How Among Us Was Made and Why The Developers Wanted to Quit
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- This Among Us documentary details the development of the indie video game Among Us and goes behind the scenes of its creation. Discover how the members of the small indie studio InnerSloth all met each other in college and started working on Among Us in 2017, after a previous project failed. Originally, the game was only playable on mobile and didn’t support online multiplayer. After the Steam release months later, the team was thinking about giving up on the game entirely.
The documentary also explores how Among Us became a massive success for the small indie studio and what kind of impact it had on the game itself and the developers. It also details all the design decisions that InnerSloth made throughout development. Lastly, the documentary also takes a look at what’s next for Among Us.
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Have you done a "how roblox was made" vid yet? Cuz that would be great thx!
I know this is not an Indie game, but you did cover Hideo Kojima & Metal Gear, so, I would like to suggest doing a video about Final Fantasy, because it had a very interesting backstory.
Yume Nikki
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The story of how Among Us managed to reach tons of fame despite being released 2 years ago with barely anyone knowing about the game is unironically beautiful and motivating honestly
You are litearly everywhere
I think it has to do with the reference and link in Henry stickmin completing the mission that's about when it blew up
You are the 2nd ummm (who was the other person who comments everywhere?)
@@SMPandanic Justin Y
Just takes a few streamer personalities to find the game and latch onto it. I cringe at xQc being mentioned (toxic guy that he is), but others include DisguisedToast, CORPSE, I know a lot of people are in love with Sykkuno, there's 5up.... and my favorite, Hafu. These are people that have thousands and thousands of subscribers, and one day, CZcams recommended one of Hafu's videos (the one where she makes TinaKitten cry!) and I was like ".. what's this?" and I was instantly hooked and now I try to catch Hafu's daily video highlights. It's brought me a lot of laughs and funtimes. I even bought the game myself, even though I've not actually played it yet, I'm hoping to start once my new bedroom is done RL.
summary: The developers quit because nobody liked the game, Then everyone had seen some streamers playing it and hopped on the trend too, now its alive.
Lots of people love the game, but searching 20 mins for a lobby isn't worth it. They just needed that free advertising. I wasn't playing it last year because I didn't know it existed. I'd still be playing Soldat if anyone else was. FNC is about to go the same way.
I am actually a old player ( found this game myself by searching for some random game on play store on mobile )
So , you trust me or not but this game was fun earlier too...people do not leave lobbies but they weren't smart ( everyone played casually ) but the biggest problem was to find lobbies because it wasn't popular...
I sometimes fell bad because if i had started a youtube channel in those days then yk...
BTW currently i have played more than 2000+ matches with 72.7% imposter win rate ( I never cheated )
@@sauravsharma8461 can you send me an imgur link of your stats?
Tbh im sort of sad that the game blew up because of streamers, since when the streamers move on, a large portion of the playerbase will definitely follow after them and leave Among Us behind due to the fact that the game is stupid simple and the dev team can't pump out updates at a satisfying ratd
@@jbbajangamer I mean, yeah, but, lets take the example of kaif, one of the small group that has played with the devs a few times, his more seen content is social deception games, and it has been like that forever
A lot of people forget the reason why Among Us became popular with non-gamers is the pandemic. This was a game that became popular at the peak of the lockdown, allowing friends to play and have fun or just hang out socially. I have fond memories of playing it every night and it brought us together even though everyone else was stuck in their homes.
Yeah, It feels good to be able to interact with other people when we can't meet, especially when this game is played by up to 10 players
“Permanently $2 and then, it went down to free.”
Yes, that is permanently.
Totally not temporarily
just shut up if you don't even understand how language works. Jesus.
@@ninja_tony rejects lan gauge return grunt
well it's kinda true, the steam release i remembered was like 2$ or more.
@@cycrothelargeplanet "temporarily" would imply something slightly different here
The sad thing is... There might be A LOT MORE underrated games like this
Edit: For all the people who says "This is not underrated", I know. I meant that games that are AMAZING, but are UNDERRATED (i.e. Among Us, was a great game BUT was underrated and made only 35$ in 2018)
Edit 2: Feel free to comment any games that you think is underrated :)
TRUE.
Yeah ikr
Yea we need to bring more attention to that
U must try hide online I think it is underrated
Titanfall 2, Helldivers, and The Escapists. Definitely very underrated games.
