Tears of the Kingdom's woodworking is pretty solid overall 

A couple small things: 1) If you comment stuff that we said wrong Eden will come out of the woodwork and argue with you. 2) I’ll be posting 6 or 7 minutes of outtakes from this episode to my Patreon later this week. It was a lot of footage. 3) Thanks for letting me be a part of your life and daily routine.

This series is a government psyop to teach gamers a useful trade

I can't wait until this series inevitably ends with Austin building a piece of furniture from a game

I cant believe this was never mentioned in the video, but Eiji Aonuma was actually a woodworker before he became a Nintendo developer, so maybe that has something to do with it.

The idea of Link crouching around like a gremlin and staring at random villager's furniture while everyone tries to ignore him is hysterical and 100% in character.

Most of the trees in totk are very narrow so it makes sense that you can see the middle of the trunk in each plank of wood

I like that you insert diagrams of what they're talking about. Truly a RU-vid educator.

When the world needed their woodworking critiques most, they returned.

Truly the definition of beauty in mundanity. I dig it.

This reminds me of when I analyzed all the clothes from Animal Crossing New Horizons, which are all incredibly accurate by the way. I've reverse engineered the winter knit hat pattern from ACNH and made a couple and I plan to do one of the crocheted items next, maybe the granny square piece you get from your mom.

20:22 thats most likely meant to be an omage to the Loftwing, a bird race that shows up in Skyward Sword! Since that game tells of the birth of Hyrule, loftwings have been associated with the royal family in-game. You can even see their inspiration on the hyrule family crest with that wing-shaped design surrounding the Triforce!

As a woodworker who’s favorite game of all time is Tears of the Kingdom. I literally screamed when I saw this video in my feed. The algorithm doth provide

As someone at a school with historical woodworking as a major, this is a very nice video to watch with friends. Thank you for the amazing content Austin!!! Including your music.

That last table isn't plywood on the legs. In certain historical tables, you see carved vertical grooves going up the legs. I think those divisions that look like sheets in plywood are actually carved grooves going up the legs. I think the weird looking textures under the surfaces were also supposed to be carved grooves, but it looks awful and does look like end grains so i think there was just sloppiness in texture selection.

PLEASE do this again with the rest of the villages in the game! I bet Kakariko would have some great wood!

12:25 this whole asset really strikes me as something that was made as a game prop, more so than the others. Game props often need to take up as little space as possible as not to infringe on the play area, a straight back side to the shelf allows you to line it up perfectly against a wall. The plank of wood that has a sharp angle turn to it is just an easy way to UV map that texture while reducing poly count, I'd even say that existing makes me feel like this prop was rushed a bit compared to the others! Not that it particularly matters, but I doubt the artist would have made that decision if they had all the time in the world to make it. Such a cool video thank you!

this series and the Employment Rate one are making me want to see an OSHA compliance person check places out

The algorithm works! I happen to be a video game artist with a background in woodwork, so found an awful lot of joy in this video. 💖 I suspect a lot of your commentary is knowingly tongue-in-cheek, and from a development standpoint the most likely answer to a lot of odd choices is "that's good enough". Almost all the joinery is a simple case of two meshes clipping into eachother as it's often too costly on the performance to add more than the minumum geometry. The cabinet for example is clearly kitbashed from other pieces, (always better to reuse textures where possible, than to increase memory with bespoke ones). Finally the trestle legs at the end look to be an unfortunate case of not realising the UVs are rotated 90°. Happens to the best of us! Especially in a game with thousands of assets to pump out. Really fun to see an appreciation for this stuff, I'll be sure to follow ✨

20:23 I really like that they pointed out the birdlike carving in the couch/bench! I wanna propose an alternative to it possibly being inspired by the Rito by saying that they might be inspired by the Loftwings from Skyward Sword. They're more akin to real life shoebill storks, and I feel like the faces of the carvings look more like that than the eagle/hawk inspired standard Rito. I'd love to hear what others think

Rather than the bird motif in the Hyrule Castle being Rito, its likely the wings of a Loftwing, the symbol of the Royal Family. A very cool catch with nice lore consistency imo :)

Those details on the Rito table are awesome, genuinely would’ve never noticed them if not for this video

8:04 happy to be among the first 2000 people noticing the table structures

This is one of the only channels on RU-vid I actually enjoy. You're a really legit dude, Andrew austini. You made me look at video games in a whole different way. It's like playing them for the first time all over again.

