Little Big Planet 1

[FoolKiller]

Whenever I quit LBP, it instantly accesses the HDD, spacks out and reboots the PS3. Every time, regardless of what Sackboy/girl and the HDD are actually doing.

Mine does it about once every five times, also about once a month with Folding@Home and it did it once with Bioshock. No data has been corrupted and I am actually anal about checking that it is not accessing the hard drive.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

I generally don't pay attention to the yellow access light, and despite all the warnings when a game is loading, I also don't pay too close attention to whatever icon a game uses to let me know it is recording data to the hard drive... even when I quit a game or turn it off.

Then again, I also can count on just one hand all the times over the last two years since I got it that my PS3 has rebooted after I quit a game... but after what happened to my son's game save, I immediately made backup copies of not just my games saves, but also my wife's and kids' as well.

 

[Appie]

So i bought the MGS DLC for LBP and i wonder if someone has some time to help me get some trophies for this. Just name it when u have some time

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

 

[Jeremy Ricci]

I made a level that is...really boring

 

[Famine]

What's it called and can I play it?

 

[Jeremy Ricci]

What's it called and can I play it?

The easiest way to find it is to just search my PSN ID (tha_con). It's called Donkey God, I believe, lol.

I had done all this really hard work on a level for about a week straight, but it just fell apart near the end, pieces wouldn't stay put, everything was moving for some reason, and any time I tried to detach one thing, it would just fall apart into absolute chaos, so I finally just gave up

The end result is Donkey God...a ridiculous level with no purpose. And a puking chimera.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

I made a level that is...really boring

 

[UnoMOTO]

Just by chance last night I stumbled a cross a Gran Turismo level. I hadn’t even thought of a level like that yet. I then searched the name and many GT levels popped up. Some are awful but we as fans are obligated to play them anyway right?

I made some good progress on my level last night. I feel like PD when it comes to completing it. I could tell you when it will be done, but then I would have to miss that date. So, just like GT5 it will be done when it will be done.

 

[FoolKiller]

Just by chance last night I stumbled a cross a Gran Turismo level. I hadn’t even thought of a level like that yet. I then searched the name and many GT levels popped up. Some are awful but we as fans are obligated to play them anyway right?

No. I quit checking them out when I got one that had motorcycles choppers.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

Just by chance last night I stumbled a cross a Gran Turismo level. I hadn’t even thought of a level like that yet. I then searched the name and many GT levels popped up. Some are awful but we as fans are obligated to play them anyway right?

It would be great if you could post the names and authors of the GT levels you liked in the following thread:

• LittleBigPlanet - Highly Recommended Community Levels

👍

 

[FoolKiller]

More news on upcoming DLC:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/03/13/sack-it-to-me-back-into-the-dlc-swing-edition/

Sack It to Me: “Back into the DLC Swing” Edition
Posted by Mark Valledor // Marketing Manager, SCEA

Greetings LBP friends. If you have been keeping up with the internets or our Blog you should know that SackBoy has been seen puttering around all over these days. Whether he’s in England winning awards for Media Molecule at the BAFTA or swinging clubs in other games, you’ll never know when you are going to see him next. Now we know its been all quiet on the DLC front lately, but since all good things come to those who wait, here are the details on where SackBoy is going to be next!

He’s at Kohls!

If you checked out last week’s post, you saw the black LBP shirt that is now sold out at Hot Topic except for the larger sizes. But fear not, as they re-stock there is another shirt available at your local Kohl’s if you want something on the lighter side. Hopefully more LBP gear to come!

On March 17th he visits IRELAND!

St. Patrick’s Day costume: FREE (available for one week only) If you want to avoid the “pinch” and get luck on you side, be sure to visit the store between March 17th to the 24th so you can celebrate St. Patty’s day LBP style.

On March 19th he invades HELGHAN!

Killzone Mini-pack: $2.99
The ISA isn’t the only one invading Helghan! With both Sev and Helghast costumes along with 32 KZ-themed stickers this mini-pack brings the fight against the Helghast to LittleBigPlanet.


On March 26 he hits BUZZ!

Buzz! Mini-Pack: $1.99
SackBoy is about the get Buzzed! as he sports the costume of PlayStation’s most famous game show host and we get cool stickers to Buzz-ify our levels.
Take that Trebeck!

On April 2, he marches on to PATAPON!

Patapon Costume: $1.99
As mentioned on the Pata-Post a few weeks ago, Pata-Fans can celebrate the approach of Patapon 2 (Patapon 2 tag) with this costume including a selection of weapon options.

On April 9, he returns to HEAVENLY SWORD!

Heavenly Sword Mini-pack: $2.99
If you didn’t get Nariko the first time, now is your chance and Kai is coming along with her, not to mention 27 Heavenly Sword themed stickers too.

On April 16, SackBoy goes to CHINA

Monkey King Costume: FREE (available permanently) This costume based on the Monkey King story is a winning design from our LBP community in Asia. Now we can all be winners with a free new costume!

Looks like Nariko got her sword back.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

Looks like Nariko got her sword back.

And her sidekick too.

