Meager Quest is my own personal dream project that a friend and I are keeping ourselves busy working on in our spare time. The learning experience and growth I’ve had working on Meager Quest formed the basis of this blog.
What’s it about?
Meager Quest is an animated comedy series about a simple, content farm boy whose life suddenly takes him out of his comfort zone when he happens upon a legendary talking sword while plowing his fields. At the request of this debonaire, opportunistic sword, he reluctantly sets off on a noble yet vague quest to “rid the land of evil.” he must overcome his doubts, press forward through the vagueness and uncertainty of his quest, and fully embrace his role as chosen one in order to truly become a hero.
We’ve long had a love of adventure tales, playing games like the Legend of Zelda and reading books like the Hobbit. We wanted to explore how an average, introverted, timid sort of person might react to the news that they were “supposed” to set out to change and save the world. This story includes themes of adventure, the differences between introverts and extroverts, faith, growth through experience, and discovering one’s own potential and calling in life.
You can learn more about it at meagerquest.com or on our Patreon page.
Parallels to Our Quest as Creative Minds
Much like our character Meager (or “Meak” for short,) each of us struggles with self doubt. As his name implies he has a meager ability to perform his destined calling in life. It can often feel the same way to us as creatives, lacking the time, perfected skills, money, and other resources to make things work. He bumbles throughout his quest, making mistakes and facing a lot of hard and painfully awkward situations. He encounters setbacks and obstacles and often has no desire to take a step into the unknown. However, with a little bit of nudging from his trusty sword-companion, he faces his fears and overcomes them, often in creative and unconventional ways. We’ve found Meager to be a great, lively character as he’s become more fleshed out in our heads because he’s so relatable to us. Working on this project and developing Meager’s character has helped me learn a lot about my own relationship to my own work. These lessons have helped inform the direction of the blog.