Thanks for the shout @harkeofficial ! Delighted to see this "relic" being used to remind us that, there was a whole digital gaming universe that felt so cool that it was easy to become totally enthralled with it. Loved the video, and the background shelf screen saver! Special request for either toasters or pipes for the next background please? 🤓
The simulated vintage video fills me with so much nostalgia. It is remarkable. Most modern "old" video doesn't replicate the jank, but this takes me back.
I was born in '89 and I remember using Storybook Weaver Deluxe in the computer lab in grade school. Thankfully some of my stories survive as printed images I've got in a box somewhere. I remember once I wrote a story about a turkey visiting Turkey, but since my teacher apparently didn't know that was a nation she thought it should be "Turkeyville".
I never played storybook weaver but this was exactly my kinda thing as a kid. I played so many demos of creative games like orly's draw-a-story and 3D movie maker. I couldn't convince my parents to buy the full games so I played the hell out of the demos over and over again haha
I also I played this other educational game called mighty maths number heroes. It's kind of amazing how this was the peak of pc gaming in the 90s and we loved it because there wasn't anything much better really, so even just a demo was good enough to keep us entertained for hours. I do miss that simplicity sometimes.
@@harkeofficialOoh, 3D Movie Maker was a huge part of my childhood! Actually, I worked on a movie idea in it for quite a while as a young adult (with unofficial mods that are still available on some websites, last I checked).
As a 90s kid, I so appreciate you bringing these old games to light! I love your retro editing/green screen self-inserts and the showcasing of old tech too. The vibe of these videos is 10/10. Subscribed so I can see when you make more!
If you wanna see a totally cursed version of this kind of game, check out Story Machine by Spinnaker Software. I think the TI-99/4A version looks the best. You type in words from a limited dictionary and the game creates and animates what you type. My two favorite things were 1) this weirdo creatures in it called a bumpus, and 2) if you typed something like "THE DOG EATS THE BOY" the game would refuse to do it, saying "NO! THAT WOULD HURT!"
Me and my sister spent hundreds of hours playing this in 1995 when we got our first family PC. I couldn't read at the time so my experience was strictly making ridiculous scenes without text 😅 also, this channel is so dang cozy ❤
I was obsessed with this as a kid. Born in 1990 and we had this on our computers in certain classes. I would get lost living out my fantasies! Thank you for bringing me back ☺
Omg, I remember playing Storybook Weaver Deluxe as a kid! I recognised that opening music immediately. I love revisiting early edutainment games. Thank you for making this video, I love your editing style!
“I do in fact like to torture myself” same. Should be my reply when people ask why I have shelves of old mostly working computers. That theme music takes me right back to the library of my elementary school in 1998, playing “Auteur Studio Deluxe” as the French version was called.
I was so happy to see a kid from the newest generation could still enjoy these old games that we grew up on. I was born in 1992, and grew up during the peak of kids cd-rom games. I have so many happy memories of playing games like this one. I think that offering these old games as a novelty to kids would be a great way to introduce them to the history of consumer computers, while being fun to play and still great for inspiring creativity and learning.
Exactly my thoughts! It’s really fun to hear their thoughts, and games like this absolutely hold up! Sometimes, simplicity is key with kids, and it allows them to use their imagination. Our resident Gen A in the video has written several stories now… plus they seem to find the “vibes” of the “old computers” to be quite “sus” (and that’s fun, apparently). Their words, not mine 😂
While I truly hope you get the recognition you clearly deserve for these videos, I can't help but feel privileged to be witness to this "small" (at least in terms of youtube) thing. Your videos feel like they mix the best parts of the old (think 90s/early 2000s) internet and new internet into one beautifully rendered whole. It's nostalgic but honest, imperfect and proud of it, and so perfectly captures the "this is my little corner of the web" feeling of early home pages, but in a completely new form. Please keep doing what you're doing!
Thank you so much, your comment means a lot! I’m having a lot of fun, and while I do wish sometimes that I would have started this journey 15+ years ago when I originally wanted to, I am glad to have the perspective from the time I’ve waited as well. Thank you again!
this is a small detail, but it really is nice to see people putting effort into censoring the faces of kids for their safety! after seeing the mess of other channels not caring about that, it’s nice to see someone care for the privacy of others
I just wanna say that I'm really enjoying the Amazing Emporium so much! The editing is chef's kiss ❤ My favourite educational computer game is The Magical School Bus Explores The Solar System. That game was fantastic (and probably the main reason I got into astronomy and retro computers in the first place).
