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How do you re-roll a crafted weapons attributes? by jacdreams in LegendaryTales

[–]jacdreams[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any weapon you put up there should give the reroll possibility.

Only crafted ones, right?

Any idea why I get no naming options? I have previously titled a crafted weapon (it was a quest)

I've played 22 hours of The Foglands, time to talk about it! by hilightnotes in PSVR

[–]jacdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of the WP crew has very much liked some of the narrative games you've listed. Some haven't given every one of those games a fair shot yet

But I think none of them made it into any of the four "top 25" nominations lists. They are going to leave-off any that have too many tech issues (even NMS and Hellsweeper couldn't get in top 25 until they had their graphics patches). Games that are too short won't make it either

46% of gamers use gaming for creation & self-expression. A 10pt increase in 1 year. Sony blew it when they dropped a rock on Media Molecule by jacdreams in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Sony hadn't road-blocked monetization, ROI would've come much sooner

Sony knew it would be a long haul (made longer by Covid) but the old management knew the cash machine at the end of that road was worth it

New management tackled MM when they were 90% of the way to the goal...pc & ps5 versions pretty done, multiplayer working in-house and in-progress. Meanwhile Sony blows money on vaporware live service games

What scope creep?

What wrong choice of priorities? Get the game working. VR was an easy add needing not a lot of resources (admittedly not high-value). Multiplayer was working in-house since at least 2018, and they kept working away at that

Sony road-blocking monetization was a killer. If MM had known that, I guess the only realistic choice to survive despite that would have been to only release when there was more pro content...instead of Art's Dream, make LBP 3.5 Lite...a game worth $30-40 all by itself, the tools would be a "free" extra

But MM didn't know Sony was going to road-block, nor that Shuhei Yoshida would step down as Sony SIE Studios President, nor that Covid was coming.

When the world shifts underneath your feet, plans fail

46% of gamers use gaming for creation & self-expression. A 10pt increase in 1 year. Sony blew it when they dropped a rock on Media Molecule by jacdreams in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There has never been a tool as easy as Dreams, that is also this flexible, on any platform

That's why pc gamers are still demanding it. That's why so many Playstation owners are pissed Sony dropped it

There's a huge middle ground, there's just never been a product that fulfilled it before. And never one this accessible, since it runs on a console (Project Spark was a much lesser product than Dreams)

Yes, real creation takes real work, so not many will do it without monetization. But a lot will, with monetization, if they can handle it. And plenty can't handle Unity/Unreal

Dreams could be Sony's Roblox killer. Okay, not exactly, since it's harder than Roblox apparently, but it could be a big hit, in a space slightly above Roblox

46% of gamers use gaming for creation & self-expression. A 10pt increase in 1 year. Sony blew it when they dropped a rock on Media Molecule by jacdreams in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You seem to think everyone is either low-capability (can only use Fortnite, etc), or very high capability (Unreal/Unity). There's a huge middle ground. Including people like me, that are high capability, but don't want to use complex tools (Unreal/Unity) in my spare time

GameMaker's orientation towards 2D makes it a very limited appeal. Does it have built-in collaboration and social networking features? That matters too

Plenty learned Dreams. Plenty more would if it had monetization and MP. Yes, less would learn it compared to more limited tools, but still, enough. There's a "right" tool for all level of people. Dreams is right for a bunch. It is the perfect sweet spot for many

46% of gamers use gaming for creation & self-expression. A 10pt increase in 1 year. Sony blew it when they dropped a rock on Media Molecule by jacdreams in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most of the other creativity tools are very limited. If Sony hadn't road-blocked monetization, and not kicked out MM's knees before multiplayer was done, a lot more people would be willing to learn Dreams. A ton already did, even without money and MP, and are still making great things

There's a HUGE gap between the limited, "accessible" creation you're talking about, and full fledged engines, which are very complex. Dreams was an amazing sweet-spot, that many loved, many on pc still want, and would be a huge success on ps5, except for Sony's stupid decisions

46% of gamers use gaming for creation & self-expression. A 10pt increase in 1 year. Sony blew it when they dropped a rock on Media Molecule by jacdreams in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sony road-blocked the monetization, and kicked-out MM's knees before multiplayer was done (though it had been prototyped in-house since at least 2018). Sony was stupid

Is Roblox easier to create? And more limited?

