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Tower. Beyond Amazing! (Warning: Mild Spoilers! :D)

No. words. O_o

*Tear*

Hahaha! :D Thanks devs! That was awesome.

Edited: When I wrote this. I had just finished the quest. And I was still very much awestruck by the beautiful graphics, and the cool puzzle-y kind of adventure that I went through. Hahaha! :) No words to express my awe. :) 

I think part of the fun, was figuring out which door to go through next and how to get through it.

I went through the white-green door with a bunch of other people. And I have to thank Cefeida, and a bunch of other people, for that. 

After that, I went through the orange-blue square door because I saved a key from the last test run. (I can only remember the colors of the keys! hahaha) We couldn't get other people through though. That was frustrating.

Anyway, everything after that was history! Room after room of eye-popping graphics. It was just amazing. Amazing guys! Great job Tiny Speck. :)

Posted 19 months ago by C'Joni Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • It's pretty awesome, we need more keys though.
    Posted 19 months ago by Zaphod Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Agreed! Awesome! Puzzles! Play that's available cooperatively, and some that can only be done solo! Story!

    Seriously awesome! Thanks!
    Posted 19 months ago by ingrid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Right? Right!
    Posted 19 months ago by C'Joni Subscriber! | Permalink
  • (impatiently working to the end of the day so I can log in. ) argh!
    Posted 19 months ago by Lelu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Go Lelu! :) 

    Umm...but I think this test run will end in a couple of hours. :( hmmm. not sure what time.
    Posted 19 months ago by C'Joni Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Have to give major props for the shoutout to Lost. Can we assume there's a Room 42 that we haven't gotten to yet? :D
    Posted 19 months ago by Tally Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The tower is awesome - but way till you see room 23. It is by far the best work I have seen in Glitch. It's amazing.
    Posted 19 months ago by Houdini Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes Houdini! And everything else after that! :D 
    Can't wait to see  everybody else's reaction once they discover the amazing labyrinth that is, The Tower of Jethimadh! hahaha :)
    Posted 19 months ago by C'Joni Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okay, so, if you wanna spoil the surprise, or just want to watch the entire amazingness happen all over again, go ahead and click the...

    YouTube video link of my recording...! :)

    Update: Link fixed!
    Posted 19 months ago by Hburger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The tower is amazing and I love (LOVED!) the story line! I was glad I got to help with the street project, too. An awesome amount of players all working to finish the task and open the door, way to go!

    I have one question - Is the quest repeatable? 

    Thank you devs (and all you glitches) for the fabulously fun day :D
    Posted 19 months ago by Sadie the Goat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hburger...  "could not find https"
    Posted 19 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @HBurger: Link not working! I wanna watch it. :) I was taking screenshots all throughout the adventure. 
    Posted 19 months ago by C'Joni Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Sadie the Goat: From what I heard on Global Chat, no the quest is not repeatable. I think some people tried to do it again. But they couldn't get through. 
    Posted 19 months ago by C'Joni Subscriber! | Permalink
  • omg, they restarted while I was talking to the ghost lady!
    Posted 19 months ago by DiB Subscriber! | Permalink
  • All I could think of when I saw that video was this
    Posted 19 months ago by Edward Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My very favorite part of the tower opening, was the teamwork! Everyone got squished into this teeny room until a solution was found, and I saw so many people helping each other out! Following each other, forming lines for keys, and just the overall excitement of everyone was awesome to see! That's the spirit of Glitch!
    Posted 19 months ago by Bevin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How do you get the quest? Is it part of the project? Sounds wonderful.
    Posted 19 months ago by Phoebe Springback Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Teaser:
    i55.tinypic.com/2n8bxxh.png
    Posted 19 months ago by DiB Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Bevin: I got goosebumps reading your comment. Yeah! Exactly. It's the first time I've seen huge amounts of random people working together like that. (I mean, aside from quests and projects)  It was really fun, and at times, really funny! :D 

