United Front Games has revealed that its upcoming dinky racing game, LittleBigPlanet Karting, will offer all the same creation options as the original LittleBigPlanet games.
"We have our whole story mode with seven different planets - some of them will be familiar to you from prior games, and others are actually brand new," producer Jen Timms told VG247. "But everything we've created to make the story mode, we've used the same creation tools we give you in the editor, just like in Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet games. So you can create your own levels entirely."
Not only will user-created race tracks appear in multiplayer rotation, essentially giving the game an infinite shelf life as far as online play is concerned, but you won't be restricted to using the tools to craft races.
"You can make a first-person shooter, your own custom objects - in this case it could be a hand with a gun - and then you have the ability to control the handling and physics of that," Timms explains. "You also have the ability to re-map buttons, or change your abilities, and then you can combine that with the Weaponator gadget that lets you make custom weapons. Then you can make bullets, or even like rainbow trails or flowers that come out the end of the gun - anything you want, and we can give you that power."
United Front has a good track record when it comes to innovative kart racers. It was the studio behind early PlayStation 3 hit ModNation Racers, which also dabbled in user-generated content. The developer is also currently riding in high in the charts with its smash hit openworld Hong Kong crime saga, Sleeping Dogs.
LittleBigPlanet Karting is due for PlayStation 3 on November 9th.