Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Designing For is a series which looks at one specific level, character, or idea in gaming and breaks down the central theme to that element to figure out what it's, well, designing for! In this episode, it's Koopa's Tycoon Town. You know it, you love it if you grew up with it, if anyone's playing Mario Party 8, this is where they go. Is it good? Yeah! Let's break down exactly why!
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Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pyrrhickong.bsky.social
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Director/Writer/Voice Over: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong
Video Editing/Additional Direction/Script Editing/Footage: Lucas The Enby https://bsky.app/profile/lucastheenby.bsky.social
Intro Animation By: youtube.com/channel/UCb4-84eJw6K6Ij7EIsIBJpA
Intro Theme By: soundcloud.com/phil-thej/tracks
Designing For is a series which looks at one specific level, character, or idea in gaming and breaks down the central theme to that element to figure out what it's, well, designing for! In this episode, it's Koopa's Tycoon Town. You know it, you love it if you grew up with it, if anyone's playing Mario Party 8, this is where they go. Is it good? Yeah! Let's break down exactly why!
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Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pyrrhickong.bsky.social
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Director/Writer/Voice Over: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong
Video Editing/Additional Direction/Script Editing/Footage: Lucas The Enby https://bsky.app/profile/lucastheenby.bsky.social
Intro Animation By: youtube.com/channel/UCb4-84eJw6K6Ij7EIsIBJpA
Intro Theme By: soundcloud.com/phil-thej/tracks


![Before Super Mario: Early Video Game Characters
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that levels design. In this episode, we look at various characters from gaming from before Super Mario Bros. made gamers expect storylines in their games.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: https://discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
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 episode on Galaga, the worlds first game with a bonus stage distinct from the main game, instrumental in defining the concept of a level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cLORwzGUI
Or our episode on Ghosts n Goblins, a game that similarly used story to encourage players a mere 6 days after Super Mario Bros.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyICGpfRWus
Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, Super Paper Mario, and Super Mario Odyssey are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix by Konami Holdings Corporation. Super Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems.
Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Jr. Pac-Man are © Bandai-Namco Entertainment, Inc. Ms. Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man by Midway Games Inc.
Dragons Lair and Space Ace are © Cinematronics Incorporated, now integrated into WMS Industries, Inc.
Crystal Castles, Asteroids, and Adventure are © Atari, SA.
Q*Bert is © Sony Pictures Entertainment, originally by Gottlieb.
Sinistar is © WMS Industries, Inc.
Planetfall and Zork were © Infocom.
The Wizardry series were © Sir-Tech.
The Ultima series was © Origin Systems, Inc.
Wizard & The Princess and Kings Quest are © Activision-Blizzard, originally by Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
The Portopia Serial Murder Case and the character Kefka is © Square-Enix Holdings Corporation.
Hydlide is © D4 Enterprise. Game by T&E Soft Incorporated.
Earthworm Jim is © Interplay Entertainment Corp. Game by Shiny Entertainment, Inc.
Frogger is © Konami Holdings Corporation.
Microsoft Word and X-Tract Paperclip are © Microsoft Corporation, who last held the copyright for Colossal Cave Adventure as well.
Dungeons & Dragons is © Wizards of the Coast LLC.
Saturday Supercade and the Dragons Lair cartoon were © Ruby-Spears Productions.
Wreck-It Ralph is © The Walt Disney Company.
The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Images/Footage Used:
[PC-88] Hydlide (1984) (T&E Soft): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmrxfeozmis
Apple II Longplay [006] Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrQFzWO4pYo
Wizard and the Princess Walkthrough - Apple IIe (On-Line Systems 1980): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvKKi1p3kuQ
Ultima IX - Killing Lord British: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HNClKZxkRc
Sinistar (Arcade, 1982): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcyBtVwAsfg
Arcade games fanart: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/566890671817721815/?lp=true
ELIZA.NET: https://www.nuget.org/packages/ELIZA.NET/
Steamboat Mario: https://www.bolumsonucanavari.com/Haberler-Nintendo_Bir_Cizgi_Film_Yapimcisi_Olsaydi-10816.htm
Floyd the multi-purpose robot: https://twitter.com/calebisdrawing/status/909525752176984064
Sinistar Takes A Break: http://www.dorkly.com/post/35340/sinistar-takes-a-break
Adventure Square takes on Yorkle: https://www.deviantart.com/luminousursidae
Philosophical Sinistar: http://onastick.net/drew/sinistar/
A Paean To Floyd: https://v1.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/issues/issue_268/8029-A-Paean-To-Floyd
#retrogaming #gamedesign #pressftofloyd Before Super Mario: Early Video Game Characters](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PSVCDQ2mPGQ/mqdefault.jpg)






![Jojos Bizarre Adventure: The 7th Stand Users Rolling Stones Designing For Reverence
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that levels design. In this episode, we look at a dumb Jojos fangame which uses its status as a dumb Jojos fangame to do something novel with the source material.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: https://discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/VoiceoverAudio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (https://www.youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)
Image Editing/Video Editing/Script Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
Also check out our episode on another fan level, Kumikyoku, which is one of my personal favorite artistic creations ever made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfMm4cH3sr4
Or our episode on another bad anime game (Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Falsebound Kingdom) we spent too long thinking about here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av0NrLbe8dY
Jojos Bizarre Adventure: The 7th Stand User: https://7thjojo.tumblr.com/post/98202338885/after-several-months-in-the-making-the-7th-stand
Super Mario: Blue Twilight DX: https://mfgg.net/index.php?act=resdb¶m=02&c=2&id=1963
Mega Man Unlimited: http://megaphilx.com/index.php/home/games/mega-man-unlimited/
Mega Man 2.5D: http://petersjostrand.com/
Tales of Games Studios Presents Chef Boyardees Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa: https://www.talesofgames.com/related_game/barkley-shut-up-jam-gaiden/
Mario Combat: http://mariocombat.info/
Jojos Bizarre Adventure is © Hirohiko Araki/Shueisha Inc. Anime adaptation by David Production, Inc.
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam! is © Accolade.
Mario Party and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are © Nintendo Co. Ltd. Mario Party by Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by HAL Laboratory, Sora, Ltd., and Bandai-Namco Entertainment, Inc., using properties owned by Rare, Ltd. and Microsoft Corporation.
Mega Man 3 is © Capcom Co., Ltd.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is © Konami Holdings Corporation.
Mad Father is © sen and AGM Playism.
All rights reserved to The Rolling Stones.
Footage/Images Used:
JoJos Bizarre Adventure: The 7th Stand User (Part 35): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v Pxo1wB6YpQ
Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow [Hard] Part 7 - Cursed Clock Tower (NO DAMAGE): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPj8vLd0qZY
[Fanart] Stardust Crusaders/7th Stand User Characters and Stands: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardustCrusaders/comments/6zer58/fanart_stardust_crusaders7th_stand_user/ Jojos Bizarre Adventure: The 7th Stand Users Rolling Stones Designing For Reverence](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TsdV50iTq6Y/mqdefault.jpg)
