This is by far the biggest and best Glider project of mine, art-wise and room-wise.
For those of you who downloaded, I praise you for taking on such a heavy load in one session. Yes, this is a big 'un, but it's worth it.
This is an all out Glider tribute to Led Zeppelin who (aside from Lynyrd Skynyrd) was the greatest band on earth. I tried to pay some homage to each band member evenly, though I think I leaned toward guitar god Jimmy Page the most. I have produced some of the best guitars ever seen for GliderPRO (if I do say so myself :-) and as art tends to imitate life, these are Page's solid-bodies.
Tip: Start up Glider PRO with Houses of the Holy as your starting house. Now you can see the splash screen. Designed by me, no less.
There are 10 smaller houses contained within Houses and each one aptly takes the name of a Zep album. Almost all the rooms have the name of a track from that particular album.
Tricks and Things:
• Most of the original guitars have sounds linked to them, usually riffs from whatever song the room is named after.
• The guitar work (playing, not writing) was done by yours truly, Jay Howell.
• Due to massive amounts of custom art, you may experience a little slow-down upon entering art-intensive rooms (mostly in Led Zeppelin III).
• There are a few secret treasure rooms in the house.
• Here's a neat little trick! Try playing Houses of the Holy BACKWARDS and find the Satanic messages! :-)
The Zeppelin Albums:
• Led Zeppelin I
• Led Zeppelin II
• Led Zeppelin III
• Led Zepppelin IV
• Houses of the Holy
• Physical Graffiti
• Presence
• The Song Remains the Same (Live album, which explains room title repetitions)
• In Through the Out Door
• Coda
If anybody is interested in making Houses of the Holy a part of their Glider PRO neighborhood (but doesn't want to wait forever and a day for the download), please send four High Density disks to:
Red Beard Enterprises
718 South Boundary SE
Aiken, SC 29801
Special thanks to:
Andy Birk for alpha and beta testing, and being a great friend in general. Ward Hartenstein for being a great friend and an excellent advisor on house techniques. Notable thanks to my main beta testers, Aaron Shakra and Jacob Pierce. And john calhoun for writing the thing. :-)
Thanks to Led Zeppelin (duh!), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimmy Page (for a fantastic Outrider album and inspiration), Cream, and ZZ Top. And Brahms. And George Thorogood. And all those other great rock bands.
And Harry Nilsson (not to forget my friends, Oblio, The Rock Man, The Leaf Man, The Pointed Man, though. And certainly not to forget Arrow!)
Thanks to Monty Python and Mel Brooks. Thanks a WHOLE lot!
Also, thanks to my folks for putting up with a whole lotta of crap. Notable thanks to Tracy for being the best friend a guy could have.
Jay Howell
"You see what you want to see....
You hear what you want to hear...."
-The Rock Man
P.S.- The only art in here that is not original is the Hamer (that cool doo-hickey on the icon), and the chessboard pattern. The Hamer is by Craig Marciniak and the chess pattern is by Chris Marshall. Both of these pieces appear later in the house.
Also, borrowed for purposes of coolness was a totally original Stereo system by Jacob Pierce (Kirby Bird@aol.com).
One more thing! :-) There's a soccer ball somewhere in there that bears a remarkable resemblance to the basketball replecement in Glider 4.0's "More Glider" package. I shrunk it down a little, but that's john calhoun's creation there.
And Nine Inch Nails really bites the big one.
This house is dedicated to:
• Ward Hardenstein for the reasons listed above.
• Robin Seer who, aside from being a good friend, designed some really cool rooms for Glider 4.0. I advise everyone who owns Glider 4.0 to check out the Robin's Nest, available on both Compuserve and America Online.
• Stewart, Laura, Nathan, Andy, Tracy, Jesse, Vanessa, Sam and all those other people who hang out with me (I believe they're called 'friends') ;-)
• My dad, grand-dad, and uncles. God bless them all.
