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Patron Video Podcast - #25 Global Filming Postmortem

PATRON ONLY LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxAL5pnPPh0

A new bonus for Patrons is this video version of the monthly patron-exclusive podcast.

In this month's podcast, we talk about our past month of travels, our upcoming projects on  Arkane & Obsidian, how 2020 has been going to far and plenty more.

Let us know what ...

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#25 - Global Filming Postmortem

Hello Patrons!

Apologies for the lack of Patron-podcasts, as we explain in this chat we had some illness hit the studio at the exact time we were set to record them so it buggered our timeline massively while we were away filming our docs on Obsidian and The Outer Worlds.

In this month's podcast, we talk about our past month of travels, the exciting stuff we filmed and loads more. An exciting new addition for patrons is that we will also be posting a video version of t...

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[EARLY ACCESS] How Hades Launched on Steam (Episode 04)

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

Happy March Early Access Patrons!

Next week our series on Hades re-emerges with an embedded look at how the studio handled the move from Epic Games Store to Steam Early Access.

We hope you enjoy this early look at the doc, one of several coming in March. We're curre...

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Noclip Behind The Scenes - Filming in France & Italy

EXCLUSIVE YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK_N9WLShTw 

Hey Patrons!

I just landed back in Oakland with a bounty of incredible footage from our intercontinental filming at Arkane Studios in Austin and Lyon. Truth be told we've been flying around filming for about a month now - all the way back to our project at Obsidian on T...

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Gish Documentary - Bonus Scenes

Hello Patrons and welcome to our latest patron-exclusive Bonus Scenes video. 

Our $10 Patrons get access to these edited, curated videos with scenes that dive a little deeper than we could in the main doc. In this Bonus Scenes compilation we chat to Alex & Edmund about the other games they've worked on, working together, and much more.

Below is a list of the topics covered with time-codes in case you want to skim;

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Austin Patron Meetup! (Wednesday @ 8pm)

Hey folks!

We're filming at Arkane for the next few days, and if you're an Austin local we'd love to hang out. Our Austin meetup will be tomorrow (Wednesday 19th) at Gibson Street Bar (S Lamar) at around 8pm

We're really looking forward to meeting some of our Austin community. I met a bunch of you when I was in town for SxSW last year and I'm excited to hang out again. 

We're fil...

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All the Shovel Knight Games Explained

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J80hw_t6ip8

Hello from Austin!

We've just returned from filming at Arkane in Lyon (Behind the Scenes coming soon) and will start filming the second half of our monster series on their history and games tomorrow.

But the videos don't stop! No sir. 

In January we were visited by David D'Angelo from Yacht ...

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[EARLY ACCESS] The Design of Every Shovel Knight Game

PRIVATE YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J80hw_t6ip8 

Hey folks,

We're just back from 9 days on the road filming in Europe, and days away from embarking on another trip to Austin to film the second half of our Arkane documentary. In the meantime here's the first of a couple of early access and bonus ...

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Lyon Patron Meetup - WEDNESDAY FEB 12TH (Date Fixed)

[EDIT - sorry I meant tonight, Wednesday]

Hey folks! 

We're in Lyon for one more night and want to take some time to hang out with those of you in the area (we've seen some of you in the comments). So if you fancy some beers, a burger and some chat come to Star Ferry (2 Quai Victor Augagneur, 69003 Lyon) at 7:30pm on WEDNESDAY Feb 12th (tomorrow).  We heard this area is a good alternative to the busy downtown. I'm pretty sure th...

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Our Next Studio Series! - We Need Your Questions

Okay, we've been planning this one for over a year so it's probably time to let the cat out of the bag...

Today I'm flying to Ireland, and after a brief visit with family and talk at my old college, Jeremy and I move onto our next big studio shoot in Lyon, France

This is the first stop on our multi-studio, multi-doc series covering the history and games of Arkane Studios. We're going to cover everything from Arx Fatalis to ...

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Behind the Scenes - January Was Our Biggest Month Ever!

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

Hey Patrons!

And so ends our first month of 2020 and our biggest month ever for documentary output (any probable traffic too). This month we published documentaries on Outer Wilds, Transistor & Gish, alongside multiple video podcasts with develop...

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NOW LIVE - Noclip January Hangout

Join Now: https://meet.google.com/qez-fidj-stk 

Hey folks, we're starting in 20 minutes so I'm sending the link out now. 

Pop in and ask questions about our crazy January, and what's to come from Noclip in 2020. I'm going to attempt to record a VOD of it too but no promises. Jump in and say hey or just lurk if you want to!

Danny

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Gish - Designing An Indie Game Cult Classic

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3n0MBRAQjw 

We round out an incredibly fun and busy January with one more doc. We sit down with Alex Austin and Edmund McMillen to talk about the design of their indie game cult classic Gish. The physics platformer that won a bunch of awards before the indie game market truely took off....

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[EARLY ACCESS] Gish - The Indie Game Cult Classic

PRIVATE YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3n0MBRAQjw 

Hey Patrons,

One more early access doc before we end the month. A game I've always wanted to dive deeper into with two designers I've been a fan of for years.

In this development doc we talk to Alex Austin (Bridge Builder, Sub Rosa) and Edmund McMillen (Super Meat B...

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First New Monthly Hangout: Friday Jan 31st (@ Noon Pacific)

PHOTO: Tim Cain letting me borrow his helmet.

Hey Patrons!

