How Breath of the Wild's Chemistry Engine Was Built
GDC Festival of Gaming · Talk · 1 h 29 min · 2017 · YouTube title: Breaking Conventions with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Why it's here
HN commenters link it as the primary source for the 'multiplicative gameplay' idea and the chemistry engine behind BotW.
What it covers
A 2017 GDC session in which Nintendo's Breath of the Wild team walks through how the game's convention-breaking systems were built. It covers the 'chemistry engine' of material interactions and shows the early 2D prototype footage.