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The official shutdown thread …

Glitch is closing. The details are here: www.glitch.com/closing/

We will do our best to answer everyone's questions (but please take a moment to read the announcement and FAQ before jumping in). Information on refunds is here: www.glitch.com/closing/refu...

Over the next few weeks we'll going to be releasing all kinds of things that were saved for later, nearly-done, previously-shelved or are in various states of design. We will do our best to help everyone get the most of the time which remains — you've all been given (or will shortly be given) 2,500 credits and a free subscription.

New signups and payments are now closed.

I feel sick.

[Edited to add, a few hours later]: I feel much better. Thank you everyone, for all the love! Amazing, beautiful and touching.

Posted 28 days ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I sent an couple of emails to stoot. One was related to helping the staff find work, but the other was to share the link to this thread in this forum.
    www.cohtitan.com/forum/inde...

    Like Glitch the players of the MMORPG City of Heroes - and the staff! - were shocked to discover that their game of 8-9 years running was suddenly being shut down by the parent company. The U.S. team and local office, Paragon Studios closed its doors on November 1st. They were also located in San Francisco. Oddly enough the game was earning enough to support continued development, to pay the staff, and to run the servers at a profit.  I've have been part of both communities close to their beginnings and the grief is shared. What had been an effort to save their own game has gotten attention for Glitch now. This announcement here was so sudden, so soon, that we've not been able to marshal the resources to help out here. 
    But Tiny Speck and Glitch is receiving our love. And the words have been very kind. 

    Sadly, these forums will probably go with the shutdown. Please join us over at the forums at the link provided and we can all brainstorm on what we can do next. You will receive a warm welcome, acceptance, and a genuine understanding of our shared loss. 

    And I really am fighting back tears. The staff and people of Glitch were with me when I was in the hospital last year and the love and support I received I will never forget. 
    Posted 27 days ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just want to know... how many of us are in San Francisco, and can we organize a march to Tiny Speck, and bring them beer!
    Posted 27 days ago by Syruss Subscriber! | Permalink
  • WIsh I had enough money to fly to Tiny Speck and shake them all my hand...

    :(
    Posted 27 days ago by Rutger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Can't help but laugh a little bit. See ya Stoot! Don't let the door hit your dino's anus on the way out.
    Posted 27 days ago by Bashere Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i do not even know what to say.

    i am no stranger to pain or loss.

    this one hurts a LOT.

    it hurts unexpectedly and extremely and perhaps disproportionately and maybe i can imagine a little what it is like to have this be your lifeblood and see it die, because all along i have marveled at the work of your hands and the fruit of your imaginations and tried to think about what it must have been like for you to bring such an incredible thing into the world.

    i do not know what to do.

    howl.
    Posted 27 days ago by flask Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I haven't been playing this game very long but I'm sad to see it go. It's easy too see how much of themselves the staff put into Glitch. The art is beautiful and the gameplay is fun and set at your own pace. I had invited a friend to the game too when the Join Me page opened up and I know she loves the game too.

    I wish you all the best of luck. Staff and players alike. Let the wonderful kindness and creativity continue forth, out into the real world. <3
    Posted 27 days ago by starbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I feel like such a baby, crying over pixels.
    Posted 27 days ago by Victoria Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You don't need to feel like a baby, @Victoria. I'm close to tearing up too!
    Posted 27 days ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've barely been on Glitch for 3 weeks. I even already started to pay up for credits. It was beautiful. It was amazing. I got to 2nd place in GlitchMash in barely a week and had stayed up and near there over just some paid-for credits, and that was strangely wonderful in and of itself, blatant attention-whoring aside. It was full of gloriously lovely people that I had the fortune to make online friends with. I will miss all of this. Every last stupid, freaking bit of it. Just when I found something that made my time doing work passable...that made all of the terrible bad feelings of real life float away into happy little silly avatars and games and quests...it's gone.

    These were the best 3 weeks I've ever spent on a game, and I truly do mean that. It made me feel -happy- and -content-, whereas so many other games could not, and have not, for over 20-something years of my life playing games thus far. There are other fun silly games that I devoted my time to, like Katamari Damacy (despite the motion sickness hurdle I'd always have when restarting it after a long while) or, more so, Okami (which is striking in each and every way)...but, Glitch was the VERY FIRST online MMORPG-related game I've played where I would open it up with glee and excitement, ready to do whatever it was I felt like doing, talking to whomever it was I wanted to talk to, helping whomever I wished and earning help from.

