Henry Stickmin: Flash series history, retrospective, & PuffballsUnited interview | Flashlight 

Yeah

Oooooooooh

and did what Telltale didn’t do

Kryz Pol yeah....

Oof

It still involved charles tho

This is the greatest plaaaaaannnnn!!!

It was the greatest plan

Could say it was the greatest-

@@engiman7086 _too soon...._

Spoiler alert on this comment, BTW on ctm so many game references (including memes)

I saw Gon and Killua in one of the scenes of CtM lol

Ctm references a populair video from before RU-vid in wich a man claims that knives make you run faster.

@@Rizzless69 I'm pretty sure that was Gon and the rock paper scissors kid from jojo part 4. He has the hole in his cheek and his bio talks about feeling weaker if you lose to him. It's funny, jojo fans seem to think Gon is Rohan, even though he looks nothing like him.

@@AddiePosts Thank you Steven for giving wisdom of the errors of my words

They wanted your choices to decide your ending because it well ruin the point of your choices if they only one ending

@@zidanhyethecowboy9019 this is where Telltale always fails at

@@ionutblaj128 very good point

Toppat Civil War

*CHAAAAAAAAAARLES*

*The Revenge*

its too sooon!

Cries in the greatest plan

Me When I Got to That Scene: OH BOY TELEPORTER!!!

When he's on the toppat space base right?

crash 147 Yes

i was about to say that

Casual Furry teleporter was *interesting*

Ah dang, I meant to mention how much I love that name! It stays true to the naming convention of the other games, while communicating the significance of this ending. It reminded be a little bit of Spider-Man: Homecoming, in that it manages to communicate multiple things: about the game, within the game, and to the audience!

And it confirms there’s really no canon or non canon ending, every ending still leads to you completing the mission

@@kuromifan10 In about 12 hours time I'll have a new video on the channel that frames things in a very similar manner ;) Just a fun coincidence that you commented this right as I was rendering it out!

Two Left Thumbs and it also confirms that spider man homecoming is game (i’m sorry)

Personally, I would have preferred the title "Rocking the Rocket". It rolls of the tongue more and makes sense in every scenario depending on which definition of "rocking" you use

The Bridge and Crossing The Pit?

I love how slowly that lore was built up. Like, if someone were to sit down and create a story like this as one giant project, it just wouldn't fit right. The fact that Puff worked on it on and off, taking large breaks, and being able to carefully decide what came next adds so much to it!

The original video was even in vertical..

Reminds me of fnaf

Cole Miner same. Fnaf 1 started it all. Well, chipper and sons' negative comments about looking like animatronics that are haunted did it.

It's amazing how unique the style and humor of this series was! It's not at all surprising that that was formative for fans of the series :)

MoKuZai yes

Who cares about history in school. That's REAL history everyone should know about

@@SebiIoan05 :(

@@2leftthumbs O.O O.O O.O O.O

Wow. Dedication

The fact that Tf2 is clearly one of Puff's favourite games really brings that whole thing full circle. Glad to hear you've enjoyed it!

you sold your tf2 unusual hat? how much was that worth?

@@blockydoesstuff8188 sold it for 22 keys, used 5 keys to buy the game and the rest on buying some tf2 inventory and a 10 key unusual.

You are a man of Determination, Commitment, and sheer F*ckin Will. You had a great plan. To buy the Greatest plan.

This is the greatest Pllllaaan!

I’m the Bold Action Mannn!

@@grantbaer6318 no you're gonna make me sad...

Maybe it was the greatest plan...

@@seanfinch7856 rip charles,Charles, ending almost made me cry

Hello Charles!!

This is the greatest plaaaaaannnnn

Gaminuz YT always a great plan when me and Henry work together.

That’s great to here

@@brotherc8993 *Sad Henry Noises*

Right, Sven Svensson! That seems to be a fairly common comparison from people. Turns out Puff's vaguely european accent for that character just ended up sounding a lot like Killian haha

@@2leftthumbs yeah, it sounds A LOT like Killian

Yrui Exactly my thoughts!

It isn't Killian?

I legit thought was DEFINETELY killian

I also noticed Killian's voice in CtM. He voices Sven and I think one of the Wall guards.

@@luthercampbell3058 no that just puff balls European accent

Wait so did puffballs voice all of the other characters? Am I just dumb?

@@whenthe4402 puff voices the male characters, reese voices the female ones

I think because Ellie is just like Henry stickmin but girl version and can talk. If Ellie talked too much in fleeing the complex, it wouldn't look like henry stickmin.

That's a pretty cool observation!

That's actually not true, as we've also seen a report from Galeforce that included testimony from Felix White, Henry's lawyer. As well as a statement that Winston Davis was charged with assault. The blackmail used in Infiltrating the airship is randomized to reference one ending from each game.

