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Housing release two will not happen till next week

Because I take a break from playing the mean boss once in a while and because we have an insane month or so of releases ahead of us and because this is a rare long weekend and people are going to need to take a few days off, the "R2" feature release will not be happening till next week.

However, it is pretty fucking awesome (and very nearly done). I'll ask everyone else if we can post a teaser image or two of some of the new design combos …

Posted 8 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • The pics of the sample homes is so much more than I ever imagined! Thank you team for all you do to make such an amazing gaming experience for us! I am so excited that I think I am hopping around more than than the Easter bunny is right now :-)
    Posted 8 months ago by Breezy Meadow Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *giddy dance*
    Posted 8 months ago by absolute Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "Fact: you can totally customize the houses (change the roof, colors/materials, add extensions, decorations ... and other stuff)."

    Squeeeeeeee!!!!!!! (and I NEVER squeee) customizable colors, materials, roof, extensions, ....
    Oh My GIANTS!!!! I'm going to need a week's vacation to play with this. If I want to do any sleeping, I'll need two weeks.

    Much love to Stoot and the devs!  
    Posted 8 months ago by kastlin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • oh wow, the samples are adorable. 
    Posted 8 months ago by Oakland Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lol, Kastlin, you and me both!!! :D 
    Posted 8 months ago by Oristia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • yep this confirms it yall are awesome ^.^ 
    Posted 8 months ago by satarell Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *throws credit card at screen*
    Posted 8 months ago by Tricky Woo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh my! Those houses look amazing, I can't wait! 

    Have a fab and relaxing weekend TS guys and gals (we're waiting for you) :D
    Posted 8 months ago by Ama Gad Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Amazing, I LOBE! How will I ever be able to choose if they'll all be awesome like that?!?
    Posted 8 months ago by WeavingTheWeb Subscriber! | Permalink
  • WOWOWOW I love those designs!
    Posted 8 months ago by Wineder Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm with you WebWeaver, it will be very hard to make choices if they are all as different as the two pics. It will be fun to try out the different styles w/out having to worry about cost. Thanks so much Stoot for the tempting preview.
    Posted 8 months ago by Gizmospooky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okay. This may trigger a need to upgrade my subscription to a Moly! *runs in circles taking turns between squeeing madly and hyperventilating*
    Posted 8 months ago by Poppy Fields Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the teaser pictures. I can't wait. I even had a dream last night about the new release. An unknown source emailed me the names of the new streets. I was super excited until I woke up.
    Posted 8 months ago by ☠ lala512 ☠ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The teaser pics will be a great way to get through this now way too long weekend! Now I can dream of my Glitchy Dream House :)
    Posted 8 months ago by Ziti Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING AGAIN. In the best way!!!!
    Posted 8 months ago by That Kid Tyler Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for  sharing the pics. I'm more excited than ever about the soon-to-be-released updates. Yep, fuckin' awesome! Have a great holiday weekend everyone!
    Posted 8 months ago by GreyGoose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Stoot, you should change it from "Housing release two will not happen till next week" to "The next housing release comes out next week!"
    Posted 8 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OMG The dust bunnys will be giants now growing in this RL house Ty..... Aways wanted the whimsical houses in IX, my Easter present is here Ty.
    Posted 8 months ago by Jellybelly Baby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Huzzah! +Infinity! Marvelous! Thank you Stoot and Devs! Enjoy your holiday! 
    Posted 8 months ago by welshcorgi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • oh lawdy
    Posted 8 months ago by Volkov Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Was it terribly greedy of me to have hoped there would have been another couple of peeks in R2 posted today.  {sigh}  I guess so. 

    Staff must all be frantically getting last minute coding and writing done to get out of the office for the weekend (if any of them were even there today).

    I'll just go back to harvesting eggs... don't mind me... {sniff} I'll make do... somehow.  {sob}

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    Edited to add:

    It's not peeks into the new housing, but it's something from the glitch office (I think, I'm not completely sure). Makes me wonder what that "creature" is, maybe the new fox or sloth.  Strange looking regardless of which one.

    :)
    Posted 8 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh

    my God

    I love this place

    SO MUCH.

    (Have a lovely weekend y'all!)
    Posted 8 months ago by Kyleri Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Tibbi:

     Looks like a dinosaur to me. One that can talk. Perhaps it's our street Guardian? or Butler/servant?
    Posted 8 months ago by IrenicRhonda Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd completely forgotten about the greeter! That could be it! :)
    Posted 8 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'll take six ;)

    In all seriousness a dinosaur greeter WOULD be a great addition to the game :)
    Posted 8 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I will have to say...I'm actually glad we didn't get the R2 this weekend...it would have been overload with the egg hunt too...one would have diluted the other...it's been fun gathering eggs while waiting - so thanks for having it again this year!  Look forward to R2 next week...enjoy the time off, and hope y'all get renewed from the mini-break!  
    Posted 8 months ago by ~Pink Flamingo~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree BeachBum.  Too much happening (ingame and in RL). Would not have been able to enjoy it as much.  Plus it's giving time to complete (or near complete) all the new skills. :)  Working on Furnituremaking II and that's the last one and I'm done.  If R2 holds off long enough I might even have that one done. :)
    Posted 8 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • WAAOOOWWWW This is so so so SO SO SO SOOOO COOOLLLL OMG OMG OMG!!  I FINALLY GET A URALIA HOUSE!  :: falls over from Happy ::  XD XD XD XD

