Someone found a dongsock

Late at Apefest there was an extra public @OthersideMeta event. No pictures allowed, but my memory is pretty good, so here’s what I took away. (All from memory, so details may be off or change before release.) The big theme: a full resource loop is coming. You travel to deeds, harvest resources, bring them home, craft, and trade. The best part is that crafted items can be placed directly on your deed, so you can build simple experiences inside Otherside without needing the ODK. What’s changing? The portal at the start becomes your Starpod. From there you pick from 4 destinations: Nexus, Swamp, the Map (to visit deeds), and a fourth I can’t recall. What’s the Map? It’s the Otherdeed overview, similar to our map view on oswiki. You can click deeds and see resource info: what’s on them, how much is left to harvest, and so on. You travel there with your Starpod, and travel takes time, so plan ahead. In the first wave only 4 environments are finished, and only Yuga-owned deeds can be visited. How do I harvest? When you arrive, markers show where resources are. Run to one and hit it until it breaks. Items drop, and you pick them up until your inventory is full. Then you have to RUN back to your Starpod to deliver them. Don’t respawn, or you lose everything. We also saw a Koda weapon for the first time, which probably gives some kind of boost. What can I do with resources? This is where it gets interesting. You can craft from predefined templates. @imjameshall crafted a tree and then placed it directly on his Otherdeed. This is MASSIVE. Users can build simple experiences right inside Otherside. For multilevel experiences with complex mechanics, you’ll probably still need the ODK. Where can I trade? There’s a trading terminal directly in the Otherside menu. It reminded me a bit of what I built for oswiki, but there probably isn’t much room to do it differently. Overall I’m positive about the progress. We needed this 3 years ago, but it’s finally here and we can take the next step! ---- Not directly connected but maybe relevant for many: @dinopawnz told me to show up more in the otherside events, and i will do this again 😁 I got lazy and also gave him feedback what was the reason for me not to come. (voice changer, time slots, complicated to join) - but he told me that some of that hurdles already got removed.