Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair's Impossible Lair -- Designing For Endurance

Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level's design. In this episode, we look at the titular level from Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, a brutal gauntlet of a level that tests something not usually well respected these days -- a player's endurance.
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Writing/Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing/Game Footage: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones ( / pyrrhickong )
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Images/Footage Used:
"Death Debate - BanjoKazooie VS YookaLaylee Sticker": www.teepublic.com/sticker/2962316-death-debate-banjokazooie-vs-yookalaylee
"Capital B Fan Art I Made": www.reddit.com/r/YookaLaylee/comments/beztyb/capital_b_fan_art_i_made/
"If Hideo Kojima made Yooka Laylee": www.reddit.com/duplicates/4osurb/if_hideo_kojima_made_yooka_laylee/
"Impossible Lair "easy" mode?": www.reddit.com/r/YookaLaylee/comments/dh7vrk/impossible_lair_easy_mode/
"This campaign has WAAAAAAY too many checkpoints.": www.reddit.com/r/modernwarfare/comments/dnf2x7/this_campaign_has_waaaaaay_too_many_checkpoints/
"Kaizo block out of nowhere": www.twitch.tv/grandpoobear/clip/BloodyMushyCurlewWTRuck?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time
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