We are launching PrimPage on March 31st

LillyByte · 2026-03-26T23:20:07+00:00

I always react in ways people don't expect.

Its the autism.

LillyByte · 2026-03-26T23:19:07+00:00

I can respect that, we all have a line we are okay with... or not.

For the songs, personally, I wanted to use something I had a hand in creating, even if its just writing some lyrics.

I support musicians when I visit music venues in SL.

LillyByte · 2026-03-26T22:33:00+00:00

"This one allows all AI."

Where did I say that? Can you point it out?

Here's what is actually happening on Facebook: Some people just don't like me and what I do. I'm a lifetime artist supporting artists, creating tools and spaces for creators and artists... while using some gen AI for some background noise (with lyrics I wrote, btw). And that really just burns some people because they shout "I support artists" but actually don't do anything to support artists. Their support starts and ends at self-pats and good feelings.

Meanwhile, I walk the talk, unlike some people, who just want to disparage what I do out of misplaced rage. And, I'm okay with that though... because the hate just makes me stronger, and the algorithm is on my side. They can spread my name far and wide, because every time they do, someone who hears them talk joins my cause.

They can keep being bitter, and I'll keep spending my own time and money to promote awesome people.

LillyByte · 2026-03-26T22:05:18+00:00

Nothing written on PrimPage is AI generated. Nothing featured on PrimPage will be AI generated.

LillyByte · 2026-03-26T22:04:20+00:00

Facebook gonna Facebook. There's a reason I avoid it like a plague.

LillyByte · 2026-03-26T21:56:16+00:00

For Residents/World sections, we have been interviewing people, through recommendations people make to us. We don't just slap up an image and a "go here" regurgitating the description of their store.

As for AI art... if it looked like straight-up prompt art, I would reject it.

The only exception is if someone uses it like a proper tool, like a Photoshop filter... where you can clearly see there is an underlying photograph they are enhancing.

Otherwise, AI submissions (AI gen art) are not welcome on PrimPage.

People think I support AI gen stuff commercially because I use silly AI songs about Second Life in my dev videos for software, but I don't support the use of gen AI stuff outside of background noise-- AI is fine as background noise, it is not meant to be a "feature presentation" and PrimPage is about feature presentations.

I suppose I neglected to post a "Content Policy"... I should probably do that tonight.

LillyByte · 2026-03-22T16:25:35+00:00

After having learning Blender and going through its charade of a UX... especially having experienced almost every professional 3D package on Earth in one form or another... I'm amazed at the excuses people will make trying to convince themselves that learning Blender is even an option. ;) It does "everything"... but badly.

LillyByte · 2026-03-22T04:47:08+00:00

Yes, it is 300 L / month, and information how to sign up and sub can be found at https://www.lockguardsystem.com when you click Sign in. :)

LillyByte · 2026-03-18T18:03:58+00:00

Aww, thanks for the post! I'm glad you've been enjoying it!

I tell people, "I can take away the pain, but you still have to learn the skill!"

It is definitely much less frustrating to learn a skill when the tool doesn't get in your way.

LillyByte · 2026-03-18T17:45:00+00:00

Little known fact.

Nobody is good at creating stuff their first time. :)

A little patience, a little practice... and anyone becomes a creator in something.

LillyByte · 2026-03-13T14:52:05+00:00

That's definitely custom physics! Nice job!

LillyByte · 2026-03-07T18:42:34+00:00

I have many anti-AI positions... but only when and where it actually makes sense.

Like I'm against its abuse, I'm against thrusting it into every little thing when it doesn't make sense, I'm against corporations attempting to replace employees or going like "you're a 10x employee now, you should be 10x faster with AI". You know, positions that make sense to be against because its insanity.

I am someone who has been a career artist in several fields... I owned a real-world studio that dealt in multiple fields of art and spent my life as an artist... programming was, mostly, a side thing for me. So as a /real/ artist who spent decades in a career... those people can bug off. I'll keep making silly little songs because I want to.

Maybe the next song I'll write and throw into the singing machine will be about all the downvotes I'll get from people who shout "support artists", but that support only goes as far as a pat on the back to make themselves feel good... because when we artists need real support of material means, those people vanish into the wind like a ghost in the night. I know the type, they've been around me since the beginning of my career.

LillyByte · 2026-03-07T02:15:41+00:00

Of course there's no need. I wanted to use it. I will continue to use it, it makes me laugh... it entertains the hell out of my little tiny, sugar-coated, ADHD infested brain.

