The Making of Among Us - Documentary

[@NoclipDocs]

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[@KL-tn1xc]

SUB? More like...... SUS 😳😳😳💀💀👾👨‍🚀🛸

[@presauced]

SUSSY BAKA????

[@nightshade2343]

@@KL-tn1xc alright that one wasn't funny my guy

[@Povilaz]

Awesome.

[@spanjool]

@@KL-tn1xc stepsister? 😳😳😳💀💀👾👨‍🚀🛸

[@Innersloth]

Thank you for taking the time to make this and speak with us! 💙 We're honored - you all do amazing work ;_;

[@KrisszXD]

Yayyy

[@OZZOZZ]

Amogus sussy baka???👀❗👀👀💯🔥🔥😬🔥💯👀❗👀👀💯💯💯💯👀👀👀 Amogus amo gus

[@meow-py1tk]

glad i am not late :D

[@alvin_row]

ඞ

[@theacematt2]

Thank you for bringing Mafia to the masses :)

[@remdolf07]

If Noclip documentaries were to be broadcasted on TV, I'd seriously only watch that channel. The production quality is always so good.

[@NoclipDocs]

Thanks so much. It means a lot because there's just a handful of us making these.

[@stellviahohenheim]

I wouldn't because the advertisements would ruin the flow of the show

[@Jimbly985]

@@NoclipDocs keep up the great work I am always excited whenever you guys upload.

[@JustMemes420]

500th like

[@KrazyKain]

Innersloth seem like the loveliest bunch of people, their success couldn't have happened to a more deserving group

[@dr.angerous]

It's fun with friends for sure. For couple of hours. But public lobbies are full of 3rd countries braindeads,

[@dr.angerous]

mostly Muslims from Iran and

[@dr.angerous]

other trash brainless people, so it's the people what makes it garbage. But yeah great job innersloth - they made millions for sure and the game had no updates at all, and it's full of cheaters. It's sad

[@KrazyKain]

@@dr.angerous and what if they are?

[@hulkkkhogan]

Iran > USA

[@SkyTied]

Even though I am incredibly tired of hearing about this game, I really respect the people behind it for what they've accomplished.

[@necr0mancrr]

I don't know what it says about me that I still think among us is the funniest meme ever

[@BauldyBoys]

Always nice to see newgrounds natives find success. There was so much innovation and experimentation there.

[@SkyTied]

@@necr0mancrr 💀

[@bustacox]

@@necr0mancrr Don't worry brother, you're not alone.

[@btfo420]

@@necr0mancrr I can only say you’re still young lmao

[@uniworkhorse]

I don't think any of the devs will fully understand the visceral reaction the words "Among us" causes. Everytime I hear those words, my face contorts into a smile, forcing me to repeat what I've just heard. Truly a game that has changed online culture forever.

[@joemama2737]

AMONG US!!!!‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@Innersloth]

Haha definitely not something we ever expected

[@GarryTale]

@@Innersloth wait wha

[@me-fp3cg]

I can't even read or hear "when the" without thinking of Jermasus please send help

[@SkullZThe_Skeleton]

I remember laughing my ass off when eternals came out on disney + and I watched it but there was a beginning monolog and it said among us in it and I couldn't stop laughing🤣

[@zaktak4380]

When the documentary is well-made 😳

[@chrayez]

When the devs aren’t sus 😳

[@sownheard]

Sussymentary

[@ellereangaming]

among us is a special game. oversaturation should not make a game less special. it will always be that fun game to play with others with an artstyle that will stay iconic. i love among us with all my heart and seeing it or mentioning it will always make me happy. honestly, this game changed my life positively and i will continue to enjoy it's presence.

[@dr.angerous]

It's fun with friends for sure. For couple of hours. But public lobbies are full of 3rd countries braindeads,

[@dr.angerous]

mostly Muslims from Iran and

[@dr.angerous]

other trash brainless people, so it's the people what makes it garbage. But yeah great job innersloth - they made millions for sure and the game had no updates at all, and it's full of cheaters. It's sad

[@tybronx2446]

You've got the right spirit 👍

[@sammy.knuckles]

Wow, what a bunch of genuinely nice, hard-working and collaborative people. It's always amazing to see Newgrounds alum have success, too. I've never played Among Us but I have watched many, many hours of my favorite streamers play and it's always a laugh. Just overall glad to see good people having success doing the things they love to do, the world needs more of that. Thanks for the awesome work on the documentary, too - it's really neat to see the other side of my/our collective favorite games, and I appreciate the obvious care and time that went into making this. Great job everybody!

