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Production update 2021-05-04

Hello everyone!

The Super Mario 64 A Button Challenge Part 1 has been released and it's been doing... poorly. 

If we compare it (in blue) to another video that had a similar launch, the Legend of Zelda video (in purple), we can see that it clearly did not take off the same way. Every stat is looking good, except impressions; Youtube is simply not showing this video to anyone.

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SM64 ABC History Part 1 Piano arrangements

Here they are! Unfortunately, the Inside the Castle Walls video is being fraudulently copyright claimed by some big company in Latin America, apparently because some random dude published music he didn't own the rights to and now they swing that bat around like it's theirs.

The History of the Super Mario 64 A Button Challenge (Part 1)

It's finally here! Thank you everyone for your support in the process of making this video.

Production update 2021-04-21

Hello!

The release is growing very near. A bit too near, in fact. I decided to give myself an extra day to make sure everything will be done in time. So, the video is releasing on Saturday, April 24th, at 4 pm ET.

The editing is now about 70% done, with only about 4 minutes left to do. I'll spend the whole day tomorrow chipping away at it, so that I can put in the last finishing touches on Friday.

The music is all done! It's even in the project, along with all the voice line...

Production update 2020-04-19

Hi everyone!

I've been working a lot more in the past week, and time has been flying. I didn't realize it was already Monday! This brings me to the bad news: it's looking like I won't actually be able to finish the video in time for Friday. I'll keep working at it, but there's a decent chance I end up delaying it by a few days.

But! This week I've been doing stuff that I put off for the longest time, and I worked a lot on the music. I recorded most of it yesterday and today! I hav...

Production update 2021-04-12

Wait, I'm alive?

Yes, I am alive and well. So, why the long silence?

Well, you know how it is. My motivation comes and goes, and my energy to put in all the work required to get a video out is not always there. Recently, I've had one of these really low motivation periods, where everything video-related felt like a drag, the amount of work required felt like a mountain, and what I was actually accomplishing felt sub-par and like a drop in the ocean. With low motivation and low out...

Mario Kart 64 Music - Early access

Early access for all Tier 2+ Patrons! It will be publicly released around the same time as my next video (maybe a little bit earlier). If you're one of the lucky ones to get it now, keep it to yourself ;)

Production update 2021-02-17

Hi everyone!

Short update here, I just wanna talk about the Q&A video. I finished recording and I'm about 1/3 into editing it. I'm hoping to finish editing today, but it might be tomorrow. I've also got some stuff to take care of related to the announcement, so while I'm hoping I can release it tomorrow, it might have to be Friday. Either way, it's coming soon. After that, we're going back to the big series project.

I posted 2021-02-17 16:35:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Production update 2020-02-14

Hello!

This will be a quick post. Banana is looking at me with those "you're spending Valentine's Day working for real?" eyes...

The Mario Kart 64 video is going very well! It had the best start of any of my last 10 videos (SM64 TAS is now officially out of that list), and was overtaken by SMB3 credits warp, but it's about to take the #1 spot again. 

I'm working on the Q&A video. Just a heads up, it's obviously gonna be a lot more low-effort than my other videos bef...

New video is out!

Sorry, I'm posting it here a bit late. I was really short on time to make it in time for the premiere so lower priority things took a hit. Thanks everyone for your support, and I hope the surprise from this was worth the mystery around the video making process! 

100 Patrons!

Thank you! This is an amazing milestone!

I don't have anything special planned at 100 patrons, but starting at 200, I do have livestreams of the editing process for Tier 2+ patrons planned out. I gauged the interest for that a while ago and it was mixed, so I figured with more people in, there will be enough of you guys for an interesting experience.

Thanks again to everyone for their support! I don't know what else to say, really, other than I'm grateful for every one of you.

Production update 2020-01-29

Hello everyone!

Hope you guys had a good week. It's been fun on my end. Today, I bring you bad news and exciting news. So, of course, let's start with the bad news.

The video is getting delayed again. It was supposed to come out tomorrow, but that won't be possible. "What? Delayed twice! You're worse than a game developer!" I hear you. Well, for now, we're looking to get it out on Sunday instead of Saturday (but that is not guaranteed), so it's a very small delay.

Surely, yo...

Production update 2020-01-20

Hello everyone!

I hope you guys had a great week. I have been working hard on this secret group project, and I am finally able to reveal a little bit more about it.

First, the release date! We were aiming for this Saturday (the 23rd), but there was one more thing to add and we ran into technical issues with getting the best quality clips we could. These two things delayed us enough that we felt we were a bit rushed to make that deadline work. So, we decided to push it one...

Production update 2021-01-12

Hello!

I hope everyone had great holidays. Even though I was unable to see my family, I spent quality time with my girlfriend playing games, baking and eating food, and all sorts of fun things.

In the meantime, I have been working on the top secret team project! I can't yet reveal the subject (for newcomers, normally, at this point in the process, I typically feel ready to reveal the subject to you guys), but I can give you an idea of the progress made.

We have a full script...

100,000 subscribers Q&A

Hello everyone!

First of all, thank you for the amazing support on the latest video about The Legend of Zelda. I've got nothing but positive feedback and everyone seems to be enjoying the music as well.

So, as you may have noticed, 100,000 subscribers is growing near, and I want to make a Q&A special to celebrate it. Obviously, to have some As, I need some Qs, so now is the time to ask them, right here in the comments! I will prioritize questions from you guys, but I will try ...

The Legend of Zelda World Record Explained

Thank you for everyone's support while I was working on this enormous project! I hope you enjoy!

