How Terraria Was Made and Why Development Suddenly Stopped

This Terraria documentary details the development of the indie game Terraria and goes behind the scenes of its creation. Discover more about how Andrew “Redigit” Spinks got the idea for the popular sandbox game and started his own indie studio Re-Logic, to begin development on Terraria. The documentary also explores all the design decisions that Andrew and his team made and how Terraria was inspired by some of Andrew’s favorite games.

It also takes a close look at all the hurdles Re-Logic had to go through during Terraria’s 9-year long development cycle. There were actually multiple moments during its development that could have caused a premature end to Terraria’s decade long journey. Furthermore, it delves into other Re-Logic projects like Terraria 2 and Terraria: Otherworld and what exactly happened to them over the years. Lastly, the documentary explores Terraria’s legacy and how Re-Logic handed the keys to the community after they released the last major update titled “Journey’s End”.

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Outro song: Thank You R.G.E. - Joe Bagale

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[parchmentengineer]

Terraria feels like it's been perpetually stuck in a world of "just one more update", and I for one am not complaining.

[PMBlackFox]

“I’m done with the game now”

Can’t trust Andrew when he says that

[RazeRaze]

Why is no one talking about Scott Shelly? He made all this amazing music and managed to set such a good atmospheric feeling just by basing the song on a word like 'night' That takes some skill!

[MmazosMissy]

Title: How Terraria was made and why suddenly stopped development?
Re-logic: *Releases an update literally one day later*

[aintijustthecutest]

Terraria be like to Andrew:

"I'm your only game child. Even mom approves!"

[bispen]

This video is extremely underrated, could not have been told better.

[genericname]

I thought terreria was like minecraft...


I was so wrong, I died like 7 times in the first night

[antipinno]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the quality of his videos...mind blowing

[boondocksripoff]

Literally one of the best games of all time for me.

[jisterix]

Imagine being able to tell people that your dad made Terraria

[sspyrshlsx]

"We are planning at least one more _bug fix_ for Terraria."
Famous last words.

😂 I love Redigit

[benlindquist]

I remember reading the entire update log to Terraria 1.4 when it came out

[samiabid]

Hey Glen, you should make a video about Axiom Verge. The story behind it's creation is really interesting and you will enjoy covering it.

[Minnan]

You missed the part of the story where Finn ripped sprites straight off of Final Fantasy and nearly got Re-Logic sued not long before leaving to make Chucklefish.

[sara_daria]

Not even kidding when i say terraria and minecraft changed my life as a kid

[the_pumpking_]

Terraria and Re-Logic are the prime example on what makes a great game and a healthy community... They deserve all the love and respect :')

[soy-jadey]

Terraria is the type of game where it will force you to check the wiki for someinfo

[klaroxy]

I feel like Andrew is way too comfortable to leaving his comfort zone. I was listening to this video while working and the only thing I heard "So Andrew decided to move on." "And Andrew felt its finished" "Andrew felt it complete"

[RikouHogashi]

I'm more blown away that he was apart of the making of SMBX with that and Lunar Magic is the foundation to what we know now as Super Mario Maker

[flatgrimace]

You should do Scott Cawthon, maybe go over his entire career and not just his five nights at Freddy‘s career.