An Obnoxious Owl and the Legacy of a Gaming Giant
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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00:16 Space Quest Historian - Forest spacequesthist...
00:45 Brandon Blume - Oracle spacequesthist...
03:32 Brandon Blume - Under a Daventry Moon spacequesthist...
08:38 King's Quest V OST - Harpie Island • King's Quest 5 Soundtr...
08:56 Error47 - Shadow Hunter error47.bandca...
09:42 Space Quest Historian - Copy Protection spacequesthist...
13:59 Conquests of the Longbow OST - Marian's Rescue • Conquests of the Longb...
15:16 EpicPotatoFiend & SQH - Lounge Willow spacequesthist...
17:52 Space Quest Historian - Ms. Astro Chicken spacequesthist...
20:27 Erik Elsom - Nectar of the Gods spacequesthist...
21:48 Error47 - Descent into Quad Damage (vinyl bonus track) qrates.com/pro...
26:12 Mask of Eternity OST - People of Daventry • King's Quest : Mask of...
28:16 Error47 - Impersonation error47.bandca...
40:02 Rapwned - Unreleased Ocean Man cover / @rapwnedmusic
41:49 Unavowed OST - Brooklyn Blue • Unavowed OST - Brookly...
43:41 Blackwell Unbound - Lauren's Apartment • Blackwell Unbound - La...
45:07 Blackwell Deception - Rosa & Jeremy (BONUS) • The Blackwell Deceptio...
46:36 Blackwell Deception - Menu Theme • The Blackwell Deceptio...
47:39 Error 47 - Swipe Igniter error47.bandca...
49:52 OneShortEye - Santa's Song • Santa's Song
52:41 Error 47 - Katrina's Sacrifice (Quest for Glory IV) error47.bandca...
54:53 Tales of Chickenry uses copyrighted music, so I replaced it with Kevin MacLeod soundalikes: "Ambler", "Ave Marimba", "Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049", "Crowd Hammer", "Feral Chase", "Mountain Emperor", "Parisian"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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01:02:54 'Golden Hour' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
01:03:44 SQH - Crisp'n'Chill spacequesthist...
01:07:37 SQH - Dwarf Chill spacequesthist...
01:14:36 SQH - Etheria Chill spacequesthist...
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NOTES:
02:40 Wizard and Princess was re-released for IBM PCs in 1982 as Adventure in Serenia, which only supported four-color CGA.
03:29 I suppose you could make an argument that the Atari game Adventure (1980) was the first adventure game where you "control the character." But your avatar in that game is just a square.
04:33 SCI stands for Sierra Creative Interpreter.
05:22 King's Quest IV had a cursor, but it could only be used for movement and looking at things. Entering commands beyond that was done with the text parser.
05:50 The first computer game distributed on CD-ROM is Cyan's The Manhole in 1989.
10:54 No, that's not what happens in the actual game. It's from this video, which everyone should watch immediately: ruclips.net/video/Gj9rsgImF8M/видео.html
17:58 "Every 50 ticks [0.83 seconds] there's a 1 in 21 chance of Cedric appearing if there's no rock on screen and he hasn't already been killed by colliding with the player or getting shot by the farmer. The problem is that unless Cedric appears before the farmer, which is very unlikely, then the farmer's first bullet will kill Cedric off-screen due to incorrect collision testing." github.com/scummvm/scummvm/commit/43ab746a4519df096d3048b3194e7994c6533943
24:15 I found conflicting sources on the address of Seattle's Bellevue office. I sourced the address pictured from this article: www.historylink.org/File/20919
26:53 This is "Smart Money," financial management software released by Sierra in 1987. sierrachest.com/index.php?a=games&id=546&title=smart-money&fld=general
28:03 Christy Marx designed Conquests of Camelot and Conquests of the Longbow.
54:52 Tales of Chickenry uses copyrighted music, including songs from the anime Noir. Much as I like to preserve gaming history, I had to replace it with sound-a-like royalty-free music to avoid copyright claims.
01:10:09 That's PushingUpRoses.
