12 days of christmas - Day 3
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by Andrew Hart
Hey guys,
For day 3 of the 12 days of christmas i have an interview from one of the workers on a new virtual online world known as Galaxy Life. It's gonna be open soon in a BETA state (not finished) and it's a huge online 3d environment where you start off with your own character and planet and the main general aim is to make money. So here's the interview with one of the people working on this online world, Anne.
Me: What does your character start with apart from the planet? This includes money and basically just everything they have to start off.
Anne: Apart form your very own unique planet (more about the planet in next answer) each character starts by choosing an avatar from one of 7 character types and then they choose set of clothes and customise their appearance (size, hairstyles etc). If people sign up now for the Pioneer Programme or join the closed beta test they will all get a pack of free items (ncluding some rares) to give them a head start, they can sign up at www.galaxylife.com These offers won’t last forever, so it’s worth doing now!!!
2. Is there anything on their planet to start off with and how do they build things and how much customisation of things is there?
Anne: Each planet has their own Lifepod, this will be your home and you can furnish and decorate the Lifepod how you want giving it a unique feel. It is your own personal space where you can invite friends and socialise, so getting it just how you want will say a lot about you .There is also a robobutler in your Lifepod who wil give the player helpful information about the planet. Each planet has some basic terrain which will have been generated by your planet customisation choices, as the game evolves so will the planet, there will be plant life and animals and ecological consequences but this will all come later, the idea now is that you are at the very beginning of this new life and the planet is also just starting out and will evolve with you, altered and developed by , amongst other things, your choices.
3. How do you reach other planets and the central place in space from your planet? Will you have to buy something to get there?
Anne: From Elamaba – the space station and social hub of the universe you can travel to your own or other people’s planets. The travel method is via light tube and it’s free. To get from one planet to another, you need to return to Elamaba by light tube and then chose your destination planet. In the future we will introduce bus and taxi travel as well.
4. Is there any way of getting a spaceship or rocket or something and being able to see your planet from space as you leave it or something?
Anne: Yes we have plans for this and many space craft have been designed!
5. When you build stuff does it cost money for all the materials?
Anne: Yes it does at the moment – prices for all goods start from 1 crown which equals 10p.
6. What's the chat feature like?
Anne: three kinds: local area (talk to everyone in room), p2p (talk to one person) and group (talk to your whole online clan, etc) This is all text based but we have plans for voice chat and that should be implemented very soon!
7. How would you spread the word about your planet? Is there an advertising system?
Anne: We have plans for something like this. Right now, you can write on the forums http://forums.galaxyserver.net/ and let everyone know how great your planet is
8. Is there a way of getting outside content into the game and then selling it for in-game money?
Anne: We have plans for something like this, but it won’t be introduced for a while
9. Is there a way of hiring people and also go into some detail about how businesses and things may be run?
Anne: Labour is done by workbots, not players, leaving you free to enjoy yourself whilst the work is being done. You will be able to develop your planet agriculturally or with mining. There are plans for being able to encourage wildlife and get income via tourism. Trade wil also form a big part of the economy
10. How easy is it to get started?
Anne: We aim to make it as easy as possible! It’s free, a simple download to get started we want everyone to feel comfortable about joining Galaxylife
11. Could i possibly see lots of screenshots of it please?
One of the bars that will be opens soon on Elamaba
A view of Elamaba from space (it’s massive – there will only be a tiny part of the Elamaba open to start with)
a scene of a developed planet with new buildings and evolved planet terrain
Tomorrow there's an exclusive download...
For day 3 of the 12 days of christmas i have an interview from one of the workers on a new virtual online world known as Galaxy Life. It's gonna be open soon in a BETA state (not finished) and it's a huge online 3d environment where you start off with your own character and planet and the main general aim is to make money. So here's the interview with one of the people working on this online world, Anne.
Me: What does your character start with apart from the planet? This includes money and basically just everything they have to start off.
Anne: Apart form your very own unique planet (more about the planet in next answer) each character starts by choosing an avatar from one of 7 character types and then they choose set of clothes and customise their appearance (size, hairstyles etc). If people sign up now for the Pioneer Programme or join the closed beta test they will all get a pack of free items (ncluding some rares) to give them a head start, they can sign up at www.galaxylife.com These offers won’t last forever, so it’s worth doing now!!!
2. Is there anything on their planet to start off with and how do they build things and how much customisation of things is there?
Anne: Each planet has their own Lifepod, this will be your home and you can furnish and decorate the Lifepod how you want giving it a unique feel. It is your own personal space where you can invite friends and socialise, so getting it just how you want will say a lot about you .There is also a robobutler in your Lifepod who wil give the player helpful information about the planet. Each planet has some basic terrain which will have been generated by your planet customisation choices, as the game evolves so will the planet, there will be plant life and animals and ecological consequences but this will all come later, the idea now is that you are at the very beginning of this new life and the planet is also just starting out and will evolve with you, altered and developed by , amongst other things, your choices.
3. How do you reach other planets and the central place in space from your planet? Will you have to buy something to get there?
Anne: From Elamaba – the space station and social hub of the universe you can travel to your own or other people’s planets. The travel method is via light tube and it’s free. To get from one planet to another, you need to return to Elamaba by light tube and then chose your destination planet. In the future we will introduce bus and taxi travel as well.
4. Is there any way of getting a spaceship or rocket or something and being able to see your planet from space as you leave it or something?
Anne: Yes we have plans for this and many space craft have been designed!
5. When you build stuff does it cost money for all the materials?
Anne: Yes it does at the moment – prices for all goods start from 1 crown which equals 10p.
6. What's the chat feature like?
Anne: three kinds: local area (talk to everyone in room), p2p (talk to one person) and group (talk to your whole online clan, etc) This is all text based but we have plans for voice chat and that should be implemented very soon!
7. How would you spread the word about your planet? Is there an advertising system?
Anne: We have plans for something like this. Right now, you can write on the forums http://forums.galaxyserver.net/ and let everyone know how great your planet is
8. Is there a way of getting outside content into the game and then selling it for in-game money?
Anne: We have plans for something like this, but it won’t be introduced for a while
9. Is there a way of hiring people and also go into some detail about how businesses and things may be run?
Anne: Labour is done by workbots, not players, leaving you free to enjoy yourself whilst the work is being done. You will be able to develop your planet agriculturally or with mining. There are plans for being able to encourage wildlife and get income via tourism. Trade wil also form a big part of the economy
10. How easy is it to get started?
Anne: We aim to make it as easy as possible! It’s free, a simple download to get started we want everyone to feel comfortable about joining Galaxylife
11. Could i possibly see lots of screenshots of it please?
One of the bars that will be opens soon on Elamaba
A view of Elamaba from space (it’s massive – there will only be a tiny part of the Elamaba open to start with)
a scene of a developed planet with new buildings and evolved planet terrain
Tomorrow there's an exclusive download...
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