LittleBigPlanet, developed by Media Molecule and published by Sony Computer Entertainment

After the results of the Game Critics Awardswere announced two weeks ago, we reached out to several winners for their reactions and some updates about their games in progress. Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet triumphed in two categories: Best Console Game and Best Social/Casual/Puzzle Game. We emailed some questions to Mark Healey, creative director at Media Molecule. Here's what he wrote back:

Last year, LittleBigPlanet won Best Original Game. This year, it won Best Console Game. Do you feel as though you've graduated with this year's win? Were you surprised that LBP beat Rock Band 2 and Guitar hero World Tour for best Social/Casual/Puzzle game?

It's always nice to win things--and these two awards are especially cool--but the fact the these are awarded to an unfinished game is quite scary--it shows that there is a lot of expectation for LBP--but luckily we're all really proud of what we've created here at MM, and I'm sure we'll more than meet people's expectations. Once it's out there, and it starts evolving, that's when the fun really begins...

How have you gone about recruiting other developers inside and outside of Sony to create levels in LittleBigPlanet?

Well, internally, everyone here is constantly dabbling with the creative tools--it's hard to get any work done sometimes, as it really is a lot of fun--there was a whole day when everyone was trying to outdo each others ‘tanks' - the final winning beast was an incredible feat of engineering. As for people outside making stuff pre-launch, there's lots of exciting things happening, Sony have been great at organizing this stuff--I can't spill the beans right now, but there are some pretty prestigious people getting involved!

Journalists and developers alike have been excited for LittleBigPlanet since its inception. What do you need to do to build similar excitement among traditional gamers?

To read the rest of our Q&A with Mark Healey, click on the link below.

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