To clarify, I have made some edits to the interview but only for the sake of trimming fat and removing several clumsy occasions where we interrupted each other. None of my omissions should remove any substance of our discussion. Hope you enjoy our brief conversation!
Did you ever find a physical copy of Scratches Directors Cut? If not can I send you mine? It's been in storage for decades now and just collecting dust.
This is so interesting! I binged your two videos on Scratches over this weekend and the story completely sucked me in. It's so interesting to see you bring up your theories and how some things weren't intentional by Augustin which led to those theories, but at the same time he doesn't dismiss them either. It goes to show good stories are often a discussion between the author and reader (or in this case the player) and you can tell you both understand that and are able to discuss things from the game very well. Awesome job on the interview! I can't wait for Asylum.
So pleased that you enjoyed, I am definitely an amateurish interviewer. It's nice to finally have a degree of closure on these senscape/Scratches videos, but I also can't wait for Asylum to come out so I can jump right back into it.
This was such a fun interview! Agustin's such a giving developer when dealing with fans. We have corresponded numerous times over the years, and he's always gotten back to me so quickly that it blows my mind. I'm not sure when he sleeps. I have been super excited and stoked for Asylum since it was announced, and this gets me giddy all over again. And I would absolutely DEVOUR a "Scratches" graphic novel. :)
I've wishlisted Asylum, I can't wait to what else he's going to make. For your first interview, you did a very good job. Thank you for making your videos and introducing me to a great game and developer
Be honest, there is much room for me to improve in the journalism department 💀 I’m so happy to hear that these videos didn’t just reunite long last fans of scratches but gain it new ones altogether! Glad you found the place
@@vote4holt there is room for improvement, but you're off to a good start. I'm looking forward to see you improve over time and see what else you make. You have my vote lol
I met Agustín in Argentina a few years ago, I was very surprised when I stumbled upon your videos on Scratches, I played a demo of ASYLUM like 4 years ago and it looked promising. Hope you check out his other stuff!
I am enjoying the story tbh me and like 5 other people but whatever. Always wanted a game like this and glad Ascension went ahead with the format they did.
This is always what I really love about games and their developers, its how in-depth they are willing to show how much they care about their work and love to describe it in details, the most optimistic devs are always the most lovely to chat with :D also I can tell that Agustin is a very sweet guy who is just loves that Scratches got so much attention and he is very proud of it as well :)
I'm so happy you did this video series! This game is so meticulously made. I love indie games for their loving detail and weird takes. This tender feeling just doesn't fit into big budget games...
I don’t think there even are “big budget” or triple a point and click games. Such a scorned, criminally undervalued genre. Cannot emphasize enough that they were wrongfully abandoned for WASD controls
wow! scratches is my favorite game. it sucks that it's so underrated. it's my first time hearing Agustin Cordes despite idolizing his brilliancy in Scratches and Serena for a few years now. i still play them or watch CJUGAMES [my fav youtuber/gamer] play from time to time and they still give me feelings.. it's always so great to know the people behind masterpieces and the details of how they made them, especially if you're someone who's also aspiring to create something similar someday. can't wait for ASYLUM!
Dawg, I’ve spent 3 hours binging the scratches videos and now imma watch your other works. You are really talented as a video essayist and a writer. I wanna put you up there with Jacob geller, you are seriously good
God this was a blast from the past, I remember playing Scratches WAAAAY back in the day and seeing your retrospective and this interview was really a kick of nostalgia, and same with Serena. Definitely looking forward to Asylum's release when it does finally happen. Keep up the good work both of you and looking forward to more great stuff!
Great Game. Kudos To You Agustin! Well done! Spot on about it being a good book that brings forth some of your own imagination to really grip you. That was my experience playing years ago.
I loved your two videos on this game. I'd weirdly saved your video to watch later and then came across the scratches game. Spent many nights trying to solve the puzzles and found myself craving when my next few hours in that mansion would come. Thank you for the interview. Is there any games you'd reccomend that are similar to scratches in regards to atmosphere? I plan to go through your channel and watch more videos but is there's any videos of yours you'd recommend to find similar games I'd be happy to hear which ones.
