Meet The Team Behind Double Fine PsychOdyssey - MinnMax Interview

MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Paul Owens, Paul Levering, and Asif Siddiky from 2 Player Productions. They're the film crew embedded at Double Fine who created the Double Fine Adventure documentary and the new 32-part series Double Fine PyschOdyssey covering the full development of Psychonauts 2. We talk about the logistics of how they filmed for 7 years and managed to edit over 5,000 hours of footage into a riveting documentary showcasing game development in a way nobody has before. We also talk about the limits of the documentary and working with Tim Schafer and Zak McClendon. This interview contains vague spoilers about the development of Psychonauts 2, if you don't want to know anything about the production before watching the documentary. You can support independent games media and unlock the podcast version of MinnMax's interviews on Patreon -   / minnmax   Here's a link to the first episode of PsychOdyssey -    • Double Fine PsychOdyssey · Episode 01: “Th...   We'll be celebrating PsychOdyssey all week long at MinnMax, so stay tuned to our YouTube channel for even more content. To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:44 - Congratulations and feedback on the documentary 00:14:40 - How they edited over 5,000 hours of footage 00:18:47 - Is 2 Player Productions owned by Double Fine? 00:21:12 - What Tim Schafer did and didn’t let them film 00:24:22 - Developers attitudes on being filmed 00:30:57 - How they depicted and interacted with Zak 00:36:19 - The overriding theme of the documentary 00:41:20 - Foreshadowing the acquisition 00:46:25 - The funniest moments and people 00:50:47 - How Asif became a level designer 00:55:59 - Little magic moments in the documentary 00:57:53 - Will there ever be another episode? 00:59:50 - Transparency with budgets and money 01:01:17 - Will a documentary like this ever happen again? 01:03:12 - Ben Hanson’s 2PP fan letter from 2010 Follow us on Twitch -   / minnmaxshow   Please support us on Patreon -   / minnmax   Watch our solo stream archives - https://bit.ly/3vRAQb Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter -   / minnmaxshow   Go behind the scenes on Instagram -   / minnmaxshow   Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice!   / minnmax   Mad Dash - Max Smith Hi-Fi Rush - Patrick Polk Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords - Logan Krause Cookie Clicker - RabidLime Art Style: PiCTOBiTS - Divorced Cougar Defend Your Castle - PrettyGoodPrinting.com SSX Tricky - JustusLeague Luck Be A Landlord - TrampolineTales Thousand Arms - Mattmini2008 Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint - ProcyonNumber6 Puzzle & Dragons - Joshua Ayers Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Clemens Zobel Dark Cloud - Andres Silva Destiny 2: Lightfall - Steve B Guitar Hero 2 - Hunter Blessing Yakuza: Like A Dragon - Jesse Spencer