Thank you so much! I have The Magic School Bus Explores the Rain Forest, but to be honest I’ve never played that or the solar system one! It’ll be fun into the future to play some games that I’ve never tried before…
I use to play this all the time in grade 3/4 during computer class before the computers were updated and it got removed. Thanks for the trip down memory lane and great job with those retro style FMVs!
HOLY FRIGGEN CRAP! This was my childhood at my primary school's computer lab. The amount of fun we had with this. English also isn't my 1st language and at the age we played this, most of us were only starting to learn English so we had to fumble our way through this software a bit and we didn't understand the more advanced features, but it was so fun creating wacky scenes with this. A lot of the scenes involved car crashes/explosions and post apocalyptic cities since I loved monstertrucks and saw The Terminator so that was kind of the direction my creative energy flowed at the time.
Instant Subscribe. It didn't feel good when I did this with Magic Theatre, the old movie maker software for Windows 95, and no one I showed cared lol. I kind of want to get Read, Write, Type to work on an old Mac too. This content was great. I want more of it please.
i mean the keyboard and mouse are peripherals, but that connector is called PS/2. Even computers still today sometimes come with a single PS/2 port especially in industrial settings. Wait until she finds out about AT connector. This video was fun though... Thanks, I enjoyed it a lot!
You’re absolutely right-calling them peripherals is technically true, but I should’ve been more specific about PS/2 for those vintage hardware fans out there. And yeah, I haven’t forgotten about the classic AT connector. Maybe one day I’ll dive into that rabbit hole for fun! Glad you enjoyed the video-appreciate the watch and the info!
The absolute nostalgia overload I had just from hearing the menu music 😭 I remember playing storybook weaver deluxe with my older siblings on the family desktop, and the only mic we had was from a box of fruit loops (it was shaped like the fruit loops toucan with a palm tree) That crappy little mic turned me into a full on voice actor for my siblings stories 😩 I remember my sister straight up just recreated phantom of the opera one time, it was glorious 😂
I just found your channel, and this is awesome, i loved the retro late 90's/early 2000's video clips of yourself, definitely brings back some memories of playing old cd rom games, love it!
I only ever played Oregon trail from these guys. Growing up the other educational games i played were reader rabbit, thinking things, and legend of the zoombinis
Love these so much, the attention to detail is incredible. The retro graphics, the computer sounds, everything about it is so good, I especially loved when your arm was glitching out at 7:34 😂 can't wait to have a whole series of these!
I clicked on this video because I played this in the computer lab and at the library as a kid. This was a prodigiously magical viewing experience, I've never seen youtube recommend your channel before (usually it's just crap). I didn't notice your channel name until the end, and was like, "omggggg, her channel name is a Brave Little Toaster reference!!!" That was my favorite movie as a little kid. EDIT: Addendum, not your channel name, but the ending card certainly was.
Thank you so much!! It’s one of my favorite movies of all time!! I know I should change my channel name as well to match, but I have so many accounts tied to this current name, so I’ve been dragging my feet on the task. Thank you so much for stopping by, it makes my whole day to know someone enjoyed it and gets the reference!! 😄
I rarely ever made any stories on Storybook Weaver, but man did it have my HEART as a kid. I played around with it all the time thinking I would make some grand adventure but mostly I was just looking through their huge library of assets and wondering what kind of story I could make 😅
I’m pretty sure this is what all of us were doing 🤣 I probably wrote more stories in this one video than I ever did as a kid! How can one choose with so much to look through?!
I think I remember seeing this on some school computers in the 90s, but I don’t specifically remember trying it back then. This does remind me of an early 90s game I did play at home that was similar but aimed at a slightly younger audience: Kidworks 2! I also spent many hours of my childhood (and even early adulthood) making movies with Microsoft 3D Movie Maker!
bro, 90's cd childrens game where INSANE i cant remember half the names of what i played back then, but each one is just a pure distillation of surreal creativity. they were like that famous book where you have to find stuff but every time its different and fresh and on a interactive computer
Incredible vid on Storybook Weaver. There isn't enough on this era of MECC. The outro reference of Brave Little Toaster got me because I use that as my stupidly long Discord server name and no one gets the joke haha. Your style is perfect.
Edutainment games are a magic that has been lost to this world. When you mentioned MAC, it made me think of Oregon trail, which i go to make a proper video on last year, so i'm glad it's not just me that get flashbacks to that Also i really like the presentation of you videos, lots of personality.
