Designing For | Spyro the Dragon's Tree Tops -- Designing For Incongruity @DesigningFor | Uploaded June 2019 | Updated October 2024, 5 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 much-maligned Tree Tops level from Spyro the Dragon, which revolves around a clever gimmick that just doesn't work due to how ill-fitting it is.
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Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Also check out our episode on Spiral Mountain from Banjo-Kazooie, designed to be comfortable to players of all skill levels: youtube.com/watch?v=uX9hY-Z_9ek
Or our episode on Papu's Pyramid from Crash Team Racing, a racing game track with more flow than most everything else in the medium: youtube.com/watch?v=TLJLYA5LMlM
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The Spyro the Dragon series is © Activision Publishing, Inc. Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Sklyanders by Toys for Bob. The original Spyro series by Insomniac Games, Inc. and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
The Crash Bandicoot series, including Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, is © Activision Publishing, Inc. Spyro Reignited Trilogy by Toys for Bob. The original Crash Bandicoot series by Naughty Dog, LLC and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy, and Donkey Kong 64 are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Donkey Kong 64 by Rare Limited.
Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie © Rare Limited and Microsoft Corporation (formerly published by Nintendo Co., Ltd.).
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is © Argonaut Games and Vivendi Games/Fox Interactive.
Bug! is © Sega Games Co., Ltd. and developed by Realtime Associates and Krome Studios Melbourne/Beam Software.
Resident Evil 4 is © Capcom Co., Ltd.
Shaq-Fu is © Delphine Software International and Electronic Arts, Inc.
SpongeBob SquarePants is © United Plankton Pictures, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, and Viacom Media Networks.
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Footage/Images Used:
"Bug! (Sega Saturn, 1995) - Full Game": youtube.com/watch?v=D6ZqKLSCubk
"Crash Bandicoot - N. Sane Trilogy - Most Missed Boxes (112)": youtube.com/watch?v=TIojHwo_4XM
"The Comeback Trailer | Crash Bandicoot® N. Sane Trilogy | Crash Bandicoot": youtube.com/watch?v=4fbO2-egZ3U
"Trouble with the trolley, Eh?": deviantart.com/tengu-arts/art/Trouble-with-the-trolley-Eh-769648383
Spyro Egg Thief: donutdrawsthings.tumblr.com/post/172728718405/me-a-simple-spyro-fan-oh-wow-i-cant-wait-to
"A Spyro drone is hand-delivering his new game to Snoop Dogg": icoolkid.com/article/spyro-drone-hand-delivering-his-new-game-snoop-dogg
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 much-maligned Tree Tops level from Spyro the Dragon, which revolves around a clever gimmick that just doesn't work due to how ill-fitting it is.
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Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Also check out our episode on Spiral Mountain from Banjo-Kazooie, designed to be comfortable to players of all skill levels: youtube.com/watch?v=uX9hY-Z_9ek
Or our episode on Papu's Pyramid from Crash Team Racing, a racing game track with more flow than most everything else in the medium: youtube.com/watch?v=TLJLYA5LMlM
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The Spyro the Dragon series is © Activision Publishing, Inc. Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Sklyanders by Toys for Bob. The original Spyro series by Insomniac Games, Inc. and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
The Crash Bandicoot series, including Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, is © Activision Publishing, Inc. Spyro Reignited Trilogy by Toys for Bob. The original Crash Bandicoot series by Naughty Dog, LLC and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy, and Donkey Kong 64 are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Donkey Kong 64 by Rare Limited.
Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie © Rare Limited and Microsoft Corporation (formerly published by Nintendo Co., Ltd.).
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is © Argonaut Games and Vivendi Games/Fox Interactive.
Bug! is © Sega Games Co., Ltd. and developed by Realtime Associates and Krome Studios Melbourne/Beam Software.
Resident Evil 4 is © Capcom Co., Ltd.
Shaq-Fu is © Delphine Software International and Electronic Arts, Inc.
SpongeBob SquarePants is © United Plankton Pictures, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, and Viacom Media Networks.
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Footage/Images Used:
"Bug! (Sega Saturn, 1995) - Full Game": youtube.com/watch?v=D6ZqKLSCubk
"Crash Bandicoot - N. Sane Trilogy - Most Missed Boxes (112)": youtube.com/watch?v=TIojHwo_4XM
"The Comeback Trailer | Crash Bandicoot® N. Sane Trilogy | Crash Bandicoot": youtube.com/watch?v=4fbO2-egZ3U
"Trouble with the trolley, Eh?": deviantart.com/tengu-arts/art/Trouble-with-the-trolley-Eh-769648383
Spyro Egg Thief: donutdrawsthings.tumblr.com/post/172728718405/me-a-simple-spyro-fan-oh-wow-i-cant-wait-to
"A Spyro drone is hand-delivering his new game to Snoop Dogg": icoolkid.com/article/spyro-drone-hand-delivering-his-new-game-snoop-dogg
