Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze 10th Anniversary Interview With Former Retro Studios Devs

Happy 10th anniversary to DKC: Tropical Freeze!! Let's celebrate former artists on the game Eric Kozlowsky and Ted Anderson to go on a deep dive of working on it.

TWITTER LINKS

Eric Kozlowsky - @VoNKoZ

Ted Anderson - @Pixel_Possum

#donkeykong #donkeykongtropicalfreeze #retrostudios

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:50 - DKC: Tropical Freeze Early Days/Wii U Hardware

04:55 - Artists Experimented Very Early On/Mangroves Were The First Levels Worked On

07:15 - Office Structure Of Retro Studios

08:50 - Artists Collaborating With Animators

10:00 - Playtesting/Brilliant Design Of The Levels/Meltdown Mayhem

12:40 - Ted & Erics Collaboration On The Steamship

14:05 - ARTWORK REEL - World 3 Boss Behind The Scenes Art

16:15 - ARTWORK REEL - World 2 Boss Behind The Scenes Art

17:20 - ARTWORK REEL - Updating DKCR Art

19:45 - ARTWORK REEL - Creating A Texture Map

22:20 - ARTWORK REEL - Difficulty Of The Fruit In World 5

23:15 - ARTWORK REEL - Ensuring Colours Don’t Blend In With Donkey Kong

24:20 - ARTWORK REEL - Foreground To Background

25:10 - ARTWORK REEL - Rocket Barrel/Barrel Cannons

26:30 - Will They Use Tropical Freeze Art For The DK Movie?

27:10 - ARTWORK REEL - Fruity Factory Level

28:30 - ARTWORK REEL - Wireframes/Nintendo Ninjas

29:48 - ARTWORK REEL - Steamship Level Of Detail

31:20 - Alternate Universe - Working On Metroid Prime 4/Metroid Dread

33:25 - Limitations Fosters Creativity

34:30 - Tropical Freeze’s Crunch Period

37:00 - Oversight From Nintendo Of Japan/DK Fur Tech

39:30 - How To Deal With Frustration Of Having To Redo Art Due To NOJ

41:30 - Sign Off For Easter eggs

42:21 - Backlash Of The Tropical Freeze Trailer/Tropical Freeze Was Made Due To DKCR Sales

45:20 - The Legacy Of DKC: Tropical Freeze

46:50 - Where Donkey Kong Goes From Here/DK Spinoff Film

49:00 - Q + A - Working With Vince Joly & Ryan Harris

50:20 - Q + A - Stuff That Was Discussed But Never Made It Into DKC:TF

52:50 - Q + A - How Did The Snowmads Idea Come Up/Ted Voicing The Penguins

55:36 - Q + A - Would A David Wise Track Or Level Layout Inspire The Artwork

59:58 - Favourite Level In DKC: Tropical Freeze

1:03:28 - Plugs For Ted & Eric’s Games