How Sable Helped Me Embrace Change | ft

Let me tell you how Sable helped me embrace change. This video essay took me so long to make, but this game deserves the time. Shedworks’ Sable is an artistic open world exploration game about the titular young woman, Sable. The video game follows Sable as she makes a choice to grow up during her coming of age story while exploring the deserts of Midden. But what is Sable? Follow me as I go on a journey of self-discovery along with Sable. Sable meets a ton of interesting characters (voiced by my friends, HotCyder, Jinzee/Proper Bird, and Aranock) who help her to learn to embrace change and choice. This game involves a lot of choices and is one of the best open world video games when it comes to that theme of choice and freedom. I also read a book called SAND by Michael Welland, which was recommended to me by KiKi from Transparency. Highly recommend! Anyway, I hope you like the video essay analysis. So what is Sable? What is Sable really? A lot of things!
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🎥Movies Featured🎥
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Ladybird
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🎶Music🎶
Sable OST: Hakoa (Night)
Sable OST: Exploration (Ruins)
Sable OST: Ewer (Day)
Sifu OST: Parking Garage (Alt Mix)
Sable OST: Badlands (Night)
Sable OST: Beetle’s Nest
Sable OST: Abandoned Grounds
Sable OST: Dowsing
Sable OST: Mask Caster’s Theme
Sable OST: Exploration (Ships)
Sable OST: Sansee (Night)
Sable OST: Campfires
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[@filmotter]

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[@SableBear296]

I named myself after this game! I found it shortly before I started transitioning, and it helped me through my identity crisis. It is one of the most important games I’ve ever played, right up there with Outer Wilds which I discovered around the same time. This game will always have such a special place in my heart

[@filmotter]

Woah that's awesome! I'm glad this game had such a positive impact on you!

[@NoseyOk]

Certified hood classic

[@filmotter]

LMAO thank you!

[@ProperBird]

Thank you for letting me be a part of this incredible video Ooter! Loved it as always!

[@filmotter]

Of course! You did a fucking AMAZING job

[@NotMeButAnother]

I chose the Whale mask. Finding out about the origins of life on the planet and the mask-wearing culture was fascinating, so I decided I would be a historian and storyteller, aided by the fact that the better filtering of the mask would help Sable to grow old in good health.

[@filmotter]

I love that! I feel like not enough people choose that mask

[@Lexithepoptart]

I’m entering my senior year and I have no idea what I’m going to do. I really needed this video.

[@thatotherted3555]

Hearing the game's dialogue actually voiced is so cool! Great work all!

[@filmotter]

Right? They did great work!

[@animonarch3858]

I don't even have words to discribe how much I loved this video

[@filmotter]

Oh thank you so much. That's very kind.

[@jellyduck100]

Sable is such unique art game, you did pretty good job Otter!

[@filmotter]

Thank you so much!

[@Laezar1]

I felt sort of obligated to choose the whale ship mask because it felt like such a unique path that only sable could walk or at least seemed interested in walking. Uncovering the history of this world, I guess it's not really relevant in the end and nobody cares but it feels like such a waste to just go on and pick up a random ass job when you can do something like that that nobody else can or will. But I'm still impressed that even if that was the clear obvious choice for me, the game made me consider other options, rethink of some of the activities I enjoyed doing and ask wether sable would be happier doing those things instead of trying to be the cool kid doing something unique. But in the end insatiable curiosity won. And simply the opportunity to carve a unique path rejecting societal expectations.

[@filmotter]

That's a good point actually. I never thought of it like that, but you're totally right. I'd say the sandworm mask seems relatively unique to her path as well. At least in the time period where the game takes place.

[@Laezar1]

@@filmotter I didn't even find that one so it does seem unique enough =p I think I missed three looking it up, the shade mask, that worm one, and I also gave up on the chums. I have an unhealthy habbit with collectible of trying to get them even when it harms my enjoyment of the game and I almost did that with sable but I managed to just go "nah I'm not enjoying that" and stop my journey which I'm pretty proud about haha I think the game really helped with that though, the themes and the goal of the game and giving up on a task you don't enjoy can be just as much an accomplishment as getting to the end of it. (although for real, what the hell with the amount of chum eggs xD I thought I explored the map thorougly, then I looked it up and I didn't even find half of them)

[@filmotter]

@Laezar1 oh yeah I ended up collecting them all just because I knew I was making a video on it, but collecting all the chums is a bit much for a mask that just helps you locate more chums lol

[@Imagine0134]