Before we wrap up the first month of Noclip's 2020 journey, it's time to hang out with all you folks in the producer tier. What does this mean? Well jumping in a video call with myself (Danny) and a bunch of your fellow producers to talk about what we've been up to and what's coming. Insider details, secrets and loads more!

If you don't rem...

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Designing DOOM Eternal's New & Classic Demons

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzX09_4hcPc 

Hey Patrons!

Finally, we can show off the fruits of our new studio's other shooting space. Thanks to our new studio and proximity to downtown SF we were able to wrangle Hugo Martin during a decent media tour to come in and (among other things; the podcast) film an interview about...

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Setting Course for our Next Documentary...

Hey Patrons. Can you keep a secret?

We've got bunches of videos coming over the next few weeks, but on Sunday we embark on an exciting journey to cover a game a lot of you have been asking about.

We're flying south to Obsidian Entertainment to talk to the developers of The Outer Worlds about the design of their wonderful first-person RPG. We'll be talking to them about quest design, world design, character design, combat, story, and so much more.<...

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[EARLY ACCESS] Designing the Demons of DOOM Eternal

PRIVATE YOUTUBE LINK (PLEASE DON'T SHARE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzX09_4hcPc 

Hey Early Access Patrons.

Actually, with our new tiers you lot have a new name. This tier is now known as "Crew Members" as not only do you get early access, but bonus scenes from the podcasts. 

Anyway. I'm very excit...

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Hugo Martin (DOOM Eternal) on the Podcast

YOUTUBE:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBHIalb01ew 

PODCAST LINKS: https://noclippodcast.libsyn.com/22-doom-eternal-with-hugo-martin

Hey folks!

We don't post the Noclip Podcast links here every week but we th...

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Transistor Documentary - Live Premiere at 10am Pacific

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL2Pk2jP_6s 

We're going to use YouTube's "Premiere" feature for the first time this morning. You can watch our Transistor doc for the first time along with myself & everyone else in chat in about 40 mins (10am Pacific). It'll be a VOD via this same link immediately after. 

I'm reall...

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[EARLY ACCESS] Transistor Documentary

PATRON ONLY YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL2Pk2jP_6s 

Our documentary on the design of Transistor features interesting insight into the early concept of Transistor and how it changed during development. We actually organized an additional interview with Ashley Barrett that we filed yesterday as some patrons on our discord were...

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Transistor Documentary Teaser

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jPOo7rNs3Q 

Our documentary on Transistor explores the never-before-seen original concept of the game, and the creative philosophy which brought them to create the version so many gamers know and love. The full doc goes on Monday 10am Pacific. Early Access folks will have it this weekend.

Bu...

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The Podcast is now a VIDEO PODCAST

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sRzHxjzKbs 

Mark another one off of the Noclip 2.0 feature list. We begin 2020 with a brand new look to the podcast on YouTube. With the studio (mostly) set up, we have started filming our weekly podcast. The next two episodes will feature some exciting developer guests so the addition of video es...

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Outer Wilds Documentary - Bonus Scenes

Hello Patrons and welcome to our first patron-exclusive Bonus Scenes video. 

Our $10 Patrons are going to be getting these year-round and we finally find a place for the sections of our docs that don't make the final cut. These are edited, curated videos with scenes that dive a little deeper into the game. Parts of our interviews that we enjoyed, but just didn't work in the overall arc of the core documentary.

Below is a list of the topics covered wi...

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Noclip Behind The Scenes - Studio 2020

PATRON-ONLY YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgGWpupDb6E 

In our first Behind The Scenes video of 2020 we show off our newly painted studio, talk about updates to patron tiers and give you some insight into the docs landing in January. Also teases. Lots of teases.

Loads coming to Noclip over these next few weeks friends. As ...

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The Making of Outer Wilds - Documentary

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbY0mBXKKT0 

Happy New Year and welcome to Noclip 2.0

After a year worth of planning, we are finally ready to launch our new vision for Noclip. More docs, more often, with more variety and creative storytelling. The first doc to be filmed and produced while in our new studio is this ...

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[EARLY ACCESS CUT] Outer Wilds

DO NOT SHARE (EARLY CUT)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8xuzEGr998 

Hey Early Access Patrons!

Here is a 95% complete cut of our Outer Wilds doc that will be going up on Wednesday of next week. One of the big request from this tier was getting the docs even earlier so I thought having an "almost finished" version for early access patron...

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The Making of Bastion - Documentary

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo7TcJ2E0-I 

In the first of two docs coming to the channel before the end of the year, we talk with the folks at Supergiant Games about their maiden voyage into independent video game development. Massive congrats to Jeremy for editing this feature, I think it's one of our best. And to our friends...

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[EARLY ACCESS] The Making of Bastion - Documentary

PRIVATE EARLY ACCESS LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUd42l1G9cs
(PLEASE DO NOT SHARE)

Hey folks,

Here it is - the first doc from our time collaborating in the new studio. This one was edited by Jeremy with some insights from myself during the process. Our first in-studio collaboration and a view of things to come from Noclip.

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Outer Wilds + Bastion Previews [December Patron Show]

YOUTUBE LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cffjrkFA0hg 

Hey Patrons!

This months Patron show focuses on showing off the two two docs you’ll be seeing this month - Outer Wilds & Bastion.

We also give you a tour of the updated studio, and let you know how progress is coming on our 2020 vision.

Thank you so much for your support this m...

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