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This Sunday at 1pm PST: Join Me & Karsten Rutledge for the Official Launch of Greedy Greedy in Sinespace!

NWN partner Sinespace is launching a huge Summer festival this weekend full of fun live events, including one on Sunday at 1PM PST which I'll host with Joshua "Karsten Rutlege" May, whose Greedy Greedy game is a huge hit in Second Life -- and is officially coming to Sinespace:

Greedy Greedy: Official Sinespace Launch Party With Karsten Rutledge & Hamlet Au, 8PM UTC/1PM PST at the Welcome Centre - Come to play, come to dance, come to show off your style in the official launch of Greedy Greedy, the hit dice game from Karsten Rutledge (aka Joshua May)! Your MC for the show is Hamlet Au (aka Wagner James Au), who’ll interview Joshua and MC the activities.

More events here on the Sinespace blog. That's Karsten above in the middle, playtesting the Sinespace version, which comes with new animations and effects. Here's how to join in on the gaming/dancing/partying mayhem:

Sinespace Unveils New User Interface, Welcome Center & Free Home Region for All Users

Sinespace just launched a huge new updated to its Unity-based virtual world platform (a proud sponsoring media partner to this blog), featured in the video above: A greatly improved viewer UI, a revamped welcome center (coming later this week), and a completely new home region (free for all users, just click "Home" in the viewer to claim/access). Here's how to check out these new changes:

• Create a free Sinespace account here 
• Download Sinespace for Windows, Mac & Linux here, then log-in. 

These updates are part of Sinespace's upcoming Summer Festival, which launches this weekend, with live music and DJs, karaoke and beach party, and much more -- like a Sunday event I'll be hosting with Greedy Greedy dice game creator Karsten Rutledge. More info on that soon, but for now get all the event details from the Sinespace blog here.

Watch this video below for a deep dive look at the new UI:

Watch: How to Create Audio Reactive Clothing in Sinespace

Update, 1:35pm: Live masterclass is over, but watch the full video above!

In today's 11:00am PST tutorial for development in Sinespace (a proud NWN partner!) lead developer Adam Frisby shows off a pretty cool feature: How to create Sinespace clothing with an Audio Reactive component. Which as that suggests, means that the clothing item can literally react to audio around it -- for example, a metallic dress that lights up and pulses in synchronized rhythm to the beat in the nightclub. Watch the YouTube stream live above, or on Sinespace's Twitch channel.

Post questions in Comments below, or perhaps even better, join Sinespace's official Discord for quickest answers from the creators.

Watch Live at 9am PST: How to Use Mood Lighting & Post Effects in Sinespace

In this week's masterclass tutorial, Adam Frisby, founder of Sinespace (a proud sponsoring partner to NWN!), shows you how to create mood lighting and use the new Post Effects stack in the Unity 3D-based virtual world. (Also streamed live on Twitch.)

Questions? Post in Comments here, or even better, in Sinespace's Discord server for developers, which are most active on weekdays.

Watch: How to Animate Avatars in Sinepace

In this week's masterclass tutorial, Adam Frisby, founder of Sinespace (a proud sponsoring partner to NWN!) shows you to animate humanoid avatars in the Unity 3D-based virtual world. Topics covered include animation overrides, using the animation controller, implementing facial gestures, and more.

Questions? Post in Comments here, or even better, in Sinespace's Discord server for developers, which are most active on weekdays.

Watch at 9am PT: How to Create Makeup & Tattoos for Sinespace Avatars

Starting at 9am PT, watch the latest Master Class live stream tutorial from Adam Frisby, co-founder of Sinespace (a proud sponsoring partner of New World Notes). Today he'll be showing 3D artists how to create makeup and tattoos for avatars in Sinespace, among the largest markets in the Sinespace economy. (Example below.)

Clickthrough to watch and comment on YouTube, or on the Twitch stream. This is one in a series of Master Class tutorials for artists and content creators -- see the full schedule on the Sinespace blog.

Want to Meet the Sinespace Team in Los Angeles During E3 2019?

Virtual world platform Sinespace (New World Notes' proud sponsoring media parter) is going to be in Los Angeles during the Electronic Entertainment Expo next month. They won't be sponsoring a E3 booth this year but are available for meetings in and around E3 in downtown Los Angeles during the event. If you're a virtual world or VR developer, an indie game creator or 3D artist, or with an organization/education group that uses virtual worlds/VR, or a reporter/blogger/analyst covering virtual worlds/VR/Unity 3D, and you're interested in Sinespace, they'd love to meet. Here's how to request a get-together:

Sinespace Help Wanted: Senior Programmer With 3D Graphics & Game Engine Experience

Sinespace, the virtual world/social VR platform and Unity 3D Asset Store Partner (and proud sponsor to NWN!), is expanding and growing its staff, starting with a senior graphics programmer. Sine Wave Entertainment, the parent company, is based in London, but remote workers from around the world are totally encouraged to apply. Here's the details from lead developer/founder Adam Frisby:

Four Tips for Creating a Winning Entry in Sinespace's FPS Map Design Contest!

With NWN partner Sinespace's deadline for its first-person shooter map contest judged by Erik Wolpaw just a couple weeks away (May 31st!),  there's a new blog post on their site with four tips on improving your level design. My favorite:

Sinespace Announces Milestone Awards in FPS Map Design Contest!

Since NWN partner Sinespace recently extended the deadline for its first-person shooter map contest judged by Erik Wolpaw to May 31st, the development team is awarding a $500 milestone prize to the contestant with the most developed game experience so far.

First prize goes to Sinespace user “AnshumanPadhi”, who created the map depicted in the video above -- an outdoors space with appealing cartoon graphics and lots of variety to the environmental layout (exposed stairs, hills, trees, rock formations, etc.) to encourage stealth and strategy during combat; it also comes with several solo player quests, and a multiplayer King of the Hill challenge at the center of the map. Anshuman is documenting the step-by-step development of his entry on his website -- go here to check it out.

The runner-up (winning $250) is Sinespace user Zvalle20, who is creating a “homage to feudalism with the castle behind the wall: