The Making of Spelunky - Documentary
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For almost a decade players have gleefully explored Spelunky's refined brand of player discovery and emergent gameplay. In this documentary, we talk to the game's creators about building the rules of its procedurally generated worlds.
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Produced by Danny O'Dwyer & Jeremy Jayne
@dannyodwyer / @adackmusic
Music by Paul van der Walt (@paulvdwalt)
Additional music supplied by Audio Network
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00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Origin Story
08:50 - Leaving Gaming
10:50 - Jack Thompson: Indie Darling
13:50 - Aquaria
17:10 - Commercial Burnout
18:24 - Ideas Colliding
20:17 - Closed Beta to Console
27:53 - The Little Pieces
30:54 - Life & Death
33:33 - Weapons
36:32 - Bombs
38:20 - Damsels
42:28 - Enemies
45:03 - Areas
48:37 - Destructibility
50:36 - Music
52:16 - Meaning
55:58 - Outro
56:27 - Credits - Hry
"the game is so short that if you die, it doesn't feel like as much of a setback as if the game took, y'know, hours to beat." **cries in spelunky 2**
2 words cosmic ocean
I recently picked up spelunky 2 again after 4 years to reach cosmic ocean for the first time, I actually found it to be much easier than i remembered. It takes with Olmec and ankh skip around 25 min to reach @@space-diny7667
Cant wait to see flooded mines in spelunky 2.
Spelunky 2 is going to be amazing
See Flood on the Commodore Amiga
I hope not water levels in games always suck.
I agree
finally getting released yay
45:30 "the tiki traps do 2 damage"
i wish
@@silent04_ they do 4 my guy
I think he’s talking about the 2008 version
the worst part is the hitbox is way bigger than it looks
@@poke8754 its just one tile its really not THAT bad
@@Hawkow_Ruby it is only one tile, but the amount of times ive been hit by it without actually making contact with the spikes is annoying
This is so good, those 58 minutes flew by like 5
That's most of noclips videos
Derek's hair at the awards was Legendary.
It's like a vassal of Romero's hair
@@TheOtogi i thought of Romero as well
was having such a shit day...this here, might just turn it around. Much love Danny keep at it!
Thanks to everyone for supporting us through the production of our "Rediscovering Mystery" series. It was wonderful to take the time to dive into The Witness, Spelunky, and Frog Fractions 1 & 2. We hope you enjoyed them. For those who don't know yet, our next AAA project is (*drum roll*) FINAL FANTASY XIV Online. We just returned from a week long shoot in Tokyo and are working hard to get that finished for early June. In the meantime, we'll have a bunch of interesting smaller clips we filmed at GDC last month (also Danny is going on his honeymoon and is looking forward to not staring at Adobe Premiere for a few weeks). We'll have plenty more behind the scenes stuff up for patrons too. Thank you all for helping us reach 100k subscribers only six months after we started this channel. We're absolutely stunned and humbled by your viewership. We have some incredibly exciting projects coming for the next six months, so we hope you stick around. - Danny & Jeremy
I'm excited for the XIV project. The greatest tale of success after immense failure in gaming. Great job on the documentaries! I love them.
Noclip aw too much time but is gonna worth it and happy honeymoon danny
Enjoy your time off - it's much deserved with the truly high quality of these documentaries!
If there's ever the opportunity open, you guys should try to do some docs on older games as members on the team are available - like 80s-early 00s - would be really cool to see an in-depth look back with some new interviews and insights to really popular and more obscure games that may have been forgotten. (btw, would love to see a Falcom doc sometime in the far flung future :) )
Great series Danny & team! Thank you so much! So glad we all get to chip in to make this happen.
This was great to watch. Spelunky is a work of pure genius, the whole goddamn thing. Easily a contender for best game ever made. EVER, I say!
It's funny, I remember playing I'm O.K from start to finish, way back. I loved the crap out of Aquaria and still listen to the soundtrack. It turns out I've been playing Derek Yu's awesome games for half my life and I didn't even know it.
Only 4 likes? Jeez, BaerTaffys comment got 266 likes!
