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In some ways, even as an indie, we made a similarly conservative decision to work on a project with a predefined scope, where we could enumerate the steps and thus have a realistic view of the whole development cycle from start to finish. The industry wants to produce low-risk projects with predictable development costs and financial outcomes. They want to experience something they have never experienced, and they want to do many things while there. Users demand innovation and very wide scope. There is a tension between what users demand, and what the surprisingly conservative games industry wants to provide.

But in the adult world of user-experience-design, creative deadlines, and finite resources, and where modern game engines can bring nearly anything to life, why did we choose this particular scheme of game? Something we have often cited in the past is the вЂњscope vs depthвЂќ balance. So that is a detailed autobiographical explanation of the personal connection people from our age group have with these games. Like a concert pianist, 20-25 years later I can picture the entire sequence of the game from start to finish, if I close my eyes.

I played it during that critical developmental period a young child has where they are learning the tasks they need to memorize to survive in their hunter-gatherer settingвЂ¦ as a result, I can recall the entire world map in my head from memory. Over the next 6 years or so, I think I must have beaten the LoZ over 40 times.

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Then there was the combatвЂ¦ rooms full enemies that dominated the screen, and together with scene geometry, restricted the movement choices of the player to the scenario the designers intended each time. There were places where clearly you were meant to go, but somehow you didnвЂ™t have the means to get there (people often forget that LoZ is one of the very first Metroidvanias). The character got gradually stronger over time. To be fair, I had already seen a handful of games, but this was different. I look on as my family begins to explore MiyamotoвЂ™s cryptic garden of mysteries. Not a few hours go by before it is staring back at me from the big screen. In middle of the floor, next to an upholstered cat tree, sits an NES with The Legend of Zelda already in the console. My parents and I are living for a few months with a family friend of my mother, because our home burned down while we were all away one day due to a wiring error in the stove range. What made you interested in crafting your own top-down dungeon crawler? What did you want to bring to this genre?Дennis Vavaro, Artist/Writer for Hazelnut Bastille вЂ“ So, letвЂ™s do a bit of scene building.

Siliconera spoke with the developers of Hazelnut Bastille to learn more about what the developers have drawn from gamingвЂ™s past, and the developers were more than happy to share many details of what classic games have shown them, what they have taken from these lessons, and how they are building upon them and making them their own.

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Offering adventure trough top-down action and puzzle solving, a crafting and trading system, and a series of weapons and unique tools, the game looks to have players enjoy a game that builds upon many of the design lessons of classic titles. Hazelnut Bastille places a lone heroine on an island of dungeons, danger, and potential allies.