    :: gets up, tacklehugs Stoot ::

    Thank you Stoot.  Glitch is still such a magickal place after all these months.  :3
    * googly eyes *
    Posted 8 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tibbi, I hate to be the one to break it to you... Well, actually you said you still needed to learn FMII so maybe it's good news after all. Erm, I'm rambling now :) 

    What I meant to say is that the new skills won't turn on as part of R2. R2 will only include: " the ability to expand & add floors to your house, enlarge and change the style of your yard and exterior street, cultivate your land to add resources and customize & change the style of your house exterior."    ****

    What you are waiting for is the transition to imagination, which will include the new animals, new areas, and all the new skills being turned on :D This will likely be approximately one week after the R2 release, as stoot says HERE in this response to a forumer's question a few days back :)

    **** From the blog post, here.
    Posted 8 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wouldn't knock on the door of stoot's Whimsy House unless you have fifteen cents and a nail...and the shell of a great-great-great grandfather snail.

    Also you can visit this house in real life.
    Posted 8 months ago by Biff Beefbat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ready.  We do Lobe you so much
    Posted 8 months ago by Mystbecky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have a request concerning the furniture. Would it be possible to give the current little block cabinets the ability to have something set on top of them? Like placing one on the wall, and setting a small vase on top of it. I realize this means it would have the similar attributes as a shelf, but it would "kill two rooks with one stone". ;)
    Posted 8 months ago by Lunarsolar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And, I have been thinking about what the Sloths might contribute to building furniture...might be kind of gross, but funny and definitely in line with the way Ur seems to run. I think Sloths will contribute mucus for glue and claws for "nails" to make furniture. :P 
    Posted 8 months ago by Lunarsolar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am very excite!
    Posted 8 months ago by shipwreck Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1, Lunarsolar....I tried doing that very thing earlier today, and failed! Would be nice to sit our Egg Trophy on top of a crate of extra Golden Eggs!
    Posted 8 months ago by Poppy Fields Subscriber! | Permalink
  • As long as we're not punching the animals for resources, I'll be happy with whatever method of harvesting we use for sloths and foxies.  >_>
    Posted 8 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Liza - how would we expand our houses without Woodworking and Metalworking?
    Posted 8 months ago by Mablem Tiipot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, we'll be brushing foxes as we know, but hmm... :) What will we use to get something from sloths? Foxes are very clear to us, but sloths a total mystery.

    Edit : @Rufus R2 is simply a test. All the expansions will be free, and won't require us to use our hard won resources or our future hard won imagination. When you think about it it makes sense. This stuff isn't player tested. They're EXPECTING bugs. When we play around with furniture it's free because if it's glitched up TS doesn't want to have to worry about refunding credits and nonsense like that. 

    In that vein, all the expansions will be free, so that in case of colossal screw up, they don't have 3 million boards to refund to 3000 angry players :)

    Edit2: Forgot something :) R2 will not include the housing reset. You won't get to keep all the free stuff! You get one week* to test and play and jump around before imagination comes out :) Then the housing reset will come in, and a bunch of other vague things will take effect, including the new skills, which will allow us to make furniture and generally modify our home for keeps**.

    *First link, check out number 3
    **Second link, check out paragraph number 5 which starts out "With imagination in the game..."
    Posted 8 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am just simply loving this forum! You can't stop me, peoples!
    Posted 8 months ago by Maxy Cat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, wow.  Sounds like the housing reset happens just as I get on a plane and head to the Czech Republic, to be offline for two weeks!  I sure hope that plane doesn't crash.    O.o
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • O: Have fun Carl :) Don't die in a horrific accident!
    Posted 8 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • please make an announcement when it is released!
    *squeals*
    Posted 8 months ago by Kristabel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Anybody mashing F5 yet?
    Posted 8 months ago by Crrrystal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Are we there yet???... :-/ 
    Posted 8 months ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Happy next week everyone!
    Posted 8 months ago by bored no more Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ahhhh I can't wait I wonder how soon in the week this will be released.
    Posted 8 months ago by koolaroo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wait - still no animals or skill use?   Bleh.  Wake me up when we've gotten beyond the cutsie-poo home decoration crap. 
    Posted 8 months ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *waves a pocket watch in front of WalruZ*

    sleeeeeppppp disgruntled WalruZzzzzz.... sleeeeepppp and dream of new animals and skilllllssssss.... sslleeeeepppp...

    Now, I have a feeling we've still got a couple of days on this.  If they weren't completely ready to have us dive in before the weekend, that means they've still got some work to do.  That said, I am excited out of my tiny Glitchen mind over this one. ^______^
    Posted 8 months ago by Grem Sketch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, Walruz, no need to be such a curmudgeon :P You forget this release allows us to CULTIVATE our new houses and home streets as well :) Now, I've heard you're no big fan of the home streets, but you'd like to test out your home upgrades right? New resources! Add herb plots! That sort of thing :P
    Posted 8 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hey... guys... don't forget that Easter Monday is a holiday in Canada.

    Just sayin...
    Posted 8 months ago by Tradescantia Subscriber! | Permalink