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Building the Bastion: Part 03

Our friends from Supergiant Games show us the latest from Bastion!

Jan. 28 2011

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

Bastion

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The hidden temple! hahahaha

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Edited By ToRo

Nice "That's what she said" by Jen at 11:54. Tis a shame they did not bask in the glory of it.

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The voiceover part was hilarious.

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High life can!! 

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AWESOME! This is my favorite feature on the site. You get a really great look into the development process! Thanks Bastion guys for making this possible!

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Lemme just get this out the way first. I love what Giantbomb are doing, shining the light on this guys and, in many ways, promoting the game. I wish them nothing but good luck! 
 
However..... 
In my opinion, the art style is STILL pretty bad. Loud background with loud foreground. It really gives me a headache. Maybe i'm the only one? Maybe im colour blind and just don't know? But still, ouch. 
 
The narration is -superb- though. Such a young guy giving an old soul filled voice like that? Greatt stuff man. 
 
Peace

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Edited By Sunspots

You know, if it wasn't for Giantbomb focusing a spotlight on this game the way they continue to do, I probably wouldn't have heard of, or cared too much about Bastion, and that is by no means a knock against Supergiant Games at all. On the contrary, this exposure has piqued my interest to the point of convincing me to buy this games once its made available.  
 
 I continue to love the way Giantbomb has been evolving into a, "internet t.v channel for gaming", of sorts that goes beyond its, "we're a wikipedia of gaming", roots.  Thank you guys for being pretty much the ONLY gaming site that does not resort to the kind of juvenile antics that we all see in games journalism. (Well, the only site that I'm aware of that is mostly mature about their coverage.)  
 
And, yes, I'm well aware of how silly things can get on GB, it's what keeps me coming back.

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So glad they are also releasing on pc. :) @gregk Have you said about steam ?

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I swear I just read the title as building the Batman.

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Jenn is cute- hope she doesn't break up the band, Lol

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Edited By WickedCobra03

Very cool feature.  Like others have said, it is just amazing how much prep work goes into just getting a stupid demo out the door.  I mean I already figured how much work it takes for an actual larger studio to put together one of those "hot vertical slice" demos for E3, but these guys have to get people in there for voice acting at special times, art direction changes and mechanics change just to reshow it again to the public.
 
 
Very awesome inside look.  Greg, I will play whatever you put out! :)

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Edited By buft

Bastion always looks awesome, every detail we get makes the game more and more exciting. Good work guys.

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That was the most professional looking voice recording booth I have ever seen.

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Edited By Elusionar

They look tierd as hell.
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This is amazing, it makes you stop and think about how much actually goes into making a game and its so interesting to see the people behind the work. Makes seeing this stuff in the final product much more meaningful.
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Man, I still cannot wait for this game.

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Edited By KnifeySpoony

This is still my favorite feature. Keep up the good work Bastion team.

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@thebigJ_A said:

"So, what does that Gavin dude do there? He wasn't in the video much. Greg is lead, then there's artist and level design. What is Gavin? "

 
Gavin is the cofounder of the studio (along with Amir), and he built the whole game engine. It's his tech and tools that enable the game to exist, enable Jen's art to render so nicely in-game, enable Amir and me to make levels, and so forth. He's our engineer. We just brought on a new member of the team named Andrew Wang who used to work at Infinity Ward and he doubles our engineering capacity (allowing us to extend the game to other platforms much more easily) but prior to that Gavin was the guy who made everything work.
 
Also I'm not "the lead"; Amir runs the project and does a damn good job of it. I'm responsible for the fiction and some of the level design among other things. Anyway as you've seen in the video it's a highly collaborative process so it's not like we're management heavy, but Amir is the one who's closest to our production planning.
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Edited By artofwar420

I really love these, I'll be a little sad when they are over. But then I'll be super happy 'cause the game will be out! 
 
Wish you guys all the best.

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Thunderbirds reference made me smile.

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Hate to seem stupid, but is the a XBLA or XB indie game?
 
If it was mentioned I missed it. 
 
Thanks.

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@thebigJ_A said:
" So, what does that Gavin dude do there? He wasn't in the video much. Greg is lead, then there's artist and level design. What is Gavin? "
The guy that makes the game.
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So, what does that Gavin dude do there? He wasn't in the video much. Greg is lead, then there's artist and level design. What is Gavin?

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That dude looks like the dude from Hey Ash Whatchya Playin'?
 
Is that dude, like, her brother? I can't tell. She's pretty hot, though. At least, sometimes.

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Will definitely buy this game when it comes out. Love the art style and the moving foreground from background. 

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I refuse to play the Bastion until it is available in Double HD. This game does look quite awesome, though.

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the game's looking great so far

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@MaddProdigy: 
no most the crap is done by really small teams, it doesnt take a lot of effort to make a videogame, a lot of these indie games you see being churned out are done within 6 months to a year tops, like the Magicka game
 
i hope this game has some sort of actual "world" all i see are levels , i haven't seen any other people but the main character
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I love how the voice actor looks nothing like he sounds (at least to me)

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@HairyToeKnuckles said:
" I am such a HUGE Greg Kasavin fan. He just makes me smile. Love that guy! "
yeah he is videogames IMO
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@JJWeatherman said:
"If the Bastion team reads this: You guys are awesome and you seem to be making a game that lives up to that awesomeness. Best of luck with the rest of development. "

Hey yeah, we're reading...! At least I am, never given up my lurker ways. Thanks for this, it was a fun show for us too. We don't get a ton of time for questions on the air so if there's anything else you guys were wondering about but we didn't cover feel free to ask away in the Bastion forum.
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Really enjoying these. Game looks awesome.

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Edited By Vinny_Says

fuck West Coast closets. East Coast for life!!!

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Can't wait to watch this when I finish fixing the mess that is my room. About 70% done! 
 
Edit: Dammit internet, I'm still 70% done.

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I am such a HUGE Greg Kasavin fan. He just makes me smile. Love that guy!

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That cat was fucking awesome.
 
What was this video about again?

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If the Bastion team reads this: You guys are awesome and you seem to be making a game that lives up to that awesomeness. Best of luck with the rest of development.

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I'll buy it.

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Thanks for posting this.

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I think these segments have easily become my favourite feature of the site, really look forward to em.

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Game is looking very good, the art is fantastic, anyone have any idea of the release window?

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This is a must buy for me. She is an incredible artist.

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I'm going to buy the shit out of this game.

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Game is coming along really good.

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Edited By Paladizm

These are the best segments on the site... I would love more looks inside the world of game development, this is just great.

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Do we get a discount on any artbooks if we're GiantBomb premium members? ;-p 
 
Plus, will get when it comes out.

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looking really good so far can't wait to see the finished product and kudos to Giant Bomb for bringing us this inside look at game development 

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Is there not a Pokey type thing in Zelda? I'm sure I remember some.