MichaelHendriks

First Blood! (but whose...) // FACTORIO but start with 100% Biter Evolution... (#3)

Part 3 of the side project... First Blood... But will it also be Last Blood?

Enjoy!

Michael

PS1: If you're fast, the video may still be processing... max quality should be 1080p30 like always

PS2: Ep 29 of the main series coming tomorrow here on patreon (16 hours from the moment of this post (keep in m...

Saving the Climate for a Green Green World! // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #28 (early access)

Man, I have completely lost sense of time... I both can't believe it was ALREADY and ONLY 10 days ago when I lost my account. Meanwhile I think I'm almost fully back up to speed, re-installed an updated version of my video editor which actually fixes a fair few annoyances in the previous version I used... and while ultimately...

Preview ep28, and wtf happened!?

First of all, thank you all for your support and actions during the last week. It's been quite hectic, but it is starting to look like both myself and my channel made it through with relatively minor damage. The scammers seemed purely focussed on doing the minimal possible to get as much scammy-crypto-streaming-time in as the...

I was hacked (now almost recovered)

I'm too out of energy to type anything comprehensable, but I quickly wante to share that I have regained access to my youtube account, and all videos seem fully intact. The best outcome possible, which I couldn't dare to hope for

It's not fully over yet, it's unclear if my editing laptop is still infected or not, so i'l...

Climate Activists GOT what they WANTED // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #27 (early access)

Here's the fully completed episode #27 (the first part of this episode was in early access since last week, so if you don't want to rewatch that, you can skip to 12:11 (recap) or 14:38 (no recap).

I guess it was a little too optimistic of me to expect rebuilding a whole endgame size based in one episode, especially incl...

100% Very Normal Settings Part 2 (100% achievements on 100% biter evolution start)

I thought today was November 31, and I planned to upload this BEFORE the new month started, so anyone who intends to stop supprting would have one final early access video...

Well, obviously 31 november does not exist, so I made this post public instead. Hardly any non-patron will see this post anyway, so I guess not mu...

A Fully GREEN Base! // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #27

Hi all :)

Although there is no recap in this episode, I still wished for this episode to be longer, and contain the full base conversion, but it may grow too long for that. I planned another full day of editing on thursday, but that got taken away by an unexpected trip to the capital for some bureaucracy business :/

Climate Activists GLUED themselves to My Video! // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #26

The main difference is, in THIS universe, their protests seems to be working, and we are making major changes to save the planet!

Enjoy!

Michael

PS What do you think of the thumbnail idea? It still needs some refining, but is the idea "acceptable"?

EPISODE 1 COMPLETED!! - Is it possible to beat Factorio with absolutely very normal settings? (and 1 teeny tiny mod...)

Woohoo! With proud I present to you the full opening episode of this series!

I'm thinking about releasing it this saturday (if I can come up with a thumbnail idea today), because it synergizes well wit last weeks explanation of chunk generation mechanics in ep24, which is important for THIS series as well... So possibly...

a Shrouded Epiphany // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #25 (early access)

O boy, we're not done just quite yet are we...

Yesterday I voice recorded a small part of the script for #26 live in the discord voice chat. It turned out to be more talking about background stuff and chatting than actual recording, but still, it was nice. This was kinda an it of the blue decision, but next time I'll tr...

Biters EXPOSED (Secrets Revealed) // UDWC #24 (early access)

Hello everyone :)

After last week's raw artillery carnage, get ready for the remainder of the satisfying slaughterfest in a more polished and "informative" way, as we simultaneously start to crack the secrets behind the Only True Way to achieve World Peace...

Technical: the sound quality is a bit strange in this o...

Is it possible to beat Factorio with absolutely very normal settings? (side project preview)

Absolutely normal playthrough here nothing to see please move along

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After a bunch of false starts, here's a sneak peek of my new side-project!

The first episode will be a pretty high effort one, close to my usual series. It didn't mean it to be though, it was supposed to be a lightl...

ARTILLERY CARNAGE // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #23

Yes... It is finally happening...

The episode was originally supposed to end with a smirky "Next Time" at the patreon screen around 17:40... But then I decided that I really don't want to start a (justified) riot over such a mean cliffhanger lol, as people have been prematurely anticipating "probably the next episode is...

Factorio UDWC ep22 - GreenSteel Enterprise (early access)

I don't think this enterprise understands the concept of being "green" though... though at SOME point we may be FORCED to...

Enjoy!

Michael

PS: I have started to record a more let's play-y side-project. It's quite a different beast to record than my usual series, and I have restarted a few times a...