I love how Austin looks for these tiny little details, it’s so nice and refreshing in a “smell the flowers” kind of way.

love that nintendo attention to detail

So glad that this seems to be becoming a series. I don't know whether you're taking suggestions or not, but think doing something like this for Red Dead Redemption 2 would be really interesting

One day I will commission a Rito table. It's a gorgeous table that I noticed immediately when first playing the game. I just love the whole Rito designs and aesthetic more than any other area in Hyrule too (Even though I'd love to live in Hateno Village).

it's also extremely possible that the koroks didn't use steam but rather shaped the trees as they were growing. I've heard it's a historical practice, particularly for getting long strong curved planks for ship building, and for decorative trees. For a modern example look up Peter Cook Tree Chair

I love Eden and how your videos with them feel like the kindest, chillest educational program.

I like to think that since Koroks themselves are essentially sentient plant-creatures, they would object to cutting down any living tree to create furniture. Instead they would forage for pieces of wood/branches/twigs that have naturally fallen off trees and bushes. That might explain why the korok bed is so oddly shaped/gnarled! Then again, I have no idea if decayed/broken wood is actually usable to make furniture.

the long awaited sequel. been obsessed with edens works since the last video

What I love about this channel is that you're right, you really truly might be the first people ever to notice how the table legs in Rito village have been very slightly changed to look more like birds feet

I love your channel. The juxtaposition of the sober mundanity of real life with the fantastic and technical minutiae of game worlds hits perfectly for me

The rito table is really cool, I hope whoever designed it sees this somehow and knows how much we appreciate the attention to detail

I gotta say I love this concept of bringing someone with a niche knowledge set to critique something that escapes most people’s notice. Like it’s really cool to get a glimpse of how you see the world a little differently based on your expertise. I especially love when said expert is a little silly about it

you missed Kakariko village! the tables in Lookout Landing look like the tables in Kakariko; it's not a big leap to think that those tables were donated. the tables in Kakariko are lower, but the similarity is there

Your channel has a very clear aesthetic that I feel like you’ve hit the nail on the head (woodworking pun) with. I love the new perspectives you bring to these games. Also your music is stellar and fits the aesthetic well.

When I got into my major a lot of what we were taught was to focus on details, what separates the best is the small attention to detail in your models and work that was demonstrated here and I appreciate an entire video dissecting this sort of thing as it’s what I am going into as a career and I often feel is ignored in favor of the greater game. Awesome video!

Please continue this series! Great stuff

I am so glad you talked about this. I have spent hours just walking around the towns admiring the architecture. I love tarrey town

Yesss more Austin and Eden! Thank you for making these, would love to see this become a series

The quiet but ever present wit of the editing is an underrated part of your videos

as for the furnature in hateno village being cut from the centre of the tree, take note of that when you see those storage boxes with the hyrule royal logo on them in lookout landing, you can see that the end grain pieces of wood that make up those boxes are not in fact cut from the centre of the tree. Hateno village is not that distantly related to hyrule castle. Could it be possible that the more structral non-end-grain pieces of wood from a tree went into making those supply boxes, whereas the leftover, cheaper, slightly less durable cuts from the same trees were purchased by the furnature maker that supplied Hateno Village with its tables?

