How Two Students Created Risk of Rain and Why They Sold the IP Rights

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This Risk of Rain documentary details the development of indie 2D pixel art action platformer Risk of Rain and 3D roguelike shooter Risk of Rain 2 and goes behind the scenes of their creation. Discover more about developer Hopoo Games and its two founders, Duncan Drummond and Paul Morse. Risk of Rain’s development journey goes all the way back to 2012, when Duncan and Paul embarked on a university project focused on programming. In the game's initial prototype, players defended their crashed ship from an onslaught of monsters, and straying further from the ship would increase the difficulty. This concept eventually transformed into the “time = difficulty” system and gave Risk of Rain its own identity. The documentary also explores all the design decisions that Hopoo Games made and shows how much the team experimented with the game’s difficulty, especially when it comes to how enemies scale in power. Additionally, they had to come up with a clever solution when the enemy spawn AI started spawning way too many monsters on the battlefield and caused performance issues.
It also takes a close look at all the hurdles the team had to go through. Going from a 2D pixel art action platformer to a 3D roguelike shooter presented many challenges, mainly because neither Duncan or Paul had any experience creating 3D models, let alone other technical nuances that came with designing a 3D game. They soon discovered that they couldn't directly adapt any of the original gameplay elements into the sequel. Therefore, every class and monster taken from the original had to undergo substantial revisions. Furthermore, the documentary also provided insight into the deal made between Hopoo Games and Gearbox and why Duncan and Paul sold the rights to the Risk of Rain IP. Lastly, Duncan and Paul share their thoughts on the recently announced remake Risk of Rain Returns and what’s next for them and their game development studio.
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  • @ThatGuyGlen
    @ThatGuyGlen11 ай бұрын

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  • @tobiasd.g.519

    @tobiasd.g.519

    6 ай бұрын

    raycons are worse than most wired earbuds tbh

  • @mrhat1073
    @mrhat107311 ай бұрын

    8:56 there's more to the story, which Chris explains in one of his Q&A videos. after agreeing to make music, Hopoo was still on the fence about what composer to hire on. initially they wanted several composers for variety. Chris instead emails Hopoo saying something along the lines of "Hey, I'm willing to do all the music, but you have to act fast because I have several job offers right now." he was bluffing, and Hopoo bought the bluff.

  • @duckmouth

    @duckmouth

    11 ай бұрын

    bro outplayed them and it was the best bluff ever to exist

  • @sheehan3204

    @sheehan3204

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank god he lied to them

  • @SmokeyChipOatley

    @SmokeyChipOatley

    11 ай бұрын

    Well hot damn… a fantastic composer and a smart business man. Never heard this story before. Thanks for sharing!

  • @teamkilled1227

    @teamkilled1227

    8 ай бұрын

    best instance of fraud to ever exist

  • @abra_escaped

    @abra_escaped

    7 ай бұрын

    And thank goodness he did that, I can't imagine the series having any other lead composer

  • @hamzafasih
    @hamzafasih11 ай бұрын

    The decision to get Chris involved on the soundtrack was so important. He is to Hopoo what Darren Korb is to Supergiant 🔥

  • @huntish3760

    @huntish3760

    11 ай бұрын

    The worst part about that is the fact that now that gearbox owns the risk of rain IP, I'm pretty sure Chris said that he's done with the franchise.

  • @huntress084

    @huntress084

    11 ай бұрын

    Chris is the GOAT

  • @makesthemusic6340

    @makesthemusic6340

    11 ай бұрын

    Giving Chris almost free reign was also like, one of the best ideas ever.

  • @duckmouth

    @duckmouth

    11 ай бұрын

    @@huntish3760 wait for real?

  • @griffineggs3374

    @griffineggs3374

    11 ай бұрын

    @@huntish3760 he is still doing the music for risk of rain returns, but after that, all of hopoo is finished with the RoR franchise

  • @TiresAreForCars
    @TiresAreForCars11 ай бұрын

    its absurd that such a small team made this masterpiece. especially considering the music was just made by one guy? Its fucking perfect

  • @jimijenkins2548

    @jimijenkins2548

    11 ай бұрын

    Chris Christodoulou does not miss.

  • @jinglemccringle3030

    @jinglemccringle3030

    10 ай бұрын

    I remember when I first saw the second one was 3d, and I was like, "eehhhh Idk man, it's so good as 2d." And then I got it on a whim and they did it again! So hyped to see what they do next

  • @OrgusDin

    @OrgusDin

    10 ай бұрын

    'masterpiece' lmao

  • @jimijenkins2548

    @jimijenkins2548

    10 ай бұрын

    @@OrgusDin You are correct in calling them masterpieces.

