How Speedrunners BROKE this Game in One Keypress 

Point and click games make for surprisingly comfy speedruns, but more importantly, they make for amazing OneShortEye videos!

It's a shame that the dev team didn't really have the budget they wanted or needed to give the game the polish it deserved. I could definitely hear a bit of sadness in Chris and Robert's voice when talking about the issues. Also, that story near the end of how Robert saw his music was being played at a wedding made me really happy. Few people realize how incredibly brutal being a musician can be, with scarce income, constantly being screwed over by corporations, being belittled by people taking music for granted, and work being tough to find. Like Robert said, it's little things like that which make creating art worth it in spite of how rough things can be.

Wow ❤ I didn't work on GK20, but I did work at Phoenix Online. I remember when Chris came onto the scripting team (actually, I think I trained him in the scripting system-though he didn't need much help!). So surreal seeing him for the first time through this video (Phoenix Online was decentralized and met over Skype chats back then). When I discovered that we were the studio making GK20, I was so excited, and I think I begged to work on it (but Jane had to make all decisions about who was on the team and they had already been decided). I love seeing people enjoy the game, even in all its weirdness! Making games is hard, even ones like this! I know when people see things like this, they're quick to shout at the testers, but I personally know the QA team worked their butts off for this (and all the games at Phoenix Online-they were always finding new bugs for us to fix)!

I'm so happy you manage to not only show the history of speedrunning but also the history of the games' production in your recent videos. It's so cool you get to interview these industry legends!

Not even a minute in and this speedrun is breaking the game so much that Gabriel is pulling a Lowrie from Mystery of the Druids on the chair. Oh this is going to be a good watch

I've been watching a few videos about Kickstarter scams lately, and totally forgot that this wasn't one of those videos, so it was great how this ended up super wholesome with such good vibes coming from the devs, players and yourself. Really fun video.

If anyone is interested in messing around with the glitches in the run but can't afford the game, GK20 also has a great demo available. And with the powers that B you can even play it two in-game days past the cutoff point to Day 4 (where currently we can't advance further since the demo can't properly load in Gran's house). Heck you could even submit a demo% speedrun if you were so inclined.

Seeing you interview these adventure game creators really makes me wish for a video on The Dig. Seriously, there is so much about that game and its early versions that we know precious little about. From early drafts of the story, to rewrites of the story by different directors, to scenes featured in behind the scenes videos, there are entire games worth of content cut and replaced. If you ever decide to make a video on The Dig, I have a bunch of cut content and sprites from ATM Machine's old website (that has since gone down, sadly) backed up on my PC. Don't hesitate to let me know, I'd love to help you out if I could. Great video, by the way!

You and this channel might be genuinely one of, if not the best video game documentary content producers of all time. I don't think there is a single video of yours I have not watched and immensely enjoyed. I love how you take a new approach to every video, using elements from the last to enhance both the presentation of information and your storytelling ability. Your videos started out somewhat in the shadow of SummoningSalt, but now you're including developer interviews, dissections of game code, and compressing it all into an easy to watch package. I can't say enough good things about this channel and how much I love it and your work. It's my hope that you'll keep doing what you're doing, and also that other game content creators will be inspired by the standards you're setting to incorporate some of these great elements into their own work. I don't know if there is any community for it or if there would be anything interesting to say on the subject, but I would be very curious to see coverage of speedruns of Shadowgate for the NES. It was one of the first games I played, the first adventure game I ever played, and it still has a special place in my heart.

As a long time Gabriel Knight fan, I'm so so bummed that GKIV never came to be, but still glad we got what we got. Also, I don't think Robert Holmes gets enough credit for how outstanding his music is. Truly beautiful work, and as good, if not better, than some Hollywood film scores that are out there. Like, that Gabriel Knight theme is up there with some of the most iconic movie themes. Sensational stuff!!

Your videos are so heartwarming somehow. Every time I watch them I get the same feeling when we meet with our friends after a long time. We just sit together and tell each other what we've been up to. And I feel so proud of them. Like look at the amazing things you guys did, you're all so amazing. I think the obscurity of these games/speedruns add to the feeling. When I watch a popular speedgame I feel like I watch a sports match on TV. Of course I like it and I get hyped, otherwise I wouldn't watch it. But those speedgames and videos are different and great in their own way. The atmosphere you create in your videos is so nice and comforting. And the interview format is also great. I can tell the devs are happy that their games are loved, that people play them, that people speedrun them, that people make videos about them. They're so proud about their creations and they absolutely should be. That gleam of happiness in Robert's eyes when he told about the wedding is what makes me believe everything is right with the world. Many thanks to the devs, the runners and to you for making another great video! Keep up the good work.

Fantastic research, editing, execution on this video. The amount of effort put into it is clearly massive. I imagine this channel is just going to keep on growing because every video is a joy to watch. Thank you very much!

the speedrunning community could figure out the cure for cancer if it could save time on something.

Great editing, almost documentary material.

