I'm a big fan of LittleBigPlanet and have built some small levels if you are familiar with the game. I am looking forward to the release of LBP2 next month and was inspired with a great idea. I am currently wrapping up a Legacy of Fire Campaign. I thought it would be a lot of fun to create a series of 6 LittleBigPlanet levels based on that AP.
I'm assuming though that this would not be legal because it is not covered in the community use policy? But I wasn't sure since it's a different medium. Some companies encourage fan based levels while others are against it.
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I'm not familiar with LittleBigPlanet, but assuming that you're talking about noncommercial distribution of these levels, you're correct to look at the Community Use Policy. As far as basing them off of Legacy of Fire goes, note that the Community Use Policy allows you to "descriptively reference trademarks, proper names (characters, deities, artifacts, places, etc.), locations and characters from products listed in Section 1 of our Community Use Approved Product List", but it does not allow you to use "dialogue, plots, storylines, language, and incidents" from those products in such a project.
So, if we are indeed talking about free distribution, and assuming you have the ability to include all of the statements and such required by the Community Use Policy, and assuming LittleBigPlanet allows people to distribute levels created with other people's IP, you can create levels *inspired* by Legacy of Fire, but you may not simply adapt the AP for redistribution.
Oh good, a challenge. ha
And, just for the record, LittleBigPlanet is awesome.
Does Vic hate video games? ;)
Did you see those awesome "Star Wars"-themed levels someone came up with? With Sacboy running by a big sarlac made out of foam and a cardboard rancor? Aim for something that feels like an homage like that and I'm sure we'll be solid. The big concern is that someone might use the Playstation Eye to copy images or reprint whole parts of text. As long as we're not venturing in that direction, what you do is likely to be so different and in such a weird medium I doubt there'd be any problem. It's pretty much the same as using Legos to make scenes from your home game or doing fan art and showing it off. And if you want to drop our name or website in whatever you create somehow for anyone who wants to learn more, well that'd just be a little extra bit of awesome.
Totally post when you have something up! I have LBP2 on pre-order and am VERY excited for it. One of the first things I made with the last one was a Sandpoint goblin made out of stone and rolled him around on a skateboard for a while. Good times.
Did you see those awesome "Star Wars"-themed levels someone came up with? With Sacboy running by a big sarlac made out of foam and a cardboard rancor? Aim for something that feels like an homage like that and I'm sure we'll be solid. The big concern is that someone might use the Playstation Eye to copy images or reprint whole parts of text. As long as we're not venturing in that direction, what you do is likely to be so different and in such a weird medium I doubt there'd be any problem. It's pretty much the same as using Legos to make scenes from your home game or doing fan art and showing it off. And if you want to drop our name or website in whatever you create somehow for anyone who wants to learn more, well that'd just be a little extra bit of awesome.
Totally post when you have something up! I have LBP2 on pre-order and am VERY excited for it. One of the first things I made with the last one was a Sandpoint goblin made out of stone and rolled him around on a skateboard for a while. Good times.
That Star Wars level was exactly what I was thinking of, and you could see how I thought an AP would fit the same way. But it was also what I was thinking of when I asked since Lucas made people delete those levels because he didn't give them permission. Boo on him. haha
But I think instead of doing LoF directly I think I might start off with doing the backstory.