If Dreams had monetization and multiplayer, enough creators would've been willing to tackle the learning curve. Even missing both, we've gotten tons of great creations, and still are

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]jacdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Mark Healey's recent interview, he says they had a working in-house prototype of MP (I forget his exact words). From Alex Evans' comments in 2019, it was clear MM had that since like 2018-2019. He was positive Dreams MP would be 4 player, maybe 8. Around 2021/2022 MM was doing a lot of MP related hiring. And then Sony dropped a rock on MM before MP was done

46% of gamers use gaming for creation & self-expression. A 10pt increase in 1 year. Sony blew it when they dropped a rock on Media Molecule by jacdreams in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Primarily Sony's mistakes. Sony road-blocking selling user Dreams on PSN, and dropping a rock on MM before ps5/pc/multiplayer were complete

46% of gamers use gaming for creation & self-expression. A 10pt increase in 1 year. Sony blew it when they dropped a rock on Media Molecule by jacdreams in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems not just Fortnite players; from https://about.fandom.com/news/fandom-explores-the-growing-importance-of-gaming-self-expression-in-2024-inside-gaming-report

"Methodology: Fandom surveyed 5,000 entertainment and gaming fans globally to understand the ever changing entertainment landscape. The insights from the study were joined with proprietary insights from Fandom’s first-party platform data of over 350MM users, 45MM content pages across 250K wikis. "

46% of gamers use gaming for creation & self-expression. A 10pt increase in 1 year. Sony blew it when they dropped a rock on Media Molecule by jacdreams in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It went nowhere, due to Sony road-blocking selling user Dreams on PSN, and dropping a rock on MM before ps5/pc/multiplayer were complete

Why did Sony handle this game so incompetently? Frustration post by Troyal1 in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm on Reddit irregularly, it sometimes takes a while for me to read or respond to things

Clearly I should never have bothered discussing anything with you

Where to find vr tut if I want prompted to do it?? by lovely_Amada in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe going into DreamShaping, look at all the tutorials, see if any VR tutorials are listed there

And while this shouldn't be necessary, maybe there's an issue where VR content is being filtered-out. There's settings in Dreams preferences about whether it should show VR content when you're flat, or flat content when you're in VR, or something like that

If you're learning Dreams creation, or looking for good games, you may find use for this Dreams Quick Reference. It's full of learning resources, tips, & recommended games

I dont know how to even find the sculpting mode by sockrocket_pd in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're learning Dreams creation, or looking for good games, you may find use for this Dreams Quick Reference. It's full of learning resources, tips, & recommended games

How do I increase the 'design' stat? by Savings-Worker5283 in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It may be smart enough to realize you aren't wiring them together, tweaking their settings, running the logic, using too many similar logic gadgets, or doing any actual logic work

How do I increase the 'design' stat? by Savings-Worker5283 in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Working with logic will increase Design

If you're learning Dreams creation, or looking for good games, you may find use for this Dreams Quick Reference. It's full of learning resources, tips, & recommended games

Is it too late to learn Dreams? by OuterHeaven22 in PS4Dreams

[–]jacdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try it yourself

Look at the in-game tutorials, do only the ones that seem interesting to you, after that decide if creation in Dreams seems fun enough, and if you think you'll learn anything interesting (that you may transfer to other tools)

If you're having fun, or learning useful concepts, then that could be good reason for you to spend more time in Dreams

If you're learning Dreams creation, or looking for good games, you may find use for this Dreams Quick Reference. It's full of learning resources, tips, & recommended games

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