It’s a new week, and that means that it is time for a new LBL PSP Level of the Week!
This week I think that I have got a level that most of you have not heard of, because I don’t think that the author hangs around any of the LBP Forums. Thanks to a hot tip, I managed to dig up this gem of a level.
In “The Ancient Sacktroia!!! Part 1″, you are an explorer going through a very well detailed landscape. There isn’t all that much story to speak of, but the platforming and scenery is excellent!
The level packs secret areas, like the one below this waterfall:
Incredible Scenery:
Great looking hidden areas off of the beaten path:
And even a boss battle:
I’d advise anyone who enjoys a good LBP platforming level to give this one a shot!
On a side note, remember to PM me (amazingflyingpoo) with any great levels that you have found (especially ones that are relatively unknown, a.k.a – not featured or on the top 4 pages of highest rated) on the LBP forum of your choice since I frequent all of them.
Have a great week!
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Version 2.03 (Strawberry Cheescake) will be released tomorrow and containes so many changes that I’m just going to copy&paste them here:
Community Features
- It is now possible to scroll through the downloaded levels list immediately after completing the playthrough of a downloaded level. A change well worth making. So we did!
- Search types have been improved, and more levels can be seen on each page on the community moon.
- Pressing the triangle button at the Community Moon menu will refresh the community data for all of your downloaded levels. If you want to upload the full set of all your high scores and download everybody else’s then this is the place to do it.
Usability
- A copy and paste function has been added to the editor, which can be accessed after selecting an object and opening the tweak option. Which is nice.
- Shapes can be scaled and rotated before placing them.
- MyObjects and object-based gadgets can be rotated before placing them.
- Items held together by gadgets can be scaled.
- Gadgets such as pistons, rods, etc. can have their positions edited after being placed
- The drag selection mechanism has been improved so that it will only select objects if they are entirely surrounded.
- Gluing supports user directed input. Side to side gluing is now allowed in preference over gluing backwards, which was the default.
- Sound objects are now labelled in the tweak menu for reference, once they’ve been placed in a level.
- The option to disable the undo/redo feature has been added to the menu – very useful if you want to avoid pause times on large levels, and handle everything through manual saves instead.
Editor Functionality
- When switching to and from create mode, materials and gadgets will not drift when repeatedly selected.
- Dynamic objects joined to static objects by dissolve material will separate and move once the dissolve material has been destroyed.
- Detaching glued objects correctly remembers the original static or dynamic nature of the individual glued objects.
- A material’s rotation will not drift between saves.
- Stickers applied to an emitted object stay attached to the object if the emitter itself is moved.
- Creatures only jump if Sackboy is nearby.
- Sensor switches and buttons save their initial states properly.
- Deleting a switch will not delete the object it was glued to.
- When a material is changed to peach floaty it will become buoyant.
- Pistons connected to an inverted switch trigger correctly on level load.
- Magic mouths with no text have the speech bubble disabled in play mode.
- Wobble bolts’ angle and flipper properties save correctly in Create Mode.
- Scoreboards only check above the base for Sackboy’s presence, previously it was possible to trigger them from below.
My Objects
- You can capture MyObjects within MyObjects. Oh yes.
- Emitters, scoreboards, prize bubbles can be captured as part of MyObjects.
- You can attach gadgets to Collected Objects and MyObjects.
- The bolt stability in MyObjects has been improved.
- You can change material classes, including the lethality of MyObjects.
- We have improved the capture capacity for MyObjects to allow for larger, more complex items to be captured.
Corner Editing
- This update features improved corner editing of glued objects. Previously, editing could be blocked if corners were on the glued edge of an object.
- Corner editing an object with gadgets attached doesn’t cause them to detach.
- Corner editing checks all planes (not just the foremost one) for collisions.
- Stickers do not disappear when corner editing.
- The game autosaves after a corner editing session.
- It was possible to make an object invisible by using the corner edit tool, this has been blocked.
Play Mode
- Sackboy doesn’t get stuck on edges when he should fall to the floor.
- The ‘return to main menu’ and ‘continue’ options work whilst the scoreboard is active.
Stability
- Last, but not least: Numerous stability issues have also been addressed.
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Valentines Day is nearly upon us again and you’ll be forced to buy flowers and chocolate for you love once more.
Or you can treat them to a some LBP DLC!
For the PS3 there will be the Valentines Day Pack containing the following:
I love chocolates, heart balloon, I love LBP, dove, love letter, sweet heart, flamingo, heart doodles, rose, broken heart, pink flower, heart beat
The pack will set you £2.39 / €2.99 / US $2.99 / AUS $ 3.45 / NZD $3.90 back.
The heart costume will available for free as well if you don’t want to spend money on the love of your life. :p
But that’s not all! The Chinese New Year costume will be available for a week come this Thursday. For free.
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Media Molecule’s new homepage is now live (or will be soon as it might take some time before it’s live for you). It’s all flashy and colourful, you can register so that no one can pretend to be you. MMpicks are also back. Maybe they will even be updated regularly.
