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Nothing will ever replace Glitch but... But there is hope for something like it... Check out Under the Ocean

I found something AWESOME http://www.underthegarden.com/ Its still in alpha... Costs $7 to get access to it, but this is one to watch - Under The Ocean might just be my new home :D Make sure to check out the video's on youtube for it and the forum.

It will never be Glitch, not even close, but after hours of looking.... This is the closest thing I have seen.

Posted 26 days ago by Potian Dragoon Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I have been playing round with this for like an hour now and I have to say, its pretty awesome for an Alpha!

    Its no Glitch... But its fun! So far I have claimed a part of my island to make my own, built myself a little house, near by I have a huge fire and I have stockpiled myself some tools, items, weapons and food and there is still more to do and explore! I have no idea how big it actually is.

    I really hope they add multi player and some other cool features, but for now I am just going to play around some more!
    Posted 26 days ago by Potian Dragoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • this looks really interesting Potian! Will definitely be checking it out, thanks lots 
    Posted 26 days ago by Arietty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It looks interesting but he did seem lonely there on his island.  Can you visit other people?
    Posted 26 days ago by Miss Parsley Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It sounds promising. Keep us up to date please.
    Posted 26 days ago by Holly Waterfall Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Its a survival game - You start ship wrecked on an island, you need to find yourself food, heat and fresh water to keep yourself alive - after getting that sorted out and getting some supplies sorted, you then can go off and explore the rest of the island.

    At the moment the game is very basic because its only in Alpha - But it looks very promising!

    Multi player is something they are planning to add! But right now, all we have access to is the very core files of the game - Almost like a demonstration, but every time they update you will get access to it straight away if you buy into it, which I like a lot because you can keep a copy of each version if you so desire!

    The game already has a basic crafting system in place, for example you can use dry leaves and flint to make fire, a sharp rock and drift wood to make a spear so that you can fish.

    But they have already started to add some more complex stuff that interests me a lot for example after building a house you can power it with either water (In the form of a water turbine) or by wind (in the form of a windmill) to build your house and generate electricity you have to make all the parts yourself! I can foresee them expanding on this in the future!
    Posted 26 days ago by Potian Dragoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The devs sound Australian...I might even be sold on this before I watch it

    EDIT Wow, this looks great! I'll wait until they have a non-paypal option available.
    Posted 26 days ago by Avnas Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Potian Dragon, will definitely check this out!

    Here's the preview video from the forums.
    Posted 26 days ago by Sharmy Knope Subscriber! | Permalink
  • first alternative that wakes my interest! looks good.... thanks for that hint
    Posted 26 days ago by king smo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cool I might try it if it gets any better after glitch closes.
    Posted 26 days ago by Misty Power Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That looks very cool.  Not in a Glitchy way, but more of a Minecraft with better graphics.  Check out Yogventures, too for something that might help ease the loss of Glitch.
    Posted 25 days ago by Goddess Freya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LMAO!!
    @ Goddess Freya - ty for mentioning Yogventures...don't know how good the game will be, but the video had me in tears from laughing so hard!!
    Definitely have it bookmarked!!
    Posted 25 days ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Potion Dragon, I bought it, downloaded it, but I have no instructions on how to open it! Help!
    Posted 25 days ago by Priscilla Parsley Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You get a Zip file - just extract it and then run under the ocean :)
    Posted 25 days ago by Potian Dragoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You dont even need to unzip, just run the under the ocean application :D 
    Posted 25 days ago by Potian Dragoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Got it, and am starting on it now. Very nice graphics and music, and it looks like it might be a good game for Glitchens. From the looks of the wiki, a bigger community could help a ton. I'm Mystralein on forums, if anyone wants to find me (after they whitelist my account).
    Posted 25 days ago by Kastor Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am Dragoon on the forums (same story, waiting for whitelisting) 
    Posted 25 days ago by Potian Dragoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That looks very pretty! I think I'll join, but not right this second- I don't have time to play something new.
    Posted 25 days ago by Cefeida Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'll take a look but "survival game" and "need to stockpile weapons" sort of turns me off.
    Posted 25 days ago by Marla Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Anyone looking for a replacement game for when glitch closes..? Yeah same, that's why I'm going to start playing Minecraft again! :( Even tho this game isn't glitch its a really fun game that may get your mind off this one.
    Posted 25 days ago by iAnna Subscriber! | Permalink
  • New Zealanders, Avnas. Checking this out right now.
    Posted 25 days ago by Booknerd Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Maria, the weapons is an optional thing, there is no combat - Just hunting, you can avoid / evade the boars, bears and sharks and eat worms - for those of you that are vegetarians / vegans, you can eat tomatoes.

    Its survival in the way that you are stranded on an island and need to keep yourself alive, if you die, you re spawn at your camp fire - Its just easier to keep yourself from being too cold and eating and drinking regularly.

    There is talk about travelling from island to island by boat or raft... I take this as a big hint to multi player... 
    Posted 25 days ago by Potian Dragoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, am definitely going to be spending the $7 to get access to this one, it looks really promising

    Under the Ocean - and yes, definitely a kiwi accent on these
    devblog 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdKqNrPkUTw&feature=relmfu
    devblog 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0-qhmUosw&feature=relmfu
    devblog 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vhtX6S4sOc&feature=relmfu
    devblog 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shhmFJJ6-Bg&feature=relmfu
    Posted 25 days ago by Arietty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Edit: This was typed up before I watched the devblog vids.

