Q-Games Talks PixelJunk Eden and Trophies

Trophies are the topic of the day when it comes to PS3 games, I guess.

The newest PixelJunk game, PixelJunk Eden, is about a week away from release. Developer Q-Games’ president and executive producer, Dylan Cuthbert, has posted some new information at PlayStation.Blog about the game, its trophy support, and YouTube upload feature.

PixelJunk Eden is a short-form PSN title so there are fewer trophies when compared to, say, a Blu-ray title (which can have the esteemed platinum trophy), but we still managed to pack in quite a few. To begin with, you can get a bronze trophy for opening every “seed” in a stage. This is quite a challenge on some of the stages as the gardens are large and expansive. Then there are trophies for a load of other things, such as destroying 500 of the “prowlers,” or collecting 15 “crystals” in one jump. My personal favorite is a trophy that you can only achieve in 3P mode, where you have to “volley” a player between you back and forth five times without him/her landing on a plant, a bit like tennis.

The YouTube upload feature is going to revolutionize how people share tips. Up until now it has been limited to people with video capture equipment, but from now on, anyone can record their game and upload it directly to YouTube from within the game! It is as simple as pushing one button to start and one button to stop and upload, and there is no affect on the gameplay thanks to the power of the PS3 and its abundance of SPU processors.

Cuthbert also talked about the possibility of trophies popping up in PixelJunk Monsters. There have naturally been lots of requests for them, and all he would say if that they are “definitely looking into it.” Make it happen, Q-Games!