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Patreon Show December 2018 - A little trip up to London
Hello patrons!Anni and I needed to pop up to London to film something outside the palace (you'll see why in a future episode) and we also wanted to check in on the new V&A exhibition on video games.On top of that, we've recently purchased a camera gimbal, allowing us to record things on the ...
NEW EPISODE: How Neopets was sold to Scientologists
Hello patrons!So, erm, who remembers Neopets?If you were a part of that community back in the early 2000s, you may be surprised to hear that it was owned by a group of very devout Scientologists.To find out what this meant for the site itself I met up with its original creators and talked to them ab...
People Mail Gifts 2018
Hello everyone!This is just a quick reminder that there's one week left to sign up to our PMG Secret Santa over on our Discord server. If you do sign up, you'll be assigned another patron to send a gift to next month, up to a value of £15, and somebody will do the same for you. It's nic...
Patreon Show November 2018 - Here are some YouTube channels that we like
Hey Patrons,We're trying to move the Patreon Show to the first half of each month, as the second can get pretty hectic for us at the moment. So here we are!In this month's show, Anni and I introduce each other (and you) to some YouTube channels that we really like. We've focused mostly o...
Behind-the-scenes: Catching up with Derek
Now that our 'Getting into the games industry' episode has been up for just over a week, we caught up with Derek to ask him what he thought about our telling of his story.We also have some questions from patrons like you, including the big one: after all that's happened, does Derek still...
Update to the $20 rewards
Hello,We are making changes to the $20 tier. The custom animation part is staying exactly the same because so far we have had a lot of fun working with you all on those bits.The backgrounds are something that didn’t work out quite as we had planned, I felt constrained by the specific topic of each...
Catching up with Derek - ask him your questions!
Hey behind-the-scenes patrons.If you've watched latest episode you'll know it tells the story of Derek Wilks, an enthusiastic cinematic artist who lands his dream job in the games industry, only to lose it within three months as almost everyone at Telltale Games is fired without warning.I...
NEW EPISODE: Getting into the games industry
Given that we're called People Make Games, it only felt right to tell this particular story from a real person's perspective.Thanks again to Derek Wilks for sharing his story.Derek's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2yrVhiGContact Derek: deremixcreative@gmail.com
Chris has a go at sound effects
Our next episode (out on Tuesday!) has a lot more animation than you'll have seen before. We wanted to compliment this work with some appropriate sound effects.Could we have found them online? Yes.Would that have been as fun for Chris? No.
The Red Dead game we almost ended up with
VIDEO URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS3Ml8-OPAcAhead of the release of Red Dead Redemption 2, we take a look back at where the series actually began, before even Rockstar Games was involved.We almost played a very different kind of cowboy game.
Patreon Show September 2018 - Meet Peggy the dog
Hello!We've been thinking about our Patreon Show quite a bit over the last few weeks and have decided to try and have a bit more fun with it.This month's is much snappier than usual (clocking in at just over 5 minutes, if you can believe it) and we think it's way more entertaining to wat...
Anni-mation: Having a nice time with Spider-Man
Hello!We're currently working hard on the (surprisingly topical) next episode which you can expect at the end of the month, but in the meantime, Anni wanted to make something fun for you to look at.We've been playing a bunch of Spider-Man recently and she thought that might be a nice topic t...
Patreon Show August 2018 - How we Anni-mate
We're a few days late on the Patreon Show for August, but it's been a big ol' month at PMG.As you may have heard, we now have a full-time illustrator/animator on the team, which is BRILLIANT. She joins me in this month's update to talk about how her job actually works.
How an E3 Conference gets made
YOUTUBE URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cDM4qN_rTUIt's the biggest show in the video games calendar each year, but how does it actually come together?We speak to the team behind Ubisoft's E3 conference about pandas, leaks and hot mics.
People Make Games just got bigger!
Hey, it’s Chris here off of People Make Games. We’ve got some pretty massive news to share today: the team has now officially doubled in size! Please give a warm welcome to Anni Sayers, PMG’s full-time illustrator and animator.You’ll have seen Anni’s work already in each of the three episo...
Behind the scenes at Creative Assembly
So, we visited the developers of Total War, Creative Assembly, ahead of putting together our Time Commanders episode.Whilst we were there we filmed a great interview and shot some lovely b-roll and then... used almost none of it in the final piece. Why's that?
Patreon Show (July 2018) - Chris calls his Dad
Hello again! We've tried to do a little more with the Patreon Show this month, as we felt the first ended up being a little static. Let us know what you think.And don't say mean things about my dad.YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVsc4LnLdIY
The TV Show that didn't want you to know it was a Video Game
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b61uwK2BwpsListen, this episode was always going to happen. In many ways, it's a blessing that I've got it out of my system so soon.Today we're talking about an exceptionally niche TV show that's very close to my heart: Time Commanders. W...
Star Fox wallpapers
Hello!Here are the mobile and desktop illustrations based on the most recent episode about Star Fox.Also wanted to say a big thanks to Jake who came up with the custom illustration in that episode. Animating Gundam shooting down the Arwing was a nice nod to Japanese sci-fi. The level of enthusiasm f...
Chris is doing a podcast!
Those of you familiar with Cool Ghosts (a very pink video games website headed up by Matt Lees and Quintin Smith), may remember that I used to be a semi-regular guest on their podcast, Daft Souls.Well, like all good video games podcasts, it eventually stopped being recorded.It's time to bring it...
The British teenagers who taught Nintendo how to make Star Fox
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to4Ekb0kXiESo this episode is a little different to our first one! Whereas last time around we looked into a niche PC title that would end up leading the way on Steam, here we wanted to go after one of the classics.Developed in the early 90s by Nintendo ...
Custom illustration - Rag Doll Kung Fu
WallpapersHey, here is the illustration based on the first episode about Rag Doll Kung Fu! I have done one for mobile dimensions and one for desktop dimensions (you should find them attached to this post). I have tried to capture the jumbled up madness that happens in the game with lots of limbs fly...
Patreon Show - June 2018
Welcome to our very first Patreon Show!We take a look back at the launch of People Make Games, our very first episode and pick out some interesting comments from YOU.Have a question for next month's update? Feel free to leave it in the comments.YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2CUA...
Behind-the-scenes: Interview with Mark Healey
I spoke to a few different people while researching our first episode, but of course, one of those interviews was far more important than the rest.You'll have seen clips from this already in our main video, but here's (almost) the full conversation I had with Mark Healey, the creator of Rag ...
Behind-the-scenes: Chris plays Rag Doll Kung Fu
We've got a couple of behind-the-scenes bits from our first episode, including this: a let's play of the incredibly bizarre Rag Doll Kung Fu.This was recorded a couple of weeks before the main video went live as I was capturing gameplay to use in the final edit. You can hear me mulling over ...
The first non-Valve game on Steam
YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETzoaXUgmIAlright then, here we are. Our first episode!We thought a lot about the title for this video and exactly how much to give away about the BIZARRE story we have to tell you. In the end, we decided to keep it punchy and then let you enjoy a few s...
Custom illustration/animation
Hello! I am Anni and I do the animation/illustration/graphics work for PMG. Thank you so much for supporting us and being part of this tier. I am really looking forward to working with you!Before each episode I am going to randomly pick someone from this tier to be the chosen custom illustration/ani...
Hello, is this thing turned on?
Wow. This has been a wild couple of days.Exactly 48 hours ago we launched the Patreon for People Make Games and things have gone so much better than we’d even dared to hope. The first stretch goal has been hit, meaning I can work on this project full-time without worrying about needing to pursue o...
