History VideoGame / TheYouTestament

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''The You Testament'' is a SpeculativeHistory video game by indie developer Mat Dickie, better known by his username [=MDickie=]. The player takes the role of a disciple of Jesus Christ, who [[BeenThereShapedHistory follows his teacher]] through a [[ArtisticLicenseReligion loose retelling]] of the life of Jesus as detailed in [[Literature/TheFourGospels the New Testament]].

Although ''The You Testament'' was meant to be [=MDickie=]'s last game, he eventually changed his mind and made an ExpansionPackSequel called ''Making of a Prophet'', where the player follows Muhammad as he founds the religion of Islam.

A what-if game by the indie developer Mat Dickie, better known among his fans and {{Hatedom}} as [=MDickie=]. In it, the player takes the role of a disciple of Jesus Christ, who follows his teacher through the stories of Jesus found in the Bible (albeit incredibly loose versions of the stories that barely resemble any extant edition of the Bible).

Although ''The You Testament'' was meant to be [=MDickie=]'s last game, he eventually changed his mind and made a sequel (actually a mod of the first game), ''Making of a Prophet'', about Muhammad, the founder of Islam.

* AerithAndBob: Oooooh, so much. Characters in ''The Making of a Prophet'' can go from being named Muhammad to Plato to Buddha to '''''Wendy'''''.

** The map screen from ''Making of a Prophet'' is a smaller rearrangement of the Holy Land from ''The You Testament'', [[TheyJustDidntCare and the objective marker is still a cross]].

* LetsPlay: General Ironicus (with some help from ChipCheezum) [=LP'd=] [[http://lparchive.org/The-You-Testament/ The You Testament: Fuck MDickie Edition]] (a mod he made replacing most of the textures with random ones from various sources for a completely absurd experience). This would inspire fellow [[SomethingAwful goon]] Daeren to go on to Let's Play [[http://lparchive.org/The-You-Testament-2/ the sequel.]]

** In ''Making of a Prophet'', if you attempt to use Healing on [[spoiler:Khadijah or 'Amr ibn Hisham]] after their [[PlotlineDeath Plotline Deaths]], they will not come back, unlike with every other dead body. [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope The same cannot be said for Muhammad himself, though.]]

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Not every day where, if you accidentally attack Jesus, that our Lord and Savior will be willing to lay the smack down on you for doing so. [[note]](He's ''supposed'' to just lecture you about the pointlessness of violence, but sometimes the game AI glitches and makes him use the default NPC reactions instead.)[[/note]]

->''"Idolatry, motherfucker, have you heard of it!?"''

* {{Invisibility}}: The final power Jesus teaches you, here explained as altering his molecular structure to appear invisible.

* WalkOnWater: Naturally, Jesus does this, here explained as altering his molecular structure to weigh less. He'll subsequently teach you to do the same.

* TitleDrop: A particularly clumsy one, too. "And when they write down their unique version of the experience, it will be called The You Testament."

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: MDickie reused the engine he used in his wrestling games. Therefore, it's quite possible for the [=NPCs=] to decide to start power-bombing and piledriving each other.

** If you empty your Mind meter entirely, your character will briefly go insane, acting on his own with the player unable to do anything.

* UnwinnableByDesign: A number of instances. If you make your character as small as possible, it's actually possible to get yourself stuck in a pool within the temple. As well, if you're hung on the cross along with Jesus and you're able to break free, Jesus dies as programmed and you're unable to continue with the story as is.

''The You Testament'' is a what-if game by the indie developer Mat Dickie, better known among his fans and {{Hatedom}} as [=MDickie=]. In it, the player takes the role of a disciple of Jesus Christ, who follows his teacher through the stories of Jesus found in the Bible; incredibly loose versions of the stories, that barely resemble any extant edition of the Bible.

Although ''The You Testament'' was meant to be [=MDickie's=] last game, he eventually changed his mind and made a sequel (actually a mod of the first game), ''Making of a Prophet'', about Muhammad, the founder of Islam.

