Lego Creator (video game)

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This article is about the video game. For the Lego set theme, see Lego Creator.

Lego Creator
Single player

Lego Creator is a sandbox game for Microsoft Windows, which involves building with virtual Lego elements. The game has no missions, objectives, challenges, or money constraints. The game was released on 11 November 1998.[1][2][3]

Gameplay

User interface of Lego Creator

Lego Creator was initially conceived of as an 'Evergreen' replication of the physical toy.[citation needed] Starting with the 'Town' range, the game would expand at each release with the addition of further product themes. Functionality would also be enhanced with each 'content pack'.

Ultimately, individual ranges remained independent, and emphasis shifted to a play experience[clarification needed], with reduced emphasis on freeform construction. Originally, it had been hoped that sheer scale of unlimited bricks might offset the loss of tactile merit, but such hope was compromised by the computers of the day. Plans included being able to build content, which could be seamlessly dropped into separate Lego video games. This was dropped as the complexity of doing so was further explored.

By the time the Harry Potter theme was introduced to the game, the series had shifted far from the original premise of freeform LEGO construction. Instead, the product moved toward a more limited build environment, with higher emphasis on gameplay.

In addition to the regular bricks in an assortment of colors, there are specified "Action Bricks", which move or make noise. Examples include the

Minifigures can also be used, and can stand, sit, or walk, and can be set to drive vehicles set to a path or road. In play mode, minifigures and vehicles can travel around the environment, special bricks can be interacted with, the sky can be set from day to night, and the player can control or see from the perspective of any minifigures set to move around, vehicles, and security cameras. Minifigures make gibberish
sounds during play mode, and the game's instruction manual details how to replace the audio files for these sounds with custom files.

Development

The game was originally announced in June 1998.[4]

Awards

Lego Creator received 4 awards: Computer Game Developers Spotlight Award,

Family PC Magazine;[citation needed] and PIN Quality Mark Gold Award, Parents Information.[citation needed] It was also nominated at the 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards for "PC Children's Entertainment Title of the Year".[6]

Sequels

Lego Creator was followed by three sequels.

Lego Creator: Knights' Kingdom

Main article: Lego Creator: Knights' Kingdom

Lego Knights' Kingdom
theme.

Lego Creator: Harry Potter

Lego Creator: Harry Potter is a construction and management simulation video game based on the 2001

Lego Software in late 2001. It is the first Lego game based on a licensed property. In the game, the player can build Harry Potter-themed worlds and complete challenges.[7][8]

Lego Creator: Harry Potter is related to the film version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and allows the player to play as various different characters and go into four general areas, plus 5 extra areas. The area of Inside Hogwarts school has four place-able extra rooms to reach other areas, including Professor Snape's Potions Class and the Forbidden Corridor. The game includes many features that give the player a lot of creative ability. Features include taking control of minifigures and animals, driving the Hogwarts Express, changing the weather from rain to snow to night to day, casting spells and flying on broomsticks, and creating your own minifigures and models with classical and Harry Potter style Lego faces, bodies, cloaks and even wands; while the workshop contains castle pieces, extras, and standard pieces.

Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the sequel to Lego Creator: Harry Potter, which focuses on the second movie,

Lego Interactive in 2002.[9][10]

While the sequel contains many of the same features as the debut game, additional features were added, enhancing the player's creative ability, including additional models, additional worlds, and additional minifigures. Certain characters or animals can reach certain areas of the game. Completing tasks will unlock different worlds and models the player can use in their own world. These tasks are tutorials, which show the user all the features of the program.

Reviews

References

  1. ^ "Building Games with Lego". PC Zone. No. 69. Dennis Publishing. November 1998. p. 32.
  2. TheFreeLibrary.com. Archived from the original
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  3. ^ "Bits N' Bricks Season 4, Episode 43: The LEGO Game That Unlocked True Digital Creation" (PDF). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  4. ^ https://techmonitor.ai/technology/superscape_creates_3d_vr_toy_for_lego
  5. ^ "Archive / 1999 Spotlight Awards". Game Developers Conference. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Second Interactive Achievement Awards - Computer". Interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 4 November 1999. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ^ "LEGO Creator: Harry Potter". Behind The Voice Actors. 26 October 2001. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  8. ^ "LEGO Creator: Harry Potter for Windows (2002)". MobyGames. 1 February 2002. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  9. ^ "LEGO Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". IGN. 15 November 2002. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Lego Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – PC – Review". GameZone. 22 January 2003. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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