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Published: 2009-02-23 18:22:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 57210; Favourites: 706; Downloads: 0
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2008This is a couple of huts from the old 2D demo version of the game Magicka.
Magicka is under full development into a 3D game by Arrowhead Game Studios. We're aiming at keeping the same style and feeling in the full game while improving gameplay and versatility, and the game is intended for Xbox Live Arcade. The 2D demo version of Magicka won Swedish Game Awards 2008.
Visit our website to keep updated about the game and the company, more info will be added as development progress: [link]
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This work is copyrighted © Malin Hedström. All rights reserved. Magicka is a registered trademark of Arrowhead Game Studios. My work may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way without my written permission.
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hey ! i like how it come up ! i had the similar idea for my game which you can see there : [link] too bad that it was more harder to turn the house as pixel art 
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Thanks!
I can't truly call my work pixel art but it was inspired by it. I'm glad if it can give somebody a little help!
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oh i was not mean by your work as pixel art
yes it help me out
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Thanks to you and the rest of the Magicka crew for a great game. Though there was many a time that I just about walked away from my computer in rage.
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We're very happy to hear so many are having fun with it, we still are
I hope all the fun weighs up to the rage-hard moments!
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Oh it did. It more then made up for the rage worthy moments. But it was damn satisfying to do a coop game of it with my friend and finish in 3hr 45mins. Yeah achievements.
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That's really nice.
Also I'm buying the game tomorrow.
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Thanks! And I hope you'll have fun with the game! We're keeping very busy making new material for you guys
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I am, thanks you very much for offering us such an epic game !
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Thanks! Keep a look out in Q1 2011 if you're interested in the game!
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Nice. I imaged a whole house sunk into the ground, as usually that roof style is used on above-ground houses / huts.
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Would be neat with a whole house or complex of houses and tunnels sunk into the ground like that 
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Really nice work on these, I like the idea of only the roof protruding giving the effect that there is a lot more hidden within.
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Thank you! I hade quite some fun drawing them. I never intended the houses to be much bigger than what is seen, just small huts slightly dug into the ground, but surely there could just as well be much beneath the surface.
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That is great! I hope you guys will not release this game only on the Xbox. Theres a lot of PC-Gamer out there -incl. myself!
I´ve seen the trailer on your site. Looks really good to me.
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Thank you for the comment! There's always a lot going on with the development and nothing is final about releasing platforms. Check back on our site for more updates later on if you're interested
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Yes, I´m interessted.
I set a favorite to your site and I´ll wait...
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XNA FTW! Anyway your art is amazing I am keeping a big watch on this game! -_^
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I'm only working with the graphic part so I can't say much of XNA myself, except that things work nicely most of the time
Thanks for commenting!
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wowza, the huts look amazing!
can't wait until it comes out!!
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Thank you very much, we're working overtime to get things done but we're not very many at the moment and it will take some more time. Things are starting to look very nice though if I may say so myself
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This is really wonderful. I work for a small company that makes games but since I have no training in these things and have to wing it, I'm largely clueless about how this particular feel (between pixelled and 3d) is achieved. Do you just do it pixel by pixel until you get this degree of refinement? Is it done in 3D and then pixellized? A little insight into the process would be much appreciated 
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Thats neat, have you published any games yet? I had no previous experience in creating this sort of pixel-style before either. I've been experimenting and I pretty much start from scratch in Photoshop. Sometimes I have some photographs for reference for style or colour. I don't really do it pixel by pixel, generally I start rougher with a bigger brush and I finish off the last details with the 1 pixel hard brush. Sometimes I use a textured brush, like chalk or something and then smooth the surface I get a little, and after that peint the details on top. Everything that gets a good result goes
Thank you for commenting! Always glad to share what help I can.
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dang. that's incredible pixel art. Very detailed, great work, really deserves the DD
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Thank you! It's not truly pixel art in the old way, I've painted it in photoshop, starting rougher and working down to these details with tiny brushes and much zoom, but it certainly took a lot of time
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I imagine they could be a little cold, but looks very cozy at least
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I LOVE 2D games with great art... like all the Castlevania series. Great art is what makes the game look awesome, not the rendering power or the number of polygons. ^ ^
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We thought about Castlevanina among many other classic games when we started this project. Yes, it really is more important to keep your style togehter and figure out what it really good gameplay than just using all the most awsome technology you can find.
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What that kind of inspiration it's destined to turn out great.
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Wow very nice! Is there a site where we can watch the progress of the 3D version?
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Thanks! Yeah sure, at [link] we update with a new devblog every friday and you can always join the forum where we will answer all questions and you can start up discussions.
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Aw well crap I have the term "Magicka" as something in one of my stories. D:
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Well, I don't really think that will be a problem for you
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I might eventually when I work out a couple of things. That is, very later in the future. It's not that I have a problem with the name, I just thought I was being original.
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Hehe, too bad. We found out the concept magicka was also used in the game Oblivion. But at least we don't use it in the exact same form
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I see. Well I guess it's not our faults or anything.
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