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How Subnautica Was Made and Saved by its Community
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- Опубліковано 12 лют 2020
- This Subnautica documentary details the development of the indie video game Subnautica and goes behind the scenes of its creation. Discover how the developer Unknown Worlds did Early Access right with the development of Subnautica. The documentary explores why the game is a showcase for how to successfully apply a transparant game development approach. Unknown Worlds is currently applying everything they learned from the development of Subnautica to its sequel Subnautica: Below Zero.
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Outer wilds maybe...
you prolly dont give a damn but does someone know a tool to log back into an instagram account?
I stupidly lost my account password. I would love any tricks you can offer me
I think Subnautica kind of perfected and demonstrated how to properly do early access. Since this game there have been many more early access successes, most following a very similar strategy: staying transparent and open, fostering a strong community, taking community feedback and implementing it, making a distinguishing identity, making sure to keep a steady pace of development, and avoid high pay walls or micro-transactions (some cosmetics can be gotten away with if the game is free). It seems we have entered a new era in gaming in which small indie developers can and will out do AAA developers thanks to their more creative ideas and use of this early access strategy.
Agree
I hope so. It's discouraging seeing promising games continually pushing release date again and again until it reaches irrelevance. Like Routine. Some solid looking trailers and then... just nothing. I don't think they even touch their social media anymore. It's also annoying seeing the other extreme like what No Man's Sky first was, until they were on the wrong side of what almost became a belligerent mob.
but they never took any community feedback?
@@Sassy_Witch They did, they even showed it in the video.
And then there's Star Citizen
favorite part about this is that the community made a multiplayer version of subnatica pretty fast, even if it kinda sucks
At least there is a way.
It’s better now, the story is bugged but at least you can play for the most part.
@@waavycookie7243 yeah but its still fairly buggy, but again for something put together by the community and that was "impossible" it works pretty well
@@Dryden_ The devs never said it was impossible for them to do (they have made multiplayer games before), it would just take time and would need to be start from scratch, meaning they would need to completely restart to make sure it works and doesn't have as many bugs or crazy shit happening. Not to mention the cost itself would be a major part considering they had an issue with that at some point.
@@raionshishi8290 starting from scratch = impossible to do it in the current game
Video quality is phenomenal, text choice could definitely use some work but the fact that there's a general visual theme, a script, and a clear topic relating to the title is incredible for a channel of this size. Keep it up.
Thank you so much! Always nice to know that the work is appreciated.
I’m curious what you meant by the text choice. Is it the script? I’m looking for ways to improve my content so feedback is always appreciated.
@@ThatGuyGlen Should have clarified, I was referring to font. I think a more minimalistic font and colouring would go well with this style of content.
With my previous videos I tried to go a bit more minimalistic, but for this one I really wanted to mimic the whole Subnautica vibe so I used their font and colouring. Going forward I'm thinking of staying as close as possible to the style of the games, although I'm not sure yet if that's always going to work out.
@@ThatGuyGlen tbh in my opinion the font style was so good with the vibes of the game
@@ThatGuyGlen You should keep the font type relevant to the game, I think it works really well and is a stand out feature of your videos :)
Multiplayer Subnautica? I can’t wait to seal my friends inside the Alien Containment by removing the only hatch when they enter! :D
How?
@@sphee4149 By removing the tablet!!
That's actually fucked up XD
Can't wait to lead my friends deep into the interior giant mushroom coral, then release a half-dozen captive crashfish behind them.
@@Ozraptor4 That's the most evil thing i have ever seen.
9:31 That "etc." stands for less important fears like, you know, getting hunted and devoured by sea monsters.
I think the single most obvious fear not directly mentioned- is the fear of being in the sea- or deep endless water below you, unknown depths you cant see far into filled with who knows what horrors.
I love this type of content. Really glad I've found your channel.
Glad you’re enjoying the content!
I like setting my cyclops on fire. It has nice music.
sameee lol
The sound track is on spotify. The songs are great.
Okay Seahawk.
"Fear of open spaces"
"Fear of claustrophobic environments"
*hmm*
Yet in Subnautica, both can be true. Depends on what you're doing in the game at the time. I'd highly recommend it if you haven't played it before.
