#askratboygenius

I have compiled a list of special questions over the past months that will provide all sorts of interesting insight and intrigue about me, the Ratboy Genius. Without further ado...

lovelyanimal said to askratboygenius: Knock knock! Your Bat Friend is a distant relative of mine! How are they doing these days? Thank you!

Bat friend is doing great. He loves coming over to Kingdom Studios to shoot scenes for Little King John: The Flood. Maybe you saw ahim flying around in some of the scenes. He’s just an extra so he doesn’t have any lines. Otherwise, he’s helping to keep an eye on the kingdom while I am away on my starship.

Anonymous said to askratboygenius: Hello Ratboy! For a long time, I've wondered what type of 3d animation software you use for all of your characters.

I use blender.org.

12doughnuts said to askratboygenius: How did you turn yourself 3-D? Did you use a certain machine or just wake up that way?

I used my mind and entered another dimension.

Anonymous said to askratboygenius: I really love the 'Dreams Minecraft' music, and would love to play some of it myself. Is there any written score for the album (apart from the song available through Bandcamp)?

Not at this time, but thanks to fans like you, I am encouraged to publish the music. Please follow @ratboygenius on Twitter for updates on the sheet music.

kareninakbash07 said to askratboygenius: Ratboy Genius, what do you think of Summer Soltice Baby's more... melancholic (?) musical style in your minecraft dream? Does it reflect the style of the real baby or it is different from her usual?

The Summer Solstice Baby is very deep, and I rarely get to see that side of her character. That was a nice dream!

Anonymous said to askratboygenius: How old are you and your friends Ratboy? Oh, and Little King John too

I’m sorry—I don’t give out my age.

Anonymous said to askratboygenius: Knock, knock! I absolutely love how, in your music, you often take samples from your other pieces and fit them in somewhere. Will LKJ ever sing "I Cracked Open the World" again? My favourite piece of yours.

That’s so great. Thank you. I don’t know about that song, but I think you will like the finale of The Flood. I use some music from earlier in the series and weave it into the story.

oo11 said to askratboygenius: do you love potato knishes?

I like them.

Anonymous said to askratboygenius: What inspired you to start animation?

I love multimedia composition, and I wanted to make videos to go with my music. Though I use computer animation, I consider my characters to be more like puppets, or Muppets. I like composing the visual movement along with the music, like a ballet, and I enjoy the process of juxtaposing visual imagery with music and rhythm, and the emotions that go with it.

Anonymous said to askratboygenius: Ratboy Genius, I hope its not rude to ask this but Is green monster and happyman a couple?

Not that I know of. They are best friends. They grew up together.

ningigamer64 said to askratboygenius: What are the Hoo Hoos? What do they do?

You have to watch Starship Genius 11 to learn a big secret about the Hoo Hoos. They travel around the galaxy, and in between universes, and generally make life better for everyone everywhere they go. Of course, Old Fingerhead has no hoo! But most everyone else is happy to see the Hoo Hoos.

Anonymous said to askratboygenius: hey ratboy genius! One day can you put up your minecraft map for download? i understand if you don't want to.

That’s a good question. I might. There are a bunch of different worlds all using different modpacks. It is tricky to get them to run because the modpacks are so old and out of date. In the mean time, come play in Old Froggy’s Paradise my Minecraft server. Check out @ratboygenius on Twitter for the server address. This is the world that has the Minecraft Headquarters of the Galactic Friends, as seen in Flood 11, and is my largest and most ambitious world.

zillyart32 said to askratboygenius: Hello there! I am Zilly. I have recently discovered your videos and I have to say, I really enjoy your work and respect you as a creator. You treat your fans with kindness and I admire that. Now for the question. If you were to choose between your flying saucer and your little red buggy, which would you choose?

That’s a difficult question. It would depend on where I was living. When I’m on my starship I have to have my flying saucer, and it is nice to visit other cities, and other planets. But when I am in Ratboy’s Kingdom I love my little red buggy more than my flying saucer.

Anonymous said to askratboygenius: you're not very humble. have you thought about working on that? kinda hard to sympathize a character who makes himself god of everything. you talk about yourself a little bit too much

Greetings brownbagdinner.

Hello longpinkmuscleygiraffe! Wow, your URL is a mouthful!

It is with bashfulness that I admit this is true. When I am expressing myself, playing the piano, I use the ability to strike keys across great distances. However, the ability is not seen to the extreme that Little King John has! That would be physically unfeasible.

Knock Knock! Hello, anonymous asker.

I have concocted a photo manipulation of myself on a “hoverboard” in a purely hypothetical scenario:

As you can see, it is nowhere near as elegant a method of transport as my beloved flying saucer. It offers very little added convenience when one has a buggy to ride in across the kingdom. The hoverboard may be an expedient method of travel inside my castle, but that would be unsafe!

Knock Knock! Hello, kt-why!

Thank you for the kind words! There are plenty of wonderful musical instruments in my Kingdom. Among the collection in my castle, my piano is most treasured. It has been the source of countless melodies, many of which lead to the wonderful music you know and love!