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Filming Our Dredge Doc - Behind the Scenes

UNLISTED YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/PRmpTWAMBeQHello Patrons,As you may have guessed from watching our Dredge Documentary, myself and Jeremy had a fun time putting together the stand-ups for this one. You may not know that the Northern Californian coast retains a large marine layer of cloud that sweeps into San Francisco for most of the summer. Around this time is starts to build around the adjoining counties so by the time August came around a thick layer of sea fog was washing across th...

Filming our Quake 3 Documentary @ QuakeCon

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/_rXzEWb4XDMHey Patrons,Myself and Frank return from our maiden QuakeCon with drives full of interviews and exciting footage - but what happened in between all those moments? In this behind the scenes we share our weekend working at QuakeCon, the people we talked to, the games we played, the people we met and the sodas we drank.Danny

Patron Show August 2024: QuakeCon & ANNOUNCING 2 Embedded Docs

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/h_zVZDIXPm8Hello PatronsComing at you LIVE from QuakeCon this episode of the Patron Show not only covers our time filming in Dallas last weekend, but it's also time to ANNOUNCE the two games we've secretly been embedded with for almost two years. We're planning two very different projects for those games, so we're excited to start talking about them. Timestamps inbound!0:00 - Intro1:20 - QuakeCon [clip]2:58 - Filming at QuakeCon10:58 - ANNO...

The Design of Dredge - Noclip Documentary

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/yXQipk_mBAoHey everyone!We're back at it again with the indie games. It's a sickness. We see an interesting new indie game and we immediately want to film a doc about it. Be it Immortality, Pentiment(indie by nature, at least!), The Axis Unseenor Vampire Survivors- we've spent a lot of the past 12 months jumping into the design of some of the most interesting games from smaller teams.We continue this work with our deep dive (it's impossible not to d...

COMING SOON: The Design of DREDGE

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyBXqWHB7jcHey Patrons,We used to do a better job of promoting our docs ahead of time so I've decided to get back into the swing of creating trailers. Especially as this year we extended patron early access to a full week prior to public launch.So here's a trailer for our 45 minutes documentary on DREDGE.OR the full doc is available now for early access patrons:https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-access-of-109469258In our upcoming documentary...

[EARLY ACCESS] The Design of DREDGE

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK (DO NOT SHARE): https://youtu.be/dnl8nRJ_mEAHello Early Access Patrons!Our continued mission to cover the hell out of the most interesting contemporary indies continues with a 45 minutes, super-dense documentary about the design of Dredge.Putting this together was a lot of fun - not just because I got to dress up as a jolly fisherman - but because the team at Black Salt Games provided us with a bounty of development footage which made explaining the development of this game...

Patron Show July 2024: Why I am in Estonia? (+ 2 DOC ANNOUNCEMENTS)

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/aOWHQFxZjAsHello Patrons!I filmed this month's Patron Show on the final day of my 3 week filming work-cation which took me from the American east coast to a post-Soviet state in North-East Europe.Why am I in Estonia? Many of you can probably guess, but for those of you who can't - press play. We're got some fun stuff to show you.0:00 - Intro / Estonia24:00 - Estonia Filming [clip]26:24 - Project Updates32:00 - New Jeremy Doc33:19 - New Jeremy D...

Patron Show June 2024: Our Three 1999 Retrospectives

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/np0_lcKNvXkHey Patrons,This month on The Patron Show we talk about the three 25th Anniversary documentaries we're working on, update on a bunch of projects, and tell you about my summer roadtrip filming plans. Also I did a random mental health check in cos I dunno - I'm feeling alright at the moment. CHAPTERS!0:00- Intro1:44 - DREDGE [clip]3:50 - General Life Update!8:54 - Our 1999 Retrospectives18:55 - Summer Filming Plans27:45 - AOBGot any questi...

Wipeout 2097: The Making of an Iconic PlayStation Soundtrack - Noclip Documentary

YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/-nwWpQJFGp8Heyfolks!I always wanted to make a documentary about Wipeout 2097 and while I had trouble nailing down most of the interviews, one person who did manage to find time for me, Tim "CoLD SToRAGE" Wright, provided an absolute killer of an interview.With many of the other interviewees not finding time I hummed and hawed over how to proceed and eventually I decided that the story I wanted to tell was about how that game sounded. Dance music was a ...

[EARLY ACCESS] The Story Behind Wipeout 2097's Iconic Soundtrack

Unlisted YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucgp4iobFOUPLEASE LET US KNOW IF AN AD RUNS BEFORE THIS VIDEO(we suspect it might due to the abundance of copyrighted music in it)Hey Patrons,I've wanted to make a Wipeout 2097 doc for years and while we didn't hear back from many of the devs, I did record a fantastic interview with Tim " Cold Storage" Wright last year. Then a few months ago I decided I didn't want to sit on it any more and watched it back, and it was cle...

