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Before you publish it? I know people who spend weeks and months on them, I've never spent more then a week on a level.. I seem to lose interest if i go on any longer >< What about you guys?

2011-03-31 11:15:00 Author: Unknown User

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Depends on the kind of level I built. Never less than 16 hours or so and that's for a mini game. For longer levels easily a couple of weeks. At the moment I have hardly any time to play so even the shortest level would at least take two weeks to finish.

2011-03-31 11:23:00 Author: Syroc Posts: 3193

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My latest took about 2 months, but some of that was just getting to know the quirks of all the new stuff . The new tools have obviously sped up some aspects of create, but instead of spending 4 hours making a logic system, I'll spend 4 hours getting the camera angles on a cinematic sequence. (which is way more fun btw, but the game is still just as much a timesink as ever!)

2011-03-31 11:36:00 Author: julesyjules Posts: 1156

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No more than a week

2011-03-31 11:46:00 Author: Retro Posts: 104

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Mine is still on going since I finished the game. I only really get two free days (more or less) to do stuff in the week and I'm still learning. I also have a habit of getting too many ideas at once and changing my mind half way through. So for me it's been over a month. I'm yet to publish anything. I'd rather spend a lot of time on it polshing it up until I'm happy. May be I'm just a slow creator being all new to the LBP2 tools. I guess it depends on the type of level you're making.

2011-03-31 11:52:00 Author: LittleBigDes Posts: 920

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I would say it deppends on the type of level im building. If Im building a platformer it would normally take at least 3-4 weeks build, and if its a survival it normally takes no more than a week or two, tho my Sackbots, Sorted level took me no more thn 6 days to finnish(i did have some help tbh).

2011-03-31 12:09:00 Author: Unknown User

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The fastest i've ever made one was probably a in few hours, maybe 6? The most i've spent is around a month and a half. The thing is though, I make so much stuff that goes left unpublished. I've honestly spent months making a few levels, only to scrap the whole thing. I'm my own worst critic. I've definitely spent more time on the levels nobody else get's to see.

2011-03-31 12:14:00 Author: Mr_T-Shirt Posts: 1477

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retail levels I publish range from less than a week to 2 months... the most recent one, Essence of Madness, took a couple months to finish, with putting 10 hours into it the last couple of weeks everyday. Who needs sleep when there's a level that has to be done?

2011-03-31 12:49:00 Author: Foofles Posts: 2278

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I usually take around 3 - 4 months on a level. Mini game usually 1 - 2 months. Though my current mini game (WIP) is slowly turning towards 3 months due to all the complexity and me just sitting around play testing all the time because it is so much fun.

2011-03-31 13:11:00 Author: jwwphotos Posts: 11383

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Mine take several months on average, usually because I try to make my custom objects as detailed and life-like as possible, but partly because I'm just very slow at making the logic and coming up with gameplay elements. My Sheriff Sack 2 level in LBP1 took just over 6 months. That's the longest so far but the average is 2-3 months per level. I have to make logic up as I go so probably something that takes me 10 days to get working could probabaly be done by a logic expert in 10 minutes! My new LBP2 Einhander level is going very slowly because of it. I've probabaly spent 6 out of the last 7 weeks just trying to make logic and there's loads to do yet. I've only had a few days actually making the objects for the level so I've only made the main ship, 1 enemy and a HUD since the game came out. So at this rate I may finish my level by Xmas, just don't know which Xmas, or as Mm would say : "soon".

2011-03-31 13:15:00 Author: mistervista Posts: 2210

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usually about like, 5 days for a part of a level.

2011-03-31 13:26:00 Author: Cactii Posts: 426

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4-6 weeks on average for me, which translates roughly into 150-200 hours. I'm spending a lot more time on logic these days in order to do fancier stuff, though the overall create process goes much more quickly for me now.

2011-03-31 13:30:00 Author: Thegide Posts: 1465

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As long as it takes until I'm happy with it Latest one began in the beta, and I started to rebuild the logic at launch, it still isn't done...