!!This game has examples of:

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [=MDickie=] just generally played fast and loose with both history and religion in both games, but the real crowner would have to be the crucifixions in the second game. In his LetsPlay, Daeren acknowledges that it's ''just barely'' plausible that they might have still been carrying out crucifixions, but then he takes a closer look at the crosses: ''every one of them'' bears a sign that reads "INRI". INRI is short for a phrase which translates in English to "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews". In other words, this should have appeared on only one cross in the first game (guess). In the LetsPlay, this discovery causes [[SanitySlippage a massive freakout in both Daeren and his character]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Strength Miracle, which grants you SuperStrength and the ability to curbstomp your enemies. The downside? Well, the miracle requires your Soul Meter. Punching people reduces that meter. When you kill someone, the meter completely drains, and when the meter drains, your miracle goes bye bye. Not to mention that it's on the very top of your Miracle Tree, which means you have to be patient in order to select it, which by that point you'd probably be interrupted by someone.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: By a guy who speaks English, even! Almost none of the dialog actually appears in any English edition of the Bible. The stuff that comes anywhere close is either badly paraphrased, or a Frankensteinian mishmash of several verses.

** In ''The You Testament'', the player is a composite of several random people Jesus helped, as well as Peter and [[spoiler: Judas Iscariot. The player also appears to be a stand-in for Lazarus, despite the actual Lazarus appearing and being resurrected as per the gospels.]]

* FinalDeath: A rare example happening to the PlayerCharacter: When you die, the game ''erases your save file''. That's about as final as it gets, folks.

* LazyArtist: As a lot of elements were reused from the first game, this was inevitable for ''Making of a Prophet'', in particular with "INRI" on all the crosses. From a coding standpoint, most of both of these games are recycled from elements found in previous M. Dickie games, such as his wrestling game or his prison simulator.
* LetsPlay: General Ironicus (with some help from ChipCheezum) [=LP'd=] [[http://lparchive.org/The-You-Testament/ The You Testament: Fuck MDickie Edition]] (a mod he made replacing most of the textures with random ones from various sources for a completely absurd experience). This would inspire fellow [[SomethingAwful goon]] Daeren to go on to Let's Play [[http://lparchive.org/The-You-Testament-2/ the sequel]].

* OnlyOneFemaleMold: There are several male body types, but only one female. In fact, you make a character female by assigning it a female body - you're still free to give "her" a face with a 5 o'clock shadow or [[WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight Snidely Whiplash]] moustache.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Not every day where, if you accidentally attack Jesus, that our Lord and Savior will be willing to lay the smack down on you for doing so.[[note]]He's ''supposed'' to just lecture you about the pointlessness of violence, but sometimes the game AI glitches and makes him use the default NPC reactions instead.[[/note]]

* WeirdnessCensor: People regularly beat each other up, hopping around on one leg, walking ''without legs'', knock others down, hug people and then start beating up the person they hugged, steal items from others...boy.

* ObviousBeta: Of the late beta sort - playable, but clearly wonky, and never receiving proper quality assurance testing. The creator himself said he rarely plays his own games when he's "done" with them; it's pretty obviousthat this includes not doing any playtesting.

-> All the crosses are marked I.N.R.I. It's Latin for 'Did Not Do The Research'

''The You Testament'' is a speculative what-if game by the indie developer Mat Dickie, better know among his fans and {{Hatedom}} as [=MDickie=]. In it, you take the role of a disciple of Jesus Christ, who follows his teacher through the stories of Jesus found in the Bible; incredibly loose versions of the stories, that barely resemble any extant edition of the Bible.

* AerithAndBob: Oooooh, so much. Characters in The Making Of A Prophet can go from being named Muhammad to Plato to Buddha to '''''Wendy'''''.

