Iconoclasts is an American television series that premiered on November 17, 2005 on Sundance Channel. Each episode pairs two 'creative visionaries' who discuss their lives, influences, and art. Roster Con is a website dedicated to comic con, anime conventions, movies conventions and tv show conventions. Find on our website all news related to the meet & greet, the fanmeet and the conventions but also the list of all the convention organizers and all the events in the world.

Sandberg describes the game and its story as reflections of his own personal obsessions. At the same time, “Iconoclasts” also reflects his own distinct taste in video games.

As with many exploratory platformers, “Iconoclasts” draws inspiration from some of the most influential series in the metroidvania style, including “Wonder Boy” and, of course, “Metroid” itself. Yet Sandberg has been up-front about the fact that his greatest love for those formative franchises tends to be for their less popular entries, the games few fans and even fewer designers cite as favorites.Where countless designers look to “Metroid” and “Wonder Boy” by imitating 1994’s “Super Metroid” and 1989’s “Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap,” Sandberg instead gravitates toward those games’ sequels. Konjak“I love the aesthetic,” he says. “The charm of the main character’s expressiveness without words. And I think the translation is really good — I even borrowed their term ‘procure’ for acquiring things!“I worked on a game before ‘Iconoclasts’ called ‘Minna of the Pirates,’ and it took even more visual inspiration from ‘Monster World IV.’ I copied the hand design of those sprites, where you have a separate thumb and index finger, but the rest of the hand is like one big fat finger.”Even “Monster World IV” critics acknowledge that the game felt like a natural successor to the “Wonder Boy” franchise in terms of its visual evolution.

Kalata observes, “Westone games always had strong character expressed through simple things like detailed animations and distinctive sound effects. For ‘Monster World IV,’ look at the way Asha walks, runs, or even performs simple tasks like opening treasure chests. You can get a lot of personality through small things like this.”Where “Monster World IV” makes its presence felt most in “Iconoclasts,” Sandberg says, is in its dense structure. Although the layout of the overall world resembles that of “Metroid Fusion,” inside each area players find themselves confronted by increasingly convoluted platformer labyrinths.

Although Robin has only a limited selection of abilities at her command, most of them revolving around the oversized wrench she carries, the game puts these to use in elaborate ways. Navigating certain areas, such as the tower midway through the adventure, takes much longer than those spaces’ size would suggest. Their elaborate layouts and crisscrossing passageways demand players develop a certain spatial memory and intuition — something Sandberg says he adopted from Westone’s game. “Almost every square inch of ‘Iconoclasts’ has either an enemy to beat or a door to open,” he says. “Some sort of puzzle.

Something akin to opening a door to get to the next room. That’s very much in the spirit of ‘Monster World IV’s’ dungeons. It was like a side-scrolling ‘Zelda’ in terms of puzzles.

OK, the puzzles in ‘Monster World IV’ are very, very simplistic and very, very repetitive. But I really like that concept, and used it as a basis.”That said, Sandberg has been cautious about too closely imitating either of the games that helped inform his own design philosophy. “Monster World IV” in particular, he says, trips over its own feet at times.“It’s kind of funny that ‘Monster World IV’ inspired a project that I’ve spent eight years on, because only half the game is good,” he jokes. “Once you get to the ice pyramid, you don’t want to play ‘Monster World IV’ anymore! It’s one of my favorite games for the first half which might seem weird for someone who has said so much about it being such an inspiration. But once you get to the ice palace and have to repeat things that took an hour the first time and now takes two more hours you’re just collecting statues. You don’t want to play anymore, but at least you’ve appreciated the aesthetics.”Thinking over his history with the games that have had so much impact on his own, Sandberg laughs.

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“I’ve beaten ‘Metroid Fusion’ maybe 100 times ‘Monster World IV’ I’ve beaten once.”.