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.
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 TH-cam.
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!
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
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
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 :) )
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
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
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.
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...
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.
@@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.
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.
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!
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 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.
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.
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.
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 ❤️✊🏼
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reading about Alec's death and relationships, then watching Derek say how he and Alec went their separate ways, and of course, them not working together again kind of tells the story of how he felt and how difficult Alec might've been to be around.
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.
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.
@@babytiny5807 Its meant for multiplayer although you could play alone. We are usually sipping beer as the game plays. 1. Take a shot when you all die and the game ends. 2. Take a shot when you reach the Ice Caves. 3. Take a shot when or if you reach Hell. 4. Take a shot when or if you beat Yama. There is also a Spedrunky 2 the rules for that are spoilers though
@@babytiny5807 fair enough i like Spelunky 2 about the same. I still play 1 as well. Same rules for dying 1. Olmec Shot 2. Ice Caves Shot 3. Drunken City Shot 4. Defeat Hundun Shot Not sure what happens if you reach Cosmic Ocean. Maybe a shot each 10 levels? Not sure
2:32 now imagine if you will, if their parent had instead told them they weren't special or didn't have artistic talent or should not follow their passion? How many future game makers are being squashed every day?
Why none of them mention SPELUNKER the SNES game that cleary inspired this game (not just the name, the gameplay, sprites, etc.). Not a single word about the original game! Maybe for copyright reasons? Good documentary!
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.
Absolutely love Spelunky. I could play it for hours and never get bored. I don't really follow the Indie scene so it was great to watch the 3 guys who created the game talk about it passionately.
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 :)
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. ;)
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 :)
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!!
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
I’m only 12 and I beat both games at 10 and know everything about the 2 games. 😊Almost about to pull off a hell run. 🎉❤ Some people my age just think, if it’s not Fortnite, or popular, it’s not fun. Which I know to most of you that sounds stupid. But you’d be surprised. 😮 The games were super important to my childhood because it bring me hours of joy. ⏰ Thank you Derek for one of my favourite games of all time. ❤ P.s if you are reading this (Which let’s face it, there is a super low chance of him seeing this,) I have a idea, maybe in the next year or two, maybe could you and you’re crew make Spelunky 3? I have been waiting for years to find someone in real life who knew what The Spelunky series was. One day. 🙏 P.S.S Thank you guys for reading all this, and make sure to have a great day❤😊.
I want to be an indie developer, this documentary was very inspiring. After I watched this video a chain of events, two days in the making unfolded and a bunch of stupid bullshit splashed up into my face. If I hadn't watched this, and had my mood uplifted, my day would be so fucking depressing, the kind that shadows you for weeks and makes you question everything. Thanks for making my day Noclip and developers of Spelunky, I haven't played the game yet but this was still very inspiring to watch, I'm definitely going to pick it up soon. And I just discovered this channel after seeing the Bethesda and Fallout 76 documentaries, when pay day comes around Im becoming a patreon for sure.
It kind of floors me that he feels the Ice Caves are a break. The abyss always stresses me out so much more than the levels you can’t fall down the bottom of.
Well, you can take things a lot slower in the ice caves because theres not a constant barrage of enemies around you at all times. The biggest threat is probably the aliens, not because of their attack, but because of how unpredictable their ship is when you try to destroy it. You're a lot better off just avoiding them and continuing to take the caves slow, looking down often to see what's below you and where you can jump.
Has one problem, like the classic sonic games, you can walk into traps that are impossible to see until it's too late due to the screen size. That rarely happens though, and really only with the dart traps in the mines. Thats the only issue for me.
First, excellent documentary! Thanks Noclip people! I've been meaning to watch this for a while and just got around to it now. But - WTF??? There's a Worm level in Spelunky??? I've played 10s of hours of the game, and watched and read so much more about the game. From all the stuff BananaSaurus Rex did, to all of the secret runs, to the Solo Eggplant run, to many speed runs, and on and on. Yet still I'd never heard of the Worm level. I can't believe I'm still learning more about this game.
Wasn't there another / second video about Derek Yu where he talks a bit more in-depth about his clickNplay days and gamejams and all that stuff? I thought it was also a NoClip video but I can't find it for the life of me. Did it get removed? It was really inspiring and would like to see it again tbh.
Man, I didn't know Derek Yu did Aquaria. I got it when it was new and have loved it ever since. Hearing him be a little down on it makes me sad. I've always kind of hoped for a sequel. I love me some Spelunky, but I really, REALLY loved Aquaria. It was beautiful, unique, somber, had fantastic music, was one of the first "real" Indie games I played that truly impressed me.
Goddamnit Danny O Dwyer. You've done it again with your amazing documentaries. It's a shame, Gamespot didn't support you more with Escape from Mount Stupid.
