lune @ KHO Yokohama 12/27 · @lunesacree
3rd Mar 2019 from TwitLonger
KH3 Ultimania: Interview with Takashi Isowaki (Technical Director) (pg.051)
DISCLAIMER: This is only a tentative translation and should not be relied on for any concrete information. It is possible that there are mistakes. I tried hard to be as clear as I could just in case.
Previously worked on: FFXII, Chocobo's Dungeon 2, The Last Remnant, FF Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, Bloodmasque, SaGa: Scarlet Grace
Q: What kind of work were you responsible for?
A: Coordinating various arrangements and schedules, negotiating with different departments and contract manufacturers, and as support, I had a behind-the-scenes role.
Q: What point did you consider most when putting together schedules?
A: That particular goals could be completed within a specific time frame. In that regard, I asked a lot of the production staff. In all honesty, I thought "is this too much?", but the staff kept at it and worked hard, and was able to continue producing an outstanding quality of work, just barely keeping up with the schedule, so we successfully completed a highly difficult team mission.
Q: Please tell us something you won't forget about the development process.
A: In the final stages of development, one of the designated goals was to have under X amount of bugs, but up until the previous day every time there were always a hopeless amount [of bugs] remaining, to the point where I thought "maybe it's impossible this time..." over and over. However, during [one of] the days there was a miraculous fix, and we managed to just barely complete the goals every time. "Amazing!", I thought, but at the same time, "you can afford to be more generous..." so I ended up feeling a bit complicated [laughs].
Q: What kind of work would you like to try next?
A: For this project, I had a more administrative role, so I wasn't as involved with work on the actual game, but the development staff had such passionate feelings about making even just a slightly good game (note: he means as long as the game was even just a little good they would be happy) that as a creator, I could feel a refreshing kind of thrill. As a result, my desire to make something increased, so for the next work I really feel that I'd like to work on something [concretely] as a programmer.
BONUS! "A secret about the game only you know"
About half a year before the game was completed, the amount of game data was so massive it couldn't all fit on one disc. After that, the amount of data was dramatically reduced, and thanks to the leeway we gained as a result, the compression ratio of the movies and sounds was reduced and the quality was able to be improved.