Bevibel Design

Line Rider Explainer Videos

When our YouTube channel Line Rider Review took off suddenly in 2017 due to Line Rider suddenly going viral again, OTDE and I quickly put out two video essays (the first video essays about Line Rider ever made) to help people understand the state of Line Rider, something they likely hadn’t thought about in years. The first video was a crash course in Line Rider Terminology, the second was a dive into Line Rider history, philosophy, and culture, to argue that it was primarily an art medium that had been treated as a game, to its detriment over the long term.

Script, voiceover, and editing by Bevibel Harvey, with input and some supplementary voiceover from OTDE

Praise

Line Rider and the Gamification of an Art Medium YouTube video:

• “Great video, I think your summary is quite accurate.”
  - Rafael (Line Rider creator)

• “This deserves WAY more views. And confirmed my thought on artistic approach. Loving the content.”
  - Blair Bryngelson

• “I Absolutely LOVE how you take such a seemingly simple program (line rider) and go into a complete deep dive of it. I personally feel that your argument was very convincing.”
  - Archer 9978

• “I have never even opened line rider and this was extremely interesting, good job!”
  - Basileus s

Line Rider Terminology, a Crash Course YouTube video:

• “This is goddamn hilarious”
  - Robert Groenewege (Line Rider creator)

• “Very interesting video! I knew all of the terms meant, but I still learned a lot more about them in depth.”
  - SquidTheCat

• “I'm very glad i've found this place, what a rich and amazing world this is!”
  - AphidKirby

• “Cringe culture is dead, this video is simultaneously funny + informative + adorable, keep on truckin' (sleddin'?)”
  - Loganix

• “You know what? I liked the comedic value and I'm interested in learning the depth of some game I only partially cared about years ago.”
  - Innenkos Narukami

• “Your videos got me into Line Rider.”
  - Computer Fruit

• “I've always wanted to watch these videos and actually understand what they mean. And now I can. Thank you, my dood.”
  - AvianFunds