How Pixel Quest Speedrunners Turned Walls into Liquid

[@Maximum]

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 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m33bd6iuic6jnKc New 16 Levels Glitched World Record ($25) - CLAIMED by Xdxboxjaja on 2/25/22. WR Link - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6inf6yMab2DgaM New Any% Clean File World Record ($25) - CLAIMED by QuackedUp on 3/11/22. PB Link - www.twitch.tv/videos/1422303640

[@jammish9802]

You should probably pin this

[@jaerockets]

is it ok to use the flash player located in the red ball resources section?

[@Maximum]

@@jaerockets yes

[@jakethedog5667]

@@Maximum love ur videos...can watch them whole without being bored...keep making good stuff

[@jonash78]

@@jammish9802 already pinned

[@Layla-gz4ed]

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

[@Maximum]

After looking at it, I can confirm that the game is built on spaghetti code

[@Xnoob545]

@@Maximum wow I didn't even know I coded that game

[@Xnoob545]

@@metachirality do I know you?

[@nothinginteresting7558]

Reminds me of the new Fnaf game

[@rompevuevitos222]

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

[@lslees_6192]

i love the fact that simply pausing the game is the most broken feature in most flash games 😂

[@banquote4253]

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

[@Maximum]

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

[@telnobynoyator_6183]

There will be a point in the future where historians will rewatch those same videos we currently watch for entertainment

[@mack4691]

@@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.

[@Makowako_]

@@Maximum this is one of the most underrated channels I’ve ever seen. You should be well over 500k rn.

[@Makowako_]

@@Maximum makes it even cooler you run a lot of the games you cover Well, some

[@fynnsternis6432]

"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

[@PressRToZeus]

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

[@Maximum]

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

[@Shifsabre]

NK actually archived a decent portion of their library, although they did need to discontinue things like SAS4 Web because of technical limitations

[@jamesbailey6257]

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

[@Luciousness]

These walls surely can't turn into liquid! _walls turn into liquid_ *spits out cereal*

[@Vexxter]

Abcfed be like

[@Maximum]

expect the unexpected from Pixel Quest

[@Rubienlily]

but if cereal 1 was so good then where's cereal 2?

[@sonetagu1337]

@@Rubienlily SOON

[@turretboi]

Walls are just a suggestion

[@MappingWithYakko]

"So, Mr. General Baller, what inspired you to join this community?" "Money"

[@AndGoatz04]

Flash -is- was* a perfectly balanced engine with no exploits whatsoever * I miss flash. :(

[@generallyunimportant]

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

[@UnderTheRated]

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

[@dennisbuchanan1529]

me too man

[@kingsiracha4565]

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.

[@PatrickDavis28]

This is actually pretty interesting. Yet another instance where a simple sub second pause completely breaks the game.

[@7DQuillion]

Old guy- "Hey sonny, glad you got those idols back! Howd you do it so fast though?" Adventure dude- "THE VOID YEARNS FOR MORE SOULS"

[@qurturt8872]

"By mashing the shit out of the pause button he survived" is an amazing line

[@xdxboxjaja]

I can't wait until PixelPerfectRuns gives this game a go!

[@Maximum]

his name is PixelPerfectRuns because he plays every game with "Pixel" in the title right

[@20TrillionTrees]

Xdxboxjaja? more like, umm... Xbox

[@lslees_6192]

@@20TrillionTrees gottem

[@jonash78]

@@Maximum Join My Tournament by Typing Me!

[@smoceany9478]

@@Maximum yup thats why i think

[@eve6262_]

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"

[@ThaRixer]

Amazing video and awesome music selection! Also jesus christ this game is broken

[@Maximum]

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...

[@FishyLookinLemon]

I fell like this game is gonna blow up now

[@Maximum]

that's the idea

[@meltrix4319]

U had the same comment idea as me

[@jwilker94]

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

[@Maximum]

Yeah, I’d assume that, like the level dupe, it is somewhat easy to preform it on accident

[@semibreve]

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!

[@Xyk468]

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!

