Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games
Season 2 Episode 85 - Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games Introduction Video
2022
Join Masahiro Sakurai, director of several Kirby games and the Super Smash Bros. series, as he reflects on his work in the games industry and offers insightful and easy-to-understand advice about game development. The goal? To try and help make games around the world a little more fun!
Episodes in Season 2
1
Flash, Blast, and Smoke [Effects]
3 min
2
Deconstruct, Analyze, and Rebuild [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
3
Team Digital or Team Physical? [Grab Bag]
2 min
4
Kirby Air Ride [Game Concepts]
6 min
5
Don't Wait to Speak Your Mind [Team Management]
3 min
6
Don't Anchor Your Center Point [Design Specifics]
2 min
7
Attack Poses [Animation]
3 min
8
Get the Sense of Scale Right [Graphics]
3 min
9
Good Errands and Bad Errands [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
10
Falling Sells the Feeling of Flight [Game Essence]
2 min
11
Sora's Work-From-Home Strategies [Grab Bag]
4 min
12
You'll Forget the Hardship, But the Game Will Endure! [Work Ethic]
3 min
13
Put Parameters in Brackets [Programming & Tech]
5 min
14
Game Music and Ambient Sounds [Audio]
3 min
15
Directors Need to Be Unique [Work Ethic]
2 min
16
Do We Really Need Enemies? [Game Essence]
3 min
17
Competing with the Past [Grab Bag]
3 min
18
Say No to Slow! [Design Specifics]
3 min
19
Meteos [Game Concepts]
8 min
20
Consider Rewards First [Game Essence]
2 min
21
Learn to Count Frames! [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
22
Follow-Throughs Make the Impact [Animation]
4 min
23
Loading Screens [UI]
2 min
24
Visual Effects in Slow Motion [Effects]
11 min
25
Marketing is Multiplicative [Marketing]
3 min
26
Games and Eye Strain [Grab Bag]
2 min
27
Do Competitive Games Have to Be Complex? [Game Essence]
4 min
28
Just Do It Already! [Work Ethic]
2 min
29
Units of Speed [Design Specifics]
3 min
30
Making Tutorials Feel Natural [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
31
Game Essence in Falling-Block Puzzle Games [Game Essence]
2 min
32
Mastering Up [Grab Bag]
2 min
33
Ten People Can Produce Seven People's Work [Team Management]
2 min
34
Audio as Fiction and Non-Fiction [Audio]
2 min
35
Supervising Art Through Retouches [Graphics]
3 min
36
Exaggerate to Make Up for Information Loss [Animation]
2 min
37
Sodatete! Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking [Game Concepts]
9 min
38
Emphasizing Text [UI]
2 min
39
Using Tickets to Manage Tasks [Programming & Tech]
3 min
40
Praise the Player! [Planning & Game Design]
2 min
41
The Family Computer (and the NES) [Grab Bag]
5 min
42
Dying Comes as a Relief? [Game Essence]
2 min
43
How I Stuck With My Column [Work Ethic]
4 min
44
An Up-Close Look at Smash Bros. Stages [Graphics]
17 min
45
Development Secrets of the Original Kirby [Grab Bag]
17 min
46
Paint an Accurate Picture of Your Game [Marketing]
3 min
47
Behavior at Ledges [Design Specifics]
2 min
48
Screen Shake [Effects]
3 min
49
Don't Be Unresponsive [Planning & Game Design]
2 min
50
Mountain Climbing Is More Than Just Climbing [Game Essence]
2 min
51
Posing Suggestions [Animation]
3 min
52
Voice Recording [Audio]
4 min
53
Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Game Concepts]
7 min
54
Don't Rely on a "Plan B" [Work Ethic]
2 min
55
Canceled Games [Grab Bag]
3 min
56
Menus Define Your World [UI]
2 min
57
Branching Tastes [Work Ethic]
4 min
58
Game Writing is Unique [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
59
Explain Ideas to Everyone at Once [Team Management]
3 min
60
The Basics of Pixel Art [Graphics]
2 min
61
♪ PRESS START [Grab Bag]
18 min
62
Make Retries Quick [Game Essence]
2 min
63
Family BASIC [Programming & Tech]
12 min
64
Maps Are Game Screens, Too [Design Specifics]
2 min
65
The Fun in Picking Sides [Planning & Game Design]
2 min
66
Squashing and Scaling [Animation]
2 min
67
Game Demos [Marketing]
3 min
68
Daily Report Suggestions [Team Management]
4 min
69
Games During My Childhood [Grab Bag]
5 min
70
Kid Icarus: Uprising [Game Concepts]
13 min
71
Broad Input, Broad Output [Work Ethic]
2 min
72
Arranging Music [Audio]
4 min
73
Is Your Game Appealing Enough to Start Over? [Game Essence]
4 min
74
Motion Sickness in 3D Games [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
75
Unifying Visual Style [Graphics]
2 min
76
Hit Marks [Effects]
4 min
77
The Team Behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Grab Bag]
6 min
78
Color-Coding Your Game [UI]
2 min
79
Game Essence in Shooting Games [Game Essence]
2 min
80
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS / Wii U [Game Concepts]
11 min
81
Bug Testing Never Ends [Team Management]
4 min
82
Staying Organized with Hierarchical Outlines [Planning & Game Design]
2 min
83
A Fight Between Live Action and Animation [Graphics]
4 min
84
Guidelines [Grab Bag]
3 min
85
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games Introduction Video
1 min
NOW PLAYING
86
Unexpected Results [Design Specifics]
4 min
87
Damage Animations [Animation]
4 min
88
Official Websites [Marketing]
4 min
89
Keep Your Internal Pressure High [Work Ethic]
2 min
90
Knockback in Super Smash Bros. [Programming & Tech]
3 min
91
The Original Piece is Always Right [Audio]
6 min
92
Make Important Elements Bigger [UI]
2 min
93
More Game Essence Means Less Broad Appeal [Game Essence]
4 min
94
Show and Tell: Some Rare Belongings [Grab Bag]
4 min
95
The Perils of Interpolation [Animation]
4 min
96
Planning Your Game’s Rewards [Planning & Game Design]
5 min
97
Do Graphics Impact Fun? [Graphics]
2 min
98
Billboards [Effects]
2 min
99
Flick Input [Design Specifics]
2 min
100
Special Crossover! #1 [Special]
26 min
101
Special Crossover! #2 [Special]
27 min
102
Special Crossover! #3 [Special]
26 min
103
The Majority Shouldn't Always Rule [Work Ethic]
2 min
104
The Shoryuken Command [Game Essence]
4 min
105
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [Game Concepts]
12 min
106
Avoiding Comparison [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
107
Making Games as Part of a Company [Team Management]
3 min
108
Fighter Reveal Videos [Marketing]
6 min
109
Making Sequels [Planning & Game Design]
4 min
110
Odds and Ends of Supervising [Graphics]
11 min
111
Facial Animations [Animation]
2 min
112
Strong Attack, Light Reverb [Audio]
3 min
113
Game & Watch Designs [Grab Bag]
4 min
114
I Want to Choose Fast! [UI]
2 min
115
The Pros and Cons of Leaderboards [Game Essence]
3 min
116
The Power of Suggestion [Work Ethic]
2 min
117
How Multiple People Work on One File [Programming & Tech]
2 min
118
Teaching Players How to Play [Design Specifics]
2 min
119
Making Things Look Miniature [Graphics]
2 min
120
It’s Easier If They Already Know [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
121
Creators Change, Too [Grab Bag]
2 min
122
Finish Everything Within the Day [Team Management]
3 min