    It was so, so uplifting to be here. I am so incredibly distraught over a -game- and it's almost embarrassing, if not for the multitude of users that feel the same as I do, if not more so.

    TinySpeck...I will miss you. I hope somehow, there will be something else from you all, if not from your likely-soon-to-be spread out developers and then some. I guarantee you, I will be there. And I know I will be so happy to do so, to support you, to spread :)s and <3s and 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, or whatever it is that you'll come up with.

    This game made me feel truly happy. So many users admitted in-game that they'd never be so nice to other players in other games they frequent, just because this was Glitch, and because it felt right to do so.

    Please be well, be safe, and never stop believing in your creations, your imaginations -- oh what joy you brought so many of us.

    I will miss you dearly.
    Posted 27 days ago by Kralexi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is really sad news, through all the ups and downs Glitch has certainly been memorable and im really sorry to see it go so soon.

    If theres any possibility of it living on please say!
    Posted 27 days ago by Nytician Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for all the fun. When I broke my leg two years ago and was unable to get about for six weeks, Glitch testing kept me going. I'm sorry it hasn't worked out but I'm sure bigger and better projects are ahead of the team. Good luck to you all!
    Posted 27 days ago by bluto Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This will be my first ever post on a forum, not just on Glitch but any game, because I am by nature a shy and secluded person.

    But I do not want Glitch to disappear without saying how much it has meant to me. My family life is not always a happy one, and in times of escape, I always knew that Ur would be waiting for me with its strange and wonderful aspects. As I said, I am by nature very shy, but through the medium of Glitch I was able to become just that little bit closer to people.

    I will miss it terribly. This is by far the most fun I have had from a game in years.

    I want to say thank you to everyone to helped make it happen. You made something special that no one else had. Please know that it was well loved.
    Posted 27 days ago by Darkheart Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The second I opened Glitch and saw that message, my heart dropped. I was absolutely devastated that my favorite game was being closed, but I'm so very very happy that I had a year to play and explore this incredible world. I was planning on saying all of this when we left Beta, so I might as well say it now.

    To Tiny Speck: Thank you. I truly and utterly thank you. Not for simply building another game, but for creating such a unique world and story, where the imagination of both the staff and the players kept the world alive for me.
    Thank you for fostering a community of people as incredible and diverse as the one we had, who felt like more of an extended family with all of our fights and fun and those who always reached out to help others. And to the staff itself, who became part of the community. You never felt like an impersonal computer, but actually messed around with us. I saw the humor that went into the game from the creators themselves, which is something that I will always remember. You talked to us and showed us your crazy ideas and listened to our even crazier ideas and it made Ur feel like a second home that I imagined myself off to every night. You made something special and I am so happy to have been a part of it.

    So thank you Tiny Speck, for all the things you built and all the things I will never have words to describe. Best of luck with your lives and any future endeavors.

    ~Ashley
    Posted 27 days ago by Rue Bird Subscriber! | Permalink
  • these posts are so heartbreaking......I cant see for the tears!! sigh...:(
    Posted 27 days ago by Monkeygirl♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you guys for everything - I honestly still am at a loss, but I neglected to say how thankful I am for the wonderful and amazing staff here.  
    Posted 27 days ago by Synnia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This game was amazing!
    Posted 27 days ago by Khetnen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you, Tiny Speck, and all of the Glitch community, for giving me a wonderful experience for the last two months. I'm so sad I didn't discover this game sooner than that, so that I'd have had more time to play it.

    Shortly after I did discover it, I invited both my sister and my mother to play it as well, and all three of us have been playing together since. It's a place where we can hang out and have a lot of laughs when we can't get together offline. (And sometimes even when we do get together offline!) We're sad to see it go and I'm not sure where we'll go from here. There's nothing else quite like Glitch out there, and I doubt there ever will be. This game was, truly, absolutely preposterous. And we kind of loved it.

    P.S. With the money I've opted for you to keep, please put it into some sort of fund to give the Tiny Speckers a party. You all deserve it!
    Posted 27 days ago by Sisterly Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you for making the best game I ever played. I will try to play it a lot until it shuts down, but it will be in my heart forever.
    Posted 27 days ago by stormoftara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i feel sick as well now. this was a wonderful world, so awesome.

    why do the best games have to shut down?

    my heart dropped as soon i got onto the website....
    so sorry TS, just know that you made everybody so happy. :,)
    i wish you all luck in whatever you design next. you guys are superior in game designing by far. an awesome staff that would answer any question, your so inspiring, funny, and of course, creative.

