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August 27, 2006
Toshio Iwai interview on Cubed3
There's a nice (exclusive) interview on Cubed with Toshio Iwai. Amongst other things, there's discussion on Electroplankton, Tenori On & Live performance. It's actually a rather nice conversation and the interviewer asks some great questions.
There is a fascinating insight on the missing save function in Electroplankton.
Cubed3: Having played the game extensively and listened to the feedback of other gamers, it seems to be the general consensus that the lack of a save function is very restrictive. Was there any particular reason why this was left out?
Toshio Iwai: We have discussed a save function many times, and finally concluded not to included it. There are following 2 reasons:
● The first reason is that I wanted players to enjoy Electroplankton extemporarily and viscerally, and I thought if the save function was added, the software would become more like a tool. I did not want a play style where players have to open additional menus or windows, or have to input file names to save.
● The second reason is that it would require large volume of flush ROM and it would take a lot of time to save and read the data in order to save many voice files for Volvoice and Rec-Rec. I thought players could play the software without stress if I got rid of the save function, rather than incorporating the save function and letting players wait for a long time before it’s saved or being told that only little amount can be saved.
Which to me makes a lot of sense. Of course, in my ideal world Electroplankton would have a save function so that indepth programming and using it as instrumentation would be more feasible, but I can respect the concept of the design.
Also covered briefly, and I would LOVE to see this, is the concept of a Toshio Iwai title for the upcoming Nintendo Wii. Very interesting concept, and gathering by the response Electroplankton has had, I'm sure there would be a market for it.
Check out the whole Cubed3 Interview with Toshio Iwai it's rather nice.
Related:
How to Make Electroplankton Rock - A Wishlist
Toshio Iwai has a blog
Toshio Iwai performing at Futuresonic
Posted by funnelbc at August 27, 2006 03:12 PM
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