"We're not gonna add any more things to Among Us"
*Proceeds to add a huge airship from a different game entirely*
Yeah pretty much they are not quitting while among us keeps getting more players the devs will keep updating
Well, if your game suddenly did something unbelievable business-wise, and raised from the ashes a SECOND TIME to become the most popular game in the world, who wouldn't want to continue updating that game? Innersloth definitely didn't want to miss out that one-in-a-lifetime chance
Henry the stickman is thier game so no problem
And adds more coulers and decides to make 15 people be in one lobby
Well if they don't add anything among is will get boring and overall die.
From being an unnoticed game to winning three awards for the game in December 2020 it taught us to never give up and learning from failures .
"Going to consoles is difficult"
not even a month later: among us switch edition!
(i rly enjoyed the vid btw) :)
Glad you liked it :D
Switch is exceptionally easy to port to, which is why the eshop is loaded with shovelware every month. Well, at least it's nice to find the occasional amusing little gem for 10c :D
Innersloth: we wont add any more maps only some bug fixes.'
2020 december: lemme make a new henry stickmin map.
Inner sloth: and lemme add some new settings and costumes.
inner sloth : lemme add anonymous voting and other cool stuff
Lol
And put it on the Nintendo switch
And put it on Xbox and PS4
marcus and amy just said:
*"how about we make a game with beans killing beans?"*
Or 1 boned creatures wearing hazard suits killing eachother.
lol
over the phone with my mom is not going to work tomorrow at the end
Over the phone with my mom is not going to work tomorrow at the end of school at like a boss
lol
Innersloth : "We will no longer be adding updates to among us"
Kaif : "Put those words right back into your mouth sir"
Fun fact: There’s a comment on the official beta trailer for Among Us that says “Nobody’s going to play your stupid game.”
Needless to say, they may have been a tiny bit wrong.
"tiny bit" ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT
Such a well made video, this game as such an interesting history.
Much appreciated!
Yeah I'm still remember playing it at the first of January 2019.
It does look very different from the time I'm playing back then.
And It took a long time for a game back then because I'm a loner so multiplayer is my only option.
And now it's only matters of sec to play now.
Nice to know that Brazilians helped with the development by stimulating the team to create new content
thats why you go to brazil
@@aaaaa-yh7yf Yeah, I thought it was a success too, but... It wasn't
@@aaaaa-yh7yf i was also thinking that, than it exploded elsewhere and i discovered that it wasnt a success before
@@aaaaa-yh7yf Cara, se o godenot fazia vídeo e pegava 1M de views, como ce se achava o único?
it blowed up in Arabic places
when it was in global release
Animal Crossing and Among Us’ blow up this year really reflects on what people miss the most, social life and interaction.
I am Brazilian and the fact that a Brazilian youtuber and our community is an important part of the growth of the game, warms my heart of happiness. I love it when indie games take over from big companies.
a breath of fresh air to be sure
You should REALLY make a “How Henry stickmin was made and almost Burned out the creator.”
It already burnt the creator out
You can probaboy find a video about that online, and not to mention thats more of a story of Among Us and Innersloth. They got burnt out on most of their projects. Not to mention in this video he even talks about how they got burnt out of remaking some of their projects. A story like that wouldn't be anything new, infact that would just be restating what was said here except you'd have to stretch it out for a whole video.
Probably one of the main reasons there will not be anymore Henry Stickmin games.
@@toasteroven6761 no, *the* reason there will it be anymore Henry games.
@@toasteroven6761 I am hoping Henry Stickmin will return but most likely not. The Henry Stickmin Completing the Mission was a sort of end to Henry. It wrapped up the story flthat was created from the beginning. Unless they make a whole new story but I doubt that.
Amazing video, 20 minutes felt more like 5, you did a great job!
Much appreciated, glad you enjoyed it!
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E fake 100% :))
not until i see your comment that i realized i have spent 20 minutes. This video essay is really well-written
All entrepreneurs have thought of quitting before. The remaining ones simply persevered.
They ARE entrepreneurs, after all.
Yep.
For anyone who's gonna say: "Stfu comment spammer" or whatever, Ray Mak is not a bot but a real person.
Justin Y is better
Yep
Dang my boy Henry ain’t gonna get any recognition.
:(
I like Henry stick men like 💯% better that omong us
@@swift_sa yes
@@swift_sa stupid child
@@Xanthopathy hey no you the child
I'm glad Kaif and the SR group is getting recognition for their contribution of a new wave of players to Among us. Thank youuu :3
My pleasure, they were a big part of its success! Who knows, without Kaif the developers might have given up on Among Us.
Kaif and the others be proud to be the OG in this game. :)
Ya I watched kaif and no beans play among us but didn't know they were like the first
@@nousername1888 yesssss they're the best to watch and have a good time.
