Life In Blue Mars

Hey everyone! Its your friendly neighborhood blogger and resident uber forum poster / volunteer Zetsu! Today there was a great turnout at the meet and greet! Had some devs stop by, some staff from Avatar Reality stop by, and a good amount of people! Alot of questions were answered in todays Meet and Greet, and I had the opportunity to snap many pictures! Just check out the slide show below with a whopping 17 photos.

Progress Report:

Volunteer Shirts: I had a chance to speak with Tiffany Nahinu (Summer Studio, AKA Tnahinu on the forums) about the volunteer shirts that are being developed at the moment, and she told me that they are coming along great and that next week she will be exporting them from 3DSMax. No date on just when we will actually get the shirts, but it is good to know that progress is being made.

Member MyPage: I had a chance to ask about the Member Mypage, and although progress may seem to be going slow to us on the outside, testing and feature implimentation is going on behind closed doors for this feature. No release date as of yet, but we can be sure that it is being actively worked on.

Editors: I had the chance to speak with Soeda, one of the engineers working on the editors for the Devs and they are currently working on the Animation editor, which is coming along well, and a few people had asked about the vehicle editor but there wasnt much detail given on that subject, just that it is complicated. I dont know if we will be getting it or not although at previous times I was told that there may be support for it in the future.

Instant Messaging: I had the chance to ask about Instant Messaging, and Tiffany mentioned it would either be coming in the next update or early next year. December or January she was able to project for me.

Developer Newsletter!: To all those who are signed up as developers, Glenn is working on a newsletter to be sent out next month especially for us! Hopefully this will be a regular thing, so that we can keep tabs on whats going on.

Well thats all for this update! Look forward to future updates including the Beach City video, the big post about what people are asking for in blue mars, and updates about coming patches etc!

Enjoy the slideshow! :D

The first place that I will be writing about in this brand-spanking-new blog will be Shade City!.

First things first. Shade City is a unique city with a nice feel to it. This becomes apparent when you first poof into the big entrance building. The unique style of the entrance building and the area within it surely strikes me as a place I would hang out in even in real life. One gets an amazing look at the ocean once they begin to walk around and take in the scenery. An interesting feature that I really enjoyed was the fact that when you walked up to the second level of the building the sun set and turned into a beautiful night sky. This feature I believe will be an amazing asset, useful to many city owners who want to have dynamic environments. I can just see a space station city, with an elevator that take you into space and as soon as you get there the lighting changes and the sky becomes the majestic far reaches of space. Curious as to if there were any places other than the All in all Shade City although limited in its places outside of the center building, was an enjoyable experience and is a place that would be perfect for social events.

Coming Soon: Pictures!