  • @loodieeee

    @loodieeee

    9 ай бұрын

    Touhou

  • @warduxe
    @warduxe11 ай бұрын

    Risk of rain is a game that I enjoy every month for a few hours with my friends.

  • @ryanking1

    @ryanking1

    11 ай бұрын

    same lol

  • @tobiasrex8052

    @tobiasrex8052

    11 ай бұрын

    I wish I could say the same on console (ps5), however idk if it's due to their servers but my mates & I get random disconnects and can't play longer than 40mins+ because everyone gets thrown back to the title screen. I really hope they come out with that 'Survivors of The Void' update that overhauls the game for us on console. I really love this game and I WANT to keep playing it, but it's just not as much fun playing alone..

  • @warduxe

    @warduxe

    11 ай бұрын

    @tobiasrex8052 risk of rain net code is very janky even on PC latest update. Enable steam/epic cross play completely breaks multi-player still now. So your not alone

  • @HealyHQ
    @HealyHQ11 ай бұрын

    One of my favorite games of all time. It's shocking to me how adept they were at programming and rapid iteration that they finished the first game as quickly as they did.

  • @imjaymaybe
    @imjaymaybe11 ай бұрын

    It's always interesting to see how games that hold titles of having incredible narratives, soundtrack, visual style, and unique gameplay are the result of some guys going "wouldn't it be cool if..."

  • @Bizzozeron
    @Bizzozeron10 ай бұрын

    Returns is being developed entirely in-house at Hopoo Games and was in development for years before the sale of the IP was fully considered or finalized. That said, it is published by Gearbox and so we have support for marketing, QA etc and obviously they're excited to be able to present our love letter to you all as well.

  • @ViKODiN_

    @ViKODiN_

    7 ай бұрын

    Is this a quote (?), or is your use of “we” referring to the community? I’m just confused on the context of your comment.

  • @Bizzozeron

    @Bizzozeron

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ViKODiN_ Just a real use of the word! I work on the game, you can find me in the credits of Risk 2 and Returns haha

  • @aussieseal9979

    @aussieseal9979

    17 күн бұрын

    Oh sweet!

  • @duwanglover3424
    @duwanglover342411 ай бұрын

    Been a Hopoo fan ever since RoR1's launch, so I can't wait to see what the future holds for them

  • @Landjrin

    @Landjrin

    10 ай бұрын

    The future holds for them a Risk of Rain 1 Remake :)

  • @ExValeFor

    @ExValeFor

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Landjrin they're not the ones making it, smartass

  • @Dfleckt

    @Dfleckt

    7 ай бұрын

    dont you have a phone?

  • @winumoritribe8425

    @winumoritribe8425

    7 ай бұрын

    Risk of Rain Returns:

  • @kesoyotes
    @kesoyotes11 ай бұрын

    Yessss one of my favorite games ever!! I remember buying Risk of Rain 2 in early access and playing a bit of it, but it wasn't until 1.0 that I became absolutely obsessed with the game. Something about it just always grabs me back, and even after 2 years I still haven't gotten tired of it; especially with the modding community and DLC update. Such a fun and special game to me This was such a great video!! Especially loved seeing all the unused content; and as someone who's played only a bit of ROR1, it was cool to see where it began!

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much, makes me happy to hear you liked it!

  • @StormyYay
    @StormyYay11 ай бұрын

    Thank you for making another one of these amazing, interesting and useful videos. The summary of every point, listing every important detail and portraying the creators thoughts and emotions shows how dedicated you are. Every single minute of the video has high levels and research. I truly thank you for these videos and I hope you can continue to post videos in the future.

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    My pleasure and thank you very much for all the kind words! And no worries, more videos are coming!

  • @MoaiGaming1

    @MoaiGaming1

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ThatGuyGlendo ya like the ori games? The first one is ok to me but the sequel is soooooo much better

  • @t-machine3427
    @t-machine342711 ай бұрын

    Nice! Didn't expect this one, but as they say: "A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one!" Good job once again, research and editing is really good.

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Much appreciated!

