War Stories: Jordan Mechner on Making Prince of Persia (ArsTechnica)

Jordan Mechner tells the story of making the original Prince of Persia in Ars Technica's War Stories series. He explains his creative process and how he used rotoscoped footage of live movement as a kind of motion capture for the animation.

HN people recommend it as an enjoyable first-hand account of the creative process behind a classic game and its animation.

“I really enjoyed this video of Jordan describing the creative process”