How Two Students Created Risk of Rain and Why They Sold the IP Rights

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  @ThatGuyGlen · 3 years ago · pinned

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  @mrhat1073 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAz_Vlb8xFk&amp;t=536">8:56</a> there&apos;s more to the story, which Chris explains in one of his Q&amp;A videos. after agreeing to make music, Hopoo was still on the fence about what composer to hire on. initially they wanted several composers for variety. Chris instead emails Hopoo saying something along the lines of &quot;Hey, I&apos;m willing to do all the music, but you have to act fast because I have several job offers right now.&quot; he was bluffing, and Hopoo bought the bluff.

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  @hamzafasih · 3 years ago

  The decision to get Chris involved on the soundtrack was so important. He is to Hopoo what Darren Korb is to Supergiant 🔥

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  @TiresAreForCars · 3 years ago

  its absurd that such a small team made this masterpiece. especially considering the music was just made by one guy? Its fucking perfect

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  @Warduxe · 3 years ago (edited)

  Risk of rain is a game that I enjoy every month for a few hours with my friends.

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  @Broskie6405 · 2 years ago

  Getting recommended this after gearbox fucked everything up is very cruel

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  @HealyHQ · 3 years ago

  One of my favorite games of all time. It&apos;s shocking to me how adept they were at programming and rapid iteration that they finished the first game as quickly as they did.

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  @imjaymaybe · 3 years ago

  It&apos;s always interesting to see how games that hold titles of having incredible narratives, soundtrack, visual style, and unique gameplay are the result of some guys going &quot;wouldn&apos;t it be cool if...&quot;

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  @Bizzozeron · 3 years ago

  Returns is being developed entirely in-house at Hopoo Games and was in development for years before the sale of the IP was fully considered or finalized. That said, it is published by Gearbox and so we have support for marketing, QA etc and obviously they&apos;re excited to be able to present our love letter to you all as well.

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  @brqy · 1 year ago

  As an update, Paul and Duncan disbanded Hopoo Games and both moved over to Valve&apos;s game dev team. It&apos;s truly a shame but I know they will be a great addition to the Valve team, I can only hope that their talents don&apos;t go unused.

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  @JulianWuzHear · 2 years ago

  Risk of Rain 3 is gonna be in 4D.

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  @Hotmud9 · 2 years ago

  One year later and we discover that the sale of the IP to Gearbox was kind of a mistake.

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