  • @LostLurker
    @LostLurker11 ай бұрын

    I remember playing the original Risk of Rain many years back on the ps4. Me, my dad, and a couple of my friends frequently enjoyed it for a long while. A few years later, I was browsing games on the ps store and found Risk of Rain 2. It was so exciting to see that they made a sequel to a game that I had already enjoyed so much. It's sad to see the harsh treatment RoR2 has been receiving when it comes to the console editions, but it is still a legendary game. I love playing games like this made by small teams, and seeing how it all happened.

  • @zzodysseuszz

    @zzodysseuszz

    7 ай бұрын

    Oh yeah the console version is terrible. It’s so broken and unfair with many glitches. At least I get the DLC’s on November 8th. I can ignore everything else

  • @Shhhhh183

    @Shhhhh183

    4 ай бұрын

    Is the console version really that bad? I play on console and haven’t encountered any significant bugs.

  • @Shhhhh183

    @Shhhhh183

    4 ай бұрын

    Is the console version really that bad? I play on console and haven’t encountered any significant bugs.

  • @stepford139
    @stepford13911 ай бұрын

    It's so interesting to hear about them being concerned if they could translate the first game into a 3D experience, simply because of our future knowledge and how much they knocked it out of the park. I remember seeing a PCGamer article posting the first screenshots they put out and being a bit skeptical, like "there is no way this can end well. where is all the pixel art soul? tsk." I guess 2017 me was a bit of a hater. 😹 It's also interesting to hear that they wanted the game to be singleplayer focused initially, because most of my best memories of the games come from playing the first with my brother couch co-op and the second with friends over calls, discussing builds, trying to break the game with broken synergies. I'm super glad we got what we did as it turned out to be one of the best roguelikes of all time!

  • @zzodysseuszz

    @zzodysseuszz

    7 ай бұрын

    The irony. I thought the pixel art of the first game was boring and uncreative for what pixel can do. Although ror2 used cell shading in a way that wasn’t new it uses a very clever colour pallet to create mood and atmosphere which fully took advantage of the cell shaded style.

  • @Boomblox5896

    @Boomblox5896

    7 ай бұрын

    I guess the saying goes "Don't knock it before you try it". I always like to think positively about what will happen to things in the future, as well as things going on now. There's too many negative voices out there, protesting against things that are honestly not as bad as people make them out to be...

  • @Qwertymomoo
    @Qwertymomoo11 ай бұрын

    It’s interesting to note that the hero’s garb set is similar to what the heresy set ended up being.

  • @UEFCommander1
    @UEFCommander17 ай бұрын

    I remember the chucklefish stuff happening partly live, it was during the JSmith Super Stream (or the 52 hour stream for googling) in April 2013, where as the stream just went on and on without plan, eventually several indie devs (like Mike Bithell of Thomas was alone for example) just came on and talked or played stuff since the NLSS group was pretty in that scene. Near the end the RoR guys (and someone from Chuckelfish I believe) also came on and they said something to the effect of: "if you win/do good in this run now they are gonna publish this". Obviously the talks were probably already happening or had happened off stream but that was pretty sick. They also live read Pulp Fiction and Star Wars IV with everyone playing different characters, which included Mike Bithell and later the guy he was supposed to be in a meeting with at that point. Pretty memorable event for me in that eras indie scene, devs that showed up included: RoR devs of course (played on stream) (turns out this was during the kickstarter as well!) Chris Hecker (Spy Party which was quite new at that point) (played on stream with dev) Mike Maulbeck (Paranautical Activity) Jim Crawford (Frog Fractions) (played on stream with dev) MikeBithell (Thomas Was Alone) (played on stream with dev) David S. Gallant (I Get This Call Every Day) Rami Ismail of Vlambeer (Luftrausers, Nuclear Throne etc.) the Chasm dev (played on stream) (forgot the name whoops) and maybe the Legend of Dungeon dev as well but I'm not sure on that The Vods still exist and/or are downloadable, the RoR part is on 20h09m25s on the Part 4 twitch vod. Time to rewatch that whole thing again, what a great time oh man

  • @ThatGuyGlen
    @ThatGuyGlen11 ай бұрын

    What indie game would you like to see me cover next? Leave a suggestion in the comments below! Also, if you enjoyed the video, please consider subscribing to stay up to date on future “How Games Were Made” episodes. Leaving a like and sharing the video also helps out! Support me on Patreon and get exclusive content like Q&A sessions, ad-free content, access to my Discord server and more: www.patreon.com/ThatGuyGlen

  • @kazukihiratani

    @kazukihiratani

    11 ай бұрын

    I'd love to see you cover Minecraft seeing as it's kinda like the biggest indie game in the world (it's not so much indie nowadays but it started that way)

  • @goblator4186

    @goblator4186

    11 ай бұрын

    @@kazukihiratani there are already a loooot of videos on it

  • @goblator4186

    @goblator4186

    11 ай бұрын

    Inscryption !