Here is a pic of the Kai costume set that comes with the Heavenly Sword mini-pack:

 

[Jeremy Ricci]

LOL!!

I keep trying to make the mouth on the Chimera invisible, but it STILL shows up...I don't know why it won't correctly save the properties, will have to try to work with it some more.

I'm still trying to make some tweaks, and add in some new hidden areas. I'm a huge fan of hidden areas and secrets and stuff, lol.

To the drawing board I go! Thanks for playing guys

 

[Famine]

Hnngh! I'm just a gold away from platinum!

I presume when it says you need 50 hearts on your levels that's cumulative, and that you need 30 hearts personally that's you as a creator and as a player rather than your levels?

 

[FoolKiller]

Hnngh! I'm just a gold away from platinum!

I presume when it says you need 50 hearts on your levels that's cumulative, and that you need 30 hearts personally that's you as a creator and as a player rather than your levels?

Correct. That's why I made a few small levels that had popular themes. You need 50 over all your levels and 30 personally. Get into the community part, leaving comments, playing with strangers (just don't take their candy), and that sort of thing helps. I even started making some comments in the LittleBigWorkshop forums. They even have a place to post your level and dedicated forum members that will play and review them.


Speaking of, I played your level and hearted it last night. I even left you a couple of comments.

 

[DaddyVDUB]

It would be great if you could post the names and authors of the GT levels you liked in the following thread:

• LittleBigPlanet - Highly Recommended Community Levels

👍

Have you or Famine done a GT Level yet?
I have seen a couple so far, nothing really great yet.

 

[Famine]

Correct. That's why I made a few small levels that had popular themes. You need 50 over all your levels and 30 personally. Get into the community part, leaving comments, playing with strangers (just don't take their candy), and that sort of thing helps. I even started making some comments in the LittleBigWorkshop forums. They even have a place to post your level and dedicated forum members that will play and review them.

Cheers! 👍

Speaking of, I played your level and hearted it last night. I even left you a couple of comments.

I spotted that Thanks

 

[Appie]

So i was checking vids on youtube about LBP and i saw this piece of art.





What do you think fellow LBpers

 

[UnoMOTO]

I love the music levels and I’ve hearted everyone that I have played just because of what it must take to make one. I’ve played ones such as Linkin Park, Metallica, the Fray and Guns-N-Roses.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

My son learned the hard way not to quit a game or turn off the PS3 while it is recording or accessing data on the hard drive (as indicated by the flashing yellow light). While he was very disappointed to have lost all his LBP characters that he had created and saved, he is having fun going back and playing the story levels again to earn back the necessary stickers and costume items again.

On thing though... I'm very surprised there is no way of skipping past the introduction level.

They also don't advertise a way to skip past the forced explanations and dialogue as you progress through the first three stories... but my son discovered a clever way of skipping past it by simply pressing the start button and choosing any of the options. Doing so immediately skipped over the narrative and allowed him to go on playing without having to wait for the narration to stop. 👍

So we have all been helping our son get back all his lost costume items, stickers, objects, etc... but this also led to another disappointing discovery.

Because he had to start a new game, it also forces him to have to go through some of the Create Tutorials all over again just to have access to the Goodies Bag.

And in order to get back all of his stickers and objects, he also will have to go through every Create Tutorial all over again.

Another gripe that came up due to all of this is that apparently he had gotten so many community stickers and objects that he got a pop-up warning that his profile was too large and that he could not add any things to it. Looking at his sticker menu and (after doing the necessary create tutorial sections) his Goodies Bag, he had what appeared to be a few hundred objects and stickers from playing so many community levels.

I wanted to delete them all, but I was surprised to see there was no "Delete All" option, and instead had to delete them one at a time.




On a positive note, and yet another example of thinking I knew just about everything there is about LBP... I just discovered today while watching my nephews play LBP, that when you use the skillet costume item and you slap another sackboy with the skillet... it makes a very distinctive metal sound!

I really love it when developers add these seemingly little details into their games. 👍

 

[Famine]

LittleRainbowIslandsPlanet is fixed! Yay!

I'm also making another level which is a race of sorts. It's a very simple idea, so hopefully I can get it licked inside the day

 

[Appie]

Dare to say LBP platinum. Finally after days of frustrations, it finally paid off. I wish i could only find that cool platinum avater that D-N used to have.

 

[Jeremy Ricci]

I'm jealous I still have to find tons of prize bubbles, and I need all the other community trophies (play, create, and share). *sigh* Oh well One day!

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

Dare to say LBP platinum. Finally after days of frustrations, it finally paid off. I wish i could only find that cool platinum avater that D-N used to have.

As for LBP news... the latest issue of Sack it to Me is posted:

First up is the follow up to the Independent Film Channel's LittleBigPlanet Play. Create. Share. Short Film Challenge:

LBP on IFC

Inspired by LBP’s motto of PLAY, CREATE, SHARE, filmmakers got their cameras out and shot short films for a chance at great cash prizes and to be on the Independent Film Channel. The winning films of the Play. Create. Share. Short Film Challenge range from fun paper craft worlds to animated line drawings to morphing clay sculptures - all of them extremely creative in their own fashion and true to the spirit of LBP. Check out the final nominees and winners here.