As someone staring down the barrel of thirty, I kinda find myself in the opposite position. I've been an engineer about since I left college, and I've had to leave most of my creative endeavors aside. And, in part because of my membership in your community and others, I find myself wanting to re-engage those muscles and re-fire those neural processes. Meditation masked as open world game might be among my favorite genres, and I'm so glad I now have that set of words to use! I think one of the most poignant points, for me, is a line that's nearly a throwaway: "While Sable is tasked with decision, the wilds around her show us the beauty of indecision." One of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten, and it came from NPR so you know it's legit, is that every decision is temporary. Every choice can be reassessed and changed down the line, even if the options won't be the same later on. I'm writing this comment as I watch, so this may be where you're headed, but it's something I wish I had been taught at a much younger age. Maybe my anxiety would be a different shape, or maybe my political views and sense of myself as a whole would have been more honest earlier in my life, had I know that no choice has to be permanent. I'm so glad I'm not the only person exhausted by the roteness of Coming-Of-Age as a... Not quite genre, not quite trope. And I think a lot of my distaste is born from exactly the type of dilemma presented in Eccria, and it seems like Sable avoids the pitfall I find so yawning and boring: life *isn't* fair, the truth *doesn't* always come to light, and half of being an adult and making decisions amidst a sea of half-seen truth and abject, asymmetric suffering is learning to accept the unacceptable and proceed nonetheless. It's funny, as I played through Oxenfree I found myself disappointed by the sheer lack of control the player has over the ending, even though by all rights it's another coming of age set with choices that don't matter. And maybe it's because it lacks the gravity of metamorphosis, a mismatch between the tension of hurrying to rescue your friends and the slowness required to create the space for real, meaningful choices. I'm not sure. This is a beautiful video about a beautiful game that I now can't wait to experience for myself. Thank you for this beautiful meditation on what is, itself, a beautiful meditation.

[@filmotter]

And thank YOU for this beautiful comment! Imagine you're great and I appreciate having you in this community. And I think you deserve to use those creative muscles again whenever you get the time!

[@dearpapaya]

The production in this video was well worth the wait and that super cut of last year’s games was such eye candy! What I love the most about your videos is the way you make me feel at the end of them. Like you had no right to hit home as hard as you did at 27:34 😭

[@filmotter]

If I'm not making Papaya cry, then what am I even DOING?

[@zashi4805]

saw sable coming to Ps plus December and I remembered this vid immediately

[@filmotter]

I was so excited to see it coming to PS Plus. Now I'll have it on 3 different systems lmao

[@phelanii4444]

I have completely missed the Chum Queen in my first playthrough, until I found her just before the very end of my journey with the game. I have managed to climb basically everywhere with just the starting amount of stamina and found so many chum eggs, I had no idea what to do with them! I climber to the top of every mountain, of every wreck, of every strange pillar. At the end, when I reached the Queen and turned in all those eggs, I managed to get all the stamina upgrades at once. I faceplamed really hard, sighed and then put on the Climber mask, cause fuck me if that wasn't the right one after going through all that!

[@filmotter]

Oh my gosh! It's pretty cool that you were able to do it all before getting any upgrades though. I didn't realize that was possible.

[@RikkuX5]

Always happy to see more coverage for this game. Your vibe and flow of the video went very well with the Sable. Keep up the good work!

[@filmotter]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I do what I can haha

[@vincentbatten4686]

That supercut of the games from last year was really awesome and well edited.

[@filmotter]

Thank you so much! I love a montage and I really miss editing music videos. Can you tell? lmao

[@captaindanverz3520]

OTTER THIS MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE VIDEO OF YOURS SO FAR! It's beautifully filmed, I loved the quotes from Sand (on my list now) and the collaborators were INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@filmotter]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT thank you for being so nice wtf

[@Aranock]

Thanks so much for having me be a part of this it turned out wonderfully

[@filmotter]

Thank you for saying yes! You were INCREDIBLE

[@KomradeQuest]

awesome video. the core theme of being open to change really speaks to me as I'll be making some significant life changes myself soon. looking forward to the next one, and remember Lovecraft was a RACIST!