Your videos are so fricken funny I love them so much
while we're all saying thanks to the team for making this masterpiece of a game, i'm here saying thanks to you. your videos are freaking brilliant. you have a sense of humor that really fits me. thanks for being here
Fancy seeing you here ol' bean
WELL SPELUNKY 2 IS MORE OF A GENIUS IDEA
This was just excellent. Now to get a documentary on the folks behind Klik & Play! Legendary piece of software.
Lazy Game Reviews dude, LGR meets noclip: a collaboration where noclip does a documentary on Klik & Play featuring narration by LGR. I ship it
Lazy Game Reviews wheres my syndicate review my good man
YES!
Honestly I had never heard of Klik & Play before this documentary, and now I'm super curious to know more about it! A full-fledged doc would be awesome.
Rosy. It was a great time for Independent Games with zero budget. Silkys, the Daily Click. Check out the game Destruction Carnival. Still an awesome Smash TV homage. Derek and John always made great games. Some of their games not mentioned were the Trigger Happy 2 demo and I really think their snowball fight game deserves an HD remake.
Klick & Play was such an important part of my childhood. I just wish I had more friends to collaborate with at that time.
love how Olmec's boss theme comes on as they show the lawyer lool
Derek was working on something, and everyone sure looked forward to it
Yep, he sure did!
It's so interesting to hear Derek talk about Spelunky 2 being a project where he was figuring out how to design games and also be a dad. It makes the story beats at the beginning of Spelunky 2 a lot more meaningful to me.
One of the only games I've 100%'d the achievements, fantastic!
Looking forward to what Derek does next
Indeimaus HES MAKING SPELUNKY 2 , YES HE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE PART 2 OF THE GAME
Spelunky 2 is in development right now!!
...right now!
Splunk 2
yep, Spunky 2!
Always been such a huge fan of Spelunky, it was actually the first game I every played for my channel. This was a phenomenal documentary - thanks for making a wonderful series Danny!
Haha I remember watching your spelunky video a little back. It was actually what got me back into it and I just became addicted from there!
Fantastic. Loved every second of this. Spelunky totally changed my life, which probably sounds hyperbolic but it's true. Thank you to the team, and thank you Danny for the great documentary.
Baer make more Spelunky please
Baer makes Spelunky even better
Awesome thank you!
It changed your life...
Watching your Spelunky runs was basically the first time I ever watched a Let's Play. I learned so much about the game, and after that I started getting more and more into CZcams.
Spelunky was the big indie game that really stole my heart originally. Without that, I likely wouldn't have tried other later roguelite style games, like The Binding of Isaac and Towerclimb. Thank you for this video.
TowerClimb is amazing! I mean, all the games you mentioned are, but TowerClimb really surprised me with how much depth it actually had.
"Derek is working on something..." well, now we know.
@@coinflipburp1565 This video was released in April 2017. The first announcement of Spelunky 2 was in October 2017.
@@coinflipburp1565 you are stupid
I remember my brother buying Spelunky on the Playstation store and I was kind of critical of him saying there were plenty of AAA/big titles to buy, but I ended up playing it. I liked the game enough, but I couldn't get through the mines initially. I kept trying, and kept learning the game. Eventually I honed in on the skills/knowledge to get to, and ultimately through, Hell. The further I got, the more I appreciated the secrets and thoughtfulness that went into the game. Not much in gaming matches the satisfaction of emerging victorious from the other side of Hell in Spelunky! Now I consider it in the top 10 games I've ever played. It's so fun, and has so much replay value, and you never know what will happen on any given run. Anyone watching this who hasn't played it, it's a must.
If I were one of the people behind Klick and Play(sp?), I would feel really proud watching this video. I actually came away with more of an appreciation for that tool and tools like it than the games themselves. It's just awesome to think about how much it helped aspiring developers and game designers at the time find a way to express their creativity and find a community.
Amen, it's why I get annoyed at people who rag on Game Maker, if nothing more it gets people (like me) into game development, even if it's at an entry level.