    I still giggle whenever I remember the crowded little corridor with all those glitches, and the devs asking the people to PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYS. Hahahaha! :D
    Posted 19 months ago by C'Joni Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @DiB: awww :`(
    Posted 19 months ago by C'Joni Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love love love the tower. What a hoot. A maze and scavenger hunt all in one. Wtg!!
    Posted 19 months ago by SHOff Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @jonijavier: I have the videos of all of that and the first key + follow mania! I'll be sure to upload them soon!
    Posted 19 months ago by Hburger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love your video Hburger, very exciting. Thanks for sharing it.
    Posted 19 months ago by tweetypie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Hburger Wooohooo!! :) Yes, please. I would love to see that. And I'm sure everybody who was there would love to see it too.  It was so much fun.
    Posted 19 months ago by C'Joni Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The tower is absolutely fantastic.  ++sparkle powder all around.
    Posted 19 months ago by Lelu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm not reading this thread, so this isn't directed at anyone in particular, and I'm not accusing anyone of anything... I'd just like to encourage everyone NOT to spoil the tower for those of us who haven't finished it yet.  Thanks!
    Posted 19 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, tower was too crowded and keys too hard to find, so I gave up on it. I figured it would be better to try it out when there are fewer people there.
    Posted 19 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Really, shepherdmoon? I found keys easy to come by and I liked that there was a crowd. Hmm :)
    Posted 19 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @glum : aww glum. I'm sorry. I know how you feel. I was actually pretty hesitant to write anything at first. That's why this entire thing started with just four lines of text, and I just edited it later on because people on global chat were chatting about it anyway. Hmmm. Anyway...I hope everyone else, who hasn't done it, will feel the excitement of what they can expect when the world is up and running again. (did I phrase it right?) 

    I'm torn between shutting up and bouncing around the intarwebs praising this new piece of amazing-ness in glitch. hehehe! :)
    Posted 19 months ago by C'Joni Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I got lost and I didn't understand the story line and I think I cheated by buying the key to room 23 at auction, but damn it was amazing. Kudos devs.
    Posted 19 months ago by Helcat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I didn't get past the second lock, and this only makes me want the next test more badly!!

    Cant wait o.o
    Posted 19 months ago by Yaya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cupcake: the first key was re-spawning like crazy and I found several of those (to room 4, I think). I tried multiple times to get the second key but the room where it re-spawns always had several people in there and I eventually gave up. I did get in there once towards the beginning (don't know if I already had the key from somewhere else, or was lucky enough to stumble across it in the tower), but after trying random doors in there I ended up outside the tower and had to start over. Then, I couldn't find the blasted key again. I know the keys certainly aren't that easy to obtain because there were chains of like 20 people waiting at the doors hoping they could follow someone in. I don't want to do it that way--I want to do it myself.
    Posted 19 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I do agree re:  I don't want to do it that way--I want to do it myself. IMHO, it was rather silly that people wasted time trying to follow someone and then not succeeding and assuming it would work the next time, when a dev did clearly explain that it does not work that way :)
    Posted 19 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was only in the tower a short time and not sure how, but ended up w/the yellow/purple key by stepping on it; I tried to take a friend in w/me and when it didn't work we weren't sure if it was a bug or intentional by the dev's. I got into the room and didn't know if I was supposed to take all the items, so I only took a couple and left the others for the next person. Unfortunately, real life interferred and I was only able to spend a few minutes there, but loved the graphics I saw. I look forward to spending more time exploring next week. I logged out while in the tower, so I'll have to wait to see if I end up inside or am outside when we start again.
    Posted 19 months ago by Gizmospooky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I didn't get far because work interfered. The only locked room I got into is room 4 and my was it purty! I also wasn't sure if it was ok to take everything because the room is instanced or if I should leave some for the next person who enters. I only took a little bit.
    Posted 19 months ago by FrankenPaula Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Quest?  There's a quest?  No, seriously!  I went there to get experience pts by going to each level.  I didn't know there was a quest or a story.  lol  (slightly embarrassed face here).  I was able to get to level 3 for sure, maybe 4.  I got a key (it sort of flew into my hand) and went into a locked room.  I drank the drinks, harvested the plots and replanted.  I was trying to get to other levels and suddenly huge letters said I'd discovered one of the secret areas and "here's something for you".  I never figured out what that was.  If there's a story (and an homage to LOST) I'll definitely be back.  +1 DEVs!
    Posted 19 months ago by Marla Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL Marla!!

