Luucaz | 26-08-2010 Camera returns, just for Zatley !
Eww, again, no breaking news, just a cheer to our fellow crew member Zatley, who has his birthday today! Happy birthday, Sir !!! We didn't see him much lately, which is ok, just, he's not forgotten. His specialties (besides a neverending enthusiasm) are collecting anything and graphics. People doing graphics need to know that color, exactly, at times. I know I do, you know, want the exact color of that particular pixel, in RGB and HEX, gimme!
That's what they they invented utilities for, and our favorite (Windows platform, sorry Mac fans, Zatley was still on Windows, right ?) happens to be 'themeable', and now runs on a 'Habbo Camera' and at same time 'Zatley' theme. Well, look at that screenshot, it's a working application. We wanna give that to Zatley, and you can have it too.
Gotta admit though, it's sorta old, runs like a train here, but Windows ignored to keep old files inside. In just a couple of words, you need a) Switch (the actual application, that default skin is ugly, I can say because I made it). Big chance it errors on you, you either need b) the VB6 runtime files (install) or even more likely, c) msvbvm50.dll (get .dll file out and put into your c:\windows\system32\ folder or alike). Then try d) installing Switch again. Final step, e) put our Zatley theme in C:\Program Files\Higher Tendencies\Switch\skins (do not unzip, just as it is). Start up f) Switch (Start/Programs/Higher Tendencies/Switch), locate the options button and select the theme (w00t, its name is ZATLEY). I'm pretty sure I've lost most of you (even in understanding what this actually is about, but who cares :p), but those who got there now have a working camera and at same time best colorpicking utility ever :p.
Thantos | 13-08-2010 Sulake rocks our SOCKs!
And we mean that literally!
People have role models: some worship Justin Bieber (*hears cjames yelling like a fangirl*), Lady GaGa (*looks at Laurensh1*), others worship sparkly vampires. We tend to admire anything made by Sulake. They're like the pixelated Finnish corporate version of Britney Spears, and celebrities have secrets, and pasts... as does Sulake.
Here at Habborator, we're good at finding things. Remember the times when we found Badges? Yeah, good times... but that got kind of boring. And as our number one priority was and still is to inform our users, we decided to go back to that. And so it is, and so it has been for a while now. And though it might look as we're slowly dying, we're not. We're always trying to find new things to add for our visitors.
If you are still reading, you probably want us to cut to the chase and tell you what this is about. Well, recently, we unearthed some of Sulakes old conceptual projects, some of which never saw the light. As you can imagine, this got us all a bit excited, as we never heard of them before. When we find new information, some of us can't sit still (*looks at Luucaz*), and try to uncover as much information as possible, using every source we can. And that's exactly what we did, and that is what we wanted you to know.
So, check out our updated Sulake page and check 'Projects I' and 'Projects II' to learn everything about Proppchat AKA SOCK (get the title now?), Boombastica and Gamejam. Have fun reading, and enjoy the rest of your day.
Luucaz | 21-07-2010 Yay! Party time again.
..our guy from Finland, Star-Fighter, celebrates his birthday today. Well, I hope he does, as he deserves some nice gifts and cheers. Besides being from Finland, which is totally awesome for Finnish text, his main focus is pixelart and design, and I really dunno why not all Finnish girls are in total despair about the outcome of the Habbo Runway competition - if I was them, I'd want that 3rd outfit. This year he revamped and took over our release overview, which now looks better than ever, and is one of few parts up to date with newly merged hotel (working on it). Have a really nice day Star, and lots of gifts and years to come !
Emmerrrrrrr | 04-06-2010 Yes boss, of course boss..
... well you see, it's your birthday boss...
Today's a special day. We are taken over by Google. No, just kidding, it's Luucaz' birthday today! We want to wish him a great day in all the languages we know, and hope he'll stay with us for a really long while. We all appreciate his presence and great ideas so much: Habborator has brought a lot of people together already, and hopefully stuff will go on like that. I'm quite sure it will, because of the way things are done here. Just doing what you enjoy doing is enough at Habborator. And we all hope Luucaz can do just what he enjoys on his birthday, and basically all the time.
So, happy birthday, fijne verjaardag, alles gute zum Geburtstag, grattis på födelsedagen to Luucaz!
Luucaz | 06-05-2010 Our lady of the (digital) highway
…also known as Emmerrrrrr marks another (quite significant) year today. Even though she is one of the youngest people in crew, we all rely on her judgement, that always comes friendly (but do not get on her nerves). She's the one looked at when needing some words, and she added her pixels to all things themed foremost. Anyway, a very happy birthday, hoping for some really nice gifts involving cats and good music, Emmerrrrrrr!
N.B. Title is a reference to a hardly known, old Dutch band (Gitbox!). It was in my head, it wouldn't leave.
Luucaz | 25-04-2010 Birthday in bed
…and today it's LEGOLAS-KLARA getting a year older. Congrats! He's the one setting the trend in crew to get stuck on holiday locations, and that was before that volcano (…). Wisdom comes with age, they say, and for Habborator, aging of LEGOLAS-KLARA is clearly noticable. He started with collecting, then editing images and html. Later on he started adapting and adding to scripts we use, and these days, he's deep into rebuilding core of this website. No way of telling what will happen when he keeps getting older, which he will, for many, many years. Here's hoping for some good gifts, and a great day - even if in bed recovering, Sir, bummer…
Thantos | 15-04-2010 Clothes, clothes, clothes...
It's not exactly a secret, but a new competition is coming, called 'Habbo Runway'.
Not much is known about the competition, but as the name might reveal, it will involve fashion (thank you, new VIP clothes and hairstyles!) and, what seems to be the opportunity to win you own clothing line inside the Hotel!
Crowley, the Habbo NL Hotel Manager posted the next message in the Habbo Newsletter 'Habborazzi':
"(...) On the Habbo Runway, you will be able to design your own clothes and who knows, maybe you'll win your own clothing line inside Habbo! More info will follow friday on the homepage. (...)"
Also, the next message appeared on the Homepage:
"R u 2 sexy 4 Habbo Runway?
Forget Milan! The real fashonista's are going to Habbo Runway. Starting friday, you'll have the chance to win an amazing prize: your own clothing line in Habbo Hotel!"
Better get those pencils ready, because who knows, maybe you'll see your clothes inside the Hotel soon!
UPDATE!
Thanks to Habbies, we have a new video, uploaded by HabboWolf:
It seems Habbo Runway will be something big: Habbo's all over the world will be able to design the clothes they want, the best ones will be selected and at the end, you'll be able to choose which one wins! If Miley Cyrus says it's ok, you'll see the winner's outfit in your Hotel soon.