Hideo Kojima is an avid Lego builder and collector, and a behind-the-scenes video from the event of Metallic Gear Strong reveals the constructing blocks had their skilled makes use of too. The sensible thoughts behind the Demise Stranding double-bill and the illusive, upcoming title OD, is displaying no indicators of slowing down as a inventive within the trade, saying he’ll preserve going so long as he retains his ardour for creation.
Not lengthy earlier than the MGS video resurfaced, Kojima took to social media to have a good time the anniversary of the vampire-hunting recreation Boktai, and the creator revealed the sport’s daylight function was more durable to pitch than MGS’ stealth-driven mechanics. It’s solely proof that Kojima and his crew at Kojima Productions and Konami have all the time been pushing the boundaries of gaming.
A 20-second clip has been dug up from gaming archives and unfold throughout social media, displaying Kojima and his crew at Konami creating the maps for Metallic Gear Strong and determining the digital camera angles for gameplay. The hook? The creator makes use of Lego constructions to design the essential construction of every setting and a small digital camera to see the way it seems from a participant’s perspective.
The video is damaged into 4 panels, displaying Kojima shifting the digital camera over a Lego map, a second close-up of the digital camera within the creator’s hand, a 3rd panel displaying what the digital camera sees, and a fourth displaying the ultimate map within the recreation.
Kojima defined this course of additional a number of years in the past on social media, saying he drew all of the maps for MGS 1 and its sequel on graph paper, together with the whole thing of Shadow Moses Island. Nevertheless, for the reason that map was 3D, Kojima designed every space utilizing Lego and relied on a 3CCD digital camera to determine the digital camera angles to scale.
Discussions surrounding the creator’s strategies shortly ignited on social media after the video unfold and plenty of stated it was their “favourite recreation dev second”. Others thought it was an “insanely intelligent” design method and said there may be now an overreliance on digital instruments as a substitute of getting up shut and private with bodily fashions.
Metallic Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater is scheduled to launch a while in 2024.
