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The Independent State of Extropia is a science fiction-themed community currently hosted on the Second Life platform. It intends to provide a home and a community to those users who relish ideas of a positive future, and who seek to live and create within that theme.
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Overview
 I've been working on this region's design for a number of years, practicing my 3D design skills and learning a little about community architecture as a co-founder and 'director of architecture' in Extropia. Along with partners who specialise in running online events, community relations and managing administrative tasks, the directorate continues to support a modest niche of Second Life users, many of whom consider Extropia to be their home.
Extropia's proud history includes:
- Over two years' presence on the Second Life grid.
- Consecutive annual hosting of the NASA Yuri's Night event - unique amongst virtual world platforms as its only online host.
- A stellar series of guest host talks, including authors Charles Stross, Robert J. Sawyer and Kim Stanley Robinson; online world journalist & writer Wagner James Au; artists Truthseeker Young and Grace McDunnough.
- Host to community events such as book clubs, sculpture and fishing contests, and regular discussion fora.
You can visit Extropia Core.net for more information.
My Role
 Overall layout design of the region's simulators and public spaces
- Supervision of the region's architectural design rules - an attempt to play art lead to the community, in order to fashion a cohesive look
- Occasional support for other builders, offering tricks and tips to Extropia's residents
- Design and construction of: the Central Nexus, Odyssey Harbour, McQuarrie Mall, the monorail and various infrastructure buildings
- Graphic design for Extropia's publicity and website media
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