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Interview With a Prolific LittleBigPlanet Content Creator

Posted by Soulskill on from the games-as-hobbies dept.

SlappingOysters writes "Ole-Marius Lakselv is going to be making games for a living, sooner or later. Under his PSN moniker of Geosautis, he has become arguably the most popular and famous LittleBigPlanet level maker in the world. His works, such as World of Colour and Haunted Mansion, are shining examples of what a talented user with a bit of time on his hands can build using LittleBigPlanet's powerful creation tools. Gameplayer has just interviewed him to get the full story on being an amateur developer making waves in LittleBigPlanet. The site has also awarded the game The Best Exclusive of 2008."

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  1. Good money? by Bangmaker · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have often wondered... Do these internationally known gamers that add to their games so much (the most amazing line rider maker comes to mind) get anything other than fame for their hard work?

    1. Re:Good money? by skreeech · · Score: 2, Insightful

      In the shooter game market some got good enough resumes to get paying jobs out of their free work. I do not know if anyone has made significant money retroactively for what they did for free.

      Someone doing work that is wholly their own can get some success if people will buy it but someone working on LBP or in the mod community has no legal revenue stream from that work.

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      [20:36] wwwdot/.dotorg
    2. Re:Good money? by Jabbrwokk · · Score: 2, Informative

      Yeah, whatever happened to Minh Le? The guy creates the most popular Half-Life mod ever, which helped sell a LOT of copies of Half-Life and Half-Life 2 (people buying it for the Source version), and now appears to have vanished from the gaming scene.

      I think that helps prove your point.

  2. Content altering by Parz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The worst thing for LittleBigPlanet is the way that Sony have gone through and removed peoples content - many of which would have had hours of work and love poured into them. That is such a quick way to ruin user incentive. Even this guy, who is now indirectly acting to promote the game, has had his stuff altered and he doesn't even know why. That's terrible.