The Seanchai library team have been telling stories in Second Life for over six years, but like all good story tellers they have decided it’s time for their stories to reach further shores and this has resulted in Seanchai Library announcing that their first storytelling session in Kitely will be on May 2nd.
The initial event will include an Estate Tour at 6:30pm ~ Ghost Stories at the Firecircle at 7:00pm (All times Pacific Time).
Location : hop://osgrid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29 or IM Shandon or Caledonia once you arrive.
Another way of getting there if you have a Kitely account is to go to the Kitely page : http://www.kitely.com/virtual-world/Shandon-Loring/Seanchai-2
When you arrive there you find yourself at the central hub and from there you can teleport to twelve Storytelling venues or one of eight additional themed worlds. The blog post informs us that :
Each Venue provides an immersive environment for the story-listening audience, and each is parceled to be capable of supporting simultaneous events concurrent with events at the other Venues.
Small skyboxes at Seanchai are connected to the Storylink Radio Channel providing recorded stories from our Storytellers 24 hours a day.
So it’s clear to see the potential in this venture for plenty of storytelling locations and venues. When you click the main board you’re teleported straight away to a different location. When you walk through the portals there may be a short delay whilst the world is brought online and then you are teleported to a different region.
There’s potential to break these additional worlds down even further and parcel them so that even more stories can be told at one time.
The additonal worlds include :
Westworld – complete sim-wide western town with Mercantile, General Store, Saloon, Hotel, Church, Cemetery, and many theme-appropriate surprises.
Spaceworld – sim-wide lunar experience including space station outpost, travel center, info center, space mall shopping, atmospheric biosphere, and many theme-appropriate surprises.
Swampworld – sim-wide swampy bayou experience including extensive grounds and a multi-storied fully furnished old mansion with numerous verandas and storytelling areas. Also includes many theme-appropriate surprises.
Beachworld – a full-sim of sandy beaches with a central activity building. Lots of sand, water, and a surfable wave! Also includes many theme-appropriate surprises.
Winterworld – a full-sim of winter and snow! Snow, glaciers, iceskating, a large avatar shopping store. Also includes many theme-appropriate surprises.
Celticworld – a full-sim of green rolling hills, towering cliffs, rolling seas, and dramatic landscapes. Castles, ruins, shamrocks, forests and more provide the backdrop and setting for several unique immersive venues. Themed freebie shopping of course, and many theme-appropriate surprises.
Octoberworld – a full-sim of autumn, October, and Halloween delights. From pumpkin pie to hay rides and moonlit nights. Plus of course many spookie and eerie storytelling venues. Theme appropriate surprises and shopping opportunities abound.
Waterworld – except for a couple very tiny archipeligos this sim is totally submerged under 100m of water, with the sea level set well above norm. Visitors materialize underwater and the sea monsters, quiet lagoons, fish and other denizens take it from there. Lots to explore, and secrets and treasure to discover. The dim environment allows for numerous isolated storytelling venues.
As well as there other worlds though, the main Seanchai megaregion in Kitely includes :
Campfire Ring, Ghostly Pirate Bay, Undersea Discovery, Volcano Island, Celtic Castle Ruins, and others.
This looks like quite an ambitious project and a big step in the storytelling stakes, it will be interesting to see how it pans out. However if you’re a fan of Seanchai in Second Life, don’t panic, they are maintaining their presence in Second Life, the Kitely move is just an additional step, not a replacement one.
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