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Wonderful Wednesday - Introducing Towers!

Update 1: new towers are suspended while we work out some kinks. Sorry!
Update 2: issue is fixed for new towers, we're fixing up the ones that failed now
Update 3: Wine of the Dead should now be working correctly for everyone

If you head to your home street you'll find a new choice in the cultivation menu; the Tower. Each player can build a single tower on their home street (once they reach level 18), although the process is pretty expensive.

Once built, towers can be decorated just like your house, but visitors to your home street can enter them. Whether you're looking to sell items through vendor SDBs, tell a story, showcase your favorite rare items or just show off your decorating skills, towers are a good place to do it. If you need more space, just build another floor (up to 9 for now).

If you're high enough level and have the materials handy, give it a go and let us know how you get on. Comments, bugs etc should be posted in this thread.

Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I guess no tower for me for now... wine of the dead didn't work on my existing cultivated items, yet again. It brings them down to 1% life. As far as I know only a dev can remove them now.

    EDIT: Apparently once they regenerate they can be depleted naturally, so I've done that and it's OK now.
    Posted 5 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Curious as to how long this introductory 20K img price is going to last?  
    Posted 5 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love them!  They're a lot bigger inside than I had anticipated, and that was a nice surprise.  The artwork on the unfinished top floor is cute, too.

    I would like to humbly request that eventually we be allowed to label the elevator buttons so people know what's on each floor.  That'd be ultra rad.  And maybe can we have a bulletin board type of furniture that holds more than one note?  Like the ones in the machine rooms?  

    Love them!
    Posted 5 months ago by Wintera Woodswitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wintera Woodswitch: all those things are on our "we should add that" list
    Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • whee!  thanks, Bees!
    Posted 5 months ago by Wintera Woodswitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Earlier I asked how much space it would take. I only had to remove one tree to put in my tower. Feel free to visit  http://www.glitch.com/locations/LHVOOBLCJ1V2SPM/
    Posted 5 months ago by Grackle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Way past bedtime but yay! I have a tower! (all the way to the right and still empty...)

    http://lem.to/p/G7Lf
    Posted 5 months ago by WeavingTheWeb Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks so much for fixing the price.  Was worried about how much I'd need since I just added some cultivated items to my street.  Appreciate that it is now an attainable fixed price to at least place it...now...to get that iMG and start working on building it...these look awesome, and I look forward to being part of the "faulty" towers crew... ;)
    Posted 5 months ago by Uniquely Prime Subscriber! | Permalink
  • MonkeyPantz: We have been thinking about shared tower-spaces as a part of group-owned locations. Not quite soon, but: a long term possibility!

    Shepherdmoon: We're working on fixing Wine of the Dead bug now. Soon! 

    Nanookie: That is the price: 20k. It's not introductory (though, like anything, it might change at some point in the future).

    Wintera Woodswitch: We were looking at a design for labeling the tower floors earlier today. Either that or signs on the walls or something else will happen. Also thinking about how to get notice boards in there.
    Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Could we perhaps get a stand-on-top-of-it upgrade for these?  I can't really explain why, but it's always disappointing to find that we can't stand on buildings, trees, or other platform-ish things. 
    Posted 5 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • glum: maybe in a future version, sure
    Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ElleD: that's odd. have you reloaded the game lately? it will only show up as a choice on your home street, not in your backyard
    Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I used my wine of dead..it worked normally...I had to remove my peat bog and one wood tree but totally worth it...I don't want to rush building it..cos well quite frankly I'm enjoying the building part.. :D lol Thanks Devssss...I am loving this tower business.. :))) 

    WAITTT...I just read the warning part up there about wine of dead..sorry ..the things I used it on had never been restored!!!  
    Posted 5 months ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ok i built my tower to level 9, and then pressed the button that popped up..

    it launched into the sky...will it come back?
    Posted 5 months ago by ☣ elf ☣ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hi, yes, reloaded and was trying to access as a choice on my home street, not back yard. My "change house style" button was frozen, too, tho. Unfortunately, I can't recheck right this minute as I have to do something in RL, but I filed a bug report and will check back later. Thanks (:
    Posted 5 months ago by ElleD Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I removed a tree (never been restored) between my house and the signpost; I still get the message that there is not enough space. My yard is fully expanded and I have reloaded twice. Guess it's still a bug :)
    Posted 5 months ago by Mnēmē Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Awesome! 