Two Left Thumbs also, the “Tunisian diamond” page of the blackmail include the center for chaos containment, meaning that the canonical ending for stealing the diamond is just plain epic

I'd assumed that Henry first escaped the prison and was then later defended in court by White. The blackmail for StD in ItA contains a scene from (gameplay leading up to) the Aggressive Ending, so I'd assumed that was the canon one.

random guy if he escaped legally they wouldn’t use it as blackmail

It actually took him 3 years. (The entire Collection)

Fleeing the complex: 2015 Completing the mission 2020

Same

Confusing since Puffballs is plural and United suggests multiple things being together

That's a wonderful story, thank you so much for sharing! Best of luck wrapping up college, and with your own animation pursuits :)

Awespme

Amazing

What does CCC mean

No One Hack This Acc Center for Chaos Containment.

nah, not everything. just all the fails in all the games.

@@t0x1cl and endings

Well, the mindset was to finally give you an emotion of sadness. The Betrayed may let out hope for some people as Henry could've lived due to his strange luck. Charles doesn't have plot armor though, and as he's the most loyal and least criminal main character, kill him off and make the player cry! It did its job.

@@aaandag9688 yeah And Everyone saluted his death Well i did

Rip Bold Action Man

AAandAG - Tru that, seems like the perfect explanation, works very well too.

I imagine it was fueled by the realization that a fairly deep world of well-loved characters had been created along the way, with Charles being among the favourites. When creating so many branching, whacky fails and endings, nobody would ever expect to be full-on slapped by such a sad ending! IT's devastating, but it really elevates the story, stakes, and everything beyond just being a "silly meme game"

He mentions that in his play through, but I think here he was trying not to spoil it for anything.

Puff very specifically avoided spoiling it for me in his interview, despite me asking fairly directly about it. So I figured I'd do my best to not spoil that for anyone with this video! But I drew extra attention to it in my own playthrough, so I know that that information is totally out there at this point!

Two Left Thumbs nice

THIS IS THE GREATEST PLANNNNNNNNNN

This is true

Hahaha pretty much. Practically every minute I was awake was recording, editing, or rendering. And honestly, it was the most fun I've had in months! Not even just with the channel. In general! It was so exhilarating to watch the swell of interest in the series, and to enjoy it alongside so many others

I asked Puff if that motivated the decision at all. He's been working on the remasteres so long, that that news hadn't even hit yet!! And with all the preservation efforts being made to keep Flash games alive post-December, it shouldn't be a real concern luckily! I'll do a video in the future talking about that, as I'm sure not all of the efforts being made are well known still :)

The Flashpoint project is one of the best preservation projects I believe.

Newgrounds made a video player because flash is dying.

@@2leftthumbs is new grounds going away

Introduction Splash Card: Henry breaks through! Henry or Ellie as pallet swap ---------------- Neutral: Hero-styled Fails The player gets a constantly changing 4-way fail circle, choosing one would provide damage, health, or strength for you, though some could insta-kill players, it causes extreme damage to you! Side B: Motor-Scooter Similar to Wario, Henry will ride around on his blue scooter, but the diamond would be attached to it, causing additional damage to any player on it’s tail-end! Down B: Teleportation Similar to Meta-Knight, but you can’t choose you’re direction, but the damage caused by you will be greater if the risk is higher! Up B: Robotic Jetpack Your newly acquired cybernetics temporarily launch back onto any any platform! ------------- Final Smash: Henry/Ellie summon many different Fail items and launches any contacting character off the screen, with the end being a fail message: *Huh, I guess dying in hundreds of painful ways was worth it?* --------------- Entrance: Henry/Ellie crash from the sky onto the battlefield, ready to fight! ----------- Taunt 1: Cash Eyes (Henry/Ellie simply rubs his/her hands together and turn their eyes into the cash symbol, referencing from Stealing the Diamond) Taunt 2: Dance Mr. Funnybones (Distraction dance that only goes once) Taunt 3: The Greatest Plan (A mini Helicopter constantly bangs itself onto Henry or Ellie’s head, annoying them until it self-destructs) ------------- Stage: (constantly changing) Bank [vault] Red Mesa Prison Cell Tunisian Diamond Exhibit Toppat Airship The Wall Dogobogo Launch Site ---------- Color swap: Henry Stickmin Toppat Clan Red Blue Ellie Rose Toppat Clan Yellow Black ---------- Franchise Icon (ie. Super Mushroom/Yoshi Egg) Fail ------------ Victory Screens Henry/Ellie jumps in the air, but slip and land on their faces, prompting a fail to appear: *They must have had those floors waxed today.* Henry/Ellie are far away and use the teleporter to get closer to the camera, only for it to stick them in the floor, prompting a fail message: *You should really read the instructions sometime.* Henry/Ellie are celebrating their victory, before Charles crashes his helicopter, of course saying the thing. Fail message: *Hey, congratulations on your victor-oh.* ------------- Spirits for franchise: Henry Stickmin Ellie Rose Charles Calvin Right-Hand Man (robotized) Rodney Copperbottom Dmitri Petrov General Galeforce Teleporter Fail Message ------------- Holy crap that took awhile, hope you enjoy! (P.S. add music to the list if you want, I’m too lazy to do it:) Rights to Puffballs and InnerSloth

