Xyphles

We back

Yo, my brain decided to finally start cooperating again and i got a good amount done on the jak 1 any% explainer. Still a little rough and missing visuals in some spots but heres a preview https://youtu.be/4OLuq9ypU0w

Hopefully the streak continues, aiming for at least an end of the month release but well see i guess lol.

Pausing the patreon for a bit

Hey yall, just wanted to say out the gate this does not mean im stopping video production but because ive been so busy lately with speedrunning taking up alot more of my time (speedrun.com challenges, gdq submissions etc) I havent really made much progress at all and a new speedrun.com challenge totaling a 20k prize pool just got 2025-10-11 13:40:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Yo, Thumbnail Time Yippie

This is still a work in progress but decently close to final, main things im looking to add are an actual arena (just masked it out quickly for the wip and havent gotten to it yet) and more details/shading for the robots head. Wanted to try out a minimalist style again kind of like the jak 2 any% explained thumbnail but instead with vector art like some of tomatoanus' thumbnails and im really happy with how its looking so far. Included 2 versions the second one having the sky from final boss ...

Still draftin

Going through and adding more through explanations and fact checks now that my marathon run at armed with their speed is done. Speaking of, if you wanna watch it its https://youtu.be/x6yu3o_yZi4?t=211 here if you wanna.

Im also still planning out the subathon idea, i originally wanted to start it right as subtember hit but i think it makes alot more sense to do it somewhere in the middle after this video is fini...

First Draft Typed Out

Yo woke up and realized i forgot to post this on the patreon https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nsvu6FO0K4QO5IkmmOwIXwUoeKLyit9ftEm7_55ls8Q/edit?usp=sharing

This is the current WIP for the script, its not really the first draft because i ended up changing alot when typing it all into google docs but its also not a full second draft lol. Doesnt really ...

Getting back in the groove

The first draft for the Jak 1 Any% explained script is almost complete, just need to write out the last bit of the final boss section and the second draft will be fact checking everything and making the wording not as rough. Currently around 16 pages in my notebook and ill share the second draft once its completed.

Where ive been oops

Hey yall sorry for the silence, i have no clue how its been 4 weeks since the last post already time is so weird lol. I finished the side project i mentioned last time a bit ago and when i went to go back and work on my jak 3 history video with fresh eyes i realized something that took me a good bit to process. After some talking with some friends i came to the conclusion that i should shelve it for now. There are a lot of good elements in the video but overall i think it isnt up to the stand...

Quick Little Update

Hey yall, tbh i havent got that much done only about 6 min in on the edit but gonna hopefully change that this week. I took on another project for some side cash this month but it hasnt eaten too much into my productivity ive just been focusing on health a bit more. Meal planning/prepping making a workout routine and all that. Recently got the drive to get some weightloss done as i was nearing 300 pounds 😬and already dropped 3-4 in the past week so things are looking good in that departmen...

Im very good at this whole production thing (not)

So TLDR for today is that i recorded for an hour and a half, ended up scrapping probably all of it because there was popping on Ps and Bs throughout + the reads themselves at least at the beginning werent great. Then i recorded another 7 pages of voice over before my voice started to strain then realized the problem was also in some but not all of it then just said fuck it and plopped it into the timeline and started editing lol. Just marking the ones i need to rerecord for later with differe...

Forgot to post for a bit oops, still alive lol

Updating yall slipped my mind a bit over the past few days sorry about that. Still working on everything just not as much to report. Started working on the third draft and just now realized that i never even posted the second over here on the patreon, only in my discord supporter channel. Which. Speaking of... Yeah exists lol. I keep forgetting to remind people about it https://discord.gg/fkyPbStSus Theres a link to it and ...