Did you get the same fiverr guy for SantaClaus lol
@@donwald3436 Yes!
I can't believe that "The bluebird is too busy taking a dump to answer Graham." was the thing that got me.
I love that old Yzzyxz video! My other favorite moment was "Princess Cassima, come over here! Begone you slithery varmint! Scat!"
24:21 What song is that? It isn't on the list. I recognize it, but I can't remember
You know that saying "If you explain a joke, it stops being funny"? Owl's Quest is the opposite. The more you have it explained, it gets sillier by exponential amounts as the absurdity settles in.
For real, the journey for this silly little fan game is so surreal
That's how you know it's good
oh so like homestuck
I found him.
The single unironic Cedric fan.
@@jleffel6969 Our family wasn't really part of the larger gaming conversations. Until stumbling across this, I hadn't realized people didn't like him very much. I just appreciated how much more friendly the game felt whenever he was onscreen (well, onscreen and healthy - it didn't seem more friendly when the poor owl was wounded).
"I wasn't talking to myself. I just accidentally clicked on me." is going to be my go-to answer whenever my monologues are interrupted.
In Cedric's voice.
I love how 30 minutes into a documentary about Owl Quest OneShortEye just casually pulls out JOSH FREAKING MANDEL to do narration.
"Crispin, i am literally gonna pull my pants down and shit ALL over your lawn and garden and house if you don't lift this damn curse off me!"
"But Cerdric, you don't have pants."
"That should tell you how ready i am if you don't comply!"
Oh no, Graham! A poiiiiiiiiiiisonous snake!
Ah death giving Cedric, nectar of the devil
This is a spectacular video, lot of fun, clearly a LOT of research went into it. Joel seems like a wonderful guy; I've got a couple of stalled gamedev projects at the moment and your interview is a nice bit of motivation to actually make another game
Glad you enjoyed it! Joel was a pleasure to talk to, and very kind to me.
he's the character that you cry about dying in the first run, then about ten playthroughs later you cry tears of joy that he's gone
I'll happily wait 2 months for an upload if its a ShortEye video. ESPECIALLY if that video is over 1 hour long! 😍
hey it’s It’sJabo
Holy crap, you got Josh Mandel for this one?! I've gotten used to you going above and beyond, but this is spectacular!
Josh was very kind and treated this project like a professional, even though it's just a silly RUclips video. Gave me three takes for every line and offered to re-record anything if I needed it. Such a legend.
Brilliant video as always! Thank you for including the most harrowing death in all of King’s Quest at 07:55, sends chills down my spine.
Very cool to see the developer of Wadjet Games on here. I immensely enjoyed the Blackwell series.
One of the best videos I've seen on RUclips up to this day to be honest. Everything about this just lift my spirits. I mainly watch speedrunning content so I came to your channel for speedrunning, but I discovered so much more. Going to those lengths to explain a meme inside a small speedrunning community which is quite a niche genre itself is crazy in a positive way. Deep dive into Sierra lore? Making Josh Mandel do the narration? That amazing inspirational speech at the end? Chef's kiss.
That interview with Dave Gilbert made me fangirl scream. I love Wadjet Eye Games. I've been obsessed about Gemini Rue for some time in my past. I've even commissioned fanart for Thechnobabylon few years ago. Now that I think about it this might not be the best idea to pay someone to create art of copyrighted characters from an indie game without asking permission first, but I was new to how this works in the US. Great thanks to Dave for making his own amazing games and helping others with publishing their own. Without him and his company I wouldn't know some of those gems existed.
The maker of Owl's Quest and his other games, Joel, might've been just a kid messing around but I think the humor in these games is just top notch. If I didn't know they were created by a kid I would've thought they were made by an adult ironically. Like SBaHJ. Joel himself sounds so wholesome and self aware. He enjoyed making silly little games, had a great time with his family and friends and is happy about how his games make people laugh. That one line voiced by his friend that was apparently recorded with a toaster made me hysterical. OneShortEye, you got a lot of nerves to be drinking water during these, if that was me I'd choke to death. And Joel's sister made him a Cedric sweater? That's just adorable!
