If you put a giant penis in a LittleBigPlanet level, it's going to get deleted from the servers. But it's not always that obvious why levels are axed, and this is something Media Molecule wants to improve.
Following the hoo-ha over some seemingly random level deletions, the developer has said that its moderation process is "evolving".
"The level moderation process is something we're continually improving," said SCEA man Mark Valledor.
"The small percentage of levels moderated have been done so after the community has reported them using the Good Grief tool. We never moderate levels that have not been reported in this way," he clarified.
"The vast majority of moderated levels were due to offensive material, however we are evolving the way moderation happens to ensure that creators are made aware of why their level was blocked," said Valledor in his PS Blog post.
In the meantime, if you want to avoid having your level deleted, Sony warns that you should not use other people's intellectual property (don't mimic other games or franchises, basically), and make sure the contents of your level is suitable for people of all ages. In other words, no rude text or pictures of private parts.
why dont they just give the game a 18+ then they dont have to filter anything? I know they WANT to filter offensive level and they WANT the game to be aimed at young children but they would save a lot of money, time and effort if they didnt have to go through the filter process wouldnt they?
I wouldn't want to sift through a load of offensive rubbish anyway, so good on 'em. The whole idea is to allow creative individuals to maybe get a foot in the door of game design and have fun along the way. It certainly wasn't created for childish imbeciles to make giant glands.
Haha, i love the way they release this awesome content creation tool - then basically tell people not to create stuff that looks or is similiar to other stuff.
So gamers can't make levels based on their fav games/movies/whatever, talk about removing 90% of the fun factor.
" The whole idea is to allow creative individuals to maybe get a foot in the door of game design and have fun along the way. It certainly wasn't created for childish imbeciles to make giant glands."
And what about, you know, the people who just bought the game to...oh i dunno, play a game? It's a game, and it's being sold as such, it's not being sold as a design program to help people get their foot in the door of game design.
I don't own this game, but it's ridiculous - anyone who reported a penis level needs to get a life.
I'd have reported it. The game has a cute image and a 3+ rating. Sure, create all the kn*b levels you want, but keep them for your friends. You shouldn't be allowed to post public adult content in a kid-friendly game. If it was rating 15 or 18 it wouldn't matter so much, but in this case it is unsuitable.
About the other IPs though. I'm not sure where the law would stand on that. If you're not actually saying it's Mario and you're not actually using a picture from a Nintendo product, it's all down to interpretation.
I wouldn't want to sift through a load of offensive rubbish anyway, so good on 'em. The whole idea is to allow creative individuals to maybe get a foot in the door of game design and have fun along the way. It certainly wasn't created for childish imbeciles to make giant glands.
I'd have to agree - putting a 'funny willy' in a game level would be slightly humorous for all of 30 seconds and you just know that it'd be everywhere unless they filter that stuff out.
As for copyrighted stuff - well, that's not really something that MM can really do anything about. Admittedly, it's annoying for all those that want to pay homage to their favourite films and games; but you can't blame MM for not wanting to get sued repeatedly.
They should allow levels to be given an age rating by their creators.
Makes sense. The only thing they need to do then is check if the rating is accurate..
I almost suggested the same thing, but it would need the creator to be honest about the content. They could just stick a (U) rating on it and anyone could see it, then we'd be in exactly the same position we are now.
They should allow levels to be given an age rating by their creators.
Makes sense. The only thing they need to do then is check if the rating is accurate..
I almost suggested the same thing, but it would need the creator to be honest about the content. They could just stick a (U) rating on it and anyone could see it, then we'd be in exactly the same position we are now.
And if they are found doing that, they should be banned from uploading content, as they are (seemingly) deliberately trying to mislead minors into viewing unsuitable material.
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