[@OEpistimon]

When noclip posts a new documentary : *EMERGENCY MEETING*

[@eyeln9ne696]

Even though I've never played the game, it makes me happy to see hard working indie devs get the recognition they deserve.

[@denkodenn]

I feel like a well trained rat, EVERY TIME I hear "Among Us" I giggle.

[@CrossingRover]

AMOGUS

[@biomancer3166]

@@CrossingRover Lol

[@iMarzie]

Creators seem super genuine. Seems very deserving, happy for them.

[@ShellComics]

This is the most wholesome doc Noclip has put out! Haha good work!

[@sumsizzurp]

yeah bet

[@BigBoaby]

Have some amazing memories of this game and playing it before it started trending world wide

[@exetone]

23:47

[@joemama2737]

You and the other SR guys were the reason I got back into among us, and deception games in general. Shame you guys never get any credit for playing it earlier though😂 Edit: well you did in this doc at least

[@justmonika1]

@@joemama2737 They were also given credit by Innersloth when they got interviewed by Anthony Padilla :p

[@gorddude]

This is probably my favorite doc yall have made. As much as I always love all the talk to designers I really loved all the great questions in this doc toward community management, biz dev, tech stack and seeing how the whole game comes together. Bravo noclip! And Bravo to Innersloth for capturing the zeitgeist and our hearts with those evil bean astronauts

[@suddenwall]

Only 10k views so far. Weird, knowing that this will get a million views any minute now Nothing but respect for noclip. Still the best

[@danielalorbi]

1d ago - 96k

[@UNSCPILOT]

Here at 111k, so far

[@jamnbryan1]

now at 220k

[@auriaska99]

"oh no 300 concurrent players what to do" lol its funny in retrospective that 300 players at one time was a huge issue.

[@dusthastricks]

Well it wasn't in my plans to host an Among Us night in April 2022 but this documentary makes me want to play again.

[@haderacho3918]

Among Us is crazy. I’m convinced that so far this decade it’s just the most influential game and I hope the people at inner sloth are very proud of that!

[@Chris-ey8zf]

It's a ripoff of multiple games that came before it. It has absolutely nothing new inside it.

[@haderacho3918]

@@Chris-ey8zf I know, I used to play mafia with my friends, but it's still a very important game.

[@metafuel]

Superb documentary as always. As a game developer it's also quite inspiring. I love your work.

[@SadeN_0]

Holy shit. Noclip hitting a homerun again

[@CharlieViking95]

Noclip delivering the goods per usual!

[@buckIin]

Although it's not that popular anymore, I still play it. God bless beans

[@AlexaRex]

The menu music is so good! It never fails to give me the chills. I really miss playing it with friends and voice, but they just don't play it 😥

[@nutyyyy]

It's very much the theme to John Carpenter's the Thing, as they mentioned. You should watch it if you haven't already.

[@JimmyRustler2112]

An excellent documentary but one that frankly left me a bit sad thinking about the course of development - what started as a team of friends, making games that they thought were fun just focused on making their thoughts a reality, became a full-fledged company dealing with bureaucracy and the "real world" - documentation, management, accessibility, moderation, translation, age verification, etc, and all as the game inevitably loses steam as players move on

[@KillahMate]

Well, if it helps, I don't think anyone in the team regrets having taken that trajectory. They're still a small team of friends, and they're now stable enough that they can make whatever they want next, big or small. A little taste of the real world feels like an OK price to pay for that.

[@TaCoTuesTay]

Nah they didn't lose Steam, it's still up on there

[@jamnbryan1]

@@TaCoTuesTay lol

[@no9-5]

Smashed it again lads, as always thank you for a peek behind the curtain! NOCLIP IS LIKE NO OTHER

[@PanMan47]

Awesome job on the documentary. I’ve been a fan of innersloth since they were created (mostly because of Henry stickmin) and it was awesome to see them get the recognition they deserve.

[@Innersloth]

Thank you!!!

