is someone making a web-based tutorial with easy search? I'm really bad and following video instructions. I keep skipping it forward, then get confused, scroll back, then bored its too long.
Dreams : create, share & play [PS4, PS5]
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is someone making a web-based tutorial with easy search? I'm really bad and following video instructions. I keep skipping it forward, then get confused, scroll back, then bored its too long.
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And this is why we have cat videos........
Nah. The Dreams tutorial vids are pretty soporific. Where LBP had short, cheery tutorial snippets, Dreams has 10 minute long lessons. They'll mention a feature which you'll try, then move onto other stuff. Later, you've forgotten the thing you used earlier, so have to work through the tutorials to find it. I had exactly that. I did the modelling tutorials. I then didn't touch Dreams for a few months. At Christmas I thought I'd have another bash - couldn't for the life of me remember half the stuff. Went through the tutorials again. Some key stuff is just mentioned in passing. They need to start with something more basic like make a snowman. then make a house. Then make an octopus. Have the player actually hitting training landmarks that are building skills and feel a sense of progress, instead of throwing two hours of lessons making dfifferent bridges at them and hoping they get the gist of it.
You are right. I think this is mostly why Dreams is still in beta access. Because the engine itself is surprisingly stable now. The whole accessibility part has barely being developed by them. You are currently beta
Yes, it can handle the complete scene at any time (that doesn't mean that you can't see some frames drop in very complex scenes).
Regarding LOD, I think that at a higher distance, the models are covered with less flecks, the tiny "splats" that make up the geometry, so there's no LOD needed.
Yes I posted before I think, there are some pretty extensive instructions etc on reddit and so on.
As we’re getting closer to release (14th of February), Media Molecule did a sort of Oscar like awards show celebrating some of the creations so far. The whole thing was streamed on Twitch and still available there and Eurogamer has a convenient summary here:
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...ing-creative-community-with-1st-annual-awards
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...ing-creative-community-with-1st-annual-awards
You can rest assured that everything was made in Dreams.
What Dreams really lack are charismatic characters. It was already the problem in their previous game Tearaway.
They had that in LittleBigPlanet with Sackboy. They even make money by selling Sackboy merchandises. Why didn't they simply reuse this iconic character in Dreams ?
What they have in Dreams (Connie) is boring. So boring they didn't even use it in the official cover (which sucks anyways). I think it's a big missed opportunity by Sony: they should have used some iconic Sony characters (at least Sackboy) the way Nintendo did it with Super Mario Maker.
They had that in LittleBigPlanet with Sackboy. They even make money by selling Sackboy merchandises. Why didn't they simply reuse this iconic character in Dreams ?
What they have in Dreams (Connie) is boring. So boring they didn't even use it in the official cover (which sucks anyways). I think it's a big missed opportunity by Sony: they should have used some iconic Sony characters (at least Sackboy) the way Nintendo did it with Super Mario Maker.
Isn't Connie just there for the tutes? I associate the bear with a proper character.
What they have in Dreams (Connie) is boring. So boring they didn't even use it in the official cover (which sucks anyways). I think it's a big missed opportunity by Sony: they should have used some iconic Sony characters (at least Sackboy) the way Nintendo did it with Super Mario Maker.
Yuck. That is some lame cover.
Their mascot is Tom Waits.
But...2-3 hour campaign. Dreams really is a hard sell. I still doubt it's going to hit the mainstream. It might well be producing YT videos for years to come for people to gasp in amazement at, but I doubt many people are going to want to engage with the game proper, either as creators or to experience its varied pic'n'mix creations. It's kinda like an art gallery, or movie theatre, that people visit once in a while. And on the whole they can do that for free through YT without having to buy it.
The quality of game experiences will have to prove you right or wrong. I think from what I’ve seen so far in user levels, I’m pretty confident it will do very well. But I am really looking forward to VR support and seeing how the tutorials, tooling and creators evolve.
I haven't looked at the campaign yet - may hold that off to share with mates. Just starting through the tutorials on creation and MM have made notable changes and improvements. The first experience has been gamified better, with challenges and rewards. Controls have been improved somewhat, and I'm seeing a new physicality in moving content which helps enormously. Before when placing objects, they just occupied 3D space and could overlap. Now, certainly for some objects they snap to surfaces like the floor or other objects. Also the imps hit the floor rather than passing through into general space.
Curious why none of this was tested in the Early Access stage to refine it even better, but it's definitely a big improvement so far. Only real issue using Move controllers is the push/pull to zoom isn't at all responsive. Getting to the point where you can use both Moves to control the camera at the same time is a much appreciated!
Edit: The game has quests which unlike items, like "spend 30 minutes personalising your home space." I think that's overall good. Sadly, after the initial new tutorial, we still have the same video-led guides with that rather sleepy squirrel. "To move, simply press secondary triangle and primary move, and the primary something, secondary start select, cross, something something, secondary primary more buttons just like that."
Curious why none of this was tested in the Early Access stage to refine it even better, but it's definitely a big improvement so far. Only real issue using Move controllers is the push/pull to zoom isn't at all responsive. Getting to the point where you can use both Moves to control the camera at the same time is a much appreciated!
Edit: The game has quests which unlike items, like "spend 30 minutes personalising your home space." I think that's overall good. Sadly, after the initial new tutorial, we still have the same video-led guides with that rather sleepy squirrel. "To move, simply press secondary triangle and primary move, and the primary something, secondary start select, cross, something something, secondary primary more buttons just like that."
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