Timeline of Virtual Paradise

This is a timeline of Virtual Paradise history.

2000s

2007

• 03 July - Version 0.1.1
• 23 August - Version 0.1.2
• 16 September - Version 0.1.3
• 23 November - Version 0.1.4

2008

• 03 February - Version 0.1.5
• 12 May - Version 0.2.1
• 23 June - Version 0.2.2
• 25 August - Version 0.2.3
• 25 October - Version 0.2.4
• 28 November - Version 0.2.5

2009

• 09 February - Version 0.2.7
• 29 March - Version 0.2.8
• 30 November - Version 0.2.10
• 14 December - Version 0.2.11
• 20 December - Version 0.2.12
• 28 December - Version 0.2.13

2010s

2010

• 03 July - Version 0.3.1
• 04 July - Version 0.3.2
• 15 July - Version 0.3.3
• 21 July - Version 0.3.4
• 24 August - Version 0.3.5
• 08 September - Version 0.3.6
• 24 September - Version 0.3.7
• 04 October - Version 0.3.8
• 25 October - Version 0.3.9
• 05 November - Version 0.3.10
• 20 November - Version 0.3.11
• 03 December - New citizen: GSK immigrated.
• 11 December - Version 0.3.12
• 23 December - Version 0.3.13

2011

• 03 January - Version 0.3.14
• 06 February - Version 0.3.15
• 13 March - Version 0.3.16
• 16 April - Version 0.3.17
• 16 June - Version 0.3.18
• 06 September - Version 0.3.19

2012

• 03 January - Version 0.3.20
• 04 March - Version 0.3.21
• 08 July - New citizen: Legion immigrated.
• 18 July - Version 0.3.22
• 05 August - Version 0.3.23
• 06 September - Version 0.3.24
• 21 September - New citizen: Nibbles immigrated.
• 24 September - New citizen: GC immigrated.
• 26 September - Version 0.3.25
• 29 September - New citizen: Griff immigrated.
• 10 October - Version 0.3.26
• 21 October - Version 0.3.27
• 24 October - New world: Mars opened.
• 26 October - New world: Blizzard opened.
• 27 October - Version 0.3.28
• 09 November - Virtual Paradise's first object yard built in Blizzard by Nibbles
• 11 November - Version 0.3.29: Teleportxyz command added, etc.
• 11 November - New build: Grand Central Station opened in Blizzard.
• 11 November - Virtual Paradise's first town, PiPoTown, founded by masterpipo in Blizzard.
• 12 November - New town: New Cypress Hollow founded by GC in Blizzard.
• 12 November - New town: Pinecrest founded by Cloggedone and Tom
• 24 November - Version 0.3.30: Support for 16-bit texture added, several bug fixes.

2013

• 29 April - Blizzard GZ 2.0 built
• April 2013 - Summerville established in Blizzard

2014

• 1 February - Version 0.3.39: Name command and support for name= arguments in action commands, sign command now can take text via action line
• 24 March - Version 0.3.40: Map view, RWX extension for specular and normal maps

2015

• September 2015- New town: The city of Victoria is established by KoL, OptimumPx & The Courier as an extension of the AW-based Xenna Republic.
• December 2015 - Victoria declares its independence from Fantasia & the rest of the Xenna Republic, becoming an fully independent project.

2016

• January 2016 - The Victorian Republic, headquartered in Victoria, is born in protest against the Kingdom of Palmshire's influence in Blizzard.
• March 2016 - Phoenix City, led by COFGamesYT/SirGreendown, migrates from AWTeen to Blizzard. It shortly joins the fledgling Victorian Republic as the second state in that country.
• April 2016 - The first Spring Awards are created in response to AW's efforts to make a new version of the CY Awards, the OMG! Awards. It is hosted in the city of Victoria.
• July 2016 - Work on Summerville continued again.
• August 2016 - Cannaville is created by Tardyllamma. The cities of Victoria, Rezdog, and Summerville also launch a protest on the Virtual Paradise Facebook group over the influence of the Parliament of Palmshire on the community governance of Blizzard, leading to large-scale destabilizing of the community in that world.
• December 2016 - Cannaville joins the Victorian Republic as its third VP-based state.

2017

• January 2017 - The 2017 Spring Awards are announced with Summerville becoming the second city to host them.
• January 2017 - The Kingdom of Palmshire formally dissolves as a group, leading to the mass independence of cities such as New Cypress Hollow, New Huntington, Downtown Blizzard, New Beachfield, and New Rockford. The Lemerican Federation quickly dissolves shortly afterwards in the ongoing chaos. Victoria remains the only functional community nation going forward, with Summerville becoming the only other active city in Blizzard with active development for a period of time. The VP community is told by Hitomi Fujiko that a popular streamer, Vinesauce, is planning to visit VP in the future, leading the community to hastily prepare sections of Blizzard. Hitomi herself is made famous from a 2016 stream of ActiveWorlds by the same individual.
• March 2017 - Vinesauce visits Virtual Paradise unexpectedly, browsing areas such as Chafeeville and Aurora, as well as exposing the platform at large to thousands of viewers. The stream is bugged due to the usage of an ancient version of VP, leaving segments dysfunctional. Fallout in the community decreases activity in Blizzard significantly
• August 2017 - The city of Chimerock is created by Rai.
• November 2017 - Glass is founded by GSK, though development would not properly begin until 2024.

2018

• January 2018 - The 2018 Spring Awards are announced with New Huntington becoming the third city to host them.
• January 2018 - The cities of Victoria, Cannaville & Phoenix City all unilaterally withdraw from the Victorian Republic, de-facto dissolving the last major national government in Blizzard.
• February 2018 - The birth of the original Commonwealth of Independent Cities in Chimerock. All major cities join the organization in response to the aftermath of Vinesauce & Vicky, and elect Rai as its first General-Secretary, but the original organization does not have an agreed upon government, leaving the organization mostly powerless.
• March 2018 - Work on the redesigned Blizzard LZ begins, leaving Summerville as the temporary (later permanent LZ).

2019

• January 2019 - The 2019 Spring Awards are projected to take place but are cancelled due to little to no activity in VP. NCH would have been the fourth city to host them due to winning the election bid.

2020

• March 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic takes the world by storm, leading to a sudden increase in interest again in Virtual Paradise from the community, including resurrections of several projects.

2022

• July 2022 - The city of New Huntington is renamed Lynnfield by cassadaga & graystripe.
• December 2022 - Talks about a sequel world to Blizzard are discussed among the major cities and the community members of VP.

2023

• January - Talks regarding the sequel to Blizzard are put on hold due to disagreements between the major cities.
• March - Changes in Active Worlds such as paying to build leads to a series of rejuvenated interest in Virtual Paradise.
• March & April - Creation of the Victorian Regional Government, a replacement to the old Victorian Republic, as an effort to create a large-scale metropolitan region in Northern Blizzard
  • March - Victoria joins the regional government.
  • March - Cannaville joins the regional government.
  • March - Altes Antiguo is created as a new city, and swiftly joins the regional government.
  • March - Sparta is created as a new city, and swiftly joins the regional government.
  • April - New Beachfield joins the regional government.
  • April - New Cypress Hollow is given an offer to join the regional government, but declines.
• December - The 2024 Spring Awards are announced.