A Collector's Safari

       There's no end to the great builds in opensim, and this week our troupe visited two more great destinations, that cannot be too highly recommended. If you like collecting things, whether it be freebies, or knowledge about the world around you, these are both unmissable. Our second stop, on VIBE grid, is described in the next post, Nova's Vibe, As usual the address for our trip to Kroatan is at the end of the post, and hopefully this article will inspire you to go and visit soon, don't delay...

      The exhortation 'Don't delay' is particularly valid for our first stop, on Kroatan Grid. Last year the Halloween Hunt was a spooky hospital, this time it's an equally spooky small town,  steeped in atmosphere and good ghoulish humor, called Abbandonato. The build closes on November 5, so get your skates on! 

        The theme of the build is the Mystery of the Missing persons. Grab the HUD at the landing point, and you'll see information about the Missing - their names, and where they were last seen.   

Then, click on the static people all around the apparently quiet, peaceful town - a nun, a bank manager, a boy on a skateboard, and so on and so forth, to get clues (also occasionally gifts) and 12 Notecards which are vital for getting to the final, secret area where you'll solve the mystery. 

Paristella, Kiki and Bink, the three authors of this amazing build

          So, who thought of this lovely and complex build?
Bink Draconia: we 3 together. It is 2nd huge hunt project of Kiki Baily from KiWo and myself. This year we got also assistance by Paristella Marisol from Chilumba who has built the wonderful scary cemetery for the game's end.  We had a "brainstorming" - and this is the result of each idea. We have to thank Marina Bear from ThePublicWorld who made an awesome video
Leighton Marjoram: nice video
Bink Draconia: Our hunts are always multi-grid-projects. I am really happy for having good friends from different grids in OpenSim who did help to let this hunt project come true.
Bink Draconia: Kiki and i know each other since end of 2009, in Second Life. Pari is our new friend - we met her first time last year.

Kiki Baily: We are a good team and I think that was not the last project we did
Paristella Marisol: I think too Kiki

The team set off in search of clues

Bink Draconia: unluckily i have the posters over there just in german, so not everybody is able to understand the joke, but we tried to built in something to laugh in our hunt.... we love laughing - even at Halloween ^^  The hunt itself is in german and english. By clicking the mesh-people you will get a dialog to select language
Sunshine Szavanna: that must have taken long to translate things
Han Held: very impressive
Bink Draconia: yes... in most spoken language in opensim: bad english ^^
Sunshine Szavanna: the English is perfect

Mal explores the Horologist shop

          It's hard to choose a favorite part of this build, the Circus, or the bookshop with its flying books, the Coffin shop or the Tarot card reader's establishment, there is something for everyone here. The mesh is magnificent, a mix of original creations by Paristella, Kiki and Bink, some things they found around opensim, and also things from mesh websites like 3D Warehouse
Bink Draconia: wow- seems Phred did arrive at the final location.... i thought hunt will take 2 or 3 hours for everyone ^^

Phred Resident cracks the code!

           Definitely a place to see, before it's gone on November 5...scary!

HG Address
Kroatan Halloween Hunt                      kroatan.de:8002:abbandonato