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UK Town of Ipswich Remodelled As Zelda Level

Posted by timothy on from the every-legend-needs-a-map dept.

cyclomedia writes "Switch Fringe is a relatively new not-for-profit annual music and arts festival in the UK town of Ipswich, and this year's program features a full page map of the town with details about each venue. Unlike most other maps this one is in the form of a Zelda level. This is in part due to this year's theme 'Re-imagining Ipswich,' that PixelH8 is coming out of semi-retirement to play a gig during the proceedings and possibly due to the fact that the map's designer — The Decibel Kid — spent too much time playing Zelda on a Gameboy Color during the first Web bubble."

53 comments

  1. Uh by kiriath · · Score: 5, Informative

    They didn't remodel the town, they made a map of the town that looks like a Zelda map.

    I was super disappointed when I followed each Link (teehee) and didn't find a town that physically looked like the world of Zelda.

    1. Re:Uh by cyclomedia · · Score: 1

      Ah, slashdot, clearly you read the headline but not the summary

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    2. Re:Uh by ArcadeMan · · Score: 1

      kiriath is right, the title is misleading.

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    3. Re:Uh by karnal · · Score: 2

      if the town was truly remodeled, you'd probably have more than a handful of people attempting to cut down the shrubs for rupees.

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    4. Re:Uh by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 1

      I was super disappointed when I followed each Link (teehee) and didn't find a town that physically looked like the world of Zelda.

      I blame the Internet. If this were the 15th century, you'd most likely only find the map in a book since most pople wouldn't be able to visit Ipswich anyway. That means fewer opportunities to get super disappointed. Also, most people wouldn't have problems with the map being slightly stylized. And the book itself would be printed in a cool gothic typeface to boot.

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    5. Re:Uh by GameboyRMH · · Score: 2

      Well since it's a Zelda map, you should be allowed to run in and smash every jar in sight :-D

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    6. Re:Uh by HairyNevus · · Score: 1

      Because the Internet is what brought us out of the 15th century? Time to edit Wikipedia...

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    7. Re:Uh by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 1

      Time to edit Wikipedia...

      What a marvellous idea! I suggest you start here.

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    8. Re:Uh by Darinbob · · Score: 1

      What's a zelda map? Looks a bit like an ultima map to me.

    9. Re:Uh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I would suggest you start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notlob

    10. Re:Uh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If it weren't, it wouldn't be slashdot

    11. Re:Uh by hattig · · Score: 1

      The map is accurate - there's a streetwalker (well, a womble with a cauldron?) in the red light district near the football stadium - I presume they're still there despite the serial killer prostitute murders a few years ago.

      Still, it's been 12 years since I lived near Ipswich, and 15 since I spent a summer living in Ipswich (Norwich Road, top left of map).

      There really isn't a lot to do in Ipswich, this map is probably the town's crowning achievement.

  2. All together now.... by Sparticus789 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    LAME!

    Misleading title, stupid concept, and a complete waste of my time. Is this r/boring?

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    1. Re:All together now.... by interval1066 · · Score: 1

      "These are not the headlines you're looking for, move along." /., you truly lamed out on this one.

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    2. Re:All together now.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      LAME!

      I disagree

      Misleading title,

      I agree, but what was the true likelihood of that happening?

      stupid concept,

      I disagree. I think it's cute. It doesn't serve much purpose beyond novelty, but it's still pretty cool.

      and a complete waste of my time.

      Most likely

    3. Re:All together now.... by cyclomedia · · Score: 1

      You must be new here

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    4. Re:All together now.... by Sparticus789 · · Score: 1

      I walked right into that one....

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  3. bummer by slashmydots · · Score: 3, Funny

    Darn, I wanted them to go with my idea of upgrading the town's name to Ipv6swich

    1. Re:bummer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well we do have the IP6 postcode. Unfortunately it's out of town in a very rural part of Suffolk. I don't think they have electricity there yet, never mind IPv6

      Ric - Switch Fringe

    2. Re:bummer by pne · · Score: 1

      Darn, I wanted them to go with my idea of upgrading the town's name to Ipv6swich

      That's "Ipv6switch" with a T, I think.

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  4. Title is inverted by the_other_chewey · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The title is the wrong way around.

    Fix: "Zelda level modelled after town of Ipswich". And it's not even playable...

    1. Re:Title is inverted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      OK, so I suck at English. Would love to have made it playable but didn't get time (took 2 weeks as it is, between my full time job, children, sleeping etc.)

      Ric - Switch Fringe

  5. Im From Here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm from Ipswich, it's nice to see the town portrayed like that. Only wish it could be like that in real life.

    1. Re:Im From Here! by Minwee · · Score: 3, Funny

      Unfortunately, you're still going to get arrested for breaking into houses and smashing all of the jars.

    2. Re:Im From Here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Only if the plods round here can actually be bothered getting off their fat arses.

  6. They didn't remodel nor use a Zelda level by backwardsposter · · Score: 1

    The town isn't based off of a level in Zelda. They simply used Zelda graphics, handheld or A Link to the Past graphics from the looks of it. Neat I guess, but not nearly as neat as if they'd modeled it after an original Zelda temple or something. Maybe not a water temple, if the fans are anything like my friends they wouldn't make it out without calling me first.

