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Interests Zone => ♖ ∙ Video Games => Topic started by: pixiez on June 25, 2024 @809.51
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Hey folks! I feel like this kind of weird nostalgic lost media would appeal to y'all, so I wanted to share it :wizard:
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQcOIM46wQnJs_Q-fD7Z5cxxU51V36oxfGYPw&s)
Dizzywood is probably one of the truly lost 2000s kids' MMOs. It went down in 2011, before any of the bigger names such as Toontown or Club Penguin. I remember it really fondly, though. Something about it was just... different, I guess. It was really liberal with customization of your character and their clothing, it let your characters have superpowers (you could fly and turn invisible), and there were a lot of charming minigames and events and such. It had this really interesting kind of solarpunk aesthetic, and really cute anthropomorphic character design.
(https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dizzywood/images/f/f7/Cannon.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080229171016)
I dunno. I just think it's neat. I know some folks trying to remake it (we have a Discord Server, if anyone's interested!) and we were briefly in talks with the website's founder about getting assets, but he's been MIA for almost a year haha.
Anyways, yeah. Anyone else remember this?
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I used to try out all of these little virtual world games back in the day! :ha: I definitely played Dizzywood for a hot minute! Specifically, what I remember the most was the weird dynamic 3D camera and there were like gems or something you had to collect?
I don't personally recall any anthro characters but I just looked into their website through the Wayback Machine and it looks like they had a racoon mascot (https://web.archive.org/web/20081029012429/http://www.dizzywood.com/) and a bunny dude (https://web.archive.org/web/20090302082647/http://www.dizzywood.com/)!
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I used to try out all of these little virtual world games back in the day! :ha: I definitely played Dizzywood for a hot minute! Specifically, what I remember the most was the weird dynamic 3D camera and there were like gems or something you had to collect?
I don't personally recall any anthro characters but I just looked into their website through the Wayback Machine and it looks like they had a racoon mascot (https://web.archive.org/web/20081029012429/http://www.dizzywood.com/) and a bunny dude (https://web.archive.org/web/20090302082647/http://www.dizzywood.com/)!
Yeah, it was a weird almost 2.5D kind of deal, with 2D assets in a 3D world if memory serves??
As for the gems, there were a few places you could collect things! You're probably thinking about the Crystal Caves and the old ruins, though:
(https://sakurablossom17.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/defuse-the-eloxor.jpg)
And yeah, the raccoon is Presto! There was also Chanjo the chameleon, haha.
(https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dizzywood/images/9/9b/Chanjo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20071225064859)
Also, I think the bunny guy is named Higgins?
There was also Katherine! And a whole bunch more on this old wiki (https://dizzywood.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Characters) someone made ahaha.
(https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dizzywood/images/e/ec/KatherineDeclaw.png/revision/latest?cb=20090404234338)
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I haven't heard of Dizzywood before but it looks super neat! and remaking old web content and games is always good so that more people can experience it! :seal:
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I haven't heard of Dizzywood before but it looks super neat! and remaking old web content and games is always good so that more people can experience it! :seal:
Yeah, I'm part of a server that's been trying to remake it, which is kinda difficult because pretty much nothing was saved (the former CEO said he'd send us a bunch of assets, but he's MIA now) but I've still got my fingers crossed, because it'd be really cool to share with the world.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/767575409964482581/1182807212469534730/dwrava.png?ex=667d3b4e&is=667be9ce&hm=bc5d86be157b1b9be603821b255844924abd5153451c90e78e953bd7a0f456c6&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=261&height=593)
Here's the last process pic I saw. :4u: