Occupy White Walls News

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Hello players and robots,
Us Pixels have been busy working on a huge update that we are very proud to announce today. We have more cool features in the oven, stay tuned.

[h2]New:[/h2]

[h3]CloudSound[/h3]
Add music from SoundCloud to your gallery
• 2 unique speakers, 2 Jukeboxes, and a turntable to choose from
  
• 4 different animation effects
  
• Load songs from SoundCloud to anywhere in your gallery
  
• Choose the radius distance of the music
  
• Let visitors hear your music all over your gallery with the global setting
  
• Place multiple speakers and only hear only closest (great for specific rooms)
  [h3]Grid Snapping[/h3]
  Perfectly align art and objects
• 6 different grid snap sizes
  
• Enable/disable snapping using the checkbox on the left
  
• Select the Grid Rotation option to snap to the default grid
  [h3]New Piazza Dei Miracoli[/h3]
  Formally known as Plaza, this new Piazza is unlike anything you have seen before
• New starting zone
  
• Take a walk with nature, even into the ocean, dynamic day/night sky
  
• An easter egg, or two
  
• Build an exhibit in one of the 16 large rooms
  
• Mysterious vortex (New feature coming soon)
  [h3]Zero Gallery[/h3]
  
• New starting gallery
  
• 33 new assets, including ladders and stone paths! (search 'zero' in inventory)
  [h3]Mouse unlock[/h3]
  Faster building!
• Use F to unlock/lock mouse, faster deleting, building, etc
  
• Ability to interact with the UI using the mouse
  
• Use any tool (Build,Delete,Move,Expand,Frames,Puzzles,Picker)
  [h3]New vendor assets[/h3]
  
• New assets are available over the next few weeks
  [h3]Tags on artworks[/h3]
  
• Added Owned and Placed tags on Artworks in Daisy
  
• Owned shows when you have the artwork bought
  
• Placed shows if the gallery you are currently in has the artwork on display
  

[h2]Improvements/fixes and optimizations:[/h2]
[h3]Building Improvements[/h3]

• Increased the distance of Expand tool
  
• Removed backlight from artworks and replaced it with more even lighting.
  
• Decreased delay between tool usage (building, deleting, expanding, etc)
  
• Structures now allow floors to be placed on top
  
• Fixed bugs when some users were not able to create a second/third gallery
  
• Duke boxes and Turntables can have SoundCloud tracks playing on them.
  

[h3]DAISY[/h3]

• MAISY (Similar) screen now shows 3 pages (36 artworks) of suggested artworks
  
• Pagination added to Wishlist, Artist, and Collection windows.
  
• Fixed repetition of the same artworks in DAISY over a short period of time
  
• Fixed bug when owned artworks would appear in DAISY
  
• Fixed bug when collection page wouldn’t show all artworks
  

[h3]General performance/optimization fixes[/h3]

• Greatly optimized loading of artworks
  
• Improved loading speed in galleries
  
• Optimized tutorial, made some steps skippable
  

[h3]Game UI and visualization updates[/h3]

• Mirror button moved to a side menu (M) and now clickable with the mouse
  
• Updated visualization of player name tags
  
• Game cursor is now more visible
  
• Updated Help menu to reflect changes and fixed formatting bugs
  
• A guiding quest icon has been added to the tutorial
  
• Updated teleportation effect, no more paint!
  
• Slightly updated Mosaic UI
  
• Added partial Catalan localization
  
• Search bar in inventory is now more visible
  
• “Hide HUD” F6 toggle also hides interaction and outlines (awesome for filming!)
  
• Updated chat hint instructions
  
• Changed the way how the Interact/Build/Delete/Move hint is displayed. It is now attached to the object.
  

[h3]Other fixes:[/h3]

1. Fixed crash when editing text assets
   
2. Fixed process not closing after quitting the game (you may need to verify game files in Steam)
   
3. A million music/sound-related fixes
   
4. Player name no longer stays in the gallery after player teleporting
   
5. Fixed some artworks that would not link correctly when shared to chat
   
6. Fixed case when gallery screenshot would not appear during loading
   
7. Fixed ability to teleport while in the tutorial (before passing the step that allows it)
   
8. Fixed registration bug when entering email with a space at the end.
   

[h2]KULTURA[/h2]
[h3]Kultura Updates:[/h3]

• New domain! From Kultura.oww.io to Kultura.art
  
• New Search
  
• Shows result by 3 categories: Artwork, Artist, Collection
  
• Improved Dropdown look with preview
  
• New art uploaded will go directly to the uploading accounts in-game art inventory
  

[h3]Kultura Fixes and improvements:[/h3]

• Greatly increased loading of Artworks and statistics
  
• Improved buy codes page with animation on hover over the code packs
  
• Fixed pagination bugs
  
• Fixed bug when some of the UI will load the mobile version on Mac Safari.
  