@@FinchZeKey Nice. Thanks

Robbie Brewer Thank you, you’re welcome

His name is Henry Stickmin

Rajvir Madathiparambil I was just more thinking on the major stuff

No, Triple Threat is Canon. End of story, no change my mind about it. Lol. That and Special BROvert Ops are probably my favorite

@@TheUnclaimedOne. My favorite is the Toppat Civil Warfare, the potential that it has.

Austin LaRue Toppat King is my favorite. I also really like Stickmin Space Resort.

@@TheUnclaimedOne actually, VH ending is most probably canon. If TT was canon,we would probably see at least 1 more game or an epilogue about it,and Henry would still go in adventures. But since he abandoned the one who helped him escape the wall and loose his only friend in the space,by an tragic explosion probably got him to stop going in adventures,so he doesn't find anyone else to get attached to,cause he may loose them too. :(

Every ending is canon

Do you have pc or laptop

You could always play them, they were free flash games

It seems you may have a thing for sticks? The world needs more AAA stick games!

If you're into Riddle School, then I've actually done a very similar video on the history of that series as well :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-crmrYSAd-oM.html

@@2leftthumbs holy crap hello

Two Left Thumbs also I did make a riddle school video on my channel

THIS IS THE GREATEST PLAAAAN

yes

It wont work is you previous CtM ending is “Valiant Hero” because Charles Calvin is d e a d

iirc CtM is the ending so maybe we should be asking about Ellie's and Charles's adventures in addition to Henry's

I want a spin off or Ellie for why she got to the wall I also want a Charles spinoff

yeah we want that and charles too

you could say it was the greatest-

It was the great-

Yeah I got that ending.

My most favourite is toppar for lyfe

Long shot of that happening, especially considering that some references are very console specific... I don't think Nintendo would be happy with seeing their stuff - Easter Egg not withstanding - on the PlayStation, for example. *BUT DAMN IT! I WANT IT ON CONSOLE AS WELL!!!*

Are all excluding Nintendo and xbox one and ps4 and so on

@@greatsageclok-roo9013 Marty.o % Louie.G

What about the people with chrome books? xd where else are we going to be able to play some of our favorite childhood memories in remastered glory!

Glad you think so!

You commented in English very well

@@NovaBoi7 thanks

Yeah,an the half life door sound in FtC

Is that steam is a big platform and puffball will get copyrighted and has Nintendo stuff so if Nintendo is super strict puffball is screwed

Good question. My theory is that "The Wall" isn't part of the govt that Henry is in but instead it is part of an international govt so the international crimes still applies, thats why the pardon is not applicable in this situation.

Nice theory.

I think it's likely due to the misconception of how monetization of Flash games works/worked. Back when that was a thriving industry, with loads of Flash game portals, they would pay sponsorships to have their branding added to the game (ie. the Stickpage stuff seen throughout this series). Eventually ad revenue became a more prominent option as well. So the creators has already made most of the money they were going to make by launch, and could fully offer the game for free, with extra money coming in the more people who played it! Fast forward to the bottom kind of falling out of Flash, and these creators need to start charging money to earn anything from their games. Fan will think they suddenly turned greedy, while instead that is now essentially the only way to make money on that work! Big projects like this will hopefully turn that public opinion, and remove the stigma of old Flash artists trying to earn a living

@@2leftthumbs ah good to know :O transparency is king

My pleasure!

That's a good point too! I'm sure labeling them with clear "Episode X" would have helped. But I side with Puff, that forcing people to revisit the games was really for the best

@@2leftthumbs thanks for hearting my comment, and replying.

Nothing close to this game , and it was created by one guy puffballs united only in 2156 hours

Washim Akram wuh? I don’t get what you’re saying. Which game are you talking about?

PreppyTuba5 Gaming That’s not what I meant. You took me too literally. I was asking Washim what he meant by telling me how long Puffball made games as if that meant anything.

It did come up briefly. His immediate plan is to rest! haha After that, they want to support Among Us more, and are possibly considering Among Us 2! They may also revive their old game Deitied. I wanted to keep the focus on Henry as much as possible in this video.

@@2leftthumbs I forgot you replied... wow

It's more like an easter egg

true but it is essentially in completing the mission

Both of their releases at this point have really blown up! I'm thinking they have a bright future ahead of themselves :)

I could literally imagine where Charles and Henry had a last plan