Too tired to post anything tonight, so instead I share with you a video of cats and a toy train.
Open Thread!
Zoos and Gardening and Cinemas Oh My!
Today in Resonite we paid a visit to a cursed looking zoo map. It had a mix of moving animals, non moving animals, a couple talismans that turned you into animals… and an exhibit for feral lawn chairs. It had quite a bit going on in it.
Then we decided to take up some gardening! We grew tulips, carrots, wheat, and most importantly of all… watermelons. It was a nice relaxing map, the three of us had a good time. Then after we completed all of our farming for the day we went cinema hopping.
We still have a few more cinema maps to explore, but I think we’re on the right track. We watched a couple small videos before calling it a night. I wasn’t even planning on hopping into Resonite today, but when a friend mentioned they were wanting to do some science there it was hard for me to say no.
Resonite is basically a more modern hybrid of VR Chat and Garry’s Mod. I doubt it will fully replace GMod for me, but it does offer unlimited possibilities. So far we’ve been to a zoo, became farmers, went diving for records, visited the cinema and there’s SO MUCH MORE to explore! I’m looking forward to my next excursion! 😀
For The Records
We didn’t mean to spend the entire weekend in Resonite… but here we be! Started off by showing a friend the world where we found the VHS tapes and player, then watched them take it apart to understand how its coded, then we ended the evening by visiting a record store, with working records! I saved some to my inventory to play in my digital home. Found some oldies, new stuff, game soundtracks, and all kinds of other crazy stuff. I’m liking the amount of variety this game offers.
Collisions and a Movie
I’m finding almost anything is possible in Resonite. At one point we took a train down to Black Mesa, then a friend of a friend showed up and sent us on adventures in their TARDIS, then we traveled from world to world and accidentally had a movie night together. We watched The Blob, and found a whole bunch of other movies for next time!
One thing I’ve noticed traveling between different worlds in Resonite is a severe lack of collisions for world objects and fixtures. There was a hotel we visited earlier that had NO COLLISIONS WHATSOEVER. You could walk through walls, fireplaces, desks… why? The only thing fun about it was listening to one of my friends rage about it.
More World Exploration! (Resonite)
We had a small Resonite get together earlier this evening. We explored a few cool worlds, worlds that I would probably enjoy even more in VR. I wish I lived in an area where VR Headsets could be demoed in person. I don’t want to invest hundreds of dollars into a VR Headset if it’s just going to nauseate me. We found a few cool party worlds, a relaxing spa/bath world, a desert oasis and more! I felt like a kid in a candy story as we took turns choosing what worlds looked the most interesting or the most cursed. We all had a good time. 🙂
Early Evening Open Thread
Not feeling well enough tonight to focus on a post, so this one is up for grabs.
Open Thread,
The Revolution Is Over… At Aperture
One of the main reasons I always preferred PC Gaming to console is the modabillity of games, when applicable. An XBox or Playstation version of Portal 2 doesn’t go nearly as far or as hard as the PC Version, where the modding never really stopped. We get to enjoy mods like Portal Reloaded, Thinking with Time Machine, and Portal Revolution! I managed to finish it tonight, it was a wild ride and it did an incredible job replicating the humor of the original base games. I’ll need to go back and grab the achievements I missed after giving myself a break from it, but overall I had a wonderful time playing!
Stay tuned next for a completely different game… probably.
Total Eclipse Of The Home
Been playing around in Resonite on and off. Today I spent it decorating my digital home, added a working bouncy castle and a couple of other things, nothing major. Then met up with a friend this evening to check out some avatar worlds. Then we went back to my home and made an eclipse happen. It was a fun hour to kill. Maybe next time we’re in we can have a little get together to watch some YouTube vids together. :O
The Things You Find At Aperture…
Made some progress in Portal Revolution! Currently on one of the Test Chamber 6’s. Just finished my latest climb to the surface after solving a previous Test Chamber 6 the “fun way”. I’ll need to remember to go back and see what the “boring way” is.
The modders behind Portal Revolution have an optional pack you can purchase on Steam that transforms the test cubes we all know and love into a more squeezable looking counterpart. I figured that I’ve been enjoying each session in Portal Revolution enough that I decided to buy it during the more recent Steam Sale. Plus, since it’s a Source Game/Mod I can add the cube model to my growing collection of SFM models and materials! It could make for a good stress ball, or stress cube?
The Path Of Shart
Last weekend we didn’t play Baldur’s Gate 3, but we made up for it a bit tonight by making our way through Shar’s Trials. I got some good footage! We’ll see how long it takes before getting around to it. I’m recording in HDR, and the software that I use doesn’t support it yet. I’ll either have to convert the videos to SDR manually, or wait for support. Either way I have plenty to keep me busy while waiting for implementation. More games to play, more projects for me to go back and forth between.