This is our final video from the selection we filmed at GDC 2019. Thanks for your patience in getting them out. We're almost done with Noclip Summer Jam, our 4th birthday party / funding drive. Help us film more stuff by buying a digital ticket or lanyard at store.noclip.video. Or don't. You do you! Times are weird!
Back when Mark of the Ninja first released I left a comment on a social media post that I couldn't wait to buy the game, when I had the money to do so. I didn't discover it for a year because it got caught as a spam message, but one of the people who worked for them sent me a DM with a code for Shank saying I would have something to play until I could buy MOTN. That left a last impression on me and i've bought every Klei game since.
Daniel Alp - I downloaded the game again on my phone and since I have more free time cause of quarantine... I learn a lot on how to survive since this game have a lot of guides on how to play it on youtube
Never imagined the Founder of Klei was such a humble and down to earth person. Now I understand why they are so successful. I own and love their 5 latest games (with all DLCs) and everytime they announce something new i get excited, i just trust them. Also love the DS animations on their TH-cam channel. To Jamie and all of Klei, Thank you for putting so much passion, love and care for your games and community.
Man, I absolutely love Oxygen Not Included to death, but I almost feel it doesn't get enough love out there. With hundreds of hours of play, I'm still finding new ways of entertaining myself with my crazy colonies. Such an evocative art style too. They really knocked it out of the park with that one.
I could never get into don't starve, but that's why I like interviews like these. It gives me a different viewpoint on it and allows me to appreciate it even if I don't play it. Great interview :)
Same for Oxygen Not Included, I couldn't understand the mechanics and it made me quit x) (I don't want to go to a wiki to understand the core of a game)
@@desplanchesstevan1418 In defence of the ambiguity surrounding Don't Starve and Oxygen Not Included, the core design of these games is meant to encourage exploration and getting out of a tough spot through trial and error. I wish I could go back to not knowing anything about the world of Don't Starve because I spent too much time trying to be a perfectionist that I learned every mechanic of the game through wikis and trapped myself in a repetitive pattern of what works and what doesn't and the game became a chore. You don't really need to learn about the lore and mechanics of Don't Starve through the wiki, just enjoy the world itself. In regards to Oxygen not Included, I would say the game is infinitely more complex but also very elaborate when compared to Don't Starve. You just need to resist the urge of trying to perfect everything and learning the meta of the game from the moment you first start playing it. Just enjoy the sense of awe and wonder that comes with experiencing new stuff in game.
Same here. Played it a lot but in the end it got too hard for me. Still like the game and same for Oxygen. Will buy their next game of course. The initial experience and tinkering is just so magic!
@@AkshayKumarX Oh, I knew, I'm not new to this kind og game/experience, and that's one of the thing that drew me to ONY in the first place. And don't get me wrong, I quite like the game, even when I just played it maybe 1 or 2 hour (I understand what he has to offer, and I find it more than great). It's just that I couldn't. Couldn't understand a single thing to help me understand other things, and so on. This is the first time where I understood that a game is not for me, and just gave up
@@desplanchesstevan1418 I can understand. There are several aspects of the game too complex for me also and one thing I especially hate is choosing the perfect characters for my play through, just sitting there for eternity and scrolling through character traits (RPG flashbacks). I also enjoy Don't Starve more, its fun especially when you've got a friend or two to mess around with.
What a fantastic person! "We build really interesting experience. So someone would say 'Wow! I never had this experince before. You should play it because you won't find this experince anywhere else". That's our business model' These words clearly show their commitment to their craft. Klei games are indeed very unique experinces. Great interview, as always.
I adore don’t starve, the art style and characters are so wonderful and it’s such a satisfying gameplay experience of overcoming the wilderness and seeing your base grow
It had to be so incredibly crushing having their game canceled right before launch after almost THREE YEARS of work. I can't even imagine picking myself up after that, my goodness. Glad they are finding success now. I love Klei!
I love the concept of Dont Starve and Dont Starve Together its so Grim and yet so Fun and cute ive been playing pretty much since dont starve first came out and I continue to play DST till this day
Klei is honestly my favorite game dev right now. They give a lot of love to their fans, they expand their lore with frankly GREAT animated clips, and they just understand that games are supposed to be fun, and thats the most important thing a developer can be. ^^
@@Yusuf-u8c7z Financial decision. As long as Jamie and the other Klei developers are sitting at the front wheel in terms of game development its all good.