What 1999 Game Should We Film a 25 Year Retrospective On?

Hello Free Members!Patreon finally allowed us to post directly to you without them being public posts, so I'm excited to get the ball rolling on this. We've got some ideas for member only posts such as posting some of our older patron-exclusive videos, and we should also be able to post to both you and our members for some general "behind closed doors" announcements. So thank you for being a free member - we're gonna make it worth your while.For now though - it's democrac...

Embracing Chaos - How Hyper Light Breaker Survived 2023

YOUTUBE LINK: youtu.be/z6DbJldbMR0Hey folks,It's been over a year since we last checked in with Heart Machine and the development of Hyper Light Breaker, but that was with good reason. Not only did the game suffer some delays, but the entire year was shadowed by the ever-present worry that Embracer Group was going to sell off the game's publishing partner Gearbox Publishing SF.We decided to keep following the story until that aspect was resolved, getting work from a number of industry in...

New Blood Interactive (feat. Dave Oshry) - DEAR DWYERY #02

Hey folks,In case you didn't know my new podcast Dear Dwyery is bi-weekly, which means once every two weeks. It also means twice a week, but we're not doing that. What a stupid word.New Blood Interactive recently celebrated their third Anniversary so what better time to call up their vocal co-founder Dave Oshry, to talk about classic shooters, corporate buyouts and the future of indie development.iTunes Page: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-dwyery/id1743075225RSSFeed: https://...

[EARLY ACCESS] Hyper Light Development #3 - "Embracing Chaos"

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/SiKhDfIXuM8Hey Patrons,It's been over a year since the previous episode of Hyper Light Development and it was for a good reason. The story we followed through much of 2023 was how the issues at

Patron Show May 2024: Wipeout, Hyper Light, Dredge & More

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/pXjkUqyD0AkHey Patrons!Plenty to talk about on this week's Patron Show as we're working on a half-dozen documentaries at the moment and a bunch of them are ready to be released in May. Pour your Guinness, we're getting into it!0:00 - Intro2:42 - Wipeout Doc [clip]3:56 - Wipeout Doc Explained7:52 - Hyper Light Development Episode 03 [clip]11:15 - DREDGE16:23 - Dear Dwyery Podcast20:05 - Documentary Channel Plans25:48 - AOBSo loads going on as yo...

TAPE ARCHIVE: Here's What We Found (The First 100 Videos)

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/hRzbtqur8tsHey folks,This week we reached 100 videos uploadedto our archive channel so it was a good excuse to make an update video for the main channel talking about what we saved, the lessons we learned and what we expect to find in the next 100 tapes.As a reminder, here are the two locations you can watch / download all our archive materials.Archive YouTube Channel: Youtube.com/@NoclipArchiveArchive.orgPage: Tinyurl.com/nocliparchiveWe will have a Patron Show dr...

DEAR DWYERY (Documentary Podcast) has Launched - SUBSCRIBE!

Hey folks,You've been asking us to make a developer-focused podcast like the OG Noclip documentary for a few years now. It was always something a bit outside of our reach given all the other work we do, but last year myself and Jesse made it a priority to figure out a way of pulling it off.That show is now here and it's called DEAR DWYERY because of course it is, what a stupid now - how could we not? Every TWO WEEKS we'll have a new episode focusing on a new area of games. It could b...

Free Member Newsletter - April 2024

Hello Free Members,Every month, around this time - we're going to post this Noclip Newsletterto let you know what we've been up, what plans we're ready to tell you about, and to offer a place for comments and feedback.I'm hoping our regular Patrons can also see these posts but Patreon has been confusing in regardso I'm just gonna post it and see if they get updated... (UPDATE: they don't!)The whole point of the free member tieris to make sure that those of who aren't ...

Project Postmortem: Pentiment

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/WX6yjKBmNssHey Patrons,As requested by many of you, here is a Project Postmortum for our Pentment Documentary. As myself and Jeremy both worked on this project we had plenty to talk about.From the reason why we chose Pentiment for a documentary, to the process of filming at Obsidian, how we split the edit, sourcing gameplay, getting assets from the studio and loads more.As ever you can watch natively here on Patreon, or use the link above to check out the ...

April 2024 Patron Show - The Post-Surgery Pivot

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/vebm-F9wiFwHey Patrons,I'm back at work full time now after easing back in last week. In this month's Patron Show I talk about how we're pivoting our schedule0:00 - Intro / Health Stuff3:25 - New Documentary Plans13:13 - Dear Dwyert Podcast17:28 - AOB: Summer Plans / Patron Videos / Noclip Doc Channel PlansLet me know what you think of our plans. We've got a bunch of exciting docs coming up but we're always happy to hear suggestions too...

