Game Almighty posted an interview with Dan Paladin, The Behemoth's artist extraordinaire for Alien Hominid HD and upcoming XBLA title Castle Crashers. In the interview, Dan talks about the differences in the art style between the games, where he gets his inspiration, and why he is so cool. He also talks about the challenges and changes they've encountered while developing Castle Crashers, including reducing the size of the knights on screen and dealing with the complex code. One of the most interesting tidbits from the interview is when Mr. Paladin talks about a few of Castle Crashers' game features stating:"In Castle Crashers, when holding down the right trigger all 4 of the buttons on top become spells that are intuitive to the player. For instance, press jump without right trigger and you jump normally. Press jump with the right trigger held down and you do a magic boosted jump. You can unlock a lot of characters to play as - as well as weapons, pets, and items! Every character has their own magic abilities which affect the enemies in different ways."
We must admit, we are uber excited for some four player co-op over Xbox Live and beating on those bad dudes. Anyone satisfied with XBLA title Alien Hominid HD and overly pumped for some Castle Crashers later this year?
[Thanks, Chris]
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3-01-2007 @ 5:23PM
Toph said...
I played the AH HD demo and reminded myself of how tough it really is! I love the art design and the uniqueness of AH, but since I own it on PS2 i'm waiting for Castle Crashers. I've never played it before and it seems like a hell of a lot of fun!
I wouldn't be surprised to see it next week, given that XBLA games seem to be released in paired weeks with similar games (Namco did it often a few months ago). Castle Crashers is right now probably my second top choice to buy, with CastleVania SOTN topping the list.
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3-01-2007 @ 6:58PM
Drew said...
I'm afraid that I don't approve of this post, and I'm going to have to ask you to remove it, lest I sever all ties with your orginization.
x3
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3-01-2007 @ 8:00PM
ryan said...
Castle Crashers is the reason I have live Gold right now
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3-01-2007 @ 8:12PM
Dolla Dolla said...
LOL @ Drew
Ouch, that was funny.
Anyway ... I'm waiting for this ... and 65nm processor ... and a bigger harddrive ... than I will join the next generation of gaming.
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3-01-2007 @ 9:34PM
aragorn said...
I dunno why, but when I think of Dan Paladin, I think of Don Hertzfeldt.
http://www.bitterfilms.com
MY SPOON IS TOO BIG!!!
I wonder if dan is as handsome as don.
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3-01-2007 @ 10:23PM
Ninegauger said...
They can hold off on releasing Castle Crashers if they want. Alen Hominid and Crackdown are tiding me over quite nicely.
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3-01-2007 @ 10:45PM
Rob M. said...
Personally, I think AlienHD sucks. I grew up on twitch-shooter side-scrolling arcade games and if I were pumping quarters into a machine to play this game, I'd be pissed. It's difficulty is way over the top. The art style is unique and a nice change from the 3-D ultra-pretty games of late, but the gameplay is horrible here.
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3-02-2007 @ 12:21AM
Johnny said...
Difficulty?
Do people not know how to scout out a boss pattern?
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3-02-2007 @ 2:29AM
Soniku said...
Too bad the interviewer doesn't ask why Alien Hominid lacks co-op via Live...
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3-02-2007 @ 9:18AM
beardsly43 said...
f this, worms next wed... maybe CC the week after? that would be awesome.
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