Occupy White Walls News

Date: April 4th 2020
Day: Saturday
Time: 8pm GMT / 3pm EST

Join some of the devs live on Stream with guest artist Rosa Francesca.

Rosa Francesca is a digital artist from Leamington Spa, UK. Her work explores how we can make art and music more accessible to people with disabilities, utilising facial recognition and brain monitor technology. Her 3D computer-generated art, as a feature in Occupy White Walls, focuses on the female body, often with the theme of psychedelic body horror.

Check out Rosas Kultura page

Don't forget to check out our latest update Mind Over Matter!

March 21st - April 30th.

Dear Friends, curators, and artists,

It has been almost a year since we last ran a mosaic contest and so we thought we would create one again using the updated 250+ color palette!
Mosaics are unlocked at level 7 and allow a player to create in-game art.

[h2]Objective[/h2]
Create a mosaic to the theme of 'social distancing'. The Stikipixels will shortlist several entries based on originality artist flair and overall 'wow factor'.

[h2]Dates[/h2]
The competition will run from today (March 21st) until April 21st at midnight EST.
Winners will be selected/voted on in May.

[h2]Prizes[/h2]
There will be 5 unique winners.
Prizes will include;

• A DLC pack - A copy of the soundtrack DLC pack
  
• A portal in the hall of fame at our official new art gallery 'phillycommon.'
  
• Published in the newsletter, shared across social media, and featured on our streams.
  
• A page on our website (See competition winners from the Kinetic New Years contest).
  
• Three million cubes
  

[h2]Rules[/h2]

• All entries must be submitted by midnight EST on April 21st.
  
• Entries must be entirely made in-game.
  
• You may enter up to 3 times as long as they are unique.
  
• Mosaics must stay visible until at least June 2020
  

[h2]How to enter[/h2]
Email [email protected] with the following information

• Gallery name
  
• Link to your entry (if not attached to the email)
  
• Any additional information or captions
  

[h3]or[/h3]
Post on social media and tag us your entry with one of the following tags and state '#QuarantineActivities' and your gallery name.
Twitter - @whatisoww
Instagram - @whatisoww
Facebook @OccupyWhitewalls

We look forward to seeing all of the talented entries!

Stikipixels

Check our Discord for inspiration.

Hall of fame
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[h2]New Features/Content:[/h2]

• Curation Enigmas! and Enigma search in the plaza - Conjure, or solve, art-based enigmas hidden in galleries! (Unlocks at level 10)
  
• 3D asset preview - Takes the work out of guesswork!
  
• New blue sunny day sky - Available for all
  
• UI hints added - Need help understanding how that Enigma works? Hover over the ‘?’
  
• Chat tags - use >home > here > gallery for instant links and teleport
  
• 8 new winter grass floors - Available in the vendors soon
  
• 6 new white baroque columns - To close that perfect corner

[h2]Improvements:[/h2]

• Daisy AI update - Now in Gen 3, improved performance, faster mind reading
  
• Asset inventory names - Find assets based on color, type and more using the search bar
  
• Increased starting cubes from 10k to 20k
  
• A warning will now appear if a locked feature is used before completing the tutorial

[h3]Optimised[/h3]

• Arctic sky - Should get more FPS
  
• Gallery loading
  
• Building performance - lag when placing large items should be gone

[h3]Updated the following assets[/h3]

• Bowling pin furniture
  
• Laminate wood set
  
• Wicker wooden balustrades + stairs
  
• Classical and art deco wallpaper walls
  
• Old cabinet
  
• Baroque walls
  
• Soundtrack DLC white mask

[h2]Fixed:[/h2]

• Striped shadows from lights - shadows, in general, should be improved
  
• Freezing on accounts that own many artworks
  
• Resolution not being selected at the start of the game
  
• “Recent” filter in inventory reset after teleportation
  
• Various cases where a player could get stuck in the tutorial
  
• Typo in dates in chat messages
  
• DAISY should now load properly while in the tutorial
  
• Artist button in DAISY should now react properly
  
• Assets can be added to the bar via right-click - once again.

[h2]KULTURA:[/h2]

• Improved search bar with a dedicated search page
  
• Now shows the most recent comments first
  
• Added pagination for artists with lots of artworks
  
• Added preloading animation for artworks
  
• The artwork upload date now displays correctly

Stay tuned for even more exciting news, SOON™

StikiPixels
London, March 2020

Dear lovers of impossible games!

Back in January, we ran the ‘Kinetic new year’ contest, it was super kinetic!

We were floored by the number and quality of submissions! You are a seriously creative bunch! After much deliberation and existential debate, the Stikipixels have chosen their top five favorite entries (we wanted to choose all of them but Daisy said no :( )

Check out the video for the top five winners and check out the entries here.
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As an added bonus we awarded everyone who was kinetic enough to enter the contest the mask as well!

[h3]OWW 6.0 'State of Mind' Update Patch Notes Here[/h3]
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January 1st - 2nd February.

Dear Friends, curators, and artists

It's time we say goodbye to 2019 - it was a hell of a year for OWW, lots of ups, downs, disconnects, and reconnects, but thanks to you, the awesome players, artists, and pixels, we prevailed. More awesomeness to come in 2020, SOON(TM).

To celebrate, we have decided to kick off the new year with a fun contest.
[h2]Objective[/h2]
Create something super cool using any of the new assets released in the 'State of Mind' update.
These can be;

• Gifs
  
• Videos
  
• Screenshots
  

[h2]Dates[/h2]
The competition will run from today (Jan 1st) until midnight EST on 2nd February.
Winners will be selected/voted on in February.
[h2]Prizes[/h2]
There will be 5 unique winners.
Prizes will include;

• A five of a kind Golden Armadillo hat.
  
• A portal in the hall of fame at our official new art gallery 'phillycommon.'
  
• Published in the newsletter, shared across social media, and featured on our streams.
  
• A page on our website (See last year's competition winners).
  
• Two million cubes
  

[h2]Rules[/h2]

• All entries must be submitted by midnight EST on 2nd February.
  
• Videos must not include copyrighted music that you do not own.
  
• Entries must be entirely made in-game. (standard editing outside the game is permitted).
  
• You may enter as many times as you like as long as they are unique.
  

[h2]How to enter[/h2]
Email [email protected] with the following information

• Gallery name
  
• Link to your entry (if not attached to the email)
  
• Any additional information or captions
  

[h3]or[/h3]
Post on social media and tag us your entry with one of the following tags and state '#KineticNewYearContest' and your gallery name.
Twitter - @whatisoww
Instagram - @whatisoww
Facebook @OccupyWhitewalls

We look forward to seeing what people can create!
Stikipixels

Check our Discord for inspiration.

Asset List
The following assets were released during the State of Mind update and can be used in this contest.
You don't have to use all assets, and you can use other assets not listed, as long as there is at least one asset from this list displaying.
*Assets displayed only show one of many varieties, any color or size of these assets can be used and not only the ones displayed.