    Congrats!
    Posted 5 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ZOMGTOWER!!!1!!

    http://www.glitch.com/locations/LHVALI88J1V2F2V/
    Posted 5 months ago by Wrong Way Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Same problem as cheywren and know of at least one other person who made the same experience. Seems to work for most people though. Odd.
    Posted 5 months ago by Sumi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • One word only - awesome sauce!!  Ok, so I cannot do sums!
    Posted 5 months ago by riscy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sumi: That's weird. I wonder if it depends on house chassis choice. I will check!
    Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My tower will not fit between my house and signpost? I would like it there very much :-(

    Not able to change house style either.
    Posted 5 months ago by MisBehavin' Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hi Bees, are machines locked in towers like they are n streets and in homes?
    Posted 5 months ago by Faereluth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Am I too late to post:  Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your fair hair!  

    ((Did the door issue resolve?)  If not, Then can we layer grain until we can climb the outsides?
    Posted 5 months ago by Forcythia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hiya, I am another person whose tower won't fit between signpost and house. I also cannot change my house style. Clicking on the option on my rock doesn't open anything. I can change the street style though.
    Posted 5 months ago by Bexatious Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bees: that was my first thought after refreshing didn't do anything. Couldn't test though, since the "change house" button is broken. Know of someone else with the same house as me (Hobbit one) who didn't have any trouble fitting his tower. So this might not be the problem...

    Thanks for looking into it :)
    Posted 5 months ago by Sumi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was curious, so I checked - I cannot change my house style either.
    Posted 5 months ago by Mnēmē Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bees!: I'm another who can't fit between the signpost and tower.  I'm checking to see if moving it will work when it's out of project stage.
    Posted 5 months ago by Magic Monkey Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sorry for the multiple posts, I should have previewed; I also have a hobbit house.
    Posted 5 months ago by Mnēmē Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I also have a Hobbit House, having same problems as the other's.
    Posted 5 months ago by 2020smoke Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It seems like we made the tower wider, but made it too wide. We're going to make it smaller so it'll fit in the spot between your house and signpost.

    Forcythia: Door issue should be resolved.

    Changing house style bug - i'll look into it
    Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I also can't fit my tower between the signpost and the house. I used to have a tree there but reloading didn't help. I have a house of whimsy. My yard is fully expanded.
    Posted 5 months ago by Anthropocene Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bees! I noticed that I can change my house style when I click on my house. But not via the rock.
    Posted 5 months ago by Bexatious Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The "Change house" button is broken. We'll fix it, but in the meantime you can click on your house (apart from the door) to get a customize menu instead.
    Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Two things: 

    1) now I really want to move my house to the end of my street.

    and

    2) may we please have a "move to Tower" option for SDBs that have TONS O' STUFF in them? There's no other practical way I can move one with 100 gazillion items in it. (Just the thought of transferring all that stuff to inventory gives me a headache.)
    Posted 5 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Bees!
    Posted 5 months ago by Mnēmē Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Report: I moved the closest (from the left) tree to the empty spot between the signpost and my house, and then moved the tree furthest on the left to the first tree's spot. Then I removed what became the far left  tree with wine of the dead, and I now can put in a tower at the far left end of my garden. yay!
    Posted 5 months ago by Mnēmē Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just for clarification, if we put cabinets in our towers, who has access to them?
    Posted 5 months ago by MX Ghostie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The "change house" button is working again (you may need to reload to get the change)

    MX Ghostie: Um, good question! I will find out
    Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This may have been mentioned earlier BUT...the customize tower menu covers up my tower.  It's at the far left end of my street.  I can still see most of it, but still a little annoying.
    Posted 5 months ago by Cadmium Blue Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There's someone working on level 6 of the tower already .... 
    Posted 5 months ago by BlackWolf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • FYI, the 'change house' fix didn't change the width of the tower so it still doesn't fit between the sign and the house.
    Posted 5 months ago by Anthropocene Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Server load problems? I can't get in-game.

    *drat*
    Posted 5 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Anthropocene: yup, that's a different thing we're still working on
    Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That'd odd because I have my tower between the house and sign 
    Posted 5 months ago by BlackWolf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mines all fixed Thank you Team Tiny Spec

    yippee, heres the pic,

    www.glitch.com/snaps/PCR4R9...

    now i'm off to bed to dream of what I'll put in it lol
    Posted 5 months ago by Faereluth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pascale- Check loading problem help here
    Posted 5 months ago by kevbob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ok, if you reload the game you should once again be able to place a tower between your house and your signpost!
    Posted 5 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love that when someone's in their tower, we can go to their tower page...but I don't see a link to it anywhere else.  Was expecting to see it on the person's home street page.
    Posted 5 months ago by Uniquely Prime Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sweet.    THX   
    Posted 5 months ago by Mystbecky Subscriber! | Permalink