    all i can say now is... thank you so much..... :)
    Posted 27 days ago by GiaTori Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I can hardly read this...tears in the way.  This game is amazing. I have had so much fun, met so many wonderful people, and been a part of something very special.  We have all taken ownership of our little houses, our critters, our experiences, our clever possessions, our goals and adventures and much more.  This is a loss.  Thank you Stoot and your genius techs for the wonderful world of Ur and the glitchen society.  Be sure and let us know if the world opens up again.  I'll be there.  (((Emo Bear Hug)))
    Posted 27 days ago by Pick A Lily Subscriber! | Permalink
  • March 2013 would have been my 2 year anniversary. I can not seem to find the words to express what i feel. Tears that is all that i can manage at this point, so sad. Thank you so much TS for a wonderful escape from real life. (((hugs)))
    Posted 27 days ago by 2020smoke Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you to TS and all Glitchen for making this game what it is: the most original, witty, creative and friendly game I've ever played.

    I will miss all of this greatly.
    Posted 27 days ago by richi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It was the best time ever here, I was never bored a second with all the best people from all over the world and they all could just get along. I also made friend here that just brightened my day every time. So much love and joy in this best world full of giant imagination. The thought that this world be gone in less than a month just brings a tear to my eye. 
    I just feel so lost now.
    Be safe everybody be safe! 
    With lots and lots of love, Nutty
    Posted 27 days ago by Nutty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ive really held off posting as words just dont seem enough - but i feel id kick myself forever if i didnt say something.

    Sometimes in life you find something that just...."works".  Something that hits the right note for you and Glitch certainly did that for me.  i have met some outstanding people in here, i have laughed and ive cried.  To those friends ive made along the way i would like to say my deepest lobe and thank you.  I would be completely lying if i said i wasnt devestated by this - i feel a sense of loss so profound that at the moment i wonder if ill ever feel better.  Not bad for a silly little game of nonsense.  I know ill be fine and the world will continue but there will alway be a little piece of my heart here in the hills of Aranna or wandering through the dark corridors of the Tower.  
    to the team at TS - I hope all works out for you - youre a shining example of team work

    To everyone else I really wish i had something inspirational to say but the best I can come up with is

    "For a really long time.......eleven giants walked around...."

    love you all xxx  Lou
    Posted 27 days ago by Loupin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I haven't been playing this game very long, and I don't intend to stop just yet; I'm still only in Alakol! To sum up everything, I wish I had just discovered glitch sooner. It's just incredible. There's nothing to dislike. TS have created one of the greatest online games ever. Period. And even though it seems a waste to through it away now I want to celebrate everything that Glitch is!

    Is there no way for this game to sruvive? Even changing format? Or maybe even a pay to play system because I don't just want to lose my glitch, I don't want to lose glitch! I was only just getting into it and introducing my friends and it is just sooooo amazing!

    I'm going through such an emotional storm right now :I
    Posted 27 days ago by PWRetro Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Glitch is truly a marvel and unique among MMPORGs--you did good, but you know that. There was so much I just simply enjoyed about it: the art, the simple pleasures of bean collection, high-fiving passers-by, mixing up a big batch of awesome stew, impromptu chats, watching the calendar (and doing the feats) and finding new, fun things in odd corners.

    I was really looking forward to new recipies--I found out about Glitch shortly after Restaurant City (on Facebook) closed down so I was totally into cooking at that point. [That closure I could grumple about. "We're closing this down, come play our new, unrelated, game!". Your closure is just basic economics--I can understand it.]

    I'll probably wander around a bit more but I gathered screenshots of what I wanted and I'll say goodbye to a few people. Glitch will remain a happy memory in my mind. Thank you.
    Posted 27 days ago by Teem Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks you, TS, for creating the most amazing game I have ever played. Nothing will ever come close to the beauty of this game, or the wonderful community that came with it. I have never really felt like a part of something in a game before outside of Glitch, and I imagine I won't experience this again.

    It saddens me that my first post on the forums is to say goodbye... But I have to say thank you.

