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What You Didn't Know About LEGO Indiana Jones 2

by Andrew Reiner on Nov 13, 2009 at 08:58 AM

Game development often lasts for years. And in that stretch of time, studios have their fair share of ups and downs. From humorous game bugs to stress-relieving antics, Game Informer peers behind the curtain of game development. In this entry of Tidbits, developer Traveller's Tales shares secrets behind the development of LEGO Indiana Jones 2.

Every new vehicle created for the game is built in LEGO first. We have a team of fanatically dedicated artists who assemble everything with real LEGO brick before committing it to the code.

The movie hubs are the biggest levels ever to be created in a LEGO game.

The local pizza restaurant told us that we are their number one customer.

We burned through 13 Xbox 360 power packs, and three TVs during the development of the game.

The first place the game could be played by the public was at LEGOLAND Windsor for their LEGO Indiana Jones Fireworks Extravaganza.

There are almost an infinite number of combinations available in the Creator Mode.

The Mos Eisley cantina music makes a secret appearance somewhere in the game.

The PS3 version of the game is 7,378,763,776 bytes on disc.

Four non-rechargeable batteries exploded over the course of LEGO Indiana Jones 2, due to someone mistakenly trying to recharge them.

Traveller’s Tales’ QA spent 35,000 man hours testing the game.

The record for making the quickest fully playable level in the Creator was eight minutes from start to finish.

Traveller’s Tales development runs on cakes. More than 50 cakes were required to fuel their creative works in the months of August and September.

The satellites you can destroy and the antennae that you can pick up in the Cairo area of the Raiders of the Lost Ark hub is a reference to the actual film. For filming the scenes on Sallah's terrace, 350 television antennas had to be removed from local buildings to present a 1930s skyline.

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