I have good news and bad news.

Good news is that people seem to love the video which is great because I loved making it!

Bad news is that this will most likely be the last Outer Wilds video I make. I would love to make more but honestly I’m not sure what else I could do. I did this video which covers basically the whole story, and the iceberg which covers almost everything outside of the story. And while that is sad news I’m super proud of both these videos and I hope you will continue to stick with me as I make videos similar to this one for other games you love. ::)

Dude this is THE Outer Wilds lore video.

My theory is that the signal you hear from the eye of the universe is the music that the previous universe's people played similar to how the hearthians (and guests) play outer wilds ventures around the campfire at the end of the game. That would also imply that in the next universe, people would hear the sound of outer wilds ventures coming from the eye

"... first Hearthian to be INTENTIONALLY sent to space" 😂 something tells me someone got geysered

I love the idea that the owl guys technology is good enough to store consciousness onto a computer, but they hadn’t got as far as full motion video

I can't remember where i saw the comment, but it was something like:

1 eye called out
2 eyes tried to hide it
3 eyes tried to find it, and
4 eyes managed to unbind it...

I love that the nomai were so advanced that once they checked their equipment was functioning correctly, the only explanation was that the eye was no longer broadcasting its signal. That's how sure they were of their tech

My first run, I died to the Geyser in Hearthian because I wanted to see if there was fall damage. My second run, I went straight to Dark Bramble because Hornfels specifically told me not to and I died to the anglerfish. My third run, I flew into the sun just to see if there was a death message. My FOURTH run, I went to Ash Twin and stood in the teleporter to Ember Twin. I was looking at something on my phone((didn't know there was a 22 minute timer yet)) and I wanted to see what the planet looked like without any ash at all. So I was chilling, then I saw the broken window right before the ash pillar passed and thought, "Oh, that'll kill me. I should go to the other room" so I did. Went down to where the writing was in there. Crazy how VERY close I was to stumbling onto the steps of the beginning of the end without knowing anything about the game. I'm talking about another second or 2 in that room and I would have been so incredibly, terribly confused. 11/10 game.

The reason timber hearth was protected from ghost matter is because when there is water present, ghost matter doesnt work the same as other does in the air. Hearthians descended from tadpole like creatures that the nomai discovered. This also means you can walk through ghost matter if it is submerged underwater.

I wish I made a save state of my mind before playing this game so I could play it again. The slow burn of the story was amazing.

Every time I'm reminded of this game I get emotional. Can't believe how great of a job they did on such a "small" scale game (still a ton of work obviously went into it). Even just hearing the banjo line gets me.

43:35 Another reason for choosing Giant's Deep as the planet for orbiting the probe cannon is that it's almost entirely liquid, so the probe could pass through it.
If the cannon was orbiting Timber Hearth, for instance, a large portion of the galaxy would be unreachable by the probe, since it would be blocked by the planet depending on where in the orbit it was at the time of firing.
There are times when you can see the cannon fire directly into Giant's Deep and watch the probe come out the other side.

Owlks: Circular spacecraft with simulation world that could live  forever.
Nomais: Vessel with advance warp core that could travel through galaxies.
Hearthians: Wooden space ship.

Gods almighty, that voice-acted recording of Escall's Folly (24:00) is absolutely heartbreaking. I lejit got choked up hearing it and remembering the first time I read the scroll walls inside the Vessel for the first time, putting myself inside the Nomais' heads as their home collapsed around them without warning, with no way to fix it or call for help. 100/10 video.

The realization of the sheer magnitude of loss the Owlks have gone through when you find the restored reels, broke me to pieces man

1:03:00 missed opportunity to say stop and smell the pine trees along the way

I am not able to understand how a MASTERPIECE like this is under 1 million views. Congratilations for your PERFECT job with editing, scripting and everything else. I wish you all the best.

if anyone is debating playing the DLC… you absolutely 100% should do it. it was incredible and added a new aspect to the game that i loved. it’s like a whole new game; new places, new lore, new mechanics, new everything.

also just wanna say i love this video. i’m watching it like a year after it came out and it’s still amazing

Y'know what? I was gonna make a joke comment, but this video actually just deserves a heartfelt "thank you and well done".

So thank you. And well done! The way that you ended this, by allowing the rest of the lore to be explained by our own individual experience of the game, was so perfect that it immediately brought back my entire memory of playing this game from years ago. Bravo!

Remember next time you think your life amounts to nothing. You don't know the consequences of this "nothing" and how significant you were to this universe in the end.

I lost my mother recently shortly after completing Outer Wilds. This game prepared me for times of grieving, helped me to make to know how to say farewell to a loved one even if I'd give everything to have those damned twenty-two minutes to go back and keep her alive. I hope Outer Wilds helped many other people to deal with loss and existential dread.  

Thank you for the work you've done and to all of you fellow travelers, take time to roast a marshmallow. The night sky is beautiful, company is good and who knows ? Maybe this moment could be the most important of your life, even if it lasts only twenty-two minutes.