[Official] LittleBigPlanet: Play, Create, Share!

[Corris Veteran]

This is ****ing awesome!

Final Fantasy :heart:

That was just awesome, it is a great track, and seeing it made in LBP is very very cool.

*goes to listen to FF music*

Plus a huge list of levels to try!

Nice.

As nice as the on-line system is, I'm hoping ratings and everything is worked out in the final versions.

The globes get very crowded now as it is, I do dread somewhat what they are going to be like once the game is going to be released.

Though for now the heart system is a great way of finding levels that friends have liked.

Oh and, tut tut, posting twice in a row 5 mins after the other. :p

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

That was just awesome, it is a great track, and seeing it made in LBP is very very cool.

*goes to listen to FF music*

Nice.

As nice as the on-line system is, I'm hoping ratings and everything is worked out in the final versions.

The globes get very crowded now as it is, I do dread somewhat what they are going to be like once the game is going to be released.

Though for now the heart system is a great way of finding levels that friends have liked.

Yeah it's been confirmed the social ratings/lists/ect aren't in this beta build - MM said it themselves.

Which is good news for the final, it's impossible to find the highest played/rated levels just now other than manually searching.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Played a Resident Evil level earlier and my god it was s*** :no:

[Corris Veteran]

Played a Resident Evil level earlier and my god it was s*** :no:

Do tell us why?

Was it badly built or just not very good in general?

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Played a Resident Evil level earlier and my god it was s*** :no:

There's hundreds of **** levels :p

I think I've played the one you're talking about.

[.KICK]

Do tell us why?

Was it badly built or just not very good in general?

It just looked like you jumped on something and got whizzed along and that was it :/

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Three Developers Explain LittleBigPlanet Level Design to a 7-Year-Old

My son has become completely enamored with LittleBigPlanet. Which isn't that surprising. But what is surprising is what about the game that's enthralling. It's not the play that has him begging to boot up the Playstation 3 every night, but the creation.

Tristan has become a indie developer and he doesn't even realize it. He spends hours sitting in front of the television adding to his level, figuring out ways to torture gamers, defending his creation. Last week he called me to the television for a play through. At one point I decided to break from the obvious path and drop down to the floor of his level, far from the beaten path. Once there I realized I couldn't get back up. I'm stuck, I said. Oh, I'm going to add scorpions there dad.

Watching his interest in game development grow, I suggested that he write up a letter asking for advice in game design, which I would then email off to a few developers I know.

Hit the jump to read what David Jaffe, Matrk Pacini and Cliff Blezinski had to tell him

Tristan's Letter

Hi my name is Tristan. I am 7. I am making a level for LittleBigPlanet.

I have already started my level and it has flames. It has a giraffe with a tree. It has crabs. It's really fun. When I'm finished I want it to have flames everywhere and some ghosts in it. I want it to be really scary. I was thinking of making the whole level underground. I also want people to have to jump a whole bunch. I think I will call it The Tristan Level.

Do you have advice for me about building it?

Thanks,

Tristan

Cliff "Dude Huge" Bleszinski - Epic Games Design Director: Gears of War

Sure.

When in doubt, add zombies and exploding barrels. Your review score is guaranteed to go up by at least 3 points across the board.

David Jaffe - founder EatSleepPlay: God of War

Tristan, hey!

Well, it sounds like you are off to a great start with your level. Very eager to give it a play. I love to jump!

As for advice, I would say the following:

a- make sure you give the player lots of rewards for trying cool things...little treasures and rewards for exploring your map, battling all the ghosts, helping the giraffe reach some fruit on the tree, whatever. Just make sure the player feels like you have gone in before he/she got there and set up lots of cool surprises for him. The player is looking to YOU to make sure they have a good time. Don't let them down.

b- at the same time, if you are not having fun, then change your level. You should do creative work mainly for you. So make sure you enjoy your level first and foremost, otherwise, what is the point?

c- Tell your dad to make commenting on his website easier. It really is a right pain in the ****ing ass. I hope he will not show you those bad words.

d- put in more jumping. Man, I love to jump!

Good luck on The Tristan Level, man! That is so cool that your are enjoying the game! Looking forward to your creation!

David

Mark Pacini., Game Director Armature Studio - Metroid Prime

Hey Tristan!

I heard you are building a level for LBP and so far it sounds really cool! (who wouldn’t like fire and giraffes) If you are looking for an easy way to make your level as fun as possible, I wrote up a little level design tidbit that was often used when we were building the environments for the Metroid Prime series. I hope you find it useful!