Swimming out over a ledge into the open water in Subnautica perfectly captures the same feeling as swimming at sea the real world. It's fantastic, but terrifying.
On the other hand, you've got the cave systems that can be just as scary but in a different way.
It's a wonderful game to explore, but must really be done at your own pace.
@@dandavidson4717 in an enclosed space, when i hear my PDA say "30 seconds", , my anxiety immediatly shoots up and im like OH SHIT!
He didn't mention the most overwhelming to me: fear of THE DEEP.
Claustrophobia and Agoraphobia actually occur very often together, because although they seem totally opposite, they both stem from an underlying fear of being trapped.
@@dandavidson4717 oh dude the lost river shows this and so do the dunes (for big) and the fricking safe shallows because EXPLODE BOIS
"Welcome aboard, captain. All systems online."
If you don't say that in a deep voice do you really dive deep
I you say that in a deep voice you went deep if you say it higher your a newer player
"You are the best Captain on the planet, I'm not even squiddin'."
S p l a t n a u t i c a
-prawn suit
The fact they went from FPS games to open world exploration with very light combat elements and succeeded really shows how talented this studio is
Not played Subnautica but I love it when a small team makes a great game and it pays off big. 3 people made Hollow Knight and I've pumped dozens of hours into it, and Team Cherry (deservedly) made serious bank. I can't wait for Silksong.
Gotta love an underdog story. Hollow Knight is on my topic list btw so hopefully I can get to that video soon.
@@ThatGuyGlen I look forward to it
i'm kinda surprised by the amount of amazing games out there made by small teams. it puts some of the bigger companies to shame and shows how important a close knit team is compared to corporate structure.
Scrap mechanic is another indie game that’s turned out really well
Subnautica was the first game that I bought on Steam.
Same here, Waited a long time to be able to play it after watching so many other people do lets plays.
I don't know if it was my first but it was in the first 3 or so . When I first got my gaming pc in 2015 it was one of the first games I ever bought on steam
h-44 -39 damn, you have a gaming pc. luckyy
It was the first game i got for free on Epic games
Gabriel Wottrich Dobrachinski same
Great video! Didn't expect the quality in such a small channel, really feels like a documentary. Keep up the good work :D
Thank you! Working on the next video right now, so stay tuned!
@@ThatGuyGlen I knew your channel 'had it'! Glad to see it blowing up! And really liked your Undertale video too :)
0:03
You really couldn't stop yourself from doing that pun,huh?
Had to do it :D
That Obamium Guy what about when he said the team “waves” goodbye to there office
Obama prism is the most op weapon in terraria
ThatGuyGlen only fair, I would have done it
Subnautica is fascinating game that took me back into gaming after like 15 years break. Previous one I completed was maybe DukeNukem3D. Now I watch all videos about it as I think this game is just piece of art and I'm fan of everything Unknown Worlds studio does these days.
Great video, subbed and look forward to more! There's so many games out there now that it's nice to get a recap of a game's development like this instead of having to pore through all their devlogs and such.
Comments like this make my day! More content is on the way.
i have a huge fear of the ocean and when i 1st played this i couldnt leave the start area. but once i got used to the map and where the scary things were exploring got easy. now when ever i see a ghost leviathan i have to go scan it hehe
i still shit myself in the dead zone tho
How bad actually is it in terms of scaryness
@@taylor228 the whole game or the dead zone? hehe
@@taylor228 bad enought to make you get anxious and scared as if you were there
I love the ocean and reaper roars still scare me. I remember accidentally going into the dead zone with my cyclops thinking it was just another explorable zone and basically froze as I just saw the ghost reaper come after me lol.
My first save had around 25 minutes on it. I spawned close to the grassy plateaus, and somehow a sand shark aggroed toward me when I was in my lifepod. I heard him, and didn't leave the damn thing. He couldn't lose aggro, so I spent the whole 25 minutes in my pod.
Now I have over 50 hours on the game and still haven't explored the mountains (except the island), the crash zone (except Aurora), northern blood kelp zone, crag land (or whatever it is called), the lost river, the lava zones...... Everytime I hear leviathans I just leave the area I was in.
