Vernacademia Season 2.4: Transitions

Here we explore the concept of transitions in games and why they are important to the overall experience

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Cliff Notes:

00:04 Introduction
00:20 What are Transitions
00:58 Why are they important?
02:08 Why use them in games?
02:46 Data Management
03:18 Ways to Manage Memory
03:53 Transitions to Manage Pacing
04:51 Increasing Impact of Events
05:22 Methods of doing Transitions
05:41 Cut Transitions
06:08 Masked Transitions
06:50 Super Metroid vs Metroid Prime
07:46 Other styles of Cut and Masked Transitions
08:47 What to keep in mind
08:53 Establish Transition Rules
09:42 What do your Transitions say?
09:57 Dark Souls 2 and Transitions
10:50 Ocarina of Time and Cut Abstraction
11:19 Ocarina of Time Beta Quest
11:50 Zonal Transitions
12:12 Sonic the Hedgehog Zonal Transitions
13:13 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Zonal Transitions
14:03 Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Zonal Transitions
14:45 Overview and Wrap up
15:17 Next Cast and Sign Off