That speech at the end boosted my dopamine. Just think about people making amazing games and other people giving them money to create more amazing games. Making videos like these, writing books, drawing fan art, creating speedruns, streams and gameplay commentary. Heck, even watching and commenting those will create more popularity for great things. We don't have to be game developers to help, together like bricks we make a building. This sense of community is inspiring.
So thank you, kind sir, for creating this video! Keep up the good work!
I'm happy the video resonated with you so much. I knew this one wouldn't be for everyone, but I had a hope that, at least for a few people, it would hit hard. Thank you again for the kind words.
This was really inspiring! It left me with an itch to make something like this! XD
I can't believe The Reanimator is also so good at making fun and interesting adventure game vids. Thanks Weyoun!
its so wonderful that you've highlighted this admittedly crappy little game made by a young teen which has made so many people giggle and smile, and then made it reflect on how much had to happen for it to happen. Really great vid x
What a magical journey, and what an absolute legend of a game dev.
Your videos are so well-researched and informative, there's really nothing else like it on RUclips atm. I will always watch a OneShortEye video and almost always learn something awesome.
my only question is, will you ever branch out from making documentaries about adventure games?
If I ever run out of things to say about them, yes. But I have enough ideas in the queue to keep me going on adventure games for at least the next year, maybe two?
Greatest video. Every section better than the part before and after it.
This is the greatest video on the internet
Thanks! I try. :)
I got some real Cruelty Squad vibes from Joel's other games. Absolutely brilliant shi...uh...POISONOUS-posts turned into hilarious games. In reality it was made by an actual child which is even better. A+ good job adventure game community. Thanks for showing these games off to a wider audience.
I did not have the CD talking version, so never experienced this. The first talking game I had was Wing Commander 2, and it was freaking awesome.
absolute chad 45 minute long intro to your sick Owl Quest speedrunning
ok Worthikid's 'Free Apple' makes even more sense now, actually...
Have you ever seen a chicken with two pieces of paper?
I swear that i thought in this owl when i saw the owl origami model in the book "Multi-Color Origami" by Mi Wu, idk if he knows this owl.
Buddy you had no right to give me all those feels are the end of the video. No right, I say!
Thank you
Brave man to drink while there was dialog playing in that chicken game
What valuable information did I forget to make room for Owl's Quest in my brain.
what a great video. Especially the closing words
This is pretty insightful ngl
Mask of Eternity coming out the same week as Half-life and Ocarina of Time must've really hurt...
Nice video.
I find it funny how charming this fangames are, even if they are "bad".
This was really good.
Santa, what a legend
Its always the real CUC's inflating their worth and value.
You should do something with AGS games some time. There's a lot of gems, but it might be more fun to go through the most ridiculous like Richard Longhurst and the Box that Ate Time.
This is a great video. Good job
11:29 cool, a death metal raccoon!
I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why people love these games so much. Maybe I’m just too young, but it’s honestly so sweet and endearing to see people so earnest and passionate about them
You have to understand what it was like. In the 80s and early 90s, if you wanted a game with any semblance of characters or story, adventure games were your only choice. Games have evolved now to the point where you can have good action AND good story, but that wasn't always the case.
I think it's also an age thing. I'm turning 40 this year, and most of the people in these videos are maybe a little younger, but not by much. I think whatever it is you're into at ages 8-13 is always going to stick in your mind.
@@OneShortEye Absolutely. I’m sure that if I showed something like Final Fantasy X to someone 10 years younger than me it wouldn’t click with them either.
Regardless, I find these videos super interesting and fun to watch, I don’t need to understand the appeal to understand that these games mean a lot to people, and I think that’s all that matters in the end.
I love these videos. You've made some great stuff. I really appreciate the effort taken to interview people.
Good Luck with future projects!
1:16:04 Art.
love the use of the word poisonous to censor LOL
josh said i should like it so i did
"I wasn't talking to myself... I accidentally clicked on me."
