Getting Started

Hovering
Undo
The Thermometer
Using Popit to Create
Stickers
Decorations
Creating / Deleting objects
Craft Materials - the basics
Switches
Character Enhancements

Getting started with Create mode is is a doddle, as LittleBigPlanet guides you along every step of the way with handy tutorials. Below is a selection of these tutorials, and other nuggets of wisdom to help you along your way to becoming the greatest Creator in all of LittleBigPlanet.

First of all, you'll need to learn how to move around, and some other basics of Create mode!

Hovering

You can look down upon your vast creations by soaring through the air. Simply Press and you’ll begin to hover. Now you can fly up to those hard to reach parts of the landscape. Pressing again will turn off the hover mode, and you’ll land safely back down on your tippy toes.

Undo

You can rampage through the creative process like there’s no tomorrow safe in the knowledge that if you do make a freddy fluffy you can simply go back and correct it. Pressing will rewind and undo errors, will fast forward in case you didn’t really want to undo that error after all, and will pause – but no ordinary pause…Everything in the world is frozen in time except you and your fellow sack people, so you can run riot without breaking anything.

The Thermometer

Although most of Newton’s laws are bent and broken in the dreamtime we call LittleBigPlanet, some can’t be fannied around with; namely the one about ‘too much stuff in one place just isn’t allowed’. See the thermometer at the side of the screen? You’ll notice the temperature rising as your creation gets bigger. It’s telling you you’re running out of space, so keep a beady on it, okay? You don’t want to pop your dream cloud, do you?

Check out this Tips and Tricks video to find out how to keep the Thermometer from overheating!

Using Popit to Create

Popit isn't just useful for Playing LittleBigPlanet - in Create mode it provides you with all the tools, resources and abilities to literally create just about anything you blooming well want to now, using the tools and abilities that this mode has on offer. Check it out...

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Stickers

It's all very well making levels from cardboard, but they do look a bit boring don't they? Stickers can brighten up even the dullest of creations.

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Decorations

In LittleBigPlanet, Christmas isn't the only time to get out the decorations. No, every day is a time for decorating, so get on your overalls and out with the step ladder!

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Creating / Deleting objects

With Popit you can bring an object into existence with a loud *poof* noise, and then if you don't like it, just make it disappear again - one moment it's there, one moment it's not, keep your eye on the ball!

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Craft Materials - the basics

There are loads of Craft Materials to collect and use to build your level, all of them with different properties. Some are good for making bridges out of, others are better suited to making things to grab onto.

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Switches

Buttons and switches bring even more control to your creations. All buttons and switches can control other objects – for example, a Motor Bolt. Here are the various types of switches available to you, all found within the nooks and crannies of the Goodies bag!

Popit Icon	Switch name	What does it do?
	Sensor Switch	Activates when player comes near.
	Magnetic Key Switch	Activated by the Magnetic Key
	Magnetic Key	Activates the Magnetic Key Switch.
	Sticker Switch	Activates when a sticker is applied to connected object.
	2-Way switch	A two-position switch.
	3-Way Switch	A three-position switch.
	Grab switch	Apply to grabbable material. Activates when material is grabbed, deactivates when let go.
	Button	Activates when pressed, deactivates when released.
	Paintinator Switch	Activated when hit by paint from the Paintinator. From the METAL GEAR SOLID® Premium Level Kit
	Water Switch	Activated when in contact with water. From the Pirates of the Caribbean Premium Level Kit

Character Enhancements

There are certain objects which can be placed within a level that give Sackboy extra abilities once he walks over them and equips them.

Popit Icon	Enhancements name	What does it do?
	Jetpack	Use this to fly. Restricted by a tether. Press the circle button to break loose.
	Tetherless Jetpack	Just like the Jetpack, but without the limitations of that pesky tether.
	Paintinator Powerup	From the METAL GEAR SOLID® Premium Level Kit
	Scuba Gear	With the Scuba Gear you can breathe underwater forever! From the Pirates of the Caribbean Premium Level Kit

Getting Started

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