    Thank you for the greatest game I have ever played.
    Posted 27 days ago by Khrysteen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh shit goddamn TS, I love every single one of you guys. This was something too good to be true, thanks to the mainstream nowadays such brilliance is not allowed on the internets for long, only idiocy and repetitive dumb things are. Thanks for everything, I will never forget this.
    Posted 27 days ago by Goddamn Goblin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I dont have eloquent words yet .. I am sure they will come ...but for now- I am sad. I've been out of game for about 3.5 months (while real life went crazy ) -but I kepy my subscription up - and was truly blind-sided when a friend messaged me that Gltich is closing.
    Sad... but I've made some fabulous game friends and I've had lots of fun. I will come back to this thread with a more eloquent post- but for now , I am sad but thankful , I guess , for the time we did have. TS - you guys are awesome - so sad to see you go . ;(
    ~serenitycat
    Posted 27 days ago by serenitycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • sorry TS,  i have a job so i don't have time to read 15 pages of forum postings so please don't tell me to check another thread.  my question is will you make christmas crackers available so we can have fun with them before the game shuts down! i have been so looking forward to those.
    Posted 27 days ago by Cat A. Tonic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nooooooooooooooooooo!
    Even after reading this so often, I still can't believe it.
    I love Glitch and I will never forget how much fun I was having while I played it.
    I signed up for an invitation shortly after it entered closed beta again and hated to wait for it. I'm not sure, but I think I waited even longer than I was able to play this game. And now ... it's over. D:
    The community in Glitch is the best one I ever saw. And I made some really nice friends. Losing Glitch is like losing a very important person for me. There were times when I played all day long and maybe I "wasted" my time, but I enjoyed every second of it.
    I wish you all the best and hope to meet at least some of you in another game or somewhere else because you're all great!
    It will be 5 am in my timezone when Glitch is closing, but I'm going to go to bed early only so I could stand up very early and enjoy the last moments .. or minutes .. or hours .. of Glitch.
    I still can't believe it.
    Posted 27 days ago by Dragonflyz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ahhh, no, I'm heartbroken. :(  This has been an incredible and unique experience that I've enjoyed more than any game I can remember in a very long time.  I'm so sad to hear you're closing.  Thank you for letting us play while it lasted. :(
    Posted 27 days ago by Maegen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We at Plan Z are talking about this Skype at this very moment. Our resources have been focused on our own game saving project but we have Glitch in our hearts and minds now. No promises, but we are trying.
    Posted 27 days ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks TS for creating the perfect game - the first game where my lack of hand-eye coordination or quick reflexes were not a problem.

    And the indignant chickens. They never stopped making me laugh. Man, I'll miss those guys.
    Posted 27 days ago by Miss Trishkit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A piece of my heart is broken. It was in the shape of a piggy. I'm so sad. I wish I had come back to the game earlier than I did and got to do everything and got more involved with the community. The community has been so great. I have never come across anything like it. I love Glitch and I just want to thank Tiny Speck for sharing it with the world. Good luck!
    Posted 27 days ago by Bunny Lapin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've only been here a few short months, but nowhere online has ever felt quite so much like home. Thanks TS, and I'm so sorry for you guys that this didn't work out. *hugs to the dev team*
    Posted 27 days ago by Trixie Lemon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks to Stoots and the great Tiny Speck staff for making my life happy with the feats and this game that has kept me addicted since i first joined. I hope that the next big game/programme will be as good as this one and hope to hearing/using it soon and also the great glitches (good and bad). I enjoyed making new friends and helping them along the way (noobs).

    Thanks again

    I love u all
    Posted 27 days ago by ❧ℜook❧ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is the first game that made me regret not learning programming. This is the sort of thing that I would LOOOOVE to be involved with, but alas, I'm but a lowly bookkeeper. 

    It has inspired me to go out and find creative startups to try and work for. I haven't found any, but it's worth a try! Thanks for the link to those forums Fokian!
    Posted 27 days ago by Trucker Dave Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Couldn't sleep last night because I was so sad for Glitch.

    Thank you guys for all the wonderful experiences you have given everyone.
    I love and will miss you all.

    This game will not be forgotten.
    Posted 27 days ago by Japan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you Tiny Speck for creating such a wonderful game. I'll miss all you guys when it closes. I will never forget the wonderful memories of playing Glitch. This was by far the best game I've played and I'm heartbroken that it is closed. I came to sign in and seriously started crying, I don't know what else to say. *Hugs everyone* I love you guys!
    Posted 27 days ago by Llewella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Stewart and crew:

    Thank you.

    Not many games get me coming back to them for extended periods of time, and too many games introduce ridiculous levels of grinding in order to provide 'content'.

    Glitch has not ever truly felt like that to me.

    The communities I have run into since I started playing over a year ago have largely been welcoming, if a bit too abrasive for even my tastes (and that takes effort). The staff have been friendly and open, and hey, they even respond to my trouble tickets when I do file them, which is a bonus when comparing Glitch to any other MMO I have ever played, save perhaps one.

