I fell into a rabbit hole on Twitter.
I was scrolling and I found a footage of how the maker of prince of persia rotoscoped VHS recording of his younger brother into the game mechanics.1
I then found a link to a behind the Scenes sort of thing in retrospect2
“Your initial vision is just the first draft. You discover things along the way”
The designer Jordan kept a journal ( a log if you will) on every piece of inspiration or idea that he got from either media (or) just general feedback that his colleagues and friends gave while he was showing it to them.
“Whenever you are faced with two choices, through two voices, ask youself, which one speaks towards the overall picture” ~ paraphrased version
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~ updated at: 2025-10-04T05:19:46.410Z