History Creator / DAGames

[=DAGames=] (DA standing for "Diamond Armada") is a fairly known Website/YouTube channel hosted primarily by its founder, Will Alex Ryan. The channel consists of various types of content including [[LetsPlay let's plays]], animations, livestreams, and most notably music. Despite doing a variety of works, including original works, Will is most well-known for songs he has made for various popular franchises such as VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys and VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ta5h0BwCV4 Know Your Place]], [[VideoGame/FullTiltPinball Space Cadet Pinball]][[note]][[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, this is serious.]] This is also connected to the Pandorium story, ''Solitude''.[[/note]]

-> [[SigningOffCatchPhrase Peace out!]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7tjOq82qbA Founder's Pack #2]], A DAGames Medley

* TheBadGuyWins: In [[VideoGame/AmongUs Ambush]], the Impostor is successful in killing off the crew.

* BigWhat: Night 5 of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDGDlOLa5aM&feature=youtu.be&t=8797 Sister Location livestream]] when Circus Baby not-so-subtly makes a shout out to his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE--aSvBn0I Left Behind]].

** This is also the basis of the album ''Flashdrive'' alongside it's remake, ''Flashdrive: SSD'. Each song is based on a color and how Will sees them symbolically; green for toxicity and sewage, blue for the skies above, and etc.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: The middle part of the music video for [[VideoGame/{{Outlast}} Lost In The Dark]] is particularly spoiler heavy for the latter parts of the game, showing [[spoiler: Chris getting killed by the Walrider and Miles getting shot down by hired guns]].
* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[https://youtu.be/QMWBBEYkwhc Hail To The Jester Queen & King]], a song just as heavy as most of the other songs on the channel, which is kind of weird for a song based off of TabletopGame/{{Solitaire}}.

* SuddenlyShouting: Constantly. It makes up quite a bit of ''Get Out''.

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* [[https://youtu.be/QMWBBEYkwhc Hail To The Jester Queen & King]], TabletopGame/{{Solitaire}}[[note]][[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, this is serious.]][[/note]]

* ColorMotif: Originally, the channel used green as its primary color. Since 2019, the [=DAGames=] channel started introducing more purple into its appearance. It switched to purple fully as its primary color in 2020 before eventually settling on a bright pink, which is has remained since.

* {{Nerdcore}}: Much of his music , sans ''IRIS'', is considered to be this.
* PenName: Will has had many. From Diamond Armada, to W.A.R., to [=DAGames=]. He still uses his real name, though.
* ProductionForeshadowing: In both Medleys, Will sneaks in elements from upcoming songs, with the first one having lyrics from the then unreleased "Instruments of Cyanide" and "Brothers in Arms" and the second one having lyrics from the then unreleased "Are You Proud Of Me Now?" and "Return To The Motherland".

There have also been additional members on the channel, known as the [=DACrew=]; the most prominent members at present being Will himself, Aficionados Chris, [=CosmicKeyframe=] (Chrissy), and Sean. All four have also started a challenge series together called [=DAKnockout=]. Chrissy also hosts a weekly livestream known as [=DARadio=] which acts as the channel's radio show complete with a trivia segment and an ability to request songs.

As of present, the channel has varied on content from animation, games, music, and additional miscellaneous content. There have also been additional members on the channel, known as the [=DACrew=]; the most prominent members at present being Will himself, Aficionados Chris, [=CosmicKeyframe=] (Chrissy), and Sean. All four have also started a challenge series together called [=DAKnockout=]. Chrissy also hosts a weekly livestream known as [=DARadio=] which acts as the channel's radio show complete with a trivia segment and an ability to request songs.

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->Hey buuuddies, it's Will of [[TitleDrop DAGames]]...
-->-- '''Will'''

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Will has also made his own original series separate from [=DAGames=] called ''[[Music/IrisUK IRIS]]'', a dystopian ScienceFantasy story told through three albums of original music: ''Heart of an Artist'' (2018)[[note]](released under the [=DAGames=] label, unlike the rest which are released under the IRIS label)[[/note]], ''Goliath’s Throne'' (2019), and ''Dawn of the Dimetrix'' (2021).

* TrademarkFavoriteDrink: Will LOVES Monster Energy Drink.

* ColorMotif: Originally, the channel used green as its primary color. Since 2019, the [=DAGames=] channel started introducing more purple into its appearance, and eventually switched to purple fully as its primary color in 2020, which is has remained since.

* DelinquentHair: Will's hair used to commonly be dyed black with a green streak. These days, he has since done back to his natural hair color, which is blonde.

Will has also made his own original series separate from [=DAGames=] called ''[[Music/IrisUK IRIS]]'', a dystopian ScienceFantasy story told through three albums of original music: ''Heart of an Artist'' (2018)[[note]](released under the [=DAGames=] label, unlike the rest which are released under the IRIS label)[[/note]], ''Goliath’s Throne'' (2019), and the upcoming ''Dawn of the Dimetrix'' (2021).

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vISSxIDytI0 Heart of an Artist]], an original song.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTA1aeLsbTk Draw The Line]], an original song.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf2rNRniSr0 As The Lights Go Out]] and [[https://youtu.be/u_uitiXgryU a rock remake]], an original song.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vWKt3oafWzA Kings and Queens]], an original song.

* [[https://youtu.be/3_cWI7HTK6k I Am The Animal]], an original song.

* [[https://youtu.be/Ot_zjJO2Qxo Surveillence]], an original song.
* [[https://youtu.be/ZXHVhZsSsxw Corporate Pain]], an original song.

* ProductionForeshadowing: In both Medleys, Will sneaks in elements from upcoming songs, with the first one having lyrics from the then unreleased "Instruments of Cyanide" and "Brothers in Arms" and the second one having lyrics from an upcoming ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheDarkRevival'' song and the then unreleased "Return To The Motherland".

* Untitled ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' / ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheDarkRevival'' song[[note]]Teased during Founder's Pack 2[[/note]]

* Untitled ''VideoGame/PoppyPlaytime'' song[[note]]Teased during Founder's Pack 2[[/note]]

* ProductionForeshadowing: In both Medleys, Will sneaks in elements from upcoming songs, with the first one having lyrics from the then unreleased "Instruments of Cyanide" and "Brothers in Arms" and the second one having lyrics from an upcoming ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheDarkRevival'' song and a second ''VideoGame/PoppyPlaytime'' song.

* Cup De Grâce, VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} (The Delicious Last Course)

* ProductionForeshadowing: In both Medleys, Will sneaks in elements from upcoming songs, with the first one having lyrics from the then unreleased "Instruments of Cyanide" and "Brothers in Arms" and the second one having lyrics from an upcoming ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheDarkRevival'' song.

* UncannyValley: Purposefully {{invoke|dtrope}}s this by "liquefying" his face to create zany expressions that are impossible to accomplish naturally, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBF867aSBKI as seen here]].

* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mBbIihQHw0E We Want Out]], VideoGame/FiveNightsArFreddys