Folklore fan talks about his downloadable creation, Quasarilli

by Nick Doerr { Jan 25th 2008 at 10:30AM }

Downloadable content for games released a few months ago is cool. Folklore has taken this idea and sprinted through a marathon -- it's had so much extra stuff available since the game launched! This is something much cooler though. Imagine designing your own monster and having it featured in the game as a free download. Yep, it's like the old Mega Man days where you designed the bosses and the developers mostly ignored you, except the opposite. The PlayStation Blog interviewed the person who created Folklore's newest folk named Quasarilli -- here's what "Uridicy" said about the situation.

"Art and games have always been a hobby of mine and as an aspiring game artist it is very exciting for me to see a professional 3D model of my creature Quasarilli." Uridicy goes on to express gratitude about and how the design was originally thought up. "I tried to incorporate some tribal elements with the mask like face, feathers, and horns." As for the skill set, Uridicy decided that stealing items would prove a useful skill for the game. This is true, since the game does require you to get a ton of items to level your other critters. We're glad stuff like this exists. It really brings gaming to a different level and will welcome with open arms any other similar contests in the future.

Tags: folklore, game-republic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

wocyob @ Jan 25th 2008 1:06PM

i hope more games can learn from folklore..i dont have the game yet but it seems pretty good

aaron_k7 @ Jan 25th 2008 10:51AM

That's great and all from a creativity standpoint, but how about charging for it so the creator can get a portion of the proceeds??? Maybe I'm too much of a capitalist...

James @ Jan 25th 2008 12:13PM

Yes, you are (and I say that as somebody who has seriously considered getting a Regan tattoo). It was a contest put together specifically to give the community a free trinket. IF they released a "critter editor" toolset to the community, and let people come up with new Folk to sell to each other, that would be incredibly awesome (c.f. the UT3 toolset), but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Larso Vanguard @ Jan 25th 2008 2:23PM

Yes, you are. It's an opportunity for an aspiring artist to get his work seen by people on a large scale.

Shut up.

watcher @ Jan 25th 2008 12:39PM

I like the idea of downloading new folk that gamers created for free. The creator gets recognition for the work he/she did by having it included as offical DLC.

Gamers will eventually get turned off if every addon for a game had a price tag to it. We're already seeing the effects of this for games like Motorstorm, where gamers are charged $2 USD for per car instead of a nice low price for a the entire set of addons. I like Motorstorm, but charging 2 bucks per car when there are like 8 new cars that are nothing more than visuals is a bit much.

aaron_k7 @ Jan 25th 2008 1:01PM

Yeah, I hear ya...I have held off on buying Motorstorm for just that reason. I'm hoping that a "Deluxe Add-on Pack" will eventually be available for it. So far Sony has only done that for a crap game: "Blast Factor."

scratch @ Jan 25th 2008 12:45PM

A big congrats out to Uridicy. That's a cool-looking folk.

As to you aaron - think about it, it is unlikely that they would share revenue with a contest winner if they did charge for it. Besides, as an aspiring game artist, im sure Uridicy is just happy to be getting some acknowledgment.

im really curious as to how much the folklore DLC is selling. it seems like there is a ton of it. not sure how the value is on it either. anyone want to comment? is the new content worth the price?

bamf @ Jan 25th 2008 1:56PM

I have Folklore and i love that there is alot of extra content for the game, a few free and the rest very inexpensive. Having a character in a game that you designed must be a great feeling. It would be good if some sort of feature were to be added into HOME and in the developer sections of HOME people could submit their designs.

watcher @ Jan 25th 2008 3:07PM

I have Folklore and all of the addons available on PSN so far. It's a good game and brings me back to playing it everytime new stuff comes out for it.

Akamaru @ Jan 25th 2008 7:18PM

Well, after using Quasarilli in battle, I think it is an awesome folk. Congratulations Udicry. It's pretty powerful and can cover a nice amount of area. Also, if you unlock its karma, you can launch a barrage of Quasarilli and really kick some netherwold butt.

I am very happy with the support Folklore has been getting. The DLC is really well priced too.

One last thing, is it me or was there some depth of field trickery added in one of the updates? It seems like the Faery realm looks even more beautiful now for some strange reason.