Awesome interview, both came across very insightful and entertaining. This Scratches trilogy of videos was not how I expected my morning to go, (twas a seemingly random algorithm suggestion) but it has been some of the most entertaining and motivational hours of content I have enjoyed in years.
As I spend the day working on my next big vid it’s been fun to check my phone and see your subsequent comments after watching each part 💀 so happy to hear that the game resonated with you as much as it did with me, that is a heroic task watching all 3 installments back to back - respect.
This interview was amazing! and it did the best thing for me - I've been looking forward to Asylum for years but was put off by the 'Hammer' films influence. I have just realised I was muddling up Hammer with Grindhouse (not a fan) so now I feel so releaved and excited for Asylum! It would have been interesting to know how he came to work with Jonathan Boakes (Voice of Jerry and Dark Fall creator).
This interview was a joy to go through, so thank you both! I've had Asylum on my wishlist since 12/14/2018 and I am eagerly waiting for it. As for Silent Hill Ascension, I am not sure if working on that is good thing to brag about haha. Last I heard that thing is universally hated. Never heard of The Dark Eye, I see it's from 1995. If you decide to play it on the channel one day Vote 4 Holt I'll definitely be here for it. I can see that the game can be played using ScummVM as well which great.
Yeah, I definitely heard some negative things around ascension. First silent hill to have a battlepass lasgoooo. I get the feeling Agustin is well aware of its reception online, but of course he had no part in those bits of it. Work is work, and if I were ever given the opportunity to work with a silent hill project I’d probably jump on it You’re a real one for being wishlisted so long. Like I said, I’m among the newer fans of his and haven’t had to endure the wait. Glad you enjoyed!
So much work has gone into Ascension. I'm absolutely dying to see the director cut version where I can play a single player version and pick my own options... Hopefully they release that as I'd pay for it!
I’ve been a fan of and been playing point and click adventure games since maniac mansion was on the NES. I’ve never heard about this game before. I don’t have a pc so I don’t mind being spoiled. But I know of another adventure game this reminds me of. It’s called Lighthouse: The Dark Being. I can’t remember if the story is great but I do know it’s never left my mind since 1997 when I played it. I’d say go check it out. It’s an old Sierra Myst clone with a great opening and puzzles that pissed me off.
Chega a ser engraçado como algumas das teorias acabaram sendo bem mais complexas que a própria intenção do desenvolvedor hahahaha. Parabéns pelos vídeos mostrando o jogo, suas teorias e por fim uma entrevista com o desenvolvedor do jogo! Não me interessava assim pela história de um jogo des de que conheci "SOMA". Obrigada por mostrar para Internet essa joia escondida, quase perdida no tempo.
So funny that you mention Soma, I absolutely need to play that. The bits and pieces I’ve heard made me think it will send me down a Scratches-sized rabbit hole so it’s almost intimidating to start 😳 Glad you enjoyed my videos, thanks for the comment!
hey could you do a tutorial on how to install the game from the abandonware site? im not tech savvy in the slightest and i would love to plsy the game :)
Oorrrf I haven’t got time to make a video on it anytime soon but I could hopefully explain the fundamentals over a comment- There’s a software called WinRar that basically everyone uses to download larger files - basically large files get downloaded as a “.zip”, which is just a bunch of info bundled together, and winrar is used to “unzip” these big files. WinRar is totally free, it won’t give you viruses or anything, and you use it to open and “extract” the file you download from the abandonware sites. The game will only work on windows, to my knowledge, so if you’re on a Mac I’m afraid you’re out of luck (though it is possible to get it to work on a Mac, it would just take 10x the effort) www.myabandonware.com/game/scratches-director-s-cut-li3 Here is a safe site for archiving old games where you can download the directors cut itself www.win-rar.com/download.html?&L=0 and here is WinRar, the software you will have to use to open and extract the game after you download it. You will probably want to download the 64bit of WinRar for windows 10, assuming you use windows 10 or 11 respectively. (WinRar might tell you to pay for their service but you can literally just close it and continue using them for free and they won’t stop you lol) Sorry again that the game is so difficult to get your hands on, but once you extract the scratches exe to your desktop (or wherever) you should be able to install the game as simply as if you’d popped in a CD of it. (If you’d prefer to avoid the hassle of all this online rigmarole, it is also an option to get a physical copy of Scratches and play it through a disc-reader on your windows pc! Physical copies are severely undervalued, I bought one on goodwill for as cheap as $12- no one knows what they’ve got lol) Good luck!
