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24 hour preview - The World Design of Dark Souls | Boss Keys (Patreon)

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2018-04-24 13:26:08

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2020-07

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Hello!

Long time no see. My life continues to be a bit crazy (now in my new house, awesome girl I was dating is now my girlfriend, etc). But I've been working on this in every spare minute I've had.

It takes the analytical concepts of my Zelda dungeon work, and applies it to the world of Dark Souls. We'll be talking branching paths, non-linearity, fast travel, direction, difficulty curves, the lot.

There's even graphs!

Lemme know what you reckon, and if all's good it will be available to the world tomorrow.

Oh, and if you don't follow me on Twitter, here's the announcement pic I made:

I'll be here all this week with your Patreon rewards. And I want to get some more bonus content out to y'all soon. If you've got anything you'd specifically like, lemme know.

Mark

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The World Design of Dark Souls | Boss Keys

The world of Dark Souls is a sprawling, branching, interconnected maze-like masterpiece. In this special, mid-season, spin-off episode of Boss Keys, I break down the world of Lordran and discuss the advantages and challenges of making non-linear worlds. Support Game Maker's Toolkit on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GameMakersToolkit Sources Dark Souls Design Works Translation | Giant Bomb https://www.giantbomb.com/profile/7force/blog/dark-souls-design-works-translation-creating-the-w/97235/ Dark Souls Map Viewer | Kayinworks https://kayin.moe/?p=2218 Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance) Dark Souls (From Software, 2011) Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Retro Studios, 2004) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo, 2011) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Nintendo, 1991) Metroid (Nintendo, 1986) The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo, 1986) Resident Evil (Capcom, 2002) Dark Souls III (From Software, 2016) Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games, 2017) Hollow Knight (Team Cherry, 2017) Dark Souls II (From Software, 2014) Bloodborne (From Software, 2015) Shadows Die Twice (From Software, Unreleased) Music used in this episode 00:00 - Firelink Shrine (Dark Souls) 01:27 - What True Self - Feels Bogus, Let’s Watch Jason X (Chris Zabriskie) 07:01 - Out of the Skies, Under the Earth (Chris Zabriskie) 09:47 - Is That You or Are You You (Chris Zabriskie) 12:32 - What True Self - Feels Bogus, Let’s Watch Jason X (Chris Zabriskie) 14:38 - Is That You or Are You You (Chris Zabriskie) 16:00 - I Don’t See the Branches, I See the Leaves (Chris Zabriskie) 18:57 - What True Self - Feels Bogus, Let’s Watch Jason X (Chris Zabriskie) 20:50 - Souls of Fire (Dark Souls) Chris Zabriskie on Band Camp - https://chriszabriskie.bandcamp.com