Im genuinely having so much fun watching this, this is my Roman Empire

"The bird motif" is the Loftwing. Statues all over the castle are detailed birds and rough birdlike imagery. The red bird on the Hylian Sheild is Links Loftwing from Skyward sword. The Master Sword is also a loftwing. The crossgaurd is wings, and the yellow gem is the beak.

never thought we'd get a sequel very happy to see it

Wood you guys a believe it ? Another woodworking episode I love it

I think I have finally found the youtube channel that is exactly in my weird niche of interests as a professional theater carpenter/engineer and also a game nerd in my off time, I feel very seen right now lol

Makes sense that Hyrule castle had worse wood structure, from a game development perspective. The design work was focused on making the furniture fancy, putting engravings on the back of chairs and along the stretcher.

This series is weirdly interesting and I sincerely hope to see more of it in the future

That Korok bed, i doubt it was steam bended, not only is it out of character, but those beams look like a single piece of wood, and a quite girthy one at that, steam bending that would not only be near impossible for the Koroks to do, but you would need some high tech steamers and a lot of time in order to do that in our world. Now what am thinking is that the Koroks grew that bed, literarily made the wood grow in those shapes. Look it up, there are furniture made by tieing saplings to scaffolding to make them grow in the shape you want, and you can make some really complex shapes with it, however, we never do it here in our world, but the tree spirits in Hyrule not only have the time to watch a tree grow, but its also in character that they would do it, as a matter of fact, i find it out of character for the Koroks to cut down a tree and then force it into the shape they want.

I’ve never even thought about woodworking in video games. As a game designer, it’s just my job to hand it off to the 3d artists, but maybe there’s some values in the ways it’s constructed, the story it tells, etc. Love the new series

This series is marvelous. Thank you Austin.

I really love seeing the woodworking videos. Entertaining AND I’m learning fun wood terms

So glad Eden is back. They really know their stuff!!!

hearing you guys talk about big trees makes me feel so lucky to be where i am. My area is around one of the last big swathes of redwoods, being in southern humboldt, cali, and I get to drive like 10 minutes and see a grove of giant redwoods, like hundreds of feet tall and some probably over 10- 20 feet wide. Sometimes I forget that most people havent and probably wont see a tree that big unless they go out of their way to do so, its sad.

that bird table was a shocking delight

This has one of the funniest thumbnails I’ve ever seen. It just clicks with my sense of humor like so few things can do

Ahh, an Any Austin video with a cup of java. Great start to the week.

I love these videos. The only thing I'd change is to make them longer, and if they were longer I'd probably still say that, so they're damn near perfect.

the triangular woodworking detail pointed out at 7:02 may be a reference to the hallux (back talon) present in some species of birds. look up pictures of raptor feet and you can see the three front talons and the talon in the back, and together the raptor uses them for gripping, piercing, and strangling its prey!

Loving this series. Thanks to you and Eden both, I hope they enjoy making these videos as much as we enjoy watching them :)

Nice concept ! The forest magic maintaining the korok bed together is just live wood stuff 🤣

I'm so obsessed with videos like this, I can't explain why.

Your videos really are something special. It's so fun getting caught up in details like this in games. Also Eden is so knowledgeable. It's great to have her here.

This is content explicitly for me. I spent a lot of time looking at furniture & timber construction in TotK, and am riveted rn

This series speaks so hard to my nerdy little heart. It was really nice to see attention given to someone’s hard work (for part of the video, at least)!

I think the Lookout Landing table is a Sheikah design, actually! Which makes sense given Purrah and co's involvement with the place. Maybe one of the researchers brought it with them?

I imagine the designers appreciate the in depth analysis and breakdown of something that they worked so hard on!!! To see their intentions visualized and made aware of must be a blessing and the aspiration of the creators at Nintendo ❤

Incredible! I love these! Nothing quite like a professional with passion giving their educated opinions on fictional stuff related to their work!

I would love to see a part two talking about Bolson/Hudson construction because those modular houses always crack me up

love this, it's so cool to see how much thought is put into things like the rito table or the makeshift furniture in lookout landing.