@@vote4holtim actually looking into getting a physical copy for myself! i might get into the point and click genre of games because they seem so interesting! my mom looked at me like o was crazy when i showed her the box art for the game scratches 🤣
The bottle of thalidomide should really have been highlighted more and what it does. There is nothing supernatural going on. The whole "wilbur Wakely" theory is just silly; two year old killler :D
To clarify, I have made some edits to the interview but only for the sake of trimming fat and removing several clumsy occasions where we interrupted each other. None of my omissions should remove any substance of our discussion.
Hope you enjoy our brief conversation!
Did you ever find a physical copy of Scratches Directors Cut?
If not can I send you mine? It's been in storage for decades now and just collecting dust.
This is so interesting! I binged your two videos on Scratches over this weekend and the story completely sucked me in. It's so interesting to see you bring up your theories and how some things weren't intentional by Augustin which led to those theories, but at the same time he doesn't dismiss them either. It goes to show good stories are often a discussion between the author and reader (or in this case the player) and you can tell you both understand that and are able to discuss things from the game very well. Awesome job on the interview! I can't wait for Asylum.
So pleased that you enjoyed, I am definitely an amateurish interviewer. It's nice to finally have a degree of closure on these senscape/Scratches videos, but I also can't wait for Asylum to come out so I can jump right back into it.
This was such a fun interview! Agustin's such a giving developer when dealing with fans. We have corresponded numerous times over the years, and he's always gotten back to me so quickly that it blows my mind. I'm not sure when he sleeps. I have been super excited and stoked for Asylum since it was announced, and this gets me giddy all over again. And I would absolutely DEVOUR a "Scratches" graphic novel. :)
I’ve only just met him last week but can see exactly what you mean. The man is hardworking and devoted to telling stories, I can’t wait to see Asylum
I've wishlisted Asylum, I can't wait to what else he's going to make. For your first interview, you did a very good job. Thank you for making your videos and introducing me to a great game and developer
Be honest, there is much room for me to improve in the journalism department 💀
I’m so happy to hear that these videos didn’t just reunite long last fans of scratches but gain it new ones altogether! Glad you found the place
@@vote4holt there is room for improvement, but you're off to a good start. I'm looking forward to see you improve over time and see what else you make. You have my vote lol
I met Agustín in Argentina a few years ago, I was very surprised when I stumbled upon your videos on Scratches, I played a demo of ASYLUM like 4 years ago and it looked promising. Hope you check out his other stuff!
I'm glad our guy's working in the industry proper with Konami/Behavior but damn, I hope he's not the one behind the story.
Not agreeing or disagreeing I’m just confused what does this mean
Edit: nevermind just got to the silent hill ascension part lmao
I am enjoying the story tbh me and like 5 other people but whatever. Always wanted a game like this and glad Ascension went ahead with the format they did.
even after hearing that the final shot in the vanilla ending was insignificant, I really like the theory you presented in your part 2
I just finished watching part 2, and was looking through your channel going “where interview”. Perfect timing.
This is always what I really love about games and their developers, its how in-depth they are willing to show how much they care about their work and love to describe it in details, the most optimistic devs are always the most lovely to chat with :D also I can tell that Agustin is a very sweet guy who is just loves that Scratches got so much attention and he is very proud of it as well :)
I'm so happy you did this video series! This game is so meticulously made. I love indie games for their loving detail and weird takes. This tender feeling just doesn't fit into big budget games...
I don’t think there even are “big budget” or triple a point and click games. Such a scorned, criminally undervalued genre. Cannot emphasize enough that they were wrongfully abandoned for WASD controls
Appreciate what you do my man, looking forward to Asylum
wow! scratches is my favorite game. it sucks that it's so underrated. it's my first time hearing Agustin Cordes despite idolizing his brilliancy in Scratches and Serena for a few years now. i still play them or watch CJUGAMES [my fav youtuber/gamer] play from time to time and they still give me feelings.. it's always so great to know the people behind masterpieces and the details of how they made them, especially if you're someone who's also aspiring to create something similar someday. can't wait for ASYLUM!