We used this same piece of software in school in 2014/15. We had a project we needed to complete, which included learning the software by following a step-by-step guide, and doing some sort of Little Red Riding Hood story of some kind.
Never owned this as a kid but would've loved it, I was a sucker for any creative program as a kid, especially storytelling and filmmaking. I can't remember how much time I spent goofing off in 3D Movie Maker, that was my jam
Always read the manual, huh! This is an incredible video. I dread to imagine how long the editing took. I especially love that you sought out a modern child and got their impressions.
The editing is quite tedious, but I do find it fun (most of the time haha)- it’s almost like putting together a puzzle. Thank you so much for watching!
First video i have seen, NOICE 🎉 i subbed ❤ i love your low pixel self that helps with narration, i admit it is an idea i wont be able to forget! 😅 also, love your brick wall 😮 i live in a townhouse wherein each wall segregating neighbors is one of those cement block walls. I have noticed you can find them being used to build almost everywhere... especially prisons and schools... uh oh i ramble... nice to meet you 🖖 best wishes
I have a distinct memory of using a bunch of eggs to cover up a turtle's shell in Storybook Weaver. I would love to see you do a video on the Crosscountry games, which were also ever-present in school computer labs at the same time. We played Crosscountry Canada, of course.
I absolutely love this. Belly laughed all the way through. Such nostalgia. (Also the "WAIT YOU COULD DO THAT ALL ALONG???" IS SO REAL. I've had countless games/etc from when I was a kid that I was like "no, you can't do that--wait WHAT DID YOU DO?!" so. I get it.)
I just gotta say thank you so much for mentioning your setup. I have so many obscure computer games that I can play on my old computer but I want to be able to help preserve them and record the gameplay on OBS but have struggled figuring out the best way how. Looking into WYSE now and also excited to see more videos like this! The editing alone is top tier and it's so entertaining and cozy.
You're welcome! This was the best set-up I could find, but I'm sure it'll change over time as I learn some more. I'll share anything new I learn as well! Happy adventuring!
You can use any tools that are available, it doesn't have to be OBS. For example, you can use VLC to do screen capture despite it not being th most refined tool.
OMG the algorithm worked highly in my favor today. I instantly subscribed when you started talking...a LITERAL genius vintage tech funny gorgeous goddess showing me things i wanna know about...good gravy!!! Hi!!!!!!!!🧚♂️💚🦋
oh my god, i remember this! We've got tons of educational CDs like this one when my dad was in the US. When he came home, we've got to play some of these on our old Windows computer and were also discovering the world wide web. some fascinating moments of our childhood.
Okay, maybe y'all can help me-- For YEARS I've been trying to hunt down a game from this era that was very similar to this, but it was more about putting together scenes w/ characters and letting them interact. There wasn't a storybook component that I remember. There were lots of "themes", like a farm, outside a haunted house, and the one I remember most clearly being a prehistoric canyon-y place. My favorite thing to do was put down the allosaurus[?] character [which made a roar like a mountain lion] and let it rampage against the little tiny cavemen [who made very silly gibberish noises.] Each theme had set characters and decor, but there was an option to bring in characters and decor from other themes/scenes, leading to some very fun and unexpected interactions between the sprites. I only had a shareware version from one of the dime a dozen "FIVE BAJILLION COOL SHAREWARE TITLES" my mom picked up on the cheap to keep me entertained. Every time I go asking or searching for it, however, people say I'm just misremembering Storybook Weaver. But I know I'm not! ;A; Anyone else remember this dang game?
I had tons of those shareware disks as a kid too, so I know ALL about trying to find lost games that you can't remember the name of! I will keep an eye out, this is intriguing...
@@harkeofficial Much appreciated! I know we never threw them away, so I'm hoping one day I can unearth them. :> I know I have at least one game that seems to not be available anywhere online-- Earth2U! Very cool game that taught you about weather, geology, the works. Seems it was a museum-exclusive so no clue how mom got her hands on it. It had a tornado simulation that gave me nightmares as a kiddo lol!
I’m a bit too young for storybook weaver but my school had us playing kid pix, which was fun but not educational at all lmao. I’m surprised they never had anything like this for us, it seems like the perfect mix of educational and fun
As a 90's kid, wish I knew this existed back then. I did lots of mini-stories as well but only used Powerpoint, playing around with the default clipart and animations. IMO, this is an untapped market and I hope there are modern versions of classic stuff like this for today's kids. My 3 year old is still enjoying Pajama Sam even though it was released almost 3 decades ago.
