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Whimsical Wednesday - Houses Release 3

The game is now open! Check the new thread for feedback: http://www.glitch.com/forum/general/20792/

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The game is currently closed until sometime Thursday morning, Pacific time. The conversion process is running slower than anticipated, and we want to make everything goes just right, so we will not be open until we are ready.


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Good morning campers!

Today brings release 3 of the new housing system, marking a full reset of houses.

The game will be closed for a few hours while we perform the reset
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Do not be alarmed! Only houses are being reset.

After the reset is complete, your house will have been reset to the starter size, with no cultivated items and no furniture. Any upgraded furniture in your house or your furniture bag will be removed. You'll be given a small set of starter furniture in its place.

When you enter your new house after the reset, any items that you had in your old house or your testing house will have been moved into your new residence. Just unpack your moving boxes to get started.

A single moving box will contain multiple boxes for the old house, your test-house home street, test-house backyard and each floor of your test-house.

So that's what the reset entails, but what about new stuff? Well...

Furniture can now be crafted by players. Get building!

‌• Your new houses will now have their own web page, linked from your profile. You'll be able to easily visit other people's home streets from there (as well as from their "info pane" in the game client).

Once you've chosen/purchased a furniture upgrade, that choice is 'sticky'. If you upgrade a chair to style A, then switch it to style B, you'll later be able to switch back to style A at no cost. The same applies to your house chassis.

The initial furniture we give you is soul-bound. This means you can't give it away to other players. Other items may gain this property in the future.

Furniture can now be traded - either by using the 'give' verb, dragging it to another player or using the player-to-player trading system. You'll get an extra warning when you try to trade upgraded furniture. Auctions for furniture will be added in the near future.

Furniture should no longer drop through the floor when you're placing it on your 2nd floor. Or your 3rd - houses can now be 3 floors tall.

All street styles now have music.

Furniture items all have their own web pages, as do the upgrades. You can browse and bookmark your perfect setup while you're waiting for the reset.

The furniture bag is now sorted, to make finding your furniture easier. And it'll now be accessible anywhere in the world, to allow your to trade your items.

The old houses are fading away. Visit the abandoned apartment blocks to reminisce.

There's probably some more stuff hidden in there too, so take a look around, kick the tires and lets us know what you think.

update #1: The housing FAQ has been updated.

update #2: The reset is taking longer than expected - the game will be closed until Thursday morning, pacific time. We are being EXTRA careful with the migration since no-one wants the movers to lose a single precious item.

Posted 7 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • rofl Yarf thats hilarious
    Posted 7 months ago by Serenity's Mommy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • sry about that alll I am so excited my lappy octupal posted :D
    Posted 7 months ago by Yarf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lol we enjoyed it Yarf..lol ty :D 
    Posted 7 months ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Yarf maybe your laptop is excited as well rofl
    Posted 7 months ago by Serenity's Mommy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And now I´m pressing F5 like this
    Posted 7 months ago by Mikah Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL Blue Magic Twirl.... would that be just groaning "braaaaaiiiiiiinnnns" when they pick up? Maybe a half-hearted cough or two? ;D
    Posted 7 months ago by Bradamus Prime Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We have map routing on our home street page.

    Also a home street link on your profile now.
    Posted 7 months ago by Filox Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mikah: LOL!!!
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Are we there yet???

    =D
    Posted 7 months ago by Aurora Dellaterra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • woo hoo!  my currants went up...time to go grab me some cubimal boxes!
    Posted 7 months ago by Airya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My resources returned. oO But the page layout is different. My house says I have chosen not to share anything.
    Posted 7 months ago by Lorraine ♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It took me two hours to read this thread, eat my lunch, watch an episode of Good Eats, and play a few mini games on the Orisinal games collection site. What am I most upset about? That there were no onion rings in my lunch.
    Posted 7 months ago by Quirk Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh cool, I have more currants too!
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mine says I have never been there before...and no house. And no cultivation.

