How Stray Was Made and Inspired by The Densest City on Earth
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This Stray documentary details the development of indie 3D adventure game Stray and goes behind the scenes of its creation. Discover more about developer BlueTwelve Studio and its two founders, Viv and Koola. When they were working at Ubisoft as artists, they decided to leave the company and instead pursue their dream of making their very first indie game together. The documentary also explores all the design decisions that BlueTwelve Studio made and shows how their cyberpunk city was inspired by a real city that was located in Hong Kong. On top of that, it shows how they experimented with human NPC’s to populate their compact city.
It also takes a close look at all the hurdles the team had to go through. The two artists had little to no experience with animation and therefore struggled in Unreal Engine 4 with the correct collision mechanic for the cat main character. Additionally, Viv and Koola wanted to keep the team as small as possible to ensure direct and easy communication. However, this did affect the scope of the game and resulted in production constraints. Furthermore, the team went through multiple designs for the cat main character, but ultimately landed on a design that was inspired by a real stray cat Viv and Koola adopted. Lastly, the team shares some advice for aspiring indie developers and talks about what’s next for BlueTwelve Studio.
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Script written by Anine Van de Ryck.
Outro song: Thank You R.G.E. - Joe Bagale
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@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
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@Afish8me2china Жыл бұрын
The studio also made Outer Wilds, which is SUCH an underrated game for all the right reasons. If you haven’t played it, it will change your life. Make a video on it.
@shahs1221 Жыл бұрын
I love that this wasn't just a "cat simulator" but had legit story, personality, worldbuilding, etc. The fact that they made the npcs robots when initially they were going for humans is a stroke of creative genius. They also could've just made the robots generic and uninteresting but did the extra mile of writing their lore and making their behaviour even way more endearing than if they had human npcs. Great game!
@ltm4ever 5 ай бұрын
For me the best part about Stray was it's atmosphere. The 'feel' of the city and the world gave me like a nostalgic version of the future. It's very hard to describe but I think the game connected with me in a subconscious kind of way, reminding me of my childhood but in a futuristic set. It felt like the dreams I have sometimes about places I've never been but somehow feel familiar, and I love the game for that.
@sandrojsj 3 ай бұрын
Yes, me too… like a lofi vibe. It was really pleasant to play this game.
@Schilddruse Жыл бұрын
What I think is interesting is that they had difficulties animating humans when the robots they ultimately went with had the most human-like movements and animations I have seen in a video game for quite some time. Honestly, Look at how they move, it is amazing how real and human they look despite their robot faces.
@stupideronjupiter Жыл бұрын
I'm guessing they're probably easier to animate as human-like robots because if a movement comes off as wrong in the animation, the entire human could end up looking uncanny. Although I haven't played, I just wanted to mention it since your comment made me think of it.
@levdiamant8111 Жыл бұрын
maybe its because you really have no stress when animating robots like if one animation is unatural its not weird as its a robot
@MythicSuns 11 ай бұрын
It's probably the more in-depth animations like breathing. Humans have a lot of small details you don't see so much with traditional robots (moving skin pores, the way your skin wraps around your bones and muscles in different ways depending on how you move or breath, the way your retina changes size depending on what you're focusing on, etc ). With the robots they were able to take shortcuts by making their faces screens and by giving them an outer casing that won't and can't wrap around their internals.
@Cymock1 8 ай бұрын
It wasn't animating the humans. It was modeling and texturing them. So they went with robots which are easier to handle.
@DiamondAppendixVODs Жыл бұрын
I had no idea no motion capture was involved in animating the cat. It looks so natural!
@zaidmermam2524 Жыл бұрын
we all know that this channel is underrated, but please, just keep doing this awesome stuff, I'm sure that when the KZfaq algorithm gives you what you deserve, this channel will explode
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
That’s the plan! I have far too much fun making these videos so don’t plan on quitting anytime soon :D
@jimmyedwards8767 4 ай бұрын
I got to tell you something because it we we are trapped in austraight and I don't know what to do I don't know which part it is. Could you come to my house, please?