[@filmotter]

Wait... Lovecraft... racist???? *head explodes*

[@Skyehoppers]

Beautiful work all-around here but want to specifically shout out your excellent vocal delivery and audio editing in this one! The careful use of pauses and silence were brilliantly done, and some of your line readings were simply touching. I rewound and listened to the line at 29:15 a few times cause it hit me that hard. It's a relatable topic for me, and I kinda sorta chose not to take the job in my case. I dont necessarily regret it but my life has far from taken the shape I expected and its really hard to imagine where Ill be in a year let alone five or ten. And this video felt like taking a deep breath Ive needed for a while. You have such a talent for this and youre only getting better, cant wait to what else you do, whatever paths you take 💙

[@filmotter]

I wasn't expecting to cry while reading that but here we are. THANK YOU! You are so sweet for saying that. I put so much effort into the production of this video and mulled over the line readings for SO long. So the fact that they worked makes me so happy.

[@Deadforge]

An absolutely beautiful video and it reminded me much of HighFuctioningMediums video on this game. Go your way and do what you want. It's never to late to start something new that's the beauty of life.

[@filmotter]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I haven't watched that other video yet. What's it about?

[@Deadforge]

@filmotter He talks about losing his job and questioning his future and his life, etc.

[@filmotter]

@@Deadforge Oh I see, that's definitely similar vibes! I'll give it a watch!

[@bnazap]

Unreal video. The timing so funny because I finally started Sifu yesterday, and it was all thanks to your other video that I’ve loved for awhile. And since I’m going through a similar part of my life of transitions at the same age, I’ll probably come back to Sable again as well. So thankful for the content you create. It’s a refreshing perspective

[@filmotter]

Thank you so much for this comment. It's wild to see how many people are digging my recent content. Hope Sifu is treating you well!

[@Sputnik34]

Anakin is so real for this. Great video! Beautiful production :')

[@filmotter]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! And Anakin could fucking never :P

[@garbageprince]

Best channel on the whole site

[@filmotter]

Thank you so much haha

[@MaxWattage]

Thank you for taking all that time to make this video. It's another masterpiece. 🥰

[@filmotter]

Aww thank you! That's very sweet of you!

[@that5thpuddle]

I AM BEYOND HYPED FOR THIS

[@filmotter]

I'm glad! I'm excited for people to see the video. And interested to see how a Premiere goes lmao. Wish me luck

[@that5thpuddle]

@@filmotter I'll be there if I can for sure!

[@filipzdravkovic840]

How do you not have more subscribers your content is amazing man.

[@filmotter]

Thank you! I do what I can lmao

[@adamdittmer1593]

another banger of a video!

[@filmotter]

Thank you!!! I'm glad you dig it. :)

[@valerievalerievalerievalerie]

I love Sable and I love this video! I'll be sure to share this around

[@filmotter]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Sable means a lot to me so I wanted to make sure I do it justice.

[@Ancusohm]

I didn't know much about this game. Thanks for the video. I loved getting your thoughts on Sable.

[@filmotter]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@williamp3591]

My friend, I am much older than you…let me assure you that no decision you make in this life will ever truly define you; Nor will it take away your ability to change the course of your life. The only reason people feel defined by their choices is because we worry too much about time. We worry about the time we have already invested in the life we currently have. We worry about the time it would take us to truly start over. We fear wasting even more time, and we subconsciously measure our choices of of how much time we feel we have left. Remember, life is supposed to be an enjoyable journey of self discovery. You will discover and change things about yourself well into old age… and while it is true that past choices will mold your life… as long as you have breath in your lungs you have the ability to change the direction. And most importantly of all remember this- Time should never be a factor in whether or not you choose to change the course of your life. This is because In life nobody reaches the outcome anyway. All of us die along the journey…so focus on enjoying the journey.

[@RantingThespian]

Hey, I just stumbled onto your channel. I'm confused by your comment in this video, "...and remember, Lovecraft was racist." I know who he is (I'm into the Cthulhu Mythos), and I'm well aware that he was racist (it's blatantly obvious). I just don't understand why that statement was made in this video. 🤔

[@filmotter]

Oh no worries! I made a video about a game called Signalis a while ago. It's a game that's very inspired by Lovecraft and it blew up because a lot of people commented on that video about how Lovecraft being racist wasn't a bad thing or how Lovecraft was actually a good person. Just kind of weird stuff. So now I try to sneak in "Lovecraft was racist" in every video as a reference to that. 😆

[@RantingThespian]

Oh. Yeah, he was a racist, and he could be a real shitty person. He was really nice to many other writers ... but they were all white males. While I love his work, I don't think I'd ever want to meet the man.

[@that5thpuddle]

amazing work, very awesome in every way. I will now go replay the entire game 🏜

[@filmotter]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! And thank you so much for coming to the premiere. That was super fun. :D