Date Ariane Games

Something’s In The Air Redux

Something’s In the Air Redux now for sale at my itch.io store or Steam store. Full game and free demos available now. Click on the links below. NOW WITH VOICE!
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Date Ariane Remastered

Now Available on Steam and Itch.io!! A complete remake of Date Ariane with all new graphics, and the ability to play as any gender, and in game path help. NOW WITH VOICE!
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Hopepunk City

Hopepunk City Now Available!!
(fourth game in the series, but designed with new players in mind) NOW WITH VOICE!
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Ariane in Paradise

Ariane in Paradise, third game in the series, but is playable as a stand-alone. NOW WITH VOICE!
Coming to Steam!
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Making Dating Sim 5.7

Posted on May 19, 2009 by arianeb 11 comments

I’ve been tinkering around with the dating simulator again, making some improvements to the backyard activities, especially the swimming activity, which has not been changed much since version 1.0. I’ve had the idea for some time of doing some underwater stuff, and experimented a little with that while making version 5.5. In that instance I created a corner of the pool in Second Life, taking advantage of SL’s full camera control and water effects. (click title to continue…)

The Internet "Golden Age" is Closing

Posted on May 11, 2009 by arianeb One comment

One of the first posts on this blog was about the future of the internet, and the likely decline of the “Golden Age of the Internet” to quote John Dvorak. My older post was about government and lawsuits causing a decline in online freedoms. The freedom of the Internet seems to be on the decline once again, but this time the

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The Potential of the Open Sim Paradigm

Posted on April 19, 2009 by arianeb Leave a comment

This is a detailed follow up to my earlier “comic” post about Open Sim. The Paradigm: The Open Grid For those who do not know, Open Sim is an open source clone of Second Life. The Second Life download client, itself an open source program, can connect to an Open Sim almost as easy as it can to Second Life.

Virtual Worlds

I Have Seen the Future, and it is Open Sim!

Posted on April 10, 2009 by arianeb Leave a comment

There is a lot to say about the Open Sim paradigm, and I’ll be covering it in future posts. For now, I’ll just say it is very early and there is a lot of work still to be done. Right now all it is is a poor substitute for Second Life, but I think it has huge future potential as

Virtual Worlds

Date Simulator 5.5

Posted on March 8, 2009 by arianeb 30 comments

Back with a much anticipated Dating Sim update. I released version 5.0 of the dating simulator a year ago, and thought it would be fun to do an update release. Since the last release I have found a few alternate “hacked” versions to the dating simulator. The general trend of these hacks were to make the game 1) easier, 2)

Memo to 3DVW Devs: “It’s the AVATARS Stupid!”

Posted on February 10, 2009 by arianeb 2 comments

I’m following up my 3 part problems with 3D Virtual Worlds (3DVWs) with a series of at least three observations on what REALLY makes a good 3DVW. There is a surprising amount of myths in this regard. It seems most builders of 3DVWs do not understand their own potential audience. Lets start with something that most all players understand, but as

Virtual Worlds

Fun With Virtual World Cartography

Posted on January 7, 2009 by arianeb 4 comments

OK, where to start. Let me start with where the screenshot was taken. It was taken at Rumsey Maps, which includes a huge 3D map of Yosemite Valley, as well as a bunch of other cool examples of cartography. Maybe I should now start at the beginning. I was researching for an upcoming blog article and came across a fact

Second Life Cliché Bingo!

Posted on August 14, 2008 by arianeb One comment

It seems that Second Life, especially the mainland, is like an American shopping mall. Go to any shopping mall and you will find the same 50 chain stores as the mall closest to your home. Most mainland builds are all the same unoriginal clichés repeated. I’m sure there are some original builds, but mostly its generally the same stuff over

Virtual Worlds

Virtual World Philosophy: Escape From Reality

Posted on June 29, 2008 by arianeb 2 comments

Online gaming is not my only interest. In the real world I have been lately interested in the phenomenon of “Peak Oil” and the eventual deleterious affects it will have on society in the near future. I don’t talk about it much on this site/blog, because the focus here is on online entertainment in general and 3D virtual worlds in

Philosophy

Virtual World Philosophy: The Uncanny Valley

Posted on June 24, 2008 by arianeb 6 comments

So lately I have been having fun with Windlight, and focusing on how real Second Life is looking lately, but have not bothered to ask, “Is this a good thing?” Above is a montage of screenshots from some of the most popular online communities on the web. World of Warcraft = 10 million subscribers, IMVU = 20 million accounts, HabboHotel

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