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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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  • Hi  Just checked with a few of my friends and they all received their housing refund (price they paid for their houses).  I have not  received mine yet "gee devs whatsya all doing?"  Ans: Yeoman service to the game and  banking services as well!  Impressive.............. Thank you.
    Posted 7 months ago by Caj Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My only question is... will there still be different house styles? Like the forest house, the marsh house, the groddle house, etc? 'Cause I liked having my marsh house, it was cute.
    Posted 7 months ago by Yelfi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • :/ well on the bright side... i have a new teleport slot?
    Posted 7 months ago by Priestess Mint Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nevermind, I read the conversation.

    :I
    Posted 7 months ago by Yelfi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • bye bye old house I will miss you!

    Soooo do we get the currants back that we spent on the old house?
    I need currants to fuel my cubi addiction! :)
    Posted 7 months ago by Nutty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "oooo do we get the currants back that we spent on the old house?" - yes
    Posted 7 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm making bread pudding.  Does Tiny Speck SF like bread pudding?  I can drop some off as fuel/incentive for Myles.  You know, to go with the whipping.  There's booze in the sauce, if it helps. ;)
    Posted 7 months ago by muffin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OMG CANT WAIT THISNIS CRAZY BUT...i can live without glitch for a week :(
    Posted 7 months ago by ƇαԎ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I hope this doesn't come off as overly sappy, but this game is one of the most unique and promising "casual" mmos I've seen in a very long time. It bursts at the seams with the creativity and adoration that the developers obviously possess for the title.

    I look forward to every update (even these big, scary ones), because ultimately, I trust that the Glitch team is looking forward to the best possible Glichian future for everybody. I haven't seen anything yet that implies otherwise.
    Posted 7 months ago by Yuoh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • thanks Bees!
    I can't wait to go decorative crazy on my new house :)
    Posted 7 months ago by Nutty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My Glitch shall suffice for a week waiting for me to log in. :)
    Posted 7 months ago by usterka Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm a little excited and nervous at the same time. I left some stuff on the floor of my house and haven't been on for a while, so this is a bit confusing. Plus, the new skills thing is also kind of perplexing me.
    Posted 7 months ago by Wolfshadow Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My PIGS!
    Posted 7 months ago by Mad Coffee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Lost Conscience
    LOL. Your piggies will be turned to piglets

    @Topic
    I patiently await the re-opening.
    Posted 7 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Muffin:   A good bread pudding with a bit of whiskey in the sauce is the next best thing to heaven.....I wish we could make it in the game..........
    Posted 7 months ago by Kaho Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Will 3 floors always be the maximum, or is that just for this release?

    (so excited!!)
    Posted 7 months ago by jello's landscaping Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @usterka: wat? 

    Update 2 says Thursday morning, Pacific time. That's not a week, is it?
    Posted 7 months ago by Crrrystal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oops.  I wish I had taken more pics of my houses before.  Oh well.  Time to start from scratch.
    Posted 7 months ago by RainCat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well. They didn't say which Thursday, did they?
    Posted 7 months ago by Miss Coco Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Kaho, 'tis indeed. :)  And leftover whisky sauce is perfect for dipping tart green apples in.

    I've got Macallan 12 or Bulleit Bourbon on hand for the sauce, Tiny Speck SF, just sayin'...
    Posted 7 months ago by muffin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • three questions:
    one: are we going to be able to use the Furniture? like sleep in the bed to get mood or energy back in us?

    two: can we send item ideas to you or on a form some were? for like thing to build? like a bed of leafs and twigs, or for more counter top decorations, like a glowing floating ball of light or a snail (l like snails :P or a fluffy frog pillow to plop on the floor.

    three: what are all the items it takes to make the wood stands? like wood and snails and bubbles for glue?
    Posted 7 months ago by crazy zombie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh ,no, for bread pudding there's nothing better than rum sauce! Hmm, I think I have a bottle somewhere . . . .
    Posted 7 months ago by Mollie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Arabesque: It'd be more like 6pm in the UK. 10am for them is noon for me, and I'm at -6 GMT. They don't usually do big things until around 12-3pm my time (6-9pm UK time). Earliest I would guess would be 5pm your time (but that doesn't give them much time after getting to the office). Just to expand on what Don Monkey said. :)
    Posted 7 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • oo i see devs  in world cool
    Posted 7 months ago by satarell Subscriber! | Permalink
  • http://www.glitch.com/forum/general/20698/page12/#reply-217897

    Assume midday pacific time.  Then you'll be pleasantly surprised if it comes out sooner.
    Posted 7 months ago by Daffy Lurksalot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We never did work out what it was that made my Nan's bread pudding so outrageously fabulous. However based on one or two discoveries we suspect it might have been the cat hairs :-)
    Posted 7 months ago by Snazzlefrazz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • can we have frogs that we can hug to get slime? slime is coool and gooey and bubblebeelizards to get honey from or leather or something...
    SNAILS!!  just to have snails! oooh with lots of different kind of shells, we could collect them and stick them to are walls of are new houses as decorations and they only come out at night and some glow and some are different colors and some have three eyes and... um! :P
    Posted 7 months ago by crazy zombie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Voice ServerVoice Chat for players of Glitch.

    Mumble client
    mumble.sourceforge.net/ 

    Settings:click "server", "connect", then the button"add new..."

