
2 Player Productions, Limited is a video production company based in
San Francisco, California
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. It was founded in 2005 by Paul Owens, Paul Levering, and Asif Siddiky.
The company produces content relating to video game culture and the process of game production. They produced the documentary ''Reformat the Planet'' in 2008, and have since worked with mainstream companies including
MTV
MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...
and
Spike.
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Projects
''Reformat the Planet''
''Reformat the Planet'' is a documentary film, first shown in 2008 at the South by Southwest Film Festival film festival, about the chiptune
Chiptune, also called 8-bit music (although not all chiptune is 8-bit music), is a style of electronic music made using the programmable sound generator (PSG) sound chips or synthesizers in vintage arcade machines, computers and video gam ...
music scene. The film depicts events in the culture such as Blip Festival.
''Penny Arcade: The Series''
''Penny Arcade: The Series'' Is a 27-episodes web show about Penny Arcade
''Penny Arcade'' is a webcomic focused on video games and video game culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. The comic debuted in 1998 on the website ''loonygames.com''. Since then, Holkins and Krahulik have establish ...
and PAX. The first season was aired on GameTrailers
''GameTrailers'' (''GT'') was an American video gaming website created by Geoffrey R. Grotz and Brandon Jones in 2002. The website specialized in multimedia content, including trailers and gameplay footage of upcoming and recently released v ...
and has a positive collective review of 9.1. Subsequent seasons were produced by Vantage Point Production.
''Uncharted 3''
In 2010 the company was hired by game developer Naughty Dog to produce behind-the-scenes content detailing development for their game '' Uncharted 3''.
''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
''Minecraft'' is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. Originally created by Markus Persson, Markus "Notch" Persson using the Java (programming language), Java programming language, the ...
'' and its developer, the Swedish game company Mojang
Mojang AB, trading as Mojang Studios, is a Swedish video game developer based in Stockholm. A first-party developer for Xbox Game Studios, the studio is best known for developing the sandbox and survival game ''Minecraft'', the best-selli ...
. 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
Kickstarter, PBC is an American Benefit corporation, public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative project ...
.
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. Depending on the amount donated contributors will have an opportunity to share their personal story in the documentary.
''Double Fine Adventure!''
In February 2012, Double Fine Productions became the first game company to fully fund a high-budget video-game via Kickstarter
Kickstarter, PBC is an American Benefit corporation, public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative project ...
, a crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and Alternative Finance, alternative finance, to fund projects "withou ...
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. Leading up to the release of the game's final act, Double Fine also began making the episodes freely available on YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...
in early March 2015. The 20 episode series concluded in July 2015, three months after the final act of the game was officially released.
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Video production companies
Mass media companies established in 2005
Companies based in Portland, Oregon
2005 establishments in Oregon