Developer Media Molecule is doing something unique in Dreams with the launch of Megapenguin Rehatched. Dreams was created as a platform for players to make their own games, and Media Molecule is now engaging with the Dreams community by introducing a collaborative project that will let players add onto an in-progress Media Molecule title.
Megapenguin debuted at E3 2018 in a Media Molecule presentation showcasing the collaborative tools available in Dreams. The developer created the titular character – an extremely muscular penguin – had other devs and fans at the conference decide what the narrative would be, then created the rest of the game in real time. It was a fascinating showcase for how players could create their own games with each other, but Megapenguin never grew beyond that, until now.
Media Molecule has created the first three levels of Megapenguin Rehatched, a new, collaborative Megapenguin project. The event was teased with the appearance of mysterious stone arches in Dreams worlds, leading to widespread speculation before the Megapenguin’s return. The developer then dropped the purposefully unfinished game, giving players the opportunity to design and submit subsequent levels. Media Molecule also provided the Dreams community with a collection of assets with which to build those levels, and it will pick the best ones to be officially added to Megapenguin Rehatched‘s Adventure mode. It’s simultaneously an in-game event and a celebration of the very community participating in it.
Megapenguin Rehatched Is An Inspired Use Of Dreams
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Dreams is already an incredible creation tool, and similar titles like Game Builder Garage prove game-making games have a lot of potential, but the Megapenguin Rehatched experiment shows off the best of what Dreams has to offer. While people have made a plethora of Dreams games – some better than others – Megapenguin Rehatched is giving experienced creators the chance to be a part of what is essentially a Media Molecule game, potentially boosting their creations’ visibility and likely giving an extra sense of accomplishment to those chosen.
The fact that Megapenguin Rehatched is going to be partly constructed by other members of the community makes it even better; Media Molecule’s E3 2018 showcase showed collaboration was a central tenet of Dreams‘ design. Although freedom to create whatever one imagines is what makes Dreams great, the collaborative effort to build Megapenguin Rehatched gives players direction in a way that fully embraces the spirit of Dreams itself.