I do believe that Game maker is a nice tool to get started with, if you don't already have programming knowledge. However one thing that annoys me is the amount of "big" indie games written in Game maker. For example, Risk of Rain. In RoR you experience frequent crashes, lag issues, bugs due to engine limitations, which could be avoided by using another language + game engine.
But yeah, game maker is perfect for simple games when you're learning, like RPGs or classic game clones.
Klik & Play still exists actually, still being updated but is now called Clickteam Fusion, available on Steam.
Spelunky will always be one of my favorites and is honestly a game I consider to be among the best ever made. Thanks so much for doing this in depth video on the game :)
Spelunky 2 babyy
45:31 - "You've got the tiki traps where the spears shoot out suddenly... deals 2 damage to you..."
From experience, it is definitely 4 damage. Twice the toughness!
e to the Pi i And in Spelunky, twice the toughness means twice the likelyhood of death. Particularly in regards to bullshit bats that stun you and cause you to fall directly next to a conveniently placed tiki trap or spike pit.
Don't get me wrong, I love Spelunky to death, but those bats man...
Spelunky is easily one of my favorite games. It never gets old, only frustrating to the point that I need to take a break. NoClip, you've been great about the titles you look into and the people behind them. Keep doing what you're doing.
"Everyday is one day closer to Spelunky 2." - Abe Lincoln
we're almost there chap
@@Youmanoofficial we are 1 day away lads 🥶
@@appleseeds04 yeah I can't wait to play it after 2 years of waiting
So.. yeah.., spelunky 2 is no different
Its still fun af
@@Steven-nq7fx Definitely, although I hate the moles.
I honestly think that your documentaries are some of the best on CZcams. Informative, entertaining, and you have a truly distinct voice. Loved this!
Danny, you're a legend mate. Starting Noclip was such a perfect move - I've loved each and every documentary so far. Keep up the great work!
I've learned so much by watching all of your documentaries. They are an amazing resource.
Thank you for all of the effort that goes into these!
"Derek is working on something"
I WONDER WHAT THAT IS
LOL THE MAN DID IT AGAIN
"She could have just been a pot roast or something like that." I guess he followed through with that trail of thought in Spelunky 2
was having such a shit day...this here, might just turn it around. Much love Danny keep at it!
(*Sending positive vibes*)
It’s always so good to hear gamedev speaking about previous games it’s just warms my hart man
Never played this game and never will, but I love the documentary. I think the creator of this game is really talented with an authentic personality and seems to be a chill guy to hang around with.
How come you’ll never play it?
@@rotten4322 Ah its just that I have a backlog of games to play - with the limited time that I have I need to make choices. In this case this game doesn't resonate with me even though the principle of the game is quite cool. But I would rather play a metroidvania over this for example. I think the game is great for people who love rogue like games.
@@GameArts1 That's honestly why I've started torrenting games that I'm unsure of in terms of my enjoyment with them. Sometimes it takes more than a couple of hours of gameplay to know how a game sits with you, and when you're strapped for cash like me, it's hard to make decisions based entirely off of other peoples experiences with games. I don't want to spend money on a game I'd ultimately want a refund for, and then not be able to get my money back because I wanted to give the game a fair chance.
Spelunky 2 was one of the games I did pay for though. Not only does it offer more than plenty of value for its relatively low price point, but everything about the way the game feels just made me instantly want to delete that copy and go support the developers in the most direct way possible. And I did! It's honestly the pinnacle of platforming controls in my opinion, the controls are responsive, tight, and the game expands on your movement in a lot of ways that have a lot of depth. Along with that, while I've never experienced it, online play with this game looks to be quite enjoyable, and the humor of the game boosts exponentially when playing with other people, both new and experienced.
While I won't do anything so rash as to encourage you to get into torrenting specifically for this game, maybe try and find someone who does have the game and ask them what makes the game stand out to them, or even ask them if you could try a couple of runs with them on steam remote play, I believe you can do that without needing a copy of the game yourself. Spelunky and Spelunky 2 are really both great examples of lighting in a bottle, with Spelunky 2 harvesting what made the first game special and forming an even stronger game with that foundation. It really is quite amazing what these games have accomplished, and I can't wait to see what he does next with his future titles.
