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Wondering - What's the Plan for the Current Buildings in Game?

Considering we are getting these sweet new customizable homes, I'm wondering what the plan is for the apartment homes in parts of the world, and also for the model homes...

I was wondering what others might like to see, but also, would love to hear from any of the devs if the buildings will go poof, or if there is a plan for them...seems Ur will be a different place without all the cool bog structures or even the apartment buildings.

A few thoughts would be that they get turned into shopping mall highrises where we can rent stalls...or maybe they have some cool games for us to play like in the tower (though something more like paintball in an old warehouse would be cool too, but might wreck the integrity of the 'no violence' part of the game)....it would be a shame to waste the structures or take them out of the landscape...but I'm curious as to what's going to happen to them.  The signposts to the neighborhoods, don't seem to have as much of an impact on the landscape if they go poof, but the buildings themselves would...

I don't really remember much being said about them during the discussions of the big change...however, if there was, it's likely I missed it...I just keep wondering about this as I wander around Ur...

Let the speculation begin...

Posted 9 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I know that when they were answering *lots* of questions right after the test houses came out, someone (Stoot I think?) said that mostly they would go away but some would stay explorable.

    Beyond that.... a paintball type game sounds like a *lot* of fun. or high rise community gardens. they would probably be a lot of fun to hang out in ala the model homes
    Posted 9 months ago by Fern Connelly Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is the nearest I've seen to an official word on that, from a couple of weeks back:

    "Will the doors just close and be generic now? Will the building there still exist?"
    Some buildings will still exist and be explorable, but most will be gone. No block streets either.
    www.glitch.com/forum/genera...
    Posted 9 months ago by oscarette Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Something like this might happen too.
    Posted 9 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the cross post TCF!  I figured I wasn't the first to wonder, but hadn't seen much posted here in the general forums for discussion.  I rarely read through the ideas anymore since so many are just repeats from original beta, so it's good to see a new/novel idea posted!

    Thanks oscarette and Fern for the confirmation that the devs had addressed it, albeit vaguely.
    Posted 9 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I really can't wait to see if we can go explore the high rises and make our own spots for missions and stuff, like the old Hakusan Heaps Tower room was.  <'3
    Posted 9 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It'd be nice to have 1 street of each kind left behind, as a sort of museum of what went before.

    But that's because I like history. 
    Posted 9 months ago by Lyn Frog, Esq Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Gone.
    Posted 9 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • All go byebye was what I understood.
    Posted 9 months ago by MrVolare Subscriber! | Permalink
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    Posted 9 months ago by MrVolare Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It would be nice to be able to make our houses look like bog houses, and model homes as well....It will be a shame for them to go away. The model home style offer so much more for decorating than all the other styles as far as I'm concerned. Please don't toss them out the window.
    Posted 9 months ago by Miss Muffett Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That's a shame. I just bought a treehouse yesterday because I thought it looked better than the 'test home' too.
    Posted 9 months ago by Nayeli Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Miss Muffett, this is only the first batch of the test houses. There are multiple dev posts asserting that other housing types will be available in the future, as well as the possibility of recreating a very similar look to the old housing designs...

    Lily Frog, http://www.glitch.com/forum/ideas/16968/#reply-178107
    Posted 9 months ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Not sure what that really means Tom.  A museum of things...don't really remember what the post said.
    Posted 9 months ago by Miss Muffett Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Museum of old style housing....does that mean we are going to be able to design our new houses to look like all the other style of houses and then some that we have grown to love so much?
    Posted 9 months ago by Miss Muffett Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Miss Muffett, yes, the housing customization in the final release would allow you to make the new house look very similar to any of the current housing styles plus more. However right now only one test release has happened, so that's why everyone is seeing the same variety; this test release is not final and does not include all the future features including expansions, multiple floors, and cultivation of your own resources.

    The museum idea was a different thread regarding keeping some of the old houses in their current look for posterity, but does not interfere with plans to allow new housing to look like old styles should the owner wish to customize it that way.
    Posted 9 months ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I understood that this was just a trial phase. I just was hoping that we could keep the same housing ideas that there are now in the future. Thank you for your help :D  Glad I don't have to keep  wondering   :)
    Posted 9 months ago by Miss Muffett Subscriber! | Permalink