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Wonderful Wednesday - Introducing Towers!

Update 1: new towers are suspended while we work out some kinks. Sorry!
Update 2: issue is fixed for new towers, we're fixing up the ones that failed now
Update 3: Wine of the Dead should now be working correctly for everyone

If you head to your home street you'll find a new choice in the cultivation menu; the Tower. Each player can build a single tower on their home street (once they reach level 18), although the process is pretty expensive.

Once built, towers can be decorated just like your house, but visitors to your home street can enter them. Whether you're looking to sell items through vendor SDBs, tell a story, showcase your favorite rare items or just show off your decorating skills, towers are a good place to do it. If you need more space, just build another floor (up to 9 for now).

If you're high enough level and have the materials handy, give it a go and let us know how you get on. Comments, bugs etc should be posted in this thread.

Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Uniquely Prime: At some point, yeah
    Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mine (still in progress): www.glitch.com/locations/LH...
    to the far left
    Posted 5 months ago by MX Ghostie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • yay it worked, thanks!
    Posted 5 months ago by Anthropocene Subscriber! | Permalink
  • YAY towers! Mine looks kind of like a tomb, but inside it there are some building materials for sale. lem.to/p/q1Tr
    Posted 5 months ago by Melismata Rookwood Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My first company!!! lem.to/p/xRU9
    Posted 5 months ago by arizoo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My tower:  http://www.glitch.com/locations/LHV7KS5NA343219/ 

    Just 2 floors for now, not furnished yet, but there for anyone who wants to check the towers out.
    Posted 5 months ago by Errata Stigmata Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm excited for towers but I'm not gonna be able to get all the stuff to make it but I'm still SO EXCITED!!!!
    Posted 5 months ago by MotherNature Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the tower.  Awesome!!!!
    Posted 5 months ago by Distantstar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tower ready, yes it looks like a tomb. Works fine. Nothing to sell there yet. Coming soon.
    Posted 5 months ago by Caralampia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • are new towers still suspended?  I can't see any option for building a tower :(
    Posted 5 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Treesa - want to take a screen shot of the bottom row of the cultivation menu so we can check why it's not there?
    Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh my. I wasn't expecting this to come out so early!
    Posted 5 months ago by Avnas Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tower built! Thanks, Tiny Speck!

    Snap: www.glitch.com/snaps/PA94QJ...

    Or come visit: www.glitch.com/locations/LH...
    Posted 5 months ago by Intrepia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is so awesome. Like so totally awesome.
    Posted 5 months ago by Eye Wonder Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OK.  Maybe I have to get rid of some stuff?  Its fully cultivated
    Posted 5 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 6 floors of tower

    Edit: The full 9 floors of tower power!
    Posted 5 months ago by Vogon Blarg Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks again for the towers!  So cool.  And especially thanks for needing that building permit that has been sitting in my inventory since before the housing change.   Glad to see I finally have a need for it.  And as someone else said, yes, these feel like the old street projects with all the materials required...makes it fun trying to gather everything for it...
    Posted 5 months ago by Uniquely Prime Subscriber! | Permalink
  • www.glitch.com/snaps/PUVGL2...
    Posted 5 months ago by SideBurns Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OK, I found it.  Need more yard space (or less stuff)
    Posted 5 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Treesa: Yes, it's a cultivation, so it does need some space.  It's exactly the size of the space between the house and the signpost now.  It'll be the very last item in the list (scroll all the way right).
    Posted 5 months ago by Magic Monkey Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Not sure if I missed a bug report for this above.

    I helped out with a tower project on someone else's home street. I got a message when it was complete, but didn't get any iMG for helping out. Is that by design?
    Posted 5 months ago by Pixley Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Snaps of a work in progress :)

    http://www.glitch.com/snaps/PUVBKN54PRE2VUI/37441-a673545ba7/
    http://www.glitch.com/snaps/PUVBKN54PRE2VUI/37484-2d53e4e3c8/
    http://www.glitch.com/snaps/PUVBKN54PRE2VUI/37494-39031aa5a0/
    http://www.glitch.com/snaps/PUVBKN54PRE2VUI/37437-98621177d4/
    Posted 5 months ago by Mnēmē Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pixley: there is no imagination given for Tower projects — all you get is the tower itself!
    Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm kinda confused. I've cleared out two plots on my land, which is more than wide enough (way wider than the space between my street post/house), and the tower option still says I need more yard space. What am I doing wrong?

    ETA: I didn't remove my former project residue. Oops! Should be good now. :)
    Posted 5 months ago by Pengwen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pengwen: what do you mean by "plot? Were they right next to each other or was there something in between?
    Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ETA - I think the problem was solved.
    Posted 5 months ago by Muppethead Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Not to be too terribly picky here (cuz towers are really cool) but don'tcha think adding new extra floors are just a tad WAY over priced?
    Posted 5 months ago by Nerd of Epic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Stoot: They were adjacent cultivated spots I had put down for trees. I called them plots, I'm sure it's the wrong "term" but you get the idea. I hope. 

