Set of Headphones
This weekend I wanted to create something simpler than heavily scripted items I have been working recently. I chose to do a set of headphones and release them as freebies. Since the textures are shades of grey, these can be tinted to different colours easily.
This morning I returned to OS Labs Minimall and set up a vendor there. I used to sell items there and it was one of the few places that was actually worth it. Not to mention that every time I dropped by there, I got to see all neat items other people were selling. In the end I wasn’t updating my item selection enough and decided to have a break.
Now I have returned and the Minimall looks as nice as always. I haven’t ever been fond of big shopping malls full of stuff, but this place is different. Only two storeys high, compact and well designed. No fear of getting lost or overwhelmed by hundreds and hundreds of sellers.
OS Labs also have their own website, where you can check some of their products, see store layout and browse screen shots.
“Arriving in Numbakulla, an explorer finds that fate and a shipwreck has cast them ashore in a land of mystery.”
The Pot Healer Adventure is interactive adventure game, where you get to explore a sim full of secrets and hidden places. Over course of time, I have visited there several times, poking around and just admiring the location. Today I went there and found some more clues and hidden spots that I hadn’t spotted before. I haven’t solved the game yet, but I’m definitely enjoying my visits there.
I’m quite amazed that such a place was created in the first place and then left open for people to explore. Amount of work that must have gone into designing and building the whole sim must be high. There are no charges or fees to pay, but the whole place is accessible for everyone. There are tip jars around, but they blend into surroundings well and don’t distract from the adventure.
I took some photos while exploring and posted some of them at the end of the posting. Nothing too revealing, all these locations are easily accessible from the start and the photos should not spoil the adventure for you.
Geocentric Model
After learning some new things about astronomy, I finished geocentric model shown above. This really neat gadget shows position of the sun and the moon in relation to earth and automatically updates them as the time passes by. It’s probably slowest moving object I created, since the sun takes one year for a full rotation. And it definitely is one of those that I’m most proud of.
As always, there is a sample model set up in Iron Bird store, if you would like to have a look at it.
While searching tutorials online, I found a blog posting about quite neat looking code generator called Scratch. Granted, I didn’t try out it yet, only checked some youtube videos about it and read the getting started page. Idea behind the tool is to allow users to build their scripts from parametrisable blocks, like in Lego Mindstorm. You can’t do awfully complex things with it, but getting started with scripting using this tool looks extremely easy. And nobody stops you from modifying the generated code afterwards.
Also, be sure to check out the official blog of Scratch for Second Life.
