Murder Drones: Making an Indie Cartoon on a Budget!

[@CartoonUniverse]

check out my anime pilot: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnnRmWCtZ71krZI

[@rainbowtoyfunrandomess1982]

Your anime pilot looks amazing!

[@l.t.h2o487]

Don't forget about Spooky Month

[@JoltteamOfficial]

Fun Fact: The Gothic Cathedral asset pack is now free on the marketplace only for this month lol

[@Serialdesignation__X__Xyra]

Omg lol

[@Yoru_Jeshica]

Oh cwool

[@ArtisticCeleste]

Getting that! Never have toyed with Unreal however I like hoarding the free packs just in case I ever wanna get into it, very useful!

[@BluejaySerenade]

I didn't even notice that most of the backgrounds were asset flips because they have such a unique vibe like nothing else. MD is amazing at creating atmospheres that really add to the story without taking away from the characters themselves. Can't wait to see more of Glitch Productions' projects!

[@ArtisticCeleste]

Same! Like they looked so good and matched the characters so well I never would've even thought they were asset flips. Very cool and well done by the team! Saves them time and money so they can put more effort into the amazing animation. :D

[@ThatCannibalisticDrone]

"The Golden age of Indie animation" I coined this back when Murder Drones kicked off which was I believed after episode 3 or 4, eitherway It's nice to see other people referring to this era other than myself.

[@EvanFar_]

How'd I miss these recent MD videos?!?! Genuinely gonna be traumatized because of this.

[@nightwatch3889]

It's probably because of how long it's been since an MD episode; the KZbin algorithm has stopped showing you MD theories because of how long it's been since you've watched them

[@hywasnt]

You probably watched too much brainrot KZbin changed your home page

[@hywasnt]

@@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993 I said probably, and it did happens to me, I watched too much brainrot my yt short feed became tiktok 2.0

[@EvanFar_]

@@nightwatch3889 Yeah prob, happy its finally out tho.

[@Scarshadow666]

@@hywasnt Sometimes it's not always that - I've heard of people trying to request and/or get rid of certain videos and posts they don't like to go away from their main feed, only for them to come back anyway (and have had this happen to me as well). I wouldn't be surprised if it's not them watching brainrot - it's YT shoving brainrot into their face whether they want it or not. 0_0

[@MirbeYt]

indie animations are honestly better than shows made by big studios these days ngl

[@bdariamihaela]

There's a very simple reason for that. Artists make art, studios make money

[@AnnoyingPyroMa1n]

@@bdariamihaelaExactly. Indie studios have room for soul.

[@halpee7690]

I wouldn’t be surprised if someday studios tried buy out one or two of these shows because they don’t want to develop original content in-house.

[@josem588]

@@bdariamihaela example Disney that I call illumination 2.0 since they made wifi Ralph in 2018

[@Juga-parrot]

Just look at the new mega mind and compare it to Murder Drones

[@Dedelblute3]

What’s cool is that if you just watched MD, you wouldn’t even realize that at its core it’s just a modular environment from unity. The editing is just that cohesive and good.

[@justcallmecat]

The look of the humans gave me a "bendy and the ink machine" vibe, which to me made the flashback more tense, and it really worked

[@alsiredwood5642]

Personally, it was going from episode 7 back to the pilot that really blew my mind. The quality difference is astounding, and I'm so happy they didn't rush this new episode, but took their time in polishing the scenes and animation. It makes a massive difference, and there's something about seeing the show sort of come into its own; pilot being obviously testing the waters of story and pushing the boundaries of what they can animate, and by episode 7 it really becomes a defined show that knows what it's on about, flexing their fight scenes and subtle background actions that just makes me fall for this show more with every new episode.

[@Wilt_r]

The pilot is always the lowest on budget. Luckily it still went well enough for Glitch to make 6 more episodes with notably higher quality! 7 was very good in terms of animation. Of course animation will likely be more expensive than basically everything else an indie studio has to consider. Their advertisement is practically free via social media. Writing only needs 1 person at the minimum, and that person mainly needs to be dedicated to the show to write something good. Animation needs a team, with time, which costs a lot of money. It's amazing how well they did it- it clearly paid off taking time to polish it. Honestly, I feel like MD could've gone up in flames if they delayed ep 7 even more and it didn't come out polished.

[@legogaming5992]

The humans in murder drones LOOK like shadows because that’s what they are meant to be. Because the robots are the main characters and not the humans which is usually the other way around this is probably why murder drones is so loved and unique 😊 OMG IM POPULAR

[@yalovoyhznepomny]

Или потому что им лень создавать людей и роботов намного легче делать

[@DrPeeper]

​@@yalovoyhznepomnyadding realistic humans can easily make your product not age well, that's why a lot of games for example go without/with minimal required humans, like Portal only has Chell. Other products like Murder Drones and Team Fortress 2 go with stylized humans instead.

