"Hey you. You're finally awake." It's an opening so famous it's transcended Skyrim and is probably quotable by many of those who've never even ventured into Bethesda's behemoth fantasy game. It's also known for its slightly, erm, rebellious nature, with the horse cart occasionally prone to misbehaving and veering off its path. But, it turns out that another, different kind of bug once threatened to derail the iconic intro: a humble bee.
Nate Purkeypile - who is now the founder of indie studio Just Purkey Games but previously worked on many of Bethesda's games, including as senior world artist on Skyrim - has posted a tale of game development on Twitter. Illustrating how tough it can be, Purkeypile explains that the fact that the famous cart ride is "physically simulated" meant that "all kinds of things would cause the cart to start to freak out and fly off the road".
Whether this was a bumpy road, an obstacle, or just a physics bug, all kinds of things could cause the cart to stray from the path it wanted to follow. "Well one time, riding that cart yet again, the cart starts to shake violently and all of a sudden WHOOSH! The cart goes up into the sky like a rocket ship. Like WAY up there," Purkeypile explains.
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