Dawg, I’ve spent 3 hours binging the scratches videos and now imma watch your other works. You are really talented as a video essayist and a writer. I wanna put you up there with Jacob geller, you are seriously good
This is amazing you could do this! So proud of this channel.
Omg, a “Scratches Archive” would be amazing!
God this was a blast from the past, I remember playing Scratches WAAAAY back in the day and seeing your retrospective and this interview was really a kick of nostalgia, and same with Serena. Definitely looking forward to Asylum's release when it does finally happen. Keep up the good work both of you and looking forward to more great stuff!
Excited to watch this, nice to hear about backgrounds of scratches!
Great interview. I am glad this game got a cult following.
Me too! Here’s to hoping we get that Asylum release date before October, would love to play it in time for Halloween
Hey this is great, I was a big fan of this game when I got it years back, and am so glad it's getting a spiritual sequel.
I’m so proud of and excited for you guys!!!
Great Game. Kudos To You Agustin! Well done! Spot on about it being a good book that brings forth some of your own imagination to really grip you. That was my experience playing years ago.
Thank you so much for this interview, very informative!
I loved your two videos on this game. I'd weirdly saved your video to watch later and then came across the scratches game. Spent many nights trying to solve the puzzles and found myself craving when my next few hours in that mansion would come. Thank you for the interview. Is there any games you'd reccomend that are similar to scratches in regards to atmosphere? I plan to go through your channel and watch more videos but is there's any videos of yours you'd recommend to find similar games I'd be happy to hear which ones.
Awesome interview, both came across very insightful and entertaining. This Scratches trilogy of videos was not how I expected my morning to go, (twas a seemingly random algorithm suggestion) but it has been some of the most entertaining and motivational hours of content I have enjoyed in years.
As I spend the day working on my next big vid it’s been fun to check my phone and see your subsequent comments after watching each part 💀 so happy to hear that the game resonated with you as much as it did with me, that is a heroic task watching all 3 installments back to back - respect.
Such a great interview! Agustin is such a great guy. Loved your videos on Scratches. Going through your playthrough now!
So happy to find out this excellent game is Argentinian. Otra coronación de gloria. 🇦🇷
Very nice interview, well done! I love Scratches and I love it when I come across people who have also enjoyed it.
Love from Germany❤️, I wish Mr Cordes and Volt have a wonderful health and day!🙏
Thank you, German friend!
Such good timing! After listening to the first episode I was itching for more info on this game. Time to binge watched all the videos c:
noooooo you should totally watch part 2 first before the interview hisss
@vote4holt I did, no worries! Lolol
@@ouchies5922 lol just Malik sure
This interview was amazing! and it did the best thing for me - I've been looking forward to Asylum for years but was put off by the 'Hammer' films influence. I have just realised I was muddling up Hammer with Grindhouse (not a fan) so now I feel so releaved and excited for Asylum! It would have been interesting to know how he came to work with Jonathan Boakes (Voice of Jerry and Dark Fall creator).
This interview was a joy to go through, so thank you both!
I've had Asylum on my wishlist since 12/14/2018 and I am eagerly waiting for it.
As for Silent Hill Ascension, I am not sure if working on that is good thing to brag about haha. Last I heard that thing is universally hated.
Never heard of The Dark Eye, I see it's from 1995. If you decide to play it on the channel one day Vote 4 Holt I'll definitely be here for it. I can see that the game can be played using ScummVM as well which great.
Yeah, I definitely heard some negative things around ascension. First silent hill to have a battlepass lasgoooo.
I get the feeling Agustin is well aware of its reception online, but of course he had no part in those bits of it. Work is work, and if I were ever given the opportunity to work with a silent hill project I’d probably jump on it
You’re a real one for being wishlisted so long. Like I said, I’m among the newer fans of his and haven’t had to endure the wait.
Glad you enjoyed!
