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The official shutdown thread …

Glitch is closing. The details are here: www.glitch.com/closing/

We will do our best to answer everyone's questions (but please take a moment to read the announcement and FAQ before jumping in). Information on refunds is here: www.glitch.com/closing/refu...

Over the next few weeks we'll going to be releasing all kinds of things that were saved for later, nearly-done, previously-shelved or are in various states of design. We will do our best to help everyone get the most of the time which remains — you've all been given (or will shortly be given) 2,500 credits and a free subscription.

New signups and payments are now closed.

I feel sick.

[Edited to add, a few hours later]: I feel much better. Thank you everyone, for all the love! Amazing, beautiful and touching.

Posted 28 days ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I will miss this game dearly. It was nice to just come and relax in a game with no pressure to do everything and you can play at your own pace. It is sad to see that a game with this much potential and creativeness could not make it where there are games out there I question how they made it be so.  But anyhow, <3 you all. 
    Posted 24 days ago by NamelessJoy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • made ​​an application Ipad, Sell ​​games :D
    Posted 24 days ago by Beteneto Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There has to be something we can do.
    Why didn't you warn us?
    If you had warned us a month before, I woulda bought a million subs.
    Posted 24 days ago by Akane Tuna Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A poem, inspired by W.H. Auden (apologies for the awkward meter, tried to fit in as much of the wondrous 'imaginations' I could).

    Stop all the clocks, tell the frogs there'll be no mail
    Prevent the piggies from squeaking and twirling their tail.
    Silence the musicboxes and play the conch like a muffled drum
    Bring out the coffin, let the Faded Hearts come. 

    Let the subway circle, moaning underground
    Scribbling on the Sky Plunge the message, "Glitch  Is Down,"
    Put a black bow round the neck of your Butler,
    Let the Rube forget about all his clutter. 

    Glitch was my Purple Journey North, my Tower St South, 
    my Level 4 East and my Level 3 West,
    My tinkering week and my Fabday rest,
    My noon, my Starlit Night, my talk, my song;
    I thought that it would last for ever: I was wrong.

    The stars are not wanted now: Unlit every one;
    Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
    Pour away Jal and sweep up Groddle all the same,
    For no one now, is about to win the game.
    Posted 24 days ago by Professor Atticus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you to everyone - staff and players alike - for a wonderful game and community. Others have said it all so much better than me.

    I dream of a Glitch for pc. I'd pay big for that... :)

    Love you all!
    Posted 24 days ago by Grizelda Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This made me really sad. It is always sad to see an online game of any sort shut down. It is even sadder in this case because Glitch is really amazing and fun. It also makes it worse that this happened around the holidays. I hope everyone that worked on Glitch and is now out of a job will land on their feet. 
    Posted 24 days ago by Zoogy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tiny Speck, give us the biggest feat you can possibly imagine, and if we accomplish it keep Glitch up and running as our reward! Seriously, everyone I know is in a state of depressed disbelief. We are like a big huge hippy commune here, and we don't want to lose the game or the community. Where do we all go from here? any ideas................anyone? Love you all staff community and UR, I can't believe I'll never jump through groddle  or die in cerbarkul after the 9th of December. And none of us will hear the hauntingly beautiful music. Goodnight Groddle  goodnight.
    Posted 24 days ago by Neon Tetra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Stoot and whole TinySpeck, thank you for this wonderful experience.
    We have this saying: "do tretice všetko dobré", which could be roughly translated as "third try - all good". And I hope that after GNE (which I didn't play, but discovered some amazing fragments archived somewhere online), and after Glitch (which I love deeply), someday there will be the third try and it will work (work not only for you and for us, but will be sustainable).
    Just let us know and we will come play again. :)
    Posted 24 days ago by nekomaki Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's so hard not to cry. I was here a long time ago, and then left, and just returned recently.... I was hoping to really catch up and get to see everything! This is so incredibly sad. God bless every one of you, Speckers!
    Posted 24 days ago by Irrelephant Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I hadn't logged on in a few days because I would then need to accept this... I'm so sad. I really loved this game, and the community it fostered. I play video games, but have never been as involved in one—in terms of time, (yes) money, but also emotion—as with Glitch and even though this part hurts, I think it was worth it. Thank you so much for an amazing game that I will remember forever. I wish the best for everyone at Tiny Speck and look forward to hearing what amazing things you do in the future.
    Posted 24 days ago by Cait Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Adding my voice to the chorus:  thank you for a wonderful game, team TS.  Glitch will be sorely missed.  <3  and best luck on your next endeavors.  (keep me on the mailing list!!!)
    Posted 24 days ago by Treezan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • WE NEED TO BUY COMMEMORATIVE PRODUCTS!!!!
    Posted 24 days ago by ewon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just wanna add my part to the chorus here. I know a lot of dreams, a lot of effort and a lot of blood, sweat and tears go into every MMO, and whenever an MMO dies it saddens me to think of that.