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The Media Molecule website as we know it isn’t no more, at mediamolecule.com the old design has made place for this very awesome playing cat video. Not long after the all new littlebigplanet.com site Mm decided that mediamolecule.com needed a makeover to, cant wait to see what they come up with
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Hidy Ho Sackfolks! I have some great news for you if you are looking to bag yourself a shiny new crown!
Over at LittleBigWorkshop there is a new monthly competition going on, and the winner gets a coveted crown!
The first month of the competition has already passed, but a new one is just starting to spool up. Since it is February, the judges decided to incorporate a 2X challenge into the theme to celebrate Valentines Day.
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Another content pack will grace the PSP store this Thursday.
The Savannah pack contains 16 materials, 15 stickers a music object and one background as well as a lion and a zebra costume. It will set you back £2.39 / €2.99 / US $2.99 / AUS $ 3.45 / NZD $3.90 respectively.
If you are only interested in the lion costume you are in luck as that is available for free as well.
Additionally there will a costume from The Gardens up for grabs for free.
Free costumes… It’s a miracle!
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With over six weeks of creating, two weeks of judging and over ninety levels entered, it gives us great pleasure to announce the winners of the LittleBigLand Fairytale Crown competition.
1st place:
LBL: LRRS And the Sneaky H4Her! by mnniska
What we had to say:
bludhound: The story in this level was executed extremely well and the gameplay was really fun.
tin-cup-70: A perfect mix of gameplay, story and a good amount of humour, this level is a worthy crown winner.
Syroc: Fantastic contraptions, interesting puzzles and simply fun gameplay. Well done!
Your prizes: A rare LittleBigPlanet crown
PSeye camera with eye create
3″ plastic sackboy toy.
2nd place:
LBL:Fairytale-Cinderella Story – Part 1 & Part 2 by MightyMoeJoe
What we had to say:
bludhound: This level was really fun, one of the things I really enjoyed was cleaning up the house while the step sisters played LBP.
tin-cup-70: The evil sisters were hilarious, so much fun to play and the LBP twist in the story was really fun.
Syroc: Another fun level. This one stood out from the crowd because of its memorable LBP playing evil sisters.
Your prizes: ps3 keypad
3″ plastic sackboy toy.
3rd place:
LBL: Fairytale – Jack and the Beanstalk by CENTURION24
What we had to say:
bludhound: The creator of this level is very artistic, the giant was made in true artist style.
tin-cup-70: The detail in this level was amazing, you clearly see the amount of effort that went in to this level.
Syroc: Ah, one of the many Jack and the Beanstalk levels. Notably one of the few that actually had beans. What I liked in particular about this level was the giant and the clouds.
Your prizes: 2GB memory stick
3″ plastic sackboy toy.
Creator in the making prize!
LBL: Fairytale-sack and the bubblestock by DrPepper96
We decided to give this prize to one of the authors who didn’t make it in to the top 10 but whose level brought a big smile on our face, although you didn’t make it to the final top 10 we can see that you absolutely have the skills and the creativity to surprise us with many great levels in the future.
Your prize: 3″ plastic sackboy toy. Honorable mention is given to the following authors for their great efforts and making it to the final top 10. In no specific order: LBL: fairytale – Sackboy’s Adventures in Wonderland by poorjack
LBL:fairytale-Hansack and Gretel by RiCKy-BoBBy91
LBL: Fairytale – Sleeping Beauty and The Bomb Survival by TOBSn08
LBL:fairytale : Cinderella part 1 and 2 by Henshin1
LBL: LittleBigRapunzel Part1 and part2 by humoristi
LBL:fairytale-Snow White and the 7 Sackboys by Dominik1411
LBL: fairytale – Alice in LittleBigLand by XVoodeedooX
We want to thank everybody who did participate in this contest, we had loads of fun playing all your amazing levels and choosing the top 10 was really hard. Well done everyone!
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Hidy Ho Sackfolks! It’s a new week, which means it is time for a new PSP level of the week.
This week we have a really unique level for all of you. Remember that amazing PS2 game called “Shadow of the Colossus”? Man, that game was freaking awesome. Back in the early days of LBP on PS3 I would actually go searching for good SotC levels, but I never really found anything even close to interesting.
Well, this week I found exactly what I have been waiting for for over a year!
In Colossal Calamity, sackboy is tasked with climbing a colossus which is about to destroy a town it is walking toward. He needs to climb the monster and take it down before it gets there.
You start off at the feet of the monster, and from there you have to climb up its legs:
Once you have reached the belly, you “monkey climb” across the belly:
At this point you reach the first weak spot on the colossus (and get a great view of the head):
You then find your way to the monster’s back and try to get across it:
I am going to stop there and let you experience the rest for yourself. Be warned, this level is pretty hard, but it is also one of the most unique and fun levels I have played on LBP PSP. I would highly advise everyone to check it out!
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