The Death of Gamevial and Creepy 2010s Flash Games

Flash games were the best thing when I was a kid. The joy that some of those games gave me is irreplaceable

the death of flash is such a good spot to launch the conversation of media archiving on the internet honestly. i wish more people were passionate about it

Knowing someone invested money into the “How to Train Your Dragon” game just for the flight mechanics makes me feel a kinship that I’d I’d never experienced before.

Goodness I remember so clearly playing Lif and just wanting to nuzzle a wolf and have a little pup and raise it but suddenly getting absolutely hate crimed by a gang of rabid rabbits killing me instantly

When you started talking about being obsessed with flying simulators I thought I was listening to myself lmao I would always download those free dragon simulator games like Wyrm or The I Of A Dragon I would even try recreating them in Spore and try my best to find ways of making the wing flaps infinite with Cheat Engine And yeah, Gamevial is my childhood

The woman npc in Rah making that weird noise is most likely due to programming error. It seems like it triggers the noise when touched but there is no check if the voice was already triggerd, thus it keeps triggering it at lightning speed over and over again as long as you are touching it.

So as someone with enough game-making experience to solve this mystery, I'm almost sure i know why the game was moving like that. Its a similar mistake to one I've made in the past, they dont use "delta time". Essentially a game determines how long time is by frames, not time. So if you tell it you can only move a speed of 5 meters and your game is going at 20 fps it will be a 3x slower than if its going at 60fps. You need to multiply the speed by the time between each frame or else you'll run into situations like this. tl;dr the game was built for old shitty browsers but since you've downloaded it on a good new computer the game has more FPS, and since this is an ancient browser game they didnt consider you'd be able to run it at 500fps so it causes issues

The discontinuation of the Flash Player is truly one of the most tragic moments ever known in the history of the Internet. RIP old Friv and Not Doppler. You'll be missed.

Izzy describing her obsession with flight as a kid is seriously the most adorable thing.

I think that phrase in Rah is “ankh udja seneb”, usually used after a pharaoh’s name. It means something like “life, prosperity, and health”, kind of the “have a good day” of the period.

the treatment of gamevial as they tried to monetise their work really broke my heart, its such a painfully common sight to see. it is unfortunately a biproduct of video games becoming more common, accessible and advanced, lots of people especially kids just cant comprehend the work and love that goes into even the smallest thing. ive seen a rather big uptick of it on tiktok that never fails to boil my blood :<

In Rah, it sounds like the looping NPC audio could be 'Gorgeous Nuit' or "Gorgeous Nut', who is the Egyptian goddess of the sky. I've never played the game so I'm unsure as to whether or not there were quests or storylines with the NPCs, but it could either be talking about the goddess herself or the sky looking gorgeous.

I feel that part about "obsessed with flying games". Even as an adult, I still subconsciously want that ultimate flying game high.

Playing flash games in English without understanding a single thing, yet still having fun, was a treasured childhood experience.

This hurt on a personal level. Back when i was small i remember playing these games, i was all over games like feral heart, animal jam, and gamevial games. I loved lif. Fly like a bird and butterfly game. I liked to play as the swan or hawk on that weird russian looking winter map? And i was so happy to find ravenwood games. It was weird going back to those old games, when i was younger and imagination filled in the gaps they felt like amazing triple A games. But even now they feel more sad then scary, mainly cause of the silence of them.

I used to roleplay as a warrior cat, a horse, or a wolf on Fly Like A Bird when I was 9. Good times. I believe my favorite was the hawk and the forest (?) map was my nightly roleplaying haunt.

The sheer horror and dread I felt when Izzy reminded me Miniclip was entirely based on Fladh Player was immeasurable, I feel like I've just been told that a relative has been dead for years and I was unable to say goodbye. BRB I'm just gonna sob uncontrollably for a few... years...

Oh my god i was OBSESSED with fly like a bird! and yes, i was one of those warrior cat kids. Id always play as a swan and just glitch into the city houses to avoid griefers. what a time to be alive lmao

I was immersed in the horror until Izzy said "shadow babies" 17:58 in such a tone I couldn't help but die laughing at

I still can't believe I'm watching a video that involves Fly Like a Bird, whereas a child I would play non-stop. I would just walk on the in-game streets and roleplay as an actual pigeon, saying stuff like I'm going to eat bread now. Your videos are like non-stop nostalgia trips of my childhood! ❤