My kids love playing with this! They do have a version of the game available to play on a web-based emulator as well, which is awesome. It’s the older version of the game, but it still has most of the features!
I never heard of this game and I’m probably the same age range as you. Our school pretty much only had games that taught you typing, english, or math and no creativity was allowed. But my parents got me Batman The Animated Series Cartoon Maker and R.A. Montgomery’s Comic Creator, so I would spend hours making Batman cartoons and generic comic books. And then play with my action figures because that was easier. R.A. Montgomery was, of course, the first publisher and I guess co-creator of the Choose Your Own Adventure books. It’s interesting that he got involved in software in the 90s.
I think my 5th grade classroom Mac had this game Storybook Weaver installed on it which I played a few times. I'm remember writing a story but limiting myself to the assets that were in the game. Though I wouldn't have been able to put my own images in it if I knew that you can put your own images into the game.
For fun with future projects you should get something like a Sony MVC-FD73 the camera that used floppies for storage, probably make putting pictures on your old stuff really easy. I think those cameras are super cheap now, probably like $20. In highschool my TA had one and I was fascinated by it lol
One of my gradeschool teachers had one for exactly this purpose (the project I remember was photoshopping ourselves onto different planets that we had researched using AskJeeves) and I was similarly fascinated
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Thanks for the shout @harkeofficial !
Delighted to see this "relic" being used to remind us that, there was a whole digital gaming universe that felt so cool that it was easy to become totally enthralled with it.
Loved the video, and the background shelf screen saver! Special request for either toasters or pipes for the next background please? 🤓
thank YOU!! I’ll have throw flying toasters on a floppy disk and get it on there 😁
The simulated vintage video fills me with so much nostalgia. It is remarkable. Most modern "old" video doesn't replicate the jank, but this takes me back.
This type of content fills a void in me I didn't know I had, you deserve so much more recognition!
Thank you so much for watching!
Same for me; I believe it's the void left by saturday morning cartoons
Love this!! I can’t believe you were able to import your own pics and you’re only finding out now!! 😂
I guess 5 - 10 year old me never bothered to view the ReadMe file... >:(
I was born in '89 and I remember using Storybook Weaver Deluxe in the computer lab in grade school. Thankfully some of my stories survive as printed images I've got in a box somewhere. I remember once I wrote a story about a turkey visiting Turkey, but since my teacher apparently didn't know that was a nation she thought it should be "Turkeyville".
I never played storybook weaver but this was exactly my kinda thing as a kid. I played so many demos of creative games like orly's draw-a-story and 3D movie maker. I couldn't convince my parents to buy the full games so I played the hell out of the demos over and over again haha
I also I played this other educational game called mighty maths number heroes. It's kind of amazing how this was the peak of pc gaming in the 90s and we loved it because there wasn't anything much better really, so even just a demo was good enough to keep us entertained for hours. I do miss that simplicity sometimes.
I have 3D Movie Maker, but I have NEVER played it. I'm really looking forward to trying that one out for the first time!
@@harkeofficialOoh, 3D Movie Maker was a huge part of my childhood! Actually, I worked on a movie idea in it for quite a while as a young adult (with unofficial mods that are still available on some websites, last I checked).
We really need all the youtubers to do a multi hour long collab on these games since its raw surrealism
stories live rent free in my head XD
I’m thinking of doing a live stream this week here on TH-cam, and we can all build a story together 😅 I can only imagine the chaos.
As a 90s kid, I so appreciate you bringing these old games to light! I love your retro editing/green screen self-inserts and the showcasing of old tech too. The vibe of these videos is 10/10. Subscribed so I can see when you make more!
Thank you so much!
If you wanna see a totally cursed version of this kind of game, check out Story Machine by Spinnaker Software. I think the TI-99/4A version looks the best. You type in words from a limited dictionary and the game creates and animates what you type. My two favorite things were 1) this weirdo creatures in it called a bumpus, and 2) if you typed something like "THE DOG EATS THE BOY" the game would refuse to do it, saying "NO! THAT WOULD HURT!"
Ooo that sounds fun! I am going to go look that up!!
Me and my sister spent hundreds of hours playing this in 1995 when we got our first family PC. I couldn't read at the time so my experience was strictly making ridiculous scenes without text 😅 also, this channel is so dang cozy ❤
This world needs a 2-hour Storybook Weaver stream now :D
I think you’re right 🤔😂
My Dad borrowed Storybook Weaver Deluxe from our local library in the early '00s, and my sister and I had a lot of fun with it.