@@edwardfrost7935 I was just about to say they are a good friend group and never get angry then I remembered rob 😂😂
But still entertaining
To Ineersloth: " Hire more people. Don't let your success become reason for your failure "
Yeah dude when you get the chance you should take the risk and expand
They expanded
Now they have 4 people
@@darthdooku6246 That's not enough man
More programmers and designers. An HR team, They can outsource for now.
they should pubg has some 20 devs
@@darthdooku6246 That's less than a complete scrum team. I understand they don't want to liquidate equity but they can outsource to offshore companies or set limit on liquidation.
Very interesting and well structured as many have already said. Great job!
Much appreciated!
And then everyone gave up on this game because the developers where taking their time making the game perfect
That is true tho
It’s funny I’m coming across this, me and my friends have been playing Among Us on and off since 2018, and only now seeing it get so popular and all of my favorite streamers playing it is pretty cool.
same
Your an Og
Man I still remember the old trash chute...
Randoms were even more stupid back then because we were all just inexperienced
I used to not even know that u could vent into other places
If im not mistaken among us wasnt free back then
Fun fact: one of the devs Marcus or puffballsunited was already popular way before among us when he made henry stickmin
That is covered in the video but it really interesting. Some games on that series rank at the all time top of flash game website lists.
@@123TeeMee it’s really weird how most of among us history videos always makes innersloth look so unpopular
It's crazy how a lot of games puffballs worked on get super popular way down the line.
WHAT???? REALLY??? NO SHIT??
really good point
Me from the future: It's on the switch now!
U guessed lol
From start to finish, this was an exceptionally made video. The running background, rolling text next to the speaker's picture, and the overall timeline were so well put together. The accompanying music was perfect in that I never really noticed it, but I was definitely more interested in the video because of it
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it :D
Finally i see someone who gives kaif recognition for attracting new players when this game wasn't popular and was at it lowest, this video was very well researched, congrats you sir
Much appreciated! Kaif was an integral part in Among Us becoming a huge success!
I never expected a game I played back in school would surge in popularity, but I am proud to have played on the beta before it blew up!
Keep making these videos, Glen! We're here to patiently wait.
This is a great video! Really well polished and thought out! 😀 I learn something new every day.
Much appreciated, glad you liked it! :D
Here's a suggestion: Superliminal
Good suggestion!
@@ThatGuyGlen thanks
It blew up unexpectedly. I'm surprised it's getting popularity this late
I watched a speed run of it and it was almost therapeutic. It was just so calming to watch. Maybe it’s because I was tired.
Gamer_ Plasmy ikr
And now there making a new map and won "Best Multiplayer Game".
They also won Best Mobile Game too
@@jofx4051 yes
Yeah, like it wasn't also the same game two years ago but didn't even got nominated in goty award
68th like 😓
and now u can't spell their
Thank you so much for making these videos it's so awesome to see the development story of these games and studios
My pleasure, I have a blast making them :D
No way you are this underrated your videos are so high quality
Absolutely solid video. Well put together and we’ll sourced. Good job!
Much appreciated!
Dude your video quality is off the charts! You deserve wayy more subs like this is some top quality content
Much appreciated!
@@ThatGuyGlen are you using a voice or your own?
Idk why but the way this video was explained was excellent. The time passed by so quickly and I barely realized it. Excellent work.
Thank you so much, glad you liked it!
This video was really fun and interesting to watch! All three of them have such great teamwork!!!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Among us becoming popular twice after Innersloth wanted to stop working on it:
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I remember searching "Mafia games" in Play Store because of theses memes ads. And then i saw space mafia. I just looked at the title weirdly and then scrolled down.
You could have been a DARN beta player bro
this is a bruh moment
bruh I started playing in February (2020) when randoms were actually fun and people weren't idiots.
Ikr, People don't say sus at that time.
I joined in April 2019, and it was a good time when you don't get banned for being a good impostor.
Same!!!
@@BenjoBanjooie sus = bad
i like how everyone is acting so nostalgic when in reality people probably just started playing when it was popular
Man, I remember me and my classmates play among us by mobile hotspot way back in 2018.. We never expected that it will become popular af..
Wow, seeing all the CZcams flooded with Among Us videos it's hard to believe practically nobody knew about it for years!
Yup, InnerSloth went on a pretty insane journey for two years!
Commenting for the algorithm, this video is so well made!
Much appreciated!
This is such a feel-good story, and shows that AAA is a concept that is unaffordable in the long run.
I watched the whole thing and it blowed my mind your the bessssssst thanks alott for the review it was awesome it was defenetly worth taking 20min watching this 😊
I remember playing this game like 1 year ago with my friend. There were like hardly any lobbies available. Although I would be telling a big lie if I said I preferred 2020 among us compared to 2019 among us. 2019 among us was a lot more fun since most of the players then actually were smart and not just a bunch of 2 year old kids.
