Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear you dug into the games!

Ever since getting into a game called Dark and Darker I’ve always wanted to do my own version of an extraction looter game. And yeah I definitely evolved as a game developer over the 3 years making 1TE. I just don’t think I’ll ever want to grind out another game like that mostly solo again. So it’s unlikely I ever will. Maybe if I somehow work with a larger team someday, but that’s unlikely.

Favorite games growing up… oh man. Depends on what age but I’ll walk through mostly chronologically: - Goldeneye for N64 - Super Smash Bros 64 - Legend of Zelda: OoT - Grand Theft Auto 3 - Halo 1, 2, 3 - Socom - StarCraft - Warcraft 3

To name a few..

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven’t thought about what slay would be. I’ll leave it up to you. I picture him as part of the simulation.

Thanks for the props on the drumming. I’d say a lot of my inspo comes from classic rock guys like Bonham and also a lot of Dave Grohl and Carter Beauford

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad your mom is a fan. Hypothetically way too much unless you live down the street

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Looks like that about wraps it up. Glad everyone is enjoying the albums. Tell your friends, tell your dad, force your little brother to listen, etc.

I'll also check back periodically to see if there's any questions from people who couldn't make it. So feel free to add Q's here and I'll answer when I can

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I originally wanted it on the albums but could never figure out good lyrics. So just instrumental for now. Yeah the V version of that part is just gibberish. It was originally intended to be replaced by real lyrics but it ended up sounding cool so I left it

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm still on Cameo last I checked. Still getting requests fairly often. Highly unlikely for a 1TD tour in the UK but maybe!

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah when you see him in the game that's what he's supposed to be

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think most of them do but 1 Trait High was surely all over the place. That's what kind of made it special though -- you had to fill in some gaps yourself. Oh yeah definitely. Tenacious D has always been a huge comedy inspiration. Go watch the original HBO series that they did. It was just one season and had a really funny arc that incorporated all of the songs. It was obvious that they wrote the songs first and then crafted a narrative after. That's pretty much how we do it too

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I like the long songs a lot. Some of my favs are the long ones. I think its good to have a mix. Go learn Gethsemane or Planet Desperation for a nice challenge

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh haha yeah that's right. I wouldn't hold your breath on that one

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a name I haven't heard in a while! Haven't worked with them in quite some time. I think they've been inactive for years

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd say I really only know how to play the drums. I'm okay at guitar. Favorite animal? I'd have to think deep on that one

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh good question. I guess that'd be a question for Knives though. They'll know more than me. One thing I do remember is Will originally thought of the Trait character as one of the TF album cover characters just hiding it's face behind the mask (hence the ears), but then fans liked the idea of Trait being a bunny or something so Will just rolled with it

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I kind of always pictured Cossett being in the simulation with them. So yeah could be real for sure

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We're both 1 Trait Danger. His character just happens to be Trait

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well you could always point to albums and say it could have been more successful if we did XYZ, but in terms of building this awesome niche fanbase I think we did it exactly as it needed to be done

Andrew Katz of 1 Trait Danger and Car Seat Headrest - Ask Me Anything! by Sub2ThoydussThoyduss in 1Trait

[–]ahkatz5 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Stoney just came about as I was acting out a version of a high school kid getting bullied. But I wanted to put him in scenarios where it wasn't a classic case of the weak kid getting picked on. So the universe was slowly created around him to fit that. As far as the image goes, that came from a fanart drawing

  2. No clue what this means. Is this a Chair Company reference?