Let's go!❤❤❤
So... no "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?" ... :c
Well I feel bad now. I've been watching since you only had 2 videos on your channel, And I haven't subbed yet!
I really appreciate that Joel took elements from all the past KQ titles for Owl' Quest. Such as the menu interface from King's Quest VII, the completely hidden animal taming tools from King's Quest IV, and the object clipping from Mask of Eternity.
If only I could pin two comments...
@@OneShortEye what if you did
Do you think Christopher Lloyd was like "good lord why do they hate this owl so much?" after recording those lines?
I think he understands that a lot of that comes down to game design. Cedric runs out of helpful tips pretty early, he has to be left out of a bunch of important areas for technical reasons, he keeps warning you of danger after it's too late to do anything...no vocal performance could save his reputation.
@@timothymclean Christopher Lloyd was the voice of old Graham in the newer game.
Did not expect to learn the history of Sierra’s demise in the middle of this. That interlude was like the Defunctland of graphical adventure gaming.
By the time that section ended I had completely forgotten I was watching an Owl's Quest video, I was like oh yeah that's why I'm here!
calling up Joel was definitely giving "Who Wrote the Disney Channel Theme"
always wondered what happened to them, just never got round to googling it.
This King’s Quest rabbit hole sure is dee-
**Graham falling scream**
Whooo! Look our for that rabbit hole!
@@professorhaystacks6606 Ooooooooh! If you're going into that rabbit hole, I'll wait for you HERE! (ç v -)
Watch out, Graham! A pOooISONous hole!
As annoying as that sound is it still manages to get a chuckle out of me.
deez nutz
Joel Page is a comedic genius. Putting the blanket and that stupid sock on the wagon and it slowly rolling off-screen had me in stitches.
I've gotta remember that for any future adventure games I hack together in an ill-advised game jam.
The longest OneShortEye video to date, and it is for Owl Quest.
Every bit of this is amazing. And a huge thanks to Joel for making these games!
I figured the funniest thing I could do with Owl's Quest is take it seriously.
It has now been eclipsed by Conquests of the Longbow
The fact you got Josh Mandel to voice it is amazing! Thanks for putting this together made my month!
Convincing a King's Quest VIP to contribute to this shitpost of a video essay must have been pretty awesome for ShortEye.
The satire of Owl's Quest really puts to shame the horrific and mean spirited Cedric gags from the retail games on display here. It may have been a different time, but it's hard to do much worse than "I showed that annoying character dying a violent death. Get it?"
And I didn't even mention an AGS game called "Let's Kill Cedric," a.k.a, "Cedric Shooter." kingsquest.fandom.com/wiki/King%27s_Quest:_Let%27s_Kill_Cedric
Bro was a professional hater @@OneShortEye
Oh my gosh! This was a trip down memory lane watching Joel create when we were kids! Thanks!
Joel was extremely kind and I'm happy we had a chance to connect. :) Thanks for the comment!
That interview with Joel is so wholesome :) As an indie dev, I have so much respect for the video game developers of the past. I can't imagine what it was like creating games with the technology of the time and without the history and communities gaming and game creation has these days.
Great video, clearly a lot of time and love went into this one!
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Did not expect to hear my voice as a 12 year old in a youtube video today.
"I AM THE MASTER OF RIDDLES" T_T
This is one of the most surreal things I have ever seen, and I did not expect to see people discussing, nay, deep diving on my cousin's little indie ags games from 15 years ago. Thank you for this video!
THE RIDDLE MASTER!!
Its incredibly charming and heartwarming to see people having fun like this. And your voice was really riddle-y!
Wow! I feel blessed to have stumbled upon this video, and then upon this comment on said video. I feel like I'm voyeuristically participating in this really special, niche corner in video game history.
Lol, you should be honored
"Have you ever seen a chicken with two pieces of paper?" 😂
Wait?! The voice actor for Cedric is the same guy from the infamous gazebo anecdote?!
