INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Media Molecule’s ambitious sandbox game Dreams may be a PlayStation 4 exclusive at the moment but if the studio has its way players could
eventually take their creations beyond Sony’s platforms. Members of the Early Access Dreams community have already been using the game to
make things like album covers and pieces for showreels and portfolios and the hope is to make it possible for players to take their
creations to a wider audience on different platforms.In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Media Molecule’s co-founder Kareem Ettouney
said that the studio would like “people to be able to go to the moon with their projects” which would eventually mean “everything you
make in Dreams is yours to use commercially outside of Dreams”.To make any of this possible, the studio is looking into commercial
licenses for players, while within the game itself, some enhancements will need to happen before the studio's multi-platform exporting
dreams can become a reality. As Ettouney went on to explain, “The very limited exporting features the moment are like exporting a video,
but we have in the long-term [plans for] exporting a standalone game outside of Dreams entirely — exporting to other devices and
beyond.” Dreams is in PS4 Early Access at the moment (and has been since April) and Ettouney understands that the developer and its game
will have to lay some groundwork before any kind of bigger move from PS4 onto PC. When asked if Dreams as a game would ever make its way
from PS4 to PC or Mac the response was measured:“The answer to every question is ‘yes’, but Dreams needs to reach a lot of people
Our goal for Dreams is to last for 20 years, and keep expanding it and keep adding to it and keep improving it … But it’s definitely in
our dreams to do Pro versions that are expanded
It just depends on a lot of things working out for us.”While Media Molecule has big hopes for Dreams, much depends on how successful it is
in its early days but we’re looking forward to seeing where it goes.
