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Todd Howard on life and work at Bethesda

Hey Patrons!Here it is! The first of our new exclusive extended cut interviews; almost two hours of Bethesda history and insights with Todd Howard.Our Bethesda documentary had many snippets from this but honestly it's probably minute-for-minute the most interest and dense interview about a studio's history that we've ever done. We had originally planned to publish some of these extended cuts on the channel but with Bethesda attracting so much ire from commenters - especially in the m...

This is "Ravenholm" - The Cancelled Half-Life Game from Arkane Studios

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/xMygnmB9Zw8Hey Patrons,It's been two years since we published our documentary on the history of Arkane Studios so we figured it's been enough time to share the rest of the gameplay we captured at the studio. This video showcases around an hour of gameplay from "Ravenholm" with little injections of context from yours truly.This is a real treasure trove for fans of Half-Life games and a great step towards Noclip mission of preserving the history of vi...

May 2022 Patron Update - Ravenholm, Tunic, New Tiers, Community Updates

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xGJnV04UiIHey Patrons!Loads to show off and chat about on this month's Patron Update Show including a tease of our Developer Breakdown of Tunic, our extended cut interview with Todd Howard, our filming plans for May, the gameplay channel, updates to the podcast, community streams and loads more.Let us know what you think!Danny

Exciting Updates to Tiers & Community

Hey Patrons,I don't do written posts all that often, but we have a lot to tell you about in this one so I wanted to make it as digestible as possible.This is a special moment for me as it's the official unveiling of a bunch of answers to problems I've been trying to solve for years. Namely how to find a good balance between accomplishing Noclip's mission, building a community here, adding value to the Patreon, and not burning myself or the crew out in the process.You've alrea...

Watch us Pitch Real Game Ideas to a Developer we Hired

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1ZSdjI-KBMHello Patrons!Bit of a weird bonus video this month - but one of the most enjoyable we've ever done.I cover most of this in the video intro but we're doing a little collaboration with Alex Austin (Gish, Sub Rosa, Bridge Builder) to dip our toes in game design. It should be a fun project for the crew channel while we're also doing a short doc on his career and physics games for the main channel.This video is a meeting m...

[NEW DOC!] The Making of Among Us

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEBtB-WXaIYHey Patrons!Our documentary on Among Us is finally live. Thanks to Jeremy for starting the edit on this one and for doing an amazing job on filming the little Among Us toys. Great job by Denis on the gameplay too - this is not an easy game to capture specific things in.This doc follows the original design of the game, through to the peak of its popularity and what happened afterwards. We're really proud of it and hope you enjoy it!By t...

[EARLY ACCESS] Among Us Documentary

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-NQ3-ylZowHey Early Access Patrons,We're excited to finally have a (99.8%) cut of our upcoming Among Us documentary available for your viewing pleasure. It's basically done aside from a few minor tweaks, updating the credits and perhaps some changes if the weekend gives me any perspective.Great job from the team on this one. Jeremy did a great cut of this which I've been working on with the script over the past two weeks. Denis ...

Jeremy's Show is live on Noclip Crew! WATCH IT!

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kpbPurS7EYHey folks,It's been a great week here at Noclip. We're almost done with the Among Us documentary, our Black Mesa documentary broke 1 million views (some more Half-Life related stuff coming later this month btw) and we've shook hands with a few incredible projects coming later this year.We also launched our new sister channel Noclip Crew - a new creative playground for myself and the team. And while we won't be posting every...

Noclip CREW Launches! Watch our first video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n7O9Nd_DYcHello Patrons!Today we finally launch our brand new sister channel Noclip Crew. A place for us to show off highly produced behind the scenes videos and try out new types of videos around game development is now officially live!In our first behind the scenes video we show the process of filming the standups for our Black Mesa documentary, and the gamer struggles of camping in the middle of nowhere.Loads going on here otherwise. We're currently finali...

[VOD] March (?) 2022 Production Meeting

UNLISTED LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTUai4KS6EYVOD NO AVAILABLE. CHAPTER MARKERS ARE ON THE TIMELINE.0:00 - Intro 5:00 - Doc Update 10:00 - Greatest Hits (Kain) Update 21:15 - Gameplay Channel 25:04 - Podcast Check In 27:10 - Noclip Crew (including previews!) 49:20 - Developer Playdate Brainstorming 1:07:30 - Trips to Seattle & LA 1:25:25 - Q&A------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hey Producers,Production meetings took a back seat in early 2022 ...