    Thank you for making Glitch. May the departing members of your team find good new jobs in the industry soon, making equally unique games.
    Posted 24 days ago by Darkly Fluffy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Like many others, this is also the first MMO I've ever been involved in. It has been a wondrous journey over the last year and I will miss Glitch for many reasons - the sense of community and generosity at a time when economic recession and welfare reform in RL tears people apart; the commitment of stoot and all the TS devs to making a dream happen and for allowing me to be part of that. I loved the imagination and creativity of the team and I *really* hope that Glitch is resurrected in some form or other in the forthcoming years - it's uniqueness as an MMO is what made it so special to those of us who have no desire to kill or shoot our way to the top of a leaderboard. 

    Like many others, I will grieve the ending of Glitch, the game as well as the loss of relationships I've formed with many glitchen here. But the 'kindness of strangers' has reminded me that this exists in RL as well as Glitch - I just have to go out there and find it.

    So thank you all again for enabling me to be part of wonderful dream, reminding me of the importance of friendships and I wish you all the very best for the future. Hope that our paths cross again in a future MMO!
    Posted 24 days ago by JarkWoman Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wont forget this game, its uniqueness, how witty and funny it was,how beautiful, and artistic, the great music,and the other players, all are like no where else.This game was wonderful. And i couldnt take the refund, i just cant,and that alone is really saying something. Other games Ive taken part of in the past Ive been dissapointed when they closed, but this time, this time really was different. I am really hurting because of this, and i am by far not the only one, its more common that we ARE hurting here, than not. We know the Devs, are hurting, we know we are as well, well miss the game and well miss each other, there really was no other place like Ur, and we all mourn its passing. Thank you for a great place to be, to take part in, to laugh and wonder at, to smile and know it was here for you in so many ways. We wont soon forget it, i know i never will. May the Giants smile on you for all of your days, we Lobe you, Glitchen we will always be! Thank You!
    Posted 24 days ago by Lyrical DejaVu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Speechless ... ... ... ... 

    Absolutely love this game.  Thank you so much to all of those who have worked so hard to develop and run it.  Thanks to all wonderful Glitchen and the often insane conversations in Global Chat.

    What am I going to do now?  I feel quite lost.
    Posted 24 days ago by Nerfer-Lily Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I haven't been on Glitch in some time, but while I was there, I met new friends, laughed, raged, and renamed chickens galore. The imagination and creativity expressed in Glitch has always amazed me.

    My heart goes out to all of you, players and TSers alike: in sympathy for the end of something great, in hope that Tiny Speck will continue on to create more imagination in a world that is sorely bereft, and in thanks to everyone who touched my life in some way while I played.
    Posted 23 days ago by David And His Bowie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am still in the Anger phase of my grief over all this. I feel the game just reached it's peak; content was great, the Feats were great fun, new players were just starting to come along. I was waiting for some sort of official Grand Re-Opening and expecting to see Glitch advertised everywhere. I feel like a great show just closed on opening night.

    Part of me wants to play non-stop until it's over. Maybe see all the cool stuff that hadn't yet been released, or any neat last-gasp stuff. But what for? It will just make me sadder that a great game with a great community is over.

    I know I'll come around before the end but for now I go as far as the forums, just in case, for some unknown reason, the game has been saved. But I won't log in. I can't.
    Posted 23 days ago by Ziti Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've never felt so free like in the time I've spent here. My gnome says "For a dream dreamed I'm dreaming a dream!" and I don't want to wake up. I need to share my story with you. I'm still in shock, so...

    In the old MOO days I remember a random conversation about how wonderful would it be if someone could code enough to the point where we could play with a character, do stuff and keep talking, where we could be kind, learn and have fun among other things. It was a very utopic conversation, but I kept thinking about it. I had just told a turtle how to walk...
    Then for a long period, real life got me busy and internet was used very little. I missed the Neverending Game. I forced myself to stay out of games because I didn't had much free time and there were other things I needed to do.
    Eventually, real life changed and I was fortunate enough to begin in this gaming experience at FaunaSphere. What an amazing community I found!! Been there for about a year and even if I was very busy again with real life, it was the first and last thing to do every day. When it ended, I couldn't possibly believe it, but someone posted something about Glitch and hey, there was still hope! Even so, I grieved for a long time and still miss my faunas and sphere.