    I didn't get a chance to venture into this new realm.... but your brief review has me very curious.

    Looking forward to the next test!!!  (AND A TWO WEEK VACATION!!!!!!)
    Posted 19 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What staggers me the most is that this was done by Kukubee over 4 months ago! (spoiler alert): http://fuckyeahkukubee.tumblr.com/day/2010/12/23
    Posted 19 months ago by Hburger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What a great end to the test!

    Btw, can we designate this thread as a spoiler thread? Just so we don't have to worry about accidents.

    MILD SPOILERS below:


    I didn't even think of looking for the keys in the Tower- I thought the first one was just a helping hint, since it was raining down from the ceiling. Once I got to the second door I went back to Groddle and picked up two of each key :P 

    The quest is definitely not repeatable, I tried, it wouldn't let me. Which makes me wish I'd spent more time exploring it, but sometimes it was hard to tell whether I could, or whether I had to follow the directions at the risk of not completing it. Could I have helped the...er...spoilery thing which needed help :P ? I don't know! I did try.

    Also, I'm sure the devs are aware by now that teleportation works through walls in the tower- but is it a feature, or a bug?

    MILD SPOILER END.



    I didn't find all of the secret places, though, there were too many people. I think this is the first time I really noticed in glitch that pressing space to jump can also trigger object and player actions- I was trying to climb and instead kept having to exit menus for interacting with other players. Didn't really like that, it was very frustrating.
    Posted 19 months ago by Cefeida Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LINKS TO SPOILER:

    Johnny and Dave have been doing some amazing work listing all of the hidden locations and keys within the tower, on the wiki page! Check it out here!
    Posted 19 months ago by Hburger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think we need to be able to repeat the tower quest, theres so much wonderful art that was rushed past in the haste to explore, I'd love to go back and take my time to enjoy it, that said I guess when everything is reset at the end of beta testing we may indeed get a second chance . . . and it has occurred to me that we only opened two doors and the base of the tower, which suggests a middle and a top so that might also allow other visits to the tower? one can hope . . .

    It really really is an amazing experience. Thanks to all the Devs and all who worked so tirelessly to open the tower.
    Posted 19 months ago by Faereluth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just finished going through the tower for a second time.  I thought I read somewhere that we could not talk with Grendaline a second time.  But, for 100 currants, I was able to, and received a second rainbow.  Has anyone else been able to do so?
    Posted 19 months ago by HailStorm Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice catch, HailStorm: this was just added about an hour ago :)
    Posted 19 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Late to the party.... I'm *very* new, only got in on the last couple of days of this test. And the lil' guy wouldn't take me anywhere, said I had to come back when I was a higher level. =/ So, I'm assuming that if the game was still open, I'd be able to come back and get all the way through to witness the awesomeness?
    Posted 19 months ago by Jennyanydots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Jennyanydots: yep, once you get up to Level 12, you can try again. Maybe the next test!
    Posted 19 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree!  This was just exceptional!  I love the puzzles and the fantastic art!  I am not the sharpest razor in the game so I am still working on this.  I have found 10 secrets and have worked on two puzzles which I hope i figure out the next time I play.  Thanks for the Fun!
    Posted 19 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Aw, I didn't have time to play this test and now I hear you could do the quest again? Bummer, bummer. 
    Posted 19 months ago by Cefeida Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I can't say enough about The Tower!  All aspects are amazing!  Looking forward to another trip next test :D  Congrats to the devs yet again!
    Posted 19 months ago by welshcorgi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The tower is rad. I'm glad I didn't see any spoilers (aside from watching some other glitch seemingly disappear behind a column, which proved to be all the hint I needed).
    Posted 15 months ago by juv3nal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It is a pretty lovely quest - my only complaint would be that I'm missing one of the Ventilation Tower spots and bouncing around got me nowhere o_O

    aww gwendolyn.
    Posted 15 months ago by Creatrix Subscriber! | Permalink