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Welcome Faunasphere refugees and all new players :)

Welcomes have been touched on in other threads, but I felt it needed it own thread.

It was great to have met so many of you during yesterdays testing! It got a little overwhelming at times in the Help Chat pane, but it was definitely fun! It was hard at times not to ruin the "spirit of exploring" for a new player and give too much away as to how to do / make / find something in-game.

A few things I noticed that was common for many of the Faunasphere players, and this may help:

* Most things in Glitch are easiest to do using the keyboard and NOT the mouse - it seemed when you were using the mouse, the playing window "lost its focus" for you and needed to be clicked within to bring it back into focus. See alpha.glitch.com/help/ for some keyboard shortcuts.

* Use the mini-map in the upper right corner of the screen to help guide you around - you can map routes to your destination, plus see vendor info, etc. listed - it will not teleport you to your destination;

* When an item is visible in either your main storage slots or in an open Storage Bag along the bottom of your screen, click on it to see if it has additional interaction possibilities;

* Also - use The Rock - it's right in the middle top of the screen - it is your "familiar" to help keep track of stuff;

* Joining a Group here on the website has the effect of creating a separate Chat pane in-game; A dedicated FS Group was established by some FS players yesterday here: alpha.glitch.com/groups/RTJ...

* You can change your characters looks via the Vanity: alpha.glitch.com/vanity/ and the Wardrobe: alpha.glitch.com/wardrobe/ (Both of which can be done even when the game is closed);

* If something is not behaving the way you expected it to, the easiest fix in some cases is to simply refresh your browsers page; If your character gets "stuck," try clicking in the window to bring it back into focus or by simply jumping with the spacebar (works great when it seems your character just keeps walking on its own);

* You can't really break anything in-game, so click on / try to combine / interact with everything;

* There no stupid questions - so ask away! I learned a lot when I first started by simply watching the Help Chat pane and questions asked and answers given there;

* Other great resources are the Encyclopedia here ( alpha.glitch.com/encyclopedia/ ), and the unofficial (but sanctioned) game wiki set up and run by alpha testers here: www.glitch-strategy.com/wik... ;

* On Twitter, follow @playglitch and @isglitchopen ; On Facebook, "like" www.facebook.com/playglitch ;

* Also check out the official blog at glitch.com/ - some valuable info can be gleaned there;

Again, welcome to the Glitch community!

Posted 21 months ago by Yeoman Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • b3achy: IMHO, the 2-Dness is part of what makes Glitch unique. I rather like the straightforward back-and-forthness.
    Posted 21 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • b3achy: IMHO, the 2-Dness is part of what makes Glitch unique. I rather like the straightforward back-and-forthness.
    Posted 21 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • wow. triple posted. sorry 'bout that.
    Posted 21 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Figured the No-No hadn't quite worn off : )
    Posted 21 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Kaushka, the God & deities don't bother me, because I'm used to my being the only Buddhist in the room, but I do have friends that it would outright offend. I can understand the underlying meaning behind why they're there and know that there's no offence intended. I just think it's funny to have God talking to us from on high.
    Posted 21 months ago by Essie Kitten Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is a great welcome. Thank you so much. We, I feel special
    Posted 21 months ago by Mystbecky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Somehow I had missed this link over the last couple days (probably due to OCD-like levels of frenzied Faunasphere-ing, pre shutdown). But I just wanted to add my huge thanks also for the warm welcome, in so may ways (this page, the Refugee chat group, the dev who talked to us all in that chat window). I had a ball on test day...sure did not get much work done (my coworkers no doubt noticed my distraction!). But oh, I laughed myself silly. And I love that the quests are so often multiple steps...anyway...can't wait for next taste!
    Posted 21 months ago by RM Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Another big thank you for the warm welcome. Sorry I'm a bit late, but I was so engrossed in my 1st visit to Glitch and then it was getting late here that I had to go to bed!

    As another FS refugee, I can only echo, it's lovely to have such a friendly welcome when you are facing evacuation from a strong community that you have been part of. Everything was a bit overwhelming back to being a N00b again, but it was also fun and comforting to see so many friendly names around. Apologies to those I might have ignored, I had to wait for someone to tell me where the bubble chat box was!!!!

