We’ll never know. But this photo montage might give us some insight. Alex found his old notepad, with all his scribbling and random thoughts on how exactly he was going to make the LittleBigPlanet engine. See if you can work out what any of it means…

The creators of LittleBigContra, winners of the Outstanding Achievement award in the 2009 Sackies have announced their latest project: To the Moon and Beyond.

Ace creators Jaeyden and Leonidas2123 are submitting the project as their entry in to HASTAC and the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition (announced back in January "Become a 'Game Changer' and earn up to $50,000").

To announce their project, they've released a trailer to give us all an insight of what's to come:

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Every Month, some of the folk over on the LittleBigWorkshop forums hold a themed level create contest, and the winner is bestowed with the ultimate desirable, the one and only Rare PrizeCrown.

There are still two weeks left to enter February’s contest, the theme of which takes its cues from February’s most famous friend; Valentine’s Day, and require entrants to build a two player co-op level. You know, for loved ones to play together.

If you think two weeks isn’t enough time to build something you’d be comfortable unleashing into the wilds, fear not! The contest will start all over again on March the 1st with a new theme, and again every month after that.

We love co-op levels… well I do anyway, so I’ll be sure to check out the best of these entrants!
Good luck folk, hope you all had a nice Valentine’s Weekend. xxx

When we relaunched littlebigplanet.com last November, some of you told us how much you enjoyed the LittleBigPlanet Concept Art section, which shows off some of the game’s beautiful artwork (even if we do say so ourselves). It’s the very artwork which moulded the game in to the visual feast that so many people enjoyed.

Well, we’ve published some more concept art to the site, this time showcasing some of the concepts which went in to making the game’s UI (Popit and Pod), produced by our graphic designers Jim and Rex.

Head on over to the littlebigplanet.com Concept Art gallery to see more :)

You might have seen our tweet about it but LittleBigPlanet Central have made a trailer for thier upcoming collaborative level building project, entitled: LBPC: The Game.

LBPC: The Game is a project of epic proportions, involving a hard working team of 11 Creators, the project promises to be one of the biggest level creation projects ever, with a total of 13 Story Levels plus mini-games.

We’re looking forward to this already!

Exciting stuff! And not just because there is a Killer Otter in the video!

If you fancy finding out more about the LBPC: The Game project or maybe getting involved, head on over to LittleBigPlanet Central, there’s a discussion thread about the trailer release.

Just before Christmas we blogged about LittleBigLand’s Create contest to make a level based on a famous fairytale, but with an LBP twist.

With over 90 levels submitted, a winner has been chosen, and a Sackboy has been crowned. Congratulations to mnniska, whose really quite awesome level - Little Red Riding Sack And the Sneaky H4Her  - took first place.

See the second half of the video, and check out all the runners up, over on LittlebigLand!

Thanks @rikfuzz :)

We are proud to announce that the Pirates of the Caribbean Premium Level Kit, along with water, and the Pirates of the Caribbean Costume Kit will be arriving in time for Christmas, on December 22nd!

Rumours say that the fearsome Davy Jones and his mighty Kraken have come to LittleBigPlanet to wreak havoc and claim some sack folk to serve as Davy’s Crew. Once again, it’s going to fall to Sackboy to locate the only ship on LittleBigPlanet that has any chance of sending him back to the bottom of the sea.

Head deep into the Caribbean to battle The East India Trading Company and Pirates alike, find the legendary ship and take on the Kraken. This new kit features a set of six swashbuckling levels, each containing a treasure trove of stickers, decorations, materials, music objects and 11 new trophies.

Find out all about it over on LittleBigPlanet.com where we’ve uploaded videos, screenshots, trailers, renders, wallpapers, and all kinds of useful snippets of info!

LittleBigLand are running a themed create contest, to create a level based on a fairy tale, and the winners will receive a much coveted rare prize crown!

All you need to do is choose your fairy tale, and all importantly, add a LittleBigPlanet themed twist to it, and make that into a cool level. The competition will start from right now, and submissions must all be in by 12th Jan next year, when judging will begin! Check out the rules and how to enter, over on LittleBigLand.

Wildr_Kids sent us some pics of their awesome LBP cake, and accompanying Sackboy based cup cakes too. It’s good to know that a year down the line there are still amazing LBP Cakes being eaten!