Watch Castle Crashers levels made in real-time

by Terrence Stasse { Mar 26th 2008 at 8:30AM }

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

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Skwid @ Mar 26th 2008 9:37AM

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.

Dick @ Mar 26th 2008 9:45AM

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.

David @ Mar 26th 2008 9:59AM

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

cresusjiste @ Mar 26th 2008 10:20AM

anybody any idea what the first song is?

msusig @ Mar 26th 2008 10:36AM

Truly amazing. wish it were that easy..

mcdeathob @ Mar 26th 2008 10:42AM

@ cresusjiste:

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

mcdeathob @ Mar 26th 2008 10:50AM

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

Mark @ Mar 26th 2008 12:30PM

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.

Terrence Stasse @ Mar 26th 2008 12:40PM

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.

TORO @ Mar 26th 2008 12:44PM

Castle Crashers ftw.

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

cresusjiste @ Mar 26th 2008 1:52PM

cheers mcdeathob what a tune.

Brock @ Mar 26th 2008 4:11PM

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

Terrence Stasse @ Mar 26th 2008 4:28PM

I wish I knew...

rez pez @ Jun 21st 2008 2:06AM

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

Skwid @ Mar 26th 2008 9:18PM

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.

kris @ Mar 27th 2008 7:47AM

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!