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What updates do you hope to see when the next test starts?

It is obvious that TS is hard at work putting the finishing touches on Ur in preparation for the grand opening. What do you want to see in place before we open to the public?

I hope that the Hall of Records (next to the Rook Museum) opens and has a quest associated with it.

Posted 15 months ago by BarryW Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • 1. Drop boxes
    2.  Customizable houses
    3.  Herb boxes for Alokol (and other) homes
    4.  Pets
    5.  Organizational system for bags, so food goes to food, music blocks to music blocks, etc.
    Posted 15 months ago by marycontrary Subscriber! | Permalink
  • in order of importance to me (really, these are the main things that make me want to stop playing after a bit):

    1: more music - I love what is there but am a musician and easily bored ;)

    2: search box or other better inventory management system - feeding pigs and grinding rocks should not be such a hassle

    3: fix the talking trees/rocks/etc bug!  I'm hoping this hasn't been fixed because you're just waiting to show us the rest of the story after launch, but it's disconcerting that one of Glitch's strongest suits, the great writing, is so very... stuck!

    4: improvements to groups, forums, and notifications - I don't want to know a bunch of useless things, like joenewbijustmet just got a tickled honeybadger 7 times award.  I want to see a) best friends' status updates b) group updates (esp groups I admin!) c) my auction updates and d) replies to anything I post (forum posts inlcuded)

    5: improvements to mobile pages, like searchable forums, better-formatted skills page, access to auctions, etc.  I can use firefox w/an extension to use the desktop format pages, but improved mobile pages would be better (and almost always preferable to an app, IMO!)

    6: overall performance is ok, although some key moments are pretty lame, like juju appearance lag, glitch detail disappearance, and (i can't think of more now but there are some I just forget wahh)

    7: better randomize street project phases - we should not be able to know exactly what is needed at start (nor should it be a mad dash to be the first one to a new street spirit)

    8:  start getting rid of those economy scaffolding things now!  Don't wait until three months from now when everyone will cry like little pod people!  Start working on making the other half of the skill tree profitable (and for more than just achievements)!

    ...as far as mewantpony stuff, more varied house options and more varied environments would be cool.  I'm not into onehousedoesall houses, but bigger and better houses in the trees and bogs would be nice.  Even the high end houses we have now are powerful, but pretty boring.  Also, heh, this is even sillier, but the wardrobe flash almost works on my Nexus One (it loads and displays but never finishes getting everything loaded)... how cool would that be?

    Don't get me wrong, dropboxes, ponies, etc don't sound bad... but not a priority per se.  I do absolutely adore floating cubimals!
    Posted 15 months ago by FlirtyvonSexenhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @FlirtyvonSexenhaven: glitch detail disappearance

    Is this what is happening when I see folks turn into wireframe models of themselves?
    Posted 15 months ago by BarryW Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ...that's what I'm calling it, anyway, yes! ^^;  I presume it's the client shuffling around resources, trying to keep performance good, or fetching data from the server when you show up to a big party with 50 new people.  But it's a little sad.  Seems like it shouldn't be very much data, as internet gaming goes.  It's nice that the client doesn't come to a standstill while waiting for data or whatever, but it's got room for improvement! :)
    Posted 15 months ago by FlirtyvonSexenhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Boy, I hope the devs are reading this......Amazing thread.

    I especially like this ...

    A house that we could ADD on to-new floor/ extra patches, instead of having to move!

    Like, for 20k we could add a second floor, for 30k we could add a third floor, etc.

    Sure, the 50k house would be cheaper in the end, but this house would be super cool.
    Posted 15 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Innie, the devs have said in the past that house expansion and customization is on the roadmap.

    it's a rather old and common suggestion actually, so whether they are reading his thread or not we are almost certain to see it eventually.
    Posted 15 months ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • House sharing or co-ownership and an "Easy Bake oven" type of kitchen tool! ;)
    Posted 15 months ago by Violet Lapin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 2 new musicblocks; "Goodnight Groddle" and "This Glitch is Your Glitch."

