earlier this month double fine released psychodyssey a 32episode 22hour documentary series on the making of psychonauts 2 now that the world has actually had time to watch most of it game devs are lauding the series as the absolute best insight youll get into how hard making games actually isdouble fine started chronicling its production process back in 2012 when the game that would eventually be known as broken age hit kickstarter the studio worked with 2 player productions to produce a lengthy episodic documentary chronicling the making of that game and 2 player essentially became double fines inhouse documentarian groupnow double fine and 2 player have released the full run of episodes chronicling the production of psychonauts 2 with psychodyssey and the results are absolutely incredible the presentation feels so candid and honest that even when it feels a bit voyeuristic to watch ordinary people do their jobs its absolutely enthralling you dont know heartbreak until you watch a newly hired level designer have an idea gently shot down by tim schaferi havent been able to stop thinking about this moment from the new double fine psychonauts 2 doc pictwittercomi7nixknrbqfebruary 14 2023see morethe documentary doesnt shy away from the hard parts even those bits you might expect to be swept aside for corporate or legal reasons take this bit from the time of microsofts buyout of double fine where xbox game studios boss matt booty gives some arguably unsatisfactory answers about moonlighting to concerned employeeshuge shoutout to 2 player productions and to tim schafer for protecting the psychodyssey documentary there are unbelievable glimpses into what its like to sell your studio to microsoft in herethey dropped the documentary on friday and need your help sharing it pictwittercompfyxnylmssfebruary 13 2023see moregame devs from all corners of the industry from folks at indie studios to lead designers at places like respawn and naughty dog have been praising the documentary for its insight into the game development processfinished the doublefine documentary probably one of the most important industry things stories like this are not few far between good bad happen at every studio in all game dev but never see it here it is laid bare for all to learn immense 21 2023see moremuch like everyone else in gamedev i am watching the doublefine documentary im a bit too invested now cause of how real it is going to be sending some annual feedback requests to timoflegend and co please respond in a timely mannerfebruary 22 2023see moreonce again doublefine 2pproductions have created an intimate honest documentary on the process of making video games if you want an unvarnished look at how the sausage is concepted planned iterated on revised cut back eventually sometimes made look no further 13 2023see moreit would probably drive me insane with stress also but i can get through it because i know at the end of all the struggles they made an incredible game february