"I need to cook some good food for my dupes... Hm no natural gas whatsoever... I guess I have to start making fertilizer" That's what I like about that game . The reusability of the recourses. Like you can make oxygen out of lumber, while also powering your base as a side effect
Suncho or how you just need a couple kilograms of ice and end up devoting the next week to marking a large scale ice making machine that runs automatically.
@@Grimthe once i made this huge ice maker compound with automated rails around, that send the ice to cool off and melt in a water tank, which i pumped around to cool the ice makers, and also my oxygen was passing through it so it get cooled off as well. the water tank was constantly circulating my whole base to keep even temperature.... i know i could have made everything easier, but i just wanted to do it this way :D
I was in elementary school when my friend and I made a Steam account together (it has since become solely my own) with the intent of buying Don't Starve.
Yup, haha! The game kicked my ass when I first started. And even now, when I think I’ve gotten better, something like a badly-timed hound attack or an embarrassing lack of light for the night kills me.
Don't Starve is probably one of my favorite games of all time, and definitely has my favorite art style of any game I've ever played. I go for heavily modded games, personally (I like exploration and farming way more than the challenging aspects), and I still get my butt kicked sometimes. And he's right - it always feels like any death was my fault.
So glad to have finally watched this! I was voting for it on the Patreon every time and was bummed when it would lose every time lol. Well worth the wait! Klei is one of my favorite developers of all time.
I'm loving these interviews. Can't imagine working hard on a project for two years only to have it cancelled at the last minute, must have been so demoralizing.
@@Fjonan I see what you're getting at and I completely agree. But it doesn't seems novel enough to me : the game elaborates on the quirks of the genre but don't stray futher than needed. I may also lack culture on the whole genre and its history, and unfortunately, and I don't have any example to explain my point.
Yeah Oxygen Not Included is quite literally the biggest homework I ever got (maybe besides BA thesis). I took it upon myself to translate the game because I always wanted to be somehow involved with game production but I was never much of an IT guy so I figured, I studied translation, this is probably the best option to work on games I will ever get. After a short research it turns out Klei goes out of their way to make it easy for translators, they link you a really nice little CAT tool (computer assisted translation), they hand you a template in game files and it's all you. I can say I am grateful for their Don't Starve games and DLCs first and foremost, but also Oxygen Not Included and the fact this is where I began my game translation journey. Hope it gets me somewhere.
As always, thank you Noclip for making these videos. I'd never thought I'd be so fascinated with the BTS and Origin stories around some of my favorite games. I hope you guys are doing well, cheers!
I have put thousands of hours into Don’t Starve/DST, and am still playing them. No other games can quite compare. They are so open, so complex, so witty, so beautiful, so fun. You can be creative. You can be basic. You can invent challenges and strategies for yourself. You can try mods. Thank you for this game, Klei! Please keep expanding it!
Klei has the rare distinction of being one of only three companies that have never disappointed me. The other two being Supergiant and Arkane. Even when Klei makes something that isn't a genre I care about, like Don't Starve, it's still a cool game.
@German Ugalde Plus you are giving your money to CCP so if you enjoy and like that muslims are killed in concentration camps than go play Klei's games, your choice.
Yup, I'm not happy about it. Even in this interview it's brought up how Klei was struggling to go independent and not rely on publishers in the early days. They built up a strong independent company and now they sell out? Just whyy??
7:48 I think it speaks volumes to how well the studio is managed that Jamie never forced a developer who had their doubts about the project to work on it just because he, the big boss, said so. He could very well have slammed his fist on the table and declared that it just had to be done, but he didn't. Makes you wish more managers were like this
I've always been a huge fan of the learning something about the game being an experience instead of a chore, adds an almost puzzle-like aspect to the survival
Don't Starve will always hold a special place in my heart because I met my fiancé through that community and our love for the game exploded when DTS became available and just made surviving in this silly world exponentially more exciting.
Coming in from the future to show my appreciation for Klei and the games they've developed over the years. I've dropped more hours into Don't Starve, Invisible, Inc., and Oxygen Not Included, than I've sank into any other games. For a couple of years, we were doing on/off personal dedicated servers for Don't Starve: Together to basically camp out together as friends... but in a far more interesting environment that can kill us and still be fun. Klei is the one studio I've not only praised but had to remind exists because their games age like fine wine.
Klei is just awesome. End of story. This experience that you won't get anywhere else perfectly describes my desire to play Oxygen Not Included (943h on steam atm). You gotta love those people. Oh, did I mention the funny short videos they produce?
