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Back in 2003, in our earliest days of development, Webkinz World looked very different.
Initially, Webkinz was brought to life with rendered 3D designs. Our pets and characters were planned to be rendered 3D as well, but we quickly realized that this direction wasn’t working.
For example, take a look at this rendering of the original bedroom:
Early versions of the bedroom didn’t offer many customization options, and items were just added like stickers. Our early testers made it clear that they wanted more control over their home.
Plus, check out this rendering of the original Adoption Center:
These early designs lacked the warmth we wanted and were large files that took too long to display. The lack of Ms. Birdy made the center seem empty and lifeless.
In the end, our team scrapped months of work and made massive changes in order to transform Webkinz into the colorful and dynamic world of play that you can still enjoy today.
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It takes a great deal of personal sacrifice and dedication to the overall mission to essentially throw away hours and hours of hard work in order to bring about the vision a person, group, or company wants to achieve. Thank you to all of the artists, managers, and staff who were willing to make those sacrifices so that Webkinz was and is a wonderful world of creativity and community! We appreciate all you have done and all you do each day! To each one of you, a heartfelt “Thank you!”!
I am wondering if anyone has seen the new items in the Curio Shop? I have never seen any. Hope Arte isn’t going back on his promise.
The Wall Sconce has appeared twice so far, but that’s it. Others have received them as bonus items in their adoption gifts. There are a lot of rare items, so it’s not that unusual
Oooo, I LOVE the library with the skylight!! Looks so warm & cozy!! Great place to curl up & read. Just missing a lap blanket & a cat =)
Love the library and the skylight. The bedroom is cute too!
You know, I think that it would be fun if the tech team would re-fashion the older furniture pieces into a ‘new’ set. I would LOVE that library and that bed is so cute.
I would love to have these pieces for a treehouse hide away!
So cool!!
sooo cool to see this. those models are very impressive for the time. thank yall for sharing!