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rynlingThis book costs $40 and ships from the UK, but it's my favorite thing I've bought for myself in a long while.
The book design and text layout are both phenomenal from a design perspective, and the interviews are edited and structured in a way that makes them easy to read.
I am also learning interesting things! For example, the city of Midgar was originally modeled on New York, not Tokyo. Barret was originally named "Joe," and he was the first character the development team created. Cloud, who was supposed to be Barret's sidekick, was the second.
I also didn't know that the development team for Final Fantasy VI was only sixty people at its largest, or that a few of the game's secondary scriptwriters got the job because they were making popular fancomics about Final Fantasy IV.
I'd have to go back and check my personal library ("library" lol) of dōjinshi to be sure, but I really want to say that the woman who wrote the scripts for Edgar and Sabin used to draw comics about Kain and Cecil. Again, I can't be sure this is true without going through a ton of boxes I have stacked in a closet, but it would make me very happy if it is.
By the way, one of my favorite artists shared a fun tweet about Final Fantasy XIV, and I want to pass along the love: https://twitter.com/aidosaur/status/1471527007028662283
The book design and text layout are both phenomenal from a design perspective, and the interviews are edited and structured in a way that makes them easy to read.
I am also learning interesting things! For example, the city of Midgar was originally modeled on New York, not Tokyo. Barret was originally named "Joe," and he was the first character the development team created. Cloud, who was supposed to be Barret's sidekick, was the second.
I also didn't know that the development team for Final Fantasy VI was only sixty people at its largest, or that a few of the game's secondary scriptwriters got the job because they were making popular fancomics about Final Fantasy IV.
I'd have to go back and check my personal library ("library" lol) of dōjinshi to be sure, but I really want to say that the woman who wrote the scripts for Edgar and Sabin used to draw comics about Kain and Cecil. Again, I can't be sure this is true without going through a ton of boxes I have stacked in a closet, but it would make me very happy if it is.
By the way, one of my favorite artists shared a fun tweet about Final Fantasy XIV, and I want to pass along the love: https://twitter.com/aidosaur/status/1471527007028662283