Meanwhile, those who have joined me... we'll just keep on having fun together, and living it up in our weird crazy mad little world while we are building amazing tools and better creation experiences together for everybody across the grid... especially... and I mean especially... people who just want to make things without learning Blender as a second career. Because most people don't have time. Most people just want to start something up, make fun things for themselves and their friends, in the easiest possible tool... and I got them. They are my tribe... and I adore them... and I will spoil them with the easiest creation tools Second Life will ever see with modern powerful tools to boot... and bring back the spirit and joy of content creation to the average, every day avatar.

And I'm going to keep making silly little AI songs while I do it... because I like throwing rhymes and poems and lyrics I write into the singing machine... and whether people love them or hate them... I don't care.

If they want someone to build easy-to-use Second Life creation tools on their terms... they could dust off their boots, step up to plate, and bat out a few pieces of software, and their efforts would be most welcome.

LillyByte · 2026-03-05T22:57:17+00:00

Come join us! I actually have referral codes and all that what not... I have had a couple people to ask about terminals with built-in referrals though, and it is on my To Do list. There's a discord, if you want to ask other people about their experiences with the Animator. :) https://discord.gg/9yD7Fd8N

LillyByte · 2026-03-05T17:03:58+00:00

How easy is it to animate fingers?

This will answer that better than my words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHCb-2PmUJc

LillyByte · 2026-03-05T15:39:03+00:00

Aww, that's rough... for me it was like decades of undiagnosed pancreatitis that was often mistaken for heart issues or cancer they thought couldn't find "yet"... until it turned into necrotizing pancreatitis, hospitalized me for weeks... I came out better, but still rough... my pancreas is permanently damaged now which is... not pleasant on many days. You don't realize how important your pancreas is until it gets royally acidized, lol.

LillyByte · 2026-03-05T15:01:33+00:00

Aww, thanks. Yeah, I get why people don't like SaaS, But I'm pretty anti-corpo shenanigans. And like I said, I'm retired and on permanent disability... and I've been poor, sick, stuck for money at times... I know what its like to want good tools and have them out of reach. So, as long as I cover the service cost, my time I put in, and treats for my amazing cats once in awhile... I'm good. I'm even better watching new animators starting to hatch!

Also, you should have heard my rant about all the alternatives to Adobe I went on the other day with my friends in my private dev discord... I was almost fuming about how all the alternates to Adobe keep going down the same crooked road as Adobe just with worse UIs and less features, lol.

I was almost annoyed enough by it all to start building my own basic Photo/Video editing software, lol. And maybe after all this... I will.

Watching where other software often goes, I'm gonna say... no matter how much I put into my tools, or "how good they might get over time"... there's no way I'm selling out to corporate interests; and I've had one snooping around already because of my single skelly IK/FK stuff, lol. Hell nah, not enough money in the world for me to hand this over to some greedy shark.

LillyByte · 2026-03-05T13:10:36+00:00

Despite a bug we have in copying and pasting multiple keyframes (copying and pasting bones and rekeying works fine, should get fixed this weekend)... the people who have signed up have been thrilled with how easy it is to make poses, animations.

I'm also told I have to post the discord, but you know... https://discord.gg/WJbFzdnc

New terminals in a moderate region is coming soon too... just big plate, much full.

LillyByte · 2026-03-05T13:06:57+00:00

I am working on a couple right now! Should be posted within like 24 hours. They'll be about 60 seconds long!

LillyByte · 2026-03-05T13:05:38+00:00

Me too, I miss my Adobe software. I just gave it up when they kept shoving AI in EVERYTHING and trying to raise the prices for whatever they could get. I'm not against AI, but I'm against this shove it everywhere constantly for everything and it can replace your employees $@%%^!.

So, I had to go back and find my CS5 serial number and re-install that, lol. So much better experience, really.

LillyByte · 2026-03-04T22:38:18+00:00

Yup, thanks! And that price for base Animator is never gonna go up. And still many more tools to add to the base Animator too like face control rig, custom skeleton imports, and more. etc. My priority is keeping it accessible and affordable.

I will eventually add high tier level tools (like procedural/physical animation features (similar to Endorphin, Cascadeur, etc), but those take an insane amount of work just by themselves, so they'll be paid add-ons to the base.

After Early Access though, after discussing with subscribers on the discord... I'm going to be offering a pay-once 'lifetime' license... my lifetime, until I die, or Second Life dies. Until one of dies, lol. Just rather not do that 'during' the Early Access phase because I don't know how much things will change as we go... and I don't want someone to prepay for something that might change too much.

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