  • @r3dn3ck3r3

    @r3dn3ck3r3

    11 ай бұрын

    Back in the days I suggested Blasphemous. Time to renew this suggestion. :)

  • @noahlarsson446

    @noahlarsson446

    11 ай бұрын

    No its a good idea

  • @soul-candy-music
    @soul-candy-music11 ай бұрын

    Excellent mini-doc as always, Glen. Thanks for doing what you do!

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    My pleasure, glad to hear you liked it Ryan!

  • @abox6989
    @abox698911 ай бұрын

    Your videos are top-tier, always love to see how you adapt the editing style to each game you decide to cover

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much! It’s great fun for myself to come up with new ways to edit the videos so I’m glad people like it :D

  • @mroofity6594
    @mroofity659411 ай бұрын

    Wonderful video! Always interesting to learn about development in games like this! Especially a game so close to me 23:50 though quick correction, the DLC SoTV was released in March 2022. The anniversary update was the one released in 2021.

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Much appreciated! And dammit, mixed up my update dates :P

  • @brett84c
    @brett84c10 ай бұрын

    Stellar video, as usual, Glen! Always look forward to your videos and you've introduced me to so many amazing indie game gems. Keep up the great work, my friend!

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you for all the kind words, Brett! And thank you very much for the donations, really really appreciate that! More videos are coming :D

  • @brett84c

    @brett84c

    10 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear! I listen to a lot of your content on my bike rides then watch later. Your videos have really good flow and editing and you clearly put in a lot of work into research. I first found you when I was playing Stardew Valley and happened upon your video about Eric Barone and the games development. Appreciate your hard work and look forward to more content!

  • @ramstab
    @ramstab5 ай бұрын

    Ok so listen, what if we put Deadbolt in space, but with no doors and skills?

  • @RED_XLR
    @RED_XLR11 ай бұрын

    I can't wait for the remake but I also can't wait to see what new games they bring to the table.

  • @souporwormgaming
    @souporwormgaming11 ай бұрын

    Wow this came at the perfect time for me. I just started playing both games literally yesterday and was already watching this channel.

  • @anonomus6338
    @anonomus633811 ай бұрын

    I'm so in love with this game and super appreciate the development deep-dive! Really great to learn more abt this masterpiece

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear it!

  • @RiverWilliamson
    @RiverWilliamsonАй бұрын

    Thank you for researching and creating this video. The RoR series is my second favorite roguelike, and it's great to see the process that the creators went through

  • @chronosoul1837
    @chronosoul183711 ай бұрын

    I remember the Early Access days, watching Risk of Rain 2 content creators on youtube min-maxing different build tests, just to give feedback to the devs. I barely understood all the multipliers & logic in the game on how it all affected certain balancing changes, but it was fascinating to see such a dedicated community to help make the game feel balanced as much as possible.

  • @torphedo6286
    @torphedo628611 ай бұрын

    great video! I didn't know a lot of this about the development of the first game, and it was cool to see the unused sprites.

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank, glad to hear you liked it!

  • @andreicristian9575
    @andreicristian957510 ай бұрын

    Looking forward to Risk of Rain 3 in 4D!! Great video btw.

  • @christaylor1357
    @christaylor135711 ай бұрын

    Lets go another great video! Excited to dive into this one!

  • @Ver0Epsilon
    @Ver0Epsilon11 ай бұрын

    Love this new video! I wonder if you could someday make a review on Overcooked 1 and 2, that would be nice

  • @KrazyKaiser
    @KrazyKaiser7 ай бұрын

    Great video. Very informative and good editing.

  • @theteleportercell6749
    @theteleportercell674911 ай бұрын

    Ur so underrated man! With this amazing content quality you really deserve 10mil by this point. As always, keep up the outstanding work!

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much for the kind words!

