Gameinformer November Cover Revealed – Dreams

[GribbleGrunger]

Mmmm ... It's gone quiet again and I still haven't got any replies from three MM staff members I asked questions of. I don't really want to bother them too much but I really would like to see these two photo realistic pics they spoke about. Hopefully John gets back to me.

[olit123]

More Questions:
Is there a way to organize levels that you want to play later, or is it reserved to just a queue and favorites as in LBP?

In regards to the genealogy on objects, is there a way to see the credits for a level? Maybe even percentages of creators objects used in the level? Even further in that regard, can you see the percentages of types of objects? For example say I REALLY like the music in a level, and I want to find the creator of that music, can I find out that 70% of the music is created by, say, mdkd99, 20% by the author, and 10% by, oh look, me?

Sounds pretty complex, maybe a QoL thing they could add down the line.

[mdkd99]

I'd also like to see those screensaver pictures. Photorealistic is a cool thing. And if it can be achieved in Dreams that would be cool.

[koltonaugust•]

Sounds pretty complex, maybe a QoL thing they could add down the line.

Oh I agree, but I do think the first one they probably have. Or at least they probably have playlists which wouldn't be so bad in LBP3 if they didn't freeze the game to load EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S earth when scrolling through levels.

The second one would just even further encourage sharing, and based off of Kareem's talk, doesn't sound far off from what they've explained. Def not necessary though

[GribbleGrunger]

I'm going out on a limb here. I've been waiting for three replies from different MM employees and still nothing. It seems to me that they've gone dark for a while which could mean they're working hard to get ready for something ... I'm expecting the beta soon!

[mdkd99]

Camp on social media to be the first to sign up for the Beta. How big will the Beta be, what do you think?

[GribbleGrunger]

Camp on social media to be the first to sign up for the Beta. How big will the Beta be, what do you think?

In my opinion, it will be open but in waves, starting with the better potential the LBP creators offer and then filtering down to Joe Blogs. I also think it'll be more like 'early access' (minus the campaign) than a beta and run through to launch.

[mdkd99]

File size? What do you think?

[koltonaugust•]

I think it's going to surprise us with how small it is. Considering they say things are loaded as edits, i'd be surprised if its 20GB

[comishguy67]

Keep in mind, Dreams will go for 60$. You pay for the story, the toolkit and the potential community levels. Seeing ads in a 60$ game is not what you want. Some straight monetization is much better. Make your game outside of Dreams and sell it with a license for selling things. This is coming from a creator of big projects, but also from a player who enjoys the LBP spirit.

Yeah, I could see people feeling a bit cheated about watching an ad in a game they've already paid for! XD

I felt ads might be a compromise between paying creators for their work yet not excluding players who haven't purchased their content from those who have (like the DLCs in LBP!). Ah well...

I can certainly see Dreams being one's primary asset-creation tool for games IRL (considering how horrible I am with digital art, I might be one of them XD).

[koltonaugust•]

While we don't have the snail screensaver, I found this floating around from years ago which is a happy medium imo

[olit123]

Very nice, still got that signature dreams look though, but I like that you can identify it as Dreams honestly.

[koltonaugust•]

Very nice, still got that signature dreams look though, but I like that you can identify it as Dreams honestly.

I really like that too. I think this was before the Made in Dreams marketing started, but not too far before it.

[mdkd99]

Oh it definitely looks like something MM made with Dreams.

[gurren009]

Dreams is definitely not a 60 dollar game. The campaign and the user-creating content is easily enough to be the cost of a current-generation videogame console. Its only 60 bucks because of that being the modern cost of games, as well as not everyone being able to pull out a hundred bucks from their pockets.

[mdkd99]

60 bucks is the industry standard. It is much more worth than 60 bucks. I agree there.

[koltonaugust•]

I believe I found what they were referring to.
https://twitter.com/mediamolecule/st...48223191220227
It's a pretty good recreation of the photo, but definitely not photorealistic.

Comparison:

[olit123]

Looks lovely, wouldn't be surprised if that much detail used up all the budget though lol