The Graphics on Metaplace are Crap! Or maybe not…
by Alphaville Herald on 21/03/09 at 8:13 am
Utopika World
by The Allseeing Eye, staff reporter
While Pixeleen and Uri sit in Metaplace and marvel at its egalitarian tools and its democratic Terms of Service and its we-are-of-the-web philosophy, I've been wondering about something else. Given that it's more or less flash based or whatever, aren't the graphics going to be craptastic? That's what I thought until I bumped into some self-described Metaplace pixel artists the other night. Here are some screenshots brought to you at great personal risk, given that Raph enforces his NDA with led pipe wielding thugs — the kind that kneecap figure skaters without a second thought! Anyway, pics are below the fold.
Athkala World
Athkala
Athkala
Dreams World
Jumpman Lane
Mar 21st, 2009
hey somebody send me an invite to metaplace
Darien Caldwell
Mar 21st, 2009
looks like clipart pasted into a scene. Meh…
SusanC
Mar 21st, 2009
Most of the Metaplace screen-shots that have been released so far look pretty bad. I think this is because the builders of those example worlds were inexperienced/not artists, and I’m expecting to see better in future. (There are poor-quality builds in Second Life, too…)
As I understand it, Metaplace is designed so that anyone can write a client with extra graphics abilities, like 3D. If lots of people want a client with 3D and texture mapping, I’m sure someone will code it up.
Cuppycake
Mar 21st, 2009
The art in Metaplace is as good as the artist who created it. Since you can import anything you create in various modeling programs or Photoshop – the quality ranges greatly.
Alyx Stoklitsky
Mar 21st, 2009
I’m not one to defend SL or anything, but does anyone remember the last wannabe SL-killer that the herald jerked off?
It was Lively.
chris
Mar 21st, 2009
Yea. metaplace can display a jpg file from 1992…wooo wooo.
Jumpman Lane
Mar 21st, 2009
went there (thanx tizzy for the invite) It SUX!
Frans
Mar 22nd, 2009
Most of the first art in sl looked crappy too. Metaplace is still in beta and thus has a small userbase, which more enthusiasts instead of skilled game designers or artists. This also similar to the early time of SL.
CronoCloud Creeggan
Mar 23rd, 2009
Good point Alyx.
I’ve seen nothing out there that’s the equal of SL. SL has survived all comers in the virtual world space and I expect that will continue. From what I’ve seen, “There” came close, but there’s a reason there’s an SL last name of Thereian…for all the There expatriates. Kaneva, meevo, Metaplace, There, IMVU, Dotsoul, none of them come close to what SL is.
If SL was to shut down tomorrow, where would we all go?
mootykips
Mar 23rd, 2009
outside
Mrs. Ruff Ruffman
Mar 23rd, 2009
to a shrink,
then outside, where you would be blinded by natural light and choked by fresh air before coming to the realization that you’ve turned into a lifeless pixel idiot!