So much work has gone into Ascension. I'm absolutely dying to see the director cut version where I can play a single player version and pick my own options... Hopefully they release that as I'd pay for it!
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You dropped this 👑
I’ve been a fan of and been playing point and click adventure games since maniac mansion was on the NES. I’ve never heard about this game before. I don’t have a pc so I don’t mind being spoiled. But I know of another adventure game this reminds me of. It’s called Lighthouse: The Dark Being. I can’t remember if the story is great but I do know it’s never left my mind since 1997 when I played it. I’d say go check it out. It’s an old Sierra Myst clone with a great opening and puzzles that pissed me off.
Asylum still exists / is in production ? It's not vaporware ?
I remember seeing the kick-starter back in 2013 !!!! (11 years ago, what!)
Yeap- a LONG development but it seems to be nearing completion
I want this man to tell me a horror story at a camp fire.
And btw... he would be an amazing voice actor for a Khajiit.
As someone who is learning elementary going-on intermediate Russian, I am so jealous of how well he can roll his r’s
@@vote4holt people from Uruguay and Argentina can do this flawlessly haha
Chega a ser engraçado como algumas das teorias acabaram sendo bem mais complexas que a própria intenção do desenvolvedor hahahaha. Parabéns pelos vídeos mostrando o jogo, suas teorias e por fim uma entrevista com o desenvolvedor do jogo! Não me interessava assim pela história de um jogo des de que conheci "SOMA". Obrigada por mostrar para Internet essa joia escondida, quase perdida no tempo.
So funny that you mention Soma, I absolutely need to play that. The bits and pieces I’ve heard made me think it will send me down a Scratches-sized rabbit hole so it’s almost intimidating to start 😳
Glad you enjoyed my videos, thanks for the comment!
Oh damn, the dark eye? Dungeon chill covered it
hey could you do a tutorial on how to install the game from the abandonware site? im not tech savvy in the slightest and i would love to plsy the game :)
Oorrrf I haven’t got time to make a video on it anytime soon but I could hopefully explain the fundamentals over a comment-
There’s a software called WinRar that basically everyone uses to download larger files - basically large files get downloaded as a “.zip”, which is just a bunch of info bundled together, and winrar is used to “unzip” these big files.
WinRar is totally free, it won’t give you viruses or anything, and you use it to open and “extract” the file you download from the abandonware sites.
The game will only work on windows, to my knowledge, so if you’re on a Mac I’m afraid you’re out of luck (though it is possible to get it to work on a Mac, it would just take 10x the effort)
www.myabandonware.com/game/scratches-director-s-cut-li3
Here is a safe site for archiving old games where you can download the directors cut itself
www.win-rar.com/download.html?&L=0 and here is WinRar, the software you will have to use to open and extract the game after you download it. You will probably want to download the 64bit of WinRar for windows 10, assuming you use windows 10 or 11 respectively.
(WinRar might tell you to pay for their service but you can literally just close it and continue using them for free and they won’t stop you lol)
Sorry again that the game is so difficult to get your hands on, but once you extract the scratches exe to your desktop (or wherever) you should be able to install the game as simply as if you’d popped in a CD of it.
(If you’d prefer to avoid the hassle of all this online rigmarole, it is also an option to get a physical copy of Scratches and play it through a disc-reader on your windows pc! Physical copies are severely undervalued, I bought one on goodwill for as cheap as $12- no one knows what they’ve got lol)
Good luck!
@@vote4holtim actually looking into getting a physical copy for myself! i might get into the point and click genre of games because they seem so interesting! my mom looked at me like o was crazy when i showed her the box art for the game scratches 🤣
You, sir, have won the internet for today! ❤❤❤❤
I’m gonna come to your house
@@vote4holt what a strange reply 🤣
Lmfao
@@vote4holt this was such a wholesome chungus interview man, will admit I chuckled out loud. underrated video
Brilliant guy
Interesting.
The bottle of thalidomide should really have been highlighted more and what it does. There is nothing supernatural going on.
The whole "wilbur Wakely" theory is just silly; two year old killler :D
Promo sm 👀
even after hearing that the final shot in the vanilla ending was insignificant, I really like the theory you presented in your part 2