Forum: Bryce


Subject: Where have all the flowers gone?

Navim opened this issue on Sep 01, 2013 · 54 posts


Navim posted Sun, 01 September 2013 at 7:19 PM

Started looking around for some of the old brycer sites tonight and most are gone. Zhanns-place is not to be found, all of the Bryce stuff from Hilltopdesign is gone and most as well from Infiniteedesigns. Wolfiesden is no more either. Not to mention the king, Bill Ellsworth. I remember when the WidowsWeb left the net. It was a sign of things to come I suppose. The masters of Bryce that once posted on the now defunct 3dcommune are not to be found either. Seems that imagination has given way to pre-made everything 3d.

Sadly there seems to be little young blood coming into Bryce and a look at the profile pics pretty much tells the age story. Not that at 65 going on 66 and with two major surgical procedures in two years that I am any better off. Guess I have a few images still percolating in the old brain so perhaps a couple of more years........................  Still I think that Bryce although with its simplistic interface is an incredibly sophisticated program, decades ahead of its time, and for those willing to experiment, a program that will be usable for more decades. Perhaps even its makers did not understand the genius of their 'baby'. Time will tell if we see the flowers again.