Thank you. A great video as always. I was a backer of Pinkerton Road CSG. I don’t remember the amount I pledged, but I got physical versions of Moebius and GK20 and a Moebius T-shirt. Moebius is in a big box, which is quite rare because the print was small. GK20 sadly is only in a DVD case, but still great to own it’s physical edition. I would love to see more games from Jensen and Holmes!

I cannot belive the backers had the chance to choose Gray Matter 2 and choosen Mobius 😢

Robert Holmes is right about remakes and the new experience vs old experience thing. The Shadowgate remake had a LOT of new crazy dumb puzzles that really soured me on it. Still hoping for an Uninvited remake though. And Deja Vu because why not, let's complete the whole Macventure trilogy!!

I felt it when thewoofs said "Guybr.. Gabriel"

This is just great. What an awesome documentary! Loved it, once again such a good job with the interviews!

I like to think all the odd animations are just the consequences of too much voodoo.

The CSG concept was ahead of its time. Microsoft's GamePass is essentially that, except it features far more games by far more developers. GamePass has been a huge success for Microsoft, and for PC and Xbox gamers.

That piano tune makes me immediately cry of happiness. GK was one of the best games of my childhood.

13:09 Artist POV: when the client tells you you're being paid with exposure.

Im a simple man, I see Gabriel Knight in a thumbnail I CLICK

I heard "Gray Matter 2" and had to pause. You're telling me we almost had Gray Matter 2? You mean I have to live with the fact that we were so close to it and now it's unlikely it'll ever be made? Man.

It’s always a good day when new OneShortEye content drops.

Lol - Was in stitches seeing all those crazy animations!!! Awesome video as usual! So cool to see the interviews with the devs

I love that you have been adding interviews with devs and people who worked on the games you cover as well as ghe speedrunners ! Seeing what they are doing now is fantastic, and thank you for all your hard work bringing it to us !

Oh man, I jumped on the notification for this video. I don't speedrun the games I play and I don't play adventure games but I do love me some OSE videos.

Basically IK makes things easier, FK is sorta piece by piece by method. THey both have their uses. As he said if you do set it up right If you move the hand the arm and other bits in the chain move with that hand. Game engines can be trippy with bones in general. Honestly I blame FBX because I just loathe that something so half baked and glitchy is somehow industry standard lol.

If I had a nickel everytime an adventure game speedrun was snapped like a twig because of a single key, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?

Another fantastic video; these are always such a pleasure to watch even when I know nothing about the game or the series.

i thought this was going to be a summoning salt style video but it's a whole damn documentary about the game too! i love it!

We never thought it was possible but the madman has finally made a Gabriel Knight video

Your videos are quickly becoming some of my favorites, despite having never played any of these games. Keep it up :)

Awesome video - my triangular boxed Gabriel Knight 1 is one of my proudest possessions. Would love to see GK3 speedrun strat at some point.

Fantastic video, to notch content and editing. It's great you now get so many interviews with original game creators. I hope GK2 is being speedrun and will get a video soon. That should be quite fun to watch.

Kudos for the choice of music and for linking to it on Bandcamp ♥

35:01 Please break the game gently or heads will roll. I wouldn't want to B that guy.

Went and watch the GDQ run afterwards, and it was amazing lol. Great video!

Great Video once again - thank you! I have to say I do love the interviews, but in this one, a little more of the game would have been nice - not sure, if somebody else feels this way..

The world needs Gray Matter 2 :(

I have very fond memories of playing this game with my friend. Amazing to see the game actually broken through speedrunning. We really bonded over it and it is always a special memory for me. A shame the studio never got to make more.

I don't know why these speed running game histories are so interesting for games I've never even heard of, but they are.

13:16(ish) - this whole bit is just great-- from trying to 'apologize' for the game ("it wasnt like this ALL the time..."), to immediately being contradicted ("it was like this, All The Time") by 'well who the hell are You?', to the also-immediate reveal of "im the guy who worked on this very aspect of this very game"... where do i buy the Picture of me, from this rollercoaster i just rode?

This video is B for Brilliant 😃 Gonna try pressing B for every game I play now just to see if anything breaks...

Did not expect Gabriel Knight to make it here, much less the remake. That was the first point-and-click adventure I played, and I really enjoyed the heck out of it.

Although I don't play P&C games anymore, I love watching people speedrun and break them down like this. I'd love to see a video on the Police Quest series.

12:28 I don't care if it is a bug; this deadite guy is the coldest mfr I've seen in months

These videos are so much more than speedrun documentaries now, so awesome :)

Thanks for making these, OneShortEye!

So above and beyond that you interviewed the creators and told their story. Incredible Work!!! Amazing Video!!!

This channel is incredible, it's a crime you don't have more subscribers.

I look forward to these videos! You introduced me to quite a few speed runners. I actually started playing some of the newer point and clicks like Primordia and Shardlight. I want to go back and play through the Space Quests and Maniac Mansions as well. Keep up the great work!

laughed so hard at "It's a pokemon card. Holographic Charizard."

So what does Gabriel Knight speed-runners and CS:GO players have in common? They both rush B.