I remember having played Eets back in '06 when it was featured as a demo (iirc) in one of these computer magazine discs. I thought it was pretty cute and a neat little puzzle platformer at the time. Also remember being kinda amazed when I learned that the people behind that little game ended up working on Mark Of The Ninja and Don't Starve. Glad you folks are still around :)
Klei is one of my very favorite indie company. On the side of art and music, they are distinctive and great. But most importantly, their game design and ideas are great. They are not scared to experiment everything, side scroller games, survival games, roguelike card game, tactical stealth game. And their games are almost bug-free, works like charm. Great company! I follow their job postings too and they are charming. I wish i could work in there...
I didn’t think I’d sit through the whole interview (or even click on it) but I did and no regrets. I love Klei games so much. They’re fantastic. I’m currently dumping hundreds of hours into Oxygen Not Included.
I previously worked at a science university in China, all the students loved this developers games. If they played games they played Don't starve for sure. And Oxygen not included was really popular too.
200 hours on Steam and every achievement later, I can legitimately say that Invisible, Inc. is one of my favourite games ever. I have probably another 150 hours in Oxygen Not Included and I keep coming back to it every once in a while. I wish I could get into Don't Starve in the same way but it's never clicked with me. I'm just waiting for one of my friends to invite me to play the multiplayer and explain how it really works but it seems that friend doesn't exist.
I absolutely love Don't Starve Together. I do agree that it's trickier without people to actively play with, though. A friend of mine gave me the game and invited me into a small discord chat, which eventually became a server. We still play almost every weekend, even after a year. Due to it being multiplayer, bosses have increased hp and some aspects are harder, although it's still quite possible to do it yourself - even with well over a thousand hours sunk into this game there are still some bosses I haven't got around to trying yet. When I first started out DST I was terrible at the game, but after a couple tries (okay, maybe more than a couple) I realised what to do and what not to do, and even playing now there's just something addictive about starting a new world and just exploring, gathering things and building a base. One thing I've noticed is that different characters have different playstyles; for example, Wigfrid only eats meat, but starts with gear so she can start hunting immediately. Walter and Maxwell are great for sanity but health is a problem, and Walter is slightly more unique in that aspect because he only loses sanity when he gets hurt. It's really fun for me to play different characters and see how the game changes - currently I'm playing Wigfrid and also awaiting her rework to see how that changes her.
Hi Jamie, Switch port 1st level gen is broken. Endless load animation. Beard joke 3 times over. End process (press home, close game, A), wait, load save, 5 seconds load time? The game we need. Now I thank you sir. Noclip? Thank you. The day when daddy becomes a Patreon. You are the BBC we used to have, yet never lost. Legend.
I'm so bad at don't starve but I LOVE it. I love how you find different things all the time and it's not repetitive as it's a randomly generated. Also the ART is impeccable as well as the sound effects/music, it's just so nice to look at 😂
he said that they want to make a game with new experience to feel but actually i played dont starve together because it reminds me of old school mmo games. when you need to grind for the bosses, solve the dungeon (ruins), and the so many new content updates they give. thank you, klei
I remember stumbling to Eets on 2flashgames(dot)com way back (I guess, 2002?) and it totally blew my mind. The art style, the gameplay & puzzle solving is just fun to experience. You can really tell that Klei Entertainment nailed the gameplay experience wherein failing is just part of learning, especially with MOTN and Don't Starve (which my wife & I loved so much). Totally underrated!
Klei makes the most FUN games. DST is definitely my most played game. I have nearly 4k hours and I'm STILL not bored with it. I can't wait to see what they do next with more games. GREAT job Klei team
I played Don't Starve exclusively for about five years starting with the Google free-to-play. I literally couldn't get interested in anything else. Now playing Rimworld but I'll be back for more Don't Starve someday. Such an underappreciated game. I always play as the original character.
I've been purchasing every single one of their games since Shank because of their gorgeous visual styles. The gameplay of their game, though, is the cherry on top. It really is what made me stick to these games for years. Anything Klei does, I'll purchase. It's simple as that. Mark of the Ninja is my personal favorite.
What i really liked about don't starve and klei was the first trailers for the game, don't know if someone follow then since the announce of Don't starve but they put so much work on hidden things on the trailers, binary codes, hidden url's, a bunch of hidden stuff on images and trailers, i was so excited to discover the things with the community, was amazing, i love so much don't starve
I have Mark of the Ninja, Don't Starve, Invisible Inc and Oxygen not Included and I love them all. I'm currently playing ONI. There really is something different in the games Klei are making.