9:25 pretty sure "fear of big fuckin alien fish coming to swallow you whole" belongs somewhere in that list.
That's just a fear of vore!
@@NT-sx2bd I'm gonna request that you leave the internet.
Charlie Cleveland set an amazing example of how game development should be, i've been playing subnautica since it's early access release after watching Jacksepticeye's videos on the game. I'm glad i never gave up on the game because in the end it became a true masterpiece.
Great video! I absolutely love this game. Keep creating quality videos like this and you will grow a lot.
Thank you! I was addicted to it when it was released on PS4, can’t wait for Below Zero. And more content is on the way!
Hey dude, great vid. This actually helped me in a research project for class where one of my topics was how community feedback can drive innovation.
Sometimes, I’m bored. And I get in subnautica, just to look at the beautiful world of it in creative. And I never get tired of this, whenever I’m bored I just get on my creative world and start exploring, I think I have about 17 days and 9 hours of playtime on that world. Subnautica is amazing
Subnautica can't die it's existence makes mortals not want to play another game
Every time i hear subnautica soundtrack or i see it in my steam library, i cry, because im sad that development ended
I love your content and first time i watched your videos i thought it was a big channel with at least 1-2 million subs because your content, your narrating and editing its amazing for your subscriber number and it's amazing how good you are, tbh i love this channel!
Thank you so much! I’m still trying to improve the narration as much as I can since I’m not completely happy with it yet, but glad to hear you’re already enjoying the videos :D
Something that wasnt mentioned in the video was subnautica's AMAZING soundtrack. Every song had underwater themed elements and is, in my opinion, one of the best scores to reflect a game's environment. Big props to the music makers!
Too bad the sound designer was fired over some ironic comments on the forums.
This content is the type that 100 000 subscriber channels have, I think this channel has quite the potential.
while i enjoy other games similar to subnautica in its genre like the forest for example or whatever game that has crafting and survival, i think subnautica is one of those really unique experiences. its beautiful, calming, and spiritual. like i can just float through this world and be at peace even though there is a reaper lurking a few hundred meters away. on the flipside it does an amazing job of the opposite with fear, panic, confusion, and terror. its not even a hard game compared to others but you can still feel genuine panic at certain moments. first time getting lost in some caves with oxygen quickly ticking down, a silhouette of a leviathan in the distance, or the first time you run into those octobrain cthulu things. of course we cant forget that moment you go the edge and see endless abyss and a ghost leviathan.
Subnautica below zero is also really good. New aliens, bigger leviathans, a new story line.. it’s got it all!
@@zarkuz8702 Is the main protagonist silent like in the original series?
While watching this I was under the impression you had millions of subscribers. Your fucking video quality and scripts are absolutely god damn phenomenal. You have most definitely paved yourself a successful road if you keep this up dude!
Thank you so much! I’m still struggling a bit with the narration so I’m trying to improve on that with future videos, but glad to hear you already like the content :D
Love how Thalassophobia wasn't the first one listed lol. Also, fear of running out of air and suffocation are the same thing lol. Also also you misspelled suffocation. Also not trying to be downer to be clear! Love your videos.
I love Subnautica.
The game is amazing, and i am soo hyped for Below Zero.
Everything about Subnautica is just near perfection, the gameplay is survival done right
thought below zero was already released? Was it just early access?
caligulasAquarium it’s still early access I believe
its early access
caligulasAquarium ye, it’s early access
This video is very good for a 20000 subscriber count UA-camr and I think it's amazing that you put so much work into this video.
Keep up the work because you do make good work👍
Subnautica is the first game that I've ever had, and it's always amazed me by how good it looks. I've made a promise that I'll save up for a gaming PC, and then play it on the maximum graphics settings
Your videos are amazing. I've watched content like this for years but your story telling and presentation is better than any i have seen in the UA-cam gaming community.
Thank you, really appreciate that!
It's a game about surviving alone on water-planet, hoping for seeing other survivors, with colorful reefs full of live, but as you go deeper more nightmares awake... ALWAYS have a spare battery.
We are aware, that's why we're here.
