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Greetings! Allow us to introduce ourselves: we are LBPCentral's new Contest Crew, and we're here to get your creative cogs turning with new monthly(ish) LBP contests! We've all been working hard to get this in motion, and we're excited to finally be able to announce it to the community!

Our goal for each contest is to provide you with opportunities to exercise your creativity, show off your work, and maybe win some prizes in the process. The folks at Mm tell us that there might be something... shiny in it for our winners as well, so you probably shouldn't miss out!

Anyways, enough talk. We'll be kicking things off with our first official contest: the "No-Floor Platformer" challenge. We've got more information on what it is and how to enter immediately below.

Thanks, and we look forward to your entry!

Sincerely,

Leather-Monkey, Moleynator, Mother-Misty, OCK, OmegaSlayer, RockSauron, Shropshirelass, TehUberZac, Thegide, and Mr_T-Shirt.
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Welcome to episode 59's fortnight of fantastic levels, courtesy of the spotlight team and you - LBPC's awesome and growing number of superb creators!
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kaiju_kid
Tragically Comic
Interview conducted by amazingflyingpoo

Storytelling is not an especially easy thing to do, and neither is building an enjoyable level in LittleBigPlanet. Put the two tasks together and now you've got a real challenge. You have to weave just the right tapestry of story-driven interest, punctuate it with meaningful player interaction, maintain a believable environment, and deliver a worthwhile gaming experience all at the same time. When a story-driven level in LBP comes together it's really something to behold, and one of the true masters of the trade is kaiju_kid.

So, what's a kaiju level like? That's not a simple question to answer. It might be touching, insightful, and surprise you with its profound social commentary. Or, it might be completely and utterly absurd such as a factory specializing in cybernetic livestock or an intergalactic takeout service. And yet still, it might be about an entire world made out of poop. Oh, right - that's still the absurd option.

Well then, never mind the wordy descriptions. Let's see some of his work for ourselves.
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Welcome to another delicious hamper of awesome levels, handpicked for you by the Spotlight Crew from LBPC's very own level showcase! And this time we have a new PS3 Spotlight layout - snazzy!

As you will have (or will soon have) noticed, the LBP.me integration implemented on the rest of the site has now been integrated specially here, with some clever (and rather complicated) BBCode. Clicking on the level badge icon will take you to the spotlighted level's LBP.me page, while clicking on the level's title should take you to the Level Showcase thread as usual. We would like to thank Aya042 and ConfusedCartman for helping with these changes, and hope you find them helpful. ...

Dimo1138
Robot Revolutionary
Interview conducted by xkappax

The year is 20XX and Dr. Dimo has taken over the world with his robot bosses. Do you have what it takes to stop the evil inventor and save the world from his mechanized creations? To be honest, probably not. Or at least not right away. ...

VelcroJonze
Prince of Platforming
Interview conducted by amazingflyingpoo

LittleBigPlanet is more than just a game. It's a platform for telling stories, for creating art, and for making your ideas come to life. Let's not forget that it's also a particularly excellent platform for... well, platformers. Everybody loves a good old fashioned bubble-packed sidescroller, making a mad dash for the end of the level while jumping and swinging your way to the top of the scoreboard. When you're in the mood for no nonsense left-to-right action, you simply can't do much better than a level by VelcroJonze. The elegant, striking shapes and flowing gameplay of his masterpiece crea... *BOING* ...

Yes, it's that time of the fortnight again folks! Floating towards you is another raft of awesome levels from the previous two weeks of the LBPC level showcase. This past week marked the release of LBP2, and we hope you're enjoying yourselves. Hopefully this load of levels will increase the amount of fun many times over! Or don't have LBP2 and got the blues? Just about all of these levels are playable in LBP1 and they are terrific!

However, please take note whether levels are only available in LBP2 or LBP1. If not otherwise stated, all levels are playable in both!

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Ungreth
Psychological Creator
Interview conducted by TheCountessZ

"Ungreth is a person. He likes some things and not others. He lives in a place and is of a certain age." This is what Ungreth uses to define himself in LBP. Beyond that, he is also great at creating an atmosphere of fear, humor, or frustration in his levels. He creates the mood and then allows the player's imagination to move him/her forward. Whether it's in an old diner, a depressing tenement, or on an alien spacecraft, Ungreth takes you there. And you believe it. ...

Hello again, folks! It's that time again... spotlight time! We have another set of wonderful, marvelous levels for you to play. We hope you enjoy them!

A few matters to attend. First, we welcome back UmJammerSully, who underwent a long hibernation and transformation (he used to be ChazOSulls)! He jumped back in willingly, playing levels left and right, being generally very helpful. He's a welcome (re)addition to the spotlight crew!

Second, there have been some worries and speculations about what LBP2 will bring for the Spotlight. We still have some minor tweaking to do, but rest assured, most of it has been figured out. Experimenting with the new features of lbp.me and level-linking has given us many ideas. We hope you enjoy them as we implement them over the next few months!

And that's that! Go play some Little Big Planet!
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