GREAT! But I want to see more of the early prototype footage! And maybe dig a bit further into the painful stages of the projects and hopes for the future!!
Mark of the Ninja is one of the most pure and compact stealth games I've ever played. It really makes you FEEL like Batman. 9/10. Good game. I've also really been enjoying Griftlands and I highly recommend it for people who got hopelessly addicted to Slay the Spire like I did.
Have 400 hours on single player dont starve and multiplayer. I've played it with so many friends and always had a blast. The single player dlc's like shipwrecked and hamlet are also amazing.
Please do more klei covers 😭🖤 i love this company so much and thats so weird to say lol but i love supporting klei content because for the reasons of this interview 🤭
I think I own all Klei games and I want to applaud one more thing about them - the pricing. Their games were always very affordable! Don't Starve had a 2-pack for like 12€!! The DLCs were like 5€. I think Oxygen Not Included was like 25€ and was the most expensive one (worth every penny btw). I could always afford to get their games, even if things were a bit tight - unlike most AAA, especially now.
What's great when you play their other games is that you really get a good sense of their art style. Honestly, one of the reasons why I love their games so much.
This is our final video from the selection we filmed at GDC 2019. Thanks for your patience in getting them out. We're almost done with Noclip Summer Jam, our 4th birthday party / funding drive. Help us film more stuff by buying a digital ticket or lanyard at store.noclip.video. Or don't. You do you! Times are weird!
Little sad you two didn't talk about Hot lava nor Griftlands but never the less still a great video :)
The editing of the interview is great, the topics flow from one to another incredibly well. Thanks for this quick and informational documentary!
Your videos are awesome dude thanks for everething
Back when Mark of the Ninja first released I left a comment on a social media post that I couldn't wait to buy the game, when I had the money to do so. I didn't discover it for a year because it got caught as a spam message, but one of the people who worked for them sent me a DM with a code for Shank saying I would have something to play until I could buy MOTN. That left a last impression on me and i've bought every Klei game since.
that's both wholesome and amazing from klei
Wow😮
This just solidifies why Klei is one of my favourite indie devs.
Daniel Alp - I downloaded the game again on my phone and since I have more free time cause of quarantine... I learn a lot on how to survive since this game have a lot of guides on how to play it on youtube
True.
They’re not indie
@@Grimthe Still don't change my opinion tho
@@deadend5233 yeah, just telling you're they're technically Triple-A now
Never imagined the Founder of Klei was such a humble and down to earth person. Now I understand why they are so successful. I own and love their 5 latest games (with all DLCs) and everytime they announce something new i get excited, i just trust them. Also love the DS animations on their TH-cam channel. To Jamie and all of Klei, Thank you for putting so much passion, love and care for your games and community.
Aw your so sweet
With DS do you mean dark souls or death standing?
@@danielemazzali9810 Don't Starve, silly
Man, I absolutely love Oxygen Not Included to death, but I almost feel it doesn't get enough love out there. With hundreds of hours of play, I'm still finding new ways of entertaining myself with my crazy colonies. Such an evocative art style too. They really knocked it out of the park with that one.
Might be due the lack of multiplayer, which I think would certainly be possible to implement but not easy.
Love it too. Always loved systems based games, and ONI takes that further than anything I've ever seen before
It just got a new dlc which is in beta. All klei games get much love
Yeap, seems like qulian1 didnt wait just a little to get what he wanted :D Feel free to enjoy Space Out DLC my dude ! :d
I was mainly regarding the outside gaming audience, not Klei -- Klei treats their games quite well, and I'm excited for the expansion!
I could never get into don't starve, but that's why I like interviews like these. It gives me a different viewpoint on it and allows me to appreciate it even if I don't play it. Great interview :)
Same for Oxygen Not Included, I couldn't understand the mechanics and it made me quit x) (I don't want to go to a wiki to understand the core of a game)
@@desplanchesstevan1418 In defence of the ambiguity surrounding Don't Starve and Oxygen Not Included, the core design of these games is meant to encourage exploration and getting out of a tough spot through trial and error.
I wish I could go back to not knowing anything about the world of Don't Starve because I spent too much time trying to be a perfectionist that I learned every mechanic of the game through wikis and trapped myself in a repetitive pattern of what works and what doesn't and the game became a chore.