Was finally able to watch the Skyrim woodworking video too, it's honestly such a delight to have Eden sharing their expertise! Not even just the technical aspects (extremely cool in itself), but also fascinating details about historical context as well. Super excited for any future woodworking videos y'all might do together :D

Once again, love you guys looking into the little details, and I love being educated about things I wouldn't normally think about.

I always think about stuff like this when i play video games! I love inspecting the woodgrain textures and looking at structures. Great video!

I like that you are both so invested. I’d enjoy another wood working video

It's the small detail seen that makes most games interesting! I love the drop front on that kitchen shelf! This series is awesome! Thanks!!

I very much enjoyed this.very glad you did yet another one. When your playing these games it’s hard to stop and look at these super specific details

How does it feel running the best channel on youtube

This is the exact kind of video game analysis I like seeing

I think I get what they were going for with the lines on the ends of the stuff in Hyrule castle, but it really needed to be three dimensional to look like proper carvings instead of flat.

Really love this series!!!! Lots of fun to learn stuff about woodworking....I always enjoy when a new video of yours comes out - its lovely to see all the tiny details of games. As well as the more mundane things like labor statistics! One thing though - the jumpcuts with the quick flash of bright light is really harsh on the eyes, especially in dark environments. It also might be detrimental to those with photosenisivity/epilepsy. Still, thank you so much for another great entry in the series. Delighted at how well thought out all the totk/botw woodworking is...

lovely to have Eden back on!! always great to hear from them

This series is really unique and so cool. It's fun to watch and I'm learning something new about woodworking. Thanks for making this kind of content to both of you :)

7:44 that's a tenon for sure. In games, we cant afford to create every minimal detail, specially when the detail is so minuscule like this one, so we employ some techniques to mimic the desired appearance. In this case, the effect creates the "separation" between those two wood pieces but if you pixel peep hard enough, you'll see that in fact, it's a single piece. That helps improving performance. Edit: Put a 3d game artist in the middle, that'd be a wonderful knowledge exchange 👀

I'm delighted that you have a friend with the same vibe as you to do videos with

i love this so much, it’s so cool to notice these insanely specific details

Why is your content so good? Literally nobody else is making videos like this. Both a blessing and a curse as I can only wait until Austin makes more because you can't find this kind of thing anywhere else.

What a great dissection. I love this, and would absolutely check out more of this style of video.

I always love deep delves into the background aesthetics to rly dive into tiny little details that us lays are just unable to spot without a bit of learnin about woodworkin from a pro

tons of fun. sincerely hope to see more of these

12:30 made me so anxious holy shit. I hane't played the games in months but that damn music startled the shit out of me

25:56 I think that is supposed to be carvings instead of individual layers, like you can sometimes see on decorative pillars. These videos are fun.

As someone who's a professional modeler who has to make virtual wooden furniture all the time, this was actually very insightful and useful aha

This series rules, and i hope you do more of it. I never knew how much i would appreciate a channel that just slows down a bit, and figuratively smells the roses in video games. While i think this might be my favorite of the series to do that, the skybox appreciation, unremarkable and odd locations, even the unemployment reports are a really interesting eye into the design of games with such a natural and non-tech/non-coder approach. Thanks!

What a great idea for a series. I love it!

The old photos of the redwood and bison bones are absolutely heartbreaking. Great video, I love that every term or reference is thrown onto the screen in an easily-digestible way, even if a couple references are depressing!

I bet the castle decor and furniture was made first since it's such an important location in both games, which is why it is actually less detailed. They had more time or better textures for the rest of the areas.

This was awesome. I would love to see more of this for some of the areas you didn't cover in this video (Gerudo Town, Goron City, Terry Town, Lurelin Village, Kakariko Village, the stables, and/or monster pirate ships). Whatever you choose to do next, hope you have fun doing it, and that you have a great rest of your day.

I loved when you gave the table an A+! It was so warming to see people vibe on interior design and good construction.