People need friends like Niko , to pull them out of their spiral , and show them hope.

This looks fucking great. Honestly, seeing Sam struggle and Niko being there to reassure him, calm him down and give him motivation to keep going was amazing and inspiring. This will be great!

I’ve never played Dungeons and Dragons but I’ve been hyped about this for MONTHS. So glad to see your process going smoothly at the end!

Whenever Wren’s character gets stronger you need to add more Rib meat to him.

When Cmike was like 'This is why they're a team, they balance eachother out' That was wholesome af :D

Imagine what they would do with a Disney level budget. From Deepfakes to Virtual production they are already killing it! Cannot wait for whats next honeslty.

You guys have gone from like some independent guys who are trying out some CG and VFX stuff to people who are pioneering new production pipelines and implementations of the tech that is available. Genuinely super inspiring you guys!

I've never even played DnD and I'm excited as hell for this.

seeing Niko help Sam through his struggles with a problem was so reassuring. As creators we get wrapped up in our heads about stuff not looking the exact way WE picture it, and all it takes is another persons perspective to help us see it in a new light. Im so excited to see where this goes! its looking incredible so far.

12:51 Everybody needs a Niko... How you told Sam from your heart this looks great. You're amazed by what your friends make and laugh when they think it's not so amazing. Seriously, thanks for being such a peaceful guy.

The more Corridor content I consume, the more I appreciate that Niko is just a stellar fuckin dude. Like a real gem 100p

The way Corridor Crew is able to build natural, organic suspense in their videos is unmatched.

Nico is such a supportive friend, co owner and boss.

Niko cheering up Sam is so wholesome dude, you need friends like these in your life.

Between Node and Corridor, I've been watching for 7 years and this is one of the coolest, most genuine, and most impressive things you all have ever done... Sam especially, love the passion for this project! Thank you for sharing it with us over the next few weeks

You gotta have lots of respect for Jake because he's always giving his all in every ad segment. He always brings the energy; man's on-screen charisma is underestimated.

Seeing Niko come in, support and reassure Sam when he was at a breaking point, was truly amazing. Thats friendship and great leadership. Can't wait to see what comes of this show!

Video idea: making bowling alley strike animations

Super pumped for this after seeing this video!! You got this Sam!!

Niko just coming in and making Sam feel good about his work is amazing. I often am in Sam's position of being on the CUSP of completing the tech side of a project but have 1 mind-numbing issue preventing me from finishing or moving onto the next stage. Seeing Niko come in and say "dude, this looks great. We just cut down on the movement a little to remove the jank, and it'll be good." That's a real team player right there. Amazing work Corridor Crew and kickass job, Sam!

Everyone should have a friend like Niko in their life. When you're stressing out over something and you're about to seriously lose your shit, he's there for you to calm you down and show you all the good points. Being a Carpenter Brut fan is a bonus.

Absolutely killing it dudes

"I will make the best DnD show on the internet" And other bold statements to summon the entire Critical Role fanbase with.

"There's a little bit of jank..." Just like I've always said, "the jank physics in Dark Souls are canon." Embrace the jank, you'll be better for it.

It’s rare you see a moment where corridor talks openly about how they deal with jank. It’s deeply humbling and inspiring to see you guys support ea cs other through hardships you face together. I liked that little supportive interaction of Sam’s meeting with Niko. That was something new, genuine and pleasant. :)

Man, I cannot wait till like 5, 10, 15 years from now that these guys are producing the most mind blowing and insane projects and I’m grateful to be able to join so many ppl on this journey

Between this, Dimension 20, and Critical Role, the fanbase of DnD is gonna eat good for years to come

What an absolute crazy task you have set for yourselves. Just watching the headaches of getting this up and running is just mind blowing!

As weirdly as it sounds, my most enjoyable part of these type of vids, is the part's where they struggle making something work, not only does it give more value to the end product but adds a realistic result and expectation, that you don't see now in the web, after everything is polished and made to look without flause.

This is honestly so cool. Amazing amazing amazing work guys. Cannot wait to witness your combined hard work and genius come together

10yr old son: “can we do this Daddy?” i think i have run out of Dad magic here…

While I am both intrigued and interested, remember that even with insane production value the stuff that brings folks to live plays etc is the stories and the characters. Just don't want y'all to forget about the heart while focusing on being cutting edge.

Yo I really appreciate how Nico worked with Sam when he was on the edge. Sometimes it takes that outside perspective to look at something and say "you're overthinking it, it looks great." Hats off to Nico.

The way Niko handled the technical issues and helped Sam is amazing.

Viva la dirt league has been putting themselves into dnd games via greenscreen for years but its fun to see someone else trying that too. I mean they do cutaways to greenscreen and then standard table gameplay with miniatures.