You don't really need to learn about the lore and mechanics of Don't Starve through the wiki, just enjoy the world itself. In regards to Oxygen not Included, I would say the game is infinitely more complex but also very elaborate when compared to Don't Starve. You just need to resist the urge of trying to perfect everything and learning the meta of the game from the moment you first start playing it.
Just enjoy the sense of awe and wonder that comes with experiencing new stuff in game.
Same here. Played it a lot but in the end it got too hard for me. Still like the game and same for Oxygen. Will buy their next game of course. The initial experience and tinkering is just so magic!
@@AkshayKumarX Oh, I knew, I'm not new to this kind og game/experience, and that's one of the thing that drew me to ONY in the first place.
And don't get me wrong, I quite like the game, even when I just played it maybe 1 or 2 hour (I understand what he has to offer, and I find it more than great).
It's just that I couldn't. Couldn't understand a single thing to help me understand other things, and so on.
This is the first time where I understood that a game is not for me, and just gave up
@@desplanchesstevan1418 I can understand. There are several aspects of the game too complex for me also and one thing I especially hate is choosing the perfect characters for my play through, just sitting there for eternity and scrolling through character traits (RPG flashbacks).
I also enjoy Don't Starve more, its fun especially when you've got a friend or two to mess around with.
What a fantastic person!
"We build really interesting experience. So someone would say 'Wow! I never had this experince before. You should play it because you won't find this experince anywhere else". That's our business model'
These words clearly show their commitment to their craft. Klei games are indeed very unique experinces.
Great interview, as always.
I adore don’t starve, the art style and characters are so wonderful and it’s such a satisfying gameplay experience of overcoming the wilderness and seeing your base grow
This dude is so down-to-earth and humble. Some AAA developers could really take a page out of his book.
It had to be so incredibly crushing having their game canceled right before launch after almost THREE YEARS of work. I can't even imagine picking myself up after that, my goodness. Glad they are finding success now. I love Klei!
Classic nexon, nexon does this every year lmao
I love the concept of Dont Starve and Dont Starve Together its so Grim and yet so Fun and cute ive been playing pretty much since dont starve first came out and I continue to play DST till this day
Klei is honestly my favorite game dev right now. They give a lot of love to their fans, they expand their lore with frankly GREAT animated clips, and they just understand that games are supposed to be fun, and thats the most important thing a developer can be. ^^
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they sold themselves to tencent....
@@Yusuf-u8c7z Financial decision. As long as Jamie and the other Klei developers are sitting at the front wheel in terms of game development its all good.
Man, I love all klei games, but Oxygen not included it's my favorite, by far the game i spend most hours in, can't wait for the DLC.
Great video!
"I need to cook some good food for my dupes... Hm no natural gas whatsoever... I guess I have to start making fertilizer"
That's what I like about that game . The reusability of the recourses. Like you can make oxygen out of lumber, while also powering your base as a side effect
Suncho or how you just need a couple kilograms of ice and end up devoting the next week to marking a large scale ice making machine that runs automatically.
@@Grimthe once i made this huge ice maker compound with automated rails around, that send the ice to cool off and melt in a water tank, which i pumped around to cool the ice makers, and also my oxygen was passing through it so it get cooled off as well. the water tank was constantly circulating my whole base to keep even temperature.... i know i could have made everything easier, but i just wanted to do it this way :D
Lol! The same photo XD
this is such a great interview dude seems so humble and just happy he got the success he did
I was in elementary school when my friend and I made a Steam account together (it has since become solely my own) with the intent of buying Don't Starve.
Don't Starve is tough as nails but I've sunk hours into dying and trying again.
Yup, haha! The game kicked my ass when I first started. And even now, when I think I’ve gotten better, something like a badly-timed hound attack or an embarrassing lack of light for the night kills me.
Don't Starve is probably one of my favorite games of all time, and definitely has my favorite art style of any game I've ever played. I go for heavily modded games, personally (I like exploration and farming way more than the challenging aspects), and I still get my butt kicked sometimes. And he's right - it always feels like any death was my fault.
@@LizzardGirl713 definitely. You end up taking unnecessary risks and the game is totally unforgiving if those risks get you into trouble!
So glad to have finally watched this! I was voting for it on the Patreon every time and was bummed when it would lose every time lol. Well worth the wait! Klei is one of my favorite developers of all time.
Don't Starve and Oxygen not Included are between my favorite indie games!! Love Klei, keep doing weird and amazing games!
I love the idea of how it should be player's fault when they die, so they've something to learn & not just game killing you bc they can.
