First-person LittleBigPlanet mooted

By Johnny Minkley Published 3 October, 2008

Media Molecule boss hints at future.

Media Molecule co-founder Mark Healey has told Eurogamer his team could make a first-person version of LittleBigPlanet in the future.

The first version of the PlayStation 3 sandbox title, due out this month, is set in a side-on, "2.5D" perspective, but Healey revealed that the creation tools the studio has created could work in a completely different style of game.

"[It would] be great to make first-person games using similar tools, all from the same universe, or..." he told EGTV last week, before quickly reining himself in and adding: "I don't want to say too much, because we've got some very exciting ideas with that stuff."

Asked how he saw the franchise developing in the coming years, he said he hoped it would be "expanded and mutated in many different ways. We've got bucketfuls of ideas of how to expand it, so if we can keep it pumped with blood and people still into it then I can see it going all sorts of directions."

LittleBigPlanet is out exclusively for PlayStation 3 on 24th October. Check out our LittleBigPlanet gamepage for the latest hands-on impressions, videos, screenshots and news, and don't forget that it's also going to be at the Eurogamer Expo later this month.

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Comments (31) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Ducklord #1 3 years ago

    0.o

    Not 100% sure what he's getting at here.
    Edited by 1 at 03/10/08 @ 16:15

  • GamesConnoisseur #2 3 years ago

    Ah?! FPS LBP? It could be fun as an extension of the 'create your own game', but as a stand alone spin off game.... nooo!

  • ThePissartist #3 3 years ago

    I WANT this game so badly.

    Just not enough to spend £300+ - I really can't see her falling for the 'it's a Blu-ray player too!!' thing.

  • Thunderbolt #4 3 years ago

    Well if LBP can revolutionise the platformer then it will be interseting to see what they could do with a FPS.

  • the_dudefather #5 3 years ago

    would be kinda neat I guess If it worked well

    Garry's mod?

  • Triggerhappytel #6 3 years ago

    @ ThePissartist

    Yeah, I'm the same. I don't think I can get around the missus though - at least, not until I save enough money that telling her I'm spending £300 on something I really don't need won't make too much difference. Especially when we're redecorating much of the house at the moment.

    But on topic, a LBP FPS kinda sounds like balls. Just get to work on LBP2, MM. If you're going to change it, make it a 3D platformer.
    Edited by 1 at 03/10/08 @ 16:29

  • Inquisitor #7 3 years ago

    It could work. Been happening on the PC for years and stuff like Forge on the 360 shows how creative people can be even with a limited tool set.

  • FenderMaster #8 3 years ago


    Little Big Racer?

  • ThePissartist #9 3 years ago

    @Triggerhappytel

    I can't see her being convinced, not before I've bought her a ring anyways. :p

  • Widge #10 3 years ago

    Sadly DiscoStu I've played SEUCK and I've played this, its light years ahead of SEUCK!

    An FPS LBP? Would be be creating our very own open world puzzle platformers? I certainly hope so!
    Edited by 1 at 03/10/08 @ 16:43

  • skillian #11 3 years ago

    Dude, once you buy her the ring you'll never be able to spend £300 on yourself again.

    Do it now while your decisions are still your own!

  • Widge #12 3 years ago

    Oops, perhaps we should be saying FPP, as FPS implies "shooter" rather than "perspective"

  • turnget2005 #13 3 years ago

    @ThePissartist & Triggerhappytel

    very simple solution to your problem guys!

    buy a ps3 while your at work with cash,(no credit card statement) say that while you was in the pub at lunch a guy came in selling 1 off the back of a lorry so to speak for £60, and that it was an offer you could not refuse.

    or do what i did and tell your woman "listen girl, i work dam hard for my money and ill spend it on what the hell i like" then duck quickly.

  • Kenshin001 #14 3 years ago

    Really wish they would wait until releasing the game before making these sort of statements. It could crash and burn for all we know.

