How Pixel Quest Speedrunners Turned Walls into Liquid
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- Опубліковано 24 лют 2022
- A Video by Maximum - In 2011, a video game company known as HardCircle released a flash game called Pixel Quest, a game about a treasure hunter searching for golden idols for a tribe that had lost them. This game featured a dash mechanic that made the game quite fun to play, but this simple mechanic would end up creating the game's most broken speedrunning glitch: The Dash Cancel. With this glitch, Pixel Quest speedrunners were able to constantly propel themselves forward at dash speed, able to easily clip through any wall in the game, opening a whole assortment of possibilities for massive skips in the game's 48 levels. However, Pixel Quest has far more glitches than just the Dash Cancel, for this video will cover a whole assortment of other glitches that easily make Pixel Quest one of the most broken flash games ever created. This video will also cover how Pixel Quest came to be, the history of the speedrunning community surrounding the game, and the failure of Pixel Jones, a PC / Console game that was intended to be Pixel Quest's successor.
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Bounties -
This video placed $150 worth of bounties on three of my own Pixel Quest World Records that had stood for over four years unchallenged:
New 16 Levels Glitchless World Record ($100) - CLAIMED by IBedrockI on 2/28/22. WR Link - • Pixel Quest 16 Levels ...
New 16 Levels Glitched World Record ($25) - CLAIMED by Xdxboxjaja on 2/25/22. WR Link - • [FWR] Pixel Quest Spee...
New Any% Clean File World Record ($25) - CLAIMED by QuackedUp on 3/11/22. PB Link - / 1422303640
Use the following resources if you would like to start speedrunning Pixel Quest or start going for any of these bounties:
Pixel Quest speedrun.com leaderboard - www.speedrun.com/pq
Pixel Quest Speedrunning Discord - / discord
Game / Flash Player Download - www.speedrun.com/pq/resources
BlueMaxima's Flashpoint (only the alternate Free Online Games version works) - bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/dow...
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Music List - pastebin.com/VJ4ibD40
Relic Song Remaster was Created by Zame - / zamejack
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World Record Progression Graphs Created Using- flourish.studio/
World Record Data Obtained Through the Speedrun.com API- github.com/speedruncomorg/api
The Progression Graphs in This Video Will be Uploaded to - / speedrungraphs
#maximum #speedrun #pixelquest - Ігри
Use the following resources if you would like to start speedrunning Pixel Quest or start going for any of these bounties:
Game / Flash Player Download - www.speedrun.com/pq/resources
*OR* BlueMaxima's Flashpoint (only the alternate Free Online Games version works) - bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/downloads/
Pixel Quest Speedrunning Discord - discord.gg/c9CVmjZvxU
Recording Software (OBS Studio) - obsproject.com/
Timing Software (LiveSplit) - livesplit.org/downloads/
Current State of the Bounties:
New 16 Levels Glitchless World Record ($100) - CLAIMED by IBedrockI on 2/28/22. WR Link - ua-cam.com/video/eLxFuxTipfE/v-deo.html
New 16 Levels Glitched World Record ($25) - CLAIMED by Xdxboxjaja on 2/25/22. WR Link - ua-cam.com/video/9wDNyV4XPKA/v-deo.html
New Any% Clean File World Record ($25) - CLAIMED by QuackedUp on 3/11/22. PB Link - www.twitch.tv/videos/1422303640
You should probably pin this
is it ok to use the flash player located in the red ball resources section?
@@jaerockets yes
@@Maximum love ur videos...can watch them whole without being bored...keep making good stuff
@@jammish9802 already pinned
This game feels like it was being held together by toothpicks gum and hope considering how many breaks appear in runs from random ass scenarios
After looking at it, I can confirm that the game is built on spaghetti code
@@Maximum wow I didn't even know I coded that game
@@metachirality do I know you?
Reminds me of the new Fnaf game
Seeing as it's a flash game, it's sturdiness is actually pretty impressive
Flash was NOT meant to be used for games, the engine can even lock up if you press too many keys at once since the event system is purely scripts
I love the idea that someone is making sure to document the history of key gaming cultures, and I know that someday, far in the future, someone will be grateful for your efforts in preserving the history of this time. thanks for the continually impressive videos and hard work that you put in
Thank you, there are still so many more topics to cover when it comes to flash games, and I am glad that I have the ability to bring these kinds of things into a new light
There will be a point in the future where historians will rewatch those same videos we currently watch for entertainment
@@Maximum how about plazma burst speedruns? Plazma burst 2 is one of the greatest 2d shooters ever. I remember finding a glitch to "prop fly" by standing on a levitating barrel with your force powers.