Author, not guy. I wrote "Eric and the Gazebo". It was inspired by an anecdote that in real life ended when Ed Whitchurch asked Eric Sorenson "Don't you know what a gazebo is?" Mine went much longer and ALL the jokes were written by me and at least two of them were funny. I also ran LA Mensa's RPG group for more than a decade, was a lead programmer, taught workshops at the Ren Faire, had loads of acting experience, and won a national title at the card game bridge with Corey Cole as my partner. There were REASONS why Sierra hired us (my wife is the real programmer in the family) and I hope Cedric was not one of them. Besides, Ramses Najeer was my favorite role at Sierra, probably followed by the Great Senator from Ecoquest. I mostly didn't audition for anything unless they were having trouble finding a good enough actor because I'd don't enough acting and so many employees really wanted the chance. Did I mention I was once on an improv stage with Robin Williams?
Had I know voice game actor would become a career possibility, I'd have done every part they let me.
No Game, Movie or Song has ever made me cry but I was damn near close after watching Rapunzel ride her horse away.
Holy smokes, this video _goes places!_ When I started watching what I thought was just going to be a video about a funny Cedric hate fangame, I did not properly parse its runtime. And even if I had, I could never have foreseen all the things it would touch on in that journey. The history of KQ, the rise and fall of Sierra, and the entire adventure game genre. Josh Mandel narrating! And then _Dave Gilbert_ crashes the party and we get the origins of Wadjet Eye?! All leading up to the incredible final interview, including OneShortEye’s poignant take on the value of small, personal art. And then out of left field, that closing monologue. I could never predict where this was going, and I feel enriched for the experience.
Looking back on it, the through line seems to me to be about all adventure games, not just _Owl’s Quest._ It’s about why people make them, what that means to them, and what that’s lead them to do. It’s about how adventure games have persevered, even before most people knew what they were and after most people thought they were dead. It’s beautiful and one of my favorite videos on RUclips. Thank you.
I mentioned this in another comment, but I felt the funniest thing I could do with Owl's Quest was to take it seriously. I think you've articulated my intentions very well. Thank you for the kind words. :)
@@OneShortEye You certainly succeeded at that! The absurdity of taking _Owl’s Quest_ so very seriously reflects its role in the community. But the serious content is actually enlightening and useful in its own right, not just for the joke.
The closing monologue made my eyes really wet...they still are 5 minutes after the video ended holy macaroni man !!!
The speedrun of owls quest segment had me dying. Best speed run race ever
Another kings quest community gathering 🤗
Can’t wait to see Roberta herself in one of the next episodes, speedrunning KQ7, singing the Frenzia Song
One can dream.
Amateur projects like these always fascinate me because regardless of who made it or how old they are, they necessarily have a strange conflict of levels of competence going on. Making a game by yourself is hard and complicated, regardless of how it's made. Even using things like RPG maker or AGS require you to get to grips with a lot of internal systems, plan out how to make them interact and at bare minimum learn how programming works, even if you avoid writing code yourself. Being able to put together even something like Tales of Chickenry, but not realising that using the airbrush tool might not be the best way to colour in a triangle, places you in the centre of a strange venn diagram of ability.
Your monologue at the end made me cry a little, it's easy to forget about the little things but there's so much to be grateful for
There is a lot to be grateful for, but the part of about everyone "deserving" it is where we're supposed to draw the line.
Not me crying over a video about a fan game of the annoying owl from King's Quest.
Owl mention what an attractive cat is in the wallpaper behind that stupid voice actor's interview. More seriously, it warmed my heart to see all those bad things happen to Cedric. The purpose of art is to invoke an emotional response, and people really had to respond strongly to Cedric for him to suffer so much harm in response.
Thanks for the comment, and I'm glad to see you here! I think that's a great way of looking at it.
"Is that a new dance, Graham? The BUGGALOOOOOOOOOOOO?"
I unironically love Cedric, I quote him on the regular with my dad. He helped me figure out how to beat the game when I was really young, so its got a special place in my soul.
Truly awesome, as usual - so much passion and depth :) there is indeed something very special about things like Owl's Quest
Joel deserves an award for the sock horse. Like a nice bike or a Hawaiian island.
