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November 17, 2011

a second bontegames interview with ...

It's time for the second interview with a game designer of the frequently featured games here on bontegames and this time the game designer is ... Yoshio Ishii!
Yoshio is famous for his fine hoshi saga 'find the star' puzzle series (you can find all the episodes here).
So put your thinking cap on, submit your questions for Yoshio in the comments below, I will collect them for Yoshio and pretty soon I hope to present you everything you always wanted to know about Yoshio and his games!

33 comments:

  1. Sophia17 November 2011 at 15:38

    Excellent!

    Questions : who's your favourite mangaka? are you influenced by any one in your games? also, are you interested in traditional Japanese art form such as ukiyoe?

    Thanks Bart!

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  2. Edonou17 November 2011 at 17:18

    How do you come up with ideas for the location of the star?
    +I love the games, Which is your favorite?

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  3. Anonymous17 November 2011 at 18:03

    Do you imagine the Hoshi Saga will ever have an end, or could it go on forever? Have you written other games, not in the Hoshi Saga series? What Flash games by other creators do you like or have influenced you?

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  4. Anonymous17 November 2011 at 19:01

    He's the pervert one!!! (joke)
    PS : I'm referring to the hoshi saga dokuringo

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  5. Anonymous17 November 2011 at 20:05

    WHy is it find the "STAR"!Is it because you're influenced by astronomy?

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  6. Anonymous17 November 2011 at 21:29

    Does one of your levels/stages stand out to you as a favority across all the games?

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  7. Anonymous17 November 2011 at 22:07

    How do you get those great graphics ? I everything made on computer or do you use actual paper cut ?

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  8. Madalina17 November 2011 at 22:07

    Why ''find the star'' ? Do stars have a special meaning for you?
    Lots of people love your games, how many episodes do you plan on making?
    Have you ever had an ''artist block'' ?
    Have you done any other games than Hoshi Saga series?
    What do you get inspired/influenced by?
    Have you ever played Bart's original games? If so, what do you think of them?

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  9. Anonymous17 November 2011 at 22:27

    how do you come up with levels?
    ps your games rock

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  10. Madeline17 November 2011 at 22:36

    How do you come up with your games? Where do you get your inspiration? LOVE your games!!!!<3

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  11. Anonymous17 November 2011 at 23:06

    Hope the interview doesn't suck as bad as the first one!

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  12. Rava17 November 2011 at 23:20

    I love Hoshi Saga! Let's see...

    Is it hard to create puzzles for your games' levels?
    About the different level difficulty,do you start creating the level thinking "Ok, this will be a hard one" or do you decide it after the creation?

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  13. Queen Fume-Boo18 November 2011 at 01:20

    Why are the levels centered around finding a star?

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  14. Anonymous18 November 2011 at 01:53

    What influenced you to center all of the games on finding a star, and what inspires you most in the world?

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  15. Anonymous18 November 2011 at 02:15

    Here's one he might understand considering how the other interview went....How are left hand?

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  16. Stevens Miller18 November 2011 at 02:24

    Do you see your "Find the Star" games more as puzzles, or more as a form of artwork?

    Are there any artists who have inspired your "Find the Star" images?

    For each level that makes it into one of your "Find the Star" games, how many levels do you start to work on, but ultimately do not use?

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  17. -k18 November 2011 at 04:10

    Questions:

    How long have you been designing games?

    What first inspired you to make games?

    Are you involved in another career field or do you focus all of your time toward making games?

    What other game designers do you enjoy?

    Did you go to school for art or are you a self taught artist?

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  18. Pam18 November 2011 at 09:59

    luv his games, very creative!

    my questions:

    - how long does it take to create one episode?

    - is it one person or a team-work?

    - is it your main job or just a hobby? if a hobby, then what's your main job?

    - i like the question about art-education (did he get it or he's just so talented :) )

    thankoo!

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  19. Anonymous18 November 2011 at 14:36

    what software is used for your games?
    how long does it take you to finish a game?
    do you make money with games?
    since when do you create games?
    thanx

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  20. KittenMitten19 November 2011 at 04:14

    Do you have a lot of trouble making your games. Or are they handmade making twice as hard? And how long does it take to make one game?


    Thanks! :)

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  21. cliffty19 November 2011 at 15:11

    of the find the star puzzles you have made, which is your favourite puzzle and why?

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  22. Anonymous19 November 2011 at 19:55

    If everyone is done asking the same questions, how about...

    Do you remember the first game you designed?

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  23. Anonymous19 November 2011 at 23:25

    do you create any other games that don't involve the 'find the star plot?' if so what are they?

    thx bart!

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  24. JaronFlick20 November 2011 at 00:13

    I'd like to know what he does for a living? How does he find time to create these wonderful games?

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  25. Anonymous20 November 2011 at 16:15

    Is there a reason why you started creating these games? Did something specific make you think of the idea, or had you had this idea for a long time?

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  26. Anonymous20 November 2011 at 20:12

    What inspired you to make 'Ouka'? Especially since it's not one of the 'Hoshi Saga' episodes.
    p.s. i love your games :D

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  27. Anonymous20 November 2011 at 20:28

    Are you going to make more Ouka episodes? That game was entertaining and very pretty!

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  28. Queen Fume-Boo22 November 2011 at 05:39

    Do you play video games? If so, which ones? ◕ ‿‿ ◕

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  29. Anonymous23 November 2011 at 00:25

    Have you ever had any ideas for hiding the stars which you decided not to use because they were too 'taboo'?

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  30. lol23 November 2011 at 04:14

    Where did you get all the naked women ideas? im not a woman, but i'm just wondering.

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  31. Kejik4 December 2011 at 18:57

    :D

    Konishiwa !

    How do you manage to get the ideas of different logic for each row and column, as thinking in different logics than our own id difficult ?

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  32. Anonymous9 December 2011 at 00:26

    Hey who poses as your inspiration and did you mean for these to be games more or art? where do you get ALL your ideas from?
    ps luv ur games

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  33. Anonymous25 November 2012 at 04:38

    Why are some of them so perverted?
    Other than that, the game is awesome!

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