@@Maximum this is one of the most underrated channels I’ve ever seen. You should be well over 500k rn.
@@Maximum makes it even cooler you run a lot of the games you cover
Well, some
These walls surely can't turn into liquid!
_walls turn into liquid_
*spits out cereal*
Abcfed be like
expect the unexpected from Pixel Quest
but if cereal 1 was so good then where's cereal 2?
@@Rubienlily SOON
Walls are just a suggestion
i love the fact that simply pausing the game is the most broken feature in most flash games 😂
"however, i just realized while writing this script that there is a far easier and better method for this one really complicated glitch", he just casually drops into the conversation lmao
You're really right on flash games not having proper documentation. I feel like ninja kiwi could have hours of documentary on it, or just armor games as a whole. It was such a crazy time and it's still hard to believe so many games of incredible quality came out of it
Yeah, one of the screenshots that I showed was from the Miniclip high score hunters forum. Those people were extremely talented, and some were years ahead of future speedrunners in terms of optimizing the games that they played
NK actually archived a decent portion of their library, although they did need to discontinue things like SAS4 Web because of technical limitations
At the time everyone considered them throwaway games you played at school and no one ever thought flash was going anywhere, it's crazy how much content has just been completely lost or has zero surviving documentation
This is actually pretty interesting. Yet another instance where a simple sub second pause completely breaks the game.
"So, Mr. General Baller, what inspired you to join this community?"
"Money"
Flash -is- was* a perfectly balanced engine with no exploits whatsoever
* I miss flash. :(
flash is an engine for animations and people made games with it. so the only exploits in flash were the exploits in physics\collision stuff that people made themselves
So do I, I remember sometime this month or maybe last month that I got a notification saying Adobe flash player is shutting down and I should uninstall it, meaning that when I originally got that popup I just clicked remind me later and it reminded me like 2 years later, wonder when I'm gonna be reminded next, whenever that happens, I'll remember some better times
me too man
maximum, looking at this game: "hmm there is a very small community around this, but I want new strats/cool optimizations..."
maximum: "oh yeah I have a youtube channel"
I can't wait until PixelPerfectRuns gives this game a go!
his name is PixelPerfectRuns because he plays every game with "Pixel" in the title right
Xdxboxjaja? more like, umm...
Xbox
@@20TrillionTrees gottem
@@Maximum Join My Tournament by Typing Me!
@@Maximum yup thats why i think
"By mashing the shit out of the pause button he survived" is an amazing line
I fell like this game is gonna blow up now
that's the idea
U had the same comment idea as me
I accidentally found this glitch while playing games back in elementary school lol, although I didn’t really think about any practical uses for it
Yeah, I’d assume that, like the level dupe, it is somewhat easy to preform it on accident
It's really cool getting to see the speedrunning history of a flash game like this get documented especially coming from someone who was actively a part of the scene.
I find your channel by typing "red ball guy"
Underrated comment
Amazing video and awesome music selection! Also jesus christ this game is broken
Thanks Ricky! It is honestly even more broken then what the video portrays; I had to constantly close and reopen the game while I was recording footage for the video and testing out different mechanics because I kept accidentally level duping...
So funny story, dveon is my brother and he discovered the wall clipping glitch one day while he was goofing off on the computer in middle school, he came home that day excited and showed the the glitch and talked about speedrunning it using the glitch. It blows my mind that I'd be hearing about this run again so many years from then, I sent him this video and his mind was blown too. I'd never thought I'd see my brother get so much recognition thank you for making this video
dude, that's crazy! I'm really glad that y'all were able to find the video 🙂
I remember playing this game all the time and finding out many of these glitches on my own midway through completing it. I had a lot of fun messing around with the wall clipping on as many levels as I could use it. It’s always nice to see a video on something you used to enjoy a lot, so thanks for the great video!
I like how this video plays like a memoir rather than a normal documentary, as you yourself played such a large part in making this game worth remembering/speedrunning. Keep up the good work!
YOOOO!!! I used to briefly run this game back in 2016/2017!! So happy to see it in a professional Video
it was mostly The Lost Gifts and not this, but still epic nonetheless
One day you should do documentaries about Flipline Studios since you know one of there games
I don't know much about their games currently; I only looked into Cactus McCoy since Bret cited it as being an inspiration for Pixel Quest.
