--- title: PsychOdyssey Launch Trailer date: 2023-01-25T06:30:00-08:00 author: Tom Kiss canonical_url: "https://www.doublefine.com/dftv/psychodyssey-launch-trailer" section: DFTV Videos --- [Watch on YouTube: PsychOdyssey Launch Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlI72bsNRc) [View transcript ](https://www.doublefine.com/dftv/psychodyssey-launch-trailer#transcript) # PsychOdyssey Launch Trailer 2 Player Productions and Double Fine Productions present *Double Fine PsychOdyssey,* an unprecedented documentary experience seven years in the making. Ten years after the release of their flagship video game *Psychonauts,* Double Fine Productions returns to its most celebrated franchise with *Psychonauts 2.* Now facing the pressure to produce a worthy sequel, the studio must confront overly ambitious designs, poor morale, technical challenges and financial woes, all during a turbulent span of time for the world. *Double Fine PsychOdyssey* is the direct continuation of the acclaimed series *Double Fine Adventure,* and offers even deeper insight into the passion, humor, and heartbreak of video game development. Duration: 2 minutes and 39 seconds long Published: January 25th 2023 [psychodyssey](https://www.doublefine.com/search/tag/psychodyssey)[psychonauts 2](https://www.doublefine.com/search/tag/psychonauts-2) [ NEXT EPISODE ](#) [![](https://assets.doublefine.com/shared/news/2023/02/PsychOdyssey-Cover.jpg)**PsychOdyssey** 4KClosed Captions](https://www.doublefine.com/dftv/psychodyssey) ## Episode Transcript 3 secondsGREG: All right. Ready, Tim? 5 seconds\[MUSIC\] 8 secondsWell, that pretty much ends this documentary. 10 secondsAnd... scene! 11 secondsPAUL: So, what's next? 13 secondsPsychonauts 2. 14 secondsThen send in... 16 secondsThe Psychonauts! 17 secondsOh my god! 18 secondsR-- wh-- what?! 20 secondsLook at the tweets! 23 secondsTIM: So, just another day at Double Fine. 24 secondsA bunch of people gave us millions of dollars. 26 secondsWe are going to make a game. 27 secondsNo big. 28 secondsPAUL: Do you expect it to go smoother overall? 30 seconds(Oh, god, yes.) 31 seconds\[CHUCKLES\] 32 secondsYeah, I'm too old for it to go the way it went the last time. 36 secondsI do think some crazy shit is going to happen 39 secondsover the process of making this game though. 41 secondsPeople want to really see what this is like? 43 seconds-Let them see! -Yep, that's right. 44 secondsDid you ever hire anybody that's, like, super weird fanboy? 47 secondsJAMES: So, what I understand about the original game is that... 48 secondsthe level designers... 50 secondsit didn't go great. 51 secondsI'll fire him if he is bad. 53 secondsYeah. 53 secondsJEREMY: It was, like, kind of rough. 55 secondsIt's like: "Oh, shit! We are not doing anything right." 57 secondsLISETTE: The stakes are higher, which is why the pressure is higher. 59 seconds-JEREMY: There is a lot of pressure. -LISETTE: It's sequelitis. 1 minute and 1 secondIt's all the things. 1 minute and 2 secondsRYAN: It's important to remember that video games are made by humans. 1 minute and 5 secondsBRAD: And they are trying to do some stuff that's, like, 1 minute and 7 secondsyou know, that's basically never been done before. 1 minute and 8 secondsAnd we can't just chop the fucking game in half! 1 minute and 11 secondsLike, it just doesn't work that way. 1 minute and 13 secondsAMY: ...and that we are trying, and that I should just have faith. 1 minute and 15 secondsAnd I've heard that so many times in this room about so many things! 1 minute and 19 secondsIt's fine, isn't it? 1 minute and 21 secondsJOSH: I want to be real about this. 1 minute and 23 secondsIt's not fine. 1 minute and 24 secondsBRAD: People work so hard! 1 minute and 25 secondsLike, people work so hard here! 1 minute and 28 secondsKEE: I'm probably coming from a really emotional place right now, 1 minute and 30 secondsso forgive me, 1 minute and 31 secondsbut I have no idea how to do my job well right now. 1 minute and 33 seconds-ANDY: There was no room for error. -TUCKER: Yeah. 1 minute and 35 secondsAnd then this coronavirus thing happened. 1 minute and 38 secondsSo, that's it. We are screwed. 1 minute and 39 secondsCAMDEN: I guess one of the obstacles 1 minute and 41 secondsduring gamedev should have been biblical, 1 minute and 43 secondsso here we are. 1 minute and 44 seconds\[MUSIC\] [MUSIC] Show transcript timestamps ## Channel Surf! [![Double Fine Prevue](//assets.doublefine.com/shared/dftv/dftv-prevue.png)](https://www.doublefine.com/dftv/prevue "Double Fine Prevue") ## Related Videos