Hello! Welcome to the first edition of what we're calling "Hotel Happenings"... Some you of oldies may remeber this from back in the day!

This will be a series where we try to round up everything that's happened in Origins this week that may have been missed from the public eye. Be it a lack of an article, a post or simply something that's caught our attention on either Twitter, in game or Discord.

We're going to aim to commit to this every week and we hope you enjoy it!

Let's [try to] go in chronological order, shall we?

 

The Weekly Rare

This week we got the Yellow Powered Fan. A classic rare that's fit for purpose with the time of year and current campaign.

Personally, I don't think I'll ever like fans being a 50c rare. They're more 30-35c in my eyes but I know people love them. Other fans seem to do well value-wise so who knows. Maybe this one's also a good investment?

Noco, I'm looking at you!

(This is not financial or trading advice).

Update: Although it seems this was meant to be avaialbe for one week, it seems it was removed alongside the addition of Funky Friday. This has been reported to staff but we're in a Bank Holiday weekend in England, meaning a three-day weekend.

Also a quick note to say that this and otrher new furni are all now available in the Pro Imager! Let's see what you create!

Project Keystone: Some cheeky updates (Patch notes please!)

Thanks to a friendly Macklebee joining us in the Discord for a few moments, we've had some little droplets of information for Keystone. Thanks to the never-ending whining of Neverends, we've had some news dangled in front of us.

First off, it does look like we're going to be getting a true "fullscreen" mode for Origins! Woo!

This came off the back of Neverends asking for better fishing capabilities and a better zoom function. A lot of people have been asking for this for a while so I'm sure it will be a welcome addition to the game.

Personally, I do like the idea. However, has it come at the wrong time?

With the addition of advanced building tools we've seen players get really creative with the black space around rooms. Creating beautiful and whimsical builds utilising all the space available. Will being able to fullscreen and zoom out ruin the illusion of these rooms? Or will it just give builders even more to work with?

Well, we'll just have to wait and see.

We also got an answer to the little rumour that's been going around saying that with Keystone, Origins will be available on mobile.

Now we've had confirmation that while that's true there are currently no plans to go running with this one. Although it's entirely possible it could happen in the future.

An image was shared in the Discord of the client with what appears to be a debug screen showing the FPS. In this debug screen we can see the FPS is sitting at 56.7.

One eagle eyed user spotted this and asked the question as that's what a lot of people seem to hate about the modern client. Me included.

Macklebee came in to shoot down the rumours and confirmed we're still going to keep the framerate we're used to (thank the lord Frank).

Want to know everything we know about Keystone so far, other than these tidbits? We've got a full article here! 

 

Skills Update

We've heard a little about cooking!

Not much of a massive update here but we did hear from Macklebee in terms of cooking as well. Again, off the back of Neverends we learned that when cooking is introduced we're going to see Fishing and Gardening be explicit in completing the skill.

It seems both these skills will feed into cooking. We're assuming ingredients here...

Maybe a cheeky Solo Chef inspiration or official partner event on the way with Origins?

Hmm?

New fishing furni was teased a while ago in the Discord (and maybe an article? Someone correct me here?) but since then we've had nothing.

We have had confirmation this week that we'll be getting more than the original five furni teased! No update on when or how this is hitting the hotel but good to know it's coming and I really hope it's soon!

 

Battleball... Yes, you heard us right!

Battleball is that part of the hotel that reminds you of that one hobby you latched onto during an ADHD spiral.

You looked forward to starting, got all the gear you needed, hammered it for a month and then it's sat on the shelf gathering dust for years, only for you to glance at it once in a while and remember what it was and what it could be.

Well, that's most of us.

We've got a few dedicated Battleballers still around that come looking in the Discord for their next victim opponent, only to be met with silence or "no thank you".

Macklebee seems to have noticed this and swooped in with something that the Battleball community have been asking for for a while... Bots!

It was even mentioned that this mechanic could extend into Wobble Squabble as well!

Who knows... Maybe even Lido bots where we have to beat the score? Voting bots? Hell, let's not stop there. Where's the Bingo and Falling Furni bots? Okay, too far. But it's a neat idea!

It does look like the idea has taken off and Macklebee is actively working on it. We did then get an update a few days later where it was mentioned he's trying to add an ELO system for them so you actually have a challenge and aren't just battering an AI 24/7.

Could this also finally be the introduction of the Battleball pass/specific activity track as well? The two would go hand in hand...

Spidercides, we're looking at you!

The Friday Update

Well, it's Friday which means it's time to take a look at what's new!

This week we've got a brand new fishing hole, another delightfully silly (but great) Funky Friday furni and a rather busy weekend ahead.

A brand new sand fishing hole has arrived! The hole costs 15,000 Fish and can be purchased from the Fish Shop. You can access the Fish Shop from any fishing public room so there's no need to go wandering around looking for it.

The new hole also comes with a whole new collection of sand fish for all you completionists out there.

That means even more entries to add to your Fishopedia!

It's also great to see another seasonal fishing hole make its way into the game. Let's be honest, seeing icy fishing holes sitting in the middle of a sunny beach room never quite looked right.

Now your beach fishing can finally feel a little more... beachy.

This week Funk Friday... It’s a Hot Duck!

This week's Funky Friday is a hilarious mash-up of two absolute classics: the humble rubber duck and the humble hot dog.

We'll personally never complain about getting another duck for Funky Friday (again, sorry Neverends) and the recent additions have been so wonderfully whimsical.

Long may it continue!

Honestly, we're starting to wonder what they'll turn into next.

For those of us in England we're heading into a glorious three-day Bank Holiday weekend.

Sorry to everyone outside England. You'll just have to enjoy your normal weekend while we pretend Monday doesn't exist.

We've got a packed few days ahead with four community events taking place on Saturday followed by Spidercide's 101st EC event on Sunday.

That's a lot of events for one weekend so make sure you keep an eye on the event calendar and don't miss out!

Speaking of Spidercides... His 100th EC event maze is still open! 

If you haven't completed it yet then there's still time to jump in and give it a go. It's a pretty special milestone for one of Origins' most prolific event hosts so definitely worth checking out if you haven't already.

And with his 101st event coming on Sunday it seems there's no slowing him down anytime soon!

Remember you've got until Tuesday 1st September to have a chance to win 1x Season 2 Jade Gift Box!

10 Habbos will be randomly selected from everyone who completes the maze before the deadline. Accounts will be reviewed to ensure fair play.

So even if you aren't one of the fastest you still have a chance to walk away with a prize!

Not to mention a cool badge!!

Another week, another update and another excuse to spend far too much time fishing.

We'll seew you next week!!!!!