Between F4mi, Foone, and this Amazing Emporium, my needs for retro computer and games are certainly met.
You are easily becoming my favorite TH-camr!!
The sounds alone are punching me in the face with nostalgia. I clocked so many hours at the school library playing this thing.
I was obsessed with this as a kid. Born in 1990 and we had this on our computers in certain classes. I would get lost living out my fantasies! Thank you for bringing me back ☺
Omg, I remember playing Storybook Weaver Deluxe as a kid! I recognised that opening music immediately. I love revisiting early edutainment games. Thank you for making this video, I love your editing style!
Your TH-cam channel is seriously underrated. I love the goofy 256 color renders of you in the cutaways. Very clever, and you know your stuff!!
“I do in fact like to torture myself” same. Should be my reply when people ask why I have shelves of old mostly working computers.
That theme music takes me right back to the library of my elementary school in 1998, playing “Auteur Studio Deluxe” as the French version was called.
I was so happy to see a kid from the newest generation could still enjoy these old games that we grew up on. I was born in 1992, and grew up during the peak of kids cd-rom games. I have so many happy memories of playing games like this one. I think that offering these old games as a novelty to kids would be a great way to introduce them to the history of consumer computers, while being fun to play and still great for inspiring creativity and learning.
Exactly my thoughts! It’s really fun to hear their thoughts, and games like this absolutely hold up! Sometimes, simplicity is key with kids, and it allows them to use their imagination. Our resident Gen A in the video has written several stories now… plus they seem to find the “vibes” of the “old computers” to be quite “sus” (and that’s fun, apparently). Their words, not mine 😂
While I truly hope you get the recognition you clearly deserve for these videos, I can't help but feel privileged to be witness to this "small" (at least in terms of youtube) thing. Your videos feel like they mix the best parts of the old (think 90s/early 2000s) internet and new internet into one beautifully rendered whole. It's nostalgic but honest, imperfect and proud of it, and so perfectly captures the "this is my little corner of the web" feeling of early home pages, but in a completely new form. Please keep doing what you're doing!
Thank you so much, your comment means a lot! I’m having a lot of fun, and while I do wish sometimes that I would have started this journey 15+ years ago when I originally wanted to, I am glad to have the perspective from the time I’ve waited as well. Thank you again!
getting some brutalmoose vibes from this, good video :3
YESSS brutalmoose mentioned..
The craziest bit is that 'The Oregon Trail' began as a text-only game running on a minicomputer and played via teletype back in the early 1970s!
this is a small detail, but it really is nice to see people putting effort into censoring the faces of kids for their safety! after seeing the mess of other channels not caring about that, it’s nice to see someone care for the privacy of others
I just wanna say that I'm really enjoying the Amazing Emporium so much! The editing is chef's kiss ❤
My favourite educational computer game is The Magical School Bus Explores The Solar System. That game was fantastic (and probably the main reason I got into astronomy and retro computers in the first place).
Thank you so much! I have The Magic School Bus Explores the Rain Forest, but to be honest I’ve never played that or the solar system one! It’ll be fun into the future to play some games that I’ve never tried before…
Pretty amazing to see your picture taking a SELFIE in this 1990's story environment!
That's true time travelling!
I use to play this all the time in grade 3/4 during computer class before the computers were updated and it got removed. Thanks for the trip down memory lane and great job with those retro style FMVs!
I LITERALLY still have a printed out story I wrote when I was a kid on this program. Born in 89. Nostalgia for this is insane.
HOLY FRIGGEN CRAP! This was my childhood at my primary school's computer lab. The amount of fun we had with this. English also isn't my 1st language and at the age we played this, most of us were only starting to learn English so we had to fumble our way through this software a bit and we didn't understand the more advanced features, but it was so fun creating wacky scenes with this. A lot of the scenes involved car crashes/explosions and post apocalyptic cities since I loved monstertrucks and saw The Terminator so that was kind of the direction my creative energy flowed at the time.
Storybook weaver had such a huge impact on me as a child. So much nostalgia!
if we went to school together as kids we'd totally have been besties. Love your videos. you've got a subscriber for life!
Well, TH-cam finally suggested me something worthwhile that isn't trying to rot my brain.
It's really interesting seeing a child today react to old games like this. I'm glad that the kiddo enjoyed themselves.
oh hell yeah, this is one of those hidden gem channels that's gonna pop off
“It worked terribly. It was so much fun.” 😂
The perfect way to describe diving into the old software and computers of our youth.
The sound when the computer starts installing was a throwback.
