Designing For | Dragon Quest III's Overworld Map -- Designing For Familiarity @DesigningFor | Uploaded October 2018 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
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 look at the overworld map of Dragon Quest III, and how it gets the player intimately familiar with its surroundings with a simple trick that has yet to be recreated.

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Writing/Voiceover/Audio Editing/Gameplay: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)

Script Editing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Additional Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi

Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...

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Also check out our video on the Magus Battle in Chrono Trigger, which uses theming, player agency, and strategic planning to feel incredibly triumphant: youtube.com/watch?v=Zvee56_cqOM

Or our video on the best mission of Half-Minute Hero, which takes the player through an entire arc of development and shame within the span of a few minutes: youtube.com/watch?v=xDDYU2TK_b8

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The Dragon Quest/Warrior series, including Dragon Quest III, Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest IX, Dragon Quest X, and Dragon Quest XI is © Square-Enix Holding Corporation (formerly Enix Corporation).

Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy VII are © Square-Enix Holding Corporation (formerly Squaresoft).

Golden Sun, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World, and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Metroid Prime 2 by Retro Studios.

Chef Boyardee's Barkley: Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter One of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa is © Tale's of Games Studios.

Pokémon Red & Blue is © The Pokémon Company and Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Genso Saiyuuki - Super Monkey Daibouken is © Techno Quest and VAP, Inc.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is © Rockstar Games/Rockstar North.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are © Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks.

Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed: Origins are © Ubisoft Entertainment SA.

The Call of Duty series is © Activision Publishing, Inc.

FUEL is © Asobo Studio SARL and The Codemasters Software Company Limited

Team Fortress 2 is © Valve Corporation.

Undertale is © Toby Fox.

Fist of the North Star is © Toei Animation Co., Ltd. and TAXAN, based on the manga of the same name.

Animaniacs is © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

I Shouldn't Be Alive is © Darlow Smithson Productions.

Planet of the Apes is © APJAC Productions and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, based on La Planète des singes by Pierre Boulle

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Footage/Images Used:

How Dragon Quest Spawned An Urban Myth: youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=xykoyUH2HJo

Best Friends Play Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden (Part FINAL): youtube.com/watch?v=jDXgNgBsn6g

Undertale (Pacifist) - Part #01: The Ruins: youtube.com/watch?v=ba0tnpWBZw8

Random Oblivion Adventure [Part 10]: Vaernlor Manor and Wandering North: youtube.com/watch?v=9erPsd_eMwQ

Gentle Push MONTAGE: youtube.com/watch?v=5pgzjG1ehto

Shangrila Resort Skardu Pakistan 2016 HD 720p: youtube.com/watch?v=csI6CEV2BhY

Video Game World Map: awesomebryner.com/world-map-game/video-game-world-map-o-96176

Pokémon, So Real: reddit.com/r/funny/comments/gmro2/pokemon_so_real (original source is linked in the comments, but down)