Due to the nature of Media Molecule's titles, you hear about members of the community being headhunted for video game jobs every now and again. LittleBigPlanet was responsible for many people going pro, and we're starting to hear about similar stories with Dreams on PlayStation 4. It was inevitable that this would happen at some stage, but just a couple of weeks after the official launch, someone has had an offer based on their creations.
If you've played Dreams -- and maybe if you haven't -- you'll probably have seen Blade Gunner. It's a Resogun style arcade shooter, and it's an excellent piece of work -- especially for a complete amateur. We've embedded a gameplay video above to give you the gist. The creator goes by Jimmyjules153, and his simple game currently sits at the very top of DreamSurfing, alongside some equally impressive creations. Speaking with Escapist Magazine, he's thrilled with the reception so far. "I didn’t expect the kind of support that my game received, but it makes me happy I was able to entertain so many people,” he said. “There are some brilliant games on the front page, and it’s an honour to be chosen to be among them."
However, the story doesn't stop there. Off the back of his shoot 'em up made in Dreams, Jimmyjules153 has received a job offer from a European developer. "I was approached by a European game development company who asked me to join their team,” he told Escapist. “I’m excited for the future and where this may take me!"
It's unclear if he's taken the offer, but it seems he can, at the very least, use Media Molecule's PS4 exclusive as an interactive portfolio moving forward. It's likely that we'll hear about other tales like this as Dreams and its community continues to grow. Based on some of the things we've played so far, we wouldn't be at all surprised if some of these people end up as professional game designers and artists.
[source escapistmagazine.com]
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Very excited for him to be working on the next Housemarque project 😅😅
That's fantastic to hear, good luck jimmyjules with whatever offers you decide to persue.
Wow, congratulations Jimmyjules153!! Good ruck, kid! 😉
Great news! Stories like these are always awesome to hear, wish him the best of luck!
If this was on Nintendo life people would be saying “Blade Gunner” surely IP owner should be ordering cease and desist... and on their morale high horse.... it’s nice for people to wishing him luck instead of suggesting he is a thief for use of a “nearly name”
@Stocksy Dreams is community based creation tool & the content uploaded is free, so why would people on Nintendolife moan about a name homage & want the project shut down with a cease & desist? You make the readers / commenters on NL sound like bottom orifices.
Congrats to that fellow!
Congrats Jimmyjules153! Great to hear good news amongst the gaming community, unlike constant negative TV media. Gamers rock!
@sikthvash there is an article on there about dreams and so many comments are cease and desist about copyright content...... Especially the Mario stuff
Did he create the music too? It's fantastic!
@Stocksy Most likely because it's become a meme; everything created by fans like the Pokemon Uranium, the browser based Mario game & many others often get hit by Nintendo's legal team with cease & desist orders, so much so that it's inevitable that anything else that appears to use their IP in some shape or form will get treated in a similar way. Most fans will be reacting in a comedic way, rather than actually being serious.
Not surprising in the least, creators have always been scouted and offered work based on their amazing creations in MM games.
Having seen the game though... If that's the most popular then there's a long way to go before I'd be interested. However it shows the huge potential of such software. I presume push will be doing a monthly "dreamscape" article with the pick of the bunch?
Dreams is like the PlayStation creation software you used to get for PS1 on demo discs etc, but the idea was there from the 1st PlayStation and Sony in a way have always tried to master that feature.
I wonder if Sony plans to use Dreams as a recruitment tool? It would be an interesting way to make sure they keep having a first rate set of developers.
Very impressive, I wonder if the European developer is Housemarque.
@Dan_ozzzy189 It's not "the most popular", there are tons and tons of things to play, in very varied styles. Dreams isn't like Steam where you find huge expansive single creations to play, it's a lot more like YouTube where you browse tons of very diverse stuff with a homebrew feel. Often times you quit soon after starting a level and never come back, but the enjoyment is in the exploration. I think what a lot of people who haven't played it yet don't get is that the game you're playing is still ultimately "Dreams" - the experience is unique and not meant to replace your usual games with the ones in Dreams any more than browsing youtube is meant to replace going to the cinema or netflix.
@dopaminex except youtube has already replaced television for much of gen Z. Dreams isn't like Steam, but people at Media Molecule have said that they hope to one day see dreams' creations in the playstation store. There's a LOT of stuff to trudge through but there's also some gold. who knows someday we might start seeing games with dreams at the start instead of unity
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