Instant Subscribe. It didn't feel good when I did this with Magic Theatre, the old movie maker software for Windows 95, and no one I showed cared lol. I kind of want to get Read, Write, Type to work on an old Mac too. This content was great. I want more of it please.
We had this in primary school in the 90s!! This was one of the more popular ones in 'Computer class'.
i mean the keyboard and mouse are peripherals, but that connector is called PS/2. Even computers still today sometimes come with a single PS/2 port especially in industrial settings.
Wait until she finds out about AT connector.
This video was fun though... Thanks, I enjoyed it a lot!
You’re absolutely right-calling them peripherals is technically true, but I should’ve been more specific about PS/2 for those vintage hardware fans out there. And yeah, I haven’t forgotten about the classic AT connector. Maybe one day I’ll dive into that rabbit hole for fun! Glad you enjoyed the video-appreciate the watch and the info!
This content and the whole aesthetic makes me feel all fuzzy inside with Win98-nostalgia. Really well done!
The absolute nostalgia overload I had just from hearing the menu music 😭 I remember playing storybook weaver deluxe with my older siblings on the family desktop, and the only mic we had was from a box of fruit loops (it was shaped like the fruit loops toucan with a palm tree)
That crappy little mic turned me into a full on voice actor for my siblings stories 😩 I remember my sister straight up just recreated phantom of the opera one time, it was glorious 😂
I just found your channel, and this is awesome, i loved the retro late 90's/early 2000's video clips of yourself, definitely brings back some memories of playing old cd rom games, love it!
And here I thought I was the only one that loved the sound of floppy drives during the POST on an old PC.
I only ever played Oregon trail from these guys. Growing up the other educational games i played were reader rabbit, thinking things, and legend of the zoombinis
Love these so much, the attention to detail is incredible. The retro graphics, the computer sounds, everything about it is so good, I especially loved when your arm was glitching out at 7:34 😂 can't wait to have a whole series of these!
thank you so much!!
I clicked on this video because I played this in the computer lab and at the library as a kid. This was a prodigiously magical viewing experience, I've never seen youtube recommend your channel before (usually it's just crap).
I didn't notice your channel name until the end, and was like, "omggggg, her channel name is a Brave Little Toaster reference!!!" That was my favorite movie as a little kid. EDIT: Addendum, not your channel name, but the ending card certainly was.
Thank you so much!! It’s one of my favorite movies of all time!! I know I should change my channel name as well to match, but I have so many accounts tied to this current name, so I’ve been dragging my feet on the task. Thank you so much for stopping by, it makes my whole day to know someone enjoyed it and gets the reference!! 😄
I rarely ever made any stories on Storybook Weaver, but man did it have my HEART as a kid. I played around with it all the time thinking I would make some grand adventure but mostly I was just looking through their huge library of assets and wondering what kind of story I could make 😅
I’m pretty sure this is what all of us were doing 🤣 I probably wrote more stories in this one video than I ever did as a kid! How can one choose with so much to look through?!
This and Kid Pix probably ate up 75% of my computer time in the 90s
Kid Pix was my first “photoshop” 😄
Your channel will take off eventually. The algorithm will catch it. Great and unique content.
such a great video! love the editing style and i completely forgot/remember this game!!!! thank you for the reminder
I think I remember seeing this on some school computers in the 90s, but I don’t specifically remember trying it back then. This does remind me of an early 90s game I did play at home that was similar but aimed at a slightly younger audience: Kidworks 2!
I also spent many hours of my childhood (and even early adulthood) making movies with Microsoft 3D Movie Maker!
bro, 90's cd childrens game where INSANE i cant remember half the names of what i played back then, but each one is just a pure distillation of surreal creativity. they were like that famous book where you have to find stuff but every time its different and fresh and on a interactive computer
Incredible vid on Storybook Weaver. There isn't enough on this era of MECC.
The outro reference of Brave Little Toaster got me because I use that as my stupidly long Discord server name and no one gets the joke haha. Your style is perfect.
Edutainment games are a magic that has been lost to this world. When you mentioned MAC, it made me think of Oregon trail, which i go to make a proper video on last year, so i'm glad it's not just me that get flashbacks to that
Also i really like the presentation of you videos, lots of personality.
We used this same piece of software in school in 2014/15. We had a project we needed to complete, which included learning the software by following a step-by-step guide, and doing some sort of Little Red Riding Hood story of some kind.
As an 80s baby who grew up with a compaq presario, that jet engine sound when you boot a game up is so satisfying.
