Let's Talk About Noclip 2.0

I particularly like the idea of having multiple teams tackling different projects - as someone who is getting into videographer/filmmaking work, I'd love to be part of a "B crew" that can tackle other areas/small projects than the NoClip "A crew" is tackling!

Cameron Bryce

Doubled my pledge. Sounds awesome Danny. :)

Steve Dennis

'more nebulous aspects of gaming' - I think I like that idea, since it's actually why I used to enjoy 'the point' - you talk about 'issues' in gaming which aren't specifically about a single game, but affect the whole industry. 'Early access' is a theme I'd like to see explored. :)

So excited about this! Thanks for doing this :)

Brentwahn

Aggressive goals....I love it! My favorite new levels are of course embedded docs and the historical retrospectives. Excited to be part of Noclip. Here is the deal - I’m trying out for a new role at my company. If I get it - I’ll bring up my contribution by 66%! So cross your fingers for me :)

Tohir Tillyaev

Epic work mate. Super happy for you and excited for the future. My only concern would be the Guest Hosts, as I find your hosting to be one of the main attractions of the NoClip documentaries. That said, the guest spot with Alanah Pearce was fantastic, so I have complete faith in your ability to choose guest hosts who fit the NoClip mold.

Theron Miles

Definitely excited for what future docs might be coming out now.

That all sounds great, Danny! Can't wait to see where you take things!

Nicholas Decker

Unfortunately, the dollar to BR reais exchange is crazy at the moment. I'm at the 5 USD tier and can't upgrade right now, but I'll support your vision for the foreseeable future.

Love your work Danny, you'll always have my support and I wish you the best.

I agree completely, as someone who works at a game developer, it takes a team of talented folk in several departments to make a big incredible game. And I think it would be wonderful to get more insights across the board in each doc, there are a few things to keep in mind. Not everyone would want to or feel comfortable to talk on camera. Normally it's only the department leads who are allowed to talk publicly to media about development because they have experience doing it and know the most about their games and the team. There's only so much time in a day for Danny and co to spend talking to devs for docs (although that might change if new funding goals are hit). And people move on, someone who might have been the QA lead for a game, might have moved on to new horizons by the time Danny comes around to do a doc. So there are just a few reasons why talking to several people from different departments can be hard for a doc (and there are likely even more). But totally would love for it to happen more too if possible 🙂

Embedded documentaries are always interesting, as one of my favorite things from Giant Bomb is still the Bastion behind-the-scenes videos. All of these sound great. Good Luck!

Silver-Streak

Better and more sounds good to me!

Hassun

I love these plans! I'm very interested in the possibility of historical and embedded docs.

Heidi Mandelin

This is awesome! I can't wait to see what you folks do, and I really really hope you reach your top goal. A fully staffed Noclip would be a dream to see.

Quinn_Town

What I'd give to get out of the crummy video job I have now to work on stuff I actually care about. Damn. Happy to see all is going well.

Joel Powley

Makes complete sense, hope you guys smash it—you certainly deserve to.

Liam Harvey

Great ideas Danny. Excited for Noclip 2.0

I'd like to see a documentary with all the game developers rather than just 30 minutes of mostly designers talking. As part of a developer team, it is frustrating to see a huge focus on only one\two facets of game development rather than the breadth of it. There are QA, Scripters, Animators, Modelers, Sound Designers, etc. that are constantly pushed back to give more room for lore, game design, and music in the overall documentary. This is a problem because it perpetuates the public and industry assumption that everything else should remain as an afterthought, especially sound. The purpose of a documentary is overall insight, if not to be educational. Unless of course it is advertised to be the focus on a particular area, which I don't think noclip is or tries to be.

Glenn with the extra n.

Hey Danny, have you ever thought of doing more docs about community’s built around games? For example, I really enjoyed the hillbilly’s of GTA. Would also love to see some more indie dev stories from small studios, like you did on the recent game-grumps doc. Also maybe a doc on a specific generation of gamers or console generation, covering gaming in the 90s or 80s for example? Sorry, I’m full of ideas :) Dan

I want all of this, especially stuff on specific issues and the embedded docs, similar to what Two Player Productions did (does?) with Double Fine Productions. But, this is all sounds super expensive and difficult, so if you need to change tiers and stuff don't hesitate! And if there's crowd-sourced work the patrons can do, anything to help :)

Ethan Thibault

Nice to see some attention given to historical topics. Sure hope they go back far too, I'm sure there's a bunch of unsung heroes around the 2600 / C64 era which I never heard about.

YesButSeriouslyTho

Yea we did make a bunch of those and should definitely share them more often. Social often has the affect of "preaching to the choir" unless you get folks to share the work. So it's a balancing act of promoting without spamming your audience. Good idea to do more of it around 2.0 though.

Noclip

Sounds awesome! Have you thought about trying to push more content to social? I think uploading short, stand out clips directly to FB/Twitter/Insta could be a great way to gain some more organic reach. Would be happy to help

Bring alanah back or we RIOT 😘😁

This sounds pretty damn great. I whole heartedly support it.

Robb Twomey Dunphy

Sounds great! I see no reason not to go for it!

Maene Erinys

That all sounds extremely good ^_^

Andrew Elmore