Lego MMO to feature real-world integration, legos

to use a tired internet meme, DO WANT.

Well that's a bit retarded, if you ask me.

Not enough Lego.

Needs less Sailors and more Ninjas.

I can see it now...

"God fucking nerf red brick it is sooooo op...
GTFO L2P blue brick
Zomg bump bump bump.
lol "

How effing amazing is this.

Its Spore: With legos

Want

Off topic: I thought Twitter was just a feature that was here for GDC. So is it something that's going to stay?

For those of you that aren't familar, this feature is already available via Lego.com.

http://factory.lego.com/

It's a smallish application with a stripped down 3D user interface similar to pro 3D design tools that lets you custom build and order Lego kits. Since the technology is already there, it's probably a simple mater of porting existing functionality.

Giving an MMO immediate access to a cheap way to make their in-game asset into something they can hold is something even Blizzard has only just gotten around too, and for an embarassingly unaccessible price. This is a smart move.

I'm 26 years old, and this looks interesting to me. O_O

Excellent idea for Lego. I have actually made a few tricorces and other sprite based Lego builds and would love to make it in the game and be able to buy the pieces to make it. Talk about convenient and a way to revitalize an aging product like Legos. I wish Polaroid was able to come up with something this creative and not those mini teenie bopper Polaroid cameras.

i call my own deathstar!

Just a minor clarification: Mark Hansen works for LEGO, not NetDevil. He was also part of the team that worked on the LEGO Factory thing that Leilock linked above, and is an expert at the coolest aspect of the MMO -- the fact that you can order anything you make.

The thing is, a custom set is going to be much more expensive than a pre-made one that you can buy at Toys R Us. There's no way around it, because they have to put together the sets from a bunch of smaller packs, depending on exactly which bricks you want. And last I heard, they don't have the technology to do this all with automation and robots yet, it's human beings picking out the packs. If your building has 18 bricks in it, but is unlucky enough to have pieces from 18 different packs, that's going to be an expensive set with a lot of extra bricks. If this kind of ordering gets insanely popular they might be able to drive the price down by having smaller packs (or even individual bricks) in the fulfillment system, or develop some kind of automated machine-picker, but first enough people will have to buy the expensive custom sets...

"Perhaps most interesting is LEGO Universe's proposed integration with real-world LEGOs, with players able to create anything they wish in-game, and being given the option to order the exact pieces required to assemble their creations themselves."

If this option is left out, I see no point in the game's creation.

I won't doubt the design process, but I'll doubt the mechanics (which pieces would rotate like wheels? which pieces would move like this and that, collision detecting with the environment? how would animations work? etc...)


Although I might be paranoid because games like Spore seem to show a surprising promise for in-depth customized building.

Like Leilock said, LEGO.com has had this for well over a year. You can order one piece if you like, or design and order a whole set.

So duh, of course they would include this.

I think something similar to this came out a while pack. I think it was called Brickman or something similar? Anyone know? I believe it was discontinued years ago...

Imagine the vulgar possibilities! There's certainly going to be multiple penis-shaped modeles built within hours of the game's release.

I'm going to out myself as a Lego geek: You do not pluralize the word "Lego."