  • Arwin #15 3 years ago

    This type of game is going to be the saviour of all future next-gen launches to come. You just need one or two versions of this creation tool, use it while developing and testing your hardware and firmware, and then you can show off the latest physics and graphics prowess at any press-event easily, and launch the console with this pre-installed. And we'll never get bored again.

  • bonker #16 3 years ago

    "Really wish they would wait until releasing the game before making these sort of statements. It could crash and burn for all we know. "

    No chance of that I don't think given the hype but it could all be over by Xmas ...

  • ronuds #17 3 years ago

    So you guys aren't even married and you're letting your mates decide how to spend your own money?

    My advice would be to grow a pair. :p

  • Skurmedel #18 3 years ago

    How about releasing the "prequel" first.

  • charming_fox #19 3 years ago

    SEUCK for a new generation. Remember SEUCK people, it wasnt very good was it?
    Dude it was awesome! I made a version of Mario Kart on it... don't ask me how, but I did.

  • Fab4 #20 3 years ago

    Where does it mention that its a FPS? Its talking about playing LBP in the first person view, not about shooting in it.

  • Chufty #21 3 years ago

    SEUCK was awesome!!

    My god, I have to find and play with SEUCK again...

  • captainrentboy #22 3 years ago

    This game looks awesome, and in this age of shooter after shooter it's nice to have something coming out that's a lil different. BUT, I still don't think it's going to have as gigantic an impact on the gaming world as Sony and MM think it will. If it was on the Wii, then maybe, but on the largely 'hardcore gamer' targeting PS3, and whilst it's at its non- casual gamer RRP, I feel this will be largely ignored.
    Of course, I also said back in May that The Dark Knight looked faar too gloomy and dark to ever end up being a massive commercial hit..... :)
    I want this game but I'm the same boat as the saps above :) My woman of 5 years, who's still ringless, would punch my head in if I came home with a PS3 under my arm. Especially after I've only just recently purchased a surround sound system and a new digital camera.
    Edited by 1 at 04/10/08 @ 10:20

  • Les #23 3 years ago

    "I don't think I can get around the missus though - at least, not until I save enough money that telling her I'm spending £300 on something I really don't need won't make too much difference. Especially when we're redecorating much of the house at the moment."

    Thinking in terms of 'need' is very much a male thing. You should use the argument of 'looks'. Tell the missus that it looks nice and shiny next to the nice and shiny HDTV (and if you don't have one yet, you can use the same argument: A flat TV looks much better in the redecorted house than an old bulky CRT). Problem solved! ;)

  • smartgun #24 3 years ago

    At last! Back in the old days we'd be playing LBP and my nan would say 'I'd love to see a first-person version of this' because we were all bored of the infinite number of player-generated levels online and wanted something a bit more generic. Face it Media Molecule, the whole world is a bit fed up with LBP in 2.5D and think it's time you moved on.

    Oh wait a minute, it's not actually out yet.

  • Zaelsius #25 3 years ago

    LBP is not even out and they are already raping the franchise.

  • Execta #26 3 years ago

    This could be LittleBigPlanet 2.

  • Chufty #27 3 years ago

    Don't let your missus decide what you need and what you don't, 5 years or no. £300 isn't really that much for most people, I bet she'd spend that on a shiny pair of shoes given half a chance.

  • bdaggers #28 3 years ago

    "Don't let your missus decide what you need and what you don't, 5 years or no. £300 isn't really that much for most people, I bet she'd spend that on a shiny pair of shoes given half a chance. "

    ^ speaks a non-married man, I`ll bet.

  • Razz #29 3 years ago

    Worldcraft

  • Doctor_What #30 3 years ago

    My lady wasn't convinced about getting a PS3 either... Until I demonstrated that I could now download the next season of Grey's Anatomy and House months before it came out in the UK and she could easily stream it wirelessly onto the living room TV. Once that was done she was fine about it. She was quite chuffed about having her MP3s available in the living room too. (She hates the 360 interface so could never get the hang of it.) Show her what it does for her then she'll be convinced!

  • Ducklord #31 3 years ago

    Or lie, and tell her that there are little pixies inside that will make her shiny new shoes?