Interview w. The Floor Kids Crew

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OVERVIEW:

Over 5 years ago, Victoria, BC-based Hololabs (@hololabs) launched their indie rhythm dance game Floor Kids (@FloorKidsCrew) on Steam and Nintendo Switch. A collaboration between Hololabs and longtime creative partners Kid Koala (@kidkoala) and JonJon (@JonJonAnimation), Floor Kids represents the pure expressionism of a form like breakdancing translated to a videogame by a primary source in bboy JonJon animating as well as self-referencing the poses for the dance moves. Kid Koala did all the beats and sounds and Hololabs codemonkeyed all of it together.

We talk about how JonJon and Kid Koala came to become strong collaborators, how they ended up working with Hololabs, how they locked down Switch console exclusivity for launch and more of the game's development story. Lead programmer Amesh (@ameshnarsing) breaks down how he got recruited to do things like ensure the transition animation frames between dance moves work, and he tells us how the team stumbled onto the Virtua Fighter-esque strobe effect for the dancing specials and more! And Rob hangs out (@robtomroe - he works there, just not on Floor Kids).

MUSIC USED:

Used Kid Koala's 'Floor Kids MegaMix' at: 22:24, 45:59, 1:05:59, 1:18:25, 1:39:21

Also used:

00:00 - 'Was He Slow?' from Baby Driver OST by @kidkoala

01:13 - 'Five Spot Stump' from Floor Kids OST by @kidkoala

25:44 - Floor Kids: B-Boy O-Live vs. B-Boy Nugs by @kidkoala and @JonJonAnimation

27:03 - 'Fender Bender' by @kidkoala

57:18 - 'Hoe Cakes' by @MFDOOM

58:59 - 'Favorite Song' by @chancetherapper feat. @donaldglover

1:14:20 - 'The Ones' by @kidkoala

HOSTED & PRODUCED BY: @StephanReilly (Halifax, NS)

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