    Writing this on a very sad day as it's the closing day of FS :( but looking forward to jumping back into Glitch when it's next open. I was 10 minutes short of completing my Penpersonship 1, when god closed the doors - stupid me should have noticed how long it took to do! Desperate to buy myself a house!
    Posted 21 months ago by ♥joby♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you for the welcome and the tips! :3 I have yet to play, and I wait patiently yet excitedly for the developers to re-open the doors for another alpha test. Glitch even got me to sign up for twitter, and that's something I never expected to do! :0
    Posted 21 months ago by Vexia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice to meet you too! Wow, old friends, and lots of new ones to discover. The thrill of a first date.....can't wait for the next one.

    (to sc803: you are not the only Buddhist in the room.)

    A big hug to everyone in this new world. Love y'all!!!!!!
    Posted 21 months ago by 1padme Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you for the welcome and the explanation. :) I hope to put it to use next time as I barely got past entering my Glitch name before I had to leave last week.
    It seems a lot to learn and get used to but with the help of old friends and new ones I'm sure I'll work it all out when I do actually get to play. :)
    Posted 21 months ago by Leithwyn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thankyou ever so much for all this information.love the game and can't wait to play again.you are a dear and kind person to take the time and make us feel so welcolme .
    Posted 21 months ago by Jellybelly Baby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ghost777 - I can't say I know how you feel, but I empathize with you regarding the loss of your world yesterday; I can only imagine how devastated you all are at having to say good-bye to all your fauna you've worked so hard to "raise" as you created and bettered your world - I know they were more than just "pixels on a screen" to you.

    It was quickly very easy to see in our relatively short interaction during the last alpha test, that you are a close-knit group who cared greatly for your world.

    I look forward to interacting with you all as Glitch moves forward into the beta phase and into gold. The way I see it, you all could only better *ANY* new world you "landed" on...
    Posted 21 months ago by Yeoman Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks, Kaushka! It is so nice to feel so welcomed here. Yes, losing FS was devastating to us all, but one good thing did come out of it. We found each other, and considering we're from all over the world, there is no way we would have become such good friends any other way. I hope that we bring the spirit of cooperation and friendship with us here to Ur, and that we continue to make great friends as we go along.
    Posted 21 months ago by Essie Kitten Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What a nice thing to say Kaushka! Everyone here has made us noobs feel so welcome!

    We who were lucky enough to get "the call" have talked, and every person is super anxious and stoked to play here. We wait with eager anticipation.

    Thank you all. :)
    Posted 21 months ago by IrishElf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You will enjoy Glitch, I'm sure. I wish I'd known about Faunasphere, I could have been playing that instead of Microsoft Zookeeper (which all the same has its own pixelated charm). BTW I am ex-Beryl, now Emu. And kind of a wannabee Buddhist. I hope people can see that the 'God' stuff is a joke, and not meant to be offensive. If they can't then I guess they're in the wrong game and need to find a different one. Techies love to call themselves God, it just means they're all-powerful in the world they control. And if they've built it, why shouldn't they!
    Posted 21 months ago by Emu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just saw this thread. Thank you so much for the welcome and for being invited to help with the game. It looks like it will be a really great game. I look forward to watching and helping as it develops. :)

    Bonnie (Sierra)
    Another Faunasphere refugee, known as bep there.
    Posted 21 months ago by Sierra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Same here I just now found lol and seen this thread thank you so very much for the warm welcome. Also I really enjoyed playing and am looking forward to playing again once it opens but I do have a rather busy weekend planed so I hope I don't miss to much. I too am also looking forward to seeing and helping with input, although I'm some what quiet on the forums I read now more than I post but I am here. well now I am hehe since I found them. wasn't to hard just didn't look around much wasn't sure what or where we could go when the game wasn't online. hope to see you all soon
    Penny (fanofthe8) (ltdale4everfs)
    Posted 21 months ago by Ltdale4everFS Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm so glad I was able to interact with so many more of you FS folks yesterday and today - I'm sure your presence will only enhance the existing quality of the Glitch universe!

