30 Years of God Game History | Populous, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White, Spore and more

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Let's take a journey through time, from the beeps and bloops of the 1980's to the modern day in PLAYING GOD - a documentary covering 30 years of god simulation games. From industry legends like Peter Molyneux and Will Wright, to independent or even solo games, the God Game has been a beloved but underappreciated genre that deserves a thorough exploration.

This is my 2nd feature-length video and my longest and most ambitious production to date, so I hope you enjoy the video as much as I did making it!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

00:00 - Introduction
02:10 - Defining the God Game
04:26 - The Genesis of the God Game - Populous
07:42 - The Bullfrog Era
08:47 - Powermonger
09:59 - ActRaiser
11:39 - Populous II
14:04 - Magic Carpet
16:36 - Magic Carpet 2
18:42 - Creatures
20:00 - Dungeon Keeper
25:22 - Populous: The Beginning
29:04 - Dungeon Keeper 2
31:26 - The End of Bullfrog
34:26 - The Lionhead Era
34:33 - Majesty
36:50 - Startopia
38:40 - Black & White
51:18 - Black & White 2
1:01:11 - Spore
1:08:12 - Clones & Successors
1:10:11 - From Dust
1:12:10 - Reprisal Universe
1:13:04 - Dungeon Keeper Mobile
1:14:57 - Impire
1:15:43 - Dungeons 2
1:16:48 - Dungeons 3
1:17:44 - War for the Overworld
1:20:37 - The Indie Era
1:21:35 - Godus
1:27:47 - Godus Wars
1:30:58 - Reus
1:32:09 - Rise to Ruins
1:33:54 - Deisim
1:34:57 - Tethered
1:37:04 - Townsmen VR
1:38:08 - Crest
1:40:16 - The Universim
1:42:19 - In Conclusion

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MUSIC CREDITS

Dungeon Keeper, Black & White and Magic Carpet II soundtracks by
RUSSELL SHAW

Populous: The Beginning and Dungeon Keeper 2 soundtrack by
MARK KNIGHT

Black & White 2 soundtrack by
PAUL ROMERO

Additional music tracks from the
YOUTUBE AUDIO LIBRARY and AUDIOBLOCKS

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FOOTAGE CREDITS

Deisim gameplay by Tommy Maloteaux
   / @myrongamesvr  

Townsmen VR gameplay by Klorinmannen
   • Townsmen VR  

EGX - A Bullfrog and Lionhead retrospective
   • A Bullfrog and Lionhead retrospective  

No Man's Sky gameplay by Video Games Source
   • No Man's Sky Next - Find The Next Atl...  

Heart of Darkness gameplay by AdventureGameFan8
   • Heart of Darkness (pc) Walkthrough pa...  

Evil Genius gameplay by Charmed
   • Evil Genius with Charmed-Alexis Gamep...  

Rise to Ruins combat by FallenShogunGaming |    • RISE TO RUINS | Taking the Fight to T...  
   • RISE TO RUINS | The Eternal Meteor St...  

"16-bit Memories" Amiga artwork by Toni Bratincevic
http://www.interstation3d.com/work_pe...

Utopia footage by 5 Minutes of Every Game
   • 5 Minutes of Utopia  

Dungeon Keeper (Mobile) gameplay by Shadeslay
   • Reviewed: Dungeon Keeper (iOS)  

Idle Worship gameplay by TheMajorasMask
   • Majo's Erste Einblicke in "Idle Worsh...  

GDC Black & White talk with Peter Molyneux
   • Peter Molyneux Explains the Design of...  

IGN Interview with Peter Molyneux
   • Peter Molyneux on Black & White, Fabl...  

Evolution gameplay by Franco
   • Evolution the Game #2  

Hi-Octane gameplay by InsertDisk
   • Hi Octane: Sega Saturn  

Fable: The Journey gameplay by TatarKhan
   • Fable: The Journey - Playthrough - Xb...  

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SOURCES

Job titles, credits, general game information
Wikipedia | http://www.wikipedia.org
Moby Games | http://www.mobygames.com

History of Bullfrog
https://www.filfre.net/2016/06/peter-...

Populous II
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/popu...
https://www.nowgamer.com/the-making-o...

Information about cancelled Bullfrog projects
http://www.designersnotebook.com/Game...
http://www.designersnotebook.com/Onli...

What happened to Spore's development
https://forum.quartertothree.com/t/ho...
http://techland.time.com/2008/09/05/w...

Lionhead and Black & White
http://simple.leforum.eu/t131-The-fin...
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...
https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...
https://www.mcvuk.com/development/ip-...

Glenn Corpes' comments about Peter Molyneux and interviews:
   • The Rise and Fall of Peter Molyneux: ...  

Godus articles
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016...
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015...

Molyneux's criticism of DK mobile game
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...