[@yalovoyhznepomny]

@@DrPeeper Эм что? Ты на полном серьёзе сравниваешь Murder Drones с Team Fortress 2? Мне напомнить как хорошо выглядят теневые персонажи в трейлере Пиро и как убого выглядят теневые персонажи в 5 серии этого сериала? При этом сериал не имеет абсолютно никакой причины чтобы делать людей такими. Ну допустим Тесса носит свой костюм, потому что там невыносимый холод( хотя там растет ёлка, что понижает температуру до 40 градусов Цельсия),но почему люди на балу полностью черные? Они не на секретном интервью как Шпион или Скаут. Или Н не помнит лица людей? Но как это возможно, если Н в точности помнит всё остальное,что было в 5 серии?В том же Портале ни в первой ни во второй части наличие людей невозможно, ведь комикс рассказал про одного выжившего сотрудника компании. А вот наш сериал просто напросто сэкономил либо на деньгах либо на времени. Единственный человек которого нам раскрыли полностью эта Тесса, которую в 7 серии убили и воскресили убогим способом. Я не осуждаю создателей за такую дешевизну,но сейчас 2023- тот же Spec Ops the line вышел в 2012. Можешь сказать про бюджет сериала,но у сериала есть время, ибо разница в 10 лет не маленькая. И кстати - почему ты говоришь по английскому, Самурай?

[@DrPeeper]

@@yalovoyhznepomny first of all, please talk english, second of all: all of the tf2 characters are stylized, not to the same degree, but they are and it prevents the game looking really dated

[@DrPeeper]

@@yalovoyhznepomny btw, in Portal you can see YOURSELF through the main mechanic, plus N doesn't remember accurately what actually happened in ep5, since we actually see Cyn eating something that looks like human hands in ep4 flashback

[@jilliancrawford7577]

This is such a magical time to be alive. There may be stuff that sucks in this time, but we also live in an era where the average person with a dream can get the technology to make them come to fruition, even if it isn't an immediate manifestation yet. These were the kinds of things that were only possible with massive studios that policed what could or couldn't be done because of higher-ups they had to answer to. It's all the more reason why freedom of expression is so important; to make individual expression possible and have a chance to compete. Obviously there are some objectively immoral/evil/illegal things that shouldn't be platformed at all, but that's its own topic. Massive studios suck nowadays because they're trying to appeal to as may people as possible to the point where their content is relatively sterle. Indie productions may technically have smaller fanbases, but they're more of a dedicated cult following because the studios are able to cater to their fans better.

[@anonimoanonimo5273]

"Making an Indie cartoon on a budget"... Dude i feel so bad for the animators/producers. They deserve so much more...

[@Deadlyghost7]

In the future, indie animation will have completely dominate major companies like Nickelodeon. It isn’t a matter of time before indie animation gains a huge hit worldwide

[@RazerRival]

I disagree with you.

[@Deadlyghost7]

@@RazerRival What’s your opinion?

[@Deadlyghost7]

@@RazerRival how come? I think it sounds nice

[@RazerRival]

@@Deadlyghost7 I didn’t understand.

[@Deadlyghost7]

@@RazerRival Major companies like Disney and ESPECIALLY Nickelodeon are not doing good. Because indie animation has been a major success, it won’t be long before it completely dominates major companies

[@gxfstgr3775]

i think you should make a theory on the part of mass destruction on murder drones where khan says "If my wife's closet is right, the planet's gonna try and eat us soon"

[@JrFFoo]

It’s so funny how the indie cartoons are performing better than the studio created shows

[@Snekgod30]

Helluva boss and Md are the 2 best indie animations out there

[@YoBoyNeptune]

Shows like murder drones validate my preference for 3d animation

[@theseeker4249]

If you want me to give a math/science outlook on this, “solver of the absolute fabric” could be referring to the solver of the universe. The universe is always trying to move towards entropy, and so either it’s manifesting itself in this way to accelerate entropy, or the self-learning program has learned of the universe’s goal and believes it to be a good one. Just putting this out there.

[@sailortara7]

I really hope it gets a second season of murder drones

[@A_RandomPie]

Season 2 was confirmed in glichx

[@Minx_666]

@@A_RandomPiewait how?

