the blasphemy I care about you and want you to live forever in paradise. Do all things for the Glory of God.

His mother knew what she was doing when she named him Videogame

She would have preferred a book publishing company

If Dunkey really likes a game there is usually a 90% chance I'm going to buy it. He really has a good eye for great games that are indie.

It’s a 90% chance it’s super Mario brothers 2

@Billy Linchpin knack 2 babyyyyyyyy

Dunkey is the sole reason I bought Enter The Gungeon and Hollow Knight, that is how I understood he really wasn't like the rest of the critics.

Dunkey reccomended Freedom Planet on twitter when Sonic Mania got delayed on PC as a means of compensation (needless to say its very Sonic like but with more emphasis on combat). That came out in 2014. Freedom Planet 2 came out 2 months ago and its arguably better than the first game. I'm bringing this up cause Freedom Planet as a whole is VERY underrated...like omg the physics and art have so much work put into them! It was basically Sonic Mania before Sonic Mania was a thing! That and it technically has the dunkey seal of approval (not enough to make it into a video but still) so you should at least see if its your thing if this comment got your interest! lol :P

So hype for the Kill Butt series! Paul Creenis is such a talented dev

If the first game is a turn based farming sim, this will be Dunkey’s greatest joke yet.

A farming sim? That sounds like a good idea for a game, nintendo should publish like 1 or 20 games like that

isnt that just Civ? lol

ok

Despite watching lots of his vids over the years. I don't get it?

@Ruy watch his nintendo v sony vid he made recently

Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to see the first Dunkey type game

It's very strand like in that sense

Thanks George Washington

It feels as though everything touched by Dunkey gets enriched, and/ or enjoyable to some extent, and I am so happy to see this announcement. The man is clearly Midas's descendant churning out gold standard quality. I very much look forward to an era of "BIGMODE PUBLISHED GAMES" and all the positivity it shall bring starting from the both of you.

Dunkey, I really hope this reaches you somehow. I'm the lead game developer in a team of my friends. I love the idea of your company and as a longtime fan since your league days, I've always been blown away at your ability to analyze the design of games and break down their strengths and weaknesses. I think we would really benefit from your input and would hope to earn your seal of approval for our initial release. Please let me know if you'll consider letting us pitch you.

Update: Sent an email to the company contact address. Probably a better way to reach out haha.

@Devin Did you hear back? :)

@Devin Did you hear back?

@Jlu Hey guys :) Sorry for not updating sooner, I didn't hear back yet. I kind of knew it was a longshot but it was too cool an opportunity not to shoot our shot!

Sent in my portfolio. Hearing about your creative journey inspired me to make shit, and as a result, I see myself getting better all the time, honing more and more into my creative voice. Whether this is my time or this is my rejection letter phase, a bigmode thank you goes out to you, mista dunk.

Can't wait to see what you're cooking up

Did you ever hear back?

I love to see Dunkey use his influence to make an impact on the world he loves rather than complain about its direction. I hope to be involved, but regardless I'll be rooting for BIGMODE every step of the way. Keep it real!

It is heart-warming to see the inspiring stories of people that walk out of League of Legends. Thank you, Dunkey

Thank you my caasin. Welcome, we should go bowling with Niko.

@Another Person From Norfolk he would not play that garbage. He said he only plays good games.

Did somebody order a Zhanya’s Pizza?

Dunkey showed the world that not all LoL players are a lost cause and that rehabilitation is entirely possible

You're going to be the best thing that happened to the publishing industry in years. Whatever happens, that will always be true, even if the people in the industry don't realise it.

I just legitimately love Dunkey, he really cares about the industry and I believe he can achieve something great with Big Mode.

My dude I cannot imagine how much of a move and commitment this is to you guys. I admire your bravery and wish you luck.

Been following you since your Cho Graph video. I'm usually pretty cynical when it comes to anything business related, but if you say you're gonna do something I believe it. Best of luck to you and Leah. Show em what a real donkey can do.

Donkey I don’t know what you’ve done to me but you’ve awoken this inner determination to finally use this creativity I’ve held inside myself all my life and start grinding out something for once. It’ll be awhile but I will be coming to you first man wether you like it or not. You are an inspiration and what you’re doing I hope not only has effected me to do something for once about my dreams. Thank you

Big Mode has not released a single bad game yet. Truely the best gaming company of all time

i love you

To this day not a single bad game has been published by them

Dunkey, as long as you stay authentic to your own brand, you’re going to do great. Best of luck to you.

