7 DEVS Make a GAME without COMMUNICATING! 

I like how dev 2 was like “I spent so much time making the sheep move across the planet” And then dev 3 was like “The sheep no longer move”

Lol, love that instead of being salty and grumpy he fed into the *Centipede Addiction* joke. He can still do a centipede based game so he can go wild.

The outlines for the sheep should’ve been kept, it was more effective in knowing where your sheep were all the time and I can imagine sheep particles flying at the screen could get annoying.

Removing the sheep having to dodge the UFOs seemed to be unintentional but it really changed the game from "oh man this looks fun" to "there's not much going on here"

It was hilarious to see the same stuff getting added and removed all over again :D Thanks for having me guys, it was an awesome experience!

The self-awareness with the giant centipede boss skit was quite funny. Though a little disappointed the sheep were changed to not care about the abductions in the end, it was intended to be the core mechanic and was just stripped out suddenly for seemingly little reason. Maybe the dev just didn't notice the sheep getting abducted and thus didn't add it in when creating the new structure/prefab, because they didn't even mention it in their segment, despite it being a massive change to the gameplay. Such things are inevitable when not communicating, but still, always a bit saddening to see a mechanic that existed from the start, and was iterated on by others, get removed half way through and completely alter the way the game plays, and thus the balancing.

This game really needed a giant boss. Lol it's so funny to see all of the work that gets lost and/or redone by no one being able to communicate.

Honestly the dev who really takes the time out to do bug fixes and polishing are always the heroes for these challenges. Truly goes to show how the smallest changes can make all the difference sometimes.

I wonder how it would look if ech dev could mark one thing they added as "not to delete". Probably it would force the devs to be more adaptable and creative about how to make this work insted of getting rid of it

I think I prefer the pass the game challenges where people get two rounds with the game. Things end up pretty frantic with this style and its sad to see so many things get lost along the way.

I'm glad you were able to acknowledge and even joke about some our feedback from previous episodes. A lot of the comments were quite harsh so It's amazing that you responded so positively and you were even able to make me giggle with the "boss addict" part

I just can't pass over one of these videos. They're so much fun to watch.

its so fun seeing their reactions at the end, and they see how much the game improved

If you're going to add a giant boss when developing like this, I think adding it as early as possible is good. This is because then the other devs will see it as a game involving a giant boss, and act accordingly. If, however, you add it right at the end... then none of the other devs will have made a game where a giant boss fits in!

gonna cry if he turns it into a boss battle game again

3rd time requesting you guys to make a tree where it splits off into 2 different directions and the community gets to compare them at the end. Each one of you could also manage each side of the project and also be the start of the split!

I'm really glad Prod took the critiques well, despite a bunch being really harsh. It was also fun seeing the separate menu slowly get implemented into the screen UI, only to then get slapped back into a separate menu XD

The game at the end was pretty good but I realy think it could've been improved further by adding a giant centipede as a boss or something.

While the details were surprising, I knew immediately that the idea of a "minimalist and chill basebuilding game" was never going to stay until the end. It always pivots to action, highscores and chaos. xD

The centipede bit had me cackling. Great episode! This instalment really shows the difficulty of not communicating 🤣

We love seeing character development from content creators who listen to their audience. Having the creators at the start gives them the ability to point the game in a general direction, with other devs building onto it. Lovely vid! Hey, maybe after a few more vids you can leave a variable called 'centipede' in the code as an easter egg and see if any of the other devs catch it use it for their own ideas if you really wanna keep the centipede idea tied to your video series. Great video, can't wait to see more! ❤

Huge respect for how you took the centipede criticism on the chin and laughed it off

I really hope we one day get a joke version of this concept: 7 devs communicating without making a game

Removing the shield and focusing on painting the planet was definitely the best way to go about it, bummed out my shield didn't make the end but it works out better this way. Thanks for having me guys, it was super fun. Much love

Now, at some point you're gonna have to make one of these that starts out with just a Centipede sprite labeled boss with a bunch of animations and see what comes of it.

I wish the devs didn't remove massive amounts of content when it's there turn. It's not a challenge when you can wipe the slate clean. It's the iteration on work by previous devs that's interesting.

