i try to answer everyone's messages but i just can't keep up - please know i love you all forever and ever and that you all are each part of the reason i do art. the tablet I use is a Wacom Intuos-3 6x8" and i use Flash MX. no platform questions please.
Age 45, Male
game developer
none
san diego
Joined on 9/6/01
Posted by DanPaladin - March 22nd, 2008
http://devblog.thebehemoth.com/?p=40
here's the first video posted. we started recording a month or two ago. you can also see characters and weapons and stuff that we've never announced before. we've been updating every couple days with new content.
enjoy!
:D :D :D
Is the chair one of the many secret characters I've heard so much about?! It's a shame I have to get a ps3 for all the new games coming out, it's funny when your decision of what console to buy is being altered by a game thats not even coming out in stores! Meh, I'll just steal a 360 and get it on the live arcade :D
if i TOLD YOU what the characters were, it wouldn't be a secret would it?? lol
omg you are a robber
Oh yea, I may as well ask this now. Your work and people like stampers are always outline with the paintbrush tool, yet the lines are always so smooth and neat. I cant seem to get that, I try using the brush, I draw lines that look good but as soon as I release the mouse they just deform. Even smooth edges button doesn't do much. Is there some setting I'm not noticing or is it because you guys have wacoms
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might be a hardware problem.. if you don't have a very good processor you might be screwed because vector drawing is usually 100% processor power.
i think if you set your settings in advanced somewhere you can alter how the lines are calculated. that might be a problem too.
hope any of that works
Nice work dan, cool watching your process of drawing the map :)
thanks brother from another mother
That was a cool video. Nice chair by the way!
tnx. it IS a good chair isn't it?
Where'd you find that chair?!
P.S.
It was really informative to watch you drawing. I didn't realize all the game art was done in flash, you must have some cool way to cross over content from flash to console-whajigget.
i found the chair on the internet somewhere. i am glad you learned a little from the video!
Nice, nice, few artist to artist questions
How many layers did you use?
What was that tool you were using that was like a clear circle?
What happens when you dont know how to draw something :P
just a couple layers. the tool i am using is the paintbrush tool. it changes to that icon when you use a drawing tablet and have pressure sensitivity turned on. the harder i press, the thicker the line. what happens when you don't know how to draw something is up to you. choose your own adventure!
release more videos
that's the plan. there'll be more on that site soon.
woooow that's a nice picture... awesome!!
also one question why do you not release as full game that you can buy in stores?
it's a lot of money to put it on the shelves. it's easier as an independent developer to not have to pay for shipping, producing the boxes, producing the CDs, giving a publisher a cut of the sales, buying the shelf space......
much better of an option to just put it avaialable for download.
me and my freind want to make our own games , however i cannot find the software to make xbox arcade games with, can you give me a link or something.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QyCH6">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QyCH6 </a> tM_L8
well coincidently my class allowed me to make a promotional video on anything, i had to keep it under a minute and i couldn't use real videos in it (the moving parts are laggy screenshots), best i could come up with within a week of 50 minute classes
Wow that was awesome i can't wait for the game to come out!
Your such a good animator i just can't belive it its so awesome!
I.
WANT.
THAT.
CHAIR.
Watching the video now. If I'm not fortunate enough to get a 360 and a copy of CC when it comes out, or know of anyone who does, then at least I'll probably have some awesome videos to watch.
It'd be cool to have this sort of stuff actually in the game, as in, extra features>Making of, a few vids, photos of Tom's beard, that sort of stuff. I think that people would like to know all the stuff you do in your small group known as the Behemoth.
:D (spitting image of the chair!) good luck getting this thing over the finishing line, it looks huge!
Nice Chair
ALL HAIL KING MIGHTY SMILEY CHAIR!! :D
that chair picture is super old, I don't know why everyone's spazzing about it
Also, Dan, what kind of guitar do you have? "before i go" makes me smile everytime i hear it.
i only use guitar samples. i am sad that my hands hurt a ton when i try to play the real guiter - i have arthritis :(
Chair, lol :)
I wish I could play Castle Crashers, but I don't have an Xbox 360. Red Rings of Death make me nervous :(
In other Synj related questions, are you planning on making new movies soon?
microsoft replaces your 360 if it red rings. dunno if that makes you feel any better
i have no time for movies lately, the projects i am undertaking are too time-consuming! movies were never really my thing anyway. i'll do one if i have a lot of downtime again.
"Happy chair enjoys life to the fullest." ;)
Anyways, good stuff there with CC. That's gonna be a mighty fine game in the end...to bad I don't own an Xbox. :(!
ALSO, a major BIG fucking THANKS for faving my dad'n me contest entry! What more can I possibly want having one of the creators of the game listening to this!? Thanks Dan, truly made my day seeing the fav. from you! :)
How about games(besides, you know)? I always enjoyed the sprites in your games.
Wurmy
That's a pretty awesome chair :o