Makin true on my word tha double post lol

Wanna tweak it later during the actual edit but heres a preview of a segment during volcano skips introduction. The next draft is gonna introduce more montages like this during peoples wr grinds as i add more narratives to the mix, while im writing more into the second draft im realizing i also have more foreshadowing opportunities and stuff. Got hella notes on the margins for a bunch of additions. Seeing as it currently sits at 20 pages just at the sugar free era im wondering if the next mig...

Back to progressin

Break ended up being a bit longer than planned oops. Probably needed it though after working on the project for nearly 2 weeks straight lol. Was definitely a big help as i feel super refreshed and back on my shit. Up to about 20 pages now with just one more major discovery to write about. Also about to start workin on a montage for the first iteration of volcano skip which will probably also be done today so maybe anotha double post comin up lol. Theres definitely still alot i need to flesh o...

Yet more scope creep this vid boutta be like well over an hour prob LOL

The more i write and the more i work on this i think i might just end up covering everything. I think im ready i just have to give myself a shit ton more time to actually pull it off lol. Honestly this shit might take me another month or something lol, the second draft is still coming along good but alot more stuff i wanna include and flesh out now. The main thing i did today was cook this montage for aslovs sub 20 any% once the invuln rolljumps got implemented. I think it turned out...

More pages? Yeah you guessed it lol

This is pretty quickly expanding in scope more than i thought it would lmfao. My first draft covering everything was about 14 and a half pages, currently in this second i am a bit over 12 pages and i have covered a little less than half the timeline i have and nothing feels like filler in the slightest. I think its blossoming rather than bloating for sure. Though it is really funny that originally this one was supposed to be a bit of "break" from the long gunless video lol. The scope creep ha...

Another double post bro thinks hes scarce in his prime

Started on the second draft after finishing the first and holy hell the difference is night and day lmao, the narratives are coming together way better, its flowing way better, the quality of the writing and analogies are just way better and ive got nearly 5 pages done already. Like i feel dumb cause no shit doing multiple drafts is how writing works but man does it go hard. I may not even have to do a full third honestly probably gonna end up just restructuring a bit after i write the finish...

First Draft done but alot more work ahead lol

Just finished the first draft at around 14 and a half pages! but i am once again realizing the scope of the video is going to be expanded, classic youtuber moment lmao. On rereading theres moments i left out that i think would be very interesting to add to the narrative, things i want to put more focus and attention on letting moments linger etc etc. Classic first draft stuff missing. Honestly i think im going to do 2 more drafts at this point. This narrative spans across 3 years and i kinda ...

More Progress (i still dont know how to title these lol)

Yo, tha timeline of events is fully finished and im up to 10 pages in the rough draft. Just one more major event to write about after i wrap up the sugar free temple skip segement. The writing has felt noticeably less bad as ive gone on so i think im getting in the groove of this video now which hopefully means the next draft will come together nicely. Also worked on the thumbnail some more and think it looks pretty much done now. Lmk if yall got any more ideas, to me it looks good enough for...

Two updates in one day 😱

I know right crazy, ended up not really being able to get many more words out for the script so i ended up workshopping a thumbnail instead to still get something done tonight. Still got some tweaking to do but heres the draft i got done tonight. Think its pretty fire and probably close to final but lmk if yall have any ideas.

Script writin and more research

Yo, got up to about 6 and a half pages of rough draft so far and most of the timeline is finished. The rest is mostly just grabbing specific dates because i was involved at least tangentially with the last discoveries im going to be talking about so i would hope i remember most of the details lol. The draft is feeling a bit rougher than usual mostly because its a pretty much entirely new idea and not one i had brewing for a while like the last 3 videos, so most likely ill get near or to the f...

Progressin

Little half way over the research phase, most of which has just been establishing a timeline and trying to piece together how exactly im going to present everything. Not much to report other than that so far just been alot of combing through discord messages and asking around a bit. Might end up being another 3 weeker cause im yet again being a bit ambitious with the quality im aiming for but well see lol. After the any% explained im gonna actually commit to doing a shorter video idea surely....