    1. Re:They didn't remodel nor use a Zelda level by interval1066 · · Score: 1

      Yeah, the online guide/map thingie is styled after Zeld gfx, we get it. It is a cute little widget. Too bad the /. headline is so damaged.

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    2. Re:They didn't remodel nor use a Zelda level by gl4ss · · Score: 1

      the trees are zelda style. but otherwise it looks a bit generic.

      (oh and a zelda: a link to the past is a zelda..)

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  7. Any other game? by nherm · · Score: 1

    Well I think we all agree that this story was a massive dissapointment. Does anybody know about a level from any videogame reproduced in real life?

  8. The whole map is... by H0p313ss · · Score: 1

    ... here

    Shame their web UI is stuck in the 1990's along with their mapping technology.

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    1. Re:The whole map is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Mapping Technology". The png is only 250k, seems a bit extreme to chop it into tiles. And the website was a freebie, so we can't complain too much (we're a voluntary / nonprofit setup). Irony is that coding/development is my day job, but I don't want to step on the toes of the company that provided it. Which means I'll not be offering an opinion about the quality of their work :)

      Ric - Switch Fringe

    2. Re:The whole map is... by H0p313ss · · Score: 1

      :)

      Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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  9. Lol, neither accurate nor to scale by TheSkepticalOptimist · · Score: 1

    Just like Apple Maps!

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  10. Can't view it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I get a certificate warning about Facebook (fbcdn.net doesn't match facebook.com), followed by a white page. Any non-Facebook link?

  11. Facebook? by Hadlock · · Score: 1

    Great, I unwittingly clicked on a link to facebook from the office. I can't wait to explain this in triplicate to IT Security. Can we label these links better?

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    1. Re:Facebook? by unrtst · · Score: 1

      Can we label these links better?

      The "https://www.facebook.com" in the URL didn't give it away?

      Never click on links without looking at where they go, especially on slashdot.
      In addition, go to tinyurl.com, click on "Preview Feature", and enable preview. Change any tinyurl links to preview.tinyurl.com (the preview cookie doesn't always work).

    2. Re: Facebook? by Hadlock · · Score: 0

      So if Slashdot posts a link to hardcore porn, it's my fault that I clicked on it thinking that link would be work safe? Slashdot is dominated by people who work in IT, if it's users can't trust the site to post only work safe links, they're going to lose a lot of traffic that their paying advertisers are targeting. Other "work safe" news sites avoid directly linking to social websites without explicitly saying so for this exact reason.

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    3. Re: Facebook? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes, it is your fault.

    4. Re: Facebook? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Maybe dice has an interest that you get in trouble with IT security and decide to look for a new job ;)

  12. Can you name 3 football teams with 3-word names? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Answer Queen's Park Rangers, West Bromich Albion and Ipswich Fucking Town. ON THE BALL CITY!

  13. I live in/near Ipswich by CaptainOfSpray · · Score: 1

    The town is a pit of despair. I sincerely hope, for all your sakes, that this does NOT put Ipswich "on the map". FFS, this place has only just made it to the 20th C (rough end of).

    God help anyone who mentions Adastral Park, because I won't hold back.

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    1. Re:I live in/near Ipswich by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Cool, I just came home from work at BT Adastral Park.

    2. Re:I live in/near Ipswich by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I lived in Ipswich for 17 years. It's a dump, but the residents act like it is the cream of the crop. It's some sort of cream; cream that has been left out in the sun to curdle.

    3. Re:I live in/near Ipswich by rjforster · · Score: 1

      This resident thinks it's a dump. But then I only moved here for work and I'm more than willing to move away again for the right other work.

      Still, it's a slashdot story which make me say "oooh, I can see my house" so that at least puts a mild grin on my face.

    4. Re:I live in/near Ipswich by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      To be fair, it's not the greatest town in the world. But believe me, there are plenty of worse places.

      Want to find a REAL shit-hole in Suffolk? Try visiting Brandon. Or Leiston. Or Lowestoft. Or worst of all, Haverhill - a town which, if Suffolk had haemorrhoids would be the place to apply the cream.

      And you want to try some of the places I know in east Lancashire. Believe me, even Haverhill is sweet compared to Rochdale, where I had the misfortune to live for eight years.

    5. Re:I live in/near Ipswich by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      i hear they had a party when you left and the town picked up afterwards. prehaps it was you not them

    6. Re:I live in/near Ipswich by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ipswich is full of musicians, poets, artists, designers and allsorts of other creative types. Switch Fringe hopes to get the ball rolling on getting some of these people recognised and in turn raising the town's profile and general grooviness. Or we could just sit at home moaning on the internet and hoping someone else puts in the work.

      Ric - Switch Fringe

  14. In related news, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Towns all over Germany remodelled as levels from Return To Castle Wolfenstein....oh, wait.

  15. They seem to have seriously screwed up. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I live in this town. I read the local paper and listen to the local radio. And this is the FIRST I have heard of this festival.
    Perhaps telling people locally about it might have been a good idea?

    1. Re:They seem to have seriously screwed up. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The council were epically late giving us a cheque they promised (after sending one to the wrong address first). We're just glad it's happening AT ALL!

      Ric - Switch Fringe

  16. I think I speak for everybody by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    when I say: "meh".

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