[@SubscribeToAcornGirl]

WHAT TIME NOW IN THE VIDEO NOWW!!!​@@A_RandomPie

[@Adamgamer42069]

​@@A_RandomPieTHANK YOU, YOU SAVED ME YEARS OF WORRYING

[@Amirwav]

@@A_RandomPieREALLY? YESSSSS

[@senatorium]

I like how I genuinely couldn't tell for a bit that MD uses bought assets. Honestly kinda impressive.

[@darkreflection9087]

Indie Animations are dominating because they have the heart love and care that companies lost

[@bur_n_t]

and they dont get canceled one season in for fucking taxes

[@Meliko2009]

Smg4, Hazbin Hotel, helluva boss Stuff like these are perfect

[@nightwatch3889]

Hey thanks for this super insightful video! You haven't seen me for a while because i no longer watch anything Helluva Boss related but my favorite videos from you have always been the Murder Drones content and whenever a new MD episode dropped I'd be excited for your coverage. After many months that time is here again; I'm a little late in commenting but I'm going through all your ep7 vids right now! You're so smart and explain everything clearer than anyone else, which is impressive because NOTHING confuses me more than Murder Drones and somehow you make me understand everything. Suffice to say I'd be hopelessly lost in the L̷̨̲̻̞̜̎͑̽̆̊͐͂̂̇̈́͛̚͝O̶̲͉͋̅̒̄̀̔̍̍̐͑̂͋R̴̢̡̯̹̝̝͎̣̟̋̎̑͂̏̊͆́̈́̅͝E̸͉͍͈̼͈͓͎̍̆͝ without you. Thanks for filling us in on this interesting stuff about production! And if you didn't know, Glitch have actually said every MD episode costs between 300,000$ and 500,000$. So maybe not as cheap as you thought, lol. Or maybe that's normal and I have no idea. My dream is that one day animation can be dominated by indie creators. Godspeed Cartoon Universe!

[@matthewmatthew981]

The character designs of the worker drones in MD are so disgustingly drop-dead gorgeous that I'm thoroughly disappointed by the fact that the show itself is not for me.

[@JayHudgins-pd3kk]

When it comes to the humans being silhouettes, I always thought it was because if their details are present they cant quite tell what's up kind of like face blindness. Or rather they don't have facial recognition software.

[@Iso20227]

So, 3D animation is easier than 2D animation? That’s sort of discouraging, because I myself am only learning to draw so that I can make my own animated series. Whatever, but still, oh boy.

[@LittleGoldRose]

I’m trying my best to Improve with my Art so that eventually I can create my own Indie Animated Series in the future. Before that though, I plan on starting a Webcomic because I have an Extensive story to tell. All in all, I have a Long way to go. But I’m excited to see how far my Journey can go. 💛😸😸😸💛

[@Scarshadow666]

A lot of indie animation is so well-made! The only problem though with this new wave of shows coming out is that social media algorithms can get in the way of a lot of indie artists/studios expanding their audience beyond the pre-established ones they already have (unless they have had the luck and hard work as Vivzie and Co has put in with Hazbin Hotel, which was getting it picked up by A24 and displayed on Amazon Prime). I know plenty of friends that aren't even aware of shows like Murder Drones or Lackadaisy due to having busy lives and sticking to what they're used to (a lot of them are gamers that would be more likely to pull up an anime on Crunchyroll/a pirate site or Twitch streaming videos after a busy day at work). Shows that, for indie artists and animators to continue expanding their audience, they'll have to branch out similar to how Vivzie has done.

[@sticklo_is_cool]

Aggressively writes down notes

[@Funnylegoguy]

Indie animations are better than most media nowadays. Change my mind.

[@shardsoftime0952]

No Because you are right

[@FoxyFlyer12]

Anyone who doesn't believe this is wrong

[@RoyalPablo2137]

No need to change your mind

[@ImprovisedStupidity]

I will absolutely not

[@RoyalPablo2137]

@@ImprovisedStupidity how? Simply why? and how?

[@themidnightbanshee5927]

What show I'd make with those tips and tricks ? Honestly no idea I kinda write my own story, but I definitely couldn't be using much aside from the location assets and humans in space suits trick

[@Ac1d_dragon_animates]

My first indie animated series pilot should be complete by the end of the summer, I'm so happy

[@ntykspanishlordepicbattles6167]

My favorite Indie Animations that you analysed are Murder Drones, Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss.

[@MiniusGlynius]

I can’t tell if he’s calling them lazy or not💀💀💀💀

[@rainbowtoyfunrandomess1982]

As much as I love watching Cartoons on the TV and I always do, but ever since I watched Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss for the first time it makes me love Indie Animation in general. Who knows what the future of these Indie Animation Cartoons have in store.😁💕

[@lunarkrueger3341]

This makes me feel better. I wanna be able to do my own Indie shows one day. But I can't draw. I know 3d modeling will be hard, but it at least gives me something to work with.

