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A Second Look at Cica Ghost’s A-Maze-Ing

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Two whimsical cheerful snails meet at A-Maze-Ing by Cica Ghost in Second life
Two smails meet up at A-Maze-Ing by Cica Ghost

I decided to return to Cica Ghost’s current build, A-Maze-Ing, because after seeing more pictures on Flickr, I realised there was still much I hadn’t shown the first time around. Cica’s worlds are like that; they reward return visits, always offering another small detail or whimsical surprise. You can read about my first visit here

Cica’s Cat

One thing I missed the first time was Cica’s cat. Not always present in every build, but often appearing in one form or another, her feline friend feels like a recurring character. This time I made sure to catch it

Whimsical cat figure at Cica Ghost’s A-Maze-Ing in Second Life, standing against a wall on which are painted daisy like flowers
Cica Ghost’s cat at A-Maze-Ing – Second Life

Wall art

I also wanted to look more closely at the wall art scattered throughout the maze. Forget Banksy; these playful, cartoonish drawings aren’t rebellious so much as lighthearted and funny. They’re simple, but not amateurish, and they made me smile as I passed.

Playful cartoon wall art, showing a nervous sheep and a flying bee inside A-Maze-Ing by Cica Ghost in Second Life
Wall art at A-Maze-Ing by Cica Ghost – Second Life
Whimsical drawing on the maze walls in A-Maze-Ing by Cica Ghost, showing a large blue whale and a smiling starfish
Wall art at A-Maze-Ing by Cica Ghost
Whimsical drawing on the maze walls in A-Maze-Ing by Cica Ghost, showing a large green frog and a blue daidy like flower
wall art at A-Maze-Ing – Second Life

Sleeping Monster

Another detail: inside one of the little houses I found a sleeping monster. My photo doesn’t show it, but in-world you can see its chest rise and fall as it breathes. A tiny touch, but absolutely adorable.

Sleeping monster with rising chest animation in A-Maze-Ing Second Life build
The sleeping monster – Absolutely adorable

Textures and Atmosphere

The whole build has a kind of cartoonishness, but not in a crude sense, more like a deliberately stylised storybook world. The wheeled wooden animal rides, for example, hold up beautifully even zoomed in with ultra graphics. The overall light is soft and hazy and sepia tinted.

A wide view of Cica Ghost's A-Maze-Ing, showing the sepia-tinted sky, bottle-shaped buildings, and, in the foreground, the maze.
A wide view of A-Mazing showing the Sepia tinted sky

Rides and Interactions

I didn’t ride the wooden animals on my first visit, except to test out the small rides designed for Dinkies, so I made a point of testing them this time. Each one has its own whimsical pose:

  • On the duck, you sit cross-legged.
  • On the giraffe, you lie on your stomach, knees bent, feet in the air.
  • On the horse, you recline on your back, arms folded behind your head.
  • On the elephant, you sit upright, feet on either side of its head.

There are also plenty of seats, benches, pods in the trees, and places tucked inside houses. Each has several poses, some playful, like doing a handstand on the back of a bench

Second Life avatar riding wooden duck with playful pose at A-Maze-Ing by Cica Ghost
Riding the wooden duck at A-Maze-Ing – Second Life
Whimsical bench pose with avatar doing a handstand in Cica Ghost’s A-Maze-In
Doing a handstand at A-Maze-Ing – The things bloggers have to do!

A Visit Worth Making

The maze itself, the bottle-shaped houses, the ladders and rides , I wrote about those in my first post, which you can find here. This follow-up is really about the little details that give A-Maze-Ing its character.

The build is open for a week or two more, so I encourage you to visit before it’s gone. While I was there, I ran into a group of role-play campers and their leader, having a wonderful time running through the maze. It was the perfect reminder: Cica’s worlds aren’t just about looking; they’re about playing, laughing, and discovering together.

Useful Links

For other relevant links, see Cica’s Inworld Shop, Cica on Marketplace, Cica’s personal Flickr stream, and the Cica Flickr group. 

For other bloggers’ views and photographs of A-Maze-Ing, take a look at posts by Inara Pey, Susann Decuir, Yse Dido Petra Haas, Hans van der Velden, Bsukmet Imniali, Bruno Denis and Caity Tobias

A link to see all my posts about Cica Ghost.is HERE

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