[@PanMan47]

@@Innersloth wow you guys actually replied to me! Y’all are amazing

[@CleafKnowsVLOGS_nl]

Thank you Danny, and all the people who helped making this 🙏🏾

[@richardbarnes4196]

Excellent video! I had no idea that the Henry Stickman developer was also part of the AmongUs development team. I would also be interested if you were to look at another sudden rise game *after literal years of slow-burner development* - Project Zomboid.

[@dwilliams21]

Never played the game, but enjoyed this documentary!

[@Lt_Piggy]

I got into Among us because of the Salt Raiders and loved watching their videos on the game which eventually got me to get the game!

[@princembat]

not the most relevant but i find it wild to go through this entire video and not hear any mention of the gmod gamemode 'murder' because its likely inspired heavily by the same stuff as among us, but its also genuinely just like among us EXCEPT it doesnt have tasks, it has items you collect to get a gun as any non-murderer, or you collect them to disguise as other players as a murderer. obviously theres more differences but when i play among us i cant help but think of the other game because ive always loved the other one, and it made me love among us even more. its genuinely impressive watching this video and hearing the team talk, cause i had no idea the team was _that_ small having to deal with this unprecedented attention and overload on them, and i really just think that thats super amazing!

[@BocookGaming]

I honestly think my favorite part was the stuff around your house with the 3d printed figures. Especially the line-up with the FF7 minis. I always knew Tifa was a bit sus.

[@zuveresgames]

2:13 IT'S PUFFBALLSUNITED, THE CREATOR OF HENRY STICKMIN

[@The23rdGamer]

Really solid interview. Well done by all involved!

[@TheKazzerscout]

This game and Pokemon Go were remarkable experiences that brought together my entire friend group in a way that nothing else has. 10-15 people most of which NEVER play video games played the hell out of Among Us in 2020.

[@Spo8]

No matter the game, I'm always so excited for a new Noclip doc to come out. You do such a great job telling the stories of the people that make the things we love.

[@HoundNL]

I always thought that among us had so many similarities to my favorite movie The Thing, but to think it actually was it's inspiration is awesome, way more appreciation for the movie, game and the team, good taste in movie guys

[@EamonSefton]

Noclip videos make me feel so warm and cozy inside.

[@plantcat6036]

what a lovely documentary! the team seems like a great and thoughtful bunch, thank you for taking the time to share your story!

[@someyoutubeuser9077]

Thanks a lot! Your documentaries never cease to amaze!

[@paulh2343]

Noclip hitting another home run episode. Loved every moment. Thank you!

[@chloekaftan]

i dont think even the devs could fully grasp just how many people were playing among us, its one thing to see the numbers, and quite another to go around the mall one day and find every single person playing among us on their laptop in every cafe or restaurant in the mall. i would see this trend everywhere, from malls, to parks, to cafes, to bookstores, and everywhere in between, and this all happened during lockdown season. everyone i know plays the game, even my mom plays it... its mind boggling.

[@pl5817]

I am a simple man, I see a new video from Noclip, I like it.

[@djayt]

The game is so massive that everytime i hear "among us" or "suspicious" in a real sentence i think of the game lmao. Its the only game thats been able to do that

[@spanjool]

yeah like. you seem suspicious. did you milk the goat? without telling me? you sussy suscpicious??!

[@MrBombSTI]

Love the documentaries you guys make, dry well paced and interesting points of view.

[@computerfan1079]

Amazing quality documentary! The little 3d printed figurines and table was a very cute and nice touch

[@omonteon]

I liked that around minute 37:00 you guys used "Anitra's Dream", the music used in "The challenge" (The witness).

[@JLandmaster]

I’m a fourth grade teacher and walked into my class the other day to a surprise: my students created an “Among Us” style escape room for me to solve with the rules of the game incorporated into it. I’ve never played the game but I think it shows the impact this game has had.

[@justmonika1]

oh lord these comments are a mess This was a really nice and wholesome documentary though. And I'm glad that the Innersloths were able to stay humble and grounded throughout all of this. There are too many stories of people falling into sudden wealth or status and it ruining their lives because they have no idea how to deal with it.

[@JaimieWFYT]

22:47 LOL if this wasn't staged for the video it's hilarious, poor yellow's blunder immortalized in the doc.