Joel seems like a really nice guy. I love his sense of humor and humility. That scene where the repaired bridge immediately breaks again had me laughing. I hope he manages to make some more games in the future!
I was very active on the AGS forums back when this came out. Hearing someone talk about my niche interest (AGS) inside of an already niche interest (adventure games) blew my little mind
I understand being irritated and annoyed by Cedric for sure. But really the lengths people went to for some of these easter eggs and such, after a certain point I just feels too mean, what with the buzzards and Christopher Lloyd and all that. Those sorts of things are usually reserved for characters I hate for being irredeemably evil and vile. It just seems like such a great length to go to for what is really a mild annoyance at best.
By all means you guys keep having fun with it (I'm not here to be the morality police or whatever), it's just not for me
You're not wrong. Cedric hate is kind of funny in isolated examples, but it gets old fast.
@@OneShortEye as it was said in the video: kids love him and adults roll their eyes and moan. I guess I'm more of a kid at heart.
It reads as edgy thirteen year old humor.
I feel a similar way. I think Cedric is really endearing, but I understand how others would feel differently. Still, some of those examples get to the point of being just mean-spirited to an extreme.
You know I expected just a short informational video on Owl's Quest but this is great. The Chickenry rat had me in stitches.
The sound quality is just so perfect. you’re absorbing the visual and then the audio kicks in
Thank you, OneShortEye, thank you for everything.
Your previous videos of course, but this one... phew... there's so much... I mean...
Cedric's history...
And Sierra's history, from the pages of The Sierra Adventure book...
And, if that's not enough, interviews with Shawn Mills himself (who worked on some pretty good Sierra fangames himself, IIRC)...
And Owl's Quest history, with Josh Mandel reprising his role as an absolute class act, like he's always been...
And these nods to Santa and Karl Jobst that had me in stitches...
And the AGS history and interview with Dave Gilbert, that took me down memory lane because I used to post on the AGS forums from 2003 to 2012. I downloaded and tried almost any AGS game I could get my hands onto back then (heck, everytime I watch a speedrun video, there's that voice in my head telling me I could get a WR in Tiltor (an old AGS puzzle game) if I learned how to screen capture and re-learned the puzzles)
And then tracking down and interviewing Joel...
You know Avengers Endgame? Twenty movies... twenty movies you've been sitting there silently watching as Marvel planted seeds, one at a time... twenty movies you've been patiently waiting as the seeds slowly grew into plants and trees... until Avengers Endgame happens, where all of the trees, all at the same time, decide to blossom in an explosion of superheroes for an epic climatic showdown and finale... and you're sitting there, stuck in awe at what's transpiring in front of your very eyes...
Well, that's exactly how I felt watching this video.
Thank you so much for making this video, OneShortEye. And thank you again for your previous videos. And thank you in advance for your next ones. :)
This is one of the best comments I've received. Thank you. I can only hope my "post-Endgame" phase is better than the real one we got with the MCU...
One of my favorite things of Cedric is Mandel's tone when Cedric is talking about turning back while at Mordrack's Castle and everything before you enter the grate unintentionally makes it seem like even the nice hero Graham has gotten completely sick of him.
I want that Cedric the Owl sweater. *ok I've stopped crying. This is my favorite video from you. It's long, but I don't think there's much I would want to see cut. Thanks for reminding me that I'm a part of this, because sometimes it doesn't feel like it.
Incredible video. The outro was really touching as well! Thank you for your hard work!
Thank you for your kind words!
Am thrilled you borrowed the "Mordac the Owl" clip from Pushing Up Roses! One of her classic moments.
She was kind enough to give permission, too!
11:37 Cedric’s voice sounds like someone mocking Cedric’s voice.
I had been an ASIFA (animation society) member when I started work at Sierra. At one ASIFA session, Bill Scott and June Foray showed us some voice techniques. For Super Chicken, Bill gripped his Adam's apple and rapidly moved it up and down to create the warble. I obviously stole that to voice Cedric. I think Joel Page (or whoever) just was unaware of it. The falsetto was me responding to Roberta's character description. I have had hundreds of people laughing at me. There are techniques to being a good actor. Owl's Quest made me laugh. That's good enough by my standards.
