2 Player Productions

Reformat the Planet is a documentary film, first shown in 2008 at the South by Southwest Film Festival film festival, about the chiptune music scene. The film depicts events in the culture such as Blip Festival.{{cite web |url=http://2playerproductions.com/projects/rtp |title=Reformat the Planet |publisher=2 Player Productions |access-date=2011-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010193136/http://2playerproductions.com/projects/rtp |archivedate=2011-10-10 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26166/Interview_2_Player_Productions__Reformatting_PAX_for_DVD.php | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100512201540/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26166/Interview_2_Player_Productions__Reformatting_PAX_for_DVD.php | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 12, 2010 | title = Interview: 2 Player Productions - Reformatting PAX for DVD | author = Jeriaska | date = 2009-11-23 | accessdate = 2013-03-02 | publisher = Gamasutra }}

Penny Arcade: The Series{{cite web |url=http://2playerproductions.com/projects/patv |title=Penny Arcade: The Series |publisher=2 Player Productions |accessdate=2011-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906101157/http://www.2playerproductions.com/projects/patv |archive-date=2011-09-06 |url-status=dead }} Is a 27-episodes web show about Penny Arcade and PAX. The first season was aired on GameTrailers and has a positive collective review of 9.1.{{cite web|url=http://www.gametrailers.com/game/penny-arcade-the-series/12730 |title=Penny Arcade: The Series Video Game | Reviews, Trailers & Interviews |publisher=GameTrailers.com |date= |access-date=2011-10-17}} Subsequent seasons were produced by Vantage Point Production.

In 2010 the company was hired by game developer Naughty Dog to produce behind-the-scenes content detailing development for their game Uncharted 3.{{cite web|url=http://2playerproductions.com/projects/uc3 |title=Uncharted 3 |publisher=2 playerproductions.com |access-date=2011-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906100856/http://www.2playerproductions.com/projects/uc3 |archivedate=2011-09-06 }}

{{Main|Minecraft: The Story of Mojang}}

In December 2012, the company released Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, a documentary about the development of the video game Minecraft and its developer, the Swedish game company Mojang. The idea was first shown on February 21, 2011, as a proof of concept video to attempt to raise money to finish the project using Kickstarter.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax9kmoyzl1Y |title=Minecraft Documentary HD | GameTrailers |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-02-21 |access-date=2011-10-17}}

The company's goal was to raise $150,000. This goal was met on March 26, 2011, however people continued to donate so that the final amount raised was $210,297.{{cite web|author=Diana Paul |url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2pp/minecraft-the-story-of-mojang |title=Minecraft: The Story of Mojang by 2 Player Productions — Kickstarter |publisher=Kickstarter.com |date=2011-03-26 |accessdate=2011-10-17}} Depending on the amount donated contributors will have an opportunity to share their personal story in the documentary.{{cite web|author=JC Fletcher |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/30/2-player-productions-looking-to-build-player-stories-into-minecr/ |title=2 Player Productions looking to build player stories into Minecraft film |publisher=Joystiq |date=2011-05-30 |access-date=2011-10-17}}{{cite web | url = http://www.techhive.com/article/230310/2_player_productions.html | title = 2 Player Productions: Meet the Guys Behind the Minecraft Documentary | first = David | last = Daw | date = 2011-06-15 | access-date = 2013-03-02 | work = PC World | archive-date = 2015-05-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150510034002/http://www.techhive.com/article/230310/2_player_productions.html | url-status = dead }}

{{Further|Broken Age}}

In February 2012, Double Fine Productions became the first game company to fully fund a high-budget video-game via Kickstarter, a crowdfunding website. As part of their funding agreement, Double Fine pledged to hire 2 Player Productions to document the entire development process as a serial documentary, with roughly monthly episodes, made available to all backers of the project.{{cite web | url = http://www.pcworld.com/article/250101/2_player_productions_interview.html | title = 2 Player Productions Interview | first = David | last = Daw | date = 2012-02-16 | access-date = 2013-03-02 | work = PC World }} Leading up to the release of the game's final act, Double Fine also began making the episodes freely available on YouTube in early March 2015.{{cite web |first=Brenna |last=Hillier |title=Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter documentary releasing free on YouTube |url=https://www.vg247.com/2015/03/04/double-fine-adventure-kickstarter-documentary-releasing-free-on-youtube/ |website=VG247 |date=2015-03-04 |access-date=2016-01-09}} The 20 episode series concluded in July 2015, three months after the final act of the game was officially released.{{cite episode |series=Double Fine Adventure! |number=20 |title=We Did Our Job |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=junQ2cvB4Tw |publisher=Double Fine Productions|date=2015-07-17 |access-date=2015-10-07}}

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