[@delicioushomemadestrawberr8730]

I was one of the original players when there was only a single map and the online mode was just introduced. The community was very tightly knit back then, there were no language servers yet and other things. I also uploaded a video about it, but I guess I got on and off the hype train too soon 😅

[@LazarheaD]

Not my type of game, but I love that my Newgrounds pals made it big.

[@Fearless665]

Victoria tren really brightened up this doc for me, I dig her awareness and clear sight of what is so fun and silly about the game :) she also clearly sounds like a fan, that does so much

[@treewizard2341]

This was great, I've been waiting for something like this for ages. Always wanted to know the story and get some insight into the development into this game. 100% loved it, thank you

[@findthestones]

Great doc. The team is so humble. Beyond happy for them 😍

[@casedistorted]

I remember playing Among Us on my phone and on Steam and thinking "why isn't this game more popular..? This is original and imaginative and fun!" Then I forgot about it and went back to my other 1,200 games on Steam I owned at the time. I believe 4-6 months later some KZbinr or Twitch streamer started playing Among Us (this is before watching this documentary to refresh my memory) and the game BLEW UP, and I went oh yeah that game I thought was cool that nobody played.. Then several years later my wife's 9 year old boys are still watching youtube videos by the same YT personalities who play whatever is popular yelling at each other and overacting everything, and that's when you know a game is too mainstream. It's like that shoeshine kid giving you investing advice line, except with popular stuff. When your wife's children are watching something on youtube every day, that's when its mainstream. (also they watch the Henry Stickmen collection videos a lot too, also will not stop playing Gorilla Tag), basically any of the free games kids love. Because they cannot afford to buy anything. At least Among Us came from one of the best horror movies ever made, The Thing.

[@Youmu_Konpaku_]

Among us is eternal, i love their effort

[@spanjool]

but fortnite?

[@dootguy2238]

I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT DREW INSPIRATION FROM ‘THE THING’.!When I told my friends that it gave me John Carpenter’s The Thing vibes, they all looked at me like I was stupid. WELL WHO’S STUPID NOW, HUH?

[@fufinmug]

Never played the game but it's very cool to hear about a modern game industry success story. It really is just a game of putting your game out there and hoping it'll click with some people. Everyone's got good ideas so exposure is the biggest determiner in if you succeed or not.

[@Stevoisiak]

Continuously knocking these documentaries out of the park

[@shadyart]

Danny the moment you said "poochied out" I was like "that sound like the Shift F1 guy... nooo... what are the odds" and then boom mindblown. Love it all, great content

[@Greenpixel16]

I remember my friend showing me this in, like, early 2019 or something, and I was like "oh, seems like a cool game", I had absolutely no clue it would become this big haha There are so many other small titles that I've played, and it would be absolutely crazy if any of them were to blow up in the same way

[@MissusO]

As a kindergarten teacher, I hear about "Mungus" all the time. 🤦‍♀️

[@justarandomperson6035]

Lol

[@TheLargeBard]

Hahaha you got all of Toast’s friends in the doc but didn’t get Toast. He’s gonna be thrilled 🤣

[@obsidian....]

Truly appreciated the honesty and overall transparency from them 🙏

[@djosearth3618]

these guys are great, they're well easy to burn some spare cpu cycles on. I swear one dev just said like "every things just designed to be...Nice!..". ;]

[@KittenKatja]

Uploads are now like 8 seconds and 11 seconds. It depends on the location of the download, on airship are 2 downloads that take 11 seconds, one is in communications and the other in medical, and every other download is 8 seconds.

[@jackjac]

Wow, what a nice indie dev team. Thanks for showcasing their story :)

[@Justin-ee1mv]

I can’t believe I bought Among us before it’s popularity ( June 2020 Summer sale when it was like 50% off ) and I know The devs since it’s Henry stick man browser games, Glad to see the devs doing this well. Been following the game growth when first streamers started to play and there was only 2.4K steam reviews and now look at it amazing. Brazilian streamers, Soapoppin, Other streamers jointing the group, Which lead to YT people to play and more streamers that are smaller. Then steam massive growth. Fucking insane mate, One of the games that I could not have believe when I bought the game would have gotten this popular. Just like withPhasmophonbia and Fall guys and their growth since I know these games before their spikes.