    Having played it a bit, my impressions:

    Controls were a bit wonky. Hopefully, that's just for now as most games in Alpha run into this. Building is also kind of strange. I have yet to successfully put together a house. 

    Very interesting ideas and challenges you to think intuitively. Eg, filling a seashell bowl from the waterfall for fresh water by holding the bowl under the stream. 

    Despite the fact that yes, you can avoid combat if you're very good at evasive maneuvers (see: better hand eye coordination than clumsy ol' me), but otherwise you're going to be facing some crabs and boars about 10-15 minutes in. 

    I think a lot of my complaints will be answered once the community adds more info to the wiki, put in a beginner's guide/tutorial, etc. As it is, just jumping in can be a bit difficult. 

    Protip: If you're hungry or thirsty, right click on the food/drink and drag it to your avatar on the left side of the screen until you see the eat/drink button on your avatar. It took me forever to figure that out. 
    Posted 25 days ago by Kastor Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Kastor, are you into the private forums yet? There are tips and guides there that really help you grasp the basics of the game - Worth a read before jumping straight in.

    I could not wait to be white listed and just jumped straight in, ignoring the fact that I needed to eat and drink I set of on exploring the island, personally I found it super easy just to jump over the crabs and the boars and run away from the bears since you jump pretty high.

    Depending on your play style though, you can quite easily set up a base camp on the first few screens before you even get to the chicken and survive there quite easily and peacefully and start to slowly terraform the island screen by screen and just run away from anything dangerous.

    As for things being wonky, yeah that is very true, but its an Alpha - still a long way from being in beta and even further from  being released, they have a ton of work to do, I think right now they are gearing up for a kick starter, its after that - If successful - that it will really get interesting.
    Posted 25 days ago by Potian Dragoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Potian, I was in the same boat. I wasn't whitelisted so I started playing before that. Maybe I'm just bad at jumping, haha. I don't think there is enough material in the first few screens to make an actual camp, but I'll give it another try.
    Posted 24 days ago by Kastor Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There is if you cut down the tree's! :) Sure its only kind of a shack but there is just enough! Remember that you only need food, water and heat to survive, once you have those set up it does not matter if you die while exploring as you will always restart at your camp fire!
    Posted 24 days ago by Potian Dragoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I can't figure out how to load it. I extracted it, but there is no "run" option. And when I clicked on the exe file it just says "there should be a folder with the data next to this" (which there is).
    Posted 24 days ago by Booknerd Subscriber! | Permalink
  • you just have to run / double click on the under the ocean application for it to work.. its quite simple, if you cant get it to work, ill post a screenshot.
    Posted 24 days ago by Potian Dragoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sorry to be a doofus, but what does "whitelist" mean?  Is it while you're waiting for the mods to approve your app so that you can post?  I set up an account with a game forum, and suddenly I couldn't even read posts!
    Posted 24 days ago by Phoebe Springback Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Its basically just waiting to be approved - There is also a private section for payers that's been set up with more awesome stuff in it than that the public forum.
    Posted 24 days ago by Potian Dragoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • try this
    Posted 24 days ago by Sad Pollen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Unique building game.  This could be quite inventive once you learn how to use the tools.  It does look a bit tedious but also fun.  I signed up for the News.  I don't know if I'd want to play but it does interest me.
    Posted 24 days ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i am considering this as well...but please try and keep the game suggestions condensed and in one place....i realize you may not of known...
    Master List for Game Migration Suggestions : Groups

    www.glitch.com/groups/RIFF5...
    Posted 24 days ago by Lyrical DejaVu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh my goodness... this looks amazing. No, nothing near glitch. Nothing will ever be glitch. But still...it looks like a great place to start(: 
    Posted 24 days ago by Shrimpables Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sweet!
    Posted 24 days ago by Guided by Foxes Subscriber! | Permalink
  • [DELETED because I just RTFM for the answer]
    Posted 24 days ago by Ustice Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, I caved and paid and will play. However, forums require me to state my gender. THIS IS WHERE YOU WERE WONDERFUL, GLITCH!!!! Understanding that making stuff like that a requirement instead of an option is not cool.
    Posted 24 days ago by Cefeida Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cefeida, if you go to your profile in the forum and modify the profile settings, you can choose to not display your gender.
    Posted 24 days ago by Sirentist Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I paid for the download this morning and have been playing with the game for a little bit. I still have to venture on to the forums and figure out what the heck I'm doing xD  Looks like fun though :) Just I think it may not work too well with a slow connection (although that's nothing new, I couldn't play Glitch for several months due to my 'lovely' connection being a butt), still, it's worth a try :)  Weird looking avatar/person/thing they give you there though, very odd shape o_o
    Posted 24 days ago by Ebil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh! That's good, Sirentist, thanks...all the profiles I check had theirs displayed. But I'm annoyed that it's a requirement for registering. >:(
    Posted 23 days ago by Cefeida Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Started playing this game on Saturday and had to watch some youtube videos to figure out how to get started. Looks very promising.
    Posted 23 days ago by Breezy Meadow Subscriber! | Permalink
  • To anyone who is afraid of joining/trying something because it is still in alpha... I joined Glitch when it was in alpha. I'm still here. I had the rare privilege of watching a game and its mechanics evolve over time and being PART of that. Granted, not every alpha will turn into Glitch-level awesome, in fact most will not, but for the possibility of being part of one that does, I highly recommend that experience whenever you can get it!
    Posted 23 days ago by Jenllip Subscriber! | Permalink