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Building a Glitch Museum in Second Life

Today I started making a little Glitch memorial place up over my homestead sim (Caledon Downs).  For a start, I am making panorama views of my 10 favorite streets -- here you can see Marrakesh Meadow http://imgur.com/Vq1yF  That image is from one of the fullsize pngs you can download now of streets in Glitch.I also copied the pictures of old-style housing from the glitch-strategy wiki, and one of my SL friends is going to help me build a few of the small ones as a project, from this template http://imgur.com/7EAWAThis is not a money-making venture, just a tribute to a wonderful game that I hope will give pleasure and solace to some of the many Glitch refugees in Second Life. My name in SL is AV Parabola, so just send me IM there or here if you want to come take a look or build some stuff, or if you just want some help getting started in SL.

Posted 8 days ago by Dotcom Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • That sounds like a great idea! I had thought about joining SL for awhile, now I really wish my computer would run it. Hopefully soon I'll be using a different one and then I will check it out!
    Posted 6 days ago by Sparklepunk Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Awesome! Can you provide a slurl or secondlife:// URL?
    Posted 5 days ago by devlogic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You can get to the museum in SL by going to http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Downs/109/161/1575

    I also just started playing with making a walk-in replica of my blue Groddle cottage in the old housing, based on its image in the Glitch-Strategy wiki. 

    imgur.com/0C8w8 Picture of little blue house from strategy wiki
    imgur.com/vAu8R Creating a walk-in-able copy in Second Life
    parabolaglitch.imgur.com/all/ Collection of snapshots from the Glitch-in-SL museum
    Posted 4 days ago by Dotcom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OK, this is a seriously cool thing people can do in Second Life -- create an animated texture of your Glitch avatar, like this one I did for Dotcom: http://imgur.com/UmmfU You can't see it from this still shot, but little Dotcom is actually "walking" in place. Later on, I plan to add more scripts so that he actually moves across the ground to tour a few Glitchy exhibits.

    Start from the sprite sheets you can download from Janitch's http://glitch-atlas.info/files/spritesheets.html The rest of the process is a bit complicated but if you send me an IM in Second Life, I'll gladly help you make one for yourself.
    Posted 3 days ago by Dotcom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Too awesome! I will be back on Second Life at once when I get a new computer (maybe in March). And I will check those stuff!  I used to be on Second Life before my laptop get too old to running it.
    Posted 3 days ago by Milolin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Awesome work so far!  I'll be sure to swing by sometime. It would be beyond awesome to have some sort of mini-Ur to walk around in. Snapshots are all well and good, but they don't have that same sense of place.

    I've been thinking of putting some sort of small and subtle homage on one of my lots in The Wastelands -- maybe a weird scrap-pile shrine with realistic versions of various Glitch items.  The sort of thing where it's an arbitrary decoration to those who aren't in the know -- but those few who do Get It will smile to see some vestige of long-lost Ur among the other post-apocalyptic ruins. ;)
    Posted 3 days ago by Aposiopesis Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This really sounds like a great idea! I always found it strange on it though 0-0
    Posted 3 days ago by Bdvger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's been a long while since I've been on SL, this give me a strong incentive to return.
    Posted 3 days ago by Fors Farwalker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd like to just ditto what Fors said.
    Posted 2 days ago by Cinnamon Petrichor Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I went and saw what you did, last night after Glitch closed down.  It teared me up a bit to see it, so you must be doing an excellent job!  If you need any donations for things, please let me know, as I'd love to help out with keeping it alive.
    Posted 2 days ago by Jaycatt Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've got plans to make Glitchen avatars. :)
    Posted 2 days ago by Ganesha Xi in SL Subscriber! | Permalink