  • @Riwul
    @Riwul11 ай бұрын

    I think you shouldve at least mentioned the fact that the game was launched with a big trailer set exactly before the first big official news to borderlands 3 and the last borderlands 2 DLC at PAX east 2019 which was a GIGANTIC boost to popularity and honestly a genius move on gearbox's part in addition to the buy 1 get one free offer. This was a big reason why so many people that would usually not've paid too much attention to the game got hooked into it because everyone was waiting for a cool new looter shooter to play with their friends and guess what? They have to wait a little longer for BL3 but hey here is something to last you until then. I love ROR2 but i think when talking about its success this headstart has to be mentioned

  • @HallowedPurple
    @HallowedPurple11 ай бұрын

    What a episode, such nice story telling and imagery, I'm hard fan of the game seeing some of the art of the items and what they could've looked like was amazing

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear you enjoyed the video!

  • @pixavier9746

    @pixavier9746

    11 ай бұрын

    Actually, most of the unused content that You see through the video is used, just in a mod called Starstorm, wich is the biggest RoR mod to exist, almost being a RoR 1.5. If I remember correctly, part of the players that created that mod are now collaboring in the making of RoR returns, but I don't remember where do I readed it.

  • @HallowedPurple

    @HallowedPurple

    11 ай бұрын

    @@pixavier9746 being used in a mod is not the same thing, im familiar with the mod as I played it myself but I was talking about the ror2 item sprites

  • @pixavier9746

    @pixavier9746

    11 ай бұрын

    @@HallowedPurple oh, faur enough

  • @akiramatoi4158
    @akiramatoi41587 ай бұрын

    Chris Christodoulou on the music for these games, i dont think ever in the history of gaming, has there ever been a better idea hatched. He absolutely shreds every track he did. especially The song "The Rain" LOVE IT

  • @bigwhiteshogun
    @bigwhiteshogun11 ай бұрын

    perfect timing XD as I'm sitting at my desk working on my own roguelike game this video shows up :) about one of my fav roguelikes ever. Thank you o/

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    My pleasure, good luck with your roguelike game!

  • @diabolodev
    @diabolodev11 ай бұрын

    i'm from the same game development community as hopoo and the earliest prototype i recall of what became RoR was a kind of 2D tower defense against a basic version of the magma worm. i remember they said the prototype was scrapped because this was one of the versions where the player had no reason to leave their "home". this was ~10 years ago so it'd be hard for me to verify how much of my memory is correct do a video about the making of vampire survivors!

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Vampire Survivors is on my list ;)

  • @laggingdragons
    @laggingdragons11 ай бұрын

    I audibly screamed "nnooooOOOOOOOOOO" when I heard Gearbox is taking over the Risk of Rain IP. I honestly couldn't have ever asked for more from Hopoo than what we got in RoR2, so that will be my ultimate experience with the series. Gearbox (and more pressingly Randy Pitchford) will slaughter the soul of this series, I guarantee it. May time prove me wrong in the end but the moment they replace Chris as the composer, take off Commando's helmet, or make Artificer talk, you will know what kind of mistake was made here. Despite that, much love goes out to Hopoo Games and I'm looking forward to what they can bring out of the ether next.

  • @NO122221

    @NO122221

    7 ай бұрын

    Chris won't be working on any more RoR content after RoRR, though. He's been working with Hopoo all this time, not with Gearbox

  • @crangejo

    @crangejo

    2 ай бұрын

    what the fuck are you talking about that's the most delusional thing I've read all month. Slaughtering the soul? Guarantees? Replacing the composer? Taking off helmets? Giving them voices? _What the fuck are you talking about?_ Where do you think this is all coming from, if not from your own mind????

  • @shilopace5086
    @shilopace508610 ай бұрын

    Great job on the editing for these videos, I hope you can do Cassette Beasts one day.

  • @0x9D99
    @0x9D9911 ай бұрын

    When I saw early gifs of this game about 2 years before it’s release. I was already sold. The story behind this game just makes me like it even more.

  • @zestydev_
    @zestydev_11 ай бұрын

    My favorite gamedev related youtuber making a video on my favorite game

  • @elijahclaude3413
    @elijahclaude341311 ай бұрын

    Damn!! Another game that's been on my list but never played. Definitely need to get on with it. This sounds awesome!! I love the shift from 2D to 3D!

  • @En1matic
    @En1matic9 ай бұрын

    Great video, I was really hoping to see some sort of mention for a Risk of rain 3 but since they sold it to gearbox. Who knows what will happen.

  • @Cap_
    @Cap_11 ай бұрын

    Really cool to see you cover risk of ran o7. Love the game. Nice video

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks, glad to hear you like it!

