Dreams - Mm's New Game

Media Molecule announced their new game Dreams at E3 2015.

View the official page for it here:
http://dreams.mediamolecule.com/

2015 E3 trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMWJHMGZjbo

2013 Sony Conference Tech Demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6tgJRRZurk



High-res 1080p stills from the trailer:

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Release date is TBA.

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Speculation ahead.

Since they haven't announced a release date. I am guessing they will release it in late 2016.
Since we didn't see the PS Move get used during this year's E3, I'm guessing they decided it's not a good requirement, as restricting sales of the game to people who also bought PS Move could be really bad for their sales.

http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/sho...MM-s-Next-Game

Still unsure what this is. Apparently it'll be at Gamescom though

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Originally Posted by BasketSnake

http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/sho...MM-s-Next-Game

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That was pre reveal, it deserves a new thread now yo g dawg in da hood

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Dreams™ is a space where you go to play and experience the dreams of Media Molecule and our community. It’s also a space in which to create your own dreams, whether they’re games, art, films, music or anything in-between and beyond.

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Alex also went in-depth on how they found this lovely engine for this title recently. (http://media.lolrus.mediamolecule.co...GRAPH-2015.pdf) Currently the game itself is 'artistically vague' outside of what is assumed in the trailer, but that was the point. Alex says they will show off more at Paris Games Week in October. From what I can tell, it's almost LBP expanded upon in 3D.

( Some extra gifs )

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http://dreams.mediamolecule.com/

Hey guys. Alex Evans, one of the main tech minds behind Dreams, had a SIGGRAPH presentation based on the rendering tech behind the game.


More information here: http://www.mediamolecule.com/blog/article/siggraph_2015


I pulled some images from the PDF. If you download it, there's lots more, but I selected the ones I found most interesting.


A disclaimer for the following images:


NB! Pre-production/concept/prototype artwork. Not representative of final game. See dreams.mediamolecule.com for more information.


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Seems like its just the two of us who have really noticed this game, haha

Still incredibly vague and unsure of what it is. Will base gameplay be a 3D action platformer? Looks beautiful but still no clue on what it is in practice. and of course, making it easy to use is crucial.

Though, since this will more or less "Replace" LBP, maybe it being a ingle thread down here isn't enough. Then again, I doubt LBPC will ever go back to how it was even in 2014 so IDK. I'm just some guy.

I doubt it "replaces" LBP. I see Sumo Digital carrying it on as far as they want. Mm is creating something else and when it comes out, I will make a new section for it.

not long after the E3 reveal, I asked one of the developers (forgot who.. my buddy tagged him and asked a question so I did to) on twitter whether there would be a way to create music.. he said yes ;)

(Note: Wild guessing here. I have not worked in the game design industry. I'm probably way off.)

The SIGGRAPH PDF stated a team of around 25 people have been working on the game - not consistently, that number may just be a total and not people actively working on it. The rest of Mm has been working on Tearaway and Tearaway Unfolded.
The PDF states that about 3-4 programmers have been working on the rendering engine for the past 3-4 years - but I'm sure there's been a lot done in the art department that hasn't been presented yet.

When Tearaway Unfolded is complete on September 8th, 2015, the people who worked on it will probably take a month's vacation (I think that's the standard for game design studios). So the full force of Mm should be working on Dreams in October.

This has been the release dates for their games and other LBP games:
LBP1 - October 27, 2008 [MONDAY]
LBP PSP - November 17, 2009 [TUESDAY]
LBP2 - January 18, 2011 [TUESDAY] (Delayed from November 16th, 2011) [WEDNESDAY]
LBP PS VITA - September 19, 2012 [WEDNESDAY]
LBP3 - November 18, 2014 [TUESDAY]
Tearaway - November 20, 2013 [WEDNESDAY]
Tearaway Unfolded - September 8, 2015 [TUESDAY]

Making a wild guess based off this release pattern here...
Dreams should release on a Tuesday on either November 15th or 22nd in 2016 or on November 14th or 21st in 2017.
If it's delayed...January 17th, 2017 or January 23rd, 2018.

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not long after the E3 reveal, I asked one of the developers (forgot who.. my buddy tagged him and asked a question so I did to) on twitter whether there would be a way to create music.. he said yes ;)

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I would be surprised if they didn't, at the very least, take the music logic from LBP2 and LBP3 and porting that over, if not completely revamping the music system. So not surprised :p

And I'm pretty sure Tearaway was a smaller team within Media Molecule, and all the other devs were working on this since LBP2's release in very early 2012 (all the other LBP game weren't Media Molecule so they don't really factor into their studio's dev cycle)

So since most of Media Molecule have been working o this since early 2012, it's obviously big... At the same time, I really can't see it being released any later than the end of 2016. I just don't think Sony would let this game take longer, i think

Despite this page on MM's main site being somewhat of a joke, this ' ? ' page is undoubtedly the placeholder for Dreams (that hasn't been updated) and does have a release date that you guessed basically.

https://i.gyazo.com/8ae05379d7c4b2fc...bf8dcd96a8.png

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Originally Posted by Nitranon77

Despite this page on MM's main site being somewhat of a joke, this ' ? ' page is undoubtedly the placeholder for Dreams (that hasn't been updated) and does have a release date that you guessed basically.

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Huh, well, there you go.

Kinda weird for them to put that there.

If you can create any type of gameplay with this, then Im sorry, it kills LBP in every department. The graphics are absurd, the animations seem to be on a whole other level and most of all, its built ground up from the ps4, like we wanted LBP3 to have been. Honestly, if this is a game maker, as much as I love LBP, I dont know if I will come back, unless its to converse with some of you find lads.:)

Notice I used a lot of ifs...

I was told in the same conversation with the developer that, yes, these creations can be interactive. I think that the potential for fresh gameplay ideas will almost be more than most people will be able to grasp.. which is a good thing because it opens the door for some truly great things

Dreams already has a neat fansite for it, just in case. Happy to see the early ambition, I have high hopes for this title. http://dreambubble.me/forums/index.php

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Originally Posted by Nitranon77

Despite this page on MM's main site being somewhat of a joke, this ' ? ' page is undoubtedly the placeholder for Dreams (that hasn't been updated) and does have a release date that you guessed basically.

https://i.gyazo.com/8ae05379d7c4b2fc...bf8dcd96a8.png

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You know, since that release date isn't 'officially' attached to Dreams (as the page makes no reference to Dreams), there's a chance that Dreams release date could still be pulled back to a closer date.

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Originally Posted by warlord_evil

You know, since that release date isn't 'officially' attached to Dreams (as the page makes no reference to Dreams), there's a chance that Dreams release date could still be pulled back to a closer date.

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Certainly, but it's basically all we got for now. I mean, MM was on the down-low with Dreams, even now with it's somewhat vague E3 trailer, so it probably -was- that 'mystery'; though I hope it comes out earlier. It shouldn't take them four whole years to finish this, but who am I to judge, haha, as long as it comes out as awesome as I hope it to be.

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Originally Posted by Nitranon77

Certainly, but it's basically all we got for now. I mean, MM was on the down-low with Dreams, even now with it's somewhat vague E3 trailer, so it probably -was- that 'mystery'; though I hope it comes out earlier. It shouldn't take them four whole years to finish this, but who am I to judge, haha, as long as it comes out as awesome as I hope it to be.

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Its a small team making something new and different I don't think we can say how long the dev cycle should be.

Some dev diary thing. http://www.twitch.tv/media_molecule/v/18775559