Agenda

Oh, Banana! Developers Kenta Motokura and Tatsuya Kurihara discuss how they brought Donkey Kong gameplay into 3D with the Donkey Kong Bananza game on the Nintendo Switch 2 system. Stemming from their experience developing Super Mario Odyssey, the developers will peel back the layers of their game design approach for Donkey Kong Bananza and dig into how DK's action-platforming world incorporates voxel technology and destruction-based gameplay where virtually everything in sight can be destroyed.

Takeaway

Attendees will discover how the development team created a 3D action-platforming Donkey Kong game that fuses voxel technology with destruction-based gameplay for Nintendo Switch 2. They'll also gain valuable insights into designing a game world where virtually everything in sight can be destroyed.

Intended Audience

Whether you're a game developer or want to become one, this talk will provide you with insights from the development team behind the Donkey Kong Bananza game and their approach to creating a 3D action-platforming Donkey Kong game on Nintendo Switch 2.