    I felt comfortable wasting an hour or two dinking about Bortola, or slinking through Pollokoo, or even shuffling through Shimla Mirch, knowing that most things I'll do were enjoyable. Sure, there were a few things I hated (That ghost quest -- the only quest I have not finished because I have not found the ghosts is the major thing that came to mind), but mostly I found love in a game that embraces my gamer type.

    At heart, I'm an explorer. Given time and lack of things that will kill me by just breathing near me, I will often wander around a world and explore the living hell out of it.

    Ur was that near perfect experience for me.

    Even rook attacks weren't that bad (except for that one day where it was back to back to back to back to back to back to back rook attacks, right around the un-launching).

    I think the tl;dr of what I'm trying to say is:
    Gonna miss you guys. Haven't found much to properly fill in the hole Tiny Speck is leaving in my heart.

    Thank you again from the bottom of my convoluted mind,

    Xial
    Posted 27 days ago by Xial Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This would be the worst April Fools joke, and prolonged at that. I loved this game for the time I spent playing it, the players, the staff, and the overall community and interactions. It was very special and I looked forward to logging in every day. For those who know me, know that I can get a little hyper, but am shocked and astounded by this recent closing. I will pray for all of the staff to hired, as I looked at the hire a glitch staff page. I really am sad that it has come to this, and hope to keep in touch with everyone in some way! 
    Logging in I saw the 2009-2012 and assume it was out of beta- and it, in a way, is... but not in the way I was foreshadowing. Thank you to the staff for creating, critiquing, and perfecting Ur, especially making it so special. Also thank you to everyone in the community who supported and who were nice to play and relent with. Especially all of the minute details and groups. I loved this game. I have downloaded the screensavers, sounds and ringtones off the downloads page, as I shall always be nostalgic for this game (if that is how you use that word). Thank you once more for making this game so special. Not sure what else to say... Loss of words and heartbroken.
    Posted 27 days ago by sdEM20 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow, this totally sucks.  And if it sucks for me as a player, I can only imagine how it sucks for all the Tiny Speck folks that have put their creativity and heart into this game.  It's been a labor of love and laughter that your users have felt.  Thank you for sharing with us as long as you have.
    Posted 27 days ago by Emer Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Do you think you could ever use any of the art or parts of Glitch to make a new game maybe on a different platform? Like on a console or phones? Do you ever plan to salvage anything? Or is game making not something in your future? I'm pretty much heart broken... that might be weird but still very true... I played a lot and met a ton of amazing ppl! People who let me waste their time in this wonderful world... A community like no other :'(
    And since I'll probably never meet any of you irl... I'd just like to thank every amazing soul who roamed around this wonderful world... Just to be there for others when they needed someone... To create amazing memorials for 9/11... Thank you everyone!
    Posted 27 days ago by Demon in a Tux Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nothing, can never replace Glitch.
    Posted 27 days ago by Swits Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow...this has taken me completely by surprise. What I like most about Glitch is the unique art and friendly community, and I honestly think it will be hard to find either of those again in such a neat, whimsical package. Sigh. :( It was awesome while it lasted. 
    Posted 27 days ago by Oh Fudge Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would like to thank the entire community and Tiny Speck for this experience. It was great fun while it lasted. I have only been playing since March of this year, but this place has already felt like home (my imaginary one of course heh heh). This was my first proper MMO experience, and I enjoyed it.
    Community: Without you guys, this game wouldn't nearly be as fun. You guys are so cool and funny.
    Tiny Speck: Thank you for this imaginary playspace to wreck havoc in. And thank your for the great artwork, music, imagination put into the game, great quests, slowly unraveling backstory and everything else that made this game memorable. You guys are even cooler. :)
    It pains me to see this all go, but I think the end is the beginning. Maybe something good will come out of all this. Who knows, this could be start of something entirely new for Tiny Speck. Best of luck to everyone.
    Posted 27 days ago by Yuki Aiko Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I too feel sick, sad, and confused as to the "why". What could I have done to prevent this. i guess nothing, but would have love to try! I will miss the online friends i made, and even more the friends I will never know. I wish TS the best of luck and much love. stuff happens, it's life and we all do....

    -tiptronic
    Posted 27 days ago by tiptronic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You all have so much to be proud of in what you've created here. Glitch is a wonderful-crazy-off- the -wall "game". But even more important is the community you grew. I have always been so impressed with the way you interacted with all of us in the forums. Your involvement with us was alway honest and respectful. I can't imagine a more caring and responsive staff. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of it. 
    Posted 27 days ago by Riverwalker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • NOOOOOOOOOOO. 

    I has sads. ;(
    Posted 27 days ago by Doots Subscriber! | Permalink
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