Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

[Thrasha]

Re: Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

This question has probably been answered other times on here but I quite honestly don't feel like sifting through this thread to find it, so here it goes....


I'm downloading Black via Xbox Marketplace, will it continue to DL if I start playing a game or do I need to stay in the Xbox Dashboard for it to download?

[Kane182]

Re: Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

I'm downloading Black via Xbox Marketplace, will it continue to DL if I start playing a game or do I need to stay in the Xbox Dashboard for it to download?

You can play games or do whatever you want and it will continue to D/L...With the right console setting you can even setup it up to keep downloading even after you shut your system off for the night.

[Altimus]

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I canceled xbox live, twice, after selling my 360, but noticed I still have profile information on their website. Did the account just slip to silver or what?

It still has my achievement points, games played, friends list, etc.

Just wondering, since I could probably pick one up again at some point.

From what I know, accounts are locked and can't be reset or deleted by you or MS. If anything it was just downgraded to silver.

[Pete1210]

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You can play games or do whatever you want and it will continue to D/L...With the right console setting you can even setup it up to keep downloading even after you shut your system off for the night.

But the d/l will pause if you play a multiplayer game on xbox live.

[Pete1210]

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Assault Heroes and Doom are dropping to 1/2 price (from 800 to 400 pts) on Wed 3/19.

[Flawless]

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Castle Crashers development blog

Hello and welcome to The Behemoth’s development blog for Castle Crashers. The purpose for this site will be to provide updates on the development process for our next title Castle Crashers. Our hope is to post weekly and share with you all of the crazy stuff that we’ve been doing in order to get this game out. Our team consists of about 6 introverted nerds that include; Tom, Dan, John, Josh, Mike, and myself (Emil). For the most part I’ll be posting most of the information on a weekly basis, but I’ll do my best to bug everyone else to post their own stuff as well. We will have some great behind the scenes content to share with you that will include:

• Exclusive video captures of Dan Paladin creating a large amount of content for the game. From characters, to levels, to menu design, all of these videos are recorded live and are pretty amazing to watch.
• Information about the various Lite-RPG aspects of the game. This includes character unlocks, weapon unlocks, our leveling/experience system, and more!
• Early concept art from directly scanned from Dan’s sketchbook.

Additionally we’ve set-up our official forum, and we will be on there answering all of your questions.

Our first item includes a video of Dan creating some portions of our world map. For the most part we’ve increased the speed on these clips to save on the file size and time. All of the videos and sketches we will be posting can be found under the Videos and Art section of the site.

Ok, that’s pretty much it, thanks and enjoy!

-Emil-

World Map Creation

This video is of Dan Paladin working on the world map for Castle Crashers. The footage above has had its speed increased by 600% from the original file. This is a 30 minute session brought down to about 6 minutes or so. Here you can see Dan finishing up the Ruins, and the Industrial Castle sections of the map.

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Character List

We currently have about 22 unlockable characters in Castle Crashers. Throughout the game you will have the opportunity to add these characters to your arsenal by various different means (was that vague enough).

[TruFunkSoldier]

Re: Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

XBLA seems flooded with average games. What are some of the better original games?

My favorite is still Geometry Wars.

[CS10029]

Re: Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

PuzzleQuest is awsome. I have it on the DS.

[TruFunkSoldier]

Re: Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

PuzzleQuest is awsome. I have it on the DS.

I heard that one was good. Would you recommend the DS or XBLA version?

[CS10029]

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Same game really. Think the XBLA one is cheaper and has live support. DS you interact with the puzzle with the stylus and its nice to be able to take the game with you. Both good choices IMO.

[The GIGGAS]

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XBLA for Achievements... What? I'm a gamerscore whore.

[Bruins]

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New Castle Crashers character:

"Another day, another character revealed. We never intended for our characters to have names. A quote from Dan Paladin, “It’s more fun when the characters don’t have a name because then you can inject your own personality into the characters” With that said I am personally going to refer to this guy as “Dude”."

http://devblog.thebehemoth.com/?p=46

Character list: http://devblog.thebehemoth.com/?p=34

Weapon list: http://devblog.thebehemoth.com/?p=25

[CS10029]

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I don't get the whole castle crashers things. Seems lame.

[Flawless]

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I don't get the whole castle crashers things. Seems lame.

To each their own. 4 player side scrolling beat 'em up with lite RPG elements from the creators of Alien Hominid. It's a day 1 purchase for me.

[The GIGGAS]

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To each their own. 4 player side scrolling beat 'em up with lite RPG elements from the creators of Alien Hominid. It's a day 1 purchase for me.

Agreed.