I really hope you keep this quality up man. These are amazing looks into the industry.
Thank you so much Derek!! You have changed my life as a person through these games. Spelunky & now Spelunky 2!! They are both amazing & your a wonderful person.
Incredible documentary man. It shows that you made the right decision to go on your own. You're bringing rigour and good coverage to the industry, so keep going.
9:55 holy shit, my family totally owned that mailbox toy when I was a kid.
An amazing documentary, idk how i've only just now seen this channel. Now to binge the rest of y'alls videos!
First Noclip video I've watched - love it! Looking forward to watching all of them!
Awesome documentary, and as someone who has liked the look of the game before, hearing their stories behind it and their passion and focus on it has convinced me I'll get it.
11:07 I love the nice touch of olmec music, it really portrays him as a giant evil tyrant
This was an amazing watch!
Spelunky is one of my all time favourite games and it was really interesting getting some more insight into the people who made it.
I've followed Derek's online ventures for awhile but I hadn't really paid much attention to either Andy or Eirik, so it was cool to see their experience working on spelunky and in gaming in general aswell.
Also props to Noclip: this was a very high quality documentary, I'm stoked to see what you have in store next!
Basically thanks all around for brightening my day and inspiring me to maybe to some stuff my own, I'm downloading gamemaker as I type this :)
"not interested in the engine stuff, but like to program he logic of the game"
that is EXACTLY how i feel about game dev, and why i use unity.
spot on.
This was a real nice treat! I remember Derek Yu from way back during those K&P-Days, back then he was someone that I think a lot of people looked up to a lot. Even his really early work stood out in the K&P-scene as really good stuff. I was doing a bunch of smaller games and working on a bigger top down death match style shooter in The Games Factory (the sequel to K&P) with a friend I made over in the US. Blastorama Games we called ourselves. And I remember Derek showed off some screens from Eternal Daugther on the forums and everyone was really really blown away and excited, I think for like years after that. I was always wondering why it was taking so long for it to come out, seems like it was years in the making, and this does shed some light into that. Even though these applications are very intuitive and easy to work with. Making something like eternal daugther or more advanced stuff, really does take a lot of skill.
I wanna see the flooded mine.
3 years later, first reply
Sus...
Wow... you truly are everywhere...
I already knew this just by the nature of his game, but Derek Yu is an amazingly well spoken individual. Thanks for making this documentary, amazingly well put together, and now I am way too excited to see what Mr. Yu has in store for us next.
I've had this game installed for the better part of a year now, on my PC, PS4, and Vita, and after watching this I've finally taken the time to go and play it. Amazing game! Awesome vid Danny!
Man, I bought Spelunky in June 2014, and I'm still playing it. I'd stop for a month or two then turn it on while bored or unsure of what to play then spend the next 3 weeks chipping at it again. It's insane how much comfort I find in the play systems. It's like this beautiful painting that you loved when you bought and, sometimes when you're passing the wall it's hung on, you pause and stare. It's so perfect.
I have a ton of memories with it. From bringing my laptop around to play a little versus with some friends in cafes, to making out with an ex while the game just sort of sat there waiting on an input, to spending transit times in airports with it, to watching hours of various streamers doing various things with it.
More than a lot of indie games that I cherish, Spelunky has a sort of succinctness in design that makes it feel kind of like an artefact. The rules are very simple but the variations are complex. There's no point in talking about how its designed because it's right there in the doc, but the merger of classic game design and consistency in in-world behaviour and aesthetic makes it probably my favourite game of all time. I don't think I'll ever get sick of it.
I love your documentaries man, they all show us a lot of what make games so special and they make me fell proud to be a gamer.
It's been a really great 1st season Mr O'D so sincerely, thanks!. I'm sure you've plenty planned for the future but man..I'd REALLY love to see a similar episode that goes in depth about The Binding of Isaac. Keep up the fantastic work buddy and enjoy your break!!
