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Reason: Zardy and Cablecrow's home game is horror themed and contains jumpscares. Jumpscares also appear if Boyfriend gets blueballed. See above.
Dude!!! that was sick! - Filip
This mod is on the golden throne! It has more than 1,000,000 views on its download page and can be considered one of the best and most remembered mods in the Friday Night Funkin' community!
Reason: The mod got popular for being the first mod to have a 3 minute song. It also helps that this mod is from the same creator of the original Zardy's Maze.
“Wouldn't want to see you get lost! Or worse...”
― Steam description for Zardy's Maze
VS. Zardy is a mod created by SwankyBox, based off his indie horror game, Zardy's Maze. It features two songs and new mechanics. As Boyfriend and Girlfriend wander into the cornfield to play music, they find themselves face-to-face against an unhappy Zardy.
Characters
Zardy
“And yet you walked straight towards the center of the darkness. A foolhardy move, boy.”
― Zardy, Bushwhack
- Were you looking for SugarRatio's reanimation?
Zardy is the eponymous main antagonist of Zardy's Maze, as well as of this mod. He is a living scarecrow who wanders his cornfield, murdering anyone who dares to enter. He stars in both songs.
Appearance
Zardy is a scarecrow with glowing yellow eyes and with what appears to be a piece of wood sticking out of his mouth. He wears a witch hat and mostly dark blue clothes: a short black poncho with gold touches, and tan-colored boots. He wears brown gloves and is holding his signature hoe in his left hand, with a mic now attached to it.
During Bushwhack, Zardy's sprite is darkened significantly, and a yellow glow emits from his eyes and mouth, similar to a jack o'lantern.
Trivia
- Zardy turning transparent is a reference on how the player (in Zardy's Maze) must use a flashlight to get rid of Zardy, which makes him transparent.
- Zardy's beta name, Zahrada, means "garden" in Czech.[2]
Gallery
Cablecrow
Cablecrow is one of the secondary antagonists encountered in Zardy's Maze, and the second opponent in Bushwhack. They are an animate scarecrow similar to Zardy. They take over for Zardy in the second half of Bushwhack.
Appearance
Cablecrow's head bears markings resembling eyes, one of which seemingly closed or even sewed, while their mouth has a piece of cloth sticking out of it, resembling a tongue. As a scarecrow, Cablecrow appears to have a sack covering their torso and head, both being held down by a rope. They seem to be held up by a post, with wooden arms nailed to the latter, and metallic hands at the ends. They sport an old dark brown coat.
Trivia
- Cablecrow's name seems to be a port-manteau of "cable" and "scarecrow".
- Thanks to the cables in their arms, they have the ability to stretch out their hands to great lengths.
- Their movement in the original game was inspired from the Hookshot from The Legend of Zelda series. [5]
Gallery
Gameplay Mechanics
- Vines: During Bushwhack, vines will appear that catch Boyfriend and prevent him from singing. They can be cut off by pressing a sequence of arrows that appears over his head. Hitting an incorrect arrow will drain some of Boyfriend's health, and the old sequence will be replaced with a new one.
- Death Hoe: At roughly 2:30 during Bushwhack, Boyfriend will be caught by a vine while Zardy switches places with Cablecrow. Cablecrow will throw Zardy's hoe at Boyfriend, which results in an instant death if the player is not able to cut off the vines fast enough to avoid it.
Music & Sounds
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Extra Files: Instrumental Vocals |
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Extra Files: Instrumental Vocals |
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C# Minor (5:23 - end) |
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Dialogue
Foolhardy Dialogue
Zardy
Darn brats trespassing with their damn noise cannons...
Bushwhack Dialogue
Trivia (General)
- The creator of Zardy's Maze, SwankyBox, is also one of the main creators of this mod.
- Both Zardy and Cablecrow's jumpscare are in a video format.
- The first song's name is based off of an achievement in Zardy’s Maze that is obtained by destroying a weed and leaving the maze during a custom challenge with all settings on max with no custom seed.
- Minus Zardy is female.[6]
- This also makes Minus Zardy the first official minus character to have something change besides her design.
- The update for the mod was teased on Twitter.
- The noise when the player plays both Foolhardy and Bushwhack is the sound from Zardy's Maze that alerts them if Pumpkin Jack is alerted.
- Many leitmotifs of Foolhardy can be heard in Bushwhack.
- The folder containing Bushwhack's assets may suggest that the song was planned to last for five minutes, instead of an additional minute being added in the current version.
- Swankybox doesn't have a problem with Zardy and Cablecrow being shipped together.[7]
Gallery (General)
| zardyButDark.mp4 |
| cableCrowPog.mp4 |
| vineShit.mp4 |
| Found within the "video". Goes unused in the mod. |
![Another leak for Bushwhack.[8]](/wiki/File:ZardyUpdateTeaser.jpg "ZardyUpdateTeaser.jpg (28 KB)")
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Download Links
See Also
Steam (Zardy's Maze)
References
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| Baldi's Basics | |
| Bendy and the Ink Machine | |
| The Binding of Isaac | |
| Celeste | |
| Cuphead | |
| OMORI | |
| Garten of Banban | |
| Lethal Company | |
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| Related Navboxes | |