This is definitively on my top 10 best games of all time, I was absolutely hooked through the entire game. The soundtrack is one of the best I've heard.
I haven't been a part of many early access games from the start but I did with Subnautica. It's amazing seeing its progress I remember how little there was to do at the start but I would replay every now and then just to swim, explore and craft.
I remember first playing this game 4 years ago. The F8 button was awesome for reporting bugs, and there were TONS XD. Watching it grow was an experience you can't get anywhere else. I remember when the Prawn suit was a rumor.
Hundredth sub :) congrats my guy! Good vid and keep going.
I'm really glad I'm over the 100 sub hurdle so thanks for getting me there!
as a design student, I don't understand how someone can make a product with no interference from its public. How do people make games without asking the public what they want? This is one of the main principles of design, and yet its almost never used in the game industry. Making a game in complete silence and just releasing it at the end looks like a suicide plan to me, but it worked for some, so idk
Bigger companies tend to be either used to what their community or expect that their community will like what they made, like Activision for a while has been stuck and used to the past success that they haven't changed much. But the community doesn't help either because they say they want change but when they get change they don't like it, like the exo suits or the fact that COD MW was going to have no minimap but they complained
Sometimes you have a story to tell and you make a game around that story.
well there will always be people who will enjoy your game, especially if it’s a popular genre.
Every developer to my knowledge is having public testings of the game where the selected people have to sign NDAs but they are outside the company and providing feedback and developers monitor them on how they interact with the game what is working, where they are lost what they do not understand and sometimes even crazy bugs because of stuff random people will try in the game that developers and internal testers never thought of testing.
So there is some feedback for majority of games but under NDAs so you do not know much about it happening and also if you are developing story heavy game it is hard to do early access to prevent spoilers and crazy theories by community and so on, same for mystery focused games and so on. And just creating prototype after every change in game mechanics would take too much time so you just once in a while create such prototype for testing under NDA to get some feedback but you cannot just release it to public. Especially with so many clever people looking into your code and looking for anything not shown in prototype but present in code so basically you have to spend a long time on any alpha version if you want to keep secrets that are otherwise inherent in the game.
@@MontyBeda most of those testers are really only there to test for bugs and by the time true testing begins story etc is set already or the testers are too busy kissing the ass of the devs to give real feedback because they want to continue getting paid, if you give negative feedback you're more likely to be fired or not called back for future testing and they'll just replace you with a yes man
It really is great to be part of these companies that have this approach. I think of The Fun Pimps, Grinding Gear Games, and basically Unknown Worlds.... and the quality of their games is reflected by these decisions to involve the community of every level of development.
This is really wholesome, the fact that they call on the community to find new talent is just great
Funny I just found this and I've just started playing subnautica a few days ago. It really is a game like no other, and the ambiance of the world combined with the unique and handcrafted experience the player has makes it a memorable experience. I love the content, keep up the good work!
Have you crapped yourself yet?
Your channel is just what i have been looking for! I love these dives into game creation / history.
Glad to have you :D more videos are coming!
this channel deserves more subscribers and recognition.
subnautica is a masterpiece of the gaming industry. Change my mind
Nahhhh is impossibile change ure mind.
This games surpass age of empire 2/3 in my beloved games list
Subnautica is a masterpiece, it's been a veeeeeeeeeeery long time I haven't been blown away by a game, and SN mechanics, lore, and... specially environment wih the music and the sounds : it's unique, and I warmly encourage everyone to play it.
I honestly thought you were joking when you said thanks for 100 subs, i thought you meant 100K before i checked your sub count, the quality in this video is very good this is gonna sound generic but you seriously deserve more recognition, views.
Much appreciated! The channel certainly has grown quite a lot since this video so I’m already super happy about that :D
ThatGuyGlen can you talk about Subnautica below zero?
Ive known subnuatica for years so im happy the community is still going strong
Subnautica is the type of game anybody would give anything to experience it for the first time again.