@@Maximum Also when might you do another video about Red Ball? it's been a while
As a celeste fan, thank you I was actually wondering if the dash mechanic was as good lol
Cactus McCoy 1 and 2 are my favorite flash games of all time, I wonder if there's speedrun category for it, if yes I'd love to see a video on it
Back in 2019 I found this exact same glitch in class but I did it by just immediately facing opposite the wall instead of jumping first. Now I want to go back and try out speedrunning this game...
The reason I love Maximum's videos is that instead of some outsider in the game's speedrunning community, he is always one of the best runners so he knows exactly what he is talking about. And you can definitely feel his passion for some of these games since he has poured so much time into each one, both running and documenting each game. Plus its cool to hear about speedrunning history from flash games lol. Keep up the great work Maximum!!!!!
funnily enough, i was looking into learning the red ball speedrun today. now i have a backup!
In the immortal words of a sentient container of sodium chloride: "Walls are just a suggestion"
Love how competitive the any% category is!
The fact that he brought back the community as much as he did is insane keep it up
Oh my god, I forgot about Cactus McCoy. Thank you for unlocking my childhood memories
tribe members: oh no we lost these idols can you get them back in 1 month
this guy: make it 3 minutes
Saw this and was like "hey i used to run this game, i wonder if im in this"... yup
Sup man. It’s funny how the people that I mention in my vids stumble across them very often!
these videos are like the best resource ever to learn about speedrunning and the history behind it! i never even knew speedrunning was a thing and now im hanging on to every word
I’m so glad you blew up. I remember watching like your third video or so when it dropped.
This reminds me a rather lot of the hit indie video game Celeste released in 2018
interesting comparison. I wonder what made you think of that one
@@Maximum It was the gems. They are pointy (like the dash refills
...Huh.
...You know what? Why not. I *HAVE* been looking for an excuse to download FlashPoint on my new computer...
Bro the USUM Ultra Necrozma theme while @Maximum improved the record was hilarous. And the Wally theme? This man likes his pokemon music.
At 20:00, when flashing those times on screen montage style, please leave them up for a full second or two or something. It's impossible to follow what's going on.
Thank you for showing me this game. I'm having a lot of fun with it, and the speedrunning community is amazing!
8:30 "Are you dying?"
"Yes, but no"
"What are you doing? WA-"
"And by mashing the sh!t out of the pause button, he lived"
You being the only person to have completed a full run has big martincitopants JC3 energy
0:20, i played that game years back, and i was never able to find it again,but i instantly recognized it when you showed this, and it brings to much nostaliga, i just wanna thank you for including this
I remember playing this game so much in middle/high school, and even to this day. I discovered this glitch for myself and was so excited, and seeing this video makes me so happy that this game doesn't go unrecognized.
amazing quality as always, you got me addicted to the games I used to play in middle school again lmao
I have one thing to say...I love the fact that you are also part of the speedrunning community sharing your views and documenting the era of flash games and how they have been turned into speedrunning monsters. The way you have explained and documented make me feel that you are a underrated youtuber. Thank you for your view on speedrunning.
(not really one thing is it)
Your videos really are the best, they always portray these as addictive adventures and journeys with multiple legendary contributors along the way. ❤
"somehow, by mashing the shit out of the pause button..." seems to describe this entire game.
Fascinating.
Lord, the video is 13 hours old and someone broke your record 0_o
He started playing the game a few days ago when I mentioned that I was working on a video about, but he had no idea about the bounties beforehand. The other records will take a decent bit longer to take.
Man, i was beginning this looking for some cool history
Then suddenly, it wasn't all just the past. It turned into a revival as well.
i remember finding a speedrun of this on youtube in elementary school and showing the glitches to my friends, surprised to see this again and still having a community
Haven't seen this game in a long time, and I thought I was some sort of genius when I pulled off the wall clipping trick by accident back then but turns out people already knew that lol. Fun to know :D
Great vid m8 ^-^
Great video as always from a fantastic game journalist!
Fantastic Vid! I could definitely see you hitting 100K subs this year!
Always love your vids, so much passion!
Thanks you! I’m hoping to hit 100k this year for sure, but whether than happens or not will come down to the algorithm.
I used to run this game in the computer lab
I wouldn't be making these videos today if it weren't for "speedrunning" flash games at school!
thanks for the entertainment, never stop making these friend
"I somehow managed to do this in under 3 hours"
final time: 2:59
that adds up.