I'm loving these interviews. Can't imagine working hard on a project for two years only to have it cancelled at the last minute, must have been so demoralizing.
I actually talked with one of the owners on discord in a call. damn they are such cool guys
Mark of the Ninja is a fantastic game, I'd love to see a sequel one day.
I kind of like that Klei doesn’t really do sequels for the most part but mark of the ninja should definitely be an exception
I consider it as a perfect stealth game, it accomplish everything it attempts, but doesn't bring anything new to the genre.
@@Fjonan I see what you're getting at and I completely agree.
But it doesn't seems novel enough to me : the game elaborates on the quirks of the genre but don't stray futher than needed.
I may also lack culture on the whole genre and its history, and unfortunately, and I don't have any example to explain my point.
@@2122Hellfire Shank 2?
Suyog V yeah that’s why I said for the most part, haven’t really done sequels since their early days.
Klei is my absolute favorite dev out there. Stands up in every way possible. Much love!
Their new game Griftlands is extremely good too, highly recommend!
Yeah Oxygen Not Included is quite literally the biggest homework I ever got (maybe besides BA thesis). I took it upon myself to translate the game because I always wanted to be somehow involved with game production but I was never much of an IT guy so I figured, I studied translation, this is probably the best option to work on games I will ever get. After a short research it turns out Klei goes out of their way to make it easy for translators, they link you a really nice little CAT tool (computer assisted translation), they hand you a template in game files and it's all you. I can say I am grateful for their Don't Starve games and DLCs first and foremost, but also Oxygen Not Included and the fact this is where I began my game translation journey. Hope it gets me somewhere.
As always, thank you Noclip for making these videos. I'd never thought I'd be so fascinated with the BTS and Origin stories around some of my favorite games. I hope you guys are doing well, cheers!
Blindman AI thanks so much, same to you too!
One of the best indie teams out there. Invisible, Inc. has the heist and stealth gameplay I can't imagine a proper cyperpunk game without :)
Personally would love an in-depth doc about Klei! one of my absolute favourite developers by far
I have put thousands of hours into Don’t Starve/DST, and am still playing them. No other games can quite compare. They are so open, so complex, so witty, so beautiful, so fun. You can be creative. You can be basic. You can invent challenges and strategies for yourself. You can try mods. Thank you for this game, Klei! Please keep expanding it!
Klei has the rare distinction of being one of only three companies that have never disappointed me. The other two being Supergiant and Arkane. Even when Klei makes something that isn't a genre I care about, like Don't Starve, it's still a cool game.
And now Tencent owns Don't Starve Together. Rip DST boys...
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@German Ugalde **Cough** **Cough** spyware and data collection
@German Ugalde Plus you are giving your money to CCP so if you enjoy and like that muslims are killed in concentration camps than go play Klei's games, your choice.
Yup, I'm not happy about it. Even in this interview it's brought up how Klei was struggling to go independent and not rely on publishers in the early days. They built up a strong independent company and now they sell out? Just whyy??
@@Vilotaa As a Muslim Turk, that pisses the fuck off me.
7:48 I think it speaks volumes to how well the studio is managed that Jamie never forced a developer who had their doubts about the project to work on it just because he, the big boss, said so. He could very well have slammed his fist on the table and declared that it just had to be done, but he didn't. Makes you wish more managers were like this
I've always been a huge fan of the learning something about the game being an experience instead of a chore, adds an almost puzzle-like aspect to the survival
Klei deserves documentary several hours long!
Don't Starve will always hold a special place in my heart because I met my fiancé through that community and our love for the game exploded when DTS became available and just made surviving in this silly world exponentially more exciting.
Oh oh-
Coming in from the future to show my appreciation for Klei and the games they've developed over the years. I've dropped more hours into Don't Starve, Invisible, Inc., and Oxygen Not Included, than I've sank into any other games. For a couple of years, we were doing on/off personal dedicated servers for Don't Starve: Together to basically camp out together as friends... but in a far more interesting environment that can kill us and still be fun.
Klei is the one studio I've not only praised but had to remind exists because their games age like fine wine.
Thank you Jamie Cheng, for creating my favorite game of all time.
Klei is just awesome. End of story. This experience that you won't get anywhere else perfectly describes my desire to play Oxygen Not Included (943h on steam atm). You gotta love those people. Oh, did I mention the funny short videos they produce?
I remember having played Eets back in '06 when it was featured as a demo (iirc) in one of these computer magazine discs. I thought it was pretty cute and a neat little puzzle platformer at the time.