It's so mind blowing when i see a game is early and not finish yet
Proving again that good single player game will succeed
No wonder why i love subnautica so much! Journey, skyrim and minecraft has been games that has had a huge impact on my life at some point. In 2018 subnautica was the only thing I played and i still replay it now and then. I play everytime a new update has come out to below zero aswell! Great game
dude really? 9.3k subscribers the whole time I watched I was thinking It was presented by some company or well know UA-camr :O
they way you did this video this is how journalism or yt reviews should be done... subscribe to this man now...
Much appreciated! I wouldn’t call myself a journalist or anything, I just have a passion for video editing and game development so I wanted to combine the two :D
A little late but recently bought the game and love it! Learning about its early development history and dev teams make me love it even more! If only more games were developed like this, real credit to the developer's and their hard work payed off. I've even dropped metro exodus to play =/ dont judge, both amazing!
Great video, glad UA-cam decided to recommend this to me out of the blue. Look forward to seeing your future content!
Thanks man! Glad to have you :D
Don't forget those Subnautica editors at Wikia. They've done amazing job themselves to update and maintain content to fans.
Fantastic content man, Subnautica is one of my favourite games!
Much appreciated! One of my favourite games too :D Can't wait until Below Zero is finished!
Subnautica went through so many big changes to the terrain generation and rendering, that it’s kind of amazing that it ended up as great as it did. Just goes to show what a talented team is capable of.
Let me tell you as an EA player of Subnautica, this video is 100% accurate. There was a lot of back and forth between the devs and the EA players, there were some features that were added because we pointed out issues that detracted from the experience. At one point there was no fish entity respawning which eventually lead to very empty worlds, devs took note of the complaints/requests and said adding that feature in a realistic manner would take time. Well, they listened and took the time to add fish breeding mechanics for non large fish. There were moments that features we loved were scrapped (terraforming tools were a HUGE thing the community didn't want to lose but did) but we all understood it was for a better experience.
No joke, that was an amazing thing to be apart of and help grow.
My first playthrough was entirely blind and in VR and despite some of the problems the vr version had, subnautica was one of my favorite gaming experiences ever. Also one of the scariest
well for me atleast it was almost a perfect storm. at the time i was watching alot of frankieonpc dayz videos and after playing years of it i was getting board. Then suddenly he starts an video off with this new game, with bright vibrant colours and an amazing sound track. standing next to dayz dull washed out colour scheme and familiar gameplay it was instantly captivating. i think i bought it that day. it was still early access and the core game wasnt there but exploring was scary and the fresh new take of survival was oozing. well done to the team behind it.
Dude your videos are awesome! You should keep doing this awesome small documentaries
Thank you! Working on the next one right now!
@@ThatGuyGlen can't wait to watch it :)
This is a really good video and it seems like a great channel really high quality
Subnautica still has a VR mode. The might have taken it out at some point, but it seems they put it back in, since it's listed as an option on the store page and it supported it last I played it. The game is SUPER-immersive in VR, an excellent way to lose yourself in the game! There's a few bugs here and there, like you can't interact with specific panels but it works really well.
My first playthrough was in VR and 100% blind and the environments were beautiful and the creatures were terrifying. Also seeing the aurora blowup in vr was amazing.
I want to become a game developer in the future. If I do, I want to do it like this. The best games always come from close interaction with the community. I will always try to keep in contact with the players because then you know what people would like to see, allowing you to make the best game for everyone. Just like these guys. It’s beautiful.
NS2 was such a gem for asymmetrical game play. As happy as I am for unknown worlds I am sad it has signalled no chance for future versions of that game.
I just started playing the game recently and the rush when you see the reaper leviathan for the first time is amazing
Amazing video! The production quality is excellent for someone with so few subscribers. Could you do a video on return of the Obra Dinn? I really like to find out how games are developed
Much appreciated! I still have to play that game, but it’s been on my wishlist for a while now! So once I’ve played it, I’m definitely going to cover it! I’ve also been thinking about doing a video on Papers, Please, but I’ve got some other videos lined up first though.
@@ThatGuyGlen Ok, thanks! Be sure to enjoy your playthrough of it because unfortunately it doesn't really have any replay value.
i still remember my first time playing years ago and just building monoliths with the terraformer that was just a green flashlight
Man did he kill it at the story. I love subnautica and the story was just so well done.