    I'm also hoping to get a smuggling mission.  It's not new but I haven't seen it yet... and I was looking!
    Posted 15 months ago by Wiggles The Fluent Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would really like to se the ability of giving anther player a key to your house, make him a roommate. 
    Posted 15 months ago by MonkeyPantz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Co-owning a house would be nice. Being able to have both garden plots and herb plots in the same house would be great too.
    Posted 15 months ago by Griselda Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would like the referendum system to be implemented!
    Posted 15 months ago by Ximenez Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for pet monkey
    also, a monacle 

    I hope that if there is house customization that it will be confined to the inside of houses and the gardens.   I like to explore and I'd like to see neighborhoods that are well imagined by the TS designers - coherent and easy on the eyes, but not all as meh as the current 50k homes (sorry,no offense to whoever designed them but  its still beta so you know, feedback and all that )  I find that in games where everyone customizes their own exteriors its not, shall we say, always easy to look at.  It also runs the risks of annoying the neighbors (just like in real life). So, I'd like to see more imaginative regions and neighborhoods come from the TS designers. 

    I was really sold on the words on the front page:  "This isn't something you've seen before."  And the promise that everything will be "a little weird and crazy".    Apart from the pickle, I haven't seen enough of that (still a great game, great community). 
    Posted 15 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Also, more "worlds within worlds".

    The best art has "worlds within worlds".    So, things that that are deep and complex and continue to pull veteran players into the game without being complicated for new players.  For example, someone mentioned the idea of the goodnight song in a music block.   Perfect example of a window into the earlier beta world without it being necessary for new players to appreciate it.  

    I hope that makes sense.

    Also, I want a motor-sickle to go with my pickle.
    Posted 15 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • some public place inworld where you can hang your favorite screenshots.   Something like the bulletin boards but for pictures/screenshots.
    Posted 15 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For the record I have the PDF file for the base music block I used for "Goodnight Groddle" if TS wants it (hint hint). Cleaned up and improved.
    Posted 15 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Chat UI upgrades. I want to be able to see multiple chat windows at the same time, and I want the chat box to select ONLY when I click on it so I can look through chat while moving without typing "ddddddddd" into the box every time.

    Automatic subway connections when streets with sub stations on them are completed. Having to run two regions away to work on a street project is tedious.
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would like to see a mask of the psychopath with the crazy hair from Ancient Aliens on the History Channel.
    Posted 15 months ago by girlthulhu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Hyaena: LINK!
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Skwid BEHOLD THE GLORY!
    Posted 15 months ago by girlthulhu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If there was a snowy region (not like the current one, but like the other areas, or perhaps using the current one?) then perhaps it could snow and you could harvest/collect snowflakes/snow and make (not snowcones) slushies and things :D
    Posted 15 months ago by Serilyn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's been said already in the ideas forum, but I'd like more sophistication in shrine donations. Does it really seem right that the giants are only interested in the material worth of a donation?

    Another well-kicked-around idea, which I think is on the cards, and that I hope we'll see soon: fewer street spirits, and marketplaces where glitches can rent a pitch and sell/trade their wares directly.

    Also, pet monkeys.
    Posted 15 months ago by Bobby Chuckles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Hyaena: That hair is awesome!
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would love to see several more transport destination slots than the three we currently have, and I'm all for upgrading/building on or under/decorating our houses inside and out, and upgrading the shelf and storage cabinet.
    Posted 15 months ago by Doctor Hoo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh yes, just remembered.  Different eye color choices and the ability to use a color wheel with different shades in between would be super.
    Posted 15 months ago by Doctor Hoo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pets, water, customisation of houses (co-own sounds great!).  Basically what they said.

