Dizzywood: The Lost Browser-Based MMO With Furries And Solarpunk

[fairything]

Hey folks! I feel like this kind of weird nostalgic lost media would appeal to y'all, so I wanted to share it 



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.



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?

[xXWebMasterXx_Gina]

I used to try out all of these little virtual world games back in the day!    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 and a bunny dude!

[fairything]

I used to try out all of these little virtual world games back in the day!    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 and a bunny dude!

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:


And yeah, the raccoon is Presto! There was also Chanjo the chameleon, haha.



Also, I think the bunny guy is named Higgins?

There was also Katherine! And a whole bunch more on this old wiki someone made ahaha.

[SiLver]

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!

[fairything]

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!

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.



Here's the last process pic I saw.