"And I also changed to the planet to a moon. Because, you know, sheep can't swim." the delivery here KILLED ME.

My favorite series on youtube, thanks for creating this video!

hah, I liked the self awareness with adding bosses. Great one as always!

It really is very mature of Noah to turn all the criticism against him not only into a lesson to improve these devlogs but into a joke to make fun of himself.

Ykw Noa playing into the whole centipede addiction thing is actually funny as hell and I respect it

The amount of polish added by @Daitli is insane.

1:00 you know its deadly serious when bro says "all games have giant centipedes", I wonder what type of games he plays in spare time

Thank you for reading our feedback and changing the rules so you go first and also thank you for leaving aside the centipedes aside for a bit (you can still use them in some episodes, it is simply the fact that some viewers prefer to explore different ideas in each video). I really like this video, I’ll leave my like and hope for future similar content with your always great production production.

I love this series so much and am very happy with your decision to leave it to the other creators for big design changes. I feel like it shows a lot of maturity as a developer and I think this series still has so so much potential for greatness (I mean it already is amazing).

Love that you listen to the feedback and improve the series to become better and better. Idk why but since watching this series from the beginning i feel like a proud dad watching a kid grow up! :)

He finally listened… no more GOD DAMN CENTIPEDES

I hate the fact that the sheeps could not be obducted in the final version :(

i like this one alot actually. It feels exactly like what you would expect if 7 different people worked on a game without talking, a little bit of back and forth on ideas reverting and converting but overall going in one general direction. Really cool to watch thanks Blackthornprod

Wow this one actually came out well and all the developers actually tried to be helpful for the next. Best one so far!

The amount of creativeness with each game is honestly insane, love this series!

Just a minute in and already laughing over the centipede bit😂

Dailtli was so close and yet so far :D When he turned single sheep into herds with roofs, I really hoped the sheep would gradually get sucked into space once the roof was destroyed, making you lose HP. This way, I don't really understand the need for sheep at all 🤔

died laughing at the centipede bit lmao

Idea for pass the game: use 8 devs and a tree structure. Oen dev passes the same game to two devs, and each one of them passes to two more. You can compare the final outcomes.

I love this content and see how the game goes! Also thank you for being a youtube that sees their fans' comments about what they disliked and why, and acknowledging them in a way that fits your content, not many youtube I see really do this, so thank you for making the centipede a joke and making me smile and laugh at something that truly upset when it first happened. Keep doing what you do!

Loved him joking about his Centipede addiction. This run through went really well! The art design stayed consistent, the gameplay worked really well, the instructions for the game were clear; it turned out great!!!

can’t wait for the course to drop!

I think it's a great change to have you go first, that way you can set up a cool base direction for the next devs while letting their individual contributions shine more!

Love this series so much I can't miss one. And while I definitely enjoy the quantity, I'd also love some more quality ones with more time for each dev, two rounds and allowing passing on one word (or alternatively ~50 characters), instead of "no communication".

Wow, this video is amazing! , the game they created was simple but fun, and the development process was fascinating to watch

I've been saying this forever, take the devs who can do a lot with a little time and make them go first so they can build up a strong foundation.

Always a treat to watch one of these videos. I love to see how the game is changed from start to end with each developer adding their own changes

Will there be themes for the hollidays?

this idea is so unique, and the visuals are really cohesive!

Love this content guys! Great job!

Legit thank you Noa for being humble and doing a cool setup. This game went...differently really fast.

I love these “No communication series” plz make as many as you can!!!😊

I love these videos so much please keep making more. I love the reactions at the end I just wish they each had a second round to work on it like the last one. It would be cool to see everyone attempt another multiplayer game.

i love these videos, and yay for reactions! definitely lots of interesting twists and turns but it came out really cool in the end anyway!