I used to play with this in the computer lab at school! I've been trying to remember what game it was for such a long time. Such a cool flashback!
Absolutely fantastic! I'm totally digging your style, I can't wait for more!
At 1:05 I said, out loud, 'Yeah, I get it.' in the driest, most put-upon voice. If that isn't the epitome of viewer engagement I don't know what is.
Never owned this as a kid but would've loved it, I was a sucker for any creative program as a kid, especially storytelling and filmmaking. I can't remember how much time I spent goofing off in 3D Movie Maker, that was my jam
Always read the manual, huh! This is an incredible video. I dread to imagine how long the editing took. I especially love that you sought out a modern child and got their impressions.
The editing is quite tedious, but I do find it fun (most of the time haha)- it’s almost like putting together a puzzle. Thank you so much for watching!
First video i have seen, NOICE 🎉 i subbed ❤ i love your low pixel self that helps with narration, i admit it is an idea i wont be able to forget! 😅 also, love your brick wall 😮 i live in a townhouse wherein each wall segregating neighbors is one of those cement block walls. I have noticed you can find them being used to build almost everywhere... especially prisons and schools... uh oh i ramble... nice to meet you 🖖 best wishes
This was EXCELLENT! Thank you for this! Ooooh new channel discover, and it's great!
I have a distinct memory of using a bunch of eggs to cover up a turtle's shell in Storybook Weaver. I would love to see you do a video on the Crosscountry games, which were also ever-present in school computer labs at the same time. We played Crosscountry Canada, of course.
I absolutely love this. Belly laughed all the way through. Such nostalgia.
(Also the "WAIT YOU COULD DO THAT ALL ALONG???" IS SO REAL. I've had countless games/etc from when I was a kid that I was like "no, you can't do that--wait WHAT DID YOU DO?!" so. I get it.)
Amazing. Type to learn and Kid Pix was my childhood on rainy recess days in elementary!
Kid Pix was the BEST
@@harkeofficial Make a mistake? Hit the undo button and hear "OH NO!!"
I just gotta say thank you so much for mentioning your setup. I have so many obscure computer games that I can play on my old computer but I want to be able to help preserve them and record the gameplay on OBS but have struggled figuring out the best way how. Looking into WYSE now and also excited to see more videos like this! The editing alone is top tier and it's so entertaining and cozy.
You're welcome! This was the best set-up I could find, but I'm sure it'll change over time as I learn some more. I'll share anything new I learn as well! Happy adventuring!
You can use any tools that are available, it doesn't have to be OBS.
For example, you can use VLC to do screen capture despite it not being th most refined tool.
OMG the algorithm worked highly in my favor today. I instantly subscribed when you started talking...a LITERAL genius vintage tech funny gorgeous goddess showing me things i wanna know about...good gravy!!! Hi!!!!!!!!🧚♂️💚🦋
I’m blushing over here 🤭 Thank you so much!!
oh my god, i remember this! We've got tons of educational CDs like this one when my dad was in the US. When he came home, we've got to play some of these on our old Windows computer and were also discovering the world wide web. some fascinating moments of our childhood.
Sooooo so glad you popped up in my recommendations! Delightful video, keep up the amazing work!
Thanks so much!!
Cool concept, great editing. Delightful. Subbed!
Subscribed within 20 seconds based on your editing skills, humor, niche subject matter, and vibe. Had to be a record fast sub from me!
This is one of the most fresh and effortlessly funny videos I’ve seen here on TH-cam in a long time. Immediate subscribe. Awesome editing!
This comment made my day! 🥹 I’m trying to genuinely have fun with this, and it makes me so happy you enjoyed it!
When reading the materials ends up fulfilling a childhood dream :D
Great video, glad the YT algo pushed you my way!
Yay! Thank you so much for watching!
Holy shit, ive been trying to remember what this game was called for a few years. Thank you!!! Used to play this all the time at elementary school
YAY!! Elementary school is where I first played it, and I wish I could see some of the old stories I wrote back then :)
Okay, maybe y'all can help me-- For YEARS I've been trying to hunt down a game from this era that was very similar to this, but it was more about putting together scenes w/ characters and letting them interact. There wasn't a storybook component that I remember. There were lots of "themes", like a farm, outside a haunted house, and the one I remember most clearly being a prehistoric canyon-y place. My favorite thing to do was put down the allosaurus[?] character [which made a roar like a mountain lion] and let it rampage against the little tiny cavemen [who made very silly gibberish noises.] Each theme had set characters and decor, but there was an option to bring in characters and decor from other themes/scenes, leading to some very fun and unexpected interactions between the sprites.