100% Agree with you and have felt the exact same way for years. 90% of what they toss out these days, especially from AAA developers is cash-grabbing garbage. Indy games is where it's at, but many don't get the attention they deserve. Hopefully you and your company change that.. Good luck!

Amount of sheer awesome positivity oozing from this announcement made me smile all over.

I love this, I remember laughing my ass off watching my boi dunkey when he only had a couple thousand views, glad to see your finally getting the recognition you deserve bayyybee

I love hearing stories about how Devolver Digital were just a handful of people working from home mostly getting to know developers remotely while having no offfices or corporate bs to worry about. Dunkey has social media presence and a platform to advertise games through already, I sincerely hope this works out well since it will feel a hell of a lot better for someone who knows games over the usual AAA publisher that only know business and couldn't care less if the game were good as long as it makes money.

This is so goddamn cool, fuckin bravo man. Can't wait to see Big Mode come out with KNACK 3 BAYBEEEEE. -B

Fancy to see you guys here! Big fan

hello OSP how are you today

KNACKIUS SWEEPPPPPPPPPPPP

Pleasantly surprised to see Blue here

I never knew OSP was a dunkey fan! But it makes sense that people with such great taste and insightful ideas would flock together

This gives me hope for this industry, and I hope you guys succeed.

Dunkey has remained my favorite game centered YouTuber for years and he just keeps delivering. Thanks, man. You really are legendary

I just started watching your videos again recently since I've found myself playing games again, and you've already inspired me with those. See you do this is furthering that inspiration even more. Thanks for being around all these years dude, I'm hyped to see how huge this is going to get.

This is some of the most exciting news I have seen all year. Thank you dunkey

As someone who's been playing videogames since childhood and who's recently starting to learn how to make games, this is super exciting. It's very difficult finding a company to help you these days. I'm hoping to work together some day 😁

I can't believe the guy who has the world record on Bowser's Big Bean Burrito is making his own games company!!! Will any of us even be able to beat them?

Nope, not a chance

"Publishing company". It's more like Steam, but for Indie developers.

Not making... publishing. Like devolver digital. They just make money on other people's work

*had

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I always felt like YouTube didn’t reward content creators enough for the quality of content; only the quantity watched. It’s good to see you build this on the respect you’ve earned from your viewers. Good luck mate - can’t wait to see what drops first.

Insanely impressed! What an amazing undertaking. I can’t wait to see games come out of Big Mode that are elevated to the next level. Go get ‘em Dunkey!!

After being a big fan of your content for a long time, It's wonderful to see that you are willing to use your talents to bring great indie games into the spotlight. I feel like there is no better person to do it. Best of luck!

In all seriousness this is exciting and I wish more people were behind dunkeys decision to make this step. If anyone should have an indie game company it's him

The Indie videogame industry just got much better. Best of luck Dunkey and Leah. I know you'll knock it out of the park.

Best of luck. With huge corporations swallowing up all of the studios these days, I feel that this is something truly necessary for continued progress. Looking forward to seeing how it plays out!

big mode is gonna be bought by xbox

That’s too many words I’m not reading that

Go bigmode WOOOO!!!

The bright side is, the more that those small studios get eaten up, the more that the *employees* who want to actually make indie games and not work for a megacorp subsidiary will become available.

Swallowing up long gone studios. Time for new

So pumped to see how well this turns out for everyone involved! Love you guys

Dunkey thank you for making YouTube videos that actually matter and entertain. I've watched every single one and you have shown me so many games I would not know about

I'm super happy for you Dunk ! Best wishes for you and excited to see the future of Bigmode !!!

I'm so on board for this. I'll be playing *all* of Dunkey's published videos. All the detractors are confusing development with publishing. Dunk, as an indie publisher, just has to see what developer's have already got and decide whether it's good or not. This is gonna be sick for consumers. He's right 100%

I can always count on Dunkey, Lyle and Yahtzee to say what needs to be said about the gaming industry.

This is incredibly cool dunk, I'm excited to see where this goes!