I love this series and how each dev leaves their mark on the final results

Thank you so much, i feel like i'm really gonna enjoy this series now :D

I’m absolutely addicted to these!! I think I’ve watched every video where people do this concept on RU-vid and I need more

Keep making these! I always go to these videos when I'm bored and they're very entertaining.

love this so much, glad ur continuing with this man :)

One day ...... I am gonna be a dev Maybe i won't be able to get in these challenges with yall But i am gonna do my best

AIA is so good, everytime he gets a project, it gets 10x better when it’s his turn

I'm really glad he realized how much people disliked him adding the centipede boss, and had a little fun with it. Great job guys!

The centipede joke was actually super funny nice

I think I have an interesting perspective on the whole centipede boss thing as someone who does improv. There are a lot of similarities I've noticed between this challenge and Improv comedy. In improv, it may look like you do a lot of communicating, but you actually have to make a lot of decisions based on what you believe the other person is thinking and communicating subtlely, as you are both busy being in character. First, making bold decisions is a good thing. You want to make decisions that will push the scene/game forward for the next person, and you also want to end with a bang. Where it becomes an issue is actually found at a deeper level, as adding a centipede boss is in no way a bad thing. Improv has a well known rule referred to as "Yes, and." The idea that you should validate what has already been said/done before, and build on it. A giant centipede boss where it doesn't belong is subtely (or maybe not so subtely in this case) denying what was already established. And breaking this rule is often a result of breaking the first rule of Improv, "listen." You have to understand what was said/done before, or else it becomes difficult to validate it with your own actions, which can be tricky in this format. I guess all I'm saying is BlackthornProd should take some Improv classes.

Vous êtes des boss ! Une grosse source de motivation pour se lancer dans la création de jeux !

I feel bad for jelle he spent so long to make the sheep move

Love these series ♥. The reactions of developers make this so interesting, like you feel the progress other developers made.

watching the whole backlog in order, nice to see the blackthornprod guys learnt from the last video :-) love the series!

I love how in all of these no communication videos theres always 2 or 3 devs who work super hard on making a bunch of cool features, textures, animations, just for the next dev to remove all of it and change the entire game. Its super funny to see the last dev in this video just completely remove buildables because he didnt understand how they worked lol

So awesome having Jelle on this challenge! I love his videos!

This series is great. Don't stop producing games and the videos

I'm really loving this series man, keep it up. I gotta say though, I think you should give the devs a bit longer for the sake of the games, ideally I feel like a whole day for each dev would allow them to do something cool but at least give them like 12 hours, 6 is just too little.

To summarize the video: "So I added a shield." "So I removed the shield." "So I added a shield." "So I removed the shield." "So I added a shield." "So I removed the shield."

Really great series and tutorial content. Consider a version where each dev can pass along one single word to the next dev.

The best part of these is one dev spending a bunch of time working on something and the next one going "...so I removed that."

It's fun how much this game changed in the early iterations this time

Love watching your vids! Keep up the good work!!!❤❤

as an aspiring game dev.. you guys inspire me. keep up and im waiting on that course

feels like you really want to make human centipede kinda game

The first 3 devs were definitely not on a similar wavelength with this one XD

The "Babe!" DM really got me ROFL 🤣🤣 Great series and great episode - amazing!

Man these games always turn out so well I love this series

i like how you got these chill developers and then your suddenly jumpscared with AIA

Amazing content keep it up , your one of the hardest working youtubers

I like how it is almost like some of the devs are batteling each other changing the idea of the game

I really like how accountable and light Noa is with the centipede 😂

I've been binge watching all these Pass the Game challenge, and playing the resulting games, and I have to say I love it. I really think this form of game developing would be perfect for a Game Jam. Have you considered starting a "Pass the Game Challenge Game Jam" where a group of 6 people, without communicating, have to develop a game in 6 days by working on it one day each and passing it on?

Really like this series... It's just filled with creativity :O

Bro your tutorial is amazing and your voice is so powerful!!!!

Dev 3 making the sheep not move anymore was so disappointing lol

Would be interesting to see more of the dev reactions and also mayybe their reaction to the development process and how things changed

Damn spending all that time to make the sheep move just for them to be immediately made stationary

This gotta be one of the dopest programming collabs

Haven't seen the video yet but I hope no centipedes, bosses or red monsters are added in the last segment.