I think the optimal experience is via discord. Provided there is a friend group big enough or a community of sorts and the reason why I still haven't played it.
Private servers, even a public discord group would be better than the hell hole that is public lobbies
I can see why people would be alot smarter..
Yeah, you really need a discord group. Those can be moderated, discord rooms could have codes, and troublemakers can be booted out, and Discord voice chat would surely be better than using the texting system in-game. It's what all the streamers do, and it seems to work extremely well for them.
My friends 5 your old sister plays....
Your videos always put a smile on my face, also thank you for having cc!
Glad to hear that! And my pleasure, I like using captions as well so I figured I'd add them to my own videos :D
Woah I didn’t know Among Us had such a interesting history. Great vid u had good facts and explained everything very well.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
That was a great video! Thank you very much
i remember playing this game back in 2019. me and my cousins would play this until 2am, ah, good times
Same lol my mom would yell at me at night because I was up at like 3am.
You did it! Very informative and straight to the point. Great video, as always!
I really hope this gets a lot of traction & views.
Thank you so much!
Woooooow what a good channel :D I really enjoy it !
Thanks for putting many words you say on the screen, it's really easy even for french people to understand what you say :) :)
Much appreciated, glad you like the channel! And my pleasure, I also provide subtitles for all my videos :)
I love videos like these. Always fun to learn the backstories of hit games
Super Meat Boy or the Binding of Issac are games I would like to see. I feel like these 2 weird games might potentially have a crazy story behind them.
Good suggestions! I love Binding of Isaac so it’s been on my list for a while. However, the Noclip channel recently did a video on a bunch of games that were made and co-created by Edmund McMillen (Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy) so I’m not sure if there’s anything more I could contribute to the topic.
I think it’s already on a documentary.. meat boy dat is..
Your videos are always such a treat! clean, clear, and too the point! Amazing editing and images. You deserve so many more subscribers!
Thank you so much! Always happy to hear when people like the presentation since I put so much effort into it. Makes my day :D
I remember playing among us when skeld was the only map it wasnt as big as it is now but the community loved it and they still do, keep doing a great job innersloth
Nice video man! Keep it up!
its amazing how a little compnay turned in to a world wide rage!
They made henry stick man and dig to china they were already famous
@@neotreo3670 ??????????
@@lolgirl2174 he means that they were been famous since the Henry Stickmin series.
@@ihatelife5464 oh ok
@@lolgirl2174 and dig to china that game goes hard
"If in doubt, vote stan out"
Yea boi
^stan was not an impostor^
"don't be silly vote lily"
Nice video and great job on the editing and I hope among us rise again :]
I kind of miss among us
You could definitely say that again. I miss Among Us too.
@@LuminantYT I just remember the good times I had on it 🥲
I gotta say, I first had to get used to your voice, but once I did, it was great! Thanks for mailing this video!
My pleasure, glad you liked it!
The quality of these videos is amazing. Keep it up!
Thanks! Papers, Please is next!
I can't wait for the "How Hollow Knight Silksong was made and why it took SO DARN LONG to come out"
Hoolow knight yes yes
A team of three. I can't imagine how much stress they must endure. Congrats 👏👏
This video was very good and time filling I will have to watch more of your videos love your work
Much appreciated, glad you liked it!
Great video Glen! You really deserve so much more attention on CZcams, your videos are fantastic and I’ve watched all of them and I always want more. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much! Glad to see that people like the video and want the series to continue! Next one is Papers, Please :D
Very interesting and clean video! I am very happy that you covered the game's history so thoroughly. Looking forward to seeing more videos from you!
Much appreciated, glad you liked it! More videos are definitely coming, the next one is going to be about Papers, Please!
thanks for this very well made video. this is actually really motivating and inspiring
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it and got something out of it!
Great video. Lots of interesting history
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Perfect timing. Just finished my 6 hour long class and needed something to relax!
I really like your videos btw :D
Thank you! Glad my videos can help you relax :D
Wait, class is 6 hours for u?
@@rafy.h.3108 normally it's 8 but 2 teachers got covid and are in the hospital :/
@@finallychangedmyname3614 but you ahve 6 hours and probs in high school while im still in fucking elemntary and has 7 hours to go through
@@rafy.h.3108 elementary school should have at max 5 hours, like there isn't even that much to learn
0:23 there was a gray among us colour back then?
Yeah
Yup
Yeah but people confused it as other colors I think
@@KaikaiDokeshii that was tan I think
Great video, I watched all of it.