    Sidenote question: Is there an upgrade for putting cultivated items closer together? Because so far it only lets me place them really far apart and most personal streets I see have cultivated items (trees, rocks, etc.) really close together.
    Posted 5 months ago by Pengwen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nerd of Epic: they seem priced right: count the wall segments and think about how many girders you'd need to hold it up. Try making an elevator with less string: it's just not safe. Besides, what else is everyone going to do with all their massive piles of stuff?
    Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pengwen: I getcha (we call those "patches"). And two of them side by side is more than enough room for a tower. Were they on either side of the little hill? If so, the hill area doesn't count because it is not buildable.

    There is no upgrade or anything which let's you push things any closer together. But, did you know you can "nudge" cultivated items (if you have the nudgery skill)? The closely-spaced items you see are probably just the result of people with nudgery who are more patient with the arrow keys than you :)
    Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • stoot barfield:  I definitely grant you the string safety issue for sure.  Could you imagine the insurance you'd need to run a store in your tower without it?  Eek.

    I guess I just wish I had these massive piles of stuff you speak of.  I have stuff, and something approximating massive piles even, but apparently all the wrong stuff for tower building (or insurance mitigation).
    Posted 5 months ago by Nerd of Epic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Stoot: I placed it in the middle of that sunken area on my street, so no, I avoided that little hill. Thanks for the info about Nudgery. I have that skill, so clearly I haven't played around enough with the patch placements. 

    Back on topic: Loving the towers, still trying to build mine!
    Posted 5 months ago by Pengwen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wait - the elevator is held up by STRING?   Gads!
    Posted 5 months ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sorry if I am not sharing this link in the correct manner, but here is my 3.5 story tower. i was thinking of opening a home furnishings store--went WAY down that road before I realized that I could not sell home furnishings. Ah well, new plan tomorrow.

    Staff Edited Link:
    http://www.glitch.com/locations/LHV7UGL7J1V2P9N/
    (Because the other link that was here before loads the game, and would boot you out if you were playing in another window - kevbob :)
    Posted 5 months ago by Booknerd Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Booknerd, I think you meant to use this one: http://www.glitch.com/locations/LHV7UGL7J1V2P9N/ Were you linking us to your street?
    Posted 5 months ago by Aleph Zero Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And now at last, the Purple Palace of Pleasure is open for business on my home street: www.glitch.com/locations/LH...

    OK it may not be purple on the outside but that is ... temporary I hope.

    Inside, wall segments and girders and purple flowers and essence and so much more. Because the prices are below auction and the delivery is SO much faster.
    Posted 5 months ago by Vocable Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am filled with happiness.
    Posted 5 months ago by Otto Otto Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Aleph--that is prolly precisely what I should have listed. Lemme try again--my tower is on the far right. 
    http://www.glitch.com/locations/LHV7UGL7J1V2P9N/
    Well, it's a link to a link anyway.
    Posted 5 months ago by Booknerd Subscriber! | Permalink
  • (I fixed the link in the earlier post Booknerd, the one before would have loaded the game for someone, or booted them out if they had it loaded elsewhere. :)
    Posted 5 months ago by kevbob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Booknerd: While s'true that there is no way to sell furniture right now we are contemplating ways to fix that.
    Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is fantastic! I've been needing to build more SDBs, but my house is fully decorated and I was having a hell of a time trying to figure where to put them so as to not disrupt the aesthetics. Storage tower...yay, yay, yay! (I'm sure I'll sell stuff out of there too, eventually, but for now...just...YAY!!!)

    ETA: Work in progress
    First two floors
    Third floor added
    Posted 5 months ago by KitchWitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wonderful Wednesday indeed, so much fun!
    Posted 5 months ago by absolute Subscriber! | Permalink
  • how do you name your tower? 
    Posted 5 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • shhexy corin: click on it, choose "customize" & cast your eyes to the bottom of the game.
    Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ohhhhhhhh, you mean that massive input box called "your tower name"? 

    /blonde

    thanks!
    :)
    Posted 5 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Giants i'm loving this!! you are blowing my mind!! there's so much to do!! i only have one mouse to click!! ahhaahah and i'm so bad at math!! and i need an underwatter ceiling, please!! and (((you))) are wonderful!! and this is beautiful here!! and...
    thank you:))))
    Posted 5 months ago by mira gaia maia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay I gots me a Tower... http://www.glitch.com/snaps/PUVFDC083PE2F30/37581-8b43b16a64/
    Posted 5 months ago by Jeasilver Subscriber! | Permalink
  • THE DREAMATORIUM!

    Cool. Coolcoolcool.
    Posted 5 months ago by HAVOK PEW SUMMERS Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes!  I have just finished the D. B. Cooper Airport Lounge, slightly tucked into the trees to the left:
    http://www.glitch.com/locations/LHV5EI6K03V23GR/

    Well, it still needs some decorating but the tower is done and I've got a start on the inside.
    Posted 5 months ago by Rathany Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Warning: donuts are for decorative purposes only.
    Posted 5 months ago by diaveborn ♥ Subscriber! | Permalink