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NEW DOC ANNOUNCEMENT: Remastering Command & Conquer

Hey folks,

Just wanted to let you know one exciting doc that's coming in early June that up until now we've kept the lid on. Over the past month I've been interviewing the folks responsible for this upcoming Command & Conquer Remaster

This is a project I was fascinated in covering from the moment it was announced. I actually went on a tweet / email spree t...

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LIVE: The (Untold) History of Arkane - Our Biggest Doc Yet

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4kdqwdbZZ8 

Today is a massive day for Noclip.

Not only are we publishing one of our best documentaries, but we're publishing gameplay and details for three games that had seemingly been lost to time; The Crossing, LMNO and a cancelled Half-Life 2 episode.

This has been a massive effor...

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[EARLY ACCESS] The (Untold) History of Arkane Studios

PLEASE DO NOT SHARE LINK XX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4kdqwdbZZ8 

Hey folks,

As I've been warning the exclusivity window on this is pretty short - but you will be the first people in the worlds to see footage of a cancelled Half-Life game, LMNO and The Crossing. So that's gonna be cool - right?

Thank you so much for supportin...

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The History of Arkane - Trailer & Project Details

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oalyXOkaKz8 

Yup. 

We just showed the first footage of an cancelled Half-Life 2 episode.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Our documentary on Arkane not only covers fan favorites like Dishonored & Prey alongside cult classics like Dark Messiah of Mi...

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NEW DOC: The History of Creative Assembly

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2dFl3YFCoo 

Hey Patrons,

After about a year of planning, filming and editing I'm delighted to finally release our documentary on the fascinating history of Creative Assembly.

"Over the course of three decades Creative Assembly has grown from a one-man-band to one of the largest stu...

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Noclip Update: Arkane, Dishonored, Prey & Creative Assembly

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/VpM3fVM0c4U

Hey patrons!

May is going to be an exciting month for us with our docs on Arkane Studios and Creative Assembly coming out. In lieu of producing a trailer or something I’ve decided to just start doing little update videos on YouTube to get people hyped.

There are loads of updates and behind the scenes goodies coming in the coming weeks. In the mea...

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[EARLY ACCESS] The History of Creative Assembly

PRIVATE YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vozrUS4Gia8 

Hey Early Access Patrons!

So later this month we will have a doc on the history of Arkane Studios, but due to some of the content in it we may have a smaller early access window than we usually have. That's why we're getting this one to you almost a full week ahead of it'...

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Quarantine Catch Up - Noclip Podcast #29

PATRON ONLY VIDEO LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibtTmwYK_f4 

Danny, Jeremy & Frank get together to talk about editing under quarantine, getting a gun pulled on you at the grocery store and The Matrix: Reloaded but with fire ants 

This...

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Noclip Behind the Scenes (Delivering Jeremy His PC) & Quick Update

PATRON ONLY YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQwRP66wGtM 

Hey internet buds,

After a busy month of editing I took some time this week to drop by the studio and deliver Jeremy his work PC. Figured it was a good idea to film the whole thing as I haven't been to the studio in about a month and there aren't that many opportunities for interesting behind-the-scen...

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How Obsidian Designed Player Choice in The Outer Worlds

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/azprPzBSQAQ

Hey patrons!

We finish our series on The Outer Worlds with a dive into the creative process behind player choice. We’ll have a bonus video for $5 and up patrons in the coming weeks.

This series was a lot of fun to work on, especially during a time where we had nothing better to do but edit and watch stuff!

Let us know what you think!

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[EARLY ACCESS CUT] Designing Player Choice in The Outer Worlds

PRIVATE YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0azpB2ORzU 

This one is coming in a little hot but we still wanted to give you an early window of access.  In our final video exploring the design of The Outer Worlds, we look at the design of player choice, and the complexity of allowing players to feel like they are playing the game...

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Designing the Music & Sound of The Outer Worlds

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRq_Z3Ssf18 

Hey folks,

In our forth video exploring the design of The Outer Worlds, we talk to studio audio director Justin Bell about the process of writing the score, voicing the characters and making every sound trigger at the correct time. 

Many of you have asked us to focus o...

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[EARLY ACCESS] The Music & Sound of The Outer Worlds

PRIVATE YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAyomvaZYUA 

Hey Patrons,

I've swapped video 4 and 5 to give me more time to wrangle the character build episode so the next early access video is our conversation with Justin Bell on the music and sound design of the game. There's always a subset of the audience that wants us to spen...

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How Obsidian Designed The Outer Worlds' Quests

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/N_4dbG7RVeQ

Hey patrons,

In the third video in our series on The Outer Worlds we investigate the meat and potatoes of any role playing game: the quests. We also dive into world design quite a bit in this one. There’s loads of interesting stuff in here, we hope you enjoy it.

Let us know what you think!