2011-03-31 13:57:00 Author: GruntosUK Posts: 1754

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been ages last i made a done level... but normally i spend about an month per level. *mew

2011-03-31 14:00:00 Author: Lord-Dreamerz Posts: 4261

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Depends what I'm making - the level series I'm making right now is taking quite a few months - I think it's been around 3 so far, and of that I've managed to make a Main Menu and two chapters, plus most of Chapters 3 and 4. I won't be publishing anything except what's already on the DEMO until everything else is done. I've been noticing a few comments on one of my levels basically people telling me to hurry up, and almost being angry that I'm not spending every waking minute on LBP finishing a level series so that they can play it. I get quite angry by this - I mean, I'm making this level series because I enjoy it - not just so I can satisfy a few members of the community, who basically sit there shouting at me because I'm trying to make a level series I enjoy and am happy with, as well as actually have a life outside of LBP. It frustrates me majorly - I mean, normal games take ages to make - such as ones you'd buy in a shop. Also, those games have whole teams working on them, and are being paid. I'm not being paid, I work on my own and LBP is not my job - it's leisure. Sorry for ranting a little there, I just took this opportunity to make my feelings clear - something I've been wanting so say for ages!

2011-03-31 14:01:00 Author: standby250 Posts: 1113

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Well 3 months so far, the good thing is once i finish, it will be easy to finish the series because its basically copy and paste, and little editing.Its probably gonna come out the last week in April so maybe 4 months lol Ive been creating since release. I guess you could say the first 3 months i spent experimenting with logic, since the game changed drastically a bunch of times. But i guess im one of the more slower creators...

2011-03-31 14:15:00 Author: Rpg Maker Posts: 877

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About a week usually... im currently making a 5 part movie and ive just finished chapter 2 in 1.5 weeks so thats quite quick for me

2011-03-31 14:17:00 Author: ladylyn1 Posts: 836

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1 mouth - 1 week depends on how much time i got and level complexvity

2011-03-31 14:36:00 Author: Shadowriver Posts: 3991

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1 mouth - 1 week depends on how much time i got and level complexvity 1 mouth, you release levels in your mouth? The question was about time not place I'm bad at math. I've released a level after having worked on it for 4 months... then I worked on 3 for like eternity and won't ever release them I think... then I have a level in co-create done in 2 months and one co-create in 1 week. so the average is [4months+(eternityX3)+(2months/2)+(1week/4)]/7 ...I think

2011-03-31 16:14:00 Author: OmegaSlayer Posts: 5112

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About 3 weeks ussually.

2011-03-31 16:18:00 Author: craigmond Posts: 2426

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Depends on the lvl I think, the fastest 2 days and the longest 2 months >_<

2011-03-31 18:10:00 Author: Bloo_boy Posts: 1019

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Both my levels took about 60-70 hours, over the course of well over a month. And one of them isnt even finished, although it never will be.

2011-03-31 18:20:00 Author: ATMLVE Posts: 1177

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My last level took me about 6 weeks in total. Usually i have everything mapped out before i start...and then 1 week in, i change about 80% of it. I do get fed up with play testing though. Out of them 6 weeks i probably play my level about 200 times

2011-03-31 21:37:00 Author: RtooDee2 Posts: 175

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30 minutes to 6 days of total accumulated time, here.

2011-04-01 01:19:00 Author: Cronos Dage Posts: 396

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1 mouth, you release levels in your mouth? The question was about time not place I'm bad at math. I've released a level after having worked on it for 4 months... then I worked on 3 for like eternity and won't ever release them I think... then I have a level in co-create done in 2 months and one co-create in 1 week. so the average is [4months+(eternityX3)+(2months/2)+(1week/4)]/7 ...I think Well i mostly do minigames

2011-04-01 15:29:00 Author: Shadowriver Posts: 3991

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Jumper took 2 months - but, I wasn't part of the beta - so everything was new to me. The LBP2 logic probably saved me a month or two alone. Creating in LBP2 is still slow cause I'm still learning - but still, I can do so much more in half the time. Some of my LBP1 levels took up to 5 months. Each Dream Catcher level took about 5 months. I'm remaking the first Dream Catcher (since the lighting destroyed my LBP1 levels) - but I'm going to guess 3-4 months for this one. Sure, LBP2 makes creating complicated things much easier- but those complicated things now take up just as much time. I'm going to guess my LBP2 levels will take 2-3 months each. Wish I could be one of those people who has hours a day to devote - or could simply create quickly.

2011-04-01 20:34:00 Author: CYMBOL Posts: 1230

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I publish a level, then I constantly update it.

2011-04-02 13:35:00 Author: lemurboy12 Posts: 842

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My projects usually take my an average of around 100 hours. I've been getting faster...took forever on my earliest stuff.