  • @Giffsen
    @Giffsen7 ай бұрын

    The Risk of Rain 1 and 2 (and Returns now) are easily one of my favorite games in the genre and while I'm sad that now we have a soulless corpo known for bad monetization on their games handling the series, I can only wish the best for Duncan and Paul from now on and that we Chris can keep delivering some of my favorite pieces in gaming soundtrack.

  • @ES315

    @ES315

    7 ай бұрын

    Agreed. Happy for the devs, they deserve their success but I'm sad at what Gearbox apparently has planned for the series. At least we know whatever Hopoo chooses to do next will be an absolute banger

  • @DeadPerfection

    @DeadPerfection

    7 ай бұрын

    Hopoo moving on kind of worked out well for me and I assume many others, because it means that now I (and I assume I'm not alone in this) are now interested in following Hopoo on their journey and being *Hopoo* fans, instead of just being fans of one single IP.

  • @vortexrayds6356
    @vortexrayds63567 ай бұрын

    Now ror returns is out and many things announced man this week is a hell of a time to be a risk of rain fan

  • @Justin-ee1mv
    @Justin-ee1mv4 ай бұрын

    I still remember when ROR 2 came out with the buy one get 1 for a friend in 2019 early access

  • @mdnghtppl0000
    @mdnghtppl000011 ай бұрын

    always enjoy your videos thanks for making them

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    My pleasure, glad to hear you enjoy them!

  • @Dardasha_Studios
    @Dardasha_Studios11 ай бұрын

    Inspiring as always!!

  • @arthurdoesstuff3879
    @arthurdoesstuff38797 ай бұрын

    Here after the release of Risk of Rain Returns. Such a phenomenal revitalization of the original, and a monumental milestone signifying how far Hopoo has come. Can’t wait to see what they will do in the future, and I hope Gearbox properly carries on the Risk of Rain IP.

  • @rrahll
    @rrahll11 ай бұрын

    Very interesting! Thanks! Liked and Subscribed!

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    My pleasure, thank you for subscribing!

  • @DamageMaximo
    @DamageMaximo11 ай бұрын

    This channel always impresses with the quality it has, I remember when you had way fewer subscribers

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    I remember those days too! Still can’t quite believe how the channel got here, but I couldn’t be happier.

  • @DamageMaximo

    @DamageMaximo

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ThatGuyGlen Very well deserved!

  • @vic3roy
    @vic3roy11 ай бұрын

    The success of those three make me so very happy, because Risk of Rain 1 & 2 are my favorite games!

  • @WhosThatFlying
    @WhosThatFlying11 ай бұрын

    I get so excited everytime I see a video from you, amazing as always!

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Much appreciated!

  • @katphisH11
    @katphisH1111 ай бұрын

    These guys are geniuses man

  • @MothFable
    @MothFable11 ай бұрын

    4:53 in risk of rain 2 I’ve had so many enemies spawn at once and then immediately die in a triple loop run it heavily lagged my series x. All part of the fun.

  • @zieftheknight6061

    @zieftheknight6061

    11 ай бұрын

    Triple loop? Bro I can't even do one loop

  • @MothFable

    @MothFable

    11 ай бұрын

    @@zieftheknight6061 that was the best loader run I’ve ever had. I had a setup where everything that went near me died instantly through a stupid combo of many ukes, much movement, unstable Tesla and several shaped glass

  • @netro8393
    @netro83939 ай бұрын

    very good video, thanks for that.

  • @kirillmaystudios915
    @kirillmaystudios9154 ай бұрын

    Thanks for subtitles! (Спасибо за субтитры!)

  • @ntorak1021
    @ntorak102111 ай бұрын

    "Super Fantasy Kingdom" might get interesting for you. Its an Indiegame pretty early in its developement but its got a demo already.

  • @yui.3218
    @yui.321811 ай бұрын

    YAY NEW UPLOAD!

  • @tyupiopumpkin3313
    @tyupiopumpkin33139 ай бұрын

    9:07 then he cooked up the best video game soundtrack ever second to none

  • @Damglador
    @Damglador8 ай бұрын

    Yo, where did you get Risk of Rain Return's font?

  • @chris960426
    @chris96042611 ай бұрын

    Another game to enjoy and buy this mini documentaries are perfect to get hook on the game

  • @estecanalespro
    @estecanalespro11 ай бұрын

    Awesome video!!