Also remember being kinda amazed when I learned that the people behind that little game ended up working on Mark Of The Ninja and Don't Starve. Glad you folks are still around :)
I spent countless hours on it as a kid
Klei only makes bangers. They keep dominating every genre.
Klei is one of my very favorite indie company. On the side of art and music, they are distinctive and great. But most importantly, their game design and ideas are great. They are not scared to experiment everything, side scroller games, survival games, roguelike card game, tactical stealth game. And their games are almost bug-free, works like charm. Great company! I follow their job postings too and they are charming. I wish i could work in there...
Been playing Don't Starve since 2013 and still do to this day :D One of my all-time favorite games
I didn’t think I’d sit through the whole interview (or even click on it) but I did and no regrets.
I love Klei games so much. They’re fantastic. I’m currently dumping hundreds of hours into Oxygen Not Included.
I previously worked at a science university in China, all the students loved this developers games. If they played games they played Don't starve for sure. And Oxygen not included was really popular too.
This is papa don't starve🥺😭 ALL HAIL PAPA DONT STARVE AND HIS TEAM FOR HIS HARDWORK
200 hours on Steam and every achievement later, I can legitimately say that Invisible, Inc. is one of my favourite games ever. I have probably another 150 hours in Oxygen Not Included and I keep coming back to it every once in a while. I wish I could get into Don't Starve in the same way but it's never clicked with me. I'm just waiting for one of my friends to invite me to play the multiplayer and explain how it really works but it seems that friend doesn't exist.
I absolutely love Don't Starve Together. I do agree that it's trickier without people to actively play with, though. A friend of mine gave me the game and invited me into a small discord chat, which eventually became a server. We still play almost every weekend, even after a year.
Due to it being multiplayer, bosses have increased hp and some aspects are harder, although it's still quite possible to do it yourself - even with well over a thousand hours sunk into this game there are still some bosses I haven't got around to trying yet.
When I first started out DST I was terrible at the game, but after a couple tries (okay, maybe more than a couple) I realised what to do and what not to do, and even playing now there's just something addictive about starting a new world and just exploring, gathering things and building a base.
One thing I've noticed is that different characters have different playstyles; for example, Wigfrid only eats meat, but starts with gear so she can start hunting immediately. Walter and Maxwell are great for sanity but health is a problem, and Walter is slightly more unique in that aspect because he only loses sanity when he gets hurt. It's really fun for me to play different characters and see how the game changes - currently I'm playing Wigfrid and also awaiting her rework to see how that changes her.
It is absolutely fun to experience getting better in it! This is coming from a guy who has 1,650 hours on it. Haha just try a public server?
Hi Jamie,
Switch port 1st level gen is broken. Endless load animation. Beard joke 3 times over.
End process (press home, close game, A), wait, load save, 5 seconds load time?
The game we need. Now I thank you sir.
Noclip? Thank you. The day when daddy becomes a Patreon.
You are the BBC we used to have, yet never lost. Legend.
Interesting. Never went on the Switch port, but you should upload your problems to the klei forums. You're more likely to be heard there.
Incredible gaming journalism. Congrats to Danny and to all of Noclip.
Y'all make such high quality documentaries, I'm so surprised you don't have millions of subscribers yet!
If my homework had been to play ONI I woulda got straight A's
I honestly didn't know that they existed prior to Don't Starve
Loove Klei, and I hope they stay around for a long time. They keep making fantastic games.
Love this team and their fan base. Working merch for the Klei Store comes with a lot of excited and happy customers.
Thank you, Jamie Cheng and the team❤️
I just wanna hug him for giving me some of the best moments of my life
and all it took me was some coffee change ^ ^
I'm so bad at don't starve but I LOVE it. I love how you find different things all the time and it's not repetitive as it's a randomly generated. Also the ART is impeccable as well as the sound effects/music, it's just so nice to look at 😂
Klei made several of my favourite games, and I think they're great
Invisible Inc. is seriously underrated. It builds tension and rewards smart play so well. I love it.
I think don't starve is probably one of the more underrated titles. It was free on PS plus during the ps4 launch and I still play it to this day.
he said that they want to make a game with new experience to feel but actually i played dont starve together because it reminds me of old school mmo games. when you need to grind for the bosses, solve the dungeon (ruins), and the so many new content updates they give. thank you, klei
Klei is my favorite indie dev. Every game they make is a great game.
I've sunk so many hours into Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together, it's so fun
EETS was my favorite game when I was a kid.
beyond stoked for this interview! bravo!
