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Invites Re-enabled

Invites have been re-enabled and the new tutorial and "Gentle Island" now works (at least enough for public testing). So, if you have friends who have been waiting, go ahead and invite them.

For the time being, we request that you NOT invite yourself at a dummy address to run through the tutorial (we're controlling the flow of new people in and recording a lot of stats as part of the testing — alts mess those up). We've posted a summary of how it works (complete with videos) so you can see it for yourself without creating a new character.

The next step is to continue to refine and tweak the current version and extend it (new players are not told anything about cultivation, friends, groups, chat, auctions, towers, visiting others home streets and a lot more). We'll also be re-enabling greeting soon. 

For now it is just player-to-player invites. Soon we will also start working through the queue of people who have been waiting for invites (some as long as six months).

We are doing lots of live user testing with people who have never played Glitch to get feedback on pacing and the amount of "directedness" in the new user experience and expect to be iterating on it constantly for the next six weeks or so. This is not the re-launch and does not mean that re-launch is imminent — there's still plenty more to do!

Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I'm gonna make my sister finally sign up now! Yay! 
    Posted 5 months ago by MsKelseyClaire Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Im. Just. So. HAAAAAAAAPPPPYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! :DDDD
    Posted 5 months ago by Francie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Your Greeters thank you! We have been pacing around like crazy ;]
    Posted 5 months ago by Mistress*of*Fishies Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cool, can we get some insite as to what the plenty more to do is? :D
    Posted 5 months ago by koolaroo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Stoot *hugs* At last I can get some loved ones to try this amazing life changing experience. :D Miss you all, dear Ur :D Cheers and *hugs* again, Bachjess
    Posted 5 months ago by Bachjess♫♫♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LIKE!!!!
    Posted 5 months ago by le beebs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • But I wanted a pony...oh ok fine..
    Posted 5 months ago by ☣ elf ☣ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Awesome! Also, lots of folks on Glitch Facebook need invites.* ( www.facebook.com/playglitch )
    Posted 5 months ago by Smallchalet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes! Now my mom can finally play! Stoot and Co., you're my heroes.
    Posted 5 months ago by Osiris χ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wonderful <3
    Posted 5 months ago by Queen Zipporah Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OK, I won't sign up myself ;)  I have offered up my invitations to the folks that frequent my forum, so hopefully I'll get some takers :D
    Posted 5 months ago by Genkimama Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ooooh, maybe my other sister will finally get in :) Whelp, thanks for letting us know, can't wait to see everything :)
    Posted 5 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is great news, but the invite I tried to send kept giving me an error message.  I e-mailed my friend to see if it got through anyway.

    I know it's been a long wait and there are probably some kinks to iron out -- I hope I can play with my friends sooooooon.
    Posted 5 months ago by Pale Queen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Helga the Heavenly sings:

    " Come out, come out wherever you are
    And meet the young Glitchen who fell from a star They fell from the sky, they fell very far
    Gentle Island they say is the name of the star. "
    Let's get off our streets and out in the world and show 'em what we look like!
    Posted 5 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My husband is working his way through the tutorial now, and I am gleeful.
    Posted 5 months ago by Aliera Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Add your friends! None of your Facebook friends are playing yet - you should invite them! You know, if we allowed that. Then it would be a good idea.
    (where do I go to invite someone? Since this is what it says on my friends page :(
    Posted 5 months ago by Serenity's Mommy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Serenity's Mommy: go to the home page and see the notice about invites or just follow this link: http://www.glitch.com/invites/email/
    Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Great! I can't wait to see it! (My boyfriend will be rejoining, FINALLY, so a stipulation to his invite is that I have to be there for the tutorial! :D)
    Posted 5 months ago by La Mariposa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Very Exciting.   This is so Great!
    Posted 4 months ago by Mystbecky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Anyone who has invited new people, let us know what the tutorial's like! I got to talk to my friend for a bit and he mentioned flamingoes. o_O
    Posted 4 months ago by Avnas Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This document has a summary of the tutorial & Gentle Island along with links to more videos than you want to watch.
    Posted 4 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks stoot, you're always one step ahead of course.
    Posted 4 months ago by Avnas Subscriber! | Permalink
  • aweeesome! thank you glitch!
    Posted 4 months ago by rosedragon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 1. Yay invites open again!
    2. pout, I really want to start a new alt, been chomping at the bit for that since img rolled.  O well, I'll be good.
    Posted 4 months ago by Fnibbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When do invites refill? I have a feeling that a tonne of my friends will want to join.
    Posted 4 months ago by Avnas Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks so much for sharing videos of the awesome new tutorial...it's amazing how much this game has evolved!  I can't wait to hear what my newly invited friends think of the game! 

    Good jorb, TS!  :)
    Posted 4 months ago by Boniferous Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Boniferous!

    Avnas: we will reset people in a few days (and it is possible that we'll soon be able to grant more invites on a person-by-person basis sooner).
    Posted 4 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have 3 invites someone can use as my family are all too busy to rejoin atm
    Posted 4 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I sent out two invites three hours ago and my tally went down to one remaining, and now I have three to send again already! Am I lucky or buggy? ;)
    Posted 4 months ago by Payday Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Payday: We just made it so that if you are down to 0 or 1 and your previous invites have been accepted, you are automatically topped up.
    Posted 4 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, groovorama! Cheers!
    Posted 4 months ago by Payday Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I apologize for making an alt before reading the full text here!  I was too excited.

