MiSide Meta Story Explained

MiSide is a meta indie horror game dating sim that pokes fun at indie horror tropes while making some pretty deep messages about recursion, meta, string theory, and AI individuality. In this video I explore the story of MiSide and how I think the theme, symbolism, and plot come together to explain the events in the game. I don't think all of it is literally what the developers intended for the story, but it's fun to postulate until more endings come out.

From the 2D pixel art dating sim to the light rail shooter section that looks like it belongs in Disney movies, the indie horror game MiSide may seem like a series of browser minigames or flash minigames that Switch 2 different genres, but it’s actually a game commentary and meta commentary on games, gamedev, and how to make it to the best indie steam games chart. This video isn’t strictly a “game ending explained, horror ending explained” sort of deal, I just wanted to explore how some of the themes and symbols in Miside relate back to the game story.

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