Vernacademia Season 1: Episode 18: World Density vs World Size

An examination of how the amount of interesting items in an environment affect the overall interest of an environment and the relationship of that affect to the overall size of said environment.

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Cliff Notes:
00:22 Statement of the subject.
00:58 Linear Games and World Density.
02:06 Termina Field vs. Hyrule Field (Legend of Zelda)
05:05 Why was Twilight Princess Hyrule Field so big?
05:56 Wind Waker and World Density
07:31 Super Mario 64 and World Density
10:12 "Landmarky" design
12:06 The Witcher 3 and Landmarky design
13:54 Dark Souls and Landmarky design
15:41 Discovery, Distance and Player Interest
17:27 Real Life Comparison: Paris
18:44 Landmark Memorability
19:15 Wrap Up