Exploring Caves With The Creator Of Spelunky | Mini-Doc
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- čas přidán 6. 03. 2023
- In this video game documentary, we fly to the west hills of Los Angeles to explore caves with Derek Yu, the creator of the indie roguelike gem Spelunky. On our hike and subsequent cave crawl, we ask Yu what creating a "perfect" game means.
Directed by Alex Van Aken
Executive Produced by Matt Miller
Produced by Blake Hester
Edited by Alex Van Aken & Blake Hester
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#Spelunky #Roguelike #Documentary - Hry
Thanks for watching! If you enjoyed this indie game documentary, check out our other one on Yacht Club Games' Mina The Hollower: czcams.com/video/Z6WWGkVf3uU/video.html
Derek is a genius and a DEREK at the same time
Hey DG
Thanks for watching, Dan! - Alex
DEREK!!
I think Spelunky is the tightest and most cohesively designed game I've played, where everything does what it needs to to contribute to the overall game, and so I am one of those people who calls it perfect, or about as close as we've got.
Spelunky and Spelunky 2 are some of my favorite games ever. It's awesome to see such a grounded, humanizing interview with the dev. Lovely atmosphere & visuals too
Thanks for watching.
The Spelunky documentary is great and all, but the real question still remains: Where’s UFO 50???
We asked him that too on the way home.
@@gameinformer And???? ;)
I just graduated and have been looking for a change in direction in my career. I have been looking into game development for awhile and have been proactive about learning as much as I can so I can eventually make a game of my own. Spelunky holds a special place in my heart and I look up to Derek Yu. I hope that one day I create something as special as Spelunky
The production of this was insane. Very inspiring to watch and hear from Derek. Not a really big Spelunky fan but played it a couple times on the ps4. As a musician (and video game lover), I love hearing other artists talk about their art. Really really appreciate Game Informer for creating this!
Thanks for watching!
holy shit how does this only have 9k views this production value is top level
Thanks! It was a passion project for us
I've watched this a few times but there's one question I still have. How the hell can one man be so precious?
4:42 You hear an incessant buzzing...
I first found Derek’s work through Spelunky 2, and it quickly became one of my favorite games of all time. It’s great to hear from the developer’s point of view!
thanks, I love this! Derek has been a hero since the Tigsource days
Hello this content was made for me! Thanks for making it. Enjoyed immensely.
This is seriously so cool. GameInformer recently has been creating some of the most well-produced and interesting stories in the industry, while also clearly having lots of fun. I really appreciate hearing Derek’s perspective on creating art; well done Derek and the folks at GI!
Thanks Eric :)
Great stuff, well done. I've been enjoying the doc work GI's been experimenting with. And it helps that this one is about some of my favorite games.
Derek's Spelunky book from Boss Fight Books is well worth reading, too.
Great to hear!
This was a great documentary! I've never played Spelunky, only heard others talk about it, but this makes me want to pick it up immediately.
Thank you Kelsey!
These documentaries are great; please keep making them!
I’ll do what I can! - Alex
Loved this
Amazing video! Derek Yu is a tremendous inspiration and I love the style of the video. Wonderful!
Thank you!
Fantastic work, really cool to get some insight into Derek's development philosophy
Thank you!
Derek doing research for the cave pigeon update I see
Derek is not only an amazing developer, but I’d love to just be friends with him
Best Game Ever, especially Spelunky 2 :p thx Derek !
very cool video! also, derek is just awesome...definitely one of the pioneers of the whole indie gaming industry for me
Thanks for the nice comment. Glad you enjoyed it!
Why does this have no views? Spelunkey 2 is one of the GOATS
Shout out to the CZcams algorithm lol
Absolutely wonderfully produced. Flaws be damned, Spelunky 1 and 2 are perfect games to me and Derek Yu seems like such a chill, humble dude.
(And for however long the development takes, I'm hyped as hell for UFO 50 whenever that comes out)
Thanks for watching!
That was lovely.
Thank you!
Game informer makes some of the most high quality game docs out there man
Thanks Roberto 🙏🏻
Praise Derek!
Fun video. Disappointed though you did not ask Derek if he is indeed, a clone.
Fair.
Wonderful video!
Thanks Evan!
Com Deus nada é impossível, sei que através da música darei o melhor pra minha família 🙏🏻❤️
Embrace the chaos of life 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
GI continues to make some of the best video features in the industry :)
Thanks Luis! :)
Good stuff. Derek seems pretty chill, despite? because of? his success. Who did the music?
We sourced them from Epidemic Sound. Tracks are Too Dusty by Blood Red Sun, Hard Wired by Martin Hall, and Downstreams by Roots And Recognition (in order of their appearance).
What is that soundtrack? Really nice!
Answered in another comment :)
I'm still waiting for UFO 50, personally. I think that project is more attractive than Spelunky, to me.
I’m real excited for UFO 50! - Alex
Absolutely incredible work
Thank you!
Does Game Informer have other documentary?
The Making Of Mina The Hollower: czcams.com/video/Z6WWGkVf3uU/video.html
If ONE game in UFO 50 is half as good as Spelunky, it will be worth it.
Agreed
Shoutout Sean Ranklin
Can somebody tell Derek make Aquaria 2? 😢😢
Derek Yu is my celebrity crush
Wait, when was this filmed?
Late April of last year. We had a reduction in our team size and as a result put special projects on hold for a while. But we’re happy to finally publish this!
Yo where’s the Kali alter?
next you should talk with edmund mcmillen in a putrid shit filled basement
hahahaha
That’s a great CGI bird.
We spent our yearly budget on it
@@gameinformer 😅
I wonder what Derek considers to be spelunky and spelunky 2’s greatest flaws
first
you can't keep getting away with this
what IS that
I don't like to be negative, but I just feel weird about this video. There's barely 5 or 10 minutes of interview, but with a lot of beautiful shots and misc non-interview talking about the hike and environment. It just seems like it's not really a documentary and even barely an interview, there's almost no meat to this.
Thanks for the feedback.
I just love playin spelunky on the switch the game is so fun to play i already beat spelunky 1 and 2 and i hope spelunky 3 comes out for the switch if it does imma buy that game 😃