Dude I can’t wait

Hold on, ain’t you Nathaniel B

Am I early to a Nathaniel B comment

ain’t you Nathaniel B

Hold up…

I've been a fan for so many years, I wish from the bottom of my heart that you succeed, I am so proud of both of you good luck dunkey

I've been watching your channel for a little over ten years now. Thanks for all the laughs and informative content. You really have a gift for highlighting great indie games. I wish you and Leah the best of success.

Dunkey sincerely makes me proud to love video games as much as I do

I actually have SOOO much faith in Dunkey’s taste and I’m really excited to see where this could go.

Can’t wait to see what you guys fund and publish…need more people like you funding indie companies who love their games instead of these dog shit yearly titles that aren’t even finished on release

Dunkey is the realest gamer of all time, so I'm looking forward to seeing him help publish the realest games of all time

"bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb BIG MODE"

Yes he definitely deserves this!

I love this! I can't wait to see what awesome games await in the future! :D

I hope both of you the best! I've seen many great indie games get drowned under the sea of games of questionable quality. We need more publishers who actually like games.

This is literally the best direction your channel could have gone, more so than other channels!!

Well done dunkey!! Excited to see what’s in store!

Dunkey once again proving he’s a genius making a Frog Type Indie Game Company ahead of all the Frog Type Games on the horizon!

Wow, I didn't make that connection till now. Frogs are too powerful this year.

I know who I want publishing Frog Fractions 3

Finally, someone that can explain to me the difference between frog type and strand type games!

Now I just need him to invest in my totally new franchise I call "frogger" You guys are gonna love literally never been done.

Amen!

Encourage dev teams to unionize when they work with you!

Very excited about this. May be some of the best news in the industry in years. Ive always looked to Dunky for real reviews on games and games worth playing that i may not have heard about. To know that hes activley going to be helping bring great games to fruition is something i think all gamers should be excited about.

I love your mission statement. I truly hope y’all find success!!!🎉🎉

Dunkey you are the undisputed king of video games, and your also gonna be a publishing king! Good luck!

Hey Dunk:) I think that's a wonderful idea and I wish you, your wife and your little company the best of successes. My brother told me a bunch of Twitter people didn't like it: fuck them. I'm looking to start working in video games and I'll definitely be contacting you:) My best.

That warcraft 3 tower defense clip sent me a nostalgia trip. Can't wait to see what you guys publish!

Frozen throne customs maaaapppssssss

came here to say this, thats line tower wars i think

Yea no kidding haha I did a double take and had to rewind just to make sure. Wintermaul anyone? 😂

Same here too. Honestly that was the good ‘ol time. And you know he his speaking the truth when he says « and the one that need to come back ». We need Warcraft TD back !!!

Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne was just the peak of gaming. Wish I could go back to those days

This is a strong statement and promise. Be the light for us in a dark world. Always include your heart and never lead us astray. Thank you, Dunkey.

I had been out of the loop for a while didn’t know you were doing this Dunkey but this is awesome! I’ll support any game with your seal of approval

I'll be watchin for those beeg games. Awesome to see you both pursuing something you care about.

All the best to you Dunkey. Hope this works out. Looking forward to see what you do. Obviously being a publisher is leagues and leagues different than making youtube videos, but a lot of publishing companies are run by people that have no clue what goes into making video games. So as long as he goes about this the right way, I don't se why he could not make this work. Not to mention having a big following on youtube will help in the promotions. Time will tell. Again all the best dude!

makes me miss people like Iwata that believed wholeheartedly in the creative power of video games, and only ever sought to make them more than just entertainment. I hope that you can make him proud.

i appreciate anyone who commits time, dedication and resources to the future and betterment of the industry. as a game developer myself, thank you dunkey for using your platform in this way.

hear hear!

Nice

Quite based good sir.

Yo

Damn. That's great to see, count me as hyped. I know your going to deliver some bangers. Good luck!

If I ever get my ideas out in practice, Bigmode sounds like the perfect publisher for me. Bigmode is such a wonderful concept and I wish you the best of luck with it, I hope to be a part of it one day.

I am so for this, remember the days when studies were small,had more control and made some of the best most innovative games ever I would love to see that again...Good Luck!

At first I thought it was a joke but the fact it's real is awesome especially because now we can get good indies again. Also if you ever get the chance talk to ska studios they make good games

Love you Dunkey, may the force be with you

This man went from shitposting on Newgrounds to becoming an indie publisher, this truly is only accomplished by someone like Dunkey

we all have to start somewhere

@hoylecake ikr

I give this guy, a 5/5

dunkey is a true chad

Except for The Behemoth...

