LEGO Digital Designer

LEGO Digital Designer is a free sandbox (legobox?) that gives the player an unlimited supply of pieces to build with. Originally, there was a service that would let users buy their creations in physical LEGO form and have it shipped to their house. Unfortunately, this service has since been discontinued. The software itself was last updated in 2019 and was officially discontinued in 2022.

Unused Graphics#

A grass texture and what looks like a heightfield can be found in the Assets.lif file.

Unused Audio#

Two unused sound loops can be found in the game's sounds folder. They were apparently going to be used in the view mode, where models can be viewed (and blown up) in 4 different environments: a desert, mountains, some islands, and space.

Abyss

Jungle

Unused Text#

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Quite a few text strings remain from Design byME.

Version Differences#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Describe the differences (some screenshots would be nice). Is the original version before 2007 different enough to be considered a separate program from version 2 onward? Are there any Design byME leftovers in the current version?

The original version of LEGO Digital Designer was developed by Qube Software, who also developed the fourth LEGO Creator game, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In 2007 version 2 released, which had a complete overhaul and was now developed internally at the LEGO Group.

In January 2012, LDD was updated to reflect that LEGO's Design byME service had been shut down due to quality control issues.