[@thedukeofweasels6870]

Unlike every other fad game that blows up for a couple months this one was more than just memes but also actually fun to play that's rare

[@bencanfield]

Flappy bird done dirty oof

[@dr.angerous]

It's fun with friends for sure. For couple of hours. But public lobbies are full of 3rd countries braindeads,

[@dr.angerous]

mostly Muslims from Iran and

[@dr.angerous]

other trash brainless people, so it's the people what makes it garbage. But yeah great job innersloth - they made millions for sure and the game had no updates at all, and it's full of cheaters. It's sad

[@konza02]

Excellent work as always, keep it up!!!

[@isaac.aserra]

Let’s goo. I’m excited to watch this

[@BeauIsLoomfraid]

I will not hear the words among us and impostor like i used to ever again, some entity inside of me starts vibrating when i hear it

[@yoshimitsu3831]

This story of Among Us is humble and sweet. I would like to see more maps.

[@tybronx2446]

Another absolute banger, mate. Love your stuff!

[@jplosts]

It’s basically the movie “the thing”. Nothing new but a very nice concept to bite into a video game. Just like people thought that hunger games was innovative, same as squid game or fortnite, but forget that the japanese movie Battle Royale (2000) exist.

[@johnnmartinz7554]

We needed this thank you! Can't wait for the next step into VR

[@SFJPMoonGames]

Didn't think you'd go to this one, but yes very influential and impacted gaming. Well done mate, as always amazing work 👍🏻

[@spanjool]

edit: i changed the thumbs up emoji to the white skin variant to not be racist of course ;) edit: Thanks for the death threads?!

[@Zorrio]

indie games documentaries on this channel are some of the best, great vid. Imagine if they make an omori documentary at some point since it took that team 7 years to release the game it could b interesting

[@someoneontheinternet3090]

My son does a Henry Stickman dance all the time. It's bloody adorable

[@TheSteamyPickle]

Great documentary. Can’t wait to try among us VR. Seems like a great group of people.

[@michaelalfus4734]

Fantastic work as always. Am I the only one looking at the FF7 characters in the background at the end thinking it might be some kind of hint?

[@dmacpher]

Oh this comment section is going to 🔥

[@Cefairon]

I'm not into Social Deduction ganes, but i really enjoyed watching this documentary. Keep up the great work!

[@benjoe1993]

Woah, didn't know Adriel worked on this

[@Ryan-wr8fx]

I just played Among us on VR chat yesterday, and plenty of other people were as well

[@Jcarroz]

What a great interview! Thanks for sharing.

[@SuiYo]

Among Us VR Confirmed!! Crazy stuff :D

[@SteviePonder123]

I played the game in 2019 and never have thought this would've happened

[@Jarethenator]

Among Us is really only fun if you have a voice chat going with friends. If you are playing a text only game with strangers, good luck. You're basically just going to deal with friends voting everyone else off at every opportunity, and whoever is the quickest typist will control the entire discussion since folks will vote based on whoever accuses first within the first 4 seconds of the vote. It's a bit of a mess. Playing with friends and/or with a voice chat, though? A blast. Loads of fun.

[@dr.angerous]

It's fun with friends for sure. For couple of hours. But public lobbies are full of 3rd countries braindeads,

[@dr.angerous]

mostly Muslims from Iran and

[@dr.angerous]

other trash brainless people, so it's the people what makes it garbage. But yeah great job innersloth - they made millions for sure and the game had no updates at all, and it's full of cheaters. It's sad

[@felipefuentes2082]

Thanks for these docs. Amazing work.

[@cormacmccoy1]

Estuans interius Ira vehementi Among Us! Cool Doc :D cannot believe there is only 12 on that team, what an amazing job :D

[@heidiallen824]

During lockdown I watched every single one of DisguisedToast big brain 5head Among us videos

[@KyleLemmon]

Thank you, Noclip.

[@CruzeeStar]

Finished this video! 100% fantastic Love the details and work into it And thanks to Innersloth too for this game

[@alkyycarovny8334]

8:29 "difficult or un-fun" *shows dark souls*

[@Shadowth117]

Thanks!

[@pieterdonia439]

Man, I’m so out of the loop I DIDN’T KNOW IT GOT UPDATES LIKE THAT

[@CruzeeStar]

This is an amazing documentary I love this game!