Damn seeing cmike back is nostalgic

Most directors: We'll fix it in post. Sam: I want to get rid of post.

"I'm here because my parents fell in love" Cmike is the best, lol

Dear Sam: I hope this comment reaches u sometime, we are all very excited to watch this and ur work in unreal engine is frankly unreal! Very exciting stuff love to see u guys overcome the jank!

This channel is constantly pushing the boundaries of content, I love it.

Props to all people working on this big project in Corridor, what a massive undertaking and great execution, can't wait to see the full show!

Whilst it's unlikely this will be seen: Some of the frame issues could be due to the poly count. And it might be worth decimating or manually retopologising the environments

Gosh, I love how this projects turning out! It's so great seeing D&D with an expert VFX artists touch.

Add Corridor's cgi with College Humor's acting chops and you'd have a masterpiece

if people waited until everything was perfect nothing would get done. I have to remind myself of that constantly

Could it be.. A webseries that will finally topple VGHS as the best gaming show of all time? This looks so incredibly fun and I am amazed at how far Sam has pushed the Unreal engine, as well as the rest of the crew for their equal contribution to this project.

we love to see cmike the nicest dude helping out

This is my fav episode ever. It’s THE testament to why we love this channel. It’s the founding father’s magic. Makes me cry every time I watch how well they complete each other as a team. Sob sob T_T

Imagine corrider crew working together with Viva La Dirt League with their DND campaign, it will be such a chaotic but enjoyful experience

13 year old laurence from England here just want to say that you guys inspire me everyday thank you so much for existing

Its nice seeing CMike, this project looks massive. Well done guys.

The latency problem looks like it’s caused by the vive tracker, the old ones have hella input lag and some stank refresh rates at times. You might try and use some other method of camera mocap

This feels like being in an engineering class. You were given a project and you think its going well everything is halfway to working, then it just doesn't, you and no one else can figure it out.

I'm so exited, the old dnd videos pushed me into DMing for a group of school friends and haven't stopped since. Very exited to see what you guys will do. Welcome back Cmike, we've missed you. Glad you can bring your fables experience to this production. Good luck guys!

Tip: Dungeon is a misspelling of Don Jon, the central tower in a castle, which was used as a medieval panic room, then sometimes repurposed as a VIP prison.

Niko stepping in and giving a frustrated Sam the support and straightshooter advice he needs to deal with the camera system being jank is, for real, so wholesome. CMike is right - those two make such a good team and it's the mood I need to see more of. Look forward to seeing this come to fruition. :)

OMG that Dwarven Forge shipment. That is a DMs dream! So jealous, and I’m so excited for this series. I think it’s so innovative and should be absolutely a blast to watch.

I love your spin on a d&d show, but the true quality of an rpg show (like any show) is the quality of the people in it. In terms of rpg, the creativity, engagement, and charisma of the players and the dm. I'm very excited to see how you guys do.

The amount of effort you guys put into every single project is insane and incredible. Cannot wait for the show!

I love dnd, I have minis, a board, the three main books, and full understanding of the basic rules, the only thing I’m missing now are friends

This show right here is what is going to finally convince me to sign up for a corridor digital membership. PLEASE do a couple guest appearances with some of the Critical Role crew!!!!

I would have personally retopologised the models as this could help with making the virtual production quicker. But this looks insane.

I’ve never played D&D, my only exposure to it is from watching Node since the very beginning but i am so excited for this. The work you guys put in to everything you do is why this channel has always found success. I’m glad you guys put this video together to show the whole process and how much Sam and everybody sacrificed to put it together. This ones gonna be a good one

Opening that box with that knife towards CMike's face?!?! 😳 Dangerous, Sam!

“you gotta open your arms and give it a big hug sam” was the realest shit ever

*Nikko actually looks like an actor in a movie.* *Lets be honest,all the guys looks like an actor.*

What you guys are trying to do is insane! I just know enough to appreciate technically how difficult this must be to achieve. I work with 3D Scan data and 3D modeling myself and have pulled my hair out many times trying to fix problems that there seems to be no answer to, and even what I do is limited in scope compared to what these guys are trying to do, will be following and cheering, looking forward to see what you can achive! best of luck!

Node's dnd and fun game adventures were some of my favorite videos on youtube.

Easily the best sponsored segment in years I've seen from Jake, that had the perfect bit of corniness and we'll jankiness to it, haha it was flawless

This is absolutely brilliant guys, I really love how immersive you make it feel for the viewer who isn't playing! Could really bring a wider audience to DnD as a whole!

Your first campaign was my introduction into DnD. Seeing you guys not only getting back into it but EXPANDING on it too makes me so fuckin happy. Love yall, can't wait to see you guys back at it!!!

