Dreams User Offered Job By European Game Developer

A Dreams content creator responsible for making an arcade shooter has revealed he's been offered a job by a European game dev.

[UnSelf]

It’s called Dreams because it makes them come true

[GTgamer]

Hell some of the things I've seen made my jaw drop so I definitely see other players being offered jobs.

[Imalwaysright]

Yep. Imo by the far the most impressive game of this generation.

[GTgamer]

@imalwaysright
Hands down imagine what we'll see further down the line gonna be some insane creations.

[Genkins]

1 out of a 100 people will usually get a job. thanks to society.

[fr0sty]

Imagine what happens when they drop the VR update...

[telekineticmantis]

Kinda makes Sony look stupid tho.

[Z501]

Or genius.

[Teflon02]

Please elaborate?

1 Mm make what they want to make. THEY make the game they want. If someone uses Dreams as a portfolio, they can get a job anywhere they want. Doesn't mean they'd get the job because alot of the backend stuff is dealt with by Mm and the engine

[telekineticmantis]

Teflon instead of recruiting talent you have working right on your platform on your game, you have others taking it right from under you.

[gintoki777]

Close minded thinking.

[Dirtnapstor]

Tele, I’d have to disagree also. This reminds me of the Unity or Unreal tool sets that are free to use and create with. However, Dreams Is much more user friendly.
Having this game just may spawn a newer gen of creative devs....you never know.

[averagejoe26]

Sony has all of the talent they need.

1 novice developer from Dreams is not going to change Sony for the better.

[ShadowWolf712]

Or, you know, it helps them get into the industry, gain experience, and become quite hireable later?

[1Victor]

The saltiness on those disagreeing with UnSelf comment can be smell through the screen.
Wait there’s smoke too noooo it’s burns it burns.
All jokes aside haven’t played the game yet so can’t comment on the game quality

[badz149]

first, it was GT Sport player getting a real seat in real races even in Formula 3 this year, now Dreams are also doing its things. great to hear gamers getting the job in what they love doing by doing what they love.

[DerfDerf]

I don't see how one could possibly make the transition unless they already have real experience and knowledge when it comes to making games. What you do in dreams is so stripped down in comparison to an engine like Unreal or Unity.

[IN_ecK]

This I’m very curious about, do you know this from experiencing all of Dreams tools and methods comparing them with Unreal/Unity and knowing these tools or is it based more loosely on what you thinks, hear, read? I’ve put in some 20hrs into dreams tutorials and even thou it’s very smart in its structure and “help” it still requires users to have the mindset and capabilities of handling and structuring a huge project with tons of aspects. I know very little of the other tools but Dreams has made me curious.

[dietis_h]

yea, this guy is absolutely lucky.

wish him all the best.

[The_Sage]

I bet this game will start a lot of carers.

[aaronaton]

Yeh there is a carer shortage in some countries tbf. The elderly just seem forgotten sometimes.

[sprinterboy]

Haha, made me chuckle.

[The_Sage]

Lol. Wise guy.

[Newmanator]

Was thinking ‘is he serious or joking’ then I read the clincher haha

[JackBNimble]

Don't you need to know how to code ?
What happens when you don't have the tools right in front of you ?

Maybe it's easy to make games, I honestly don't know the first thing about it.

[S2Killinit]

Not everyone in development know how to code, there are those who are creative directors. So they come up with character designs for instance.

[XxSPIDEYxX]

This is incredible. So happy that creators are getting the recognition they deserve.

[Teflon02]

"We've hired four people from the LBP community" reveals Alex Evans, co-founder of UK studio Media Molecule and creator of LittleBigPlanet.Mar 3, 2015"

This isn't new. Mm has actually hired people from LBP in the past. It's so cool that other companies are able to see how amazing some creators are

[Father__Merrin]

Dreams on PS4 and ps5 is an important peice of software. No other platform has this. Can't wait to see sales of the first year of the ps5

[sprinterboy]

I see dreams evolving for alot of playstation generations tbh.
Mm and Sony knew all along imo it wasnt just a game to play but to create themselves new employees for themselves and others.
I see some cool indie companies forming in the future tagging themselves to playstation for a game or 2

[Abnor_Mal]

I knew this application would help people get jobs in game development. Possibly even a job with Disney Pixar doing animation.

