Oh! This Is Actually Impossible (Day 3699 - 1/10/20)

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This is the first time the Untitled Goose Game - "Une Oie" painting is being shown on the vlog. Stephen had recorded it a couple of weeks ago, but cut it out since Mallory wasn't done painting it yet. He was confident that she would be done with it by the time this vlog is released, but he only showed part of the painting in case she doesn't finish before then.

Then, he talks about how estimating the amount of time it will take is impossible because pointillism is a technique that Mal has never used before. This painting has taken 5 times longer to complete compared to Mal's normal paintings due to everything having to be painted using dots. Mal only has a little bit left, but even that small amount will take her 4-5 hours to complete. She was also delayed by Christmas and New Year's celebrations.

Today, they had a Friday game stream where they played Octodad. Stephen says that it is a fun old indie game that he had played halfway through when it first came out. He mentions that they use a website called HowLongToBeat to estimate how long it will take to beat a game. They decided to play co-op mode where every time they complete a task, the limbs they control will be randomly switched. He gives a brief summary of the game about how you play as a father who is actually an octopus in suit who is trying to act normal. Stephen says that the computer for some reason included the keyboard and mouse as controllers which they weren't using. Therefore, there were times where the game would assign a limb to the keyboard and mouse, so they just had an uncontrollable limb. They dealt with it well and only had to change the control settings once during the DLC.

During the stream, there were some more audio issues which he had talked about on Day 3696. He thought that the issue was related to multi-track, but he wasn't using it during this stream. Stephen was originally going to test the audio before the next First20 stream, but he now has to test it within the next few days. Stephen says that when there were issues all the other times, the solution was always to trash the OBS installation and settings and then reinstall it. He mentions that he will probably do a private stream with Chaz and Jeff to discuss some solutions for the problem. Then, he talks about how Windows computers force you to update your computer while the Mac doesn't. He says that sometimes the updates mess up OBS, so he wished that Windows wouldn't force updates.

They had fun playing Octodad on stream, but there were times that Stephen was really frustrated with Mal's ability to play the game. Mal yells "Same!" from another room. He says that the frustration comes from him not being in control since when he's actually in control he can't control the limbs any better than Mal could. When he got control, he realized that it was actually impossible to do any better.