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Sandbox features, player generated content, and other questions

Hi, if somebody would be kind enough to satisfy my curiosity a little bit... 

1. How does writing notes work in this game? I just learned Penpersonship, but still haven't given it a try. I wonder how large notes can be and how much time they last. This was the thing that attracted me in the first place, being able to create something that had the potential to make an impact in the game. I love the idea of giving random notes to strangers to lighten their day. Well, I guess everybody plays their sandbox in a particular way :).

2. Just how much can you interact with the world, when compared to a non-mmo sandbox? I'd like to see player-generated content such as individual shops, cafés... Perhaps the game will not offer this option at all and I just came up with it, but seems like a good idea to me. Maybe you can make your house a public space for such means? 

3. Would there be a roleplaying community? Just how well does the game allow that kind of interaction? I can imagine this being a nice platform for such a thing, as it promotes individual paths and seamless approaches. I'd love to see RP developed to some extent. 

4. Would there be guilds or something similar? It might have its negative consequences, by separating the individuals into groups, but also could be a powerful tool to work as a team for some large-scale goal or if the members seek a common path such as roleplaying.

Thank you all, and excuse my ignorance, I'm sure I have said something outrageous :)

Posted 14 months ago by Milady Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • 1) Get paper and a quill, and you're set! You can write 5000 characters on each sheet of paper, and they'll last as long as you want. 

    2) I think I heard this may be an option (creating your own shops, etc.), but I'm not sure.

    3) Same as above.

    4) There are groups, right on over here: glitch.com/groups ;

    Nothing outrageous! Questions are good! Sorry for my lame answers. ;)
    Posted 14 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would also love to see a roleplaying community! It's such an interesting game, with a huge, weird world. I think having an RP group would be pretty awesome.

    And creating your own shops would be amazing. :D
    Posted 14 months ago by Soma Satori Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think there's an RP group... hold on... http://www.glitch.com/groups/search/?q=rp
    Posted 14 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If you like extended gameplay and RPing watch the general forum on halloween, I may have something for you. I'm running a sort of questy eventy type thing

    Glitch wiki says that notes only have a 1000 character limit, not 5000 (http://www.glitch-strategy.com/wiki/Note)
    Posted 14 months ago by SacredBob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 1. I'm more inclined to believe the wiki limit of 1000 characters.  It doesn't seem that long.  But you can make multiple notes if you're feeling wordy.  Another fun thing you can do is buy a fortune cookie from the toy vendor and slip your note in there.

    2.  You're limited by your imagination.  I've already seen lotteries, markets, banks, and people selling various wanted items like cubimals and no-no powder since this game started.  People are also using their homes for such diverse things as icon tourism and temporary moving storage.

    3.  Don't really know how strong RP is in this game but it does seem like a natural fit given the lore and the community.

    4.  Group Halls have been announced as something they are definitely working on and plan to add to the game.
    Posted 14 months ago by Warrender Subscriber! | Permalink
  • pretty much anything you' like to start doing in the game.....just go ahead and do it! :)  Make a forum post and a group, gather others who want to join in, and go have your fun.  I bet you can find lots of Glitchen who want to RP with a group if it gets organized.

    There's an Ideas forum, also, where you can submit your ideas and see what others have come up with. The devs do watch that forum and stuff gets implemented as they grow the game. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Feylin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Glitch would lead you to believe this game is a shared dream. Like a dream, it is not quite what it seems. There are rules and quest, but no goals. You are tossed rewards to make you feel good. So far, this game is a cute and fun time eater.

    My favorite part of this experiment/exhibition is the remarks made by the rock or who ever is sending me emails. The rock often makes statements or ask questions. I really wish that I could have a choice of answers. Based on the tone I don't consider this a family game. So far I have seen references to masturbation and an item called "High-Class Hoe". I though it was funny, but I didn't recall seeing a game rating. Otherwise, perhaps I need to play further to see the point of this game or it's target audience. (other than making money for tiny speck)

    So far this seems game seems a blend of Second Life and Maplestory. 
    I think this project needs to become an art-for-arts-sake game. You gain experience points and/or game money if others like what you have created. Since this company had ties to Flickr it may understand letting participants create multimedia areas that others could observe or interact with. Fill this space with art, music, sound prose, stories etc..

    We are in the dream of one Giant? Or, are these Giants having one big dream? It's fine if a game makes no sense. Mario Land make no sense. Hopefully the players will make sense of the game, or not if we choose. If we wind up waiting for content and things to do, this will be like most games. IF the players become the creators then this game can become more personal.

    Also, the Giants seem to want attention from the players. Hopefully this will matter in the future. An earlier post stated that this game needs a story and a mystery. Hopefully this shared dream will let us create that vs. the "developers". This aspect will help make it unique. Thanks for allowing us feedback and having an open call for our creativity!
    Posted 13 months ago by Dark Phoenix Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Dark Phoenix: There is a backstory to the Giants and donations etc and a nod towards a bit more story to come, at some point you'll get the tower quest and the role of the shrines etc, giants and rook attacks gets explained a bit. Hopefully more of that sort of thing to come...Be nice if there was more to the ghosts and a use for the heart once collected for instance.

    Re the OP, there's talk of design/build housing to come, and new skills to learn that might result in the need to specialise in order to get good at certain aspects which I guess could result in Guild like groups, trading in order to get by rather than just for something to do, talk of lots of new areas and building projects, group islands.

    Massive arty farty pointless collaborative constructions might be a good 'sink' for stuff (blocks etc) generated when there are no street projects going on.
    Posted 13 months ago by Nobbin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @nobbinobody: Thanks for helping explain a few things!
    Posted 13 months ago by Dark Phoenix Subscriber! | Permalink