Within a few month I expect to hear more stories like this once more people start creating their passion projects.

Would a person landing a job with XBox Games Studios or Nintendo due to their creation in Dreams be considered ironic?

[LordJamar]

No as the person getting the job would not care about a console war

[Abnor_Mal]

Oh I'm sure they would not care themselves, but I still think it would be funny, and maybe a bit ironic a PS game gets someone a job at a competing games development company.

[leahcim]

in Dreams is amazing the way we gamers can express our love for our favorite franchises. I expect no less than better and better dreams sequels for a lot of games.. look for silent hills, resident evils, crash, sonic.... ... Personaly I am making brick by break a castlevania ps2 era spiritual succesor...

[banshyork]

That's good to hear. All the best to the creators out there.

[SyntheticForm]

This is really, really cool. Congratulations to the user whether he takes the job or not. Well done. Really gotta give credit to MM for making these things possible with such a fantastic creation tool.

[SaveFerris]

Don't let your 'Dreams' be dreams.

[PitbullMonster]

Gran turismo makes people real race drivers and Dreams makes people real developers.

[S2Killinit]

Mario made me a plumber

[Elda]

Now that's what's up!! Good luck at the job. It seems "Dreams" can make some dreams come true!

[sprinterboy]

Alot of Mm dreams employees were originally lbp creators who got took on too.
Amazing.
So in alot of respects, Mm is half university leavers with relevant qualifications and half sit at home/work and play games kinda people who may have had little education in said field?

[Muzikguy]

This is really cool. Not only for those that get jobs, but it could also FINALLY start to wake up some of those studios that have been sub par for a long time.

[THC CELL]

It begins

This will happen often from now on

[BlaqMagiq1]

This will be an amazing tool for discovering future talent.

[spambot0815]

better than a vita for sure.

[ElementX]

I'm curious, how does the knowledge and experience gained in Dreams transfer to other development tools? Are the modeling and animation tools similar? I'm interested in Dreams but I dunno if I'd actually gain anything that would help outside of that system

[Destiny1080]

"I dunno if I'd actually gain anything that would help outside of that system"

Level Design
Story
Atmosphere
Music
Character Design
Character Animation
Gameplay
Bosses
Level Difficulty
etc etc etc

You'd be surprised what people can take away from dreams and it doesn't have to be Raw Inputs and who knows the tools might be released as stand alone programs in the future

[ElementX]

Thanks I guess I never figured of those things

[Neonridr]

This is absolutely awesome to read. Kudos to the developer for recognizing some talent. The great thing about Dreams is it can act as a resume of sorts. The longer this game is around the more projects certain people will be involved with.

I really do need to pick this game up and give it a go.

[Nacho_Z]

I don't want the stuff made in Dreams to be monetised but it'd be fantastic if it served as a base for talented people to be scouted. I feel that's much more what the idea of the game is.

[kayoss]

unbelievable. Near the end of the PS4 life and Sony is still releasing awesome games like this.

[waverider]

Another Hit for Sony and for gamers. This game/tool got long legs!

[Rambokind]

Way cool!

[Rebel_Scum]

I can't help but think those poor people lol. Tough industry.

[TheOffspring]

"a European game dev"
Well that's vague. No mention of the studio's name?

[AK91]

Awesome

[silenthillstrangler]

I mean we all expected this surely, it's awesome, a game bringing people together and as a vehicle to discover talent.

[PCgamer98]

And your parents will always say back in the days that playing videogames will get you nowhere.

[Wolf873]

And here I am struggling to land a permanent job by going through college and even after having considerable experience, I am not even getting responses ugghh..I wonder what the hell is wrong with this world sometimes. Perhaps I should switch to games full time and chance it.

[BioShockGX]

Woah

[XeyedGamer]

Rub it in why don't ya..... I shovel sh!t for a living

[StormLegend]

Ama zing!! Congrats

[ShadowWolf712]

I said way back that devs were probably gonna use this game to scout talent, and it seems that's indeed the case. lol

[medman]

He may be the first, but he certainly won't be the last. Incredible.