Watch Castle Crashers levels made in real-time

Posted Mar 26th 2008 8:30AM by Terrence Stasse
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade, Videos

Given the recent launch of their dev blog, the guys over at The Behemoth are interested in getting news about Castle Crashers out there. Recently updated, the blog now contains a video of the game artist Dan Paladin painting pieces of the game in real-time. The video is well worth the watch for any artistic types, or even those who just like the game's art style. We watch about 30-40 minutes of work fly by in 9 minutes as Dan paints rocks, walls, tombstones and more, as well as place them right into the game environment. It's a fascinating view into the creation process of the game as it seems to be unique to The Behemoth, though of course there may be other companies that use the same process. Either way, if you liked this video, there's another one embedded after the break, this time showcasing Dan creating the Castle Crashers world map.

World Map Video

Tags: castle-crashers, the-behemoth, xbla

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

3-26-2008 @ 9:37AM

Skwid said...

Not sure if it's "real-time" if it's sped up like that, but a technicality! Cool videos, I love watching digital artists at work, especially ones like Dan Paladin with a really unique style.

3-26-2008 @ 9:45AM

Dick said...

Very Cool.

I have no ability to draw, but as an artist (music) I can appreciate this.

No clue about the game, guess I needs ta click some links.

3-26-2008 @ 9:59AM

David said...

I guess you can draw that fast, in real-time, when you push it to the limit...

3-26-2008 @ 10:20AM

cresusjiste said...

anybody any idea what the first song is?

3-26-2008 @ 10:36AM

msusig said...

Truly amazing. wish it were that easy..

3-26-2008 @ 10:42AM

mcdeathob said...

@ cresusjiste:

I second that, love to know what the first song was?

3-26-2008 @ 10:50AM

mcdeathob said...

I found it. Think the first song was Stereoheroes - BoomSlang

3-26-2008 @ 12:30PM

Mark said...

I'm sure it's not realtime. I think for one of the videos they posted they said it was 6x time. I'm guessing this is the same.

3-26-2008 @ 12:40PM

Terrence Stasse said...

Guys, guys, "real-time" refers the fact that the newly created assets are then placed directly into the game environment, instead of having to be imported.

I even said: 'We watch about 30-40 minutes of work fly by in 9 minutes" so you should've known that I KNEW that the vid was sped-up.

Damnable internet.

3-26-2008 @ 12:44PM

TORO said...

Castle Crashers ftw.

Haha, I was going to cry if it weren't real-time Terrence..u saved the day

3-26-2008 @ 1:52PM

cresusjiste said...

cheers mcdeathob what a tune.

3-26-2008 @ 4:11PM

Brock said...

Anyone know what the program is that he's using?

3-26-2008 @ 4:28PM

Terrence Stasse said...

I wish I knew...

3-26-2008 @ 9:18PM

Skwid said...

Haha, I was just giving you a hard time about the real-time, I knew what you meant. I was also trying to figure out what program he was using, not sure.

3-27-2008 @ 7:47AM

kris said...

im pretty sure its corel painter or something similar its deffinatly vector based but i dont think its flash. the toolset seemed more drawing orientated than flash.

i third the awsome 1st song comment. dans obviously got great taste in music. can't wait for castle crashers most anticipated xbla game well until they announce a proper sequal to geometry wars!

3-27-2008 @ 5:35PM

Jack N said...

Seconded on the awesome song. Rewatched the video a couple times just for the song.

6-21-2008 @ 2:06AM

rez pez said...

he's using adobe flash and sporting a wacom tablet (perhaps intuos3 6x8?)

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