[@abeermubashir4855]

How i think its like is that the big studios try and grab everyone by reducing its core, it will mix things and let some good concepts so it fits the most/ wider range of people But indie animation aim for the group of people who will like it, they will put some parts of different media but at its core, it is for 1 specific group But thats just me guessing

[@justcallmecat]

And I thought they designed the whole cathedral from scratch, I'm new to 3D

[@brandongaylord1039]

The way indie animation is drown ether On computer 🖥️ or paper is amazing it’s something that I wanna do.

[@Dr.Silly-xl6tz]

I would have to agree with all of that. It’s also all very interesting

[@joeson9582]

Murder Drones is my Favorite series❤

[@Humphrys2008]

Bro really forgot about the madness combat garner

[@arthursiqueira6353]

I think that 3d animations are usually considered worse because it is easier, thus making more people with less skill make more of it(for an example the bad 3d movies like ratatoing), and because 2d is harder, only people who have more determination and passion really get the positive attention.

[@NeonliteMC]

My only issue with the production of murder drones is that the setting is always super dark, 95% of all scenes are primarily gray or black in tone and it gets a little stale to look at.

[@Okeana_Aster]

Okay but what if I can't animate, in neither 2D nor 3D, and I can't pay anyone to do it ?

[@Cynthia_LU]

start learning

[@Okeana_Aster]

@@Cynthia_LU I can't even get a computer.

[@Cynthia_LU]

any device is good enough @@Okeana_Aster

[@Nidhiflix]

You can use a phone (I am making an indie show on my phone using free apps) and there is also paper animation such as the one used by rightious robot.

[@Okeana_Aster]

@@Nidhiflix Well I still can't animate. Except in pixel art. I'm more of a writer anyway. To each their skills.

[@av_8596]

*Great video, CU!*

[@EthanChua-v3p]

Walt Disney ain't gonna know what hit him when recently dead Disney animators tell him about the trend right now of some random small animation company beating Disney in every aspects of animation.

[@momob4276]

I feel specifically called out in terms of being a huge 2d fan with a somewhat disdain for 3d BUT I have a disdain towards corporate Disney and even Pixar 3d because they don't do anything interesting with the 3d medium and instead everything feels the exactly same. Some companies have used 3d as an excuse to churn out mass produced stuff meant to sell toys not art. However I love that with Murder Drones you can still be cheap and allocate you budget where it matters and that is towards the animations and the fights instead of striving to make the whole production cheap. Bless Epic Games for providing these tools for free as well as the assets.

[@CartoonUniverse]

Twinsies, I feel ya, you're not called out you're celebrated in this video.

[@jaxcraft2848]

I'm looking at the thumbnail and I'm like "Aww, you still mad that the Murder Drones beat you in that one fight, Blitzo?" XD

[@Nulla-o1r]

An art style I would love to see again is the Liam bicker style , as the characters and even backgrounds felt unique even though it could be a bland setting.

[@CornerGuy69]

I really hope we will get season 2

[@Shadowthechangling]

watch out for plushcut

[@kristiandobias5533]

I love indie animations they are better than animations that are made by big studious

[@Lordofthefiles838]

Skibidi Toilet and Skibidi Toilet Multiverve is also a indie animation to

[@Serial_Des1gnati0n-S]

What💀

[@Lordofthefiles838]

@Serial_Des1gnati0n-S I mean Skibidi Toilet is made by independent creator and it should count as indie animation

[@Serial_Des1gnati0n-S]

@@Lordofthefiles838 I’ve never heard of Skibidi Toilet Multiverse💀

[@jet711]

didnt they say somewhere that each MD ep costs them ~$100,000 to make?

[@EuniceFrancisco-l4z]

Maybe it's less in the previous episodes since the visuals clearly get better as it goes on?

[@dylanhart4778]

I get that characters that are not at all human are easier to understand when watching indie shows, but every time I do I imagine them as humans. That’s just my opinion

[@The_N0ise_inur-Kitch3n]

I don't really know how Glitch made murder drones it looks really good it's amazing ngl.

[@LeBigMeme]

Didn't know they used pre-made Unreal Assets

[@Stubborn_Traveler]

Cool

[@mauverntail]

Nice

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Huh, fascinating, I wonder how far they can go with this?

