Early access - How Zelda's Puzzle Box Dungeons Work (Patreon)

Hello! 

So, this was supposed to go up when I hit a million subscribers, but it ended up taking a little more time than expected.

Mostly because I wasn't quite sure what I wanted the video to be! 

For some context: Back in 2016 I decided that I wanted to make a GMTK episode about Zelda dungeons. But to research it properly would involve playing through about 15 very long games. So I turned my research process into a series called Boss Keys - with the intention of making a GMTK episode at the end. Boss Keys was for super dedicated true fans, while the final video was for everyone.

Then two things happened. One: when I finished Boss Keys (plus a couple Breath of the Wild videos), I was so burned out on Zelda content that I couldn't bring myself to talk about locks, keys, dungeons, and water levels for a long time.

And two: Boss Keys was really popular. Far from being some niche side content that only true fans watched, BK videos are as widely viewed as everything else on the channel. So a wrap-up felt a tad redundant.

And that's what I struggled with in this video. I originally wrote (and recorded) a whole script where I talked about everything I learned in Boss Keys. And it just felt pointless. Everyone knows this suff now! So instead, I decided to focus the video on the thing I wanted to talk about at the very beginning: puzzle boxes. From the Water Temple to the Sandship.

Hope you like it! Out for everyone tomorrow

Mark