The Making of Pentiment - Noclip Documentary

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/ffIdgOBYwbcHey folks,Our documentary on the development of Pentiment is now live after a brief surgery-related delay. In it we talk to about a third of the development team about the process of creating this unique, historical RPG. Awesome work by Jeremy leading the edit, and to Frank for all the gameplay. This was a really enjoyable project to work on and a great team effort.0:00 - Intro2:48 - Project Origins12:18 - Prototype22:16 - Time & Setting29:02 - Historica...

Animating Pentiment - Bonus Scene

YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/7WXU_1irNL0Cathy Nichols gives us a demo of the rigging and animation tech behind Pentiment's unique look.

Josh Sawyer on Designing Pentiment - Extended Interview

YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/INxS9JlTwEI0:00 - Role, Background, Previous Games1:01 - Origins of Pentiment3:55 - Pitching Pentiment/Art Style6:07 - Pentiment Prototype8:38 - Killing Off Different Characters10:09 - Why This Time Period13:04 - Cast of Characters 15:41 - First Characters Designed19:11 - Designing Andreas and Tassing23:45 - Pentiment's Story Structure28:38 - Planning Out Story Reactivity35:56 - Picking What Topics To Cover38:42 - Mithraeum/Jeremy's Background in Mystery...

Hannah Kennedy on Art Directing Pentiment - Extended Interview

YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/ziRz2KsRh_k0:00 - Role & Background4:21 - Finding the Look of Pentiment9:50 - Making Pentiment's Style Functional14:06 - Designing Recognizable Characters19:17 - Scene Transitions, Pacing, and Environment Layout25:52 - Changes in Tassing Over the Years28:32 - Dynamic Environmental Changes30:23 - Marginalia37:25 - Seeing Archival Art for Reference40:30 - Fonts and Stylization of UI46:02 - Favorite Characters to Work On50:10 - Researching Clothing and Architec...

Brainstorming our own FPS - Noclip Podcast #168

VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/rDTPXJ_Mh3MHey Patrons,Sorry this is coming in late folks, I'm only just emerging from a week of post-hospital bed rest and medication. A few weeks back we recorded this special patron-pod to cover the week we were (meant to be) filming at GDC. In it we talk about some of our favorite first person shooters and attempts to Frankenstein the best FPS of all time out of it's component parts.The regular podcast will be back later this week. Albeit not with me ...

Danny Health Update

Hey everyone,So you may have missed it if you don't follow me on social media (can't blame you) but last week, the night after our first day of GDC filming, I had to go to the ER to deal with some horrendous abdominal pain that had been bothering me intermittently for a few days. It was a rough time as the hospital but long story short I am back at home now, enjoying bed rest on some pretty heavy painkillers, waiting a date for surgery. It's nothing too serious and by the looks of th...

[EARLY ACCESS] The Making of Pentiment

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/URaxvGVXDosHey Patrons,We finish March with another Early Access look at a long-ass documentary we spent a lot of time putting together. This documentary on the making of Pentiment was filmed on location at Obsidian Entertainment and covers a broad range of design and style challenges the project created for it's 13 person development team.This production was anothe terrific crew effort with myself, Jeremy & Frank all present during filming. Massive th...

March 2024 Patron Show - Pentiment Clip & International Filming Plan

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/Os6V-mpv-8IHey Patrons!In retrospect I filmed this in a bit of a rush and so the energy is a bit more anxious than I was trying to put across hah. In any case, plenty of updates on our Europe trip, our Pentiment documentary, the GDC filming plans and loads more.Here's a breakdown!0:00 - Intro2:13 - Pentiment Clip4:15 - Echo & Tapes7:04 - Pentiment & Doc Updates10:03 - GDC Filming (we're doing lots)13:15 - Euro Trip Plans16:30 - Kit Upgrades24:16 - ...

Who Should I interview on DEAR DWYERY?

Hello Patrons!My new interview podcast DEAR DWYERY is gonna launch in the next month or so and we're lining up interviewees for the first few episodes. Think of it as a one-on-one interview podcast with all-time game developers, up and coming indies, journalists, streamers, YouTubers and more. Pleasantly edited with some scripted parts in there to let you know about the game/person we're talking about.With that all said, I'd love to know who you would like to hear on the podcast?What...

Filming Our Pentiment Doc - Behind the Scenes

UNLISTED YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/2W1A2DGAOjcHey Patrons,In late January we filmed at Obsidian Entertainment for our documentary on Pentiment and Frank did some filming while we were there and threw together this Behind the Scenes video. You can watch it here on Patreon or click the YouTube link above for that version.The documentary should be up later this month and is looking like it'll be around 60-70 minutes long and feature loads of new insights, development art.Let us know if ...