How Outer Wilds’ Impossible Planet Works | Crafting Materials

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Published on February 11, 2020 5:00:10 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHCKeXYldQE

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Outer Wilds (2019)

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This is Crafting Materials: a new series on Rock Paper Shotgun all about how our favourite games are made. Our first episode looks at Outer Wilds, specifically how Mobius Digital built Brittle Hollow, a dazzling technical showcase that collapses a different way every time. But how did Mobius build this insane creation? Find out in our making of Outer Wilds video.

Outer Wilds was Matthew’s favourite game of 2019, so it makes sense that he chose to don his spacesuit and jet off into the heavens for this first episode of Crafting Materials. In it we reveal juicy Outer Wilds secrets: how Brittle Hollow works, how its collapse won’t break the story and the challenges of running a solar system where you can be in two places at once.

This isn’t the first Outer Wilds documentary, but we hope you enjoy a deeper dive into one of the game’s most stunning planets and come out with a better idea of how Outer Wilds works. This video was based on The Mechanic column first run on Rock Paper Shotgun: The Site, written by the brilliant Alex Wiltshire. Read his wise words here: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/11/how-outer-wilds-built-a-planet-which-falls-apart/

If you are completely new to the game, this Outer Wilds gameplay does include light spoilers of places you’ll visit. If you’d like to know more about the game, why not watch our Outer Wilds review (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kYtnjmpPg4). Matthew REALLY likes banging on about this one.

We hope you enjoy this behind the scenes look at some of the smartest game design of 2019. If you have any questions about the video, pop them in the comments. If there are any topics you’d like us to tackle in this new series, why not suggest them down below, too. And please do give the video a like if you enjoyed it - it’ll cheer Matthew up after he burned his hand on the marshmallows featured in this video.

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