@purr-fectcatstudios5195 Жыл бұрын
I really love this game, and I love that people enjoyed this game too, the cute moments and even sad moments, the ending made me cry, it was just beautiful, I’m glad the delays made the game all worth it to play than a rushed game with unfinished animations and rushed story, Stray is the definition of a PURR-Fect game (I’m not sorry for the pun) Who knows what’s next for Stray or the studio, I wish them the best And I hope all their lives are PURR-Fect 🐾
@ssd3303 Жыл бұрын
Cringy ahhhhhh joke but i respect it (i wrote this with one finger btw).
@The_whales Жыл бұрын
Stray deserves that overwhelmingly positive review on steam I also can’t believe 2 people manage to make a better game than 4 entire dev teams EA used to make bf2042
@sana-cm7oc Ай бұрын
EA is more concerned with ESG and DEI.
@doryymiller Жыл бұрын
dude your youtube has inspired me and i am designing and animating my own game now thank you so much. so happy you covered stray too! cant wait to see more.
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
That's so awesome to hear, good luck with your game!
@alexkitty149 Жыл бұрын
When your game is done you better link it to me!!!
@itskitt3237 11 ай бұрын
How is the game going?
@doryymiller 11 ай бұрын
not much besides some pixel mockups and a bunch of structure written down. trying to learn coding has been harder than i thought.
@itskitt3237 11 ай бұрын
@@doryymiller Honestly that’s fair. At least you have something!
@rychadelko 8 ай бұрын
For me, it was the best game of the 2022. It just gave me this... special feeling.
@banjotiki3910 8 ай бұрын
same ❤
@lenzanari Жыл бұрын
Besides the top notch story and world building on this game, a selling pointing was the fact you got a meow button. A meowed so hard in the first hour before getting on with the story. Great video as always!
@theaborigine1119 Жыл бұрын
Can't believe there are still some honest game developers left who are dedicated to offering the best story through games and Stray is the best example...when the first time I was introduced to 3d gaming what really attracted me till now (I am 33 by the way) is the story telling that the reason why not just me but many like me love God Of War Onimusha or Dead Space, Even some developers are facing some losses but their team is still dedicated to storytelling...A request to this Channel comeup with new stories of Game Developers' struggles and their achievements...
@hater2764 Жыл бұрын
Classic/old God of War games are just fucki** best! Those new God of War games are just.... ******
@TremereTT Жыл бұрын
Was Persona 3 a good game?
@soul-candy-music Жыл бұрын
A well deserved retrospective by the purrfect youtuber. much respect!
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
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@grumpyaxolotl7455 Жыл бұрын
One of the Far Cry games maybe?
@grumpyaxolotl7455 Жыл бұрын
Great vid btw.
@doryymiller Жыл бұрын
little nightmares or limbo!! or honestly it may not be indie but the team that made multiversus is worth looking into.
@Chuki11 Жыл бұрын
Scourgebringer
@lorenzonotme Жыл бұрын
The amazing 2d stealth ninja game mark of the Ninja.
@KRyuunosuke 4 ай бұрын
the possibility of stray 2 actually happening is what keeps me alive.
@LWolf12 Жыл бұрын
After hearing how much trouble Overmare Studio's had modeling a 4 legged playable character for Fallout Equestria like, 7 or 8 years ago, I can imagine making Stray was tricky.
@EllyTaliesinBingle 11 ай бұрын
omg yesssssssss These peeps did such a great job eventually!
@daniellclary 8 ай бұрын
I was super happy when Stray came out. huge majority of games you play as a human. So its amazing to play as something else, and its a good game to boot.
@kirillmaystudios915 Жыл бұрын
Man who made this video, you're super! Thanks of subtitles! You're subtitles is really can help me of learning english
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@A_Hexagon Жыл бұрын
@ThatGuyGlen It also helps deaf people! Thank you a lot!
