“I’m having trouble preserving that fluidity and realism when I clean it up and stylize the figures” (33).
“The unlimited potential has been replaced by the concrete
reality of what I programmed today” (103).
“Level design is a creative process, like screenwriting: you can’t just sit down and put in ten hours at a stretch, you need time in between to let your ideas work themselves out” (134).
“First ideas are never the best. Even when you think they are, later on it turns out you can improve it” (249).
“This is my life. It’s not a preparation for anything – it’s the thing itself. I have got to remember that” (268).
“It’s something that can only be done by one author with a clear vision of the product who can supervise it at all levels: programming, story, graphics, sound, music, everything. It’s a work of art, and it’ll only be as good as the artist who makes it” (311).
Jordan Mechner, The Making of Prince of Persia (2011)
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