This Big Mode company really makes you feel like a video game

I am so proud of dunkey and bee. I am so happy to be an OG fan. 11 MORE YEARS!!!

Dunkey has been towing the line between critique and humorous satire for so long that I half-expected this announcement to be a gag.

Came back to this video just to say that we love you and we love the idea, keep on going. Sending bigmode vibes

I’m glad that dunkey is finally living his dream to bring Killbutt 7 to the masses

I've never wanted a company to succeed so badly. And I used to own a company.

I've never seen a comment have so many layers before. What was the type of company if you don't mind me asking?

bro you should believe in you more

"used to own" :D

guess that's why you don't got a company no more

Was it a beer company?

This will be a blessing to indie game developers. I think theres no one better qualified to judge and find potential great games than someone who has a true passion for gaming and had been playing them for years. I've watching the channel for almost 10 years (probably xD) and cant wait to see Big Mode succeed and help passionate developers. Good luck!

Hope to join as a composer one day but I need to really train for the big leagues. I respect you too much for bronze medal material.

Hey dunkey, long time watcher, semi first time commentor. Just wanted to say you're a shining light in the world of soulless social media and I wish you nothing but the absolute best in your campaign! I'm always rooting for you BABBBYYYYYY

I am thrilled and actually genuinely *_very_* happy for Jason, Leah and the whole community as well - BUT - also very disappointed that the company name isn't BEEGMODE.

Gamers are fighting back, thank you dunko for standing up for good games

"Please note: We are not accepting any games that use NFTs, crypto or blockchain." Praise dunkey, such an excellent move. I can't wait to see what gets published xx

extremely based

How sad that the basics are seen as something so strange

He should expand that to include loot boxes and microtransactions.

Based Dunk

@Johnnysaurus04 based on what?

Best wishes to you two in this new venture!

Stoked to hear about this, good luck in this next chapter your career sir!

I love this idea! I just heard about the unfortunate twitter backlash. Just know that your real fans support you whole heartedly! ❤️

I really hope this works out, then we’ll have competition in the game publishing market, forcing soulless publishers to really put the work required to bring out the really good stuff

it really makes you feel like you're actually a Publishing Company

Dunkey really is the YouTuber ever

That time when he said "it's bigmode time" I was losing myself. Literally one of the most game developers ever...

@adsaa shutup with the morbius jokes

ign gotta hire this man

​@Big Chunky But.. but we need validation from repeating overused phrases to compensate for the lack of critical thinking. How else are we supposed to get our dopamine kick ? 😫😫😫 * anxiety overload * 😫😫😫

Congratulations Jason it's been a long road but you've done it. Happy with you and your endeavors best of luck you and Leah

I hope bigmode produce lots and lots of awesome games, best of luck!!

This has inspired me to go back into game design, hopefully I can create something good in my time trying.

I love Xenoblade, and I love Dunkey. If a person can make those two world come together, so can Dunkey in connecting all those aspiring creators out there. Composers, writers, artists, programmers, etc. they all need just somewhere and someway to connect with each other. Blessings to you and Leah!

Legit came to this channel to find a new indie game to play and saw this so I can't wait to see what heights this reaches!

I've been so deep into dunkey's lore that I can no longer tell if this is an actual announcement or a satire for tech startup company

I'm still not sure

@apophenic me too

It's real. They setup a Twitter and a website to go with it.

It must be true, this video has 0 dislikes

@apophenic it’s obviously real

Here's to you Dunkey, give it your best shot. I'm praying for your success!

I love you for using your resources and platform to do something like this. I hope this inspires other content creators who have gained a surplus of money to do something like this as well or at least invest into others who are.

Wish you the best! I have played a lot of the games you have reccomended over the years.

Im not even a developer but im still going to apply just to say thank you for you for offering us the best

holy shit a Dunkey gaming company is an absolute dream. I'll forever be grateful to Dunkey for introducing me to incredible indie games (i.e Enter the Gungeon, Celeste, and Hollow Knight).

I legit have 250 hours in Enter the Gungeon, partly because of Dunkey's video. That's a lot for a full time worker, father, and writer.

Thing long me no read

mr dees

Double U