@twomur_ Жыл бұрын
i absolutely love this game and seeing how it was made just makes it feel more special!!
@paulharrigan6688 8 ай бұрын
I just played this week and completely blown away. I love the sad ending and I hope leads to sequel to get w his/ her buddies
@yellohammer8571 Жыл бұрын
Pro tip for 3D animators working in video games animating animals--animal motion capture is completely out of the question because of how tough, and even dangerous it can be. Instead, you can do keyframe animation after studying real animals, or even do the unthinkable--use human actors to provide motion capture.
@RuthlessPandora Ай бұрын
Absolutely fantastic video about the game itself and how inspiration/design works in general. Seeing the early game tests and the obsessive love for cats that the developers had was such a treat. I cannot wait to check out more of your work!
@ThatGuyGlen Ай бұрын
Thank you, glad to hear you enjoy it! I always try to include as much behind the scenes footage as I can find.
@kazukihiratani Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see you cover Rise of the Third Power! You already covered my AAA game of the year, Elden Ring, and now I'd love to see my indie GOTY get a video too! Awesome work, yet again, Glen!
@faithssb 11 ай бұрын
As someone who just found out about this game and is going to play it very soon on Steam, I appreciate the great explaining still with lack of spoilers, so I can experience things myself and also understand more on what to look forward to and how it was developed!!
@KillMePete 8 ай бұрын
I'm hoping for a Stray 2.
@sootsketch430 8 ай бұрын
There’s actually a movie being thought up!
@mrdante_ 4 ай бұрын
@@sootsketch430 source??
@sootsketch430 4 ай бұрын
@@mrdante_ My friend originally told me, but searching it up there are multiple different articles on it! ^^
@bupp291 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos so much! I can't wait for the day your channel blows up! I think it's really interesting that this game mostly stuck to the designer's original intention, as opposed to something like "Don't Starve," which was completely different from the original idea.
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you like them, Jordan! And yeah, they really had a vision right from the start and stuck to it and perfected it as much as possible. It might make for a more "boring" story, but it shows that sticking to your gut can pay off as well.
@hoobidibahbidibah8119 Жыл бұрын
It may not have been a purrfect game, but at the very least it was the cat's meow.
@SoIDontUploadMuch Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I give it a solid 9 lives out of 10.
@guily6669 Жыл бұрын
If only ALL the best devs from Ubisoft and EA did the same, I can't even imagine the crazy upcoming games that could have come...
@johncole4882 9 ай бұрын
Excited to see the future of this studio
@synthesis_0894 Жыл бұрын
Another awesome video I really enjoy your style of content. Your channel is super underrated! I would love to see a future video on the development on Rivals of Aether it's an indie platform fighter made in 2015. It's my favorite game and I think it deserves more attention because it's brought a lot of new things to the genre
@golden-gamingmore5931 Жыл бұрын
Who knew that game has such a deep lore damn
@sandrojsj 3 ай бұрын
Great video! Good job! Stray is an amazing game, the best I’ve ever played.
@jezzsouthern Жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved this game, was so well made
@AndrewYellis Жыл бұрын
I’d be interested to see you cover the small (one man) studio 100 Stones Interactive. One game released in a niche genre, one more upcoming. I’m not a part of the studio but find them an interesting tiny player. Regardless this is another great piece. Cheers.
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
I'll look into that one, thanks for the suggestion!
@JetPackDino 7 ай бұрын
I visited Kowloon City when I was 18, and I was super thrilled to go back as a cat in Stray. Amazing experience
@ktmasterkt Жыл бұрын
I love the fact that i can learn about the history of this game thanks to you
@alexanderkulaev541 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting video, thank you Glen! I never played Stray yet, I don't have a PS5 and don't plan to buy one in near future, but I heard a lot cool stuff about this awesome game and even want to create a fan art in voxels.