Our New Adventure

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9REVnVXy2pAHey folks,It's been two years and while covid hasn't gone away, it feels like at the very least Noclip managed to make it through. And while we look towards a future that is slowly opening up (albeit in small bursts) I wanted to make sure we were prepared for a new way of working.Today we're announcing Noclip's new direction. A way of helping us produce the big documentaries you love, while creating a new channel as both a ...

Black Mesa Documentary is LIVE

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_TcAxAKCAIHey Patrons,Our over 2 hour dissection of the design of Black Mesa is now available in glorious 4k. I just want to give a massive thanks to Jeremy for taking the lead on this edit, to Frank for doing an awesome job of capture, to Jesse for helping us QA it and to all of you who allowed us to upgrade all our kit to 4k and tackle big projects like this as a team. Hopefully you can see the difference it makes in projects like these.Let us kno...

[EARLY ACCESS] Black Mesa Documentary

[UPDATE: FINAL VERSION NOW LINKED]Hello Patrons!At long last we are ready to share our Black Mesa documentary with Early Access Patrons.This cut is 98% done with a few additional b-roll elements (book and box shots), a few minor script tweaks, the credits and some small elements of quality control being added to this doc. But we're talking probably 1 minute of changes in a 130 minute video.UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_TcAxAKCAIThat said, if you spot anything untow...

Black Mesa Trailer is LIVE!

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGureVWbxHoHey Patrons!Our full two hour long documentary on Black Mesa is almost finished but to get the hype train rolling we put out a trailer today. The whole team has been working tireless on various aspects of this for what seems like forever so I'm so excited to finally share some of it.We'll have Early Access late next week too so keep your eyes peeled for that.Let us know what you think!Danny

March 2022 Patron Update - Black Mesa Campsite Edition

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m71WZlUZM4This month's patron update comes live from the Mojave Desert where myself and Jeremy drove 9 hours to film around 3 minutes of footage for the Black Mesa documentary.This update featuring more exclusive Black Mesa footage, a sneak peek at Jeremy's show for Noclip Crew, and a look at some of the stuff we filmed on this roundtrip. It also features myself and Jeremy relaxing in the middle of a desert and talking about everyth...

I'm Back & Thank You

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/bGwWtz7cKLMHi Patrons,Just a quick video to say thank you for allowing me to take two weeks off recently, and a little update on how I'm doing, and our plans for March. Basically I just wanted to touch base after being AFK for so much of this month. Give the video a watch and if you have any comments or questions I'd love to answer them in the comments below.Thanks again. Now I'm getting back to work :)DannyPS: credit for my painted nails goes to my dau...

February Patron Show / PSA

EDIT: Making this post public as I'm off emails / social media mostly and it's kind of an easy way to update folks. Thanks everyone.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-9GkMpkzbgHey Patrons,A bit of a weird one this month as I've had to record this while packing to head home to Ireland for a few weeks. We've loads of exciting stuff being worked on from Black Mesa to...

Project Zomboid - Noclip Wishlist #07

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpn_0LuVqbwHey Patrons!The first wishlist of the year features a game I cannot stop playing, one we've already recorded a podcast on and a game we've already made contact with the developers on.Project Zomboid is the type of emergent video game sandbox I used to dream of as a kid, and just like any good run, this one goes off the rails more than once.It also features our new Project Zomboid Community Server which I guess you are all the first...

Activision Acquisition Exposition - Noclip Mixtape #09

This month on Noclip Mixtape Danny, Jesse & Frank dive into the breaking news of Microsoft's shock acquisition of Activision; what it means for their studios, what it means for their employees and what it means for players. Advanced warnings - CONJECTURE IS RAMPANT.Reminder: If you want to subscribe to the feed on your podcast app of choice, this FAQ has details on how to do it on your browser, or (via a link in the menu on the side) your phone.What are your thoughts on the news?

Hotline Miami Creators Break Down its Design & Legacy

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcgmmBEEHskHey Patrons,We start 2022 with a doc I've wanted to do for a long time. Dennis and Jonatan from Dennaton Games took some time away from development on their new game to talk about the design and legacy of their Hotline Miami series.It's more of a retrospective / postmortem than some of our stuff but I think given the reaction to the second game it was a great way to tackle the project.Plenty more Noclip stuff in the pipeline. We ha...

