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New housing system

Hi everyone!

I have been hearing little tidbits about the changes that will occur to the housing system.
So, what is the new housing system exactly, and what will it be comprised of?
curious glitchen minds want to know
:)

Posted 13 months ago by neuron Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • From the massively interview, Stoot says:

    "... the way housing will work... we're going to make both the land and the house itself fully upgradeable and expandable, which doesn't make sense with the way our housing works right now. It's a pretty finite amount of space given how close [houses] are packed into each other. Everyone will like it much, much better because then the house can be an expression that is also part of the gameplay. You know, you craft items to use as decorations and that kind of stuff. [...] Another one is rethinking levels and experience. One thing we'd really like to see is, rather than giving you experience points so you level up, we instead let you earn something. Let's just call it imagination, and with that you can customize your character. You could choose to use that 'imagination' and make your character have a bigger energy tank or run faster or jump higher or expand the size of your property or one of a million other things."
    Posted 12 months ago by Scarlett Bearsdale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Scarlett: you weren't kidding about sharing my problem logging out of the game but finding yourself still in the forums.  I should have gone to bed hours ago.  

    DOH!
    Posted 12 months ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Seriously!

    So if TS is serious both about the unlikelihood of a reset and the changes above, what does that mean for the Great Move of Year 19?

    We have been imagining using stockpiled resources and currants to purchase parts of our customizable new houses. Will we be using experience points instead, after they get converted into "imagination"?  Maybe a combination of the two - you need the resources and the imagination?

    I'm also wondering about streets and neighbours.  Right now I really like living on a street with neighbours I know irl and from the game.  It's nice to pop next door on your way out of the street and check your friend's piggy feeders, revere their icons and tithe to them if they want tithing, drop off some expensive grilled cheese you made for them, and so on.  I would like to retain this functionality even if "housing quarters" as we know them cease to exist.  Mainly, I don't want to have to load another page to go by my friend's place.
    Posted 12 months ago by Scarlett Bearsdale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay for the upgradable houses!

    (starts praying they'll remember to let people mix patch types...)
    Posted 12 months ago by Ayzad Subscriber! | Permalink
  • While I don't have any reason to believe it will be true, I can imagine a system where glitchen build a block together that can have up to so many houses.  So it's possible we'll get to keep the option to pop by a neighbor's without loading a new screen each time.  
    Posted 12 months ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink
  • With the wonderful imagination of the Giants, it could be anything. Maybe everybody's 'street(s)' will be different... a stroll down your friends list?, arranged any way you want it to be? We can't imagine it until they do, but it will be fun trying, and reading others ideas. 
    Posted 12 months ago by Harley Davidson Subscriber! | Permalink