    Waited 5 months for the invite, singing and whistling the trailer's song, and I don't need to tell you how terrible that waiting time was. Not because I was out of games, but you know... sometimes real life kills and drags you to a point of no return. The day I got the invite I was on my limit. I also can really say that Glitch magically saved my life. I was closing my mail for the last time but there it was: the so long loved invite!! I cried desperatly! Holding on life because of a game? It was not an ordinary game: it was Glitch, the game I had been waiting for way more than a decade!
    Had to take some time to realize what was going on in my upside down little view of the universe and the oportunity I've been given! This was a game to last, a dream come true, some kind of inexplicable magic that I embraced with all my mind and heart.

    I think I was greeted, but like most of the newbies I didn't really knew what I was doing. Thank you my greeter! And then all the players in the streets, kindness expressed in so many other ways than rainbows! And the forum, such a neat forum with so many funny, food for thought and loving posts! And Live Help, oh "Love Help"!! Such bunch of nice weirdo people arround giving hints that made me laugh and re-think so many things! Even Global chat was a delight! And the tests and GnG played each time. In the days it was closed, it was like I was waiting for someone I loved to arrive home.
    How much I admire our dear devs who created such beautiful astonishing art with so many possibilities of interaction and pure fun delight! I've been in the most pure, loving and overwhelmed state of mind for over a year.
    I was truely a happy glitch discovering Ur and its unique ways of telling us how kind we could be and making us understand ourselves a bit more. What an amazing beloved game to be shared and experienced! How close I felt to the Giants! Oh Giants! Oh GOD, your messages!!

    I loved every surprise I got along the path, every new item and regions released. I respected every decision Tiny Speck made about the launch and unlaunch, new houses, halls... you name it. This was a dream come true and I never thought it would be over nor that I would stop playing! Or if I did, because sometimes we think too far, I quickly stuned that rook thought out of my mind! My life was about playing Glitch forever and Tiny Speck had all my trust.
    As someone mentioned before, I wish I had done more to spread The Glitch. I am in agony about that now. I'm really in a bad shape, totally lost. The last months have not been easy, but I knew I would always have Glitch to cheer me up. Now I have no hope. Even if Tiny Speck comes up with another game, or something even more evolved that we can't call it "game" no more, it will take some time and right now I can only feel tears, a smashed bleeding heart and a very confused lost mind. Totally grieving again and can't believe this is happening! And scared about the disconnection process. 

    Stewart, Sir, my dear captain stoot, you know I love you and let me thank you again for the beautiful butterflies. Tell me when and where and I'll be there for the you-know-what! You are (you are so much more than this!) corageous, intelligent, funny, weirdo person and I'm sure this is more heartbreaking for you, beyond any of our comprehension. I'm sending you all the good vibes I can, always hugging you in my mind. I'm truely, truely so, so sorry!
    And our dear most talented, funny and weirdo devs, with your talent you will find another project soon, you know you will! Thank you immensely for all of your creations,... what brilliant details I found! Thank you for all the caring you put in The Glitch. Good vibes for you too, of course!

    Some of you know that I've been on Ur more than I probably should. I don't regret it! It was a blast!! Thank you for everything my dear moonies, my dear friends and all the players with who I had the pleasure to interact with. I wish we could keep playing. Good vibes for you all!

    May The Glitch be with you!! Happy real life glitching!!
    Posted 23 days ago by mira gaia maia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am really saddened by this news. The child in me is crying. Here is the note I am leaving in front of the portal doors in uutiif, doors that now  will never open.

    that will no longer come to pass!

    I was planning to introduce my son, now 15 months old, to the lovely world of Glitch. He would have been a Giant, because I believe that only a child has the same amount of imagination to create a crazy world like Glitch.

    As Glitch will soon no longer exist, I will have to depend on him to find Ur on this side of the screen.

    Goodbye, Glitch, Tiny Speck, and fellow Glitchens.
    Posted 23 days ago by Bradogar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So sad to see such a unique game and community go, I will miss it :(

    Good luck to all at Tiny Speck, thanks for all the fun. 

    {{{{{hugs everyone}}}}}
    Posted 23 days ago by Ama Gad Subscriber! | Permalink
  • First off. Thanks to the Tiny Speck team! A really creative bunch of people!

    This game really reminded me of the early days of gaming. When games were not as expensive as any Hollywood production. Back when people were willing to take a chance to make something a bit "different".

    Glitch is really in a very strange niche. There are many games today that are abandoning the subscription model. Most of the really big MMOs are going that direction. In a free to play but purchase premium content model. Of course those games have huge subscriber bases as well.

