YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biddU7SJkok
Hey Patrons!
In this month's Patron Show I answer your questions, give updates on all of our projects and show off the first exclusive clip from our Half-Life documentary. If you have any follow-up questions please put them in the comments below and I'd be happy to answer them.
Enjoy the show!
Danny
2018-11-13 15:34:53 +0000 UTC View Post
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDr0mJHYPeQ
Hey folks,
I'm busy editing the Half-Life doc but I took some time this morning to give my impressions on a bunch of games I've played recently.
Okay, I'm going back to editing. Patron show coming this week!
Enjoy!
Danny
2018-11-12 19:52:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
Long week for us here at Noclip.
On Monday I traveled to New York to interview Robert Yang (above) about his work on Black Mesa and beyond. On Tuesday we had our Extra Life stream which raised over $8,000. I've done a solid 3 days of editing on Project Mesa which is coming together really well. Jeremy was filming a secret project you'll find out about next month and I'm prepping the studio to interview three of the team from Project Borealis tomorrow. No rest for the wic...
2018-11-09 13:21:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks!
To any of you who are interested I'll be streaming from midnight eastern (30 minutes from now) for 12 hours to help round off GiantBomb.com's incredible Extra Live charity marathon. The team has already raised over $282,000 and I'll be pushing hard to get them to $300k.
You can tune in here: https://www.twitch.tv/dannyodwyer or here http://...
2018-11-06 04:33:23 +0000 UTC View PostYOUTUBE LINK TO EMBEDDED VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bwl0BBZftw
Hey folks!
First of all, thank you so much to all the folks who have joined the Noclip family since we put the word out about 2.0. We've increased our funding by 25% which has helped us to invest more into current productions, and start on some really exciting stuff I can't talk about yet. ...
2018-11-01 18:32:37 +0000 UTC View Post
[EARLY ACCESS] YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOo-IEi50Hg
Hey Patrons!
So I wanted to try something new out. Recently I've been VLOGing over on my Personal YouTube Channel to try and flex my creative muscles and do more general game commentary stuff that just takes me a few hours to produce. It...
2018-10-31 13:03:44 +0000 UTC View Post
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6oIVQp8ieA
Hey!
I'm live showing off the footage from Project Mesa. This will be available as a VOD once the stream is over.
See you in chat!
Danny
2018-10-30 13:29:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
We're two days in filming on our Half-Life doc (what we're calling Project Mesa right now) and I just wanted to give you an update on how things are going. I'm currently using Austin as my home base we travel to various cities in Texas and the neighboring states to interview folks about the legacy of this franchise.
Yesterday I drove 250 miles to Dallas and back to talk to Randy Pitchford about being the studio that has made more Half-Life games than anyone else! Gearbox Softw...
2018-10-19 16:32:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folk! Danny here.
Next week we start filming on a brand new documentary - a doc like nothing we've ever filmed before because we are not talking to the developers of the game.
Sound strange? Let me explain.
On November 19th 2018 my favorite game of all time turns 20. Half-Life is the first FPS I ever completed so it holds a great deal of nostalgic power over me. And as somebody who now runs a video game documentary production company, I s...
2018-10-13 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostYOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kls-1IA4Og
Hey Patrons!
Here's the latest episode of Noclip Bonus Level (with some VO tweaks thanks to our Early Access Patrons) focusing on Bloodborne - a game we frequently get asked to do a doc on. We get into why FromSoftware aren't interested in doing something right now during the credits of this video so make sure you watch that if you...
2018-10-12 14:58:23 +0000 UTC View Post
[DON'T SHARE YET PLEASE]
YOUTUBE LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kls-1IA4Og
(link changed as I had to edit a part of it)
Hey Patrons!
I know some of you have been waiting for this one for a long time so I'm delighted to finally get it out. Bonus Level (Noclip's op-ed show) has returned with an episode about how I fell in love with Bloodborne d...
2018-10-11 13:06:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons!
Less than two days after we began the Noclip 2.0 funding drive we have already reached our first target. Thanks to you we are currently in the process of funding some multi-city historical docs, and also pumping some extra cash into the project we're filming next week.
I just want to thank all of you who joined up over the past two days and the many of our die-hard patrons who upped their pledges in the past few days. I receive a little email update whenever somebody joins or in...
2018-10-10 13:34:29 +0000 UTC View PostYOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnEpcTo-0r4
Hey Patrons!
First of all welcome to the 600 or so of you signed up to support our work over the past 24 hours. We couldn't be more happy to have you on board and are already exploring new avenues with our increased funding. Thank you so much for believing in our mission.
Our latest doc is the penultimate from our time at BGS...
2018-10-09 17:51:16 +0000 UTC View PostYOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNM89N2Wzfw
Hey folks,
Two years ago I pitched many of you an idea about crowdfunded video game documentaries. Thanks to you we've spent the past 24 months filming stories about games development and releasing them for free on our YouTube channel.
It's been an incredible two years and we've achieved everything we set out in that or...
2018-10-08 13:28:05 +0000 UTC View Post
(NOT PUBLIC YET / DON'T SHARE)
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-zl0BH1OcI
Hey Early Access Patrons,
Here's the penultimate documentary from our time at Bethesda earlier this year. We originally pitched this as a story that would span the development of both Fallout Shelter and The Elder Scrolls: Blades but the stories were strong enough in their ow...
