Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level's design. In this episode, we take a look at Umihara Kawase's larger themes of personal development, and use Field 7 as one humble illustration of them. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Twitter:
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Writing/Game Footage/Image Editing/Video Editing: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi Script Editing/Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (
https://www.youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong) Intro Graphic and Watermark By:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Also check out our on Banjo-Kazooie's Spiral Mountain, which eases new players into the game in an entirely organic, natural way while actively encouraging the player to enjoy exploration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX9hY-Z_9ek Or our episode on Pokemon's Rocket Headquarters, which thematically and mechanically takes off the player's training wheels to test them and develop the game's story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trepnnudS48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Umihara Kawase Interview:
Umihara Kawase, Umihara Kawase Shun, and Sayonara Umihara Kawase/Yumi's Odd Odyssey are © Studio Saizensen and Degica. Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is © Bennett Foddy. Quaint. Bionic Commando is © Capcom Co., Ltd. Donkey Kong Country, Super Metroid, Earthbound, and the Mario Bros. are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Donkey Kong Country by Rare. Earthbound by Ape Inc. (now Creatures Inc.) and HAL Laboratories. Doom II: Hell on Earth is © id Software (now a subsidiary of Bethesda Softworks) and GT Interactive Software. Final Fantasy VI is © Square Enix Holdings Corporation. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is © Sega Games Co., Ltd. Carnival Games is © Cat Daddy Games and Global Star Software (now part of 2K Games). Policenauts is © Konami Holdings Corporation. Big's Fishing Derby (a hack of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, © Sega):
's_Fishing_Derby Game Center CX is © Fuji Television and Gascoin Company. Neon Genesis Evangelion is © Tatsunoko Production and Gainax. Silent Night, Deadly Night is © Slayride Productions Inc. and TriStar Pictures. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footage/Images Used: Umihara Kawase AGDQ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfRi_dXLq1M Umihara Kawase in 1:46:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdI6zn0PKEw Umihara Kawase Longest Path Speedrun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpoSpH4xzVw Fishing is hard:
UMI HARA KAWA SE:
Umihara fish stack art by (not a direct link):
Just a girl and her fishing pole (Probably not the original source):
Happy fishing (Probably not the original source):
Tadpole Crossing (Probably not the original source):
