![PEOPLE:
- Takuhiro Dohta. Technical Director for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
QUOTE:
Dohta: The Octo Baloons were special materials, even in Breath of the Wild. They can make an object float when attached to it. We implemented this functionality not to be used as a solution, but as a way to make the multiplicative gameplay even more plentiful.
Because of this, it wasn't a major element, but we actually felt that the ability to stick one object to another had a lot of potential. …
So we began proper prototyping to stick objects together freely. … We thought that this could be a gameplay point for this expanded world [in Tears of the Kingdom].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreiaoitm6sesix62yk2tyftpfa5azgixjmt4thqv2pslvbfrazmflwe)
PEOPLE: - Takuhiro Dohta. Technical Director for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. QUOTE: Dohta: The Octo Baloons were special materials, even in Breath of the Wild. They can make an object float when attached to it. We implemented this functionality not to be used as a solution, but as a way to make the multiplicative gameplay even more plentiful. Because of this, it wasn't a major element, but we actually felt that the ability to stick one object to another had a lot of potential. … So we began proper prototyping to stick objects together freely. … We thought that this could be a gameplay point for this expanded world [in Tears of the Kingdom].
Dohta on how the Octo Balloons got them thinking, 2024.
Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC)
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![PEOPLE:
- Takuhiro Dohta. Technical Director of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Software Development advisor for the Switch 2.
- Kouichi Kawamoto. Game System Director for Four Sword Adventures. Producer over development of the Switch 2.
QUOTE:
Dohta: We don't want anybody to be at risk of any unwanted consumption [of Nintendo Switch 2 game cartridges]. We have indeed made it so that if it enters your mouth, you'll spit it out. I do not advise that you do.
Kawamoto: When the Nintendo Switch was being developed, I did lick it once, but never again. I can't believe that other people are trying that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreifvld6rawaalrdjuupk2pspcdvvlglispvbv3xujgtxberpxaohzi)
![PEOPLE:
- Takuhiro Dohta. Breath of the Wild Technical Director.
QUOTE:
"Dohta: In it's most basic parts, an action game is made up of collision, movement, and object states. Together, collision and movement make up what we call ‘physics’ in games. …
The Zelda series has long made use of the sort of events that occur in chemistry as in-game elements. Just like with physics, creating puzzles with solutions that reference the way the real world works can help players solve them instinctively. And so, we decided to develop a chemistry engine [for Breath of the Wild].
One way of describing a physics engine is as a ‘rule-based movement calculator’. In comparison, we decided the chemistry engine would be a rule-based state calculator."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreicpyvlmjvy722fq5yxtnndkkn6wawdixfzfay6xxgtpeoujvglbtq)
![PEOPLE:
- Takuhiro Dohta. Breath of the Wild Technical Director.
QUOTE:
"[In Breath of the Wild] things like fire, water, and ice, that don't hold a constant solid form, are 'elements'. Next, we call solid objects like trees and rocks, even the player character and weapons, 'materials'. The chemistry engine makes its calculations based on three simple rules:
1) Elements can change the state of materials [shows fire + tree]. So the leaves on the tree can burn up.
2) Elements can change each others' states [shows fire + water]. So the fire disappeared when it came into contact with the water.
3) Materials cannot influence each other's states [shows rock + tree].
The model is an extremely simple one, but allows for the expression of all sorts of events."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreifxdtib3u456uopuc4mvkoualktzoxrnhrnvhsebqwo72ak7jt4w4)
![PEOPLE:
- Takuhiro Dohta. Breath of the Wild Technical Director.
QUOTE:
"Dohta: In it's most basic parts, an action game is made up of collision, movement, and object states. Together, collision and movement make up what we call ‘physics’ in games. …
The Zelda series has long made use of the sort of events that occur in chemistry as in-game elements. Just like with physics, creating puzzles with solutions that reference the way the real world works can help players solve them instinctively. And so, we decided to develop a chemistry engine [for Breath of the Wild].
One way of describing a physics engine is as a ‘rule-based movement calculator’. In comparison, we decided the chemistry engine would be a rule-based state calculator."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreifexpi6jnzzhnnyrsu46moqs7u7lyaxmutxybpugerixwb6hem2w4)
![People in quote:
- Takuhiro Dohta. Breath of the Wild Technical Director.
Quote: "[In Breath of the Wild] things like fire, water, and ice, that don't hold a constant solid form, are 'elements'. Next, we call solid objects like trees and rocks, even the player character and weapons, 'materials'. The chemistry engine makes its calculations based on three simple rules:
1) Elements can change the state of materials [shows fire + tree]. So the leaves on the tree can burn up.
2) Elements can change each others' states [shows fire + water]. So the fire disappeared when it came into contact with the water.
3) Materials cannot influence each other's states [shows rock + tree].
The model is an extremely simple one, but allows for the expression of all sorts of events."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreiajlsbrrtfxmocrgpvmlgodufqzlxa5z2nvp75fli4sgx2y6mrnfm)