30 Years of God Game History | Populous, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White, Spore and more
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!
PATREON ►
KO-FI ►
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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: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
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 |
Townsmen VR gameplay by Klorinmannen |
EGX – A Bullfrog and Lionhead retrospective
No Man’s Sky gameplay by Video Games Source |
Heart of Darkness gameplay by AdventureGameFan8 |
Evil Genius gameplay by Charmed |
Rise to Ruins combat by FallenShogunGaming |
“16-bit Memories” Amiga artwork by Toni Bratincevic
Utopia footage by 5 Minutes of Every Game |
Dungeon Keeper (Mobile) gameplay by Shadeslay |
Idle Worship gameplay by TheMajorasMask |
Curiosity footage by by VG247.com and cubeclickerplus
Miracle list
GDC Black & White talk with Peter Molyneux
IGN Interview with Peter Molyneux
Evolution gameplay by Franco |
Hi-Octane gameplay by InsertDisk |
Fable: The Journey gameplay by TatarKhan |
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SOURCES
Job titles, credits, general game information
Wikipedia |
Moby Games |
History of Bullfrog
Populous II
Information about cancelled Bullfrog projects
What happened to Spore’s development
Lionhead and Black & White
Glenn Corpes’ comments about Peter Molyneux and interviews:
Godus articles
Molyneux’s criticism of DK mobile game
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Im just here to say, Fuck you and your cute focus Hecker.
WHAT is this channel? This is like AAAA stuff beyond anything TV could produce.
Is this on Netflix? LOL
YOUR DUNGEON IS FULL OF YOGHURT!!!
Your dungeon floor is lumpy…. order your minions to jump up and down!
The wizard needs food.
It is the witching hour…. Curses are half price!
You remember Black & White, then you look at Godus, and think… what the hell happened?
Just remake Black & White 1 with multiplayer already and take my bank account, thx.
Sorry for the criticism, because I do like your videos, but your script-reading flow (notably your punctuation/paragraph spacing) and inappropriately-applied vocal inflections often make it difficult to follow. In the first 70 seconds of this video there has been 3 instances of this.
Even though I'm British and English is my first language, I usually have the subtitles on for your videos. It's not your accent BTW, which I generally have no problem with.
I don't know. Perhaps it's just me.
Populous the beginning and dungeon keeper were my childhood. Amazing games I still revisit these days. Timeless.
superb quality vid..!
@Indigo_Gaming Love your videos 😘 Thank you for putting the table of contents with timestamp links for every game. True quality and attention to detail ✔️
This is one of my favorite videos on the internet.
I love Spore, but it is a shame it is not the scientific gem we all needed
This video is a great reminder of how incomprehensible early gui's were.
Of course it's EA…
For those who want a replacement for spore you should check out Thrive by revolutionary games.
Chris Hecker, you piece of shit. Completely fucked this game because it wasn't "Cute" and "Marketable" enough.
You'll be in the book of grudges for life.
I played every mentioned game after the first Dungeon Keeper. Some of them are good, some of them are bad. But DK is the best. I still re-play DK I&II every second year or so.
Thank for the review, I really enjoyed watching it!
It's my first time experiencing this new timestamp thing that vibrates when you drag red ball that navigates the video across these stamps, needless to say, I enjoyed dragging it back and forth like the manchild that I am.
I loved Curiosity. My cousins and I were so addicted.
black and white 2 needs to get support on W10 🙁 still wanna play this gem but can't
You might have forgotten something.
Viva Piñata.
No, i'm serious! I know it's a farming game. BUT THINK ABOUT IT.
This video is extremely well made and long! I am very surprised it does not have at least a million views
Out of these I only played Dungeon Keeper 2, but it was an interesting video.
Very thorough and enjoyable exploration of the genre. Thanks @Indigo Gaming
Magic Carpet…. man i love that game, same with black and white. i wish they would remake them and do them justice once and for all.
God I miss these guys. To me they where another Blizzard with lovable games….
Remember as a 9-10 year old kid i woke up like 30 minutes earlier sometimes before school to play dungeon keeper or populous. 30 minutes back then felt like 2 hours….such a pleasant time. The smell in the morning of an old computer starting up in a cold, dark small room, in the winter, on the countryside with windows 95/98 is nothing i'll never forget…plastic and electric 🙂
Loved black and white as well, had trouble Finishing BAW 1 though….
In a way aren't ALL video games god games?
this was great to watch, i didn't know any of this.
black and whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiite <3
I love Black&White so much.
I would love to play B&W 1 and 2, BUT THEY DOESN'T FUCKING EXIST ANYMORE.
The black and white game looks like a perfect match for a VR remake.
throwing around stuff etc…
sounds fun
Amazing game, thx for the video
Having a guy called Hecker heading a division called the Cute Team is just…heck.
A bit mono tone. lol
New god game: Fata Deum