LittleBigPlanet, commonly abbreviated LBP,is a puzzle platform video game series created by Media Molecule and published by Sony Computer Entertainment on multiple PlayStation platforms. The series follows the adventures of Sackboy and has a large emphasis on gameplay rather than being story-driven. All of the games in the series put a strong emphasis on user-generated content and are based on the series .taglinePlay, Create,. The tagline represents the three core elements of the series; Playing alone or with others online or on the same console, creating new content using the in-game creation tools and sharing creations and discoveries online with other players.
In the first two instalments of the series, gameplay consisted primarily, but not entirely, of traditional two-dimensional platforming like jumping and avoiding obstacles to successfully navigate to the end of a level to win. Since LittleBigPlanet 2, gameplay has expanded to being a platform for games with the introduction of numerous mini-games and other genres into the game, diversifying the game from being strictly a traditional platform game.
Most LittleBigPlanet games involve a player playing solo or co-operatively with friends to navigate through a level whilst collecting various ;bubbles along the way. These bubbles come in two types: Small ones, known as Score Bubbles, which constitute points and larger ones, known as Prize Bubbles, that contain new costumes, stickers, or other types of collectibles. These collectibles can be used in level creation or to customise Sackboy. There are also numerous co-operative parts of levels whereby certain prize bubbles can only be collected with the help of at least one player or more depending on the number of players stated in the level.
LittleBigPlanet | |
Genres | Puzzle platformer |
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Developers | Media Molecule SCE Cambridge Studio Tarsier Studios Double Eleven XDev United Front Games Sumo Digital |
Publishers | Sony Computer Entertainment |
Platforms | PlayStation 3 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita PlayStation 4 |
Platform of origin | PlayStation 3 |
First release | LittleBigPlanet 27 October 2008 |
Latest release | LittleBigPlanet 3 18 November 2014 |