I only had a shareware version from one of the dime a dozen "FIVE BAJILLION COOL SHAREWARE TITLES" my mom picked up on the cheap to keep me entertained. Every time I go asking or searching for it, however, people say I'm just misremembering Storybook Weaver. But I know I'm not! ;A; Anyone else remember this dang game?
I had tons of those shareware disks as a kid too, so I know ALL about trying to find lost games that you can't remember the name of! I will keep an eye out, this is intriguing...
@@harkeofficial Much appreciated! I know we never threw them away, so I'm hoping one day I can unearth them. :>
I know I have at least one game that seems to not be available anywhere online-- Earth2U! Very cool game that taught you about weather, geology, the works. Seems it was a museum-exclusive so no clue how mom got her hands on it. It had a tornado simulation that gave me nightmares as a kiddo lol!
Thank you so much for doing this. I love Storybook Weaver. And also Hollywood by Theatrix!
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I’m a bit too young for storybook weaver but my school had us playing kid pix, which was fun but not educational at all lmao. I’m surprised they never had anything like this for us, it seems like the perfect mix of educational and fun
Kidpix was so much fun 😆
We had Kid Pix too!
ALL PRAISE BE TO THE ALGORITHM! This was a delight and so happy to find this channel. Can't wait to see more from you. Subbed.
Yay! Thank you so much!
You need to do a video on "The Adventures of Ninja Nanny & Sherrloch Sheltie" .. You would either love it, or want to light it on fire.
3:49 is the computer equivalent of when you touch a cat and they make that confused squeak as their consiousness boots
As a 90's kid, wish I knew this existed back then. I did lots of mini-stories as well but only used Powerpoint, playing around with the default clipart and animations. IMO, this is an untapped market and I hope there are modern versions of classic stuff like this for today's kids. My 3 year old is still enjoying Pajama Sam even though it was released almost 3 decades ago.
My kids love playing with this! They do have a version of the game available to play on a web-based emulator as well, which is awesome. It’s the older version of the game, but it still has most of the features!
@@harkeofficial Thanks. Found the web version! Will let my kid try it once he's a bit better with computers.
Good work, I appreciate how well done you did retro version of your the princess version
Thank you!
"see that's too happy for me" man that resonated with my soul 😂
Not sure how, but the TH-cam algorithm just served up your channel on my feed. And I’m stoked it’s finally getting something right. Fantastic stuff.
Why thank you! 😄
I love your editing! You have a wonderful style where you spend a ton of time and effort to look sloppy, but I know better!
I love 90s computer nostalgia, cool channel!
Omg this video should have not been recommended. I'm in love. You have an amazing personality so nerdy and cute.
Anytime I hear the phrase “ but you don’t have to take MY word for it…”. I sing the. Da da dah!
Me too!! I hope they don’t sue me for saying it 😅
I never heard of this game and I’m probably the same age range as you. Our school pretty much only had games that taught you typing, english, or math and no creativity was allowed. But my parents got me Batman The Animated Series Cartoon Maker and R.A. Montgomery’s Comic Creator, so I would spend hours making Batman cartoons and generic comic books. And then play with my action figures because that was easier.
R.A. Montgomery was, of course, the first publisher and I guess co-creator of the Choose Your Own Adventure books. It’s interesting that he got involved in software in the 90s.
I think my 5th grade classroom Mac had this game Storybook Weaver installed on it which I played a few times. I'm remember writing a story but limiting myself to the assets that were in the game. Though I wouldn't have been able to put my own images in it if I knew that you can put your own images into the game.
This brought back memories I had no idea still existed. I used to sit and play around with it but I think I never actually accomplished anything!
just found your channel! I am here for this kind of content! :)
you're such an underrated creator
For fun with future projects you should get something like a Sony MVC-FD73 the camera that used floppies for storage, probably make putting pictures on your old stuff really easy. I think those cameras are super cheap now, probably like $20. In highschool my TA had one and I was fascinated by it lol
One of my gradeschool teachers had one for exactly this purpose (the project I remember was photoshopping ourselves onto different planets that we had researched using AskJeeves) and I was similarly fascinated
something just exploded outside my apartment. this may be the last video I watch, but I am glad it was this one
😭 are you okay????
Loved this lmao
your editing is great
I would totally see the full play-through that you did, I'm amazed by the game
I'm old enough to remember playing this on Mac System 7 with At Ease... back in 1994 and 1995. 😬😳