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Castle Crashers is Complete

Derek Yu — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:45:00 +0000

No release date yet, but soon… very soon (okay, just kinda soon). Also, bears.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Arkmino

Tue, 20 May 2008 06:34:00 +0000

I concur…

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by wut

Mon, 19 May 2008 05:30:45 +0000

Keep it, Alien Hominid sucked so much ass.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by YesYesYes

Sun, 18 May 2008 23:02:05 +0000

Well it’s confirmed - Castle Crashers will be released some time in the future of the Xbox 360!!! Oh wait a minute, that applies to all of the Xbox Live Arcade games that have been announced over the past 3 years… shit!

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by xerus

Sun, 18 May 2008 20:25:25 +0000

PC version of Braid? Jonathan Blow, I thank thee ;D

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Jonathan Blow

Sun, 18 May 2008 19:48:40 +0000

Yep, Braid is coming to the PC. I am talking to a potential PC online publisher right now.

It will come out a little bit after the XBLA version, but hopefully not too much after.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Yaen

Sun, 18 May 2008 18:33:41 +0000

Yeah check the braid site, I was snooping for some info on a port and he said it would come to pc. I hope he doesn’t change his mind.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by MetalGearLefty

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:55:07 +0000

Braid is coming out for the PC?!

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Melly

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:43:48 +0000

I too would love to see a PC port, but like it’s been said, it’s a sad reality that PC isn’t that attractive to develop commercial games to compared to keeping it in consoles.

However if it’s cheap and fast they could probably use something like Steam which I don’t think is easy to pirate from, but I could be wrong.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by bateleur

Sun, 18 May 2008 13:43:10 +0000

Mischief Maker wrote:
PC = headache of making the game work for all the many and varied hardware configurations of customers’ computers instead of a single set of hardware?

If, as Ichi claims, it’s Flash-based then that’s not really a problem. In fact they could even do a Mac port and a Linux port at the same time.

(And then I woke up.)

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Patrick

Sun, 18 May 2008 10:59:53 +0000

A 360 does not have the hardware of an average PC, but porting 360->PC is easier than PC->360.

Here’s a list of PC->360 issues from one of the Moonpod guys:

x360 uses powerpc type chips instead of Intel so byte ordering is swapped (all your data is the wrong way round).
it uses something similar to DX9 so video startup and rendering all need changing to the new system.
file system and the way games are saved is different.
there are strict guidelines on everything that dictate how the frontend works, where the buttons can and can’t go, etc, etc.
redo the control system
you have to fit everything on a 50MB game card and starscape is 120MB so everything needs to sit compressed and then be uncompressed into ram on demand.

link: http://www.moonpod.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=1881&highlight=360+port

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Lim-Dul

Sun, 18 May 2008 10:20:35 +0000

Yeah - you can even play “unported” games on your PC if you install the XNA framework. Unless they haven’t been built with it, obviously.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Yaen

Sun, 18 May 2008 09:24:05 +0000

XNA is very back and forth from what I’ve seen in other projects. I think that a PC version might need some retooling for online play, don’t know if they can use xbox severs or if it would be a peer host. Fulp mentioned something (on their forums) about porting it to whatever ends up not taking too much time or money after its released.

Not too sure but hey, Braid is coming to PC, and I hope Fez makes it as well.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Lim-Dul

Sun, 18 May 2008 08:37:18 +0000

Well - if an XBox game is popular on the console it usually comes to the PC sooner or later. And indeed it’s not very hard to port the games back and forth - consoles, especially the XBox 360, have virtually the same hardware as a normal PC>

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Starshot

Sun, 18 May 2008 08:21:25 +0000

That would be an indie gamer’s wet dream.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by gnome

Sun, 18 May 2008 07:44:49 +0000

Especially if bundled with Alien Hominid…

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by 501105

Sun, 18 May 2008 07:32:51 +0000

Agreed a pc version would rock

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Mischief Maker

Sun, 18 May 2008 06:40:51 +0000

PC = headache of making the game work for all the many and varied hardware configurations of customers’ computers instead of a single set of hardware?

PC = lower number of customers? (C’mon, guys, you all know we’re a very tiny subset of the computer gaming crowd)

PC = easier to pirate?

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Ichi

Sun, 18 May 2008 06:13:02 +0000

Great, now I’ll have to convince a 2D-hating friend to get this for his 360. Why couldn’t this be on PC? :(

For those hoping for a PC port.. we never got Alien hominid, I don’t think this will be any different. It’s really weird that they’re neglecting the PC crowd, considering that this is flash-based and all. I don’t get it.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by MetalGearLefty

Sun, 18 May 2008 05:55:07 +0000

Fourthed for PC. Especially if it goes on Steam.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Xander

Sun, 18 May 2008 05:39:54 +0000

I like how the third character can look pretty badass whilst simultaneously resembling an anus..

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Nizzate

Sun, 18 May 2008 05:35:49 +0000

thirded for PC, I wonder how hard it is to port it over to PC? We should start a petition!

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by FireSword

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:56:46 +0000

Saruman Teddy Bear ftw lol

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by muku

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:12:40 +0000

Seconded. Dammit, I want it on PC.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Nikica

Sun, 18 May 2008 03:46:00 +0000

Now just make it for PC.

"Castle Crashers is Complete" by Trotim

Sun, 18 May 2008 02:45:37 +0000

So… in about half a year, eh?