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Project Postmortem: Return to Monkey Island

UNLISTED YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/HkuUaJHd_-oHi Patrons,Welcome to a brand new show for $10 Noclip Patrons. On our very first Project Postmortem we explore the work that went intoour Returning to Monkey Island documentary, and answer your discord questions about the video.We want to do these for a lot of documentaries in the future so if you like the format (or have any suggestions) please let us know. It's an hour long but if you like the work we do we think it's packed full of...

February 2024 Patron Show - Pentiment, Sweden, Podcasts, UT99 & Quake 3

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/0wcPd25q3ZEHey Patrons,My humble home studio / garage (still in construction) gets its first time on camera as I talk you through all the plans we have for February and into Spring.0:00 - Intro (aka STORM TALK)5:02 - The New Podcasts12:12 - Docs We're Editing Now (Pentiment / Dwarf Fortress / Hyper Light)15:29 - Updates on 2024 Docs (and Sweden Trip)26:42 - Retro Doc Update (UT99, , Q3)32:07 - Round Up / OutroThe thing I'm most happy about this yea...

NEW DOC: Returning to Monkey Island

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdWzlDwxBmQHello Patrons!The first documentary of 2024 is a 95 minute nostalgia trip into the history of Monkey Island and a detailed design breakdown of the recent sequel. In it we talk to series founder Ron Gilbert, writer Dave Grossman and a host of new and returning crew members.Monkey is one of my favorite games of all time - and the first game I ever completed. It was important to me to capture the design of Return but also to explain how impor...

We're Working on Two New Podcast Shows...

Hey Patrons,We'll have a patron show out next week with a bunch of updates but I wanted to write a quick blog to tell you about our podcast plans for 2024!As you may already know we're in the process of rebranding the current podcast feed to the Noclip Crewcast as our weekly "what we're playing" scrums are far more about the crew than anything else. This also means that we have room to expand the podcast work we do and after at least a year of soul searching and conversations...

January 2024 Patron Show - Let's Talk 2024 Projects

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/lpdS5wOKPzEHey Patrons,The Patron Show returns for a new year with a lot of talk about 2024 projects. Some we have started, some we are hoping to start soon. I'm gonna talk a lot more openly about future docs we're targeting from now on and this episodes is a good example of what you can expect from the show this year. Aside from the fact that I filmed it myself, as Jeremy who will usually be helping me is currently resting a bruised foot!On this m...

[EARLY ACCESS] Returning to Monkey Island

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_A5YGz9b30Hey Early Access Patrons!The first early access documentary of 2024 is a 95 minute nostalgia trip into the history of Monkey Island and a detailed design breakdown of the recent sequel. In it we talk to series founder Ron Gilbert, writer Dave Grossman and a host of new and returning crew members.Monkey is one of my favorite games of all time - and the first game I ever completed. It was important to me to capture the design of Ret...

Noclip in 2024 (+ Documentary Ideas Request)

Hi Patrons,I'll say it right off the bat, this is my annual post where I ask for your feedback on the docs you want to see, the work you want us to focus on, and what you'd like as a patron of Noclip.But I also wanted an opportunity to talk about my dreams for 2024 and beyond.To keep a long story short, Noclip is a fantastic position entering 2024. Our commercial work has given us a financial safety net that is going to allow us to do some really cool stuff next year. Jeremy is signed on...

Charlotta Mohlin on the Highs & Lows of Acting - Extended Interviews

0:00 - Getting Into Acting4:38 - Audition Process8:33 - Immortality Audition/Becoming "The One"20:38 - Working With "The Other"22:56 - Intimacy Scenes26:08 - Feelings Before and After Release27:33 - Jacob Geller/Candy Says29:12 - Pre-Release Anxiety/Post-Release Life35:34 - Production Stories/Playing Immortality

Manon Gage on her Acting Career - Extended Interviews

UNLISTED YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/X5kDufj19ak0:00 - Background/Training7:30 - Getting Involved With Immortality10:43 - Screen Acting vs Theater12:55 - Preparation For Immortality15:19 - Intimacy Coordinator18:47 - Production29:52 - Post-Release31:55 - Acting Technique44:13 - Match Cuts For "The One"45:53 - BAFTA and The Game Awards48:04 - Streaming/Connecting With Games51:25 - "Real Live Girl"

Mark Lesser on Programming NHL 94 - Extended Interview

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/f4GEEtQxJlUMark Lesser is one of the most enjoyable interviews I've conducted in a long time. While clearly and incredibly smart and talented person, Mark is modest about his accomplishments. I hope you enjoy this extended cut of our conversation.0:00 - Background/Electronic Toys08:10 - Transition to Video Games11:20 - Electronic Arts/Madden 9317:45 - NHL9421:44 - New Features for NHL9426:31 - NHL94 Game Logic30:59 - Challenges of Working Remote33:42 -...