I absolutely love that Sam has dove head first into learning Virtual Production. Its an extremely new thing and him being so dedicated to get a grasp on it at this early of its life is going to be huge for their production company in the future. How many other Production Companies aside from the BIG BOYS you see doing it? Next to none. Sticking a Vive tracker on a rig to control your Unreal Camera with 3D characters in an environment is something little simpler that most can get a foothold on like what he did with Avatar 2. Its a whole different beast trying to figure out how to composite keyed camera footage of real actors into the engine and have it all tracked correctly. Most Big companies probably had similar ideas but said probly said, " screw that, we have the money to build giant LED/Projector stage that tracks our cameras position and perspective to sync with Unreal's environment in order to output Unreal's camera to the whole stage while correctly lighting the actors and everything". They showed some clips of that in this video. More and more companies are either renting VP spaces with crews to help run and troubleshoot issues on the fly or they're investing in building building their own VP stages and teams to save shit tons of money in so many ways and speed up production. Sam's method is obviously not as good but its definitely a good solution for what they're doing because they don't millions of dollars for something like the Mandalorian had. Im proud of you Sam! You've made it work to your constraints and I cant wait to see the final product with all the extra post effects done on top.

Cmike: I'm leaving the channel to make a DND show Corridor: we're making a DND show 😕

"everything is so frickin close but not ready" as someone trying to learn UE4 I felt that

Guys, I just did a virtual production shoot, and I went through the exact same stress. There is no anxiety like virtual production anxiety. Beat for beat, our production story matched up, and I felt very seen. I’ve seriously considered quitting the whole business, and just going back to being a graphic designer fit some law office or something stress free. But I got my footage and my tracked data, and we’ll see how it goes in post!

Love how Sam and niko function as a Team. So cool, wehen niko motivated Sam that the footage ist allright

One of the likely possibilities for why you are having issues with the Unreal Engine, is that you haven't optimized the scene you are working with. Too many assets with high poly counts in one scene (without occlusion culling etc. enabled), will result in performance related issues.

the monitor next to the vive tracker on the camera could be messing w/ the IR light/sensors and create a stuttered position. Try removing that monitor or putting it away from the vive tracker.

the only channel where I watch the sponsored placements because there so well made and funny

15:08 lmao all of the one wheels in the background. I love it.

I love the idea of using miniatures as sets for virtual productions. Miniatures used to be hugely important to filmmaking, even as late as the Star Wars prequels and Lord of the Rings trilogy, but it seems like no one wants to do miniatures anymore. They just model everything on computers, but this splits the difference. You can build your environment as a practical miniature and still use that to photograph virtually.

I feel like everything Corridor has done, was in preparation for this project. I can not wait.

I was a propmaker for a DnD series. We did this the analog way. We made all custom terrain and then built life sized pieces on a sound stage. It was a blast

I think this is a super awesome! Looks like you're having a whole lot of fun in between the stress and troubleshooting which I was really happy to see, glad all that hard work was worth it!

Sam did insanely well, this sorta thing brings me back to old school Corridor Digital, Rocket Jump, VGHS days and I love it. This is going to be big and I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that WE ARE HYPED!

D&D Corridor was one of the first things I saw from you guys! Literally cannot wait for something so amazing and technologically advanced!

i started playing d&d because of sams call of the wild campaign and i haven't stopped since and I cant wait to watch this.

Corridor seriously got me into DND with their Special Ops series and now you're bringin in D and Cmike? I'm all in!

Limitation always breeds creativity. I genuinely believe restricting shots to smooth motion is going to pay off in making this incredibly cinematic

I'm shitting my pants... This looks too good! 17:26 when you synced with Jake I lost it :D Only DnD show you have to beat is Harmons Quest, if you manage to do it... Idk... kinda hard to do, but you have out did your self many times before

I am SOOO excited to see this come out!! No only is it an exciting new medium for DnD shows, but I can already tell the characters and the humor are gonna be amazing!! Definitely have to tell my fellow party members about this!!

I always love seeing D on corridor stuff

It would be fun if they collab-ed with Matt Mercer and other DnD personalities in this

Niko coming in as a second set of eyes and legitimately providing suggestions and affirmation was awesome.

Got the Corridor subscription through the website the first week it was announced and this is the project that I've been waiting for! CANNOT wait!!

To be honest you could probably take all this work and Rig a VR DND session

13:23 is golden haha. They all have a standard of quality, a goal in each project, absolutely inspiring for me!

there's something so nostalgic and nice about seeing Cmike in front of the camera more rather than behind it as opposed to earlier in the Corridor Crew episodes where it was the other way around.

Corridor: the best dnd show ever Critical role: hold my whipped-cream pizza

You guys and my dad are the reason I've been playing D&D for the past 6 years