HOW ROLANDO CREATOR SIMON OLIVER CAUGHT THE BIG FISH

Just spotted this video from the June 2008 ‘This Happened‘ London interaction design meetup, with 20 minutes of Hand Circus‘s Simon Oliver discussing his inspiration for his iPhone hit Rolando.

Oliver shows off the failed attempts that got him to the place where he could create the game, reveals how Ico/Shadow of the Colossus inspired its design, and gets big bonus points for referencing David Lynch’s excellent book Catching the Big Fish in showing where he gets his inspiration (here, physically, a swimming pool).

Simon Oliver at This Happened… [indirect thanks to Rolando artist Mikko Walamies for ‘liking’ the video]

Previously:
Touch me I'm slick: ngmoco/Hand Circus's Rolando – Offworld
Rolando gets papered – Offworld
Ready for their closeup: Mikko Walamies' Rolando art – Offworld
HandCircus preparing more Rolando for the iPhone, Lite version …