Long ago, cynicism hardened the hearts of the Joystiq staff to lumps of coal (or in Ludwig's case, a conflict diamond), so it's hard for us to get too excited about anything. That said, we're almost certain we feel a few cracks in our ticker when we watch these videos of Sony R&D using the PlayStation Eye to customize games.
In one video, a staffer draws a spaceship and a planet surface on a sheet of paper then the PS3 generates an impromptu game of Lunar Lander with them on the fly. In another, a Combat-esque game is interrupted when another player wants to scan his own hand-drawn tank into the game. This is all just research at this point rather than an actual product, but it's hard not to be excited about the possibilities. (Little Big Planet object creation? Dare we dream?)
Reader Comments (21)
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 8:52AM baby sea tuna said
Speaking of LittleBigPlanet, isn't that supposed to be out by now?
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 9:05AM SheppyReturns said
A demo was promised sometime in November but the game itself was always 2008.
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Posted: Nov 15th 2007 8:53AM (Unverified) said
Think of the possibilities for "Oh, there's my steed"-style hilarity!
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 9:18AM Crono141 said
Get ready for a flood of penis shaped game objects.
In all seriousness, this is a pretty cool concept.
FanboyON: OMFGBBQ THEY COPIES DRAWN2LIVE!!!
In all seriousness, this is a pretty cool concept.
FanboyON: OMFGBBQ THEY COPIES DRAWN2LIVE!!!
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 12:28PM Demon G Sides said
Yes...
Brilliant, Penis Tanks.
IT WILL SELL MILLIONS!
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Brilliant, Penis Tanks.
IT WILL SELL MILLIONS!
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 9:20AM (Unverified) said
It's almost like all these things are being... drawn to life.
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 9:23AM (Unverified) said
This would be cool if you had a game wher you can draw your own weapons like in those old cartoons. Draw an anvil and it would fall on your enemies and such.
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 10:37AM mr nimblewick said
Yeah, too bad the object you draw is just subject to the rules the game already has. But I guess anything more would be magic.
MagicEye?
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MagicEye?
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 9:23AM (Unverified) said
This would be cool if you had a game wher you can draw your own weapons like in those old cartoons. Draw an anvil and it would fall on your enemies and such.
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 9:24AM DBX00 said
I have a feeling this won't make it into LittleBigPlanet, but it would be cool to be able to create objects and select color to fill in the details like a paint software. It'll probably start off as a PSN EyeToy game and move from there. They wouldn't want to make it mandatory to have an EyeToy to play LittleBigPlanet, but it would be a nice added feature for those that have the EyeToy to use. I guess you can accomplish the same thing by adding mouse support to creating objects in games like LittleBigPlanet.
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 9:42AM (Unverified) said
Is it a conflict diamond because Ludwig is from deepest, darkest Afrika?
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 10:02AM (Unverified) said
Really awesome videos... you really have to see the last one, it's by far the best. Scanning in your own sprites into a game would be fantastic. Little Big Planet did talk about doing some of the same sort of thing, though I think it was loading them off a USB drive rather than using the Eye. You'll get a better picture off a loaded file, obviously, but you can't load your little cousin's stuffed animal via the USB port.
Here's to hoping they include this kind of a feature in Little Big Planet, in an update if not in the original game.
Here's to hoping they include this kind of a feature in Little Big Planet, in an update if not in the original game.
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 11:14AM (Unverified) said
It's really a shame that most people can't draw to save their lives, though.
Prepare to fight an army of misproportioned stick figures in the next game to use this!
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Prepare to fight an army of misproportioned stick figures in the next game to use this!
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 11:19AM (Unverified) said
Bah, you don't have to be able to draw, you just steal real life stuff.... action figures, pictures from magazines, toys, photos of your ex girlfriend....
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Posted: Nov 15th 2007 10:44AM FredFredrickson said
I'm sorry, but someone's got to say it: GIMMICK!
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 12:30PM majortom1981 said
Wasnt this done on that game for the ds? I am curious if sony markets this as never done before.
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 6:25PM (Unverified) said
I don't recall a DS game where you drew a picture on a piece of paper, or a real life object, and scanned it directly into the game using a camera, no. So yes, Sony could quite accurately market this as never having been done before.
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Posted: Nov 15th 2007 1:31PM Vegeta has a ps3 said
It could be cool. The question is how well will sony implement this into their games.
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