Launched to Infinity // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #21 (early access)

Let the engineering begin! I'm on semi-holiday, hiking and such in the alps, but I still had some time to edit together this new episode on the rest days from my van (which I converted into sort of a campervan). I did take a full holiday from my day job for this trip, I feel now I can start justifying prioritzing the way more...

Ultimate DeathWorld Expansion Finale! // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #20

Beep boop, here it is, the complete finale episode of the 2nd epoch!

Enjoy!

Michael

Note: you already saw the first 15 minutes in last week's partial preview, so skip ahead to 15:00 if you like

Ultimate DeathWorld #20 (early access) and a LOT of NEWS!

Hi all :)

I've got a lot of things to talk about!

1) the Finale of the 2nd Epoch!

This week's early access will most likely not be released as a stand-alone episode on youtube, it's too short and doesn't have a "wholesome" theme just by itself, instead I'd like to combine it with the ne...

An Unfortunate Turn of Events // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #19

The thumbnail says it all...

Some Very Good and Interesting Title! // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #18 (early access)

After 2 episodes of Raw Spider Onslaught, it's time for a nice builder episode again! Well, mostly ;) Death and Destruction shall resume promptly!

By the way, I haven't come up with a good title for this episode... Any suggestions are appreciated!

Enjoy!

Michael

Ben the Fish vs BEHEMOTHS // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #17 (early access)

The fireworks continues... But unlike last episplosion, THIS time the battlefield is a bit more... balanced...

Enjoy!

Michael

PS I just wanted to say I haven't forgotten about Rampant... I just can't decide the format. I don't really want to wait until this series ends, what about starting it as a side-proje...

Finally... // The Ultimate Revenge Challenge #16 (early access)

It is time...

Astounding Alternative Bus Base (Compact Concept Done Decently) // Factorio Ultimate DeathWorld #15 (early access)

Well, after much thinking and tinkering, hobbing and bobbing, naying and saying, I decided to split the 35 min episode into 2 parts anyway for da youtoobz... While I think it's better as a single episode, in the end I think publishing every week I possibly can beats that advantage.

Enjoy!

Michael

PS, if you'...

Michael vs Rampant attempt 1 (got defeated by sound quality)

After 7 short recording tests messing with all the different settings, thinking I finally got it right, well I didn't. The sound balance is awful, I should still play with music off even if the editing process mostly consists of cutting out parts, and my microphone settings sometimes don't catch the first syllable due to back...

[INFINITE OIL] vs [COAL LIQUEFACTION] DeathMatch // ep14 (Early Access)

Hi all,

First an important message:

I have some trouble with my VPN/geolocation (likely for a couple more weeks) and am therefore often unable to reach the patreon website at all. I DO still post a video every friday. If there's no new post here on any Friday, look in Discord (2022-08-19 07:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

ep12 postponed - LotB movie premiere

I decided to postpone episode 12's release to next week. I may want to make some changes (among thinking about cutting out at least the dry, post-explosion part of the reactor, (mb will start 2nd channel to post extra non-main-series stuff to not mess with algorithm stuff). Second, I want/need to get back to being a full week...

the End of an Era // Factorio: The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge (early access)

Hi all :)

I managed to finish (the 2nd half of) the episode... Probably one of the most complicated explanations (and hardest to edit videos) I've ever done!

Let me know what you think about it... Do you like it if I include some of these in-depth topics every once and a while, or is this just a little too much? 2022-08-03 20:41:27 +0000 UTC View Post

ep12 preview // the end of an era

Well... I was planning to split THIS episode into 2, of which the above would be the first half... Turns out also this episode is not really dividable, as it's all about wrapping up business in the old base to prepare for building the NEW base...

What's still missing? Well, the major part is building a 480MW, 100% fuel ...

ep12 prologue // [Public post]

Hey you! How kind that you're checking out my Patreon page!

If you're thinking about supporting today, please note that Patreon will charge you today for (the remainder of) the current month (29-31 july), and then again every 1st of the month for the upcoming month (1-31 august). I've emailed Patreon to ask for a settin...

Lord of the Biters: the Fellowship of the Iron // (early access)

Hi all :)

I'm not sure yet when I'm going to release this on YouTube, but here's the supercut of overcoming the first big struggle, and to stay in the theme of the "the hobbit"-trilogy, I saved the battle with smaug (ep11) for the start of the next movie ;) . So IF you wish to rewatch the whole series in neatly-edited-t...

E X P A N D I N G • i n • F A C T O R I O : The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge!! (early access)

And here is the FULL ep11... It covers almost HALF the ingame time of the first 10 episodes combined! A trend which will continue as we move forward! 

The next 2 episodes will be mainly builder episodes.

Short prediction:

Ep12: transitioning away from the old base, and make the neccesary preparations fo...