November 23, 2019

Random Saturday Ep 34: Speedo Sands and Sandy Shores


Hello everybody, and welcome back to another Random Saturday; today's episode hosted by yours truly, Gamma Shade! Today, I decided to bring up something a little bit different: the two unreleased lands originally discovered by jammers in 2017, Speedo Sands and Sandy Shores. The news of this came out only two years ago, but somehow, I didn't find out about it until now!
So, here's a quick overview of the topic. In 2017, a group of hackers had gotten into AJHQ's files of Crystal Sands and had somehow leaked the concept art out into the public.



Some believe this concept art was the original ideas for the Crystal Sands remodel that we see today. For those who don't know, the first Crystal Sands looked pretty different than today's, with it a little bigger and (in my opinion) way better than the one we have now.


The old Crystal Sands was remodeled into today's in 2011, with the concept drawings above being the possible early ideas for what the modern version of Crystal Sands would look like.
Jammers were able to get into both Speedo Sands and Sandy Shores by following any buddy who had gotten access to it, similar to how people got into the Untitled Room, another unreleased area. 


They were also able to walk around inside of these lands, getting to see the early sketches of how Crystal Sands changed into its final project. See a video about this here.
For awhile, jammers were crowding into these rooms, eagerly wanting to look into what these unreleased lands were and what was around them. But AJHQ found out and quickly put a stop to all of it. 


Every jammer who went into these rooms were suspended. According to the AJ Wiki, this suspension often depended on how long people spent inside these rooms. The rooms were quickly removed from the game and that was the end of all of it. 
Hearing about these lands now, I think it's pretty interesting, not only realizing the lands existed but also hearing what it takes to create the lands in Animal Jam. It's pretty cool that we're able to get a glimpse of how it all works. What do you guys think? Were any of you guys able to get into Speedo Sands and Sandy Shores when they were available? 

Welp, that's all I gotta say for this topic. Hope everyone has a spectacular Feast of Thanks!

Adios,
      Shade

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