[@Barsalas2]

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

[@Maximum]

dude, that's crazy! I'm really glad that y'all were able to find the video 🙂

[@die-no-mite]

Saw this and was like "hey i used to run this game, i wonder if im in this"... yup

[@Maximum]

Sup man. It’s funny how the people that I mention in my vids stumble across them very often!

[@yalkn2073]

I find your channel by typing "red ball guy"

[@ricogoins]

Underrated comment

[@randymachine2247]

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!!!!!

[@claire9057]

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

[@TheGaming100]

YOOOO!!! I used to briefly run this game back in 2016/2017!! So happy to see it in a professional Video

[@TheGaming100]

it was mostly The Lost Gifts and not this, but still epic nonetheless

[@manifested2944]

The fact that he brought back the community as much as he did is insane keep it up

[@Azriel_MR]

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

[@qwiziqz8482]

I’m so glad you blew up. I remember watching like your third video or so when it dropped.

[@arhia6106]

As a celeste fan, thank you I was actually wondering if the dash mechanic was as good lol

[@vii-ka]

tribe members: oh no we lost these idols can you get them back in 1 month this guy: make it 3 minutes

[@김용기-y4i]

Love how competitive the any% category is!

[@angeloti1220]

Oh my god, I forgot about Cactus McCoy. Thank you for unlocking my childhood memories

[@biggerspeedrun5249]

Thank you for showing me this game. I'm having a lot of fun with it, and the speedrunning community is amazing!

[@ashrit405]

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)

[@TaeruAlethea]

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.

[@CacoPholey]

In the immortal words of a sentient container of sodium chloride: "Walls are just a suggestion"

[@jaerockets]

funnily enough, i was looking into learning the red ball speedrun today. now i have a backup!

[@robertglogowski777]

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.

[@paradoxtm8911]

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...

[@no_]

It's a good day when Maximum uploads

[@theofficialwoohoogamers]

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"

[@CheeseWeegee]

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

[@nachodelatorresaenz-rico2173]

amazing quality as always, you got me addicted to the games I used to play in middle school again lmao

[@exozoid7883]

You know a youtubers content is good whenever you can re-watch a video and it's still entertaining.

[@adamzero_]

"I somehow managed to do this in under 3 hours" final time: 2:59 that adds up.

[@Drayruns]

thanks for the entertainment, never stop making these friend

[@CalldeMolly]

One day you should do documentaries about Flipline Studios since you know one of there games

[@Maximum]

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.

[@CalldeMolly]

@@Maximum Also when might you do another video about Red Ball? it's been a while

[@Pocjoi]

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 ^-^

[@orangebucket6485]

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

[@pupmkin7406]

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

[@ryotoiii]

Love how KZbin thinks this video is about the “SpeedRunners” game from 2013

[@Maximum]

Yeah, unfortunately KZbin is dumb and doesn't let you not display a game with the video (Pixel Quest is not in the system)

[@__8120]

You being the only person to have completed a full run has big martincitopants JC3 energy

[@darknessas1692]

Bro the USUM Ultra Necrozma theme while @Maximum improved the record was hilarous. And the Wally theme? This man likes his pokemon music.

[@loading2796]

I'd forgotten about this game. This brings back a ton of memories

[@kiseki8351]

Moral of the story: f*** the pause button

[@Unpug]

Your videos really are the best, they always portray these as addictive adventures and journeys with multiple legendary contributors along the way. ❤

[@armygamelover]

Guess I gotta give this game a look, since you've got me intrigued

[@Rainbowmon]

...Huh. ...You know what? Why not. I *HAVE* been looking for an excuse to download FlashPoint on my new computer...

[@rainbowgamer8860]

Maximum is literally looking at dead games and going "yep let's revive this"

[@haassteambraker9959]

"somehow, by mashing the shit out of the pause button..." seems to describe this entire game. Fascinating.

[@bsharpmajorscale]

Very nice. I also like the use of Mystic Quest music!

[@jammesdean]

Fantastic Vid! I could definitely see you hitting 100K subs this year! Always love your vids, so much passion!

