Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Video Analyzes The Dungeon Design Of The Zelda Oracle Games
Mark Brown is a prominent Youtuber responsible for the "Game Maker's Toolkit" series, as well as a number of other one-off videos diving deep into gaming topics. His "Boss Key" series specifically looks at the dungeon design of the Legend of Zelda series.
In his latest video, Brown dissects the dungeons of the Capcom-developed Game Boy Zelda duo, the Oracle of Ages and Seasons. One of the most interesting things about the video is the way Brown breaks down the strucuture of every dungeon in Oracle of Seasons into a simple formula (laying out how the objective in every dungeon is first to get the dungeon's key item, the locks that impede you from doing that, and the obstacles you'll have to revisit once you have the item), and how each dungeon (in Seasons and in the series in general) plays with that formula.
It's something most us likely understood already, but the way Brown visualizes the concepts he's talking about make the video worth watching.
You can check out more of Brown's "Boss Keys" videos on his Youtube channel.
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