  • @meucelularkrl
    @meucelularkrl9 ай бұрын

    A quick question Glen, do you have any criteria on which games you cover on your channel? like: not covering unreleased/early access titles, games you haven't played, maybe not bother with web/flash games?

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    8 ай бұрын

    I only cover games that have been fully released so indeed no early access titles. I’ll probably also never cover flash or mobile games. Most of the time, I’ve played the game I decide to cover, but there’s been exceptions like Among Us for example. Sometimes I decide to cover something like Pokémon because I’m really passionate about it. The most important criteria is that the game simply has an interesting development history.

  • @nvvv_
    @nvvv_11 ай бұрын

    They also were users of 4chan and risk of rains development was posted on it. Proof is on the title screen of risk of rain 1. I will not let you escape your past hoopoo fuck THAT board, you know you're one of us.

  • @Blackcloud288

    @Blackcloud288

    10 ай бұрын

    Toby Fox too, hardly anyone remembers Undertale being built in /v/.

  • @Donagalthegamer
    @Donagalthegamer6 ай бұрын

    Alot of the unused assets are in the mode RoR:Starstorm, is it semi-official, did Hopoo just release the sprites and stuff?

  • @iLikeSnowFoxes
    @iLikeSnowFoxes6 ай бұрын

    8:20 they actually added something similar to this in ror2 (the heretic (hidden survivor))

  • @janefkrbtt
    @janefkrbtt7 ай бұрын

    its insane that so many of the mechanics that are so important to ror as a series were Kickstarter goals. makes you wonder ehat the game would've looked like if they just got the 7,000

  • @grfrjiglstan
    @grfrjiglstan5 ай бұрын

    This explains why sometimes I’ll steamroll a level and get wiped by the boss, and why sometimes it’s the other way around.

  • @Hollowdude15
    @Hollowdude1511 ай бұрын

    I like how 2 students created risk of rain 2 a game that is so popular and great video man :]

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Much appreciated!

  • @Hollowdude15

    @Hollowdude15

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ThatGuyGlen I love your videos so much man :]

  • @mateks2413
    @mateks241311 ай бұрын

    i luv your content, i watched every video of yours!

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    That’s awesome to hear, glad you like the videos!

  • @noxk1992
    @noxk19926 ай бұрын

    I was just browsing games and stumbled upon Risk of Rain Returns and as a 2d, rouge-like, metroidvania, platformer player, I immediately fell inlove just after seeing the visuals and the mechanics. A new game to enjoy while also waiting for Silksong hahahaa

  • @LoveBbyJay
    @LoveBbyJay10 ай бұрын

    Great video as always, my only gripe is the raycon sponsor... They're subpar for the price when you take into account that KZ makes IEM's and bluetooth adapters for sub $45... but I know it pays the bills so no biggie

  • @tumultoustortellini
    @tumultoustortellini11 ай бұрын

    1:30 they were able to identify and deny skill-based match-making better in their first project than cod has in the last decade.

  • @XxIcedecknightxX
    @XxIcedecknightxX11 ай бұрын

    I remember keeping the game on a 1 gig thumb drive with a couple other small sized games since it was playable on almost any hardware.

  • @CreativelyJake
    @CreativelyJake11 ай бұрын

    the devs are nice people :) (i hope to see some usage of the woolie interview in here, like the inspiration from... was it league of legends??) also, to people who dont know RoR too much, the lore is actually surprisingly great and has lots of hidden details despite being... mostly made up on the spot :p the 2 games have an interesting story they tell together

  • @babytiny5807
    @babytiny58072 ай бұрын

    I remember playing and loving the free demo of RoR, came at such an amazing time in the indie dev scene

  • @4karlrockandstone
    @4karlrockandstone11 ай бұрын

    Having a lot of fun with the thumbnails and titles i see

  • @gifdar
    @gifdar7 ай бұрын

    I remember seeing RoR2 get announced and thought it was an April fools joke, I couldn't wrap my head around how this incredible sidescroller roguelike would ever work in 3D then RoR2 came out and it's one of the greatest games I've ever played

  • @FredTheConsumerOfGrapes
    @FredTheConsumerOfGrapes8 ай бұрын

    I love ror2. I occasionally come back to it for a day or 2 and get sucked into the journey of forgetting and relearning the mechanics. I like to play modded difficulty to keep me on my toes, but the base game is a masterpiece. The fact that only 3 people made something so polished and flavorful shows what talent they have. I look forward to their future and hope they retain their identity.