* ArtificialStupidity: The AI for most of the people on the map can only be described as random, with a penchant for acting like complete jerks. Characters will wander to one corner of the map, stand there for a while, walk to the center of the map, sit down for a few seconds, get back up, walk over to another character and start violently beating them for no reason until they fall over, then walk over to you, steal whatever it is you're holding and run for it (and if course, if you try to take it back, they'll claim it's theirs and threaten you to give it back.)
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [=MDickie=] just generally played fast and loose with both history and religion in both games, but the real crowner would have to be the crucifixions in the second game. In his LetsPlay, Daeren acknowledges that it's ''just barely'' plausible that they might have still been carrying out crucifixions, but then he takes a closer look at the crosses: ''every one of them'' bears a sign that reads "INRI". INRI is short for a phrase which translates in English to "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews". In other words, this should only have appeared on one cross in the first game (guess). In the LetsPlay, this discovery causes [[SanitySlippage a massive freakout in both Daeren and his character]].
* AuthorTract: Both it and its sequel delve into Dickie's views on religion, using both religious figures as a mouthpiece.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: By a guy who speaks English, even! Almost none of the dialog actually appears in any edition of the Bible. The stuff that comes anywhere close is either badly paraphrased, or a Frankensteinian mishmash of several verses.

** Also, in The Making Of A Prophet, you meet Arjuna, your protege in the same spot you met Muhammad in the beginning. [[spoiler: He also seems to look exactly like Muhammad if he were a kid]].

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: In The Making Of A Prophet, [[EnforcedTrope in order to make the Muslims and Quraysh stand out]], [=MDickie=] made their robes white and black respectively, save for Muhammad, who wears green.
* CompositeCharacter: WordOfGod states that the main character in The Making Of A Prophet takes the place of both Abu Bakr and Muhammad's son-in-law Ali [[EnforcedTrope in order to drive the story along]].

* FadeToWhite: Death in the first game does this, as does [[spoiler: the fake death following Lazarus, and the end of the game after you have talked to the disciple.]]

* FinalDeath: A rare example happening to the PlayerCharacter: when you die, the game ''erases your save file''. That's about as final as it gets, folks.
* FissionMailed: In the original game, after [[spoiler: Jesus resurrects Lazarus, the player keels over and dies for no reason, complete with the requisite FadeToWhite, only for Jesus to resurrect you.]] To make things even more confusing, [[spoiler: Jesus collapsed and seemed very weak after resurrecting Lazarus, but He seems in perfect health after bringing back the player. At least, unless the script glitches, as it is prone to doing - then you may end up being resurrected and lectured to by a ''comatose'' Jesus.]]

* LazyArtist: Reusing a lot of elements from the first game, this was inevitable for ''Making of a Prophet'', in particular with "INRI" on all the crosses. From a coding standpoint, most of both of these games are recycled from elements found in previous M. Dickie games such as his wrestling game or his prison simulator.

* MadeOfPlasticine: with the "Gore" option set to Extreme (which it ''defaults'' to), it's not uncommon for the frequent brawls to result in people hobbling around with missing body parts.

** And for Muhammed, in combination with WordOfGod, he mentions how Allah would read from the records of each and every person on Judgement Day. Those records? ''The Data-File for the characters''.
* MisterSeahorse: The game generates a lover and child for the player character. If the player character is female, the ''male'' lover will still claim the player got ''him'' pregnant.
* NotHisSled: [[spoiler: ''The player'' betrays Jesus, rather than Judas Iscariot.]]
* ObviousBeta: Of the late beta sort - playable, but clearly wonky, and never receiving proper quality assurance testing. The creator himself said he rarely plays his own games when he's "done" with them; it's pretty obvious this includes not doing any playtesting.
* OnlyOneFemaleMold: There are several male body types, but only one female. In fact, you make a character female by assigning it a female body - you're still free to give "her" a face with a 5 o'clock shadow or Snidely Whiplash moustache.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Abu Jahl in The Making Of A Prophet survived the Battle of Badr, and because of this, he [[CompositeCharacter is combined with Abu Sufyan]]. [[SubvertedTrope He still gets killed off,]] just not when he was supposed to die.