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    "Devs Play" S1E06 - Psychonauts "The SMK Speedrun" [1/1]

    Double Fine

    3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2019–2022

    YouTube

    1:03:28 · 569K views · Jan 27, 2015

    In the finale of Double Fine's Devs Play, speedrunner SMK demonstrates glitches and exploits that skip entire sections of Psychonauts while Tim Schafer and the dev team watch. The developers react to and discuss the bugs as they appear.

    Recommended as an entertaining, hilarious view of developers watching a speedrunner break their game.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @franknineJul 2019· in “I thought I made a hard game and then speedrunners destroyed it”

      For people who like this post, I highly recommend "Devs Play" S1E06 - Psychonauts "The SMK Speedrun" by Double Fine Production: this video They had a speedrunner running their game in front of the development team which is hilarious.

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @radnorMar 2020· in “Why Adventure Games Suck (1989)”

      You might be interested in watching this speedrunner go through Psychonauts while the entire dev team watches. I found it entertaining and much more fun than trying to play it myself. :) this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    3. @8K832d7tNmiQApr 2022· in “Overhauling Mario 64's code to reach 30 FPS and render 6x faster on N64 [video]”

      Psychonaut's dev reaction is my favorite one because they had one-to-one with a speedrunner talking about every game exploits used to get the fastest time possible.[1] [1]: this video

      RecommendsView on HN