2018-10-07 13:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff6f0fzn3G4
Hey folks!
Next week is a big week for Noclip as we launch our new funding drive Noclip 2.0 (Monday) and our doc on Fallout Shelter (Tuesday).
It's also my last week in the office for a while as I set off on an exciting documentary filming adventure around the country. All these details and more in this patron update!
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2018-10-05 13:28:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons,
I want to talk to you about the future of Noclip.
When we started on this journey two years ago I pitched a version of Noclip that I'd conceptualized and budgeted over the course of a few months. I actually built three business models which correlated to three thresholds of funding we may achieve. Thanks to our incredible launch funding we were able to do everything on our wish-list including international documentaries and more.
Well, over the past two months I've bee...
2018-10-03 15:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtvMYeEgZCo
Hey folks!
I'm back from paternity so we have a lot to talk about.
In this month's Patron Show I update you on my October project, our new merch, updates to podcast & bonus level, plans for a big funding drive, the future of Noclip and loads more.
Oh and...
2018-09-20 16:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostYOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onTAQCZyR-A
Hey folks!
We're streaming some stuff for the Noclip Birthday Party so click on the link to come and hang out!
Will be available as a VOD after the fact!
Danny
2018-09-12 16:03:20 +0000 UTC View Post
// EARLY ACCESS - DON'T SHARE YET PLEASE XXX
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpgOzzuVJYQ
Hey Early Access Patrons,
As we rev the Noclip engine back up this month we have two more production classes to share with you. The third class, hosted by the wonderful Jeremy Jayne, concerns the art of lighting and filming. It's a mix of technical and artistic guidelines that should ...
2018-09-07 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons!
We're working on some fun stuff for our second birthday including some bonus videos and a stream where I'm going to be doing director commentary over some of our docs.
As part of that I thought it would be fun to get a poll of your favorite docs so far. We've listed every doc style project we've produced on here, and you only get one vote so make it count!
VOTE HERE: 2018-09-05 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y_D4kAmmMw
Hey Patrons!
The first of our guest docs is now live. Alanah and Jeremy travelled to Burbank to talk to the folks at Game Grumps about their transition into game development and what they learned during the process.
I'm really proud of what the guys achieved with this, and think it's a great example of the different perspecti...
2018-09-03 14:34:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons,
September 12th will mark two years since we set off on this journey together and after 24 months of this work I have a lot of feelings about where we are and where we're going. I've used the past 6 weeks of paternity to take a step back and evaluated our strengths and weaknesses. But before I can formulate a plan of action I want to know what you think.
One of things I wish we could have done better is grow a lasting community here on Patreon. Some posts that go up have load...
2018-09-01 16:38:18 +0000 UTC View Post
PLEASE DO NOT SHARE YET YOUTUBE LINK :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y_D4kAmmMw
Hey Early Access Patrons!
As promised, here is early access to our Dream Daddy doc a full weekend ahead of it's public release. This project came about through a collaboration with ex-IGN, now Rooster Teeth employee Alanah Pearce as a way of getting some fresh new ideas onto the channel while I was away...
2018-08-31 14:26:15 +0000 UTC View PostYouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWXm-6At4Qo
In the second episode of the Noclip Podcast we talk to Bullfrog and Lionhead legends Gary Carr and Mark Webley about the design of PC cult classic Theme Hospital, and how their careers twisted and turned to see them return to create a spiritual successor.
Also available on these podcast webzones:
iTunes Page:&nb...
[EARLY PATRON VERSION - Enjoy!]
Hey Patrons,
It's finally here! The second episode of our Noclip podcast, and it's focused on one of my favorite games from my youth.
I had spent some time trying to track down the creators of Theme Hospital when, as fate would have it, they re-appeared on the game development map with a spiritual successor to that very game. Thanks to Lauran Carter over at SEGA (a Noclip fan apparently!) I was able to get some time with Bullfr...
2018-08-27 09:53:49 +0000 UTC View Post
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGY8lx9_9B8
Hey Patrons,
Our Dream Daddy is currently in the final stages of post-production and should be ready for launch of September 3rd. Jeremy and Alanah have worked really hard on it and I'm delighted with how it's turning out. So much so that I thought it would be cool to give you a sneak peek at the first few minutes ...
2018-08-21 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostYOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WTxcQwh12M
Hey folks!
I was out doing some chores and decided to record a little update video for everyone on the games I've been playing while on paternity leave, and the insane amount of work going on at Noclip behind the scenes.
Our next doc is almost complete and we have loads of other stuff coming soon so keep your eyes peeled.
... 2018-08-18 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons,
I am typing directly from the child covered desk of Daddy O'Dwyer. The questions covered a lot of ground so thanks so much for sending them in. Let's get to it. Amir is up first...
Amir Rangnekar
This may be difficult to answer because it's looking quite long term but do you always see yourself directly producing/being involved with the production of documentaries for years (potentially decades) to come or like these next two docs coming up, can y...
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwHc0eewi4Q
Happy Monday! Is that a thing people say? Probably not.
We'll have news on our two upcoming documentaries real soon, but in the meantime here is the latest in our production class series.
In our second (and much longer) episode, I detail my process for short-form editing by performing a second-by-second breakdown of our...
2018-08-13 08:36:17 +0000 UTC View Post