Ella McWoof here! With your help, I’ve sniffed out some important information about the X-citing new project, Webkinz X!
Now, in my EXCLUSIVE SCOOP, here’s more information straight from the TOP SECRET documents!
Along with a new look and a new way to play, like the Pet Care Heart, Family Score, or Pet Requests, Webkinz X will also include a new Dock with an easier way to organize your items!
Here’s a look at what your Dock will look like with the NEW Webkinz!
CURRENT DOCK
NEW DOCK
We have removed the dropdown menu that was used before for sorting and added tabs instead. Within each of these tabs your items will now be grouped together first by item type, and then alphabetically within those types.
Here is exactly how your new Dock of items will be grouped and organized:
- AZ: All
- Special: Gift Boxes, Coins, Tokens, Coupons
- Food: Food, Garden Seeds
- Clothing: Helmets, Hats, Glasses, Shirts, Pants, Skirts, Dresses, Shoes, Belts
- Furniture: Furniture
- Decorations: Wallpapers, Floors, Decoration, Presentable, Carpets, In-Room Games, Webkinz Studio Characters, Webkinz Studio Backgrounds
We have also included a tab for Pet Actions; however at launch Pet Actions won’t be available right away. These will be added back into the Dock in one of our updates coming soon.
Once we have added Pet Actions back to the new Dock, we will also work on a search function for a future update, to help you better locate your items.
Some of the other updates to the new Dock include:
- No need to “Get Item From Storage”; items will now load dynamically on demand
- No Dock color customization or pet portrait background
- KinzCash and eStore Points have been moved to the top center of the screen
- KinzTime, Cell Phone, Message Center and KinzPost have all been moved to the top right corner of the screen
- HELP button has been moved to the new Options menu
We have also removed the Map of Kinzville items from the Dock and moved them to their own separate Dock which only appears when you visit the map. At launch, this separate Map Stuff Dock won’t allow you to sell your map decorations back to the WShop.
Stay tuned to my column on Wednesday, July 1st and I’ll reveal MORE about the exciting secret project, Webkinz X!
So, fellow detectives, what do YOU think about Webkinz X so far? Let me know in the comments below!
Want to know MORE? Check out our Webkinz X Newz Article Archive here.
I’m reserving judgment. What I would like to be able to do is sell items we don’t want and currently are told “This item can’t be sold”. That feature alone would help each individual player have more control over what they want and don’t want to keep. I’ve got stuff I never bought or requested I’d love to sell. Regarding Pet Requests, I have a feeling some of the requests are eventually going to require Deluxe membership to fill. We know we don’t have to respond, but it’s just another way to put some pressure if this actually comes about.
I’m a little sad we can’t customize our pet’s backgrounds or docks anymore. I really liked doing that, one of my fave parts of being deluxe… :(
I like it! But I like the old one better. I like how each item has a white backround. It makes the items more noticeable. But I still like the new one.
oh! ur right about the background color for items in our dock! that blue background will make it much harder to see the items than the white background. maybe that can be fixed in an update? :D
When Pet Actions are added back will we be able to use them in the chat plus parks?
thank you so much ganz for deleting the pet backgrounds!!! and the dock customization! i was so jelly about that!!!!
Right! I payed for deluxe membership and now they’re taking away one of the features i wanted? not to mention the loss of DICEKINZ ugh!
The only ones that won’t mind are the non Deluxe members. Ganz you are taking away two of the things that Deluxe members enjoy & paid for not very cool at all.
Looks good. I am just hoping the graphics will be smaller so that it will load faster.
I thnk t looks awesome.Can’t wait!!
yeah. it’s very attractive. i like the bright colors. and i like it that younger kids who aren’t good readers yet will be better able to use Webkinz.
This doesn’t sound like much of a change in how the dock is organized. Same categories of items, same alphabetization. New icons instead of text descriptions. I’m thrilled to heat you guys are working on a search feature, when will this arrive? And I’m superXcited to find out what new features Webkinz X is going to offer for Deluxe members, since they are losing customizable dock colors & pet portrait backgrounds.
i’m hoping the customizable dock colors will come back and be for everybody. maybe in a future update?
thank you it will be so much better I was hoping for it
I’m really interested as to what that is in the top left corner. I can see the icons well enough but I don’t know what they’re for.
well, part of it must be to edit the map and to go back to play mode . . . i think.