    Again, sorry if some of my answers in Help-Chat were seemingly "snarky" - I'm just torn about "giving too much away" and tainting the self-satisfaction you get when you figure out one of the "puzzles" with little help.

    I had fun with you all, and I can't wait to see you all in-game again!
    Posted 21 months ago by Yeoman Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the welcome I missed getting in the game yesterday when I got the invite I was working. But at least I got this far Yay. Can't wait to try it all out.


    Xplicit
    Posted 21 months ago by Xplicit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Also want to say thanks for the warm welcome. I think that this will be a awesome game and it cracks me up somtimes, it feels great to have something to brighten my day again. Can't wait to get lost in this game everyday. Getting use to using the keyboard to move, but still can't get the hang of jumping, but if I eats my spinach I feel young again lol :) Hoping that next time is soon.
    Posted 21 months ago by miskey Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow! that was great! I finally got my invite for the game, and I had so much fun!

    It was great to see so many names from FS . I have used my name from my main account, so hopefully some of you will recognize me.

    I didn't really have time to interact with anybody, there is a much steeper learning curve for Glitch and I was too busy trying to figure everything out, lol. But I did make a couple of new friends and hopefully I won't be such a newb the next time the game is open. :)

    Thanks so much for the invite! It really is a great game! Can't wait for it to go public!
    Posted 21 months ago by Leesapin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Its good to see so many familiar faces, I just got in for the first time today. I think it will take me a while to get used to the new controls after over a year in FS. Love the game so far apart from the butterflies!
    Posted 21 months ago by Sherbert Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i've had so much fun meeting all of you!

    i hope you come to like Glitch even better than FS. eventually : ]
    Posted 21 months ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @striatic

    Altho nothing will ever replace FS in my heart, Glitch has already found it's own unique spot in my heart too :)
    Different than FS and yet, as far as I'm concerned, just as awesome!

    TY, all, for this great game and letting me be a part of it's growing stage :)
    Posted 21 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @kaushka So many of us have such different learning and playing skills. I couldn't figure out how to make a sammich until someone told me to click on the cutting board/use. It seems so simple and common sense to me now, but I totally needed that tip to get going. And that tip took me from being totally frustrated back to totally enjoying the game.

    I think most everybody saw that your heart was in the right place. :)
    Posted 21 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks so much for the invite, it was very exciting to play...I can see many hours of playing Glitch in my future, just as I did in FS...Its so nice to see so many familiar names here and while we will never forget FS, becoming a part of the Glitch community seems to be just what us FS Refugees needed...so far playing Glitch has been a blast and I can't wait to see what the future holds for all of us glitches.
    Posted 21 months ago by xopumpkinxo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @striatic Thank you for all the help you have given in the help channel. Some of us are quiet,some of us observe, some of us are vocal. You have been a great help to us, no matter what our needs have been. FS was like that! Makes for a great diverse community! Thank you!
    Posted 21 months ago by tweetypie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • hi everyone and thank you for letting me to get a chance to be a tester i got to beta test FS i miss my FS...

    but i got my first taste in glitch last night i was away when they first sent out the jumping and then they reopened it again last night and i had alot of fun getting lost lol
    Posted 21 months ago by talkgirl7 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Such a lovely welcome and reiteration Kaushka - thank you! My first time in the game was this test and it was overwhelming and confusing, but at the same time beautiful and fun! My favorite part was seeing so many of our FS community - I guess I never really thought we'd ever play together again! Thanks for your understanding and sympathy as well as seeing us as a big constructive, work-together bunch that can really contribute to the world! I see us that way too! :D
    Posted 21 months ago by Hab Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you for the welcome. I can't wait until my schedule finally sync's up with the Glitch world being open!
    Posted 21 months ago by Kacinda Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like it lots already - thank you for letting me play :)
    Posted 21 months ago by Slippy (Throb) Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ahhh thats lovely, thanks for the nice welcome :) I will probably drive everyone nuts over the next few weeks asking loads of stupid questions but hey, thats how i seem to learn best lol!!!

    Looking forward to exploring a new world with new friends :) xxxx
    Posted 21 months ago by Milly21 Subscriber! | Permalink
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