Official PlayStation Magazine - 04.2020

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DREAMS

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here’s already a whole

world of daydreams,

nightmares, fantasies, and

imaginings just waiting to

be explored in Dreams,

Media Molecule’s part-

game, part-game-maker. But all

these creations from early access

Dreamers aren’t the only reason to

get excited about the full release

version – available right now.

Catching up with co-founder and

technical director of Media Molecule

Alex Evans, we ask the obvious

questions about PS5. “I’m afraid that’s

‘no comment’ – I tried commenting

earlier and I got slapped,” he jokes,

and while Media Molecule is being

coy over the long-term goals of the

platform, in the short-term there

will be new updates to develop and

add tools into the game-maker.

More definitively, we’re told

that PS VR support is “significantly

developed,” though a timeframe

is yet to be set for its inclusion.

You can already use the current

DualShock 4’s motion control

functionality and the PlayStation

Move controllers in Dreams.

A steady stream of content has

flowed onto Dreams since April last

year, but the big debut was Art’s

Dream. Launched on Valentines Day,

it’s a feature-length story in its own

right, a genre-crossing tale featuring

a host of memorable characters and

even a selection of musical numbers.

It shows not only the potential

of your own creations but that of

Dreams as a platform. The developer

has already shared a selection of

shorter creations that are, like this

new story, made entirely with the

tools all Dreamers have access to.

Art’s Dream deals primarily with

every artist’s nemesis – self-doubt.

You tear down a wall of the stuff

when you boot up the game for the

first time, and we asked Alex Evans

about the other ways Dreams tries to

combat this.

“Getting the tutorials right was

actually very difficult. We tried a few

Take a tour of Media Molecule’s latest – your guide, Jess Kinghorn,

picks out the Dreams landmarks you won’t want to miss

Only in Dreams