As always, fantastic doc, I think that this kind of analisys and history of games, is going to be more and more important and relevant in the future, thank you!
I would love to hear the story behind the development of Hotline Miami, btw :)
I love this. I've been playing this game for a good 3 or 4 years and yet I still find a reason to play it and binge on it. Its a favorite ill be coming back to for years to come. Really glad I could see the story behind it.
if there's anything on CZcams that puts a smile on my face, it's definitely a noclip upload. thank you Danny
One of the things I'm actually _more_ surprised is that the guy that uses an avatar of Hwang Jang-lee in the TIGSource forums is _the_ Derek from Spelunky! Whoa!
Thank you, Noclip and the patrons who supported the making of this wonderful doc. I saw Derek on the Rediscovering Mystery ep. and really wanted to see more on Spelunky... And now here it is! :D
I'm really, really happy. Thank you again!
I really find these very inspiring. While I tend to use music as my medium for expressing myself, I find these videos to be wonderful in examining my approach to creating art. Seeing all of these incredibly talented people collaborating and creating something that creates such a memorable experience is nothing short of wonderful.
Dude thank you so much for this. Spelunky is one of my favorite games, I cannot WAIT to watch this and learn all about it!!
documentaries and gaming, my two favorite things. this channel is so good
Excellent Doc! Very refreshing to see people involved with a game project who are positive, polite and seem like genuine people. Also, doesn't hurt that it's about such an amazing game too. ;)
Nice to know Klik & Play inspired the devs! I was the project manager of Klik & Play so it's amazing to see how that product inspired the guys to start making games.
Completely brilliant documentary. Absolutely compelling look at one of the best games of the 21st century. Spelunky and Dwarf Fortress are two of the most important games ever, I'd love to see a doc about DF in the future.
Really cool window into the making of one of my favorite games. Great job Danny and team!
Thanks Danny and crew! I'm waiting for credits to finish so I can jump back into the mines and imagine what it would be like with the mechanic from Bullfrogs "flood" as a rare level feel. What an amazing game and awesome story.
These keep getting better and better. Thanks Danny.
Me and my brother had played spelunky 1 for at least 8 years and we just finally beat it for the first time after coming back to it. Thank you Derek for the precious and furious memories ❤️✊🏼
Haha, I remember that Jack Thompson-inspired game, TIGSource, CrypticSea, and all that. Nice to see all those early indie game community people and relics again. Thanks for yet another awesome documentary!
20:23 Unrelated, but thank you for introducing me to Paul Ressel, this track is amazing. (The ''Analogue Man'' link in the description)
It's seriously appreciated you put links in the description :)
I’ve watched this so many times. The video is nearly an hour long but goes by so quickly. I hope we get another one for Spelunky 2.
Im happy that Spelunky inspired Noita
Of course just as I officially declared myself bored, another Noclip vid comes out! Every time I see one of these videos pop up, my hype level goes from 0 to 100 in the absolute minimal time it takes my brain to process what I'm seeing. Loved Spelunky too, so nice to see a documentary about it!
At 29:23 his talk about the ghost ai mad me realize that it’s very similar to another group of small ghosts in a sequel to this very game
Brilliant stuff. Cool to hear Derek talk about the game as though no decision was ever really intense or serious.
Thank you Danny, Spelunky is my favorite game ever and this video is a dream come true. Rock on!
This is my favorite game of all time. Thank you for this :)
Keep up the great work, Danny. It was great to hear from Andy for once, and not just Derek. Love them both.
I remember playing Spelunky for hours with my 2 brothers and 2 sisters. With my eldest brother being the best at spelunky, beating the game 100% completion withen a week . I kind of sucked and couldent get past the jungle world (400m-800m.) But it was still so fun trying to get better learning, the patterns of the game. It truly is a masterpeice and this was so dang cool to see of the game and I loved seeing this it was was a amazing documentary I thought barly any one but me has seen this game and it was a swell documentary. Amazing fricking game and im so thankful for him to create such an amazing game. Keep up the game designing im still watching the documentary btw.