Try to not show the answer before the player knows the question – If you have a simple puzzle in your level, do not show the player the solution before they know what they are trying to solve. Here is a simple example: You have fire in your level, right? Well, imagine you had a pit of fire that the player could not cross. (It is too long to jump safely across) The only way to cross it is to shut it off by pressing a button. Well, where do you put that button? If you put the button right in front of the fire pit, (See ‘A’ below) the player will probably push the button and shut off the flames before knowing that’s what he needed to do. One place you may want to put the button is above the fire pit, on a platform that the player can reach. (See ‘B’ below) That way, the player is more likely to run into the pit and realize he cannot get across. When he finds the button above the pit, he will probably feel more rewarded because he figured it out on his own. This is the basic principle behind building good, rewarding puzzles.

Source: http://kotaku.com/5057652/three-developers...to-a-7+year+old

:p

c- Tell your dad to make commenting on his website easier. It really is a right pain in the ****ing ass. I hope he will not show you those bad words.

:laugh:

[Brad.]

LOL

That's awesome.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

It just looked like you jumped on something and got whizzed along and that was it :/

Yeah I played the level over webcam to .Kick.

Basically you jumped on a button, grabbed hold of a rocket and that was it. Not even kidding, it lasted less than 10 seconds.

That's the biggest short coming of this game and it's not even down to the devleopers. So many people are gonna make crappy levels and they will out number the good ones by a very big margin. Gonna be such a pain to find good levels to play when the game is final :(

I don't want to be coming back online just to find a decent one to search for. Hopefully they have some sort of popularity/quality filter.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Yeah I played the level over webcam to .Kick.

Basically you jumped on a button, grabbed hold of a rocket and that was it. Not even kidding, it lasted less than 10 seconds.

That's the biggest short coming of this game and it's not even down to the devleopers. So many people are gonna make crappy levels and they will out number the good ones by a very big margin. Gonna be such a pain to find good levels to play when the game is final :(

I don't want to be coming back online just to find a decent one to search for. Hopefully they have some sort of popularity/quality filter.

Must only be me reading everything about this game :p

Crap levels won't matter in the final they'll be ratings lists to sort levels in lists of say

Amount of times played

Amount of times hearted

Most commented on

Highest rated (5 star level ratings will be in the game - think Neowin post ratings)

etc

That Resident evil level is never going to top any of those charts. Well maybe most commented on if everyone tears the person a new one :p

MM said these features aren't in the beta.

The only useful thing in the beta is you can heart good level makers, so you can get updates on their newest creations. The tags are okay at times, but they aren't all that useful until the final, where you can couple tags with ratings lists.

Such as the tag "short" coupled with the list filter highest rated, to get a list of the highest rated short levels.

Edited October 6, 2008 by Audioboxer

[minimalisticx]

fileplanet are giving away beta keys now

EU only

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/littl.../index_reg.aspx

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Too many games, too many details to remember :p

[Jay C]

fileplanet are giving away beta keys now

EU only

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/littl.../index_reg.aspx

Thanks!!! Just got a key this second.

Will be downloading and playing all tomorrow.

How long till the beta ends? Oct 12th or something.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Too many games, too many details to remember :p

Tell me about it.

By the way, "borrowed" your old avatar, hope ye don't mind ;)

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

why is UK getting all these keys? where are the US keys?! i missed the whopping 2000 that IGN and X-Play were giving out.

[Corris Veteran]

fileplanet are giving away beta keys now

EU only

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/littl.../index_reg.aspx

Nice, I just got another one form there for a friend. :D

Though if he comes back form being idle and gets one himself I could give it to someone else.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Tell me about it.

By the way, "borrowed" your old avatar, hope ye don't mind ;)

As long as you don't mind living in my shadow :p :laugh:

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

As long as you don't mind living in my shadow :p :laugh:

[Corris Veteran]

Nice, I just got another one form there for a friend. :D

Though if he comes back form being idle and gets one himself I could give it to someone else.

And to quote myself, because I'm just that cool.

A bunch of my friends got some codes too, so they must have a lot if there still going.

[FlibbyFlobby]

Just signed up for the FilePlanet LBP Beta and I got a key. I knew having that account for so long would be useful. :D

[Corris Veteran]

Very awesome. :D

I hope this is what comes with the Kratos code us ukanians got too, and I'm assuming you have to complete the level to get the extra costumes.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

WTF, I hope we get the other 2 costumes too.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Holy crap check out this calculator :|

[clx]

im going to cry :(

I have failed at every single beta invite give away so far :(

[FiB3R]

Holy crap check out this calculator :|

Mind = Blown

Did you receive my amazing pinball table, Audio? lol