LEGO conjures up such vivid memories of a childhood spent covering the living room floor with piles and piles of bricks, scouring endlessly for that one piece needed to finish off a particularly elaborate yet disproportionately sized racing car. No limits beyond the the amount of bricks available could ever stop you from creating pretty much anything you wanted. Perhaps that's why so many who played with Lego in their youth still hold this simple yet effective toy in such high regards. And yet while older, and embracing the far less physical art of video gaming, Lego has yet to recapture that child like wonderment in digital form quite as well.
Often it is asked why Lego hasn’t done Minecraft. After all, the formula fits. You put blocks on to other blocks to create something blocky and wonderful, fresh from your imagination. Surely that just screams Lego.
It seems that they tried with Lego Universe, but how do you make a kid-friendly Lego MMO when almost everybody seems intent on building penises?
Developed by The Lego Group, the app takes the form of an interactive comic book, complete with mini-games and virtual Lego build kits to be unlocked. The Antimatter Missions is broken up into five parts, with five short comics making up the bulk of the title.
Funcom Lead Designer Oscar López Lacalle previews the new MMO LEGO Minifigures Online and discusses The LEGO Movie in this exclusive interview from GDC 2014.