Production update 2020-12-15

Hello everyone. I hope you had a great week!

My week was busy. I worked very hard and I managed to get another 25 minutes done since the last update. In fact, I am finishing the edit today. There are still some things left, like recording corrected voice lines with the proper setup, and adding the music, but the video should be pretty much fully ready by tomorrow night.

So, when's the release?

The release is this Friday, December 18th, at 8:00 pm EST. There ...

Production update 2020-12-11

Long time no see!

So, a new 10-minute threshold, a new update. That's right, 40 minutes has been hit tonight. In fact, I'm sitting on 40:56 of edited video!

I took a quick glance of the remaining stuff, and it seems like I'm headed towards the 1:10 mark. It might be just short of it, or it may go over. No matter what, I'm busting the hour, that's for sure.

I'm off to bed, more work awaits tomorrow!

Production update 2020-12-09

Hello!

I told you this might come earlier than you thought!

Let's go back to the timeline I gave myself (prior to changing up how I would tackle the editing). Here's what I had: 

• November 21st: 10 minutes edited and script fully recorded
• November 26th: 20 minutes edited
• December 1st: 30 minutes edited
• December 6th: 40 minutes edited
• December 11th: 50 minutes edited
• December 16th: Video ready for release

Here...

Production update 2020-12-06

Hello!

Not long ago, I hit the 20-minute mark in editing. So, that's where I'm at!

In terms of the actual run time of the video, I'm probably not even a third of the way in, but that's because I'm only about 4 minutes into the run at this point. That's why I prefer to calculate my percentage done in terms of word count on the script. By that measure, here's my current progress:

• Script: 100% done
• Recording: 52% done
• 2020-12-06 19:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Production update 2020-11-24

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great week!

So, let's dive right into it. Last week, I made a roadmap for the next month, setting myself the goal of editing 2 minutes a day on average, or 10 minutes per 5 days. How have I been holding up?

Well... it's hard to say. In terms of truly edited stuff, I'm actually still only at 3 minutes... but, in the past week, I worked pretty hard towards something that's gonna make everything a million times easier from now on.

Normally, ...

Production update 2020-11-15

Hello!

First of all, apologies for sparse updates. I've been working slower than I should have been, and I guess the update frequency sort of followed.

I've been progressing more in the past few days though, and here's where I am right now:

The script is complete. There might be some tweaks left and right still, but it's complete, it's been proofread by Lack and another Zelda 1 expert, and it's a nice 13 pages long. In fact, it ranks #2 in length across all my scripts in ter...

Production update 2020-10-19

Hello,

So, my audio cable is on its way, which means music will finally become a real thing in the next couple of days. I'm excited to try and put it on some footage and see how that feels!

Here's a quick rundown: I finished the whole script for Part 1, and recording is still about 20% done. I also started editing but with no music, I was a bit cautious. Some new pieces of the puzzle from 2011 were brought to my attention but it didn't change the whole picture much.

But I ac...

Production update 2020-10-07

Hello everyone!

First of all, apologies for the radio silence. 

Progress on the video isn't going very well, and it's pretty much entirely my fault. As those of you familiar with my whole process, I tend to work in bursts. I can be super motivated and get a ton done in a week, and be in a rut and barely progress the next. Right now, I'm at a low point. I don't feel 100% happy about the script. Recording the music is a challenge because I've been away from a piano for so long....

Production update 2020-09-22

Hello everyone!

I hope you had a great week. This week was quite fun for me!

First, the SMB3 Credits Warp video did very well. It came down crashing pretty hard after a few days, but honestly, even if it gets 0 views from now on, I still consider 200,000 a success!

Perhaps the best success was learning that Nicholas Weaver, computer security teacher at UC Berkeley, saw and liked the video so much that he gave it as required viewing to his CS161 students. I had a brief exchan...

Production update 2020-09-14

Hello everyone!

I hope everybody enjoyed the Credits Warp video. I must admit I was a little scared of it bombing, considering the fate of the technical OoT videos, but it's actually doing much better than I expected! In fact, this is the highest amount of views I've ever gathered in 38 hours of a video being up, with the SM64 TAS explained being very close behind:

Note that this comparis...

Super Mario Bros. 3 Credits Warp Explained

I hope you all enjoy the video!

Production update 2020-09-07

Hello everyone!

Alright, so, I'm sure you guys remember me saying that I might be able to finish the video by the end of August and to expect it in the first week of September. Well, like I said last week, unfortunately that was not going to happen, but! Even though last week was a little lighter on the workload, I did make progress. I can reasonably comfortably say the video is going to come out this Saturday, September 12th. Expect an afternoon stream on Twitch and a ...

Production update 2020-08-31

Hello everyone!

I have good news and I have bad news.

First, the good news! Production has been going pretty well this week and I am now almost two thirds done with the edit. I did a lot of the very meaty stuff that took a lot of editing work but the result looks pretty great. I would not have been able to do this two years ago that's for sure!

Now, time for bad news. The video will probably not come out as soon as expected. I talked with someone knowledgeable and there are ...

Production update 2020-08-25

Hello everyone!

Apologies for a slightly late update. I typically aim for Mondays, but it slipped my mind yesterday. Anyway! I got some stuff done this week. Let's go through it!

First, I recorded all of the video on Tuesday and Wednesday. My new setup is nice, although I will try to find more ways to reduce reverb for future recordings. In the meantime, I also finished up Kosmic's Mainline Mario Marathon edit, and started working on the edit of the Credits Warp video on Friday. T...