P.S. a game where you kill video game programmers was made a while ago by choice. I think it was a Nitrom game but it was so dang cool and reallyyy fun (Nitrom created really fun short games like bad ice cream 1, 2, 3, and 4.) But I forgot the name it was like kill all I think programmers, it starts with kill all though it was a good short game I really enjoyed oddly enoughed😂. I've also played castle crashers and other games like the impossible game on Xbox360 also phenominal work.
Love this channel some much time and effort in these videos.
I absolutely love how much K&P features in this and props to you Danny for doing enough digging to mention "The Wall". Astrospoon was a really fun game, and I'm gutted Trigger Happy 2 was never finished.
i have been playing spelunky for around 2 years now and it means so much to me. its the only game i keep coming back to time and time again and i am still discovering new things and having a fun time each and every time i play it. weather it be playing it at home on my computer or on the bus with my vita i always enjoy myself when i play it and discover new things. i have so much respect and love for darek yu and andy and i cant wait for spelunkey 2. thank you for developing my all time Favorited game
Don’t know if you already heard, but the gameplay trailer was just released!
spelunky is such an important game
I didn't expect to watch the whole thing! good job
Thanks Danny! Really made my day - feel good vibes be strong
And a great documentary in general. Great job. Especially the quote from the IGF
This is one of those videos where I wish I could hit like multiple times. These guys are all very awesome and it's a pleasure listening to them
these guys are so humble, so much respect for these guys
It's funny, he keeps talking about spelunky being clumsy in places and I can see what he's getting at, but it's one of the most responsive and crisp feeling platformers I've ever played.
That's what I noticed when I first played the game in xbla...how tight the controls are. Homeboy can make can maneuver up around gaps better than Mario.
That girl next door analogy was so wholesome, I love it.
Really love your work. Loved this one and can't wait to see the next
Spelunkey HD and Spelunkey 2 are high on my list of favorite games. Thanks Derek!
Exeptionally lovely; thank you, Noclip! :D And thanks to Derek & Co for being so rad!
Hah, holy crap, I totally remember Trigger Happy! I dinked around with K&P (MMF later on) and hung around The Daily Click (www.create-games.com). Great creative outlet.
The TIGSource forums are still bustling, by the way! Lots of devs post detailed logs of their work.
Great video.
The only time I truly bought into a 'mystery' that turned out to be a myth was resurrecting Aeris in FFVII. I didn't have access to the Internet (primitive as it was at that point :P), but a friend of mine did, and he printed out a hundred or so pages of tips, secrets and rumours. We had no idea which were genuine and which were fake, but the most compelling had something to do with finding fish flakes to get back to where Aeris was killed and acquiring Holy materia, which would allow you to resurrect her.
It was consistent with the lore of the game, and seemed eminently plausible, but after many hours of following this long chain of random stuff you were supposed to do... that fish just wouldn't go away.
Love this channel! Respect and keep up the good work guys!
Hands down my favorite game ever. I've played Spelunky since I can remember having a computer.
No matter how much I play the game never gets boring and there are always challeges. Meeting Derek in real life is
a personal highlight of my life.
wait what
GG on meeting Derek lol
So glad that I found this channel
wow, finding this 3 years too late. but this wholesome video makes me love spelunky even more! playing it somewhat regularly ever since it came to PS+, but i have yet to manage to get through it... :D
Holy cow! I played Trigger Happy back in the day. Haven't thought of that or K&P for ages. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Another amazing documentary! So glad NoClip exists!
Finally got around to watching this while I play Spelunky 2 :)
Beautiful work, Danny!
I love how none of them mention spelunker, which is clearly their biggest inspiration
Me too, especially considering both games have very little in common, except for the setting.
this was such a great interview damn
All of the major game media sites should be ashamed at how much high quality content you've released in such a short amount of time. I cannot say enough good things about this.
Another great documentary, keep up the good work guys
Great documentary. Loved hearing their story. Very inspiring. I hope there will be several high school kids inspired by this documentary to pursue their own career in video games development.