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How video games are actually made

10 videos, 7 h 55

10 videos on how a game gets built, from the production pipeline to studios talking about their own work. Start with the pipeline, then hear it from the people who shipped.

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How Video Games Are Made Step By Step-Video game production pipeline-Game Dev Republic
Game Dev Republic
Lays out the whole production pipeline in order, so the rest makes sense.
02
How Are MASSIVE Open World Games Created?
gameranx
Explains what changes when the map is enormous and a team has to fill it.
03
The Making of Pentiment - Noclip Documentary
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A small team inside a big publisher, explaining how they got an unusual game approved.
04
The Making of Outer Wilds - Documentary
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Follows a student project becoming a finished game, with the design fights intact.
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The Making of Dishonored | Noclip Documentary
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Arkane on building levels that hold several valid ways through.
06
The Making of Bastion - Documentary
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7 people, a first game, and the money running out. Useful about scope.
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The Making of Fallout 76 - Noclip Documentary
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What a bad launch looks like from the inside, told by the team that had it.
08
The History of Bethesda Game Studios
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Shows how one studio's habits and tools carried across 20 years of games.
09
'Doom:' A Classic Game Postmortem
GDC Festival of Gaming
John Romero on how id built Doom, told to a room of other developers.
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Crafting A Tiny Open World: A Short Hike Postmortem
GDC Festival of Gaming
One developer explaining how a small world got made quickly and still feels complete.