• Fixed back button on the artwork upload page
  
• Fixed bugs with long artwork titles
  
• Fixed bugs with spaces in Artist profile links
  
• Fixed ability for artists to edit links
  
• Fixed rounding of artwork sizes during upload
  
• Fixed case when resetting a password fails if you type the username in a different case
  
• Fixed loading animation on artist and collection pages
  
• Minor UI changes
  

Hope you’re all safe and ‘artsy’,
StikiPixels,
London, April 2021

Also available on GeforceNow!

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[h2]New:[/h2]
Mosaic updates

• Added the ability to Undo/Redo (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z)
  
• Zoom in/out with the mouse wheel
  
• Use the right mouse button to pan the canvas
  
• Palette was added, allowing colors to be saved (alt + click to select)
  
• A colour history bar was added which shows recent colours used
  

[h2]Improvements:[/h2]

• Loading of galleries should be improved
  
• Updated settings menu
  
• Updated mosaic UI
  
• DAISY fixes and updates
  

[h2]Fixes:[/h2]
Music and sound:

• Music is now looped on the login screen
  
• Teleportation music and gallery music should no longer overlap
  
• Added proper transitions to Jukebox/Turntable (and other in-game music sources)
  
• Muted sounds should no longer play after teleport
  
• Sound settings now affect all sounds in the game
  

Stay tuned for even more exciting news, SOON™

StikiPixels
London, January 2021

[h2]New[/h2]

• Snowman Kit - Everything you need to create a cool snowman - that won't melt either!
  
• New vendor assets
  
• Candles!
  

[h2]Improvements:[/h2]

• Teleport speed ‘slightly’ improved
  
• Animations in art UI: Daisy, Artist, Wishlist etc
  
• Teleport search menu and gallery image loading
  
• Loading times should be better
  

[h2]Bugs fixed[/h2]

• After some tough negotiations, DAISY agreed to release the missing artworks that she held hostage last week and will now display all artist's artworks on the artist's profile page.
  
• The runaway asset outlines were caught and returned to their original location.
  
• The field of view reset bug after using the free camera (F8) should be fixed (again)
  
• Order has been restored to chat and tooltips now correctly align to the right!
  
• Galleries should no longer catch the rare bug which returned players to their starting location when teleporting.
  
• Fixed issue when the game wouldn’t launch if latest VC++ redist is not installed
  

Stay tuned for even more exciting news, SOON™

StikiPixels
London, December 2020

Check out the Outdoor Contest winners and entries

Hello, we have a slight twist for this next contest, we are running TWO contests at the same time and for longer!

Challenge 1: Mosaics
Challenge 2: Screenshots, Avatars, and Monoliths

[h2]What[/h2]
Challenge 1: We all like mosaics right? But some like them more than others, and this contest is for those mosaic lovers.
Create a mosaic that represents your favorite artist or location in your home city.

Challenge 2: OWW is an MMO which means that there are many players across the artiverse doing many different things, whether it is building, making mosaics, dancing, partying with friends, jumping, or even shopping at the vendors in the Plaza, there is bound to be something to catch your eye.
Create an in-game screenshot/poster that shows avatars/players with monoliths (Type "Monolith" in your inventory search) in interesting scenarios across the artiverse..

[h2]When[/h2]
Entries open Now - Jan 24th
Winners will be chosen between Jan 25th - 8th Feb, winners will be announced by Feb 12th

[h2]Rewards[/h2]
5 winners for each challenge (10 in total) will receive;

Either 5 upload codes or our soundtrack DLC (Art codes can be gifted to anyone even if they don't play the game)
2 million cubes
Mosaic contest only reward: Your gallery featured in the new teleport menu (terms apply, the gallery must be accessible)
A choice of one of 12 special masks, with a special halo (can you collect them all?)

[h2]Rules[/h2]

• All entries must be submitted by midnight EST on Jan 10th
  
• Entries must be made entirely in-game (some minor edits outside the game are permissible for the poster entries)
  
• You may enter one time in each contest.
  
• Art uploads must follow our upload guidelines

[h2]How to enter[/h2]

Submit all entries via the following forms
Challenge 1: Mosaics, enter by clicking here
Challenge 2: Screenshots, enter by clicking here

87 additional new assets for 26 current sets are available in-game now.

• 40 columns
  
• 16 walls
  
• 4 windows
  
• 9 doors
  
• 15 ceilings
  
• A plinth
  
• and a balustrade
  

Asset sets

• Renovation
  
• Paneled
  
• Eindejaar
  
• First Steps
  
• Lemon delight
  
• English Green
  
• Art deco
  
• Hortensia
  
• Rose Garden
  
• Marengo
  
• 2055
  
• Steampunk
  
• Canon and Fugue
  
• White
  
• Checkmate
  
• Crystal
  
• Foliage
  
• Deepstate
  
• The Factory
  
• Kraftwerk
  
• Painted Brick
  
• Kakudan
  
• Azur
  
• Ratland
  
• Rancho
  
• Macintosh White