I feel like such a Wally. Didn't realise the glowing goo stuff was a worm till I watched this, nor the secret knight level. Can't wait to get home and try it now
Oh my god this is perfect. Also I love the part about feeling not that bad when you die made sense. One time I was in a bad place in the ice caves in multiplayer, so I tried the bomb throw. I ended up exploding myself across the map and, and then we both burst out laughing.
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.
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 TH-cam.
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!
"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
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.
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
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!
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'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!
Derek was working on something, and everyone sure looked forward to it
Yep, he sure did!
love how Olmec's boss theme comes on as they show the lawyer lool
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
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.
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
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.
"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
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...
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 honestly think that your documentaries are some of the best on TH-cam. Informative, entertaining, and you have a truly distinct voice. Loved this!
"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
11:07 I love the nice touch of olmec music, it really portrays him as a giant evil tyrant
I wanna see the flooded mine.
3 years later, first reply
Sus...
Wow... you truly are everywhere...
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.
It’s always so good to hear gamedev speaking about previous games it’s just warms my hart man
9:55 holy shit, my family totally owned that mailbox toy when I was a kid.
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.
His name is Monty.
Majorstupid
Rufus!
It is official now, well done.
True
2. Years before spelunky 2
I’ve always felt the idea with this game is to treat every death like a comedy not a tragedy and it’s good to see my philosophy was the devs intent
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!
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!
Im happy that Spelunky inspired Noita
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.
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.
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.
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 ❤️✊🏼
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
if there's anything on TH-cam that puts a smile on my face, it's definitely a noclip upload. thank you Danny
spelunky is such an important game
Reading about Alec's death and relationships, then watching Derek say how he and Alec went their separate ways, and of course, them not working together again kind of tells the story of how he felt and how difficult Alec might've been to be around.
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
That girl next door analogy was so wholesome, I love it.
Thank you... Now I have a face to go along with my hatred, malice, and rage!
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.
Excellent video, though I have to admit I was very surprised that there wasn't a single mention of Spelunker whatsoever.
this is in my top 5 games of all time. I often play what we call "Spedrunky" which is a drinking game that gets harder as time goes on
Ancient comment, but this is a great idea. You don't happen to remember the rules you used do you? Would love to see what you had in mind
babytiny5 damn me too that sounds hilarious
@@babytiny5807 Its meant for multiplayer although you could play alone. We are usually sipping beer as the game plays.
1. Take a shot when you all die and the game ends.
2. Take a shot when you reach the Ice Caves.
3. Take a shot when or if you reach Hell.
4. Take a shot when or if you beat Yama.
There is also a Spedrunky 2 the rules for that are spoilers though
@@tomholt1080 I'm already over Spelunky 2, nowhere near as much fun as the first gave but I am curious to see how you play that
@@babytiny5807 fair enough i like Spelunky 2 about the same. I still play 1 as well.
Same rules for dying
1. Olmec Shot
2. Ice Caves Shot
3. Drunken City Shot
4. Defeat Hundun Shot
Not sure what happens if you reach Cosmic Ocean. Maybe a shot each 10 levels? Not sure
2:32 now imagine if you will, if their parent had instead told them they weren't special or didn't have artistic talent or should not follow their passion? How many future game makers are being squashed every day?
Why none of them mention SPELUNKER the SNES game that cleary inspired this game (not just the name, the gameplay, sprites, etc.). Not a single word about the original game! Maybe for copyright reasons? Good documentary!
Finally got around to watching this while I play Spelunky 2 :)
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.
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.
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.
Still playing Spelunky (360 version) Love your work so much.
Absolutely love Spelunky. I could play it for hours and never get bored. I don't really follow the Indie scene so it was great to watch the 3 guys who created the game talk about it passionately.
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 :)
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. ;)
I bet Derek, and Eirik would be fun to hang out with.
And the music philosophy was pretty cool.
I love the triangular approach to it.
An amazing documentary, idk how i've only just now seen this channel. Now to binge the rest of y'alls videos!
Keep up the great work, Danny. It was great to hear from Andy for once, and not just Derek. Love them both.
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 :)
Brilliant stuff. Cool to hear Derek talk about the game as though no decision was ever really intense or serious.
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!!
Thank you Danny, Spelunky is my favorite game ever and this video is a dream come true. Rock on!
These keep getting better and better. Thanks Danny.
Spelunkey HD and Spelunkey 2 are high on my list of favorite games. Thanks Derek!
I remember playing the very old freeware version of Spelunky many years ago. I loved it. Glad to see they had such success eventually.
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!
