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