Little intro draft

Like last time before starting to commit to writing the script fully i went to make an intro first to make sure the style was going to work out in tha vid. Definitely not final cause theres still alot of tweaking i want to do (mainly lighting cause i suck at that in after effects lol), but this is the draft i got going today. I think its turning out really good but let me know what yall think.

New Video Topic!

Like i said on the youtube post you may or may not have seen ive had 2 ideas i had been flip flopping between and today made up my mind. The next video is going to be focusing on major glitches found in jak 3. The framing device is going to be centered around this post from ricky in the jak 3 channel back in 2021 and will go over how many predictions in the post came true. The title is probably going to be "How Jak 3 Speedrunning's Biggest Prophecy Came True" or something along those lines. T...

Videos Done!!!!!!

Sorry its barely an early viewing for yall, ended up having some rendering issues with getting stuck at 100% but eventually it worked! Super excited to see everyone's reaction tomorrow i really think this turned out amazing.

Locked in.

Video should be fully completed tonight or worst case tomorrow morning. Theres a few gaps i need to fill in, a bit of polish, adding music for the last 10 min or so but for the most part the rough cut is fully completed and theres still a ton of time left in the day. Mark your calendars for Friday, June 13, 2025 4:00 PM Eastern gang. Also paid tier homies be on the lookout for another post with the full preview early. Sorry i wasnt able to get it out that much earlier for you guys but still s...

Script Completed! (Finally lol)

Script and Vo are done, plopping it into the timeline before timing edits reveals a length of 47 min though... Way way longer than i thought it was going to turn out lmfao. Im really gonna try to push for a friday release but idk gonna be kinda tough. a good bit of that is outro though so no major edits needed there and another good bit is gonna be filled with gameplay instead of a bunch of cuts between cutscenes etc. Well see, hopefully i make it just so i can be done with this finally. Dont...

Little Update, Mostly Just polish stage

Yo! Like the title says ive mostly just been polishing what ive got of the video up adding music and stuff as well as trying to finalize the thumbnail and script. Should be mostly done with the script tonight and finished with it tomorrow, theres probably less than 5 min of the video remaining so honestly theres a chance it might be done tomorrow but dont wanna push too hard. I got plenty of time. I love the thumbnail except for the hand but im not an actual artist so im not sure how to fix i...

32 Min preview

Yo, at the paid tier threshold since the video is reaching the final stages. Got my goal of 32 min earlier today and debated on pushing more out but decided to strat hunt and gather music for the polish stage instead. Tomorrow im going to focus on mostly more derust for the hotfix showcase and script writing/ voice over recording. The rough cut should be done on Tuesday or Wednesday and ive said it before but i think this video is gonna be an S tier banger man absolutely loving how its turnin...

Up to 25 min

Ended up just chilling out for the rest of the night after stream instead of editing, tomorrow ill lock in and try to get to around ~32-35 min though. Videos coming along nicely. This will be the last of the public previews, thank you so much again for 1k subs!

Script Nearly Completed + Ad read bit

Yo! Got nearly all the script completed today just need to get through those last batch of 10 or so missions. If you missed previous posts you may be wondering, what? Dont you already have previews out how is the script not finished? Yeah my process is a bit strange but hasnt failed me so far lol. I just follow where the inspiration is flowing at the time, today it was writing, yesterday was a bit of writing + mostly strat hunting, previous days were editing + making sure my writing style for...

Little wrench thrown in production (the good kind lol)

Hey yall! Small update, i got onto the GDQ Hotfix show Perilous Paths showing off Jak 3 Any% No Out of Bounds on Monday June 9th 7:45 PM Eastern! Its going to impact the video a tiny bit as i derust and make sure im able to show it off properly but it was already becoming a bit clear it needed some more time in the oven. Not in the bad way though, me and fellow runner and glitch hunter bintendo42 have been exploring every possible avenue to reduce the amount of shots in the remaining missions...