    Getting excited now!
    Posted 7 months ago by Serenity's Mommy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • :O That's tragic, Quirk.
    Posted 7 months ago by Csophae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 basements!

    and honey from fireflies

    and thanks to staff for all the hard work!
    Posted 7 months ago by Mocha Maid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How do you get to your home street page?
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • By the way, if you want just the staff answers, they are here in this thread: http://www.glitch.com/forum/general/20788/
    Posted 7 months ago by Scarf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • aww, no house link for me yet...
    Posted 7 months ago by matrix Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Help, help, I've been reset!
    Posted 7 months ago by Filox Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, no wonder. They didn't just reset our streets, they gave us brand new ones. The hash linked in my profile is different from the one I had during testing:

    www.glitch.com/locations/LH... my street before
    www.glitch.com/locations/LH... my street now
    Posted 7 months ago by Lorraine ♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Will this release include new quests associated with woodworking and fox brushing?
    Posted 7 months ago by Andi Plasma Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Never mind, I found my house link.
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Les sigh! Time for work. Have fun without me :(
    Posted 7 months ago by Csophae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Are we there yet? ARE WE?!
    Posted 7 months ago by geekybird Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Tathak: Ooh, nice. I made that tumblr for a friend who said that "twotter" should be a webpage that had short links to otter videos. So I did the next best thing. ;) (We also teased him about what "twotter" sounds like outloud..)
    Posted 7 months ago by Aliera Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "Are we there yet? ARE WE?!" - I'll turn this car around!
    Posted 7 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Let me out of this van RIGHT NOW! I wanna PLAY!
    Posted 7 months ago by Aurora Dellaterra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If you ask one more time if we are there yet, I will turn this car around!

    rofl

    edit: crap bees types faster than I do...we both had the same reply!
    Posted 7 months ago by Serenity's Mommy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • >_< is it open yet, is it?!!! *anxious*
    Posted 7 months ago by Lila Clemenceau Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bees - PLEASE NO! We're sorry!!
    Posted 7 months ago by Kitty Howard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hey currant refund effective!... aaaanytime now *waits eagerly*
    Posted 7 months ago by Mikah Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oooh! I'm learning my skills again!
    Posted 7 months ago by Batsgirl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *twiddles thumbs*

    *kicks the back of Bees!'s seat*
    Posted 7 months ago by Aurora Dellaterra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Go ahead and turn it around! If that means we'll go back to free housing and upgrades :)
    Posted 7 months ago by Crrrystal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • hahaha pretty much  Bradamus Prime 
    Posted 7 months ago by Megzorz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Batsgirl: Were they paused before? I didn't notice
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Dont kick bees! you might make her crash and then it will take even longer!
    Posted 7 months ago by Serenity's Mommy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "Mart Lume has not choosen to share anything about their home yet."  OOps.  I'm glad that he has the choice, but I'm not surprised that he hasn't chOOsen anything.
    Posted 7 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nah, Bees! is a pro at this =D
    Posted 7 months ago by Aurora Dellaterra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • :-| Nooo car turning round in it!!!!..Dishes out splankings on behalf of Bees..so she don't have too and can carry on working lol :D 
    Posted 7 months ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A little anxious... juuust a little anxious
    Posted 7 months ago by Mikah Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "I'm glad that he has the choice, but I'm not surprised that he hasn't chOOsen anything." - oops, that's my fault
    Posted 7 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wish I could be a bug on the wall at TS offices... and hear what they are all saying about us....
    Posted 7 months ago by Fadas Néboa Curuxa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Can we at least stop at a rest area? I have to pee! And I'm hungry! And the dog just threw up on me! And Becky just wiped a booger in my hair! And my head will explode if I have to listen to Led Zeppelin IV one more time!

    Are we there yet?
    Posted 7 months ago by N2ZOrtolanaBlue Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL Mikah!
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That's it! I will come back there and so help me Lem, I will hit you with my ring-hand.
    Posted 7 months ago by Hair Dryer Subscriber! | Permalink
  • XD I love this forum.
    Posted 7 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ewww, Sandy smells like dog barf now. I wanna get out!
    Posted 7 months ago by Aurora Dellaterra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We are the choosen ones!
    Posted 7 months ago by Lorraine ♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
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