  • @yamo511

    @yamo511

    8 ай бұрын

    yeah same here its one i can also come back to if i want to play something for a couple hours

  • @emissary8071
    @emissary807111 ай бұрын

    Risk of Rain is such a fun game and I'm glad I found this video!

  • @markedforstrike
    @markedforstrike9 ай бұрын

    They invited Chris... ...and his music was electric

  • @PlasmaCore
    @PlasmaCore10 ай бұрын

    Yeah, as someone who has modded that game quite a bit, I can see how it was originally built to let you play as enemies The entire character system is modularly built to easily allow for stuff like that

  • @Trime8istus
    @Trime8istus11 ай бұрын

    Oh this made me more excited to play Risk of Rain 2 eventually! At the moment I can't play because my notebook isn't strong enough to handle the game well (even more with the time is difficulty mechanic) after I update or change to a better system and have some spare money I will buy it to experience this game (and add some more songs to my playlist since I really like progressive rock)

  • @jakobbezgovsek478
    @jakobbezgovsek47811 ай бұрын

    i love these videos keep it up!

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear you enjoy them and more videos are definitely coming!

  • @noahlarsson446
    @noahlarsson44611 ай бұрын

    Amazing video Glenn!!!!!!!!!

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks Noah, glad you liked it!

  • @noahlarsson446

    @noahlarsson446

    11 ай бұрын

    You're 🙏welcome

  • @oblek1
    @oblek111 ай бұрын

    fire vid great editing

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Much appreciated!

  • @TreCincoSev357
    @TreCincoSev35711 ай бұрын

    This was a great watch

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

  • @TreCincoSev357

    @TreCincoSev357

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ThatGuyGlen just found your page! I really enjoyed this video, definitely had to subscribe

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    Awesome, thanks for subscribing and welcome aboard!

  • @domeen0gt895
    @domeen0gt89511 ай бұрын

    Why did the thumbnail on the left change?

  • @marcosousa4029
    @marcosousa402911 ай бұрын

    Dude, I love this game so much! I bought it to 5 friends of mine to coerce them to play with me. I love the mistery, the pieces of lore, the soundtrack. Damn what a masterpiece. I felt betrayed by hoopoo when they sold the IP to gearbox though!

  • @teddybearkiller1360

    @teddybearkiller1360

    11 ай бұрын

    Lets be fair too them. They were offered LIFE changing money to be split between 4 people, and they have said that after SotV that they were done with the game. They wanted to move to a different IP, and that money would help A LOT. Anyone would have done it.

  • @marcosousa4029

    @marcosousa4029

    11 ай бұрын

    @@teddybearkiller1360 Fair enough. Would love to see more characters and stages. Lets hope gearbox keep up the good work.

  • @the_good_fam7873

    @the_good_fam7873

    11 ай бұрын

    @@marcosousa4029hopefully gearbox will release survivors of the void on console

  • @CCowleyMedia
    @CCowleyMedia11 ай бұрын

    Love all these. Thanks for putting them together

  • @ThatGuyGlen

    @ThatGuyGlen

    11 ай бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @burrybondz225
    @burrybondz2256 ай бұрын

    3:06 I'm lost. How is the scaling different? If the power value is 4 which number are we multiplying the health and damage with? Is it like if we decide the base is 10 and the power value is 3. We calculate 2 ^3=8 and then multiply health by 8. At the same time take log2(3)= 1.something. And then multiply that result with damage. Or is something entirely different happening??? P.S if it is this way, wouldn't the game get out of control quickly with unkillable enemies? I never played the game so I don't know.

  • @Bedwur
    @Bedwur10 ай бұрын

    Fantastic video I love risk or rain, now do deep rock galactic!

  • @leonxdz
    @leonxdz7 ай бұрын

    Risk of Rain 2 is one of the best games ive ever played, I just want more of it forever

  • @Fnaf-fan763
    @Fnaf-fan7637 ай бұрын

    i played modded risk of rain 1 and seeing the unused sprites i realised that content from the starstorm mod is partly made with unused sprites

  • @Some_Goose
    @Some_Goose10 ай бұрын

    19:30 Interesting how N’khunas was originally a green

  • @dexterity494
    @dexterity49410 ай бұрын

    so you're telling me the original Kur-Skan was link? god damn that sounds cool

  • @FlantisFroggu
    @FlantisFroggu6 ай бұрын

    amazing video

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