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when muriel says you've got to stay in bed til you're not sick anymore, you're staying in bed til she says so

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there's also a version of that scene where the bridge falls on king graham haha

It's a very good thing he got over that, he needs all the support we can get him for this bridge fiasco. <3

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Celebrating 10 Years!

Day Seven: Dealer's Choice - Favorite Element

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What if they don't like capes? That's silly, everyone loves capes.

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You'd think Graham's joysplosions would drive me nuts. That exuberance is just over the top. And yet, I love these. I love the references they pack into them, I love the animation and the acting, I love the energy and joy and delight they have. They're silly, and they're short, and they're full of love.

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Just in case the last six days didn’t have a “prompt” you wanted to gush over, today is that day to do so! Draw, write, meta up whatever you want about King’s Quest!  What you love, what you’re grateful for, what drew you to it so on and so forth. Have fun and enjoy!

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Celebrating 10 Years!

Day Six: Favorite Location

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Nightmares come in many forms. Once you realize what you are actually afraid of, you can start to deal with the fear.

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So many places in this game are beautiful. I did an entire landscape series, in fact! But when it comes to just one location in the game, the goblin caves have my whole heart, hands down.

I've always loved a good fantasy cave. I love the fantasy of a glowing mushroom, of the dark quiet. Real life caves scare me to pieces, mind, but a fantasy cave? Fantastic, gorgeous, glittery. And this one is just enchanting. So many glowing specks, lizards, mushrooms. The colors and range this place has is delightful.

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The world of King’s Quest is luscious and fantastical, and the 2015 version truly highlighted it from the autumn leaves of Daventry to the bioluminescent Goblin Catacombs. Which area did you love?

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Celebrating 10 Years!

Day Five: Favorite Puzzle

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Did you try impressing her with your mind or your strength?

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Yeah, there are great puzzles in the game. The triple layer puzzle in Ch4, or the entire Entrance Ticket puzzle, or getting all the knights over the river, or the riddles, or even this very puzzle in the mind version.

but nothing makes me laugh harder than the strength variation

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King’s Quest, no matter the iteration, is a puzzle game, so obviously the 2015 version is no different. So which one was your favorite? Whether you played it for the first time or randomly replayed the game, you always smile, no matter the difficulty?

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Thanks for ten years of King's Quest!

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Celebrating 10 Years!

Day Four: Sequel styles?

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Gart, don't worry so much; we'll be fine!

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What I want more than anything for a sequel would be a double plot. I don't think they've done parallel stories in this series yet, and I think it would be so cool to have double adventures in the same place. I don't know if switching between timelines would be linear and scripted, or if the player could jump between timelines at will, but I think it would be wonderful to have a story like this:

In his knighthood, Graham went to a cave bursting with star worshipers, intent on rescuing a lost item of Daventry's past.

In the present, Gwendolyn, Gart, and Taskia (with their dragon companion) go to the same, now long abandoned, cave, seeking something important Graham left behind.

The game then alternates between the two timelines. A lever Graham pulls in the past affects the present. The present kids may have access to rooms Graham is blocked from as the place decays, giving the player hints on where to guide the knight in the past. Items move from timeline to timeline in strange magical ways, or you simply need to move things out of reach in one timeline to a more accessible shelf in the other.

The same sort of mechanics would follow the kids in the other chapters, too, each one in a new place as they follow a Valanice story, a Rosella story, an Alexander story.

(The Valance story would probably be about how to be royal, Gart would probably show huge love for Daventry in the Rosella story, and Gwen would realize in the Alex story that she needs to let him have Daventry, she loves the green isles and home too much, and the world is at peace for now.)

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Thanks for ten years of Healing!

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Celebrating 10 Years!

Day Three: Favorite Classic to Modern Adjustment

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Our parents were wrong to hide you from the world, but at least they didn't forget about you.

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I'm fully aware that Mordon is sort of lost potential. There was so much here, and I feel like The Odd Gentlemen sort of dropped his character, forgot where they were going with him, wrote themselves into a corner, and had to pivot and look for whatever singular lone scene with Graham they could find. (Graham, I will PICK UP YOUR HAND AND MAKE YOU WAVE AT HIM. AT LEAST SMILE, COME ON.)

But, ultimately, Mordon is the hero of this story. He rescues Graham--and himself--from Manny. He skips past the tangled webs of his own story.

Letting Mordon be his own character and develop him beyond the skull cap wearing brother in KQ5 was the right choice, I think. He has so much in his character that can be examined. The game doesn't do much with him--his lines are limited, his actions minuscule.

But he and Graham would have been chess buddies in their final years, I just know it.

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King’s Quest (2015) had a few “artistic” liberties with the old tales of Graham and Daventry. From understanding a motive to having us view someone or something a little differently, which alteration or change to the classic story did you like?

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Thanks for ten years of Love!

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Celebrating 10 Years!

Day Two: Favorite New Character(s)

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The last thing I remember is whipping up a pickled ice-cream cake for Bramble.

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I truly couldn't pick whom I love more in the new cast.

The goblins have my heart. The way the camera sweeps down behind Graham in Chapter One as the rocks he's walking past turn out to be a bunch of helmeted creatures? Magnificent. And then they played leap frog between attacks. I was in love. And then they turned out to be addicted to fairy tales, with impeccable slapstick humor, and outlandish handmade costumes.

I squeak with ridiculous delight whenever they're on screen. I cannot lie.

And yet, the Feys are so wonderful. Of all the villagers, they're the only ones to get Alexander to smile during the cutscene with him. Their designs are cozy, their voices are sweet, I want to spend an evening with them. They match Graham joke for joke, they care about everyone who comes into their shop, and they bring smiles to everyone.

I love their kindness and their delight, and I would do anything to try one of Wente's sweets.

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Daventry is filled with lively characters, from the villagers and guards to knights and princesses. Who in Daventry gartered your attention?

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Thanks for ten years of Courage!