I'm so happy this is a thing, I love spelunky so much
I’m only 12 and I beat both games at 10 and know everything about the 2 games. 😊Almost about to pull off a hell run. 🎉❤ Some people my age just think, if it’s not Fortnite, or popular, it’s not fun. Which I know to most of you that sounds stupid. But you’d be surprised. 😮 The games were super important to my childhood because it bring me hours of joy. ⏰ Thank you Derek for one of my favourite games of all time. ❤ P.s if you are reading this (Which let’s face it, there is a super low chance of him seeing this,) I have a idea, maybe in the next year or two, maybe could you and you’re crew make Spelunky 3? I have been waiting for years to find someone in real life who knew what The Spelunky series was. One day. 🙏 P.S.S Thank you guys for reading all this, and make sure to have a great day❤😊.
Hello! ❤
hi @@Blake-j4p
Man this stuff makes me wish I could draw so I could make my own games (is a web programmer in my day job).
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
I want to be an indie developer, this documentary was very inspiring. After I watched this video a chain of events, two days in the making unfolded and a bunch of stupid bullshit splashed up into my face. If I hadn't watched this, and had my mood uplifted, my day would be so fucking depressing, the kind that shadows you for weeks and makes you question everything. Thanks for making my day Noclip and developers of Spelunky, I haven't played the game yet but this was still very inspiring to watch, I'm definitely going to pick it up soon. And I just discovered this channel after seeing the Bethesda and Fallout 76 documentaries, when pay day comes around Im becoming a patreon for sure.
It kind of floors me that he feels the Ice Caves are a break. The abyss always stresses me out so much more than the levels you can’t fall down the bottom of.
Well, you can take things a lot slower in the ice caves because theres not a constant barrage of enemies around you at all times. The biggest threat is probably the aliens, not because of their attack, but because of how unpredictable their ship is when you try to destroy it. You're a lot better off just avoiding them and continuing to take the caves slow, looking down often to see what's below you and where you can jump.
Been looking forward to this one, pretty much one of the few 'perfect' games.
agreed. Spelunky really is perfect when I think of it.
Has one problem, like the classic sonic games, you can walk into traps that are impossible to see until it's too late due to the screen size.
That rarely happens though, and really only with the dart traps in the mines. Thats the only issue for me.
OH MY GOD
I ACTUALLY REMEMBER OWNING ONE OF THOSE WOODEN PIRATE TOY SETS WHEN I WAS REALLY LITTLE
YOOOO
First, excellent documentary! Thanks Noclip people! I've been meaning to watch this for a while and just got around to it now.
But - WTF??? There's a Worm level in Spelunky???
I've played 10s of hours of the game, and watched and read so much more about the game. From all the stuff BananaSaurus Rex did, to all of the secret runs, to the Solo Eggplant run, to many speed runs, and on and on. Yet still I'd never heard of the Worm level. I can't believe I'm still learning more about this game.
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!!
Wasn't there another / second video about Derek Yu where he talks a bit more in-depth about his clickNplay days and gamejams and all that stuff? I thought it was also a NoClip video but I can't find it for the life of me. Did it get removed? It was really inspiring and would like to see it again tbh.
Derek was working on something...
and boy I'm looking forward for it now
these guys are so humble, so much respect for these guys
Man, I didn't know Derek Yu did Aquaria. I got it when it was new and have loved it ever since. Hearing him be a little down on it makes me sad. I've always kind of hoped for a sequel. I love me some Spelunky, but I really, REALLY loved Aquaria. It was beautiful, unique, somber, had fantastic music, was one of the first "real" Indie games I played that truly impressed me.
It’s so weird that I had that exact toy chest when I was younger and then later I got into spelunky not know the creator made the toys I grew up with
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.
Goddamnit Danny O Dwyer. You've done it again with your amazing documentaries. It's a shame, Gamespot didn't support you more with Escape from Mount Stupid.
I love this documentary series, I've always felt like games deserved something like this.
I feel like such a Wally. Didn't realise the glowing goo stuff was a worm till I watched this, nor the secret knight level. Can't wait to get home and try it now
So glad that I found this channel
Man, this was great. I seriously hope NoClip does a Binding of Isaac doccie sometime in the future.
and now it´s 2020 and we Have the cure for our hard times. SPELUNKY 2. The perfected Perfection
Oh my god this is perfect. Also I love the part about feeling not that bad when you die made sense. One time I was in a bad place in the ice caves in multiplayer, so I tried the bomb throw. I ended up exploding myself across the map and, and then we both burst out laughing.
Really cool window into the making of one of my favorite games. Great job Danny and team!
Love spelunky, can't wait to see what the team puts out next.
Wait... he designed those Melissa and Doug toys?!? Amazing! My daughter has a few of them. She adores the mail box! That's fantastic.
Danny. I don’t even like the game but the docs are so fucking well done dude. Great work
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.
Holy moly I remember playing trigger happy with my friend back when the internet was brand new to me.
Klik & Play still exists and is constantly being updated but is now called Clickteam Fusion, available on Steam.