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We should be able to build our houses infinitely high!

Yes INFINITELY!

I think this simple tweak would go a long way toward solving 2 of the problems currently encountered in Glitch. 1) the economy is completely out of whack due to the enormous excess of currants in the game, and 2) many high level players seem to be bored.

If we could build our houses infinitely high (at a steeply escalating cost of course) that would certainly suck a lot of the currents out of the system. And that is before people even started getting furniture!

There would be a tremendous demand for all the resources that go into doors, walls and furniture. Perhaps there could be elevators with cables made from fiber.

I think that this would do so much to stimulate spending and give people goals to work toward.

The only downside (that I can see) to this is that it would be a relatively solitary activity. But it sounds like there are some amazing social opportunities coming soon and this would give people something to do (and something to sink currents into) in the meantime.

Aside from the elevators, this could be implemented immediately. After all, it is not like we have to worry about zoning regulations or the laws of physics.

I was also thinking that it might be amusing to allow people to skimp on building materials with the understanding that if they did so, there is a likelihood that their house would collapse, dumping everything into their back yard. Especially if they had loud crowded parties on their top floor.

I think all this would help straighten out the economy and would be a lot of fun too.

Posted 5 months ago by Miss Bobbit Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • That would be fun, however there are somethings to consider - namely lag. Just with three floors (and max width), lag can be enough to crash the game for players with houses like that/people who visit their house. Infinite floors could have the potential to astronomically escalate the lag issue, especially with all the furniture that could fit inside.
    Posted 5 months ago by Kaepora Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had not considered the lag issue.

    Upon consideration I have decided that I do not care about the lag issue. The idea that a feature should be denied to everyone because it might be inaccessible to a few is completely pernicious.  

    We all have different strengths and weaknesses and we should not impose our limitations upon each other.  For example: I am older and I have slow reflexes and vision challenges that make fox brushing almost impossible for me. Should I clamor for the elimination of fox brushing? No, that would be a jerky and selfish thing to do. Why should Glitch be dumbed down for me, the slowest player? 

    It is almost exactly the same for hardware issues. (Almost because people can choose to upgrade their hardware while I cannot choose to rejuvenate my eyes and reflexes.) 

    So it would be unfair to rule out infinitely tall houses simply because they might be beyond the capabilities of some users' hardware. But I will concede that perhaps infinite may be too much... Perhaps just really really tall houses then?

    So, other than the lag issue, what do you think of the tall house idea?
    Posted 5 months ago by Miss Bobbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Lag is a bug, which should be fixed by performance tuning of the game client.

    +1 to allowing more width and height of houses.
    Posted 5 months ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes! Good idea!

    Except: Towers, not houses.

    Also, each location must itself be finite — it's not an issue of "some" players' computers not being able to render a location that is 10x the normal size … no (consumer) computers could render a location that big — but that doesn't mean they can't be quite high and then daisy-chained together.

    Also, later: infinite streets.
    Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That is quite possibly the most exciting staff response I've read this week :) Now get some sleep!
    Posted 5 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay daisy-chains.  That maybe invokes a whole other image for me but yay anyhow. :)
    Posted 5 months ago by Thursday Soleil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OMG! Thank you Stoot!
    Posted 5 months ago by Miss Bobbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay for daisy-chained towers and infinite streets!

    @Stoot,

    I've been wondering a couple of things about towers:
    1) can you build them in your back yard or only on your home street?
    2) will they be able to contain resources (garden plots, trees, etc) or just normal furniture like a house?

    I would really like to build the Herborium of Doctor Evanzan in my back yard but I guess I may have to wait for infinite streets?
    Posted 5 months ago by Dr Evanzan Subscriber! | Permalink