Unknown Worlds had a good game because they were active in the community and actually listened to the community. It was like they were going through the journey with us
Also Jackespticeye
That Guy Glen was it?
Who, him?
Yeah, him.
Such an underrated channel he's running.
I imagine lots of conversations go like that when people mention my channel :D
Jacksepticeye was another big reason for the game to survive till this day
Great vid, would watch it even longer :D
Thanks :D
Great video. Very well made congrats man
Thank you, really appreciate it!
VR support would be sooooooooooo good to add to subnautica because of its explosive popularity right now.
Subnautica VR support is still in the game. there are some bugs (like interacting with control panels) but subnautica vr is amazing. My first blind playthrough was in VR and it is one of my favorite gaming experiences ever. I still hope that they add VR support to below zero.
I find in heart-warming in this big-business day and age, that a community funded and directed indie game became one of the best of the decade. I love subnautica , particularly its world building philosophy, and especially its anticorporate humour.
I knew nothing about Subnautica. I did not knew it existed and definitely was not aware of all these years of development.
I was simply bored and searched around for a non AAA game to play with.
It turns out to be one of the most memorable game I ever played.
Good job devs.
Subnautica is one of the best games ever made. I would like to see a compilation of subnautica with a song called overthinker in the backround 😊😀
Very high replay value! I play it now the second time with my nephew and we both enjoy it very much!
I love how in the process of trying to make a more accessible game than their previous multiplayer shooters, they ended up creating the ultimate thalassophobia simulator
I’ve watched it’s development a long time (only having console) and only recently got it I must say I Love the game
I still remember when I first heard and first played it I have such good memories of this fantastic game. I’m so happy of the games success
Been following this game since 2014,its nice to see it be one of the best games ever
"Serene" is an odd way to describe swimming through an area and hearing "warning, scans indicate leviathan class predators in this biome"
You forgot, "are you sure whatever you're doing is worth it
Subnautica brought my believe into early access games again. Everything they did was good. And it was a new gameplay for me. I have the fear of deep waters and I nearly had heart attacks xD
I followed Subnautica's development for a long time and saw it evolve through numerous updates. Being able to test out daily builds at the same speed the devs are developing was a new concept for me. Even seeing the roadmap of what they were planning, what being worked on, and what was recently completed was so unexpected and different. Most developers keep everything a secret until the project is nearly complete. The game even had a feature to allow screenshots and comments to help users report bugs and glitches to the devs (or to just provide some positive feedback). It makes me wonder how a game like Fallout 4 could have been affected if they allowed players to provide feedback during the development process.
Now i wonder how all games could have been affected with that kinda concept.
My favorite game of all time. Such a well rounded game.
I was there years ago, and I am so happy with this company and the success they jad
God I love Subnautica so much. Deffo in my top 5 games ever played! Have not shut up about it since I played it for the first time.
Subnautica is a unique experience that is one of the best
THIS is how you do a crowdfunded game!! Constantly show what you have made, always show progress. This really builds up confidence in a studio's ability to make a good game. In a world of crowdfunding scams, this is how you get people to believe in your idea
You can definitely tell the history of subnautica and how it was built by the community while below zero is much more refined
I liked the concept of Subnautica when it was launched in early access on steam so I bought it.. it was fun even with early bugs sometimes.
Great game.
I didn't expect Journey to be one of the inspirations
Simon Chylinski is an incredible audio engineer and should never have been fired.
Even aside from that situation, however, the devs have shown themselves to be irrational at nearly every turn. Honestly, it's incredible that Subnautica even made it to release. Of course, I'm glad it did.
I wonder if the massacre your PDA tells you about when crafting the knife, is a reference to the shooting and why he didn't want guns in Subnautica
Nice vid!
This game was always very janky but very fun. I think I played during the initial success of it because I heard of a few UA-camrs playing it. I preferred it back then, because it was a game about surviving in a really unique water habitat but now it’s just a bit overwhelming with all of the new additions like the DLC. The game will be fun still but it was better when the game felt a lot smaller and therefore there was less info out there. I thankfully wasn’t spoiled on the amazingly terrifying stuff like the leviathans.