Awesome video! This isn't really well suited for this video, and I know it's not really in the wheel house of what you usually cover, but I'd love to see a video from you talking about the Japanese adventure game scene, if only because what an adventure game even is over there can be wildly different. Games like Sakura Wars on Sega platforms were relatively close to the Western idea in some areas, but its overall very expansive and quite different and I think it'd be very interesting to see a viewpoint on them from someone who's mostly a fan of Western adventure games.
Wait? Those exist?
@@ultimapower6950 Yeah! Generally its what we call visual novels but there are plenty of games that many people would consider more than a vn thats thought of as an adventure game in Japan. Ace Attorney is a great example.
As someone who knows almost nothing about King's Quest games and forgot who Cedric was in a previous OneShortEye video, I didn't know what to expect from this video. Having reached the end, I now want to see Joel create Owl's Quest 2: Something to Hoot About.
Thanks for putting this together! The early AGS community was what got me into game dev, I'm as nostalgic for those days as I am for the old Sierra games. You captured the feeling of the ags community and the spirit of game dev back then wonderfully. Love all your videos, but this one is really special.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the kind words.
27:47 "...where computer operators once manufactured high tech, sophisticated games."
"Ya see, a blank floppy comes down the assembly line here, I press a few keys on my keyboard, then Tommy down there *points*, he clicks a few buttons with his mouse, and wouldn't ya know it, there's a full fledged game on that disk, with a sticker on it too!"
The Fordist way of software developement.
You can have any game you like, as long as it's Owl's Quest.
The amount of love and passion around these classic adventure games is incredible. So much passion and love for stories and characters. Even the writers and developers. Its incredible.
Is it possible to activate the subtitle oneshorteye? English it is not my mother tongue and helps me to follow the video
The lad releasing bangers as per usual
Why the fuck do i feel so bad for cedric, he just keeps getting murdered in ever game
Owl's Quest is not merely a game. It is an immersive art experience.
To be fair, Christopher Lloyd will voice just about anything. His recent filmography is pretty depressing.
True. I have young kids, so I've been repeatedly graced by Christopher Lloyd's performance in Santa Buddies.
I was first introduced to Cedric probably in my early 20s and I honestly have always liked him. I find him genuinely funny
I loved the last scene, it moved me to actual tears. Thank you. 🦉
I'm glad you liked it! :)
The sigh and then Santa appearing is brilliant throwback comedic genius
Wait you talked to the creator of Owls Quest and you didn't ask when the sequels coming out?
The hell???
One cannot improve upon perfection.
I didn't expect to get weepy at the end of a video about an obscure fan game but here I am. I needed that reminder, thanks for that.
I wish Cedric gave you a hint to hold a custard pie to throw at a yeti to knock him over a cliff.
I'd have liked being useful a few times. Cedric was recorded my first month at Sierra and I did not feel I had enough standing to suggest anything to the world's best game designer (and the best voice director I've worked under, before or since).
@@GazeboSlayer thanks for the reply! I actually enjoyed your rendition of Cedric and quote him quite often but yeah the writing of his “hints” didn’t help. No fault of your own! :)
12:56 Lmao that was my experience too, back in the day. I thought that by Cedric telling me to not go to those places, the game was trying to warn me, telling me that I might not have the required items to survive there yet. Which wasn't true, and got me stuck for a while.
There aren't many quality channels talking about Sierra with such love, care and consideration. I watched the KQIII speedrun one never having played it. Glad I subscribed!
It always brightens my day to see a OneShortEye video in my sub box!
I've binged all of your videos like 5 times now haha
Funny thing is I've never played any early PC adventure games before finding your channel. The only video games my family bought me in the 90s were those CD-ROM 'Reader Rabbit' games.
But your videos do such a good job sheding a light on the culture of speedrunning and early PC adventure games, it's got me fascinated!
Keep up the good work!