<![CDATA[Soldier from The Surface]]> https://www.soldierfromthesurface.com Mon, 08 Feb 2016 05:00:00 PST 60 <![CDATA[The Careful Design of Cave Story]]> Widely considered a timeless classic in the indie game industry, Doukutsu Monogatari, translated as Cave Story, cemented itself in indie game history as one of the few critically acclaimed games to have been created entirely from scratch by a single person, Daisuke Amaya, over the course of 5 years. It was released in 2004 as freeware, and its widespread success catalyzed the meteoric rise of the independent games industry. This article studies various aspects of the game and takes a closer look at the detail and intent put into its masterful design.

]]> https://www.soldierfromthesurface.com/games/cavestory https://www.soldierfromthesurface.com/games/cavestory Mon, 08 Feb 2016 05:00:00 PST Widely considered a timeless classic in the indie game industry, Doukutsu Monogatari, translated as Cave Story, cemented itself in indie game history as one of the few critically acclaimed games to have been created entirely from scratch by a single person, Daisuke Amaya, over the course of 5 years. It was released in 2004 as freeware, and its widespread success catalyzed the meteoric rise of the independent games industry. This article studies various aspects of the game and takes a closer look at the detail and intent put into its masterful design.

... Cave Story!

For the unfamiliar, Cave Story, released in 2004 by Daisuke Amaya, is a 2D action-adventure shoot-em-up platformer reminiscent of the Super Famicom era of video games. As you venture through the game, you collect upgradeable guns with various properties and platform your way through a series of dungeons and bosses. Now obviously, this short description isn't at all unique to Cave Story, but the seamless storytelling, careful level design, and overall finesse makes Cave Story stand out as a masterfully executed game.

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