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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · 7d

I'm remixing release and prototype dialogue to flesh out the game's lack thereof. #BanjoKazooie. What's your thoughts?

Here's an example:

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · 10d

My grandma had passed away today. If not for her owning a Nintendo 64 with Banjo-Tooie, I don't think I'd be who I am today.

Thanks for everyone who supported me and for their condolences. When I'm emotionally ready again I'll continue my projects.

Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · 28d

Sorry for the lack of updates to BKGRR recently.

Remodeling my basement, my childhood dog‘s showing signs of twilighting and my grandma having a stroke in the course of the last few weeks has been rough on my motivation.

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · 22d

Jiggywiggy's Temple concept art for BKGR Reimagined. #BanjoKazooie.

Warp Cauldrons were once planned, as there is unused dialogue in the prototype about them. I think having a Warp Silo situation would be nice once you complete the level.

Character art by @tano0ki.bsky.social.

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · 22d

Collapsing Tunnel concept art for BKGR Reimagined. #BanjoKazooie

I think this is the only direct reference to Banjo-Tooie original to BKGRR. Using the sing-a-long pad outside the tunnel, Banjo must navigate through it within the time frame or be kicked out.

My attempt to add a time-travel gimmick.

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · 22d

Honey B's Hive concept art for BKGR Reimagined. #BanjoKazooie.

Character concept by @tano0ki.bsky.social

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Facts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · 27d

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · 27d

Redrew Mr. Pants while looking at references this time. I wasn't happy with the initial attempt so I went back to it.

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Facts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · 27d

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · 27d

Redrew Mr. Pants while looking at references this time. I wasn't happy with the initial attempt so I went back to it.

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Facts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · 27d

A lost piece of Mr. Pants art can be found on the World Exclusive Banjo-Kazooie 3 cover art for Games Magazine issue 70. Mr. Pants can be found on the spine art in a bath towel. #BanjoKazooie.

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Facts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · 27d

I'd love to see someone try to apply the design philosophies from #BanjoKazooie N&B to a regular BK game w/o the vehicles.
- 15 Jiggies per world
- Multiple solutions to a single jiggy
- High Score challenges
- large, open worlds
- User generated content
- Multiple Acts

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · 28d

Sorry for the lack of updates to BKGRR recently.

Remodeling my basement, my childhood dog‘s showing signs of twilighting and my grandma having a stroke in the course of the last few weeks has been rough on my motivation.

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Facts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · Sep 5

OlieGamerTV recreated Weird West's geometry using maps that @stevemalpass.bsky.social had showcased during a Rocket Jump Event a couple years back.

OlieGamerTV @oliegamertv.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm a fan of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, seen the cut and unused content, so I wanted to turn one of those ideas into a reality.

This is a small reel I put together featuring some of my progress on a rough 3D recreation of the scrapped game world, "Weird West". Hope you enjoy it! #BanjoKazooie

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · Sep 2

Added TheGrybo on as a composer. Using their tracks and the tracks from !!!!!, I have finished Cottage Cliff Farm's OST in preparation for Demo 1. Other updates is localization and pre-planning as well as game design doc. #BanjoKazooie

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS12...

BKGR Reimagined 19: Cottage Cliff Farm Tracks, Minor Updates

YouTube video by Facts about BK

www.youtube.com

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Facts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · Sep 2

They cancelled it because they invested too much money into their AI/Co-pilot initiative and didn't see the returns they hoped for. So a lot of the longer more turbulent projects were scrapped for taking too long.

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · Aug 28

Does this sound like Banjo-Kazooie dialogue for a boss? BKGR: Reimagined will cover cut content. The mad cow only has a single line referencing her from the Jinjo Oracle via scrapped dialogue. #BanjoKazooie

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · Aug 28

I'm re-adding scrapped dialogue for BKGR:Reimagined and translating it with DeepL, if it already has an existing piece of dialogue, I'll tack it onto the preexisting translation.

Anyone who speaks any of these languages, does the translated dialogue read OK? #BanjoKazooie

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'm not usually a digital 2D art person. But I took Wil Overton's concept art for Fast and the Furriest and digitally painted it. #BanjoKazooie

Uncolored is the original.

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · Aug 27

I have a spreadsheet of every string in Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge separated by language and whether its a prototype or not. There are 815 unique lines of dialogue. About a quarter of it wasn't used. #BanjoKazooie

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Facts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · Aug 24

I appreciate you uploading these Jeph, I've grown disillusioned by data hoarders over the years when it comes to Rare's history, so seeing it unearthed brings me joy.

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Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · Aug 23

Would anyone be interested in hearing previously unrelased level music from the Project Dream SNES prototype by David Wise?
youtu.be/5B10j5ttZbk

Level 1 Music - Project Dream SNES

YouTube video by jephrenman

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · Aug 22

I reached out to Grybo who was doing the compositions for Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Redone mod to see if I can use his tracks. If I get the go ahead, I'd love to repurpose his "redundant" tracks to other areas. I have a Cliff Farm interior theme, but his is so different. Adds some extra spice.

Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · Aug 21

With permission from !!!!!, as well as additional tracks they gave that were not made public, so far BKGR Reimagined has 57 tracks to its OST. #BanjoKazooie

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Facts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's a little sad to see that there is prep work in #BanjoKazooie: Nuts & Bolts that implies if the game was well liked by fans it would've gotten more DLC. There are three slots for DLC. One was used by LOG's Lost Challenges while the other 2 went unused.

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Facts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · Aug 22

Showdown Town was originally a clockwork-themed town on an island. It was entirely scrapped for release. The hub was specifically made as a reversal of Grunty's Lair, no narrow corridors and an open world. #BanjoKazooie

Source: x.com/stevemalpass... / bsky.app/profile/stev...

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · Aug 22

Running an idea through you guys.

I was thinking the final quiz dubbed WINKYBUNION TOWER for BKGRR would take the Jeopardy approach. Three rounds. The collectibles would be as if the quiz show was its own level. Gives it a unique flair from ToT and FoF. #BanjoKazooie

THREE ROUNDS.
EACH ROUND HAS ENOUGH COLLECTIBLES TO CONSIDER THIS QUIZ ITS OWN “WORLD”. SO ITS REQUIRED TO DO ALL THE QUESTIONS TO GET 100%.

HOWEVER, IF YOURE SPEEDRUNNING, ROUND 1 ONLY REQUIRES 2 QUESTIONS.
ROUND 2 ONLY REQUIRES 4 and ROUND 3 ONLY REQUIRES 1.

THE SEGMENT WILL EITHER BE A QUESTION LIKE WITH THREE ANSWERS, TIMED MINI GAME OR A TIMED OBSTACLE COURSE.

Kazooie: HEY WARTY WHISKERS, WHERE IS OUR PRIZE?

Grunty: SHUT UP YOU STUPID BIRD, SEEMS LIKE THE TRUTH WILL REMAIN UNHEARD!

Kazooie: DO WE AT LEAST GET A CONSOLATION PRIZE?

Grunty: FAIR ENOUGH.

BK get their feathers, eggs and hit points restored

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Oakieland @oakieland.bsky.social · Aug 21

With permission from !!!!!, as well as additional tracks they gave that were not made public, so far BKGR Reimagined has 57 tracks to its OST. #BanjoKazooie

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Facts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Nope, not yet anyways. We can't seem to figure out how to rip the texture or UV Map.