2011-04-02 21:54:00 Author: Lockstitch Posts: 415

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Haha wow I'm kinda taken aback by just how much time some of you spend. Personally, I must take only 12 hours or so on each level. But wait! I have excuses! My levels are mostly built off of ideas, and I always plan to spend ages on one idea but when I'm working on it I think of two more so it just goes on. I do have a load of unfinished projects because of this, probably about 100 hours or so :/

2011-04-02 22:13:00 Author: JonnysToyRobot Posts: 324

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Well it takes the fella who made "DONT PUSH THE RED BUTTON" who has 8 THOUSAND PLAYS! in 4 hours and is top of cool level list... 48 seconds! My next level will be about a block and string. I will be MM picked... watch!

2011-04-02 23:04:00 Author: RtooDee2 Posts: 175

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On my latest, SoS Ch.1, I spent about a week and a half on the basic build and then another week on playtesting, updating, bugfixes. The one I'm working on right now(Ch 2) has so far an accumulated dev time of a month and I'm far from done! Main reason for this is that it's basically three levels in one.. in different genres as well.

2011-04-03 11:05:00 Author: Discosmurf Posts: 210

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I spend a few weeks on my levels & don't finish them.

2011-04-22 18:24:00 Author: Unknown User

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Well, with the old piston logic and a month of prior LBP1 experience under me, the 2nd Temple of Bubbles, my second level, took about a month and a half....but my friend and I also spent a decent amount of time just messing around in create mode and play-testing as well.

2011-04-22 18:34:00 Author: EvilWuun Posts: 152

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about 3 hours to 3 days.

2011-04-24 17:27:00 Author: Jakest123 Posts: 319

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6 months 60 hours a week!

2011-04-25 20:31:00 Author: Squidge99 Posts: 203

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Eh... Anywhere between a few days and a few months.

2011-04-25 21:03:00 Author: Maxi Posts: 1176

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Averagely taken 1.5 week per level. but I have finished levels in as short as 6 days. (Beh'Ta comes to mind). If the level has something extremely complex, like a boss or so I like to spend a few days of not a week or more on it to make sure its fun and well balanced. the 10-level big spaceshooter I am working on with clay is another story. the spaceship alone took us a month to finalize. and trust me, it will show.

2011-04-26 00:51:00 Author: Luos_83 Posts: 2136

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For me, I'm nearly always in create mode. I'm such a slow worker because my latest level, which was published in LBP1 took me about 2 months to complete! My other level, which is currently locked, I cant remember how long it took D: I know it took a long time.. For my average, it is mostly a month to do a level of mine, so yeah, it really depends on what level you're making. I mostly leave my levels scrapped :S I lack ideas mostly..

2011-04-27 15:57:00 Author: Unknown User

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I haven't finished a level in over a year so, I wouldn't know. Lol

2011-04-27 17:03:00 Author: SPARTANDUDE924 Posts: 285

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I haven't finished a level in over a year so, I wouldn't know. Lol Yea me too, i remember saying four mounths a while ago that my first episode would be done, now im starting to lose count lol--of course some of this wasn't my fault, But i guess this game lets me understand why developers delay games

2011-04-27 17:35:00 Author: Rpg Maker Posts: 877

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The longest time I have spent on one level so far is one year and four months. That is the first level of a series of playable levels Im working on that take place in hell. The arrival of lbp 2 with its new tools and features, forced me to rebuild my almost finished first level of the series and has set me back about 5 months waiting and rebuilding it to lbp2 standards. Now finally rebuilt with lbp2 logic and lighting, the level is looking better every day. idk how long it will be until I publish it. It could be two or three months from now.Hopefully the other levels will be built faster than this one.

2011-04-28 07:50:00 Author: Monster Posts: 180

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I'm kinda of a perfectionist So aslong as it takes for me

2011-04-28 08:12:00 Author: Nath 1995 Posts: 16

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Averagely taken 1.5 week per level. but I have finished levels in as short as 6 days. (Beh'Ta comes to mind). If the level has something extremely complex, like a boss or so I like to spend a few days of not a week or more on it to make sure its fun and well balanced. the 10-level big spaceshooter I am working on with clay is another story. the spaceship alone took us a month to finalize. and trust me, it will show. Wow, six days is pretty fast for New Beh'Ta, being reminded in your signature about the visuals. I usually take several weeks or even over a month making a level and messing about with it... I really need to create quicker and stop dawdling lol.

2011-04-28 09:55:00 Author: Denim360 Posts: 482

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