The MMO that never existed - The admirable stupidity of Chronicles of Elyria

Boy, making video games with a fraction of the necessary budget sure is hard.

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Songs:
All the Elyria stuff was composed by Sean Beeson:   / sean-beeson  
Character Select (OST Version) - Super Smash Bros. by SiIvaGunner:    • Character Select (OST Version) - Super Sma...  
Legendary Knight by ebunny, licensed under creative commons
Renaissance Lute by MemoryMusic, licensed under creative commons
Old Castle (acoustic) by ebunny, licensed under creative commons
Heartland by ebunny, licensed under creative commons
Medieval Fair by WROMN, licensed under creative commons
Along the River Bank by Crypt of Insomnia, licensed under creative commons
Chevalier (with choir) by Gregoire Lourme, licensed under creative commons
Old Castle by ebunny, licensed under creative commons
Medieval Dance by ebunny, licensed under creative commons
Never Wait (full) by rfsound, licensed under creative commons
Requiem for the King by David Chas, licensed under creative commons

Everquest footage by How to Murder Time:    • Looking at EverQuest 1  

Timestamps:
00:00- Intro
01:59- 2016, The year of Kickstarter funding
12:20- 2017, The year of Foundation
14:36- 2018, The year of Ideas
23:54- 2019, The year of stalling for time and money
30:05- 2020, The year of hiding from backers
39:15- 2021, The year of pivoting hard
43:21- A summary probably
45:27- Outro

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