Guys, we NEED a round of applause for these devs, they've been working so hard and they really made things better for everyone
No they havnt
@@flti So.. you don't play Among Us?
It's just sad that the original creators of the space mafia genre never got any credit. RIP Metastasis (the Warcraft 3 map).
@@pavlova3310 oh so you play among us? name every task
@@user-lz5kh3un8z Swipe Card, Wires, Keys, Scan, Download, Upload, Asteroids, Trash, Shields, Fuel, Alignment, navigation controls, maze, unlock safe, pistols, divert power. That all I can think of.
Your videos just keep on getting better man keep up the good work!
Much appreciated!
Your documentaries are so good! I LOVE learning about my favourite games.
My pleasure! I always have a blast making these videos and seeing all the positive responses is the cherry on top for me :D
11:33 an underwater map sound AMAZING! I would love that. I might start sketching my own ideas for an underwater map.
I'm glad that twitch and youtubers played this and couldn't be more thankful that they continued. This game bought back my enjoyment of drawing after years of a stalemate. Also thank you for your video, was very informative of their journey as creators.
My pleasure, glad you liked it!
I really love the character designs, as so simple but cute, and interesting the way the hands disappear and re appear. I feel so much suspense too when playing, and trying to plead my case no matter which side Im on. It would be cool to have a voice chat option for just random groups.
Well good thing they didn’t, i wouldn’t be able to be thrown out every round for faking med scan, i swear they’ll learn that it fun
To be honest i now understand more that lack of updates lately.
A very well made video. The developer's really did a great job in creating this game.
Also there is a luck factor as well. Whenever they decided to move on to another game.
A youtuber made their game viral.
Such a strong luck.
Your "how was made" videos are the best! Surprised why you haven't got mil subs already
Thank you so much! 1 million would be insane!
americans: this new game is so good!
me, a brazillian, who knows the game since 2018: yeah, what a cool "new game"
apparently americans get hurt when someone includes them in a joke, so just for clarification: this is a joke
Yes only americans and no one else
Bro, you seriously gatekeeping a game about assasin beans? Lmao.
@@turothecreator3067 who said i was gatekeeping? this is supposed to be a joke
Yeah "new game"
@@dashw and of course its just america because america united states bad 👎👎👎🖕brazil good numero uno👍👍✊🙋♂️
_The devs should recruit 1 or 2 extra coders so that all the pressure isn't held by one guy_
Change my mind
Yea, they added one more member and it waan't even a programmer.
Well, most of the problems that occurred when the game blows up was because of server issues. Players were barely able to even log into the game. So it becomes an issue of server size and optimization, and it isn’t really a problem that can be solved by just having more guys working on it (they needed creative solutions, rather than more “hands typing code”, so to say). You don’t really need a big team for a game like this, tbh.
This was such a good video nice job!
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!
I had JUST watched your Stanley Parable video and was hoping you'd make one on Among Us! So excited to watch!!
Hope you enjoy it!
@@ThatGuyGlen it was absolutely fantastic!!! Very informative and relaxing to watch ☺️ keep up the good work!
Thanks man, glad you liked it! Next one is Papers, Please!
@@ThatGuyGlen Whoo some good intel over here! Love that game :)
Finally there's a video that actually recognizes how the game actually had a first spike in popularity in 2019 in Brazil. Most people (sometimes even Brazilian youtubers) act like the game was unknown until this year.
Before I made the video, I honestly thought it only got popular this year so I was surprised to find that there was such a rich history behind the game! But yup, if you've done a little research, it's undeniable that the audience in Brazil basically motivated the developers to keep expanding the game. Who knows, without that initial spike, the team might have moved on to a new game and no one would still be talking about Among Us today.
Keep making videos! They are awesome!
I started playing almost a year ago with some of my brazilians friends. I'm so proud and happy to see how Among Us got they hype it deserved!
Can't wait to play in the new map! This was a really great video!
Much appreciated!
Love that this game is finally been getting the recognition it deserves, Ive been playing with some friends on and off since august 2018
Loving this series so far, and it's nice to learn how to do things for game development. I think it would be cool to see either ultrakill, return of the obra dinn or disco elysium!
All great suggestions, they're on my list now! ;)
awesome, I really enjoy it even it is only explaining video but fell like listen epic inspiration story, well done...
11:35 I've been asking for an underwater map for ages. This gives me hope!
Cheese 4 : the attack of the impasta
Pasta la vista
Here to juice that algorithm
i'm excited for the new map! Posted by the official team, on the steam website, they showed a sneak peek of the new map!
i like how ur narrate, i didn't even notice when the minutes passed