I'd forgotten about this game. This brings back a ton of memories
Super Mario 63 also has a dash mechanic. Id say its rather early since 2009 release
I mean Celeste did it first tho
@@Maximum that could not have been further from the truth. Both flash games came out in the late 2000s wheras Celeste came out in 2017
@@TheGaming100 its a JOKE
@@zynstein8059 Mr.Doesn'tGetJokes100 moment
Guess I gotta give this game a look, since you've got me intrigued
It's a good day when Maximum uploads
this is actually one of my favorite flash games, i remember playing it in middle school and completed half the game without even knowing about dashing
brett has a straight up karl marx look
This seem interesting, I'll do some speedrun. Thanks for telling me about the Pixel Quest speedrun.
Very nice. I also like the use of Mystic Quest music!
Maximum is literally looking at dead games and going "yep let's revive this"
Fastone world record progression when?
I remember playing this game! I'd been trying to find it again but I wasn't able to until this video!
By MaShInG ThE ShiT OuT Of ThE PaUsE BuTtOn
i remember raging so hard at this game in the computer lab in third grade, good times. it sucks how pixel jones fizzled out, but maybe itll get picked up again - hopefully
Love how UA-cam thinks this video is about the “SpeedRunners” game from 2013
Yeah, unfortunately UA-cam is dumb and doesn't let you not display a game with the video (Pixel Quest is not in the system)
You know a youtubers content is good whenever you can re-watch a video and it's still entertaining.
omg my forgot that cactus maccoy existed. i don't remember any specific time i played it or have any knowledge about the game or even the name but the second i say that god damn cactus cowboy on the screen my flash games childhood rushed through my body. i know that game. i played it. thanks for digging up this memory of mine i forgot existed.
I used to play this back in elementary school. good times
Fun fact: as a very young child when I made my minecraft account, I wanted my username to be something cool, so naturally i picked the title of the latest flash game I had played - however my memory was shit, being young, so i thought this game was called Pixel Max - and thus my mc username, Pixelmax789. Seeing this game again brings me so much nostalgia its amazing
This game was the best thing to play in middleschool. It was so much fun and so amazingly hard.
In pixel quest speedruns:
*Walls are merely a suggestion.*
LETS GOOO!!!
Let’s play the guessing game to see if the documentarian is actually the one speed running the game!!!
I need to say your videos are incredible
Hi Maximum, can you do a video on Exit Path speedrunning? It’s a flash game from 2010 that had it’s WR beaten _ten years_ after the previous one!
Exit Path was a game by jmbt02 that was designed for players to complete it quickly. While it gives the achievement “Perfect” at 6:XX, the speedrun times are at 2:XX! This is due to a lot of glitches such as double-jump dashing and dash-wall jumps.
I am aware of that record getting broken :o
Maximum: “Pixel Quest is a broken game”
Pokémon Red & Blue: “Hold my 8F” (a glitch item that causes arbitrary code execution)
Great video!😃
man I know this is a dumb comment to make but as someone who spent years on kongregate its crazy to hear it mentioned in a video
21:30 ah so that's where my birthday luck was going
Wondered why I was so normally-lucked that time.
Nick Robinson has got to make a documentary of this game
I had strep through November 9th 2011. I don't remember that day, but I was sick with strep on my birthday every year for 6 years.
Just janked together Wineskin, Flash player, and Pixel Quest, love the game! I'll try submitting a speedrun soon :3
I like how there's a skype call on that first known pixel quest run lmao
Used to play this game on my chromebook at school. Pretty fun game
I REMEMBER THIS GAME SO MUCH DUDE
I remember a game on ness with dash mechanics, I don't think it has ever been a debate that celeste isn't the first game to add dashes. Dashes have been there forever
And that's why we would create a function to reset the dash instead of repeating these statements and function calls over and over. Where did clean code go boys 😔
Love your videos btw and this one is no exception!! Keep up the good work maximum!! 💪💪
You know it's gonna be sick when he pulls out Ultra Necrozma's theme.
12:35 is exactly how I'd like to be told that if it ever happens to me lmao
I really like the video, but i just love how you wrote "Roblox for scale"
i guarantee the "it's maximum" vs "itsmaximum" is because the autocomplete can't do names, so most type in "it's", see "it's maximum" and click it
would you ever consider doing a video on one of the papas pizzeria games? i know theyre probably not too interesting to speedrun but ive always loved them a lot
There are a couple places in both pixel quest games where there is no barrier preventing you from exiting the level and so you can go through walls without needing to perform a dash cancel
Me at the start listening to punch out ost: *i see you are a man of culture as well*