Sensors

As you dive head first into the Popit looking for the newest and shiniest of the new shiny things, you might overlook Sensors. Not so here! Several new Sensors have made their way into the Tools bag and are ripe for the sensing.

Let’s begin this demo at the opening of a cave. Nothing like a little spelunking to get the creative juices flowing!

Rotation Sensor

In the first cavern, some boulders obstruct the adventure ahead. Fortunately, there seems to be some TNT and a few Shardinators (another new tool covered in the Object Tweaker section a little later on) at the ready to help make a path. By attaching a Rotation Sensor to the handy preplaced turbine, you are just a few short connections shy of clearing the way.

Rotation Sensors measure how quickly things are spinning and activate upon meeting a set centrifugal force.

Use the Popit Cursor to check out the available Tweaks, as well as to connect the Sensor to anything you want it to activate. In this example, connecting it to the explosives and Shardinators allows it to become a Pumpinator puzzle like many found in the main story.

Angle Sensor

Moving into the next cavern, the way once again seems impassable, with the path ending at a waterfall. Not so. By using an Angle Sensor, you can clear the way to the hidden bridge behind the waterfall.

The silver wolf is the key to the chamber. Its face is attached to a motor bolt. Connect this to a 3-Way Switch. With a few simple Tweaks, you can pivot the head clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Once the head is just about correct, you can attach an Angle Sensor that is set to a very small margin for activation. Rotating the head disengages the switch, making it safe to attach to a disguised Dissolve door. All a would-be trekker must do now is rotate the head into position to move along.

Interactive Live Stream Sensors

The final new standard Sensor at your disposal is the Live Stream Sensor. This fine little tool rewards players for broadcasting themselves out into the Craftverse.

In the Tweak menu, you can track up to five phrases from other LittleBigPlanetonians watching the stream. These correspond to the five outputs on the Sensor. Whichever phrase is trending highest actives its output. This is great for giving bounces to fan favorites in a racing level, or setting different paths based on watcher choice. For this little level, though, you are going to use it to reward your sack person for having someone care to see what is happening at all.

Here, if anyone gets stoked watching the wolf puzzle being solved, an emitter filled with Score Bubbles is all set to shower your star with points!

The Live Stream Sensor also has inputs for resetting the counters, or for activating/pausing it at different stages of the level.