In addition to Wednesday’s level searching updates Media Molecule have made changes to the way in which the Community page in-game works.
Basically, newly uploaded good-quality levels are far more likely to appear on the first few pages of results. Older levels with thousands of plays won’t get to hang around on the front pages for quite so long, and levels that are constantly ‘bumped’ by creators re-publishing them, won’t get any special treatment either. These are great improvements which offer creators a genuine chance to get their levels seen.
Here is the official lowdown on the specifics:
Previously, the first few pages of the community levels displayed those levels which had the most activity in the last 7 days. However, we soon noticed a trend; once a level was popular enough to make it to the front page, it was likely to never leave!
Clearly, that’s great if you’re one of the few hundred or so creators with levels on the front pages, but not so good for the creators of the other 500,000 or so LittleBigPlanet levels! It also means that eventually the pages start to look a little static, with very little variation from day to day (or even week to week!).
We wanted to try a new system; one that would ensure that the default community selection, was fresh, of a high quality and constantly changing. In brief, the new system ensures that the default selection of levels are those with the highest rating, published within the last 7 days. Once 7 days have passed since a level was first published, it will make room for a new level to gain some exposure (republishing the level over the same slot won’t make it count as a new level).
The important part to remember is that it’s never been so easy for a level to hit the front page searches. Previously, a level would require 100’s of thousands of plays and hearts to even come close the front page. Now, if a creator publishes a good quality NEW level today and tries out some of our publishing hints in our article publishing 101, it’s far more likely their level will hit the top.
Good stuff. Read more over on the full write up by Mm.
1st… nywayz yeah yeah yeah what about helgahst levels??!!! throw something at me TOM!!! WAR. PERFECTED.
im not sure about this all the brilliant levels will be behind and i dont think thats good i would keep it as normal becase its still cool
Thank you MM so much cause i made a lvl thats really good but now theres not alot of people playign on mine but anyway thanks MM oh ya i almost forgot to tell you that im making a cool Game stop store so stop by people for my Game stop store anyway also can MM plz tell us when the Killzone2 add on pack is coming cause im giong to buy it
i dont like this plan at all…
Dont like it, the longest your level can be on the front pages is a week:-/ thats not a long time concidering how much work it is to make a good level
Thanks to this update my level is at the front page when you search ‘‘plane crash’‘. Now im waiting for 10 plays daily atleast. Before when you searched ‘‘plane crash i couldnt even find my level on page 10. This made me mad because i gave so much time into making the level. Thanks for this update MM, now my worthy levels can get more plays.
