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Showcase: Wild West Games

// October 13th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Showcase

Next stop: Blue Mars!

Blue Mars is shaping up to be a gateway to many avenues of creative expression in their new virtual frontier.  Though the name has the word “mars” in it, it can be anything, really.  Wild West Games happens to be in the process of developing a city with a wild west theme, which would host a space for western role play and an historically accurate exploratory space.  The core group that makes up Wild West Games has been in Second Life for quite some time, where they supply historical western themed items and land for all the western enthusiasts in Second Life.

Gus Castaneda is heading up their development team and is still looking for fellow developers to add to the Wild West Games developer team.  They’re already cranking out content, but still would appreciate some more help, as their project is quite large.  Here’s a taste of what they’re making for Blue Mars:

They’ve also been so gracious to give us some sneak peeks on some other content they’re developing, such as this bank, bakery, and night stand with detailed picture frame:

If you’re interested in hopping on board with the development team over at Wild West Games, send them a message here.  They also have their own forum that you can check out over here.

Showcase: Pixel Bunneh

// October 10th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Showcase

A dress designed by Pixel Bunneh

Here’s some more evidence that people are already creating things for Blue Mars, and some evidence that these same people are helpful too!  The helpful person we’re particularly referencing is Pixel Bunneh.

Why is Pixel Bunneh so helpful, you may ask?  Well, she’s already created a couple of informative how-to’s over at her website.

These how-to’s should be especially interesting to those of you out there who are thinking about maybe putting some time into making things for Blue Mars, but aren’t quite sure about the processes.  Though these tutorials need a little bit of prior knowledge, Pixel seems more than willing to address your particular questions about the procedures.

The two tutorials that she has so far are one for using the cloth editor and one for using the item editor.

We’re hoping that she expands on these and creates new how-to’s on other topics in the near future.

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Here’s a related video by Corey Evans on using the cloth editor:

Blue Mars Cloth editor walkthrough from Corey Evans on Vimeo.

Showcase: Skribe Forti

// October 8th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Showcase

Skribe Forti is already demonstrating his worth to the Blue Mars community.  Being the creator of great tutorials for the all the new Blue Mars users out there, he’s also an accomplished machinimator and possesses a strong knack for editing video.  While Blue Mars is still in beta and not fully developed, Skribe has already shown that he is eager and able to create timely, helpful content for the Blue Mars community.

We’re impressed with what he’s come up with at present, and can’t wait to see what he creates next!  We’d love to see some videos on moving objects in world,  purchasing objects, and other things that are coming in the very near future, as well as giving some hints and tips on creating machinima in Blue Mars.

Showcase: Alpha Klata

// October 5th, 2009 // 6 Comments » // Showcase

Some of Alpha Klata's Work

While we’re all waiting for Blue Mars to come out of beta, some people are anxious as to what things are going to be like once everything is open.

Judging from what some creators are already making in their sandboxes, we think everyone is going to be blown away when everything is all put together and open to the masses.  One creator that has caught our eye is Alpha Klata.   (more…)