References to fangames in other media

Despite being somewhat of a niche topic, fangames are frequently referenced by people familiar with them outside of the community. [nrw]

## Geometry Dash

Geometry Dash is a popular music-based autorunner game for mobile and PC with a focus on user-created levels.

It's no secret that there's a fair amount of overlap between the fangame and Geometry Dash playerbases. Over time plenty of GD players have created levels that reference fangames in one way or another, these frequently being to the iconic I Wanna Kill The Kamilia 3. Some like the rated level "IWannaKillTheKamilia" attempt to recreate a fangame gameplay style while some others adapt elements from fangames into regular GD gameplay like the various Secret 5 challenges.

## Fiend Folio

Fiend Folio is a big overhaul mod for The Binding of Isaac: Repentance featuring a massive amount of new content and easter eggs.

One of these hidden easter eggs only reachable through console is a secret crawlspace featuring a recreation of the red Miku fight from I wanna Kill The Kamilia 3 , more specifically, from the bossrush part, where avoidance itself is a direct reference to the I Wanna go the Dotkid.

The fight has very close resemblance to the original - having almost all the same attacks, same sprites (although Miku sprite itself does not give damage) and giving in a unique way possibility to climb up the platforms due to the absence of double jump in the mod.

However, this fight is based on the old versions of I wanna Kill The Kamilia 3 - v1.30 and the versions before - in other words, "pre-nerf" versions. This can be noted by the last attacks, which does not have a curve and instead has a direct movement without curving.

## Kuplinov: Nightmares of The Past

*Kuplinov: Nightmares of The Past* is an indie free-to-play game made by munchkin\_iii and released on Gamejolt on 24th March, 2018. Translation of the description of the game on Gamejolt is as following:

> The game takes place in 2014, at the very moment when Dmitry [Kuplinov] uploaded on his [YouTube] channel the last video of "I Wanna Be The Boshy"
>
> munchkin\_iii

Game itself is dedicated to very famous Russian gamer and YouTuber *Kuplinov ► Play* who has more than 15 million subscribers on YouTube. In the fangame context he is known for having unfinished playthrough of *I Wanna Be The Boshy* which includes 11 publicly available episodes. The first episode I Wanna Be The Boshy Прохождение ► ПРОЩАЙ ДЖОЙСТИК!!! ► #1 was uploaded on 19th January, 2014 (more than 1 million views) and the 11th episode I Wanna Be The Boshy Прохождение ► ДА ПОШЁЛ ТЫ!!! ► #11 on 21st September, 2014 (more than 375 thousand views). This corresponds to the theme of the munchkin\_iii's game - using different elements which were present in Dmitry Kuplinov's YouTube channel back in the time. As it can be seen from the description of the game - very big emphasis is on the I Wanna Be The Boshy.

The game is in horror genre and itself is a platformer with its own short story, where Kuplinov, after finishing last episode of his I wanna be the Boshy playthrough, decides to go to the supermarket at night for some food while waiting of the rendering of the video, and gets in wacky little adventure, which ends up with meeting with Boss 3 - Mario - himself, and escape. In the end, everything turns out to be a dream, but the episode has finished rendering. In the credits, author of the game directly asks Kuplinov when there is gonna be continuation of the playthrough, however, apparently this line appears only in the version made for Kuplinov, since in other videos this sentence is absent.

This game had got positive exposure, thanks to Kuplinov himself, who has uploaded on 28th March, 2018 video called *КОШМАРЫ КУПЛИНОВА ИЗ 2014* which was dedicated to this game. As Kuplinov mentions in the video - he himself found the game on internet, and also received game via e-mail. He did express om video that he liked the game and even answered to the question of the creator (in the credit scene) that continuation of playthrough of *I Wanna Be The Boshy* is not going to happen. Ironically, video has more views than original unfinished playthrough, i.e., more than 4.2 million views.

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2. ↑ Original text [in Russian]:

"Действия игры происходят в 2014 году, в тот самый момент, когда Дмитрий загрузил на свой канал последнее видео по "I Wanna Be The Boshy"
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