    I also want a pet monkey, I like monkeys.
    Posted 15 months ago by icatchm0nkeys Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmmm, how about transformation, we can transform into things, such as guano?
    Posted 15 months ago by Marcm Subscriber! | Permalink
  • hehe.. what if someone accidentally picked you up and spread you on their crops :D
    Posted 15 months ago by icatchm0nkeys Subscriber! | Permalink
  • then you become super crap (instead of super crop) a mixture between guano and crop
    Posted 15 months ago by Marcm Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cats.  If you keep a pet cat, it will catch butterflies and bring them to you.  It also will, on occasion, milk your butterflies and drink the milk.  It will eat certain kinds of food if you leave them lying around, and can steal from your backpack too.  A cat can squeeze a chicken, and you get to keep what comes out -- unless it's a cat toy (duh).  If a pig comes too close to it, your cat will become upset and you will lose mood points.  When your cat throws up a hairball, you will lose mood points until you clean it up (which will cost energy points).  Every once in a while, instead of a hairball, your cat will spit out something useful, which you get to keep.  You get a mood boost from petting your cat -- up to a point.
    Posted 15 months ago by Splendora Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would like to see another Mining and Meditative arts still, and more Cubimals.
    Posted 15 months ago by Sludge Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Djabriil how about a lovely Robot Sculpture to  put next to your computer while you play?  You could *imagine* that it was helping you.  ;-)
    Posted 15 months ago by ArtOfHands RoboGirl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for the cats, Splendora. Yes!!!!
    Posted 15 months ago by La Sirène Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ah, cats are everything Glitch is not. They are selfish, haughty and condescending. They would not help you unless they were sure it would benifit themselves more than it would you. Cats would kill the butterflies before they brought them to you, so they would be totally worthless. I would much rather nibble a pig than pick up hairballs.
    Posted 15 months ago by Kookaburra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ FlirtyvonSexenhaven - This blog posts here mentions the wireframe models, if you're interested:)
    Posted 15 months ago by Muncey Mango Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cool, MM, thanks! It sounds like a good compromise... focus on what's important, then...
    Posted 15 months ago by FlirtyvonSexenhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh look at this beta.glitch.com/items/spigot/ new tree me thinks.
    Posted 15 months ago by koolaroo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That has been in the encyclopedia almost forever, koolaroo. Don't know if it will ever be implemented, or if it's left-over from a discarded idea.
    Posted 15 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ sheperdmoon Oh sorry about that.
    Posted 15 months ago by koolaroo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The spigot is old. Goes back to alpha.
    Posted 15 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A pirate hat in my wardrobe :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Twoodle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • -1 for cats

    +1 for pet monkeys - especially wise and "monkey-minded" monkeys.  Remember that monkey in The Lion King?  like that.
    Posted 15 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't know, cats aren't always "selfish, haughty and condescending". My cats run around like mad things in the middle of the night, eat flies, groom each other, try to go up anywhere high, follow you around, meow at you to play with them, fetch toys and bring them back for you to throw again, and curl up to sleep together. However you couldn't really have cats without dogs, or you'd end up with a huge cat/dog debate.

    How about glasses? Both sunglasses and normal. And I think I saw facial hair mentioned somewhere, that would be awesome.

    I'd be kinda amused if my glitch started hopping around with pins and needles in their leg if I left them standing in one place doing nothing for a while, too.
    Posted 15 months ago by Serilyn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is Glitch, where pigs give you meat if you're nice to them, and cherries can be converted into bananas. If we want nice friendly cats that just like to play all day there is no reason that the Giants can't imagine them into being.

    Glitch does not, and cannot live by the constraints of our real life experience, after all the whole purpose for the existence of Ur is to find a better way.
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm just so tired of seeing cats all over the internet. cat pics all over flickr, lol cats everywhere else... and hardly any monkeys anywhere.
    Posted 15 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to PONY! :-D
    Posted 15 months ago by Kare Bear Subscriber! | Permalink
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