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!
Players using our mobile app had an early preview of the new room and a few of its updated features. But now everyone will be able to play and design in the new version of the room when they log into Webkinz.com on July 8th!
Here’s what the new room will look like:
One of the best features of the new My House room is that it will now expand to fit in any size screen. We’ve also updated the look and layout of all the buttons and tools, some of which we’ve already previewed, like the new meters including the Pet Care Heart, the new Dock and the new Things To Do menu.
The buttons and options along the top of the room have also been updated and improved.
Top Left:
- NEW Hide/Show challenge icons
- House map
- Zoom (with NEW feature for scrolling in and out)
- NEW Edit ON/OFF button design
Top Center:
- KinzCash and eStore Points Display
- NEW Pet Care Hearts filled (for KinzCash and Family Score bonuses)
- NEW Family Score Display
- NEW Show Family Score Prizes button
Top Right:
- KinzTime display
- Friends List cell phone
- KinzPost mailbox
- Message Center
- NEW Options menu
Editing items will also work the same as they do on the mobile app, with new edit controls and the ability to switch into edit mode by clicking and holding on an item. While you’re in edit mode, the doors at the bottom of the room will disappear to make it easier to move and add items.
While being able to change and remove doors from a room isn’t quite ready yet, the new room was designed with this long-awaited feature in mind and will be added in a future update soon.
The new room will also do a better job at handling stuck items or decorations misplaced by the doors added between rooms. If an item becomes stuck or misplaced, when you reload the room, it should automatically be removed and sent to your Dock.
Stay tuned to my column on Saturday, July 4th and I’ll reveal MORE about the X-citing 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.
YES!!!!! Finally! We can move or remove doors soon!!! And not having items stuck will really be nice. I’m looking forward to having my rooms look more symmetrical with the wall objects because doors won’t be in the way. Thank you so much for listening to us Ganz!
Also, does anyone have the zum jacket that was the floating object for yesterday? I totally missed it! ); I will gift you something rare back. My username is cherrycheesecake10. Thank you guys so much!
Will we need an up to date computer to play on Webkinz World when this launches, or will Google Chrome 43.0 work?
Hey, I like it! Gonna have to get used to the time, money, mail, ect. Being at the top :)
I love the new room features! I’m just not a fan of the new dock layout. Deluxe members are loosing their dock color and pet background. I like the dock the way it is now, same thing with the Things To Do menu.
I cant wait!
I LOVE that you guys are switching things up, and I’m SO HAPPY to hear that removing doors is coming soon!!!!, but I do have a few observations/issues… .. .. 1) the color of the dock background- that blue is just too similar to a lot of items, and it makes it really hard to see them. Maybe it could be lightened to a more pale color? .. .. 2) I *really* don’t like that the docks will load every time we log in- sometimes we log in to do a quick thing and are doing it on a couple accounts. Having the dock load every time, every account, will slow us down big time, particularly if we have a large dock. PLEASE consider keeping that the way it is!!!! .. .. 3) I like the new display, I just don’t like it at the top of the screen. It’s going to affect screen shots of our rooms- to keep things like estore points private, we are going to have to cut off the whole tops of our rooms :-/ Thanks for listening!
I completely agree with you about the blue background behind items in the dock. I already have trouble seeing things in the existing dock unless I can get on a computer with a large screen or monitor. The “items bar” or whatever it’s called needs to have a white or off-white background behind the items to be fully usable for everyone.
WOULDN’T BE NICE for DELUXE to be able to choose the COLOR of the background WE WANT and WE CAN SEE THE BEST ;)
Will we be able to zoom in on our town map? Right now it is like a satellite view!
No offense to anyone, but I’m still not totally convinced. I think it will be hard to get used to these changes. I mean, I’m not quitting Webkinz or anything, but I’ve been playing since 2007 and Webkinz has hardly changed since then. I don’t know…
I’m sure there will be a learning curve, but we will get used to the changes in time. The one thing that concerns me at this point is the replacement of the text in our docks with icons (“buttons”) only. Little kids need as many opportunities to practice reading as possible. Having text descriptions in addition to pictures supports & encourages literacy. Which is a grand thing!
July 8th, I know what I am going to be doing. Home makeovers. This is going to be so much fun, I can’t wait!
The one thing I do not like at all is the bar at the top which obscures the room and makes it hard to take nice screen shots of a room. I do not want others to know how much I have so I will have to cut off the top and the dock when I take a screen shot. Why did you think it was a good idea to put those things on top instead of making another bar at the bottom where there is plenty of blue space? Otherwise it is fine and I am looking forward to being able to remove doors. And I do like the fact that even before we have that feature the doors in the non-wallpaper side do not obscure the room.
Luckily we have a zoom feature arriving with Webkinz X, so you can zoom out when you take screenshots and the bars won’t obscure anything.
So Great to hear this Gennelle!!! I realize the sneak peaks at the different activities shots is just a sample of what’s to come. It all looks Amazing!! Glad we will be able to zoom in to see how much kinzcash we have.