Kingdom Hearts' Destiny Islands -- Designing For Beginnings
241Designing 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 Destiny Islands from Kingdom Hearts, a level that hearkens back to childhood through its very design.
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Voiceover/Writing/Audio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong (https://www.youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)
Script Editing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Intro Graphic: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Also check out our episode on Spiral Mountain from Banjo-Kazooie, another tutorial level that's very comfortable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX9hY-Z_9ek
Or our episode on Central Yharnam from Bloodborne, a tutorial level we unfortunately aren't as fond of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEE4oWoA9yU
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The Kingdom Hearts series, including Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts III, and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days are © Square-Enix Holdings Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.
Final Fantasy X is © Square-Enix Holdings Corporation.
Psychonauts is © Double Fine Productions and Majesco Entertainment Company.
Neopets is © Jumpstart Games, Inc.
The character "E. Honda" is © Capcom Co., Ltd.
The character "Taj the Genie" is © Rare, Ltd., probably.
The character "X-Naut" is © Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd.
The character "Sticky Fingers" is © Hirohiko Araki.
Cap'n Crunch's Oops! All Berries is © Quaker Oats Company, a division of PepsiCo., Inc.
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Footage/Images Used:
"Understanding Kingdom Hearts (and every other story) | Unraveled": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwEwxKkCGJE
"I actually cannot believe I beat this brat with a dance pad first try.": https://twitter.com/thesarahkey/status/1165460617928556544?lang=en
"Beating Up Tidus, Selphie, & Wakka": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl7agx4m2jI&feature=youtu.be
"Atlantica (Kingdom Hearts II): Worst Minigame Ever": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsF554O8cFU
"Psychonauts Part 3 (no commentary) - Coach Oleander's Basic Braining": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm2soKWS2Dk
"Destiny Islands": https://danalynreyes.tumblr.com/post/182456794416/destiny-islands-hope-everyone-is-having-fun-in
"Destiny Islands": https://brendonlopes.artstation.com/projects/5ADrg
"Riku vs. Sora Print": https://evilpastry.storenvy.com/collections/40989-all-products/products/3304506-riku-vs-sora-print
"When you try to explain the Kingdom Hearts Lore to someone.": https://imgur.com/gallery/SJDQCtZ
"Sora (Kingdom Hearts)": https://www.zerochan.net/1242942
"( My drawing version of Sora )": https://www.kh13.com/gallery/image/50657-my-drawing-version-of-sora/
"Kingdom Hearts Wallpaper: Tidus, Wakka and Selphie": http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/171287
"The meteoric rise and slow decline of Neopets": https://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/features-issue-sections/13799/neopets-rise-and-fall/
"Tetsuya Nomura Finally Explains His Obsession With Zippers and Belts": https://www.reddit.com/r/KingdomHearts/comments/8kpuyl/discussion_a_garage_of_hearts_sora/
"Is there anything special to get on Destiny Islands": https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/516587-kingdom-hearts/63105873
Various charts:
Plot flowchart: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/xq1dg/v_attempts_to_explain_the_plot_of_kingdom_hearts/
Plot complexity: https://www.reddit.com/r/KingdomHearts/comments/13vylk/my_problem_with_everything_after_kingdom_hearts_2/
Hearts on hearts: https://www.reddit.com/r/KingdomHearts/comments/8kpuyl/discussion_a_garage_of_hearts_sora/
Growth rates: https://www.reddit.com/r/KingdomHearts/comments/4t6qut/kh1_is_there_a_table_of_xp_needed_for_each_level/
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