    The only business models I've seen in games are subscriber based. Freemium. And add supported. But in order to be add supported you really have to know who is playing your game. Once you know that you have a "target market" so to speak. And can offer advertisers space. I know that that kind of model can be an anathema to some people. But bandwidth is expensive. You have to have an entire department devoted to adds and generating revenue.

    But I'm sure you all have been though of all this before.

    I'm really sorry to see this go. You have a very loyal subscriber base here.

    And I really hope this will not deter any of you from taking a chance in the future. You just have to find the right combination of things that will stick. And I'm sure you will. You can't keep genuine creativity down for long!

    God speed. And I hope to see you again some day.
    Posted 23 days ago by Evergreene Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you, Glitch team, people working at Tiny Speck. Thanks because you gave me hours of fun, of fantasy in a game full of fantasy.
    Thanks for making me feel closer of other Glitch people from all over the world. I'm living in Colombia but i'm from Spain and i've been playing with my friends from both countries.
    This is terribly sad... but it was just lovely.
    Thanks.
    Posted 23 days ago by Raul Crimson Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Glitch will be closing?
    Bereft, no understanding
    Why so abruptly?

    No more paper trees
    Spice, fruit, wood, gas, and bubble
    Even empty bags.

    I found peace in Glitch
    That place where everyone gives love
    is now to be lost.

    TS, I say thanks
    Growth is what I have learned here
    And in return, love

    I'll miss you
    Posted 23 days ago by Lady Cailia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well... here I am - with a stiff drink and a smoke, jazz in the background and some time alone late at night, FINALLY able to put some words to the grief and pain that is in my heart - the heart that is broken in about a kajillion pieces thinking of this loss.

    For five days I was not just NOT able to face this - couldn't read the thread, couldn't log in, could do nothing but put the picture of the crying Glitch girl as my background on my computer, because she was me. I cried many tears during that time, and I guess we all have. It just goes to show you the depth of what you, Tiny Speck, and you, my fellow Glichen have created. For Glitch is not just a game. I have never seen it as a game. It is a world. A masterpiece in so many ways. The amazing beauty, the kindness, the irreverent humor, the incredible details, the ability to make your little piece of the world how you would wish to live in RL (what a f*ckin' wardrobe!), but most of all, the people behind it that made it so, and the community of people that live in it.

    There is just not enough I can say to THANK YOU with all my heartfelt love stoot, kevbob, jdawg, serguei, meebooyou, kukubee, myles, hitherto, bees, jason, Rascalmom, Jade (many thanks for my beautiful greeter days) and all the rest of Tiny Speck (forgive me for not knowing all your names) for your wonderful imagination and "hard, so hard" work (it was always especially HARD for kukubee - ;D). How you always knew what was in my deepest heart of hearts - that child-like place that never really goes away, but just gets buried, I don't know, but you made it come to life with jumping jumping JUMPING, singing to butterflies (La!), petting trees, having moss for carpet, flying through clouds, climbing in giant trees, falling through space, meeting ghosts, swimming with fishes, and yes - touching a star. It was magic. Simply and truly magic.

    I want to quote someone a few pages back who said this: "I was born a Glitch and did not know it. I lost that over the years. But now as I stand on the edge of the nothingness that will remain once Ur has been unimagined, I keep smiling at the gift of renewed wonder, awe and fascination I have been given." Perfectly said.
    Posted 23 days ago by Hab Subscriber! | Permalink
  • THIS IS BULLSHIT! I WANT THIS GAME BACK!
    Posted 23 days ago by Electric Wizard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I loved every single minute here at Glitch. Every single one. I just wanted to tell you guys that the people who play this game (and love it) would do anything to bring it back. I'm not blaming you for not telling us that you had problems before, but we could've done something.

    Love you all. Thanks for this.
    Posted 23 days ago by Asuna Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It is a shame that this has happened. Its an online game with a great community, where there is no one attacking you or putting you in the hospital just because they are in a bad mood. The people here are great, the game is AWESOME. I am hooked and not sure what I will do once its gone. 

    To the whole staff, thank you so much for the opportunity to play. I only wish I had more time! Is there any chance that Glitch will continue to be worked on behind the scenes? That things will change to have people come in and spend more money, or some way to increase the player base? Please Please tell us. 
    Posted 22 days ago by Kerrianne Subscriber! | Permalink
  • if you put this on a disc or download as stand alone game for pc, i would even play it by myself rather than never to glitch again. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
    Posted 22 days ago by glitch4ever Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hey everybody,

    Like all of you, I loved this game and I'm sad to see it go.

