Slacker Society

Resting

Slacker Society was a small pixel town on the internet, built for a handful of friends and nobody else.

You picked a name and a four-letter PIN, and you got an avatar that stayed where you left it. You could wander a hand-drawn overworld: a central plaza, a snowy mountain to the north, desert to the west, forest to the east, and a long bridge south to a tropical island. You could leave a speech bubble hanging over your head for whoever showed up next.

Things appeared while you were away. Slack drops and rare findings turned up around the map on their own schedule, so there was usually a reason to check in. The Slackerboard kept the score. The whole thing was invite only, and that was the point.

The town is quiet now and the server is switched off. Everything that happened there is saved and nothing was thrown away.

If it wakes up, you will hear about it here

News about the town turning back on turns up in these two places first.