Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games
S2 · E54 — Don't Rely on a "Plan B" [Work Ethic]
S2:E54 · Don't Rely on a "Plan B" [Work Ethic]
122 episodes in this season
Flash, Blast, and Smoke [Effects]
3 min
Deconstruct, Analyze, and Rebuild [Planning & Game Design]
Team Digital or Team Physical? [Grab Bag]
2 min
Kirby Air Ride [Game Concepts]
6 min
Don't Wait to Speak Your Mind [Team Management]
Don't Anchor Your Center Point [Design Specifics]
Attack Poses [Animation]
Get the Sense of Scale Right [Graphics]
Good Errands and Bad Errands [Planning & Game Design]
Falling Sells the Feeling of Flight [Game Essence]
Sora's Work-From-Home Strategies [Grab Bag]
4 min
You'll Forget the Hardship, But the Game Will Endure! [Work Ethic]
Put Parameters in Brackets [Programming & Tech]
5 min
Game Music and Ambient Sounds [Audio]
Directors Need to Be Unique [Work Ethic]
Do We Really Need Enemies? [Game Essence]
Competing with the Past [Grab Bag]
Say No to Slow! [Design Specifics]
Meteos [Game Concepts]
8 min
Consider Rewards First [Game Essence]
Learn to Count Frames! [Planning & Game Design]
Follow-Throughs Make the Impact [Animation]
Loading Screens [UI]
Visual Effects in Slow Motion [Effects]
11 min
Marketing is Multiplicative [Marketing]
Games and Eye Strain [Grab Bag]
Do Competitive Games Have to Be Complex? [Game Essence]
Just Do It Already! [Work Ethic]
Units of Speed [Design Specifics]
Making Tutorials Feel Natural [Planning & Game Design]
Game Essence in Falling-Block Puzzle Games [Game Essence]
Mastering Up [Grab Bag]
Ten People Can Produce Seven People's Work [Team Management]
Audio as Fiction and Non-Fiction [Audio]
Supervising Art Through Retouches [Graphics]
Exaggerate to Make Up for Information Loss [Animation]
Sodatete! Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking [Game Concepts]
9 min
Emphasizing Text [UI]
Using Tickets to Manage Tasks [Programming & Tech]
Praise the Player! [Planning & Game Design]
The Family Computer (and the NES) [Grab Bag]
Dying Comes as a Relief? [Game Essence]
How I Stuck With My Column [Work Ethic]
An Up-Close Look at Smash Bros. Stages [Graphics]
17 min
Development Secrets of the Original Kirby [Grab Bag]
Paint an Accurate Picture of Your Game [Marketing]
Behavior at Ledges [Design Specifics]
Screen Shake [Effects]
Don't Be Unresponsive [Planning & Game Design]
Mountain Climbing Is More Than Just Climbing [Game Essence]
Posing Suggestions [Animation]
Voice Recording [Audio]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Game Concepts]
7 min
Don't Rely on a "Plan B" [Work Ethic]
Canceled Games [Grab Bag]
Menus Define Your World [UI]
Branching Tastes [Work Ethic]
Game Writing is Unique [Planning & Game Design]
Explain Ideas to Everyone at Once [Team Management]
The Basics of Pixel Art [Graphics]
♪ PRESS START [Grab Bag]
18 min
Make Retries Quick [Game Essence]
Family BASIC [Programming & Tech]
12 min
Maps Are Game Screens, Too [Design Specifics]
The Fun in Picking Sides [Planning & Game Design]
Squashing and Scaling [Animation]
Game Demos [Marketing]
Daily Report Suggestions [Team Management]
Games During My Childhood [Grab Bag]
Kid Icarus: Uprising [Game Concepts]
13 min
Broad Input, Broad Output [Work Ethic]
Arranging Music [Audio]
Is Your Game Appealing Enough to Start Over? [Game Essence]
Motion Sickness in 3D Games [Planning & Game Design]
Unifying Visual Style [Graphics]
Hit Marks [Effects]
The Team Behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Grab Bag]
Color-Coding Your Game [UI]
Game Essence in Shooting Games [Game Essence]
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS / Wii U [Game Concepts]
Bug Testing Never Ends [Team Management]
Staying Organized with Hierarchical Outlines [Planning & Game Design]
A Fight Between Live Action and Animation [Graphics]
Guidelines [Grab Bag]
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games Introduction Video
1 min
Unexpected Results [Design Specifics]
Damage Animations [Animation]
Official Websites [Marketing]
Keep Your Internal Pressure High [Work Ethic]
Knockback in Super Smash Bros. [Programming & Tech]
The Original Piece is Always Right [Audio]
Make Important Elements Bigger [UI]
More Game Essence Means Less Broad Appeal [Game Essence]
Show and Tell: Some Rare Belongings [Grab Bag]
The Perils of Interpolation [Animation]
Planning Your Game’s Rewards [Planning & Game Design]
Do Graphics Impact Fun? [Graphics]
Billboards [Effects]
Flick Input [Design Specifics]
Special Crossover! #1 [Special]
26 min
Special Crossover! #2 [Special]
27 min
Special Crossover! #3 [Special]
The Majority Shouldn't Always Rule [Work Ethic]
The Shoryuken Command [Game Essence]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [Game Concepts]
Avoiding Comparison [Planning & Game Design]
Making Games as Part of a Company [Team Management]
Fighter Reveal Videos [Marketing]
Making Sequels [Planning & Game Design]
Odds and Ends of Supervising [Graphics]
Facial Animations [Animation]
Strong Attack, Light Reverb [Audio]
Game & Watch Designs [Grab Bag]
I Want to Choose Fast! [UI]
The Pros and Cons of Leaderboards [Game Essence]
The Power of Suggestion [Work Ethic]
How Multiple People Work on One File [Programming & Tech]
Teaching Players How to Play [Design Specifics]
Making Things Look Miniature [Graphics]
It’s Easier If They Already Know [Planning & Game Design]
Creators Change, Too [Grab Bag]
Finish Everything Within the Day [Team Management]