Next up is some info on LBP at this week's Game Developer's Conference:

LBP at GDC

Next week (3/25-3/27) the Game Developers ConferenceGDC and LBP are partnering up for a great show. It was two years ago @ GDC when we announced LittleBigPlanet to the world. And since the theme of the SCEA booth this year is “Opportunity and Community,” we plan to dedicate two PS3 Kiosks to LittleBigPlanet.

The first Kiosk will be a “GDC CREATE jam-session,” an open area to showcase the “CREATE” talents of the GDC attendees. LBP fans, game developers and aspiring industry professionals can get together and create an LBP level. We are excited to see what happens when so many creative industry folks drop by and contribute. When the level is done and polished, we will post levels from each day for users at home to download and play.

The second Kiosk is reserved for very unique presentations - “Level by…me,” which will showcase a LittleBigPlanet level creator. During the day, they will discuss their personal game design technique and experiences as an aspiring developer. If you’re around, drop by (schedule below).

• Topic 1 – Getting Started
  Presenter: Chris Yeoh (PSN: Yeohman)
  • You’ve got a story in your head – and you want to share it with other LittleBigPlanet creators and players. Learn how one novice level creator translated his inspiration into gameplay in LBP.
    • Wednesday, March 25 – 2:30-3:30
    • Thursday, March 26 – 11:30-12:30
  
  
• Topic 2 – Creative Infusion
  Presenter: Isaac Epp (PSN: Jutaro)
  • LittleBigPlanet is full of tools and gadgets that inspire the imagination and help creators up the creativity quotient in their levels - see how this level developer takes a creative approach to designing compelling levels.
    • Wednesday, March 25 – 11:30-12:30
    • Thursday, March 26 – 1:00-2:00
    • Friday, March 27 – 1:00-2:00
  
  
• Topic 3 – Technical Tips
  Presenter: Charles Cheung (PSN: Snowflakecat)
  • The technical capabilities of the design tools in LittleBigPlanet can be used in a virtually limitless number of ways and shared across the community. Hear how this level creator leverages those capabilities to enable more dynamic and challenging playing experiences.
    • Wednesday, March 25 – 1:00-2:00
    • Thursday, March 26 – 2:30-3:30
    • Friday, March 27 – 11:30-12:30

Mm Podcast

Listen to Media Molecule cofounder and creative director Mark Healy as he talks about LBP design decisions, the recent BAFTA Awards, and some of their favorite LBP community levels!

CROWNED!!!

Speaking of Podcasts, we’ve noticed these LBP fans started posting fun review podcasts.

• LittleBigPodcast

Now that they’ve reached their 12th episode, more and more people in the office have subscribed and enjoyed. So, for being super supportive of the game from the start, we’ve decided to give them some LBP “Crownage.” Check out some of their episodes and the levels they feature - one of them might be yours! To Daniel and Austin, we appreciate the support. Keep the episodes coming and be sure to check your inbox.

More Accolades

And over on LittleBigWorkshop, we wanted to start recognize a handful of contributors that have been extremely influential within the LBP community with video workshop submissions that both show off creativity and share their level building techniques.

• JRGC17 - Love the Evolution of Dance remake!
  
  
• DEFCON01 - Keep up all the tutorials, even the weird and bouncy ones.
  
  
• ChilledChaoz - Love the variety of videos, especially the tutorials.
  
  
• feendit - Cool working combination lock!
  
  
• Reinheart - Love the day/night tutorial!

Also we’ve had workshops from the below CREATORS featured on our site for a while, as a sign of thanks, you’ve been CROWNED too!

• Jemi-maru
  
  
• themanchicken
  
  
• OrangeTroz - Workshop: Pointers

We’ll be on the look out in the community for the next round of crowns. (BTW, still working out final details for the next LittleBigChallenge…including Canada. Announcements soon)

DLC Reminders

Don’t forget, it’s not too late to bring the luck of the Irish to your LBP level - the St. Patrick’s Day costume expires on 3/24 next week.

LittleBigPlanet Add-On - St. Patty's Day Costume

And FINALLY, Killzone Fans unite! The KZ Mini-Pack is on sale now on the Store!

 

[Appie]

I'm jealous I still have to find tons of prize bubbles, and I need all the other community trophies (play, create, and share). *sigh* Oh well One day!

Don't worry, i will be glad to help u out. Just say when and where

 

[Famine]

Appie - GTP_Famine, Little Rainbow Islands Planet, whenever

 

[Appie]

Appie - GTP_Famine, Little Rainbow Islands Planet, whenever

I played it, and could it be harder than this?!?!? I was dying all the time and the level so unpredictable. But i must say that it's very good and i hearted it👍

 

[Famine]

I tried to make it just about as hard as, say, The Mines, but not quite as hard as The Collector's Lair and The Bunker

 

[Appie]

I tried to make it just about as hard as, say, The Mines, but not quite as hard as The Collector's Lair and The Bunker

I guess u did a pretty good job at it then