    Label: Whatever_you_want_to_put_here
    Address: glitch-mumble.no-ip.org
    Port: 64738
    Username: your_glitch_name
    Password: glitch

    a few screen shots...
    Connection settings: i.imgur.com/jkUeb.jpg
    Main window: i.imgur.com/roBAA.jpg
    Posted 7 months ago by phelps.mike Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "are we going to be able to use the Furniture?" - not in this release

    "can we send item ideas to you or on a form some were?" - the ideas forum

    "what are all the items it takes to make the wood stands?" - you can see in-game when it opens up
    Posted 7 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • JOIN MUMBLE CHAT!
    Posted 7 months ago by Palindrome Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for working so hard Tiny Speck!!!  I am soooo excited!!!!  Hurry Back!!!!
    Posted 7 months ago by Monkeygirl♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Till Thursday morning--so you're pulling an all-nighter? Are you gonna have Chinese takeaway and pizza and doughnuts?

    I suggest we call today the 2nd of Bruise, "Elucubration Day". Who's with me!?
    Posted 7 months ago by Liridona Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hugs Bees!!!!!   You are amazing!!

    I think this was answered, but want to clarify....   If I build my home street, with my house on the right side and expand as far as I can to the left side....  Can I redo that?   (I suck at design and decorating, so options are really important for me.)

    And thanks to all the TS folks!!!!!!   Looking forward to the changes!! :D
    Posted 7 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
  • :: pouts ::

    GOD said a FEW hours .. .that was this morning... and Glitch!  It is still closed! :: sad face ::
    Posted 7 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Gettin closer to LIVE v2!
    Posted 7 months ago by MeherMan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • :: scrolling up ::

    ... oh.. so.. tomorrow morning eh... :(
    I've been like, chain smoking waiting for this damn game to open >:(  THAT is how anxious it makes me to not be able to get in-world.  Crap.  Internet addiction?  JUST GLITCH that's all.  I'm only addicted to Glitch.

    /pretends she hasn't been obsessively contesting and questing her ponies for the last week... >_>
    Posted 7 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Bees!
    If I buy a subscription and then get subscriber-only furniture, does the furniture revert to the basic style when the subscription runs out or does the style keep until I change it to something else?
    Posted 7 months ago by Elizabeth Park-Fowl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "Elucubration" is my new favorite word! Liridona, I hope they take your suggestion! (And that we can make donuts for a day or two around that day each glitch year. MMMMMMM! Donuts!)
    Posted 7 months ago by gilbert whisper Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm glad I got in this morning and harvested my 15 plots of yellow crumb just before God booted us. I had bought Dude a Domo DVD to watch because I was going to be in game on our anniversary, but I guess he won't need it. :)
    Posted 7 months ago by JohnaMarie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Uhm, Bees!, you left your staff sign in your other pants.
    Posted 7 months ago by M<3tra, obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Exciting. I can't wait. :D
    Posted 7 months ago by Sea Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pirate Apples - House expansions can't be undone at the moment. I think it's safe to assume that the same applies to home street expansions.  http://www.glitch.com/help/faq/#q178

    Elizabeth Park-Fowl - the general rule with subscriber purchases is that anything that's actually cost you credits is yours to keep forever if your subscription runs out. Anything that's "free for subscribers" is more complicated - read the FAQ here http://www.glitch.com/help/faq/#q19 - I'd expect furniture to work the same way.
    Posted 7 months ago by Snazzlefrazz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ooo another vote for Honey Bunnies!

    Can we also get a recipe for Honey Baked Ham?
    Posted 7 months ago by Ziti Subscriber! | Permalink
  • bees- does wallpapers and wall paint colors and such -will that work like the furniture does with the 4 types of things- or is it strictly all credits or ???
    (trying to calulate how mancy credits it will take to put my house back together .. ) thanks.:)
    Posted 7 months ago by serenitycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Snazzlefrazz!

    I really suck at the decorating, organizing and arranging stuff...

    I would happily pay to undo my mistakes...  but get that coding might not allow for it. 

    Phooey. :(

    But I think I'll survive. :D

    I recently went on a walk through one of the tree resource routes and a couple of those home streets really caught my eye.   I suspect I should do some touring before I start with any major upgrades.
    Posted 7 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "If I build my home street, with my house on the right side and expand as far as I can to the left side....  Can I redo that?" - yes

    "If I buy a subscription and then get subscriber-only furniture, does the furniture revert to the basic style when the subscription runs out or does the style keep until I change it to something else?" - you keep it

    "Uhm, Bees!, you left your staff sign in your other pants." - oops!

    "does wallpapers and wall paint colors and such -will that work like the furniture does with the 4 types of things" - i *think* it works like furniture
    Posted 7 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Good idea Pirate! I might do that as well :)
    Posted 7 months ago by Aurora Dellaterra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bees, I just want to say that you are an absolute saint for hanging out in the forum and keeping everyone occupied and answering our questions.  You are _awesome_.
    Posted 7 months ago by Aliera Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Honey is full of sugar (glucose), sugar makes you either hyper or comatose (you know - diabetic like), and since sugar/honey can cause your intrinsic speed to go either up or down, it should come from quantum mechanics (as a Nethack Easter egg/cameo).

    You could have some sort of verb with a quantum mechanic, which results in leaving you a box.  You open the box and either a cat could jump out and hand you some honey in thanks, or you find honey that... the resident is no longer in need of.  Think of the dialogue options!

    So, we have a Nethack cameo, a Schrödinger reference, and some truly Glitchen weird but fun-ness.
    Posted 7 months ago by Defenestrar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wait, wait, wait.....wut???????

    Sorry Bees!, but now I'm confused...

    If I build my home street with my house on one side and don't like it there.....  I can move it?

    If I expanded to the left and don't like it.... can I undo that?  And then expand to the right?

    (Kinda sounds like the Hokey Pokey, eh?)
    Posted 7 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
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