TESTED GAMESedia Molecule’s debut
title, LittleBigPlanet,
democratised game
design but was restricted to
user-generated 2D platforming.
Dreams is an altogether more
complex creator in which you
make whatever you want – art,
animations, music – or spend
your time diving into the warped
imaginations of others.
It’s tempting to head straight
into game creation, but that would
be a mistake. Instead, have a go
at Art’s Dream, the two(ish)-hour
campaign created by MM’s own
employees. It’s a sweet tale
of self-rediscovery, starring a
washed-up musician who enlists
childhood toys to help him get his
mojo back and reconnect with his
jazz band. Just go with it.
This is a showcase of just how
versatile Dreams is. At one point
you’re a fox, 3D-platforming in
a watercolour fantasyland; then
you’re playing a point-and-click
game in a grimy back alley and
watching a mean-spirited bouncer
taunt you by means of a ludicrousmusical number. The only pity is
that this is the only campaign of
any substance.
Dreams lets you create games
without writing code, animations
without training, and music without
investing in a DAW. You really can
build entire games, but first you’ll
need to learn how to sculpt, paint,
add text and arrange music. Good
thing, then, that MM has produced
tutorials and how-to videos that
are, dare we say it, fun.
Creation is based around the
PlayStation’s largely under-usedmotion controls. Once you’ve got
to grips with the basics, you can
create scenes using the menu
tools, or remix levels uploaded
by others. There are also basic
templates for FPS games and
ball-rolling puzzlers.
Understandably, most games
in Dreams lack pro polish; but the
clunkier ones are sometimes quite
endearing. The game just wants
you to make something and put it
out there, and we applaud anyone
who makes the effort.
Matt TateSTUFF SAYS Succeeds like no other game before it in giving players the tools to create ++++,
Dreams
This isn’t really a game, it’s a whole new platform for creating, consuming and
sharing interactive installations. We’ll let you be in our dream if we can be in yours...PS4 / stuff.tv/Dreams
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