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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: verden on May 06, 2009, 06:57:37 am

Title: VSide
Post by: verden on May 06, 2009, 06:57:37 am

3D immersive world, apparently being developed as a music delivery system. Its all roleplay lol. Clubs and dancing. Not standard 3D, more like a "Through a Scanner Darkly" 3D. Very interesting to check out.

http://www.vside.com/

Title: Re: VSide
Post by: Prolix on May 06, 2009, 10:23:44 am

reminiscent of anarchy online.

Title: Re: VSide
Post by: Under the moon on May 06, 2009, 04:56:57 pm

Make dance, not war. Start with a game that is all about combat, and you end with a game that is all about combat. Take a note of that, Talad.

Title: Re: VSide
Post by: Tuxide on May 06, 2009, 08:49:11 pm

The ultimate game; highly recommended to anyone who's a huge fan of Tyra Banks.

A good review (http://www.somethingawful.com/d/mmo-roulette/tyrastudio.php)

Watch the trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK-nV79_YLk)

Title: Re: VSide
Post by: verden on May 07, 2009, 06:32:49 am

Quote

TYRA UPDATE

    * The Tyra Virtual Studio is no longer part of vSide
          o We still love Tyra, but her virtual studio has floated out to sea

http://forums.vside.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=30781&tstart=0

There is also a macro language for describing dance actions. Plants that grow. You can design clothes and earn VSide money.

Its interesting... but too Brave New World for me. I keep looking around for a sword.

Title: Re: VSide
Post by: Tuxide on May 07, 2009, 06:27:52 pm

Quote from: verden on May 07, 2009, 06:32:49 am

[...]  her virtual studio has floated out to sea

Ah that is good news.

vSide is all about stupid animations that loop repeatedly.

Who needs a sword when you can windmill?

Title: Re: VSide
Post by: verden on May 08, 2009, 07:31:07 pm

To be precise, the basic set of dances is about 100 that loop endlessly. The point is that the dance actions can be referenced in an internal scripting language that is open to the users. That means that dances are programmed by the users. The ones that show in the interface are just the starting ones. In addition to dances, these include all of the standard emotes you would expect plus quite a few more. The range of expression that is present in the interface is impressive. This is truly a roleplaying interface, although the lack of various game mechanics... well, lets just say I got some looks when I was asking if I could purchase weaponry in game. Now, I don't "like" this game. I spent about an hour in game reviewing the features and how it worked so as I could make precise statements about it elsewhere. For around 150 megs for the download, its an impressive little application. They have to be planning to take this to a pay basis after beta, there is a lot of engineering work in there.