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Game Development Explained with Sock Puppets
2020: The Rainbow Disconnection

ArtStation

I wanna be the very best
The world has ever known
Drawing emotions is my quest
Colour palettes are my home

I will Google, Pin and collage, searching far and wide
Each piece of art to analyse, the power of those lines

ArtStation!
It's my pen and me
I know it's my destiny.
ArtStation!
Oh with all my friends
And a world to entertain!

ArtStation!
Gotta collect all the views
And show all that I can do
You teach me, and I teach you
ArtStation!

Gotta wow them all!
Gotta wow them all!
ArtStation!

Some Isolation

You see... We report that a contagion,
Has struck every nation
We can follow simple rules and snap!
We save lives.

See, if people stay at home
This virus can't roam
Social distance! It's very clear to see

That some isolation helps contagion go down
Contagion go doooown
Contagion go down.
Just some isolation helps contagion go down.
In a most life-saving way.

For other's safety, we ask
That you wear a face mask
While gathering your bits of food and drink
Though you should limit your outings
No need for panic buying
We'll all be fine if you follow along

For some isolation helps contagion go down
Contagion go doooown
Contagion go down.
Just some isolation helps contagion go down.
In a most life-saving way.

The Meeting That Never Ends

It's the meeting that never ends,
Yes it goes on and on my friend.
Some people started talking, not knowing what they would say
And they will keep arguing this forever just because...

Ice Cream

Look at me
I will never be a perfect CEO
Or a perfect leader
Can it be
I'm not meant to play this part
Now you see
All my strength goes out to my team these days,
so that they don't fall apart

Who has the energy
To cook or bake, well not me
What will I order tonight? I do not know.
Somehow I can't decide
Noodles or something fried
When will ice cream finally fill the void I feel inside?
When will ice cream finally fill the void I feel inside?

School's Home

Well we got no choice
My girl and my boy
Makin' all that noise
‘Cause they have their toys
Oh I wish they sat, yeah got work to do
Can't be mad, I'm stir crazy too

School's home for winter
Is school home forever?
School's been shut for safety

No more escape, no more breaks
Is this more than I can take, yeah

When Will My Life Resume

AMY: 7am, the usual morning line-up
Have some breakfast, shower ‘till I am clean
Go for a walk, one block and set my desk up
Sit, log in, and by then it's like --

EVIL AMY: Real boring.

AMY: So I'll write a design
Or maybe two or three
Create a few flowcharts
EVIL AMY: Ugh, seriously?

AMY: I'll play the game, makes notes
And tweak
EVIL AMY: Such idiocy!
AMY: Stuck working, living in the same room

AMY: And I'll keep wanderin' and wanderin'
EVIL AMY: And wanderin' and wanderin'
AMY: When will my life resume?

World On Fire

This world is on fire!
This world is on fire!

Bounds Of Iso

DAVID A: Hi loneliness, my old friend?
Seems it's just me and you again
Netflix is full yet seems barren
Because I'm without my brethren
And the weight of doing things all alone
Gnaws my bone
Within the bounds of iso

THE DAVIDS: We're not meant to be unpaired.
No way we could have been prepared
We don't know when we'll hug again
Unexpected source of pain
And the hobbies we picked to help us cope
Barely shine hope
Within the bounds of iso.

When We're Together

SAM: What can't we do when we're together?
What trying times can't we make better?
Bug-pocalypse? We've all been there.
The same old crits, why are we scared?

ALL: What can't we fix through conversation?
We'll work on our collaboration
No perfect try, done will suffice
It's do or cry.

COREEN: Hey I've cried twice!

ALL: What can't we do when we're together?
(SAM: What can't we do?)
What trying times can't we make better?
(SAM: When we're together)
There's nothing we can't do

COREEN: For our bunnies.

Toss Yourselves A Small Favour

COREEN: As a young artist
Starting my career
Blinded by ambition
Along came a tear

From trying to work through
A worldwide pandemic
Perfectionism
It made my life frantic

They were here for me
With vulnerability
Broke my silence
And showed me the key

While the world's afire
Everything is rough
We should all remember
Done is good enough

Toss yourselves a small favour
O Audience of Plenty
O Audience of Plenty, oh
Toss yourselves a small favour
O Audience of Plenty

SAM: At the edge of my wits,
Ice cream is dinner
ALL DAVIDS: When loneliness hits you
Log in multiplayer

JEFF: Drowning in the shouts
Of kids running about
AMY: Cutting ourselves slack
Is the only way out

COREEN: It's normal to stress
Or even second-guess
Audience, would you kindly
Allow yourselves to rest

ALL: That's our epic tale:
Together, we'll prevail
Defeat the contagion
Draw floofy cottontails

Toss yourselves a small favour
O Audience of Plenty
O Audience of Plenty, oh
Toss yourselves a small favour
Oh would you kindly
(x2)

Working From Home Now

Socks come in pairs,
That's what we say when they're together
But if they're spares
We make them puppets and so we're
Filming just as fast as we can
Davids, Coreen, Amy, Jeff and Sam
Making a musical all through the night
And then we push the import button
And we tumble to the ground
And then we say
We're working from home now
There's nothing else to do but do dance around
We're staying alone now
Online conference calls are the only sound

Look at the way
We have changed what we're doing
'Cause what would they say
If we ever cancelled, so we're
Editing just as fast as we can
Sticking to our one scripted plan
Tryin' to wrap it up before it's night
And then we push the upload button
And we tumble to the ground
And we can say
The show is over now
There doesn't seem to be a need to stick around
I think we're all done now
Try to have some fun while we're all locked down