Double Fine releases documentary on Psychonauts 2 development

Developer Double Wonderful has a prolonged documentary targeted on the making of its 2021 hit, Psychonauts 2. Break up into 32 elements, the “Double Fine PsychOdyssey” collection explores the sport from its preliminary conception and goes via its pretty lengthy improvement interval. 

Psychonauts 2 had an fascinating improvement interval resulting from crowdfunding and the developer later being acquired by Microsoft after the sport’s authentic publishing plans fell via. Beforehand, Tim Schafer has known as he recreation’s improvement a “lengthy haul,” and this collection goals to the touch on that in a extra direct manner. 

These kind of movies used to exist in earlier online game eras, and sometimes as bonus content material for the video games themselves. However their existence has grow to be more and more uncommon within the triple-An area, so seeing Double Wonderful put one out that is so intensive is fascinating, to say the least.

People Make Video games

Extra apparently, the documentary payments itself as masking “the human facet of recreation improvement.” Present recreation documentary channels equivalent to NoClip typically acknowledge what it takes to make video games, however “PsychOdyssey” seems to be making {that a} extra central a part of its existence.

The preliminary trailer additionally options some fascinating tidbits to construct anticipation for the movies to observe. Amongst conversations in regards to the worry of sequel-itis and hoping the sport itself can be well-received, there have been apparently discussions about splitting Psychonauts 2 in two video games, which the developer beforehand did with Damaged Age. 

All of “PsychOdyssey” is offered to look at beginning here.