Wardrobe Beta (Now on Subeta!) + Project Kumos Update

Hey folks! A few weeks ago I would have told you that making real changes to the main Subeta site was basically impossible. The codebase is old, the infrastructure was brittle, and Project Kumos existed specifically because I needed somewhere clean to build new things. The wardrobe has lived off-site for over a decade now because of how complex it is. Ten-plus years! That's how long it's been since the wardrobe was actually on subeta.net.

Well, after a couple weeks of pretty intense work, I've gotten the main site to a place where I can make changes again in a way that hasn't been possible in a very long time. Years.

Which means: I'm sunsetting Project Kumos. Before anyone panics, here's what that actually looks like. The features from Kumos are coming here, to subeta.net, where they should have been all along. Layout changes are probably done at this point (they worked well! so a lot of that can just be picked up and moved), and if anything, we'll put options behind a setting so you can choose what works for you.

And the first big proof of that?

The Wardrobe Beta Is Live on Subeta

The wardrobe is home. After living off-site for more than 10 years, I shut it down on Kumos and moved the whole thing over to subeta.net. It went smoothly, which is a good sign for everything else.

You can sign up for the beta here: https://subeta.net/wardrobe.php

If you were in the Kumos wardrobe beta, this is the same wardrobe, just in the right place now. If you missed it the first time, here's what you're getting:

Transforming Items - Items that can transform show up with a special icon, and you can pick any of the wearable forms it transforms into. No more needing the entire set just to wear the one piece you actually wanted.

Color Organization - A ton of items now have color tags so you can sort and filter by color. Fair warning: some items that are entirely black or white might be a little wonky still. Working on it.

Smart Drawers - Create custom drawers with filters. Want to see all purple items in the bottom or chest layers? Done. Mix and match however you want.

Effects - You can layer up to 3 special effect layers that can be solid colors or gradients (great for backgrounds), and then play with transparency and blend modes. If you've ever messed with Photoshop layer blend modes, you know how wild this can get. Entirely new looks from items you already own.

Contests - They work here! That's the update. They just work. 🎉

Shopping - There's a shopping tab built right into the wardrobe with the Cash Shop Boutique, Costume Trunks, and more. No more tabbing back and forth.

What's Next

I think we're weeks away from having everything back on one site. The wardrobe was the big one, and it's here. The rest of the Kumos features are following, and once that's done, new features and updates are going to come a lot more regularly. Bug fixes too.

Speaking of which: I need your help. If you run into problems, post in Problems & Bugs. If you have ideas for new stuff or improvements, hit up Suggestions & Ideas.

One thing I'm especially interested in: ways we could reuse older assets. We have years and years of art from plots, events, old features. If there's something you remember from way back that you think deserves a second life, or a cool way to repurpose things that are just sitting in the archives, I want to hear about it. That kind of stuff is exactly what gets me excited about building here again.

i promise this is not an april fools joke (i know it might seem like it because i'm announcing canceling something i've been working years on 😭)

I know that folks have gotten used to having two sets of quests, I promise I won't shut them off on Kumos until I've created more quests over here (increased the total number) and added the CSC earning mechanic.

Try https://subeta.net/wardrobe_new.php?

This should be fixed!

What's up with limbs? they aren't showing up or are showing up after you've removed them??

Yeah, something.... went weird with the migration a few weeks ago that only effected CWs (which is very scary for me!) and I think some ended up in unexpected places.

And then I turned back on the CW shops on legacy thinking they'd been moved to the 'new system' (when we did the big rules revamp) and they had not, so we were seeing a strange CW time machine.

It should all be fixed now, and you should be able to move around items appropriately. Thank you / sorry!!