Sneak Peek of our Black Mesa Documentary

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx2qQZbyn58Hey Patrons!We have a two hour long documentary on Black Mesa coming next month so I thought it would be a good idea to give you a peek at what to expect. I'm finalizing production on this after Jeremy did a terrific job on the edit with hours of Frank's capture across several Source Engine games. The script needs to be written, recorded & filmed and I'm gonna dabble some VFX and motion graphics stuff in here too. But ...

[EARLY ACCESS] Hotline Miami Documentary

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJdkYHbE650Hello Patrons,And welcome to the first Early Access doc of 2022. Sometimes you have to wait years for an interview to come together, and this was certainly one of them. The guys from Dennaton Games don't do that many interviews but as we approached the 10th Anniversary of the release of Hotline Miami I thought it would be a good excuse to reach out and I'm really grateful they said yes.In this doc we tackle the early days ...

January 2022 Patron Update - 4 New Docs! 1 New Channel?

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unpw4CDni3gHey Patrons,Okay time to start letting you in on the secret plans.Today on our first Patron Update show of 2022 we talk about the four docs we have in production (TL:DR SPOILERS: Black Mesa, Among Us, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver & Hotline Miami), discuss many of our plans for 2022 and introduce you to our new sister channel launching next month.0:00 - Intro 0:43 - 4 Docs in Production 2:24 - 2022 Plans 4:54 - New Sister Channel11:...

Greatest Hits - Episode #04 Poll (FINAL 30 MINS!)

Hello Patrons,It's time to vote for our fourth episode of Greatest Hits.Based on your nominations earlier this week I've compiled the following set of nominations. The suggestions were fairly lob-sided this time around. We had some new ideas that were just a little too big - but most of the conversation seemed to revolve around the constant Greatest Hits bridesmaids Legacy of Kain and Homeworld.I've decided to add Unreal Tournament as my own pick because (a) I didn't add one last...

Greatest Hits Episode #04 - Suggestions Now Open!

Hello Production Tier & Credits Patrons!Greatest Hits has fast become one of the most creatively enjoyable projects here on Noclip. Thanks to your suggestions and votes we've produced documentaries on RollerCoaster Tycoon, the Thief Series and the History of DMA Design.We originally started the show on a two month cycle, but that quickly changed to three months when we realized how long it took retired game developers to answer emails. This last episode took almost four, so while we endeavor...

The History of Grand Theft Auto, Lemmings & DMA Design | Noclip Greatest Hits

NEW YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev7FqNa5rD0 (original upload had an audio glitch)Hello Patrons,Our last documentary of the year is a 72 minute odyssey which took myself and the team about three months to put together. Featuring interviews from several ex-DMA Design developers we explore the legacy of Scotland's most influential studio and the many games made during its time in Dundee.Huge thanks to the production Team for picking such an interesting story. I look forward to...

[EARLY ACCESS] The Remarkable Legacy of DMA Design

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz0znfP6NewWowwwww. This was a lot of work. Hah!Greatest Hits is fast becoming my favorite thing to do at Noclip and despite the amount of blood, sweat and tears required this one was a lot of fun to put together. This doc is around 70 minutes long and covers about 15 years of development at DMA Design. We talk about the early days, the rise of Lemmings, the back and forth over Body Harvest, the creation of Grand Theft Auto, the design of Gr...

Trying to Finish this DMA Documentary | Noclip Edit Club

UNLISTED VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B8bmVtsTjYHey Patrons,As I work to complete the DMA Designs Documentary before the holiday break, please enjoy this episode where I explore the unfinished timeline.This shows off a few chunks of the doc, and my process late in the edit where I'm trying to get the project "timeline complete" for final content and tone checks. I've never done this before so hopefully it's an interesting look at the "panic stages" of an ed...

The Forgotten City Documentary

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSqHTxgcXiIHey Patrons!Our documentary on The Forgotten City is now live! This is a special game with a special story so I'm delighted that we were able to craft a SPOILER FREE documentary about this one.A massive thanks to my old GameSpot colleague (and supportive Noclip Patron) Jake Dekker for putting this together. When many of you reached out to me to do something on this game he was the first person I emailed. His knowledge of the RPG/Mod sp...

What's Your Game of the Year & Why?

Hey Patrons,Next week myself and the crew are recording our Game of the Year Podcast Special and while we're all excited to talk about our picks we also wanted to create an opportunity for the patron community to shout out some of their favorites.So please use the replies under this post to let us know your favorite game of 2021 & why. In podcast tradition, concise posts about one game have a much higher chance of being read out.The episode will be up on Friday the 17th but in the meantime c...