Willowdale Grand Opening Today
Willowdale is a town built especially for child avatars and their families and friends in Second Life. It is two sims big (one sim in town, the other is the surrounding contryside), and is an entirely kid-safe place with lots to do.
The opening date is February 1st. Some parts are complete now.
Willowdale includes:
* A few house rentals, available ONLY to families with kids
* A medical center, featuring a pediatrician and a dentist. Possibly a birth center for prim babies, too.
* A community center, with meeting rooms for activities, and a theater
* A math museum for educational trips, with interactive displays about math ideas
* A library, with a large children's section.
* A convenience store to get snacks and stuff
* A school building (but no actual classes) with a big playground and sports fields
* A skate park
* A fire and police station
* A church building (available for role-playing, adoption ceremonies, etc.)
* A shopping district with stores
* Four restaurants (Japanese, hamburgers, pizza, and a fancy seafood restaurant)
* Nature trails and open water for swimming or water sports
Most of the activities here are free. There are a few exceptions: for example, it costs money to shop in the shopping area, to rent a store there, or to rent a house.
Willowdale a "light" role-playing town. Basically this means the focus is on providing a setting for kids and families to role-play things that might happen: like doctor visits, hanging out with friends, going to church, family picnics, games of tag with other kids, etc. It also means we try to keep things basically realistic, at least in terms of how people act. For example, we ask kids not to drive cars here (they can be driven around by an adult or parent), and we ask that if a kid rents a store in the shopping district, they come up with some kind of story to explain it (e.g., maybe they are helping in a store that belongs to a relative). We also ask people not to use super powers like flying, magic, vampire bites, or high-tech sci-fi devices when they are in public here. People are encouraged to do even more; for example, parents could ask the older kids next door to babysit when they go out for dinner, and so forth.
Unlike some more serious role-playing places, though, there isn't an outlandish theme or setting or story, and no one needs to make up a new character background or history to play here. Also, there is no combat, so no scripts like DCS. It's just a fun place to hang out.
The opening date is February 1st. Some parts are complete now.
Willowdale includes:
* A few house rentals, available ONLY to families with kids
* A medical center, featuring a pediatrician and a dentist. Possibly a birth center for prim babies, too.
* A community center, with meeting rooms for activities, and a theater
* A math museum for educational trips, with interactive displays about math ideas
* A library, with a large children's section.
* A convenience store to get snacks and stuff
* A school building (but no actual classes) with a big playground and sports fields
* A skate park
* A fire and police station
* A church building (available for role-playing, adoption ceremonies, etc.)
* A shopping district with stores
* Four restaurants (Japanese, hamburgers, pizza, and a fancy seafood restaurant)
* Nature trails and open water for swimming or water sports
Most of the activities here are free. There are a few exceptions: for example, it costs money to shop in the shopping area, to rent a store there, or to rent a house.
Willowdale a "light" role-playing town. Basically this means the focus is on providing a setting for kids and families to role-play things that might happen: like doctor visits, hanging out with friends, going to church, family picnics, games of tag with other kids, etc. It also means we try to keep things basically realistic, at least in terms of how people act. For example, we ask kids not to drive cars here (they can be driven around by an adult or parent), and we ask that if a kid rents a store in the shopping district, they come up with some kind of story to explain it (e.g., maybe they are helping in a store that belongs to a relative). We also ask people not to use super powers like flying, magic, vampire bites, or high-tech sci-fi devices when they are in public here. People are encouraged to do even more; for example, parents could ask the older kids next door to babysit when they go out for dinner, and so forth.
Unlike some more serious role-playing places, though, there isn't an outlandish theme or setting or story, and no one needs to make up a new character background or history to play here. Also, there is no combat, so no scripts like DCS. It's just a fun place to hang out.
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