December 19, 2009 - 6:59am — GrayamWell
Yesterday I tried running through trees and rocks - straight through, without even holding my breath.
I'm impressed by the fascinating attention to detail of the world builders. Although our fawn bodies have no apparent mass, and we usually just pass on through as if we were ghosts, I'm just discovering some of the subtle effects that are triggered. So far I've found the sounds as I get close to the large tree and the almost imperceptible music that sounds a little like bagpipes when I run through the large upright stones.
I really like these interactions between our bodies and the world which seem to give us more substance.
But, although I love the ethereal nature of this 'substance', I have to confess that I also like a little gravity.
I think I read somewhere that some stags have learned how to 'fly' and walk on water, but I like it when my fawn stumbles on the ground or bumps into outcrops. When I forget to click, my crow stops flying and falls back to earth in a satisfying and slightly comic fashion. I was kinda hoping that, if I jumped in the pond, I could sink down to the depths like a fawn scuba diver, but instead I turned into a frog. At any rate my frog stayed on the surface and I could swim slowly over to the fish.
By the way, is it just me or is it snowing?
Nice.
It is indeed snowing. =] The
Welcome to the forest.
Yeah.
Weather change is awesome.
Just wait for twilight!
I also love how you can run