"A Kickstarter that actually delivered, wow..." (please read this as Mr Freeze in the breakout scene from Batman & Robin)

12:29 360 No Heart

Really appreciate the research that went into this! Never seen a speed running documentary that interviews the developers.

It still blows my mind to hear game programmers/developers that don't play any games. (John Carmack for instance also) Also, the bodies of the characters tweaking out like that isn't a bug. It's a feature.

Ha, I bought the 20th anniversary edition recently. Can't wait to check it out.

13:00 And THAT'S why you use quaternions, not euler angles, for 3d dev. I'm not certain that's the cause of it, but all the glitches really do look like wrong-direction rotations, which would be a result of euler angles taking the wrong path from, say, 350 degrees to 10 degrees rotation, and then needing to further correct due to errors caused by incorrect/unexpected rotations compounding the issue.

This is an incredible video, I got so much more than I expected!

Wake up honey, new OSE video's out. "Its not like it happened all the time." "It happened all the time" 🤣

12:17 Geddan

"So what tricks should I know to speedrun this game?" "B"

my soul cries out for GK4 I still have the teaser comic pdf around here somewhere

OneShortEye is one of the top 10 best 25K to 50K subscribers RU-vid channels there is right now and saying otherwise is fighting words!

Great content :) I'm playing the game (notmally) right now and knowing the background about how it came to be is really putting the lack of polish in perspective.

1:20 So dad, what can you tell me about the Reapers?

Man, I remember following PO waaaaay back when TSL was their only project. Stopped following them over a decade ago when it seemed TSL would never be finished due to them moving on from fan games (not that I blame them at all, of course!). Neat to see them pop up here, and a peek at their website seems to indicate they've been hard at work in that time. Good for them! Always meant to try out GK after missing it as a kid. Maybe it's about time I got on that...

I love Sins of the Fathers, especially the original.

I’ve never played a single game you do a video on but your content is so enjoyable to watch

Love your vids! Can tell you put a lot of work into them and it shows.

This remake would have been so much better with a lighter touch. Re-do the graphics, absolutely. Re-record the music, sure, if the original composer thinks it's necessary he can do that. But they should have kept all the puzzles and dialog exactly the same, so the voice acting from the original game could have been re-used.

What can you tell me about _Speed Runs?_ This is great man, as a Pinkerton backer who was a rather disappointed with Mobius and a little disappointed with GK1's ability to eclipse the original (while having much to commend it), knowing about this makes me excited to play it again, not for speed runs but just to mess with it! I can still enjoy the story and enhanced art/music while making the characters bodies contort like Exorcist possessions! Turn a bug into a feature baby! BTW, has anyone seen if this B key works in other Phoenix Studios games?

Hey, just wondering what is the song that starts at 12:26 ? I tried finding it but I'm probably looking the wrong way

I played this and never had any weird bugs or glitches this is blowing my mind

3:24 My god, the cat mustache...

Those 4DE plushies in the background of Chris' webcam made my day 👀 Also great video as usual!

That final mike comp is epic!! Error47 Shadow Hunter what a Banger thank you

As an animator, I knew immediately it must’ve been a double transform and some FK IK rigging issue cuz I’ve seen my own crappy rigs do the same thing when I was still a student

Every time I see a new OSE video I get so excited. Keep it up!

I remember when GK20 came out. I thought it lacked some of the charm of the original, but I think it worked for what it was. I was excited at the prospect of GK4 coming out if the game did well, but when no news came, I just assumed it got canned, and sadly, this video conformed that. Glad to hear that Jane and Robert are still up for it though.

Hi, do you have plans to make videos about speedrunning other space quests / larry / gobliins / kyrandia?

missed opportunity for a 360 no-scope meme with the crypt zombie during the animation bug montage

Absolutely captivating story from start to finish, loved every second of it

love these vids man

33:56 So they basically turned GK into a rhythm game?

the head/limb spinning seems like it must be related to some sort of "gimbal lock" type scenario going on, right?

Teacher: Press "B", Josh, Press "B".. Josh: I'm pressing it!

Thank you for interviewing some of my favorite gaming celebrities from before I was even born. Sierra, I love you. You made my childhood even if it was 10 years late. I'll never forget playing those games with my dad. ❤

I was watching another video when I noticed this in my recommended... and stopped the video I was watching to watch the new OneShortEye! 🙌

Interesting, I think I never had the head rolling glitch in GK 20, but I did had this glitch in the earlier version of Moebius. Figures.

Great stuff as always bro, you deserve way more subs! I'm not even into like.. any of the games you talk about but you make it super interesting (not to mention accessible!) to listen to :D

crazy that it took 8 years for a speedrun

Well that sucks, time to put hopes for Gray Matter 2 to rest I see.....and I will stay will original Gabriel Knight >.>".

Don't know if anyone is still checking these comments, I'd missed this video first time around and am catching up. How do the speed-runners deal with the sliding block puzzle? I HATE those types of puzzles with a passion and it seems like the kind of thing that could bring a run to a halt...

another amazing video and thank you for the proper subtitles!!!! helps me so much

Another masterpiece, thank you OneShortEye!!