Danny


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[EARLY ACCESS] Designing Outer Worlds & Building Quests

PRIVATE YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_4dbG7RVeQ 

Bit of an odd time to publish this (shout out to the international patrons!) but this video is coming in hot off the edit suite. I may redesign that thumbnail... :P

In the third episode from our series on The Outer Worlds we talk to the team at Obsidian about the design o...

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Writing the Characters & Companions of The Outer Worlds

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n31HEWJIzRQ 

Hey Patrons,

The second episode of our series on The Outer Worlds is probably my favorite. In this session we sit down with the writing team to discuss their process, and the ideas they had that led to the various characters and companions in the game.

The third video goes ...

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Patron Update: Editing From Home, Business & New Projects

PRIVATE YOUTUBE VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2XjZt5MSkg 

Hey Patrons!

It's been a few weeks since the last update so I thought I'd give you a heads up on where we are. In this unedited, chatty, laid-back, update video I talk about the status of our upcoming projects, how we're handling the work-from-home pivot, the business side, the games I've been playing an...

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[EARLY ACCESS] Writing the Characters & Companions of The Outer Worlds

PRIVATE YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n31HEWJIzRQ 

Hey Patrons,

It's super early-access time! This videos isn't going public until next Tuesday but we have loads of these videos already complete or close to it, so you're going to be getting them earlier than usual.

In the second video exploring the design of The Out...

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The Outer Worlds: From Concept to Creation

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MRxaqbcVn0 

In the first video exploring the design of The Outer Worlds, we sit down with Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky to discuss how a team of fewer than 75 developers collaborated to create their sci-fi RPG. 

This has been a lot of fun to work on. I can't wait to get the rest of thes...

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[EARLY ACCESS] The Outer Worlds: From Concept to Creation

PRIVATE "DO NOT SHARE" LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MRxaqbcVn0 

Hey Early Access Patrons!

Here is your 99% complete version of episode one of our series on The Outer Worlds. In it, we focus on the scope of the game and how a team of fewer than 75 people managed to create an open-world RPG in a handful of years. The lessons they...

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The Making of Pyre - Documentary

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lri6_fIv5hY 

Hey folks. We complete the set with a look at the development of Supergiant's fantastical sports road-trip Pyre. We're filming Developing Hell episode #05 remotely so you'll be seeing more from the team in the coming months. We hope you've enjoyed our retrospe...

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[EARLY ACCESS] The Making of Pyre

PRIVATE YOUTUBE LINK:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lri6_fIv5hY 

We round out our Supergiant Games retrospective series with a look at one of the most unique video games of modern history; Pyre.

April is set to be a wonderful month for early access patrons with at least six big videos hitting the site this month. Expect a post with the first vid...

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The Outer Worlds - Documentary Series Trailer

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQUKFtI6UC4 

Next week we begin a fascinating multi-part series on the design of Obsidian Entertainment's The Outer Worlds. Check out the trailer to get a glimpse of what to expect.

Thanks so much to everyone for continuing to support us. We understand that many of you are entering a period o...

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New Podcast Format for Our New Reality

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ9VcwCiI-U
PODCAST LINKS:  
https://noclippodcast.libsyn.com/ 

Hey folks,

As ever I hope this finds you well and in good spirits. 

I don't post every podcast episode...

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Danny made some Half-Life: Alyx videos

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwzaTB60lt4 

Hey folks,

This isn't a Noclip project but I thought it would be worth sharing here. I've produced a video review and the first two parts of View Post

Requisite Noclip COVID-19 Update

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GURV5wBAXH4 

Hey folks,

With all that's going on there are a bunch of updates to various projects along with some changes to the way Noclip is going to be operating for the next few weeks, and most likely, months. So I just wanted to ahead of the situation and give a big update on all the projects ...

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The Outer Worlds Doc Sneak Peek

Patron-Only YouTube Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uthsN9vwj1k
(sorry forgot this in the first email)

Hey Patrons! 

We are knee-deep in the edit on our doc on The Outer Worlds and thought it would be fun to share a scene from it. Also a little bit of an update - this is no longer one singular documentary, but a series ...

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Noclip Plays: What Should We Play?

Hey folks,

Now that we're back in the studio working away on docs we have some time to do some of the extra-curricular videos we were hoping to do in the studio. One of the things we've wanted to do is use my channel to broaden our creative output and film some new fun stuff.

We've always wanted to talk more about the ...

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We Answer Your Noclip Documentary Requests & Questions

YOUTUBE:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo8pFo2OeOc 

To celebrate us almost reaching 500k subs we decided to do a Q&A with our community on YouTube. A bunch of these questions have been covered in patron-only stuff in the past but it was fun to finally talk about them with our wider audience on the channel. It should be i...

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The Hopes & Fears of Bringing Hades to Steam - Developing Hell #04

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3anIKHxzjtc 

Hey Patrons,

Our latest episode of Hades: Developing Hell is now available. In it, Supergiant Games prepares to launch Hades on Steam Early Access after a year of exclusivity on the Epic Games Store. We embed as they tell us about their hopes, their many fears, and the surprising...

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