[@Maximum]

Thanks you! I’m hoping to hit 100k this year for sure, but whether than happens or not will come down to the algorithm.

[@purpleninja102]

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.

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

LETS GOOO!!! Let’s play the guessing game to see if the documentarian is actually the one speed running the game!!!

[@gamedierepeat3351]

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

[@Hue_Sam]

In pixel quest speedruns: *Walls are merely a suggestion.*

[@Acc_Expired]

I like the deviation from "79% of you are not actually subscribed"

[@AwareOCE]

Great video as always from a fantastic game journalist!

[@parkpakh7775]

Maximum: “Pixel Quest is a broken game” Pokémon Red & Blue: “Hold my 8F” (a glitch item that causes arbitrary code execution)

[@saidahrorspeedruns1065]

Ah yes, my favorite documentary about speedrunners

[@failuure1134]

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

[@godgaveyouhands2848]

I used to play this back in elementary school. good times

[@cheetahgaming1873]

This seem interesting, I'll do some speedrun. Thanks for telling me about the Pixel Quest speedrun.

[@WOKEchair]

21:30 ah so that's where my birthday luck was going Wondered why I was so normally-lucked that time.

[@marcosm6346]

I really like the video, but i just love how you wrote "Roblox for scale"

[@GuanlongX]

You know it's gonna be sick when he pulls out Ultra Necrozma's theme.

[@Daylen151]

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.

[@Zaeoks]

By MaShInG ThE ShiT OuT Of ThE PaUsE BuTtOn

[@peregrineperry]

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

[@arthurgroll4906]

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!! 💪💪

[@astroorbis]

Just janked together Wineskin, Flash player, and Pixel Quest, love the game! I'll try submitting a speedrun soon :3

[@Storster]

new maximum we gaming

[@detroityeet7048]

This reminds me a rather lot of the hit indie video game Celeste released in 2018

[@Maximum]

interesting comparison. I wonder what made you think of that one

[@detroityeet7048]

@@Maximum It was the gems. They are pointy (like the dash refills

[@MIersetting335]

This game was the best thing to play in middleschool. It was so much fun and so amazingly hard.

[@krypton7784]

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

[@joolian4763]

I used to run this game in the computer lab

[@Maximum]

I wouldn't be making these videos today if it weren't for "speedrunning" flash games at school!

[@batcat2338]

I need to say your videos are incredible

[@iv9753]

brett has a straight up karl marx look

[@Ploist]

Used to play this game on my chromebook at school. Pretty fun game

[@TheGaming100]

Super Mario 63 also has a dash mechanic. Id say its rather early since 2009 release

[@Maximum]

I mean Celeste did it first tho

[@TheGaming100]

@@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

[@zynstein]

@@TheGaming100 its a JOKE

[@TheGaming100]

@@zynstein Mr.Doesn'tGetJokes100 moment

[@thegoon5987]

I REMEMBER THIS GAME SO MUCH DUDE

[@neb1258]

I only remember this game from cool math games

[@LittlePangy]

I remember playing this game! I'd been trying to find it again but I wasn't able to until this video!

[@NotherButter]

Nick Robinson has got to make a documentary of this game

[@AarongDong]

The next summoning salt

[@Walter_]

5:22 Editing the Actionscript in FFDEC does not mean you are editing the source code. The source code is in AS Bytecode and can be found on the right-hand tab. I suggest finding the thing you want to edit and applying edits exclusively in the bytecode tab to avoid any corruptions. Editing the Actionscript in the left tab is like google translating back and forth. (in this case decompiling and recompiling).

[@Maximum]

I am aware. I performed the modification by editing the bytecode.

[@Cardmaster12]

RIP Thomas Martin man, saddest part of this story

[@atos5350]

''In level 10, he unfortunately ended up contacting the spikes, but by mashing the shit out of the pause button he somehow managed to stay alive'' remember kids always carry a pause button because if you mash the shit out of it, you become inmortal

[@sirzorg5728]

Batman Lennyface is now immortalized forever.