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
My pleasure Alexander, glad you liked it! It’s also on PC and I believe on PS4 as well.
@xkirax2997 Жыл бұрын
PS4 and PC too.
@XGames-94 4 ай бұрын
Funny how they opted for robots to avoid animating humans, yet the robot's movements were very fluid and human like.
@Karen_Obim Ай бұрын
Just finished Stray last night. Very cute game😻
@faizaliqbal2284 Жыл бұрын
THAT'S SO WILD!! GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS GLEN!
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Faizal!
@ToRecallE 6 ай бұрын
I just play this game and i didnt knew was name by 2 people... considering this was pretty amaizing.
@BMasterAnimation 7 ай бұрын
You do realized that Annapurna is making an animated film based on this from the studio behind Nimona, right?
@zsidokacsa9710 Жыл бұрын
Really good video! I would love to see a video like this with Katana Zero!
@AdorianDelmore 7 ай бұрын
A movie is in production!
@TheLucifer92 4 ай бұрын
Fascinating!
@Crystalcluster 10 ай бұрын
Stray 2 when? Better be soon, I cant fucking wait anymore
@xa5785 Жыл бұрын
Another great video I should get the physical version of the game when it launches next month
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you liked it!
@ClaudeSpeed30 Жыл бұрын
Kowloon Walled City had a density of about 4.98 million people per square mile. That 111,450 figure is the modern figure for the larger Kowloon area.
@DaddyDarko69420 Жыл бұрын
Your videos kick ass my guy. Keep up the good work.
@DembaiVT 11 ай бұрын
Oh look, the Cypher I spent hours figuring out. Just. There. In this video. 😂
@TaikenUchida41 Жыл бұрын
Awww, I didn't know actual cats were entertained X3
@nbarragan12 Жыл бұрын
I reaaaally want to play this game!! And now that I’ve seen this video i want to play it even more!!
@banks3388 11 ай бұрын
I heard their mocap cat would always rock up to work high on cat nip...
@theamazingbluefox5485 Жыл бұрын
Once again great video, keep up the great work!
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it and will do!
@jamieplatt1243 Жыл бұрын
These are some of my favourite videos on KZfaq ♡♡♡
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Makes me happy to hear that!
@lllAstridddlll Жыл бұрын
Super vidéo complète qui explique très bien l'univers de Stray ! Pour moi c'est le jeu de l'année 2022 et savoir que une partie de mon achat va dans l'aide aux animaux ça me rassure et me fait dire qu'il y a encore de la bonté et de bonnes intentions dans ce monde qui est figé par la compétition et l'illusion! Vive les chats ! Vive Stray !
@earlpKa Жыл бұрын
No cats were harmed in the making of this game!
@SchewpidBerd 11 ай бұрын
I live in hk and I'm freaking out that this game was somewhat related to hk omg omg
@blondiegamezit2457 11 ай бұрын
We loved it please give us an second game I need the kitty to reunite with his family
@Bagas-nf2dx Жыл бұрын
damm i need tu turn that notification, i havent see this upload in my homepage
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Wasn't a popular video so not surprised you didn't see it on the homepage.
@RickSjoerds 24 күн бұрын
It is by far the best game I've played in a few years. Most games are alike. So besides the series I play, which I still do, this was a well placed new game for me. Absolutely loved it, but it was too short, being the only downside for me.
@phrog3953 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos Glen, I would absolutely love if you could perhaps make a video on Deep Rock Galactic!
@synaesthesia2010 11 ай бұрын
i will never forgive them for killing B12
@fayefaerii 6 күн бұрын
I WANT STRAY 2!!!!!
@MrMontage4 Жыл бұрын
I remember reading about it being set in kowloon, I wish they kept that setting and made it more about exploration
@donny5707 7 ай бұрын
Poor Cj cursed into a cat 15:29
@iamnobody8 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you
@czaczaczar Жыл бұрын
Jackson Galaxy even played this game. 😺😺
@habz4464 5 ай бұрын
really wish there was an option for no autojump...