    I work for a radio station in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I'd love to do a piece on the unique-ness of Glitch as an online community. Does anyone have a story about the Glitch community that they'd share with me? Please get in touch. ke.mckenna@gmail.com
    Posted 22 days ago by Kidsmoke Subscriber! | Permalink
  • MGM I couldn't have said it better so I'll ditto what you've said and say you've said everything perfectly.  TS, may you have a lovely Thanksgiving filled up family, friends, memories of people who have touched your lives and passed on for they never really live us.  Peace and tranquility to all.
    Posted 22 days ago by AlmostSilver Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Eye Wonders where she will go.......
    Posted 22 days ago by Eye Wonder Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm going to die. I shall miss you so much, Glitch. :'( I've never encountered such a delightful and creative game. There is nothing the least bit like it to fill my sorrow. :(
    Posted 22 days ago by Arraine Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't even know what to say about this sad news.  I don't think there is a more beautiful online game experience than Glitch.  So sad.

    Thanks, Tiny Speck, for such a nice little treasure you gave us.  I will miss Glitch very much.
    Posted 22 days ago by Gruffletons Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ik how to save glitch just please lising to my idea www.glitch.com/forum/genera...
    Posted 22 days ago by Blue1404 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's sad how it's closing. I MIGHT be at Glitch, at the last day. I and a few folks will be the last ones there. When it has thier few seconds, I'll be there.
    Posted 22 days ago by Snackys Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had a Love/Hate relationship with this game. The hate part: having to stumble along, trying to figure out what things were and did. The love part: the community. Never has there been a game like this. I have been brought to tears several times by the kindness of friends and strangers. So unexpected. So breathtakingly unexpected. And look at the art! I've never seen so much attention to detail! I noticed almost everything ... how the butterflies were so realistically rendered that you thought they were going to flutter right out of the game. And did you notice how the backgrounds in regions moved when you went to the left or to the right? Just like in real life. I thank you, Stoot and Staff Members, and I hope you all have great things ahead of you.
    Posted 22 days ago by Ann DramaDuh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'll miss glitch. Why does it have to end? I wanted to play it on my birthday and show my friends. But it will be gone. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( Glitch was the best game in the world! what other games did TS make. I want to play it.
    Posted 22 days ago by Sad Pollen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • As a game dev myself, I have a lot of respect for the whole Tiny Speck team. You guys should be incredibly proud of what you created. It's beautiful both technologically and aesthetically. I'm sorry you couldn't find the audience you needed to make it work financially, but I look forward to seeing your future projects.
    Posted 21 days ago by Black Francis Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sad Times =[
    Posted 21 days ago by Yee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Now where in the world can I go to be my five year old self again? This game is so creative and wonderful, I am bereft.
    Posted 21 days ago by Lucky13 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I converted friends to Glitch like I did when Guitar Hero came out. Still, I was not the best financial supporter, nor the best contributor, but I played with gusto and addiction. Will continue to hope Tiny Speck has other ventures, so I can learn my lesson and contribute in a more substantial way next time. XOX!!!!!!! Had such good times.. 
    Posted 21 days ago by Nurdstar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • what im wondering is what would happen if people started being invited to play glitch? how many would it take to not have this awesome game shut down? is it there even a possibility?
    Posted 20 days ago by Notsoframed | Permalink
  • I'm incredibly sorry about your game, and all your work, which is beautiful and which I've really enjoyed this past year.    I wish you all the very very best of futures.
    Posted 20 days ago by oscarette Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, I just got back from a ten-day birding vacation in Costa Rica...I did check my email some and read the bad news...so shocking and sad.  I really felt Glitch was hitting its stride...not only does it have great art, design, and writing, but I loved that new content was getting added regularly, particularly the Feats.  Glitch is a good game, people like it ... hard to believe that it can't continue...I am really sad and disappointed, but I guess I'll have more spare time now...also...I'm really glad I didn't grind for those Subway badges =[
    Posted 20 days ago by reggieness Subscriber! | Permalink
  • live glitch into the real world.
    that is all i can say.
    Posted 20 days ago by Hell's Bartender Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What happened to doing your best to answer all our questions like you said in the very first post Stoot?

    Many many of us have asked the same thing, so why not answer us and let us know??
    Posted 19 days ago by Vialdana Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Vialdana, there has been some more detailed discussion in another thread.  Cf. Splendora's post, which was somewhat endorsed by Stoot a few posts down. It sounds like he'll have more to say when he has more time on his hands, if you really need that to happen.
    Posted 19 days ago by oscarette Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just wanted to author the 999th response.... :-)  
    Posted 19 days ago by ennuienta Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 1000. Now lets just have a moment of silence for the death of this great game.
    Posted 19 days ago by Hell's Bartender Subscriber! | Permalink
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