What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Spider-Man (2018)

My deep dive into the character design, clothing, worldbuilding, and ambient dialogue of NPCs from Insomniac Games' Spider-Man (2018) and Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020), after I spent a year watching and photographing NPCs.
Insomniac's take on Manhattan is filled with diverse faces, funny dialogue, and lively animations -- but what made it such a rewarding playground for this project was its robust photo mode. By pairing my findings with developer notes from interviews, GDC talks, and ArtStation, I try to pay tribute to their hard work on a breadth of cool details.
This video is excerpted from a longer deep dive into several games I photographed NPCs in. See below.
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[@protocetid]

I like how much research you did and the diverse Manhattan citizens is certainly good.

[@_lizziee]

Really enjoying this series! I also came here from the KH3 video - KZbin recommended it :)

[@drageonmusic6421]

Fun videos man, watching this one after your KH3 video. Definitely enjoying my stay

[@SolidArf]

Thank you for the kind words. And appreciate ya sticking around!

[@MiDuWay]

Dropping a comment to say I LOVE THIS!!

[@drkslyr666]

Love this video. Super interesting what ya managed to find. Would love to see you cover other games and their NPCs!

[@mattwo7]

9:15 I live in California but I based on what I've heard about NY, this is pretty accurate.

[@mattwo7]

I think Violet while in their Halo costume wearing a hoodie with a bright violet outline (that lights up when they use their powers) over their hijab (least judging by the design and cultural importance, I would _assume_ the hijab is worn under the hood. It's not entirely clear what is covering their head under the hood but their head is clearly covered) is pretty expressive in its own right.