    His name is Axitaka, if you need to, or can, filter him out of your data.

    Now, if anyone uses up their invites bringing friends aboard, and you have even more people waiting, I've got some I can pass along!  Just let me know.  I don't know anybody off the top of my head who wants to join up, myself, but I'll check Facebook in the mean time.
    Posted 4 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you Stoot and everyone else at Tiny Speck. Your dedication and creativity is nothing short of amazing. Sent a tiny present your way ;)

    Ur needs more glitches! Let the invites flow.
    Posted 4 months ago by Heatseeker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okie Dokie no new alt..promise.. :)..haha still wish I was a newbie though.( just cos it looks cute.. the tutorial I mean ) . :D But nooo way would I go through all that again..thats like wishing ya was 16 again when ya already made it to 50..LOL :) x 
    Posted 4 months ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So glad the new tutorial mentions how the home streets are PUBLIC and that other Glitches can visit you there! The whole thing looks great! Thanks for letting us "mature" players take a peek!
    Posted 4 months ago by foolbunny Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm glad yall finally let me in =)
    Also glad my sister is here to teach me the ropes and for all the awesome players who have been so just AWESOME.
    This is too much fun
    Posted 4 months ago by A. Snuffleupagus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • WOW, that tutorial looks great. Very well done TS.
    Posted 4 months ago by Soymocha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I hope we can make alts and re-play the game soon (or even soon(tm)) because I'd like to try re-building a character with the upgrades and img system. I'll wait though.
    Posted 4 months ago by Niqster Subscriber! | Permalink
  • NICE !!   and  thanks  for  the  link  for  us  to see,  I am sure  a few of  us Oldies  thought   of  starting  a  new one  just  to see it ( i know  i did)    Great  Job  in tutorial, So looking  forward to some  Newbies  to play  with,   
    I will say  again  Great  Job  T.S.
    Posted 4 months ago by Pinkie Pinkston Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Very nice intro; I think you really made the home street and house make sense. The only thing I would suggest is at least a mention of the wider world outside when you talk about how your home street is "public" since new players won't have a referent for "public" vs "private" at this point. (Right now, the intro makes the game seem single-player and doesn't suggest there is a wide and interesting world outside your home street.)

    Another idea to expand on the home street network: if the new player came in through an invite, to have it step them through friending the person who invited them, adding them to their signpost and visiting their home street.
    Posted 4 months ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ok...so I got 10 seconds in to the video and I'm crying. In a coffee shop. By myself. Because it's reminding me all over again how magical it was to start the game. Dammit. Now I need napkins. Can I make it through the whole thing without becoming completely undone? I will attempt to provide feedback once I get over being an emotional sap.
    Posted 4 months ago by Voluptua Sneezelips Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Like Carl, I created an alt (Reader) before reading this post. I had submitted an invite months ago and when it came through I jumped. *hangs head* Sorry, stoot.

    Reader went through the tutorial and she was dazzled! I was happy to read, though, that things like home streets, friends, greeters, etc are in the pipeline.

    The only feedback I can offer is that being dropped in Rasana wasn't a good location for two reasons: Reader had chosen LGT1 and the trees are far and few behind. Secondly, it's a lonely region. I didn't run into one person. My first experience with Glitch was being dropped in Groddle Meadow---brimming with trees, quoins, pigs and other players. I know that once we go live, there simply cannot be hundreds of players dropped in one location. The lag would be horrendous. But starting off in regions with more resources and peeps will increase the staying power of noobs, imho.
    Posted 4 months ago by Blithe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Are we ok to send invites to people in the same household? My daughter wants to try it but don't want to muck up any data collection.
    Posted 4 months ago by Troll Doll Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Troll Doll: go ahead — same house is fine. Even the same computer is fine. We just don't want people creating account just so they can walk through it themselves, but which they are going to toss away after.
    Posted 4 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cheers big ears :)
    Posted 4 months ago by Troll Doll Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yayayay! New glitches!
    Posted 4 months ago by Chemisie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, I am so excited to be seeing youngsters again. I am going to have to unpack my welcome bags and start handing stuff out. I love their wide eyes full of excitement over all the Glitchiness! I will go into sammich production this evening - remember a sammich to level 2 Glitch is just as valuable as an awesome stew is to a level 42!
    Posted 4 months ago by Kookaburra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have three invites like SGJO if anyone needs a spot or two or three, I'd be happy to help out if needs be.  Best get myself ready as a Greeter so I'm clear what I need to do or not do...lol. Love this!
    Posted 4 months ago by AlmostSilver Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you so much for opening up the invites! I am so excited about having new people come in!

    I just wish there was a way for us to find our new neighbors. The video indicates that they are coming in through Thicket but I have only seen one new person there.

    I remember that when I joined I started out in some utterly remote, deserted area and I almost died of loneliness. Finally, I messaged (on Facebook) the person who invited me and told them how unhappy I was and she came and brought me to Cebarkul.  If she had not done that I probably would have given up.

    I think the new people should start out in a populated place like Cebarkul. Or at least tell us experienced players where to find them so we can welcome them.
    Posted 4 months ago by Miss Bobbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What Miss Bobbitt said..I would love to give a helping hand to just imagined glitches....
    Posted 4 months ago by FlatEarther Subscriber! | Permalink
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