@capsey_ Жыл бұрын
Can you make "How Katana ZERO was made"? Recently finished this great game and would love to hear you talk about it
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
It's been on my list for a while, I'll get to it one day :D
@capsey_ Жыл бұрын
@@ThatGuyGlen great to hear that, thank you for your work!
@johnythecarrot Жыл бұрын
Would LOVE a video on God of War 2018 by the way! Good work as always!
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Thank you! And that might happen one day!
@user-gf7uh4xz5y 7 ай бұрын
Waht Programm did they used to track the cat pls tell me
@309electronics5 27 күн бұрын
The animators watched lots of videos of cats and they actually almost all had cats roaming arround the office were they could get inspiration from. No mocapp suit needed, they also did this in favour of the cats and did not feel like making them uncomfortable
@GamerKent427 Ай бұрын
15:30 CURSED CJ MOD.....💀
@DRAGONSAREPRETTYCOOL Жыл бұрын
Im interested in a video on my video game (its not out yet since its still being worked on so that will have to be whenever it releases fully)
@vicentevasquezb Жыл бұрын
Your videos are really inspiring
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Makes me happy to hear that!
@zehirlioyuncu7402 Жыл бұрын
Raising awareness and empowering millions through games can be if they put characters like bopoverse into games.
@nbarragan12 Жыл бұрын
Did I just see this cat blink? I just saw the cat blink 🙈
@aydenberkebile3286 Жыл бұрын
you should do a video on wandersong
@rendericeib4513 4 ай бұрын
What software was used other than unreal? Blender¿
@309electronics5 27 күн бұрын
Some 3d software. I think blender but idk. Althoug maxim dorokohov ome of the 3d artists seems to either use unreal or blender
@atlasveldine6314 Жыл бұрын
Another great video!
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you liked it!
@alluringming 11 ай бұрын
I kind want see more games like this where you play an animal. ^^
@red_shell_blastoise9027 Жыл бұрын
Awesome videos, can you so Dragons crown?!?
@TheBlackAbyss1 Жыл бұрын
Please do a video on ultrakill"s development
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it!
@Ichorbutreal Жыл бұрын
The title changed Twice
@goshawk_fly Жыл бұрын
It's a very interesting story!
@lucaslol8382 Жыл бұрын
Super nice video
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Much appreciated!
@yaroslavbozhdynsky Жыл бұрын
Please do a video about This War of Mine.
@DiegoOliveiraProf Жыл бұрын
great content!
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you like it!
@pedrohenrique-st2ey Жыл бұрын
Good channel and great video
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Much appreciated!
@ThatAntGuy Жыл бұрын
Was the title and thumbnail changed? I swear it changed.
@OnyeNacho Жыл бұрын
3:15 - 4:05 -> Skip Marvel Shovelware Ad
@farizdragashov9829 Жыл бұрын
BopoVerse characters are so special! They must be put into an action game, I want to play with them
@Karlach_ Жыл бұрын
Please do a video on Epic Battle Fantasy 5 or Balloons Tower Defense 6
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestions, I’ll look into them!
@Karlach_ Жыл бұрын
@@ThatGuyGlen Awesome, thanks for considering them man :D
@jagcf Жыл бұрын
I love the game ❤️😻
@isteyak78 Жыл бұрын
How Ghost of Tsushima was mad? 🥺
@nolansullivan9495 Жыл бұрын
Please do a rain world video!
@DRAGONSAREPRETTYCOOL Жыл бұрын
I suggest doing control and Minecraft
@jcdenton6427 Жыл бұрын
Can you do a video about how Hotline Miami was made?
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
It’s on my list ;)
@daashow8056 Жыл бұрын
can you please make how gmod was made!!
@ThatGuyGlen Жыл бұрын
It's on my list.
@DTWGaming9732 Жыл бұрын
I was be so difficult to make this RTX game
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