I remember stumbling to Eets on 2flashgames(dot)com way back (I guess, 2002?) and it totally blew my mind. The art style, the gameplay & puzzle solving is just fun to experience. You can really tell that Klei Entertainment nailed the gameplay experience wherein failing is just part of learning, especially with MOTN and Don't Starve (which my wife & I loved so much). Totally underrated!
Klei makes the most FUN games. DST is definitely my most played game. I have nearly 4k hours and I'm STILL not bored with it. I can't wait to see what they do next with more games. GREAT job Klei team
Oxygen not included is one of my favorite games of all time. So unique and great.
I played Don't Starve exclusively for about five years starting with the Google free-to-play. I literally couldn't get interested in anything else. Now playing Rimworld but I'll be back for more Don't Starve someday. Such an underappreciated game. I always play as the original character.
These guys make fantastic games, I really envy their talent.
my favourite game developpers. their games are all in my steam. Klei, please make invisible 2, im beeeging you
I've been purchasing every single one of their games since Shank because of their gorgeous visual styles. The gameplay of their game, though, is the cherry on top. It really is what made me stick to these games for years. Anything Klei does, I'll purchase. It's simple as that. Mark of the Ninja is my personal favorite.
What i really liked about don't starve and klei was the first trailers for the game, don't know if someone follow then since the announce of Don't starve but they put so much work on hidden things on the trailers, binary codes, hidden url's, a bunch of hidden stuff on images and trailers, i was so excited to discover the things with the community, was amazing, i love so much don't starve
I have Mark of the Ninja, Don't Starve, Invisible Inc and Oxygen not Included and I love them all. I'm currently playing ONI. There really is something different in the games Klei are making.
GREAT!
But I want to see more of the early prototype footage! And maybe dig a bit further into the painful stages of the projects and hopes for the future!!
Never got around to trying Don't Starve. Think I will now.
You will not regret it ♥
I love KLEI since I first played DS in 2013
I adore DS & DST so much 💖 I've been playing it non stop lol. Keep up the great work Klei!
The other day I was looking for a Klei Entertainment documentary. It's like Noclip read my mind :0
Really enjoyed Mark of the Ninja, very interesting interview.
Didnt know they made shank and dont starve. Shank and mark of the ninja had such great aesthetics and style. Still needs to play them tough
Finally an upload.
lol
Klei is one of my favorite indie devs, I love their games
I have the same amount of respect for Klei as Obsidian and Cd Projekt Red
Also larian studios,
But obsidian disbanded didnt it
Nice music choice for this one. Very casual but has an energy to it.
I love these guys. Awesome and ballsy studio.
Mark of the Ninja was so fun. Love these guys.
Im playing Invisible Inc on and off since release , its so addictively fun .
Mark of the Ninja is one of the most pure and compact stealth games I've ever played. It really makes you FEEL like Batman. 9/10. Good game. I've also really been enjoying Griftlands and I highly recommend it for people who got hopelessly addicted to Slay the Spire like I did.
love the shout out to Netrunner
i really hoped he would say that about Oxygen Not Included , i learned so much crap i had no idea about through that game
Don't starve is still the best survival game around . What great concept and it is still a blast to play
Have 400 hours on single player dont starve and multiplayer. I've played it with so many friends and always had a blast. The single player dlc's like shipwrecked and hamlet are also amazing.
Please do more klei covers 😭🖤 i love this company so much and thats so weird to say lol but i love supporting klei content because for the reasons of this interview 🤭
Invisible Inc. is easily the best trpg out there and it's not getting enough love. That music too.
my favorite company ❤️
This should of been longer!
Don't Starve one of my favorite steam games of all times
I think I own all Klei games and I want to applaud one more thing about them - the pricing. Their games were always very affordable! Don't Starve had a 2-pack for like 12€!! The DLCs were like 5€. I think Oxygen Not Included was like 25€ and was the most expensive one (worth every penny btw). I could always afford to get their games, even if things were a bit tight - unlike most AAA, especially now.
you should wait for summer sale. DS is $2.50 in those fortunate times, and if you want to get ROG, it only costs you all in total 5 bucks.
Still love don’t starve! Haven’t tried any of their other games though, definitely going to check some out now!
What's great when you play their other games is that you really get a good sense of their art style. Honestly, one of the reasons why I love their games so much.
Mark of the Ninja is such an amazing game.
A game made by a people with passion instead corporate calculators is so rare these days.