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Whimsical Wednesday - Houses Release 3

The game is now open! Check the new thread for feedback: http://www.glitch.com/forum/general/20792/

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The game is currently closed until sometime Thursday morning, Pacific time. The conversion process is running slower than anticipated, and we want to make everything goes just right, so we will not be open until we are ready.


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Good morning campers!

Today brings release 3 of the new housing system, marking a full reset of houses.

The game will be closed for a few hours while we perform the reset
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Do not be alarmed! Only houses are being reset.

After the reset is complete, your house will have been reset to the starter size, with no cultivated items and no furniture. Any upgraded furniture in your house or your furniture bag will be removed. You'll be given a small set of starter furniture in its place.

When you enter your new house after the reset, any items that you had in your old house or your testing house will have been moved into your new residence. Just unpack your moving boxes to get started.

A single moving box will contain multiple boxes for the old house, your test-house home street, test-house backyard and each floor of your test-house.

So that's what the reset entails, but what about new stuff? Well...

Furniture can now be crafted by players. Get building!

‌• Your new houses will now have their own web page, linked from your profile. You'll be able to easily visit other people's home streets from there (as well as from their "info pane" in the game client).

Once you've chosen/purchased a furniture upgrade, that choice is 'sticky'. If you upgrade a chair to style A, then switch it to style B, you'll later be able to switch back to style A at no cost. The same applies to your house chassis.

The initial furniture we give you is soul-bound. This means you can't give it away to other players. Other items may gain this property in the future.

Furniture can now be traded - either by using the 'give' verb, dragging it to another player or using the player-to-player trading system. You'll get an extra warning when you try to trade upgraded furniture. Auctions for furniture will be added in the near future.

Furniture should no longer drop through the floor when you're placing it on your 2nd floor. Or your 3rd - houses can now be 3 floors tall.

All street styles now have music.

Furniture items all have their own web pages, as do the upgrades. You can browse and bookmark your perfect setup while you're waiting for the reset.

The furniture bag is now sorted, to make finding your furniture easier. And it'll now be accessible anywhere in the world, to allow your to trade your items.

The old houses are fading away. Visit the abandoned apartment blocks to reminisce.

There's probably some more stuff hidden in there too, so take a look around, kick the tires and lets us know what you think.

update #1: The housing FAQ has been updated.

update #2: The reset is taking longer than expected - the game will be closed until Thursday morning, pacific time. We are being EXTRA careful with the migration since no-one wants the movers to lose a single precious item.

Posted 7 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj9hmg9eVkI
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 10000
    Posted 7 months ago by iDylan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Missed it, iDylan. You were 999.
    Posted 7 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Three cheers for Bees! 
    For just being Bees!
    Posted 7 months ago by CrashTestPilot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Three cheers for Bees! 
    For just being Bees!
    Posted 7 months ago by CrashTestPilot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 111,111 cheers for all the staff!
    Posted 7 months ago by FlatEarther Subscriber! | Permalink
  • coffees on.
    Posted 7 months ago by Jellybelly Baby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • iDylan.... I certainly hope that we don`t get to 10K before its ready lol... but whatever time they need.... lol....
    Posted 7 months ago by Fadas Néboa Curuxa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 1000
    Posted 7 months ago by iDylan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Half a cheer for Bees and Tiny Speck! 

    Hip!
    Hip!
    HOO!
    Posted 7 months ago by Azure L`daz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • here's iDylan getting 999: http://i.imgur.com/ImPKD.png
    Posted 7 months ago by devlogic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nearly time to put the kids to bed - aaaaaaargh! ;0)
    Posted 7 months ago by geekybird Subscriber! | Permalink
  • why only half a cheer lol
    Posted 7 months ago by Serenity's Mommy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Coffees on come get it.
    Posted 7 months ago by Jellybelly Baby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 42
    Posted 7 months ago by Csophae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL! Thanks guys I saw that was a failed attempt. But 999's still a cool number, right?!
    Posted 7 months ago by iDylan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just bought a subscription I'm so excited for the new furniture ::::))))
    Posted 7 months ago by FelicityCubed Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bees! Bees! It must be Beeeeeeeees! (sorry, holdover from yesterday)

    Meanwhile I think using the Fireflies to make honey is a nice idea. They aren't any use now for anything other than crystals which aren't much use either. You could shake a full Firefly jar to turn it into a stack of honey. Or add something to the jar to make them poop honey. 

