• Home
  • Behind the Crate
  • Exclusives
  • Features
  • Lists & Things
  • Theme Reveal
  • Looter Love
The Daily Crate
  • <<< BACK TO LOOTCRATE.COM
The Daily Crate
  • Home
  • Behind the Crate
  • Exclusives
  • Features
  • Lists & Things
  • Theme Reveal
  • Looter Love
The Process of Taking South Park from TV to Video Game
(Comedy Central)
Home
Loot Wear

The Process of Taking South Park from TV to Video Game

April 16th, 2018 Candice Shane Features, Loot Wear, Video

It’s sometimes easy to forget how much work goes into an episode of South Park. They go through a grueling week of conception, writing, voice work and animation to get a show that’s topical and ready for air. That sounds insane, but what about the South Park games?

The trailer for the documentary “6 Days to Air” goes through what a typical day at South Park Studios is about. Come up with an idea surrounded by writers (including Bill Hader. Yes, that Bill Hader. He has been contributing to South Park since 2009.) which then starts to get story-boarded out on-the-fly before taking a full script to get it voiced, then it finishes up with animators. All of that is within six whole days.

Ubisoft took on South Park Studios when they wanted to develop a game that felt as real as playing through an episode of the hit Comedy Central show. That meant bringing both Matt Stone and Trey Parker together to see how the two worlds could collide. Their first fully fleshed out RPG title was South Park: The Stick of Truth which went incredibly well but the show’s creators felt there was more they could’ve finessed. Even though they had repeatedly told people it was some of the hardest work they had ever done, they were still noodling the concept of a follow-up game with each other. Despite their time-crunches, the frustration of working within a new sphere of entertainment, the duo were convinced they could do a follow-up when the time was right.

Imagine my surprise, when I knew how Parker and Stone felt about the complexities of working on The Stick of Truth, that I was sitting there at Ubisoft’s conference to see them come out and show off their follow-up, South Park: The Fractured But Whole. While I felt that The Stick of Truth was nearly flawless, it goes without saying that creators are never done trying to outdo their last piece of work. It took Parker a few episodes of watching PewDiePie playing their game that the wheels started rolling and he was taking notes on how a sequel could be done. So, by giving the notes and firm reigns within Ubisoft’s more than capable hands, Parker and Stone were able to oversee and build rather than fuss since the hardest work of conception had already been done. Check out the Ubisoft 2016 press conference introduction of the game above and watch as Parker and Stone detail a bit of the changes and differences.

So, rather than Wizards, Rangers and other Fantasy lore — the boys from South Park have moved into playing Superheroes. The element of playing pretend with their friends left the guys with far more to work within in terms of creativity.



Check out South Park: The Fractured But Whole and also slip into something rad from South Park this April in Loot Wear! Sure, it’s not a cape or anything to help you take on The Coon’s mortal enemies, but it’s going to be something twice as priceless.

  • Tags
  • candice shane
  • comedy central south park
  • loot crate
  • loot wear april 2018
  • loot wear artifacts 2018
  • matt stone
  • south park
  • south park loot wear
  • trey parker

SHARE THIS ARTICLE:

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn
Next article Video Vault: The Making of Adventure Time's 'Bad Jubies'!
Previous article Friday Five: What Exactly Is a MacGuffin, Anyway?!

Candice Shane

Related Posts

THEME REVEAL: Loot Gaming and Loot Anime Features
January 28th, 2022

THEME REVEAL: Loot Gaming and Loot Anime

Looter Recipe: Deadpool's Fireballs Deadpool Club Merc
January 27th, 2022

Looter Recipe: Deadpool's Fireballs

5 Episodes of The X Files That Became Supernatural Episodes Features
January 24th, 2022

5 Episodes of The X Files That Became Supernatural Episodes

Related Posts

Jan 28th, 2022

THEME REVEAL: Loot Gaming and Loot Anime

Jan 27th, 2022

Looter Recipe: Deadpool’s Fireballs

Jan 24th, 2022

5 Episodes of The X Files That Became Supernatural Episodes

Jan 21st, 2022

When We Were Young Festival: Our Dream Line-Up

Jan 19th, 2022

THEME REVEAL: Loot Crate, Loot Crate DX, and Loot Wear

Recent Posts

EDUCRATED QUIZ: More Batman Trivia!

EDUCRATED QUIZ: More Batman Trivia!

Feb 15th, 2022
THEME REVEAL: Loot Gaming and Loot Anime

THEME REVEAL: Loot Gaming and Loot Anime

Jan 28th, 2022
Looter Recipe: Deadpool's Fireballs

Looter Recipe: Deadpool's Fireballs

Jan 27th, 2022
EDUCRATED QUIZ: Fruits Basket Trivia

EDUCRATED QUIZ: Fruits Basket Trivia

Jan 25th, 2022
5 Episodes of The X Files That Became Supernatural Episodes

5 Episodes of The X Files That Became Supernatural Episodes

Jan 24th, 2022
April 2023
M T W T F S S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
« Feb    
  • Home
  • Behind the Crate
  • Exclusives
  • Features
  • Lists & Things
  • Theme Reveal
  • Looter Love
  • Back to top
© Loot Crate. All rights reserved.
Brought to you by the illustrious TDC staff with all the love they can muster.