It's a little bit Glitch, a little bit Minecraft, a lot wonderful

November 3, 2014 6:14 PM

Manyland is a massively multiplayer 2D sandbox HTML5 ungame where players collaboratively build the universe one 19*19 pixel block at a time. Draw (and script!) your own art assets, or just wander around enjoying the sprawling technicolor melange. [via mefi projects]
posted by cortex (22 comments total)

I played for a couple of hours the other night. It was kind of boring alone, but it seems like it could be a lot of fun if you get a nice gang of people who want to chat together. Anyone want to build a Mefite lair?
posted by miyabo at 6:32 PM on November 3, 2014 [1 favorite]

How gloriously early-stage Second Life.
posted by bicyclefish at 6:33 PM on November 3, 2014 [2 favorites]

This is really neat. I think I'm going to enjoy this.
posted by Jimbob at 6:51 PM on November 3, 2014

At first I read that as Maryland and was thinking, THAT EXPLAINS SO MUCH.
posted by capricorn at 7:09 PM on November 3, 2014 [8 favorites]

Didn't understand. Walked left until I found a Pegasus I could ride. Flew up until I didn't understand anything even more than I didn't understand anything before. Flew into water, Pegasus flew away, I found myself standing on bricks. Built a box around myself. Couldn't get out. At least I felt safe. Quit.
posted by jermsplan at 8:05 PM on November 3, 2014 [5 favorites]

How long before spammers start polluting the place?
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 8:29 PM on November 3, 2014

I haven't played since the beta. I logged in and everything I'd built was gone except the one square I was standing on, which had the words "Bluth Home" on it. All of my saved places are gone, and I flew around before saving my little Bluth square so I'm not sure I'll ever find it again.

Anyone want to build a Mefite lair?

There were a few MeFite Glitch refugees playing before and I'd be into carving out a new Blue corner over there. I'm Wrong Way, but I've forgotten how to add people at the moment.
posted by Room 641-A at 8:42 PM on November 3, 2014

Made my chrome window the size of a big postage stamp, disabled all extensions, and still got a performance problem message. Guess it's too much for my little netbook.
posted by pjmoy at 8:45 PM on November 3, 2014 [2 favorites]

I see rainbows. I see unicorns. I see dragons. I don't see flying penises.

I'm confused.

what happened to the internet that I knew?
posted by el io at 9:38 PM on November 3, 2014 [5 favorites]

I died.
posted by unmake at 9:48 PM on November 3, 2014 [2 favorites]

Guess it's too much for my little netbook.

And yet it runs smoothly on my phone!

You may need to upgrade if you're planning on doing much gaming.
posted by howfar at 1:05 AM on November 4, 2014

I played with a cat for a while. We lost and found one another several times. It was another player I think. We just jumped around, those halcyon moments, before I died twice in some glitch.
posted by yoHighness at 5:10 AM on November 4, 2014

I miss PMC-MOO.
posted by Devonian at 5:39 AM on November 4, 2014

I was a cat for a while.
posted by contraption at 6:54 AM on November 4, 2014

This is some Yume Nikki realness. Except not as scary with more copyright infringement.
posted by subdee at 8:03 AM on November 4, 2014

4chan draws a massive dick in 3, 2, 1 ...
posted by alby at 8:03 AM on November 4, 2014

I am now, and will forever be, a Shiba Inu on a hoverbike, and I am called Alfred Lord Tennyson. (Could not fit the comma in.)
posted by automatic cabinet at 8:25 AM on November 4, 2014

if you go high enough there are a bunch of signs that say n****r because internet, but other than that, I enjoyed my time as GUEST. Thanks.
posted by Elementary Penguin at 9:34 AM on November 4, 2014

I registered an account, tinkered for a few hours, and created a balloon that lifts you into the air slowly while you hold it. I could get into this.
posted by NMcCoy at 2:08 PM on November 4, 2014

Dang this makes me miss Glitch SO MUCH. So, so much.
posted by pomegranate at 6:52 PM on November 4, 2014

In the beta some people were creating little Glitch areas and luckily I still have all the things I cloned. I like leaving random cubimals and street vendors all over the place.
posted by Room 641-A at 7:21 PM on November 4, 2014

There are still some people working on bringing back Glitch under a new name. They're on Facebook. Page name Eleven.
posted by IndigoRain at 4:56 PM on November 5, 2014