Something for the weekend: Hansel & Gretelbot out now!

Oh good lord.....

I'm going to make one more comment, and then let moderators handle this. Consider: as creators we're used to dealing with trolls and inconsiderate people in LBP. We expect it, a lot of kids play it. But sites like this are our haven for having fun with it. To share ideas and get objective feedback.

When people stop being considerate, the mature people leave. When they leave, the site becomes less useful because of a lack of talent.

Ask yourselves... What kind of community do you want?

Apparently the gentle nudge isn't working. Let's make it official then.

On topic posts only or the wand is coming out.

This thread tastes salty. =P

From a creator standpoint, I applaud you guys. Having also done a large multi-creator project before (LittleBigContra) and project management irl, I know how hard it can be to get everyone and everything aligned properly when it comes down to it, especially when your key resources (i.e. creators, Mm) are on opposite ends of the globe. Granted there were some rough spots in the gameplay here and there, the overall quality of the project was great. Hype levels aside, it was a good to show what can be done when creators get together on a large scale project such as this in LBP2. Hats off and all that jazz. =)

Oh yeah, and I found the witch sounded (and looked) a little like TheCountessZ ^_^

And yeah, Hazbell... I think you're taking it WAY too far by insulting all these creators. If you aren't going to be constructive, then don't leave a comment at all. There is absolutely NO need for you to hurt someone else's feelings, let alone this group's! You have absolutely NO idea how much blood, sweat and love went into these levels, so just think about that before you go mouthing off and trying to make a point. I agree 100% with wexfordian.

/rage.

I have to say, I keep disregarding the music and not paying much attention to it, because of how professional and Mm-like it sounds! Bravo! I'd say this is an experiment well done :)

So did anyone propose adding the brothers Grimm to the credits level while the project was in development?

They may not technically have been the original authors of the tale, but if it wasn't for them the fairy tale probably would never have left the Schwarzwald.

To tell the truth I like the levels most for what they represent. I enjoyed seeing a large scale collaboration between capable creators and I really, really hope this opens the door for more of this stuff.

Yes, they were not perfect, But neither is my wife and I married her. I think a lot of the hype and over-expectation in peoples mind got in the way of simple enjoyment. I don't think any of Mm's levels were perfect either... Actually, I don't think anything in this world is without flaw, cept for my grandma, She is straight from a Norman Rockwell painting.

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Originally Posted by EinRobot

they were not perfect, But neither is my wife and I married her.

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Don't let her read that. ;)

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Originally Posted by CCubbage

Oh good lord.....

I'm going to make one more comment, and then let moderators handle this. Consider: as creators we're used to dealing with trolls and inconsiderate people in LBP. We expect it, a lot of kids play it. But sites like this are our haven for having fun with it. To share ideas and get objective feedback.

When people stop being considerate, the mature people leave. When they leave, the site becomes less useful because of a lack of talent.

Ask yourselves... What kind of community do you want?

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Read carefully this and think about it.

Finally finished the series! :D

It took me about 72 hours to complete level 7! :O (Granted 71 and a half of those hours was when I had to leave in a hurry and didn't want to quit the level ;) )

I absolutely LOVE the end film! "This is where gretelbot learnt her first line of binary" xD !! Awesome :D

erm...

I didn't really understand.

Gretel was stolen by a spider, but then she was suddenly captured by the witch?

I didn't understand.


Maybe I jus' stoopid.

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Originally Posted by tomodon246

erm...

I didn't really understand.

Gretel was stolen by a spider, but then she was suddenly captured by the witch?

I didn't understand.


Maybe I jus' stoopid.

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The spider was a minion of the witch.... Think the monkeys sent by the wicked witch in the wizard of oz.

I still don't understand... since the spider's bigger than the witch, why isn't she the spider's minion? She should have turned out to be a spider, and it should be a spider riding a dragon, or a dragon riding a spider, because the dragon is bigger than the spider, so the spider is his minion.

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Originally Posted by NinjaMicWz

I still don't understand... since the spider's bigger than the witch, why isn't she the spider's minion? She should have turned out to be a spider, and it should be a spider riding a dragon, or a dragon riding a spider, because the dragon is bigger than the spider, so the spider is his minion.

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Ninja, Ninja, Ninja.... you've got to understand the psychology behind being a minion. It's not the BIGGEST that is the most powerful, it's the SMARTEST. The spider, although larger than the witch, is not nearly as intelligent as the witch, and is therefore more susceptable to being controlled. This also works out better pbysically... seeing as a small witch would not be able to carry an entire dragon on her back.... let along a spider be able to carry a dragon on his back.

This idea actually carries over into everyday life. Politicians are not necessarily the biggest and the strongest... they are simply the ones that used their brains to figure out how NOT to have to work hard.

politicians = spiderpig

yay! I finally got to play this, though I haven't finished, only got through part 2. Was getting late and 0500 comes quickly. I applaud and admire every one who worked on this. The very first level/film sucked me in. The detail was phenomenal. The villagers movement, the cottages, the dragon, everything was great. Then the second part, hansel and gretelbot in bed, the mean mom and "whipped" dad's conversation, the body language, the perspective of looking through the keyhole were stellar! Then my favorite part of the dad leading the kids into the forest was IMO genius. Great job everyone.

Part 2 was great as well, I loved all the visuals in the woods with the bridges and waterfalls and what not. The only thing that threw me off was all of sudden the spider has gretelbot. I didn't care for the dragonfly flight and shooting the bees? thought it lasted a little too long but the perspective of the you on the dragonfly flying towards the screen was awesome. Made me think of the star wars speeders on Endor. Overall from what I've seen, great job guys and gals.

From reading through all these post though, I am a little apprehensive about finishing this series due to the possible freeze problem, but will do a back up and move forward.

On a side note I think levels like this may hurt LBP. And this is just my opinion, but with all the new tools and cameras and such I think people will expect more epicness now and I'm nowhere near, not even in the parking lot of the ballpark ready to make a level in LBP2, heck I just now kinda, maybe, sorta got descent with LBP1. I have several levels drawn out on paper, so I think I'll make them in LBP1, at least people won't expect as much then. Then again, I've only had LBP2 for a week today, so will play with create more and who knows, right before LBP 3 comes out I might have a descent level ready.

Oh! and something else. To everyone who was dumping on these levels, I looked at...oh nevermind. shutting up and putting can of worms back on shelf.
Great Job guys, you rock!

Sorry to bump this but there didn't seem to be anywhere else to ask. I was wondering what is going to happen with the Level 9 - Credits level. Is it ever going to be playable again, or is it going to remain locked until Hansel becomes old and Gretelbot is turned into scrap? :p Just wondering since it was such a cool level and it's a shame to see it un-playable now. :(

That's a fine question. I would hope that it's not going to remain locked, considering the amount of time that went into it. :( Let me go find out what's going on with that. I'll get back to you guys.

Why was it ever locked in the first place?

There was a concern about it locking up people's ps3's. MM's QA is looking at it.

Yup - MM requested we lock it until it was determined whether it was causing lockups and corrupting profiles. That was the last we heard.... which is too bad. I worked hard on that feeshe....