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\"Dio6\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I must confess that the blurb about dio<\/a> hadn’t gripped me at all, it looked like another social network, with some funky features but we’ve seen it all before. Versu<\/a> is the forthcoming Linden Lab project I’ve been looking forward to, that’s the interactive fiction, that’s the creative space that appeals most to me.<\/p>\n

However, after using dio, I’ve changed my mind. There’s a lot of potential here and it’s a very diverse place. There are also quite a few Second Life and virtual world users setting up home there already, sneaky bunch aren’t we.<\/p>\n

\"dio1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The thing I like about dio, already, is the many different use cases and you can create your own interactive fiction or game experience if you like, it’s not going to be a fast and furious game, but you can still create a very creative experience. However if games aren’t your thing, if interactive fiction isn’t your thing then don’t fret, you can create a photo album, you can create information about your roleplaying sim, your hobbies, your whatever you want it to be and once you realise just how funky this can be, it starts to get a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

\"Dio2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

dio is, as Inara Pey suggested “surprisingly easy to learn \u2013 but could take a good while to master.<\/em>” which sums it up really well. A good place to start learning dio itself is on the youTube tutorials page<\/a>. There are around six tutorials but they are short and sweet and should give you enough information to get started, after that, take it wherever it leads you, because there are many routes to take.<\/p>\n

\"Dio3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When you’re creating your dio places you can just use text or images or you can get funky and add objects for people to interact with, gizmos for people to do things with, characters to go from page to page with. A nice example can be seen in the dio place of Sherlock Holmes: The Murdered Magnate by Milo Ferp<\/a>, even if you don’t get all the way through it, you’ll see a nice example of how dio shares stories in a very good fashion.<\/p>\n

\"Dio4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I have to admit to be extremely pleasantly surprised by this, it’s something that you really need to explore yourself but I think many of you will be pleasantly surprised about dio too.<\/p>\n

\"Dio5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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