Friday, September 30, 2011

You're so vain...

I have a new avatar now.

Customizing your Glitch is done through two methods: the Wardrobe and the Vanity. The Wardrobe is for clothes and the Vanity is for appearance.

In the Vanity, you can customize your eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair and skin color. There are a lot of options to choose from, and more if you're a subscriber. Once you picked a part, you can adjust the size and height of it. For hair it's just color. I was a little disappointed to see no color option for eyes, especially since you can make them really big.

The Wardrobe has options for hats/masks, coats, shirts, pants, footwear, dresses and skirts. Boy is there a selection! There are plenty of free clothes for you to mix and match all sorts of different looks. Most of the clothes must be purchased with credits, and many of them are subscriber-only.

The biggest thing I noticed in doing this is that there is no gender in Glitch. You are what you want to be. You can change your appearance at any time, so you can be a boy one day and a girl the next. That sort of freedom is liberating and wonderful.

I'm looking forward to changing my appearance a lot and playing with styles. I really like what Tiny Speck did with avatar customization and hope it just gets more robust.

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