gdc talk - lara croft go - author: antoine routon (square enix)
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SQUARE ENIX MONTREALANTOINE ROUTON
Programming
Design
Production
Marketing
BIG AAA
Franchise
TURN-BASED
PUZZLE Gameplay
ArchitecturE Model
& DIORAMA AESTHETICS
MOBILE
PLATFORM
BIG AAA
Franchise
TURN-BASED
PUZZLE Gameplay
ArchitecturE Model
& DIORAMA AESTHETICS
MOBILE
PLATFORM
SOMETHING
FEELS
WRONG
“[Hitman GO] feels like a real Hitman title
despite a complete change in format”- Engadget
DISTILLATION
INTERPRETATION
DISTILLATION
THE ESSENCE OF
ASSASSINATION
DISTILLATION
THE ESSENCE OF
ADVENTURE
INTERPRETATION
ADVENTURE
INTERPRETATION
INTERPRETATION
VISION
EPIC
ADVENTUR
E
DISTILLED
GAMEPLAY
DANGER
RISK
ACTIONMYSTERY
UNCERTAINTY
FAST PACE
CERTAINTY TRANSPARENCY
PRECISION
SYSTEMS
DETERMINISM
ORDER
1. ART DIRECTION
2. LARA
3. GAME MECHANICS
4. STORY
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MIDDLE GROUND
FOREGROUND
BACKGROUND
lara
MAKE IT SNAPPY
BEFORE After
MONO = ONE
TURN = TURN
MONOTURN
Gamemechanics
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DISTILLATION
FAST PACE & TIME PRESSURE
SENSE OF DANGER
STORY
Systemic
Implicit
SYMBOLIC
CONTRACTS ADVENTURE
LARA CROFT
&
The Something of Whatever
LARA CROFT
&
The Queen of Venom
ACT I
SETUP
ACT II
CONFRONTA
TION
ACT III
RESOLUTION
Fort
une
Lara finds the tomb
The Queen
chases Lara
THROUGH A
FIRST MAZE
Lara DODGES
The Queen
Lara
reveals
A second
maze
Lara Croft
VS.
The Queen of
VenomLARA WINS!
BUT THE TOMB
STARTS
TO CRUMBLE!
Lara narrowly
ESCAPES
THE ARTEFACT IS IN
SIGHT!
BUT The Queen knocks
Lara off the bridge
Lara falls into
a strange new
maze
Time
SETUP CONFRONTATION RESOLUTION
LARA
AWAKES
THE QUEEN
OF VENOM
Lara MAKES
HER WAY BACK
TO THE
SURFACE
Lara ELUDES
THE QUEEN
YOU ARE HERE
MAN SPIRITSNATURE
SO?
“Navigating Lara through these puzzles doesn't
feel like a simple puzzle game at all;
I feel like I'm playing a true Tomb Raider game”
- Gamespot
A LONG
JOURNEY
WE'RE HIRING!THANK YOU
ANTOINE ROUTON - @