LittleBigPlanet [PS3]

[Largo]

Is it hard to get into games with players? i always select play online but after a while of doing the level myself it comes up with "game disappeared" not sure what im doing wrong

[Ish]

Christ I love this. And once you understand how the level editor works playing through the story levels and user levels adds a whole new, errr, level of joy to things as you figure out how things have been done.

[RobDimmock]

Just got this, installing a hefty update. Is this normal? Really can't wait to get playing this!!

[Myth]

Nope there was no update for anyone else mate

[Uli]

does anyone else get a blur of scenery as soon as scrolling starts?

[Eight Rooks]

It has started to take longer sometimes when loading, and often sticks then whips along briefly at the first point in the level. I don't know if that's what you mean.

[Darwock]

I don't think any of you guys played mine last night. I'll have you know my little sackboy is hanging his head and crying.

Actually, honeymustard did (cheers mate!) but I can tell from his score that he didn't beat the time limit. I'd love some feedback - it's only a short blast but I'm not sure if it's the kind of thing other people want to play.

Which do you think is better after making a level: putting a score on the board as the creator or leaving it entirely up to other people to play? I put a score up on mine, but I (think I) know the fastest routes and where the secret bubbles are... and so far nobody has got close to my score. I thought it might be discouraging...? I didn't do a perfect run though, there should still be room to improve.

That said, my level has had 17 players and only 4 people (including myself) have set a score, so something must be frustrating people to the point that they drop out early.

[hush]

darwock whats you level called i will give it a play tonight


damn this game is so fun i had afew online single games last night
lol world of colour is pretty

[Uli]

It has started to take longer sometimes when loading, and often sticks then whips along briefly at the first point in the level. I don't know if that's what you mean.

nope, i mean the graphics basically start to get blurry as soon as i move sidewards! is this normal?

game runs in 720/60 on my projector, by the way.

[Darwock]

darwock whats you level called i will give it a play tonight


damn this game is so fun i had afew online single games last night
lol world of colour is pretty

Well, it's called The Castle Keep (time attack version) but unless you are on my friends list I don't like your chances of finding it... if you have space drop me a friend request anyway mate, more LBPers in the list can't hurt. I'm hoping the search facility just takes 24hrs to update or something and that's why my level didn't appear when using it yesterday.

Uli that doesn't happen with me. Not at all.

[spagmasterswift]

Spags, any chance you can get a whole clip of the level - only if you can Ace it though

I'll see what I can do when I get a chance - Gears2 has been eating into my Sackboy time, though I'm feeling a sicky coming on,,,

[dataDave]

That said, my level has had 17 players and only 4 people (including myself) have set a score, so something must be frustrating people to the point that they drop out early.

It's probably that evil term 'challenge' rearing it's ugly head again.

[Matt]

I imagine a problem all map makers will make is simply that if you're map is challenging, and may take more than 1 attempt to pass it, most players won't bother and move to another map. This much choice will ultimately lead to some great maps getting no more than a cursory look.

I've tried to counter this, as best as I could, by adding a few hard-to-get point bubbles. There are some places where it's real risk / reward, and with the multiplier in the game, it can really boost your score if you're brave enough. For example, on the bit with the rotating platforms, there are two platforms you can stand on that release about 20 bubbles from above. These two platforms are marked with Sackboy stickers, so hopefully quite clear. But the platforms rotate after a few seconds, and even then you have to get over the rest of them.

I've got a couple of hidden bubbles as well, and two races - the last one is pretty straight forward (so long as the mine cart makes it!), but the first is over the volcano itself, so if you can do it in one life, the point reward will be very high. I gave this one a 180 second time limit, and the mine cart 120 second.

I was aiming for a map where people replay it looking for their best score, but I think unless you map makes the first page of the general map list, you don't stand much of a chance of getting it played.

I'm hoping it will get to 50 Hearts, so please guys, get playing!!

[ShadowDancer]

Play your level, Dar. Thought it was good. Nice and short and offered a challenge!

I'm number 2 now! (nice score set...!! by you i mean.)

Thanks again for helping me earlier...was fun.

[Darwock]

Thank you sir! Yeah it's not much to look at cos I have hardly any materials, I just wanted to make a wee fun level. Did you get the hidden bubbles?