--- title: "How voxels enabled a juicy gameplay loop in Donkey Kong Bananza" url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-voxels-enabled-a-juicy-gameplay-loop-in-donkey-kong-bananza-t8qbz20oj source_url: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/how-voxels-enabled-a-juicy-gameplay-loop-in-donkey-kong-bananza type: article source: "Game Developer" published: 2026-03-18T17:58:39.745Z updated: 2026-03-18T17:59:06.272Z tags: ["game-design", "nintendo"] reading_time: 8 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How voxels enabled a juicy gameplay loop in Donkey Kong Bananza **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nintendo producer Kenta Motokura and programmer Tatsuya Kurihara presented at GDC 2026 on how voxel-based destructible environments in Donkey Kong Bananza enabled a new gameplay loop they call the 'chain of destruction.' Rather than treating combat and exploration as separate activities, the voxel tech allows enemies defeated in combat to smash through walls, revealing hidden areas and secrets. The talk also covers technical tradeoffs like using primitive collision shapes instead of voxel-to-voxel detection, and how the team decided which visual artifacts were acceptable based on whether they benefited or harmed the player experience. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Teardown Developer Breaks Down Multiplayer and Voxel Destruction Tech](https://daily.dev/posts/teardown-developer-breaks-down-multiplayer-and-voxel-destruction-tech-vgxcphfw9) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cool Voxel Building System for Destructible Cities](https://daily.dev/posts/cool-voxel-building-system-for-destructible-cities-furybqlnw) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The unlikely story of Teardown Multiplayer](https://daily.dev/posts/the-unlikely-story-of-teardown-multiplayer-jhb5m8xty) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [BeastLink Devs Detail the Tech Behind Its Massive Kaiju Destruction](https://daily.dev/posts/beastlink-devs-detail-the-tech-behind-its-massive-kaiju-destruction-iubgujkw3) · 80 LEVEL · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-design](https://daily.dev/tags/game-design), [#nintendo](https://daily.dev/tags/nintendo) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-voxels-enabled-a-juicy-gameplay-loop-in-donkey-kong-bananza-t8qbz20oj)