We have written before about the Second Life Roleplaying game Kaaos Effect before. This virtual game is a combination of time travel and puzzles.
Below is a video showing the gameplay. It is about 6 minutes long. Check it out below………………………….
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It all started with allegations that developers of the popular Emerald Second Life viewer (reportedly used by 1 out of 3 Second Life users and accounts for half of all user hours) engaged in denial of service attacks against rival developers.
It was also discovered that the Emerald Viewer security may not be up to par with several back doors and bugs.
The problem with all of this is that 80% of Residents do not like the Viewer 2 that Linden Lab provides. This fueled the Emerald Viewer’s popularity along with the the feature of realistic bouncing breast physics. So now that popular viewer has lost faith. Without the bouncing breasts of Emerald many people may simply give up on Second Life altogether. This could spark a further decline in Second Life user hours……………………
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We wrote recently about the 12 Major Changes Coming to Second Life many of which were announced at SLCC 2010.
One of the most earth shattering yet glossed over changes will be that Teen Second Life will be discontinued. Teens age 16 and above will be allowed into the Main Grid. The teen grid will be shut down on December 31, 2010.
This is a huge change for Second Life and despite…………………………………………….
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Recently Second Life Chief Executive Officer Philip Rosedale appeared on NPR to discuss the creation of the virtual world, his inspiration, and where the virtual world is today. Of course the recent layoffs were glossed over and the user statistics were somewhat exaggerated.
Listen to the audio below which includes several other view points. It is about 6 minutes long……………………………
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In what can only be called a disappointing launch of their Viewer 2 for Second Life, Linden Lab focused on their goals instead of incorporating feedback of their residents.
That approach obviously didn’t work and now Linden Lab is again changing course and attempting to incorporate more feedback and even code with the new open development program Project Snowstorm.
Linden Lab is going Agile in a very big way “Linden Lab has adopted the Scrum framework”. Anyone who knows anything about Agile knows that it initially makes everything much worse as the developers struggle with the different methodology and even terminology (backlog, daily scrum, use cases, retrospectives, user stories, sprints, etc. LET MAMA WATCH HER STORIES!) I can speak from personal experience that it can often decrease productivity. Agile doesn’t solve the problem of bad programmers or a poor work ethic. Only proper motivation and confidence in the company and employees can do that.
Watch the below video about the Agile Development Process for Second Life below. The video is very long at about an hour. It also includes the news that Q Linden had a stroke. Check it out below………………………………
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SLCC 2010 had some major news this year. Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale announced sweeping changes and made some major commitments. Below are the 12 major changes announced/promised.
Also below is the SLCC 2010 Keynote Address video by Philip Rosedale. The video is very long. Check it out below.
12 Major changes to Second Life Announced at SLCC 2010:
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The below is a high definition explaining about Terra-forming virtual land in Second Life. It includes the minimum settings that must be in place to prevent others from changing your land including griefers.
Also included are some good landlord settings to apply……………………………………
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Below is a high definition video tutorial showing the use of multiple attachments in the Second Life Viewer 2.1.
The video is about 1.5 minutes long. Check it out below…………..