🏠 The House (IC game, closed, see A/N) 🏠

Posted 5 years, 3 months ago (Edited 4 years, 10 months ago) by circlejourney

UPDATE: as of 17 June, this game is closed, in light of stock photo crediting issues and also the fact that it has been very time-consuming to maintain. To everyone who helped create this ~~monstrosity~~ lovely living space, thank you, and thank you for the great art that it has spawned, too! More about it in this post

A game concept that I thought might be fun. Time to put the "house" in Toyhouse??

The House

To start, there's a tiny and rather disappointing house in the middle of the green. Nothing's in it yet; the walls and floors are bare, the grounds are covered in weeds, and it has the bare minimum of facilities.

Your OCs are looking to move into this house. but it's obviously not up to their standards! Before they do, they can make some change to it, big or small. They might build a new room, plant a hedge, take down someone else's ugly decor, or knock a hole in the wall (with their fist!) because they want a better view from the living room. It's all the same house, so you can also make adjustments to others' changes. Sky's the limit!

How to play

Claim to prevent ninjaing.
Respond IC and say what your OC does to the house.
IC commentary is not necessary, but would be fun. And that's it!

Rules

You can either make changes in up to two rooms, or add a room and furnish it.
Wait 2 posts before posting again.
Interacting with and building on others' additions is fun, but try to avoid completely eliminating someone else's addition immediately after.
SFW additions only!

The house so far

First floor

Whole floor:

Smells of strawberries
Full of balloons

Garden:

Pretty flowers
Trees and bushes (one crushed, all the rest on fire)
A tree stump
A trail of purple drool
A pond with ~~a fence around it~~ crocodiles!
Vegetable patch
Fountain, frozen over
Firepit
Hammock between two trees
Large cactus garden
Carnival tent on a paddock
Stable
A hole (a bone was found in it)
A single very large cat, fleeing the crocodiles
Wave pool with slides

Garage:

Morris Minor pickup
A pile of boxes
Tortekyu's disguise hidden under those boxes
Tiger footprints (one on the ceiling)

Porch:

Cat beds and toys on it. Probably cat residents as well
Paint cat pawprints everywhere
Hot tub surrounded by baby gates

Living room:

Floor is made of sand
Fishtank by the back wall
Ballet rails along the perimeter
Cry zone with a beanbag chair
Large TV
Arcade machines (DDR, Groove Coaster, Pump It Up Zero)
Grandfather clock
Smells of sea breeze
Sandcastle
Surfboards on the wall, hula girls and coconuts around

Kitchen:

White and black patterned walls
Oak wood floor
Fridge, stove, oven, counter
Sinks on every available surface of counter
Dining table and chairs
Cupcake station
Grandfather clock
Ceiling, once broken and repaired
Pieces of caved in ceiling

Pantry:

Carpeted and full of lava lamps

Bathroom:

~~One wall almost completely gone~~Newly-installed windows covered by a He-Man curtain
A shower
A drain that drains all water to the basement
~~Completely flooded...with poison, drains clogged, taps turned on~~ Puddles of poisoned water everywhere
Grandfather clock
All entrances blocked by baby gates
First aid kit
A toilet and sink...finally

Corridor:

End table

Bedroom 1:

A bed with dragon-themed sheets
Oversized Pokemon plushes
Glow in the dark stars on the walls
~~A single very large cat~~
Grandfather clock

Bedroom 2:

A bed
Bookshelves with books
~~Glow in the dark stars on the walls~~ Rainbows on the walls
Pink floor
Two windows veiled by blue curtains
Desk with terrarium on it
Grandfather clock

Stairs:

Baby gates on every floor
Stained glass window on first floor landing

Bedroom 3:

Brass bed with blue sheets
Desk with bonsai plant on it
Closet

Second floor (thanks Suirin!)