[@ztsquid3000]

The more you know 🌈⭐️

[@TheOneAndOnlyMark1245]

19 Minutes?! NICE!

[@Hellixie]

Helluva boss on thumbmail this must be a goood video

[@clarence_candycorn1346]

1:55 Steve

[@gameshocker2.0]

I will say though, i think rooster teeth had such a good animation style, red vs blue season 8-10, and rwby

[@touhoutrash2436]

Oooooooooo boy a new video on murder drones Bois and what is so great amazing and incredible about indie shows beating out other high budget shows and can you make a list so that I can read Bois?

[@Trolis09090]

Are the drones considered automatons in murder drones? I am asking for a friend.

[@SROUSH484]

you were right about tessa IT WAS CYN

[@arhangeo]

9:52 Please tell me what show/movie/episode is this! Guy with a cross seems to be in Serbian national clothes, I am extremely curious about it!

[@CartoonUniverse]

that was in episode 7s flashbacks

[@arhangeo]

@@CartoonUniverse Thanks! I will definitely check it out.

[@EdwardSanchezProductions]

So awesome

[@HelpICantStopLaughing]

I just looked this up because I'm making an indie show

[@ZeldaSam1]

2:05 - 2:35 In my opinion the human body is just bland & boring compared to anthros or characters of other unique species.

[@gearingisez]

4:30 um sure mate general grievous is realistic

[@Elidessinnn]

What about the soundtracks and dubs?

[@lacticacidlol1678]

What are the series in 0:12 and 0:15?

[@CartoonUniverse]

Those are Port by the Sea, and Atlas of the Stars.

[@lacticacidlol1678]

tysm

[@Malikimusmaximus]

Hello there

[@av_8596]

Can you make a video about shows that combine both 2D and 3D animation?

[@CartoonUniverse]

Good example of this in mind?

[@av_8596]

​@@CartoonUniverse The first one that always comes to mind is Code Lyoko (easy choice, I know). It might not be the best example, but it's one of the earliest shows I can recall to combine 2D and 3D animation. Seeing how the animation evolved over the seasons is interesting--new character designs, the design of the digital world, new weapons and powers, etc. Whenever I see it, I imagine how much work must've gone into combining both 2D and 3D animation on the schedule of a TV show. If you need more, I'll look some up.

[@CartoonUniverse]

interesting, I havent thought about Code Lyoko in a while, I never saw the whole show myself. We mostly do things that are topical for the algorithms sake, but we are hoping to try and get people interested in some more niche stuff like that.

[@av_8596]

@@CartoonUniverse It really deserves more attention. Thanks for responding and I hope you can get to it in the future!

[@bendysans1473]

I had an idea Why not have all the versions of yourself talk about each show they are themed on Like android cut with murder drones and when you start talking about hazbin and helluva impcut comes in to talk about that Just an idea Would like the interaction between each version of yourself from each time you change the subject a new version of you intrupts the you that was talking at the time XD

[@iceink5274]

Can someone help me figure out where to find programs like this 1:48

[@SavingRam]

Honestly, I made my show with no money. 😂

[@EngineerDJ_Julius]

99% certain they use Blender

[@therabidchance9600]

B

[@dionkingboss250]

Uh

[@sashao5o4]

.

[@PartyWarty420]

Roolie mistkake cuh

[@buzzy2127]

Anyway Most People Dont Even Care About It Because The Story Is What Matters Here

[@CartoonUniverse]

it seems like most people do care, because caring about production doesn't make the story not matter.

[@nightwatch3889]

You're totally wrong. We do care and need to care because without being able to produce shows we won't be able to tell those stories.

[@TheArtPixie-t1z]

I mean what would you prefer? Reading a book with good story telling? or watching good animation With also good story telling? pick one

[@LuzAggalot-wz4hg]

179 person

[@brandongaylord1039]

Give me a job at Glitch.

[@simoneval2619]

You talk about "exploiting their own limitations" and bring examples, but never mention Epithet Erased as an example? Why?

[@CartoonUniverse]

I've only seen like half an episode of epithet erased.

[@simoneval2619]

@@CartoonUniverse then you are half the way to understand the depth of your errors. Maybe a quarter of the way for the more hard to convince.

[@CartoonUniverse]

error?

[@simoneval2619]

@@CartoonUniverse I was just being melodramatic. I meant the error of not mentioning Epithet Erased. (I'm just trying to make more people aware of this little hidden gem of a show. The characters are so deeply multifaceted and bounce off each other in such interesting ways. It deserves more fame.)

[@CartoonUniverse]

I was going to make a video last year but I had heard that the series was finished because they couldnt raise the money for the next arc.

[@kingdork08]

First 😤