Back on the Mother Grid

I am back from Kitely -- or I will be by the time this posts. I have spent six week uploading OH SO MANY ITEM from the last decade to that platform.  I found a lot of things I had forgotten making. I had to puzzle out often which textures went with which uploads and "how" they fit in the picture.  For the most part it was fun. Not many issues and a few new skills. 

Many of my old gacha set are now over there -- not as gachas (which checking with the CEO are OK) but as regular copy items. I never felt it was fair to the gacha resellers to put up old gacha items as copy versions after the fact. I don't like rule changes even when they don't impact me in a negative way.

It didn't take me long at all to figure out that I was remaking the Machinima Open Studio Project once again.  I think that would be its fifth reincarnation.  Not that PARKVILLE is for machinima although I am fine with that if folks want to film, I just like the idea of an environments that feels more like roleplay rather than a store.   I have three levels over there and only one has actual retail spaces. The others are just made to wander and if you like something you can right click and buy.  For ME that is perfect shopping. 

I won't be making money over there.  I am selling all my new stuff for Kitely Credits which cannot be redreamed for USD. My intent was to get a lot (several hundred) of items available for folks to purchase should they want to.  This is for the future, not now do much. There is one possible scenario where another exodus from SL will occur (not tomorrow but not that long away either). I don't know that will happen but if it does I wanted folks to have options and a possible place to land -- a sanctuary.  It cost me no money to build this and less than 15 USD a month to maintain -- so I am OK with that. It also acts as a virtual backup for a whole lot of products.

I don't see Second Life disappearing any time soon. Changes? Big changes? Possibly.  Even another sale, but not a demise. Of course I don't really have a crystal ball so one never knows. It is always good to prepare for possible future events -- in both worlds. 

Working so many hours over there with the PBR viewer has me bonded in a sense. I still don't like PBR materials or their look really, but I am happy with the viewer. EEP settings are of upmost importance of course.  I really enjoy walking through my full sim night city and seeing the rich colors (all legacy textures and no maps) and that works for me. 

I don't have any big plans for the future.  I am still retired here but will still be blogging. Will see what the future will bring.