Whole floor:

Carpeted
Smells of strawberries

Main area:

4 macaroni art pieces
A giant hamster tangled in Christmas lights
A single chair in the middle of nowhere
Popcorn machine
Gacha machines
Shelves with plants
Big dog bed and dog toys
A grand piano

Candy store:

Presumably candy

Movie theatre:

Baby gate over the entrance
Rainbow-coloured chairs (one missing) and screen
Several blankets thrown over the seats

~~Computer room~~ Gaming dungeon:

Desk, gaming computer with 3 monitors, RGB backlit keyboard
Art tablet
Mood lighting
Art corner with easel and art supplies
Shelves, one with anime figurines
A slight dent in the wall
A huge pile of guns

Studio:

Sum 41 poster on the wall

Bathroom 1:

Entire room is a single large bath
First aid kit

Bathroom 2:

First aid kit

Balcony:

Wood flooring
Ornate table and chairs
Golem butler

Basement (thank u Lune)

Main area:

Unhappy ducks with no water
Punching bag
Dad's recliner
Two soggy piles of ash
Coffee table
Several dead koi
Soggy giant Pikachu plush

Diner:

Diner counter and stools, charred
Kitchen with grills and stove, charred black
A rack of baseball bats, charred black

Laboratory:

A bench of lab equipment with some more up-to-date apparatus
A puddle of water and damp instruments
Remains of an explosion
A batch of fireworks

Walk-in closet

Infirmary

Library

Disco hall:

Disco ball
Neon lights and light up floor

Clock room:

Grandfather clock
And lots of other clocks besides...

Note that it takes me some time to update this plan + list, do read the most recent comments as well! Also, you don't have to do this to play, but it would be really helpful to me if you could link top-view solid-bg images of objects you add to the room, if you're able to find them!

Art of our humble abode

zinnia:

Saltminer:

Jade-Everstone:

Jeff Callahan FreeFallingUp13

~~Oh gosh I must this is too adorable. The more I look at the graphic of the house, the more I cry from laughter~~

After giving himself a full tour of the house (and having a few odd run-ins with the large animals), Jeff walked back outside with a blanched, wide-eyed look on his face. "... I... What did I just witness?..."

A few moments later, he got over his initial shock and had a strained look on his face as he pulled out his phone. "You'd think there would be something for this already, but apparently not... At least one of those bathrooms needs a sink and a toilet... Probably the first one..."
*A sink and toilet have been acquired for the first floor bathroom!*

Penny darkewater Zaten

(is adding a new room allowed?)

after taking a "grand tour" of the house (aka walking around the place with her hands clamped over her head to block out the noise) penny was now hiding in the cry corner with her hat pulled right over her head.

"what is wrong with this place..."

she quickly pulled out her wand and waved it around a little. a third bedroom was spawned next to the garage, with a wooden floor, a small brass bed with blue sheets, a desk with a bonsai plant on it, and a wooden closet.

"there, that's much better... hopefully it's nice and quet in there"

Rezorin celestiials

(@LOLLBACKED Considering one of my OCs added an entire floor, yeah adding a new room is ok)

Rezorin was busy making a new room in the basement... but for what? He had a box of clocks with him and started putting clocks everywhere; apparently he was also able to move a grandfather clock into the room.

Gertelina circlejourney

Gazing down upon the raging mess of a house that had sprung up next door, Queen Gertelina shook her head. She lifted her hand, and from the air coalesced a translucent dome, encasing the house and its grounds. "Enough! Now this house may never be changed again," she proclaimed. "Though those who wish to....may enter and leave as they please."

OOC: Hey guys! You may have noticed that this game has been on hold for a few months. Truth is, I wasn't expecting the level of success it got. Right before it ground to a halt, I was spending ~1h updating the floor plan on some days, and it wasn't always possible for me to update things fast enough to keep the game moving daily.

Then the stock photo crediting rules were clarified, and I realised that with all the time it would take to maintain the credits list and update the map, I could no longer afford to allocate that much of my daily schedule to it. Not to mention, I hadn't been maintaining a list of images I was already using; hunting every single one down would take more time than I had.

I will be leaving this thread up for posterity's sake. If the mods have a problem with the uncredited stock images, I will take the time to hunt down every single source and make a credits list. In the meantime, I'm gonna leave this thread open just in case anyone wants to say anything about this game.

As of 17 June, this game is closed. To everyone who helped create this ~~monstrosity~~ lovely living space, thank you. It was really great seeing people talk about it and make art of the goings-on inside, and I hope you had as much fun as I did.

P.S. anyone who wishes to may create a new version of this game, perhaps with the rules tweaked to make the workload of keeping it updated more manageable. You don't have to ask me for permission, but if you'd like to talk about it anyway, just hit me up.