    As Alton Brown says, single-use tools are not Good Eats. 
    Posted 7 months ago by Bexatious Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Angylee Sorry, its a family tradition based on an old claymation adventure game called Neverhood.
    Posted 7 months ago by Azure L`daz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This has worked out very well for me :) I have actually cleaned my real cabin so won't have to do it after I having spent 2 days building my new Glitch cabin TYTY TS
    Posted 7 months ago by Yarf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • only when it`s turned upside down i Dylan lol
    Posted 7 months ago by Fadas Néboa Curuxa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 999 is an awesome number lol
    Posted 7 months ago by Serenity's Mommy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This has worked out very well for me :) I have actually cleaned my real cabin so won't have to do it after I having spent 2 days building my new Glitch cabin TYTY TS
    Posted 7 months ago by Yarf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This has worked out very well for me :) I have actually cleaned my real cabin so won't have to do it after I having spent 2 days building my new Glitch cabin TYTY TS
    Posted 7 months ago by Yarf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It was said somewhere between midnight and 11:59 am PST, so technically you wouldn't be late for another 67 minutes or so. :P *ducks flying shoes*
    Posted 7 months ago by Moriko Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This has worked out very well for me :) I have actually cleaned my real cabin so won't have to do it after I having spent 2 days building my new Glitch cabin TYTY TS
    Posted 7 months ago by Yarf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This has worked out very well for me :) I have actually cleaned my real cabin so won't have to do it after I having spent 2 days building my new Glitch cabin TYTY TS
    Posted 7 months ago by Yarf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This has worked out very well for me :) I have actually cleaned my real cabin so won't have to do it after I having spent 2 days building my new Glitch cabin TYTY TS
    Posted 7 months ago by Yarf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This has worked out very well for me :) I have actually cleaned my real cabin so won't have to do it after I having spent 2 days building my new Glitch cabin TYTY TS
    Posted 7 months ago by Yarf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ...Having trouble, Yarf?
    Posted 7 months ago by Kitty Howard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lol
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That's not the F5 key, Yarf! ;-)
    Posted 7 months ago by Koftun Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lol, Yarf, I think you're a little over-excited
    Posted 7 months ago by Aurora Dellaterra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lol
    Posted 7 months ago by Pickle Bob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yarf will take us to 10,000 single-handedly! Now that's a Glitch with team spirit!
    Posted 7 months ago by Miss Coco Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This has worked out very well for me :) I have actually cleaned my real cabin so won't have to do it after I having spent 2 days building my new Glitch cabin TYTY TS
    Posted 7 months ago by Electric Wizard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • hahaha!
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Quick, what's an excuse I can use to get out of work today?? :(
    Posted 7 months ago by Bradamus Prime Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I see you there, Ama-gi.
    Posted 7 months ago by Liathea Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Miss Coco... you were the 1000 ;o)
    Posted 7 months ago by Fadas Néboa Curuxa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • no more coffee for Yarf
    Posted 7 months ago by Magnificent Maude Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have no idea brad, please let me know when you find one. XD
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ Bradamus Prime  call in zombie
    Posted 7 months ago by Megzorz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I`ve been lagging more in the last few mins.... good things???
    Posted 7 months ago by Fadas Néboa Curuxa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • TS should hand out login numbers, to space us out. Otherwise it will go We are Open!  Log in!. Everyone logs in. Servers crash from overload. Servers reboot. Rinse and repeat...
    Posted 7 months ago by Zunar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have been lagging too. :(
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My Home Street and it's resources finally disappeared. LOL
    Posted 7 months ago by Lorraine ♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lol Yarf cleaned the cabin 8 times ya must be exhausted..lol :) 
    Posted 7 months ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have run out of things to occupy my time with alothough my house is clean and my files are straight. plus i have read 200 pages of my new book. I just hope it doesn't come right back up before i have to go watch my friends kid. which it will!
    Posted 7 months ago by Sammmy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They were doing that when I signed up sometime last year... I discovered glitch from a news1130.com article. I was all excited about it... signed up.... had to wait a minimum of 24 hours so they weren't overflowed lol.... wonder if that will happen again when the release again.
    Posted 7 months ago by Fadas Néboa Curuxa Subscriber! | Permalink
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