Erick Pangilinan on Lighting The Last of Us - Extended Interview

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/MbYqfd2hMlgErick has been at Naughty Dog for most of his career, leading art teams on some of Sony's biggest games. In this conversation we talk about the technical and artistic choices the studio made when recreating The Last of Us Part 1.0:00 - Starting TLOU Part 12:58 - Improvements to Shaders & Lighting 8:11 - Rebuilding Assets 12:35 - Character Improvements16:00 - Color Grading & Reflections21:08 - Concepting27:03 - Lighting Techniques29:10 - Bush...

Filming Our NHL 94 Doc on Ice

For our NHL 94 documentary we rented an ice-rink in Santa Rosa for an hour at 7:30am one Wednesday morning.UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/XfXzqWW34T4For our NHL 94 documentary we rented an ice-rink in Santa Rosa for an hour at 7:30am one Wednesday. This is the video of me furiously trying to complete all my stand-ups, along with some general b-roll while that clock was ticking.Expect more behind the scenes videos and extended interviews from now on. We've got some news about the Pat...

Michael Brook on Producing NHL 94 - Extended Interview

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/UtF7gFmrkfcFor our NHL 94 documentary we talked to Michael Brook about so many aspects of the production of the game that much of it landed on the cutting room floor. Until now.0:00 - Early EA/First Madden Game5:24 - NHL Hockey16:21 - Game Design for Hockey21:37 - Audio Design25:28 - Innovation/Attention to Detail30:18 - AI Adapting to Player32:22 - Fun vs Realism33:32 - Swingers35:15 - Why NHL94 Is Special39:28 - One Timers41:05 - Origin of Instant Replay...

[EARLY ACCESS] Life After 76: The Bethesda Veteran Making His Dream Hunting Game

[DO NOT SHARE] Unlisted YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf_lzB4zuwkHey Early Access Patrons,In the first of two final early access videos for you before the year it out, we talk to Nate Purkeypile about the reception to Fallout 76, why he left Bethesda after 14 years of crafting worlds there, and what it's like making a solo open world game "The Axis Unseen" using Unreal.This was something I filmed while in Maryland for a friend's wedding - a little snapshot into th...

Patron Show December 2023 - 2 Doc Previews & 2024 Patron Plans

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/F3AdelyS0nw(you all asked for the YouTube links to return, so there you go!)Hello Patrons!It's time say goodbye to 2023 and to our Novato studio as we make way for big changes to Noclip in 2024. In this episode we show off clips from two documentaries coming this month, talk about the year that was 2023, and the upgrades coming to Noclip and our Patreon in 2024.0:00 - Intro2:00 - The Axis Unseen [Clip]7:24 - Return to Monkey Island [New Clip]9:25 - Upg...

Store.Noclip.Video is now live!

Hi Noclip Community,It's taken me a few months to sort it out but the new Noclip store is finally up and running at https://store.noclip.video/There's a selection of shirts, hoodies, stickers (finally!), badges, cups, and even insanely cool mouse-pads we've had custom made. One of them is based on a classic Noclip documentary. All the products were selling have been tested by us so I'm confident we can start sending them out. I've also worked hard to make sure the postage cos...

NEW DOC: The Making of NHL 94

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRFT3iQx1BYSPORTS! Love em or hate em, they make some damn good video games, and this is one of the very best. In our documentary on NHL 94 (the 30th Anniversary no less) we dive into early 90s sports game design that largely dictated the next three decades of development.With insight from the original programmer, producer & tester, along with some context from the NHL 24' creative leads, and some footage of yours truly trying to play hockey at o...

A Thanksgiving Ramble about the Half-Life Project

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9H0AhqvHL8Happy Thanksgiving!...to those of you in America. Happy Thursgiving to the rest of you.With the Secret Tape Half-Life project behind us I thought I'd do a video where I basically just talk about the whole thing. I'm gonna keep Valve related talk to a minimum, but there's loads to talk about from a production perspective. Things like how I edited it, how we filmed it, the process to capture gameplay and craete the motio...

[EARLY ACCESS] NHL 94 Documentary

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK (DON'T SHARE PLEASE): https://youtu.be/8_NWLD5y4csHey Patrons,SPORTS! Love em or hate em, they make some damn good video games, and this is one of the very best. In our documentary on NHL 94 (the 30th Anniversary no less) we dive into early 90s sports game design that largely dictated the next three decades of development.With insight from the original programmer, producer & tester, along with some context from the NHL 24' creative leads, and some footage of yours t...

So...we made an Official Half-Life Documentary for Valve

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbZ3HzvFEtoHey Patrons,This is not official "noclip" business but as you know a few months ago we founded our video production company Secret Tape and it's finally time to show you what we've been working on for the past 7 weeks or so.Yes that subject line is real.Yes I'm still freaking out about it.Yes, maybe I cried a little bit.There's a lot to talk about - and I'll do a Patron Exclusive Q&A video on it next few days on...

