This time we talk about the graphics of OCTOPATH TRAVELER with our guests, producer Masashi Takahashi and director Keisuke Miyauchi (from ACQUIRE). How was HD-2D created? And how has it evolved in OCTOPATH TRAVELER II? Let's find out.

0:00 Opening
2:48 What games influenced you?
6:17 The charm of pixel art
7:18 The lead-up to the birth of HD-2D
8:36 The brief from SQUARE ENIX
12:10 Modernizing the pixel art RPG
15:06 Fusing pixel art and 3D: camera and perspective
17:53 Fusing pixel art and 3D: objects
20:11 Prototype finished but new issues found
22:01 The pixel art from our memories
24:29 Inspired by classic artworks to alter the volume of information
25:56 HD-2D completed
28:00 Battling the nostalgia effect [Player message]
30:14 The teaser movie was a bear to produce
31:34 Creating drama with light and shadow
34:15 Trial and error culminating in the demo version
38:11 Stunning snow in HD-2D [Player message]
39:47 The advantage of stylized art
41:10 Making thrilling exhilarating battles with a single button
42:36 The evolution of HD-2D in OCTOPATH TRAVELER II [Player message]
51:20 More advanced events and battles
55:07 HD-2D being featured in many titles [Player message]
57:53 What is HD-2D to you?


Interviewer: Hiroki Yasumoto (vVoice aActor)
Interviewees: Masashi Takahashi (pProducer)
Keisuke Miyauchi (ACQUIRE Corp., dDirector)

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