Media Molecule: Small team was vital to the creation of LBP

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Media Molecule: Small team was vital to the creation of LBP :: PlayStation Universe (PSU)

Media Molecule, the already-acclaimed development studio behind LittBigPlanet, is comprised of only 30 people. That's right, 30. While other studios house over a hundred, maybe even several hundred developers, Media Molecule created LittleBigPlanet with less than three dozen. Media Molecule co-founder Mark Healey says the team size "worked out well" during the game's creation.

"We're always conscious of wanting to have a small team," Healey said to GamesIndustry.biz. "I've worked from just myself in my bedroom to being in a room with 200 people, and every range in between you can imagine. In my experience, about 30 people was when I had the most fun."

"People genuinely put a lot of love, heart and soul into the game because their contribution really matters," he added. "Everyone can look at that game and see themselves in it. Everyone's really integrated into it."

We wouldn't have it any other way, Mark. LittleBigPlanet is launching on a PS3 near you very, very soon.