Patron Show - November 2023 (Big Update & 2 Doc Clips)

YouTube Link [I accidentally uploaded it to both] : https://youtu.be/0NtNDpqiMqE Hi Patrons!The Patron Show returns after an unscheduled month off in October so explain what the hell has been going on around here, show off two 99% finished documentaries, talk about what we're filming next month, and another (final?) change of location for the studio.As ever, timecodes are below:0:00 - Intro0:47 - Everything That's Been Going On14:49 - [Clip] NHL 94 19:09 - [Clip] Return to Monkey Island2...

The Making of the Burger King Games

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxwdY8ICrHgHey Patrons,After many months of research, interviews, gameplay capture and burger eating, we are finally ready to release our documentary on Sneak King, Pocket Bike Racer and Big Bumpin.As you can probably tell from the video, this was a lot of fun to put together, and it was a real team effort with Frank filming the entire Leroy Patterson part, and Jeremy lending support on the box filming.0:00 - Intro3:00 - The Oliver Twins7:15 - Reserv...

EARLY ACCESS: Burger King Games Documentary

UNLISTED YT LINK (DON'T SHARE): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF9_OaQ4Q_kHey Patrons,After a few months of sizzling we're finally ready to take this one off the grill.In our Sneak King / Big Bumpin / Pocket Bike Racer documentary we talk to the folks who worked on the game and it's design and development, while Frank visits the man who bought 4,000 copies on Sneak King. This one covers a lot as the chapter markers suggets.0:00 - Intro3:00 - The Oliver Twins7:15 - Reservoir Dogs & F...

Patron Show - September 2023 (Announcing a SPORTS GAME Documentary - Also Monkeys...)

Hey Patrons,We've got some clips and announcements on this month's Patron show so jump right in to see the docs landing this month, and learn what our first ever SPORTS GAME documentary is. Here are the timecodes for ya:0:00 - Intro1:23 - [CLIP] Return to Monkey Island3:05 - Return to Monkey Island 6:52 - [CLIP] Burger King Games Doc - New Clip9:40 - NEW DOC ANNOUNCEMENT15:31 - Dwarf Fortress17:31 - Noclip Store Update19:19 - Other Projects----------[other stuff]-----------------21:49 - ...

Which of these Documentaries should we make?

Hey Patrons!Let's try something a little different.Below is a list of games. Some of these are just ideas I have. Some are people we are actively talking to. And others are games that folks have pitched to us over the years. Which one(s) do you think we should pursue... Destiny (1&2) 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand NHL 94 Apex Legends (and probably Titanfall 2, right?) Pentiment Baldur's Gate 3 Battlefield 1942 Facade Rainbow Six / Rouge Spear StalkerI'd love to get your feedback on which...

[VIDEO] Noclip's PAX WEST 2023 Panel

Hey Patrons,It was standing-room-only at the Noclip PAX West Panel this past weekend so we were delighted to hear it as also streaming on Twitch. PAX doesn't archive their streams so today I made sure to record a copy of the panel and upload it here for those of you who weren't in attendance.It was a great show with a terrific audience. We showed off some upcoming documentary scenes, Noclip archive video tapes, took doc suggestions, gave away swag and crammed in a Q&A too.Thanks to every...

E3 2010 IN 1080p! [EARLY ACCESS]

Hey Patrons,We're hard at work on documentaries for Dwarf Fortress, Burger King Games, [Redacted], [Redacted] and much more, but that doesn't mean our tape preservation project is slowing down.I recently found a cache of tapes that had pretty much all of E3 2010's press conferences in glorious 1080p. I think we're missing Konami is all (yes, that one!) but I'm on the lookout to see if it's in here somewhere. While we work on that I thought you'd like to delicious earl...

Patron Show - August 2023 (Dwarf Fortress & Burger King Clips)

Hey Patrons,On this month's patron show we show off clips from our upcoming Dwarf Fortress and Burger King Games documentaries, chat about our future plans, the progress on the tapes and the (vaguely) about the two projects we're filming in August. Timecodes below!0:00 - Intro1:17 - July Docs: Vampire Survivors & Immortality3:44 - In Production: Dwarf Fortress & Burger King7:28 - [CLIP] Dwarf Fortress Doc 9:57 - [CLIP] Burger King Games Doc11:42 - Docs Filming in August14:11 - Survey15:0...

Noclip's First Ever AUDIENCE SURVEY!

Hey Patrons and Noclip viewers!As you know we're approaching our 7th birthday and myself and the team are taking that transition into Year 8 very seriously. Noclip has survived and thrived for longer than many though we might. We got through covid and learned a lot by working more outside of our comfort zone. So as we enter the final phase of our first decade we want to make sure we're doing everything right and continuously evolving our work.A big part of that is getting an understandin...

[EARLY ACCESS] Sony E3 2006 Press Conference (1080p)

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaWptXzfEToHey Patrons!This month's Patron show will be going live soon but in the meantime I wanted to share a sneak peek at one of the highlights of our tape archive thus far.In among the HDCAM tapes I managed to find two which contained 1080p recordings of the broadcast feed for probably the most famous E3 press conference of all time. This not only means that for the first time EVER we have 1080p recordings of some of the best memes ...