Think you and your toddler could create the next Yo Gabba Gabba?

Before you rush out to get matching Cintiq tablets, check out the pilot that Adelaide-based animator Brendan Deboy—who goes by NotBrenAgain on Reddit—created in 2014 with his daughter Avalie, who was just one year old at the time:

The pilot features a quartet of drum- and synth-voiced worms who start a dance party near an innocent gnome named “Red” and a slumbering bear (named “Bear”). When the furry beast inevitably wakes up, the party worms rescue the young gnome with their infectious beats.

On Sunday night, this promising first episode—and a five-minute sequel from 2015—caught the attention of Reddit’s Videos community—and prompted many redditors to ask Deboy when the (intentionally misspelled) series Gnoms would be a full-fledged show.

While user orangecodeLol praised “the smooth animation, detailed textures, and crisp audio”—and redditor iTzExotix went so far as to say, “It feels like Wes Anderson made a children’s cartoon”—others felt the series was best suited to a different demographic.

“I don’t know if this helps you,” writes user Gorflub, “but I’m a 32 year old guy and I would watch more.”

Redditor JoebiWanKanobi identified themselves as another unapologetic adult fan. “I would watch this so stoned,” JoebiWan confesses. “The visual puns and jokes are top notch.”

But what inspired this absurd series, which comes across like a particularly trippy episode of Adventure Time mixed with an Eric Carle aesthetic?

Deboy shares the origin story of Gnoms in the pilot’s YouTube description:

“Having been witness to much children’s television this past year, I’ve often found myself disappointed with how flat and uninspired many shows seem … [My daughter and I] instead decided to make our own little show, all by ourselves. It might not be as long or technically spectacular as some other shows on TV, but we sure had lots of fun making it.”

While Deboy has not uploaded a new episode of Gnoms since May 2015, redditors gave the animator some encouragement as he considers taking it to a TV studio:

Until Deboy and his daughter land their big break, you can stay tuned to his YouTube channel and the official Gnoms Twitter account for updates.