What are your favorite SL games?

What are your favorite games within SL? (to help the forum get rolling)...

Primtionary.

I have many favorites, but like I like to say: my favorite games are the ones I've not played yet!

Primtionary as hosted by Jamie Otis is a great favorite of mine. Haven't played in ages but it was the rapid social banter that made me laugh so much while trying to build, and gosh, to this day, I am STILL not a builder! *laughs as prims run away in agony*

The first game I ever played, if it can be counted, would be Jeopardy! as hosted by Pituca Chang. A special memory, and I played it about 15 min. upon coming into SL. Ahhh. One week I totally sucked and got only one question and I felt buuurned by all the geography (Torley Sr.'s weak suit, ironic since HIS DAUGHTER IS A FREAKIN' EXPLORER!), but ah, it was funny. So many thanks to Pitu + Garth for the lovely times on FairChang.

Now, a big favorite of mine has to be Tringo. I've had several chats with creator Kermitt Quirk about it, and in particular, one of my faves was the stereotype-busting round after rounds I played with Bel Muse and several other certified SL oldbies. One of the most notable things I recall Bel saying between rounds was encouraging me to play on even if I screwed myself out of the win due to an early bad move, because "It's fun to put the shapes together". Tringo wouldn't be the same without all the social discourse either.

I am an undisputed master of several 2-player games. Not chess though, I suck at that.

There are several delights I have played in passing, including the time I fell into Island Sandbox and found myself surrounded by UFOs. Turns out TwoPercent Milk had a new Space Invaders-type game in 3D, and I also came across a variant of Arkanoid/Breakout at one point.

Not too long ago, I played my first game of SL-ingo, as created by Dominus Skye. I was very puzzled, even after reading the instructions, but it's the type of game you learn by playing. It was played on the remote corner of a new private sim that had just been set up, and there was a really mellow, relaxed attitude about it despite my gnashing of teeth whenever I got a devil (which was, many times).

There are more.

All of these games are great to me not only because of the gameplay, but because of the people who I remember playing them with, including the hosts, and in some cases, the creators.

VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO GAMEDEV... I know my enthusiasm barging onto your boards has caused grief for some... I am sorry, I can't contain myself from being excited about what you're making!

Darklife....
...yes. Yes, my preeecioussssss....

The pot-healers adventure game on the island of Numbakulla.

The layout of the builds makes a forking path, not a plain linear path from one stage of the quest to another. You are free to wander across the terrain from one visually distinct area to the next, and collect crucial objects. It's well worth experiencing in an open-ended frame of mind. I discovered hard-to-reach areas, and checked prims to see who built the various things. And I got a free turtle. : )

Let it Ride! (Network Version)

AL&L (Advanced Lawyers and Libraries: Third Edition) by Magicians of the Bay.

Well, seriously... Even though I've yet to actually participate, it would have to be Trimming Hedges' "Captions!" games.

Hee... that cops and robbers game they had in Olde London was pretty cool, too.

Primtionary has made something of a comeback recently. I know of at least four people hosting primtionary events almost every day now, and there's a "Primtionary Posse" group for those who enjoy the game.

I prefer to have a glass of wine .. and play "spot the loon" on the forums....

Tringo! Uh, hides my face.
Well, Prim Attack! Uh, hides my face a little less

Oh no! I've played some other fun ones but not regularly. The ones that come to mind are
Bowling, Miniature Golf. These were on a Game Dev island and then moved to a private island. Trying to remember which one...Miniature Golf sounds good right now.

[edited to add - Spittoonie Island]

The Game dev game where you saved pets' souls was fun mainly because it was so darn weird.

The US 66 thing where you bulldozed a small city was cool along with the auto bashups next door on the upper level.

Going back to when I started, the game this image was from had a huge influence on me. And not just because of the game either.

Settlers of Second Life.

I like Paladin's Acro-Phobia game. It's fun to make up silly acronyms. The only game I've tried that I'm halfway good at. hehe

oh yeah. and the CT Truth or Dare game (it's automated for round-robin play with the dares and truths all ready to be selected at the push of a button). I know, sounds like an ad, but I made the game coz I like playing that way so that everyone gets a turn.

SimCast for me, followed by Dark Life.....now if only someone could do a Call of Cthulhu version of these I'd be very happy

EDIT: I just visited the new Chicago sim yesterday....that would be a perfect place for a Call of Cthulhu type game....now if I could just get with the sim holders, maybe some other like-minded individuals.....

Pot healers in Numbakulla - compelling. From the outset, you are drawn into its beautiful scenery, exquisite builds, meandering riddles and mystical atmosphere. Bewildering at times? Oh yes. But that's all part of the fun and intrigue, isn't it?

A most worthwhile see and explore.

The Shelter has an entertaining and fun take-off on 'Who Wants to Be A Millionaire' called 'Payment Podium' on Sun/Tue/Thur that I like quite a bit.

I recently tried Tringo and I must say, evil as its reputation is, it wasn't that bad.

That's about the limit of my gaming exposure in SL.... I'd like to change that, but I don't hear about many games in-world.

Primtionary - I think this is the most SL game in all SL. I play when I can, and host at least once a week.

Captions - Trimming Hedges has combined simple automation, some WTF pictures and the wit of everyone present to make for what is about the most amusing hour of my week.

Settlers of Second Life - very entertaining, even if games do take 3 hours and Fallingwater always wins.

Jeopardy/Trivia/Quizzes - because I'm more likely to win at these than tringo!

Build contests - I've done 20 minute speed-building contests up to week long challenges. A good building contest really gets me engaged and thinking, and I'm often surpised at what gets built. Now I host them more than enter them, but that's still fun too.

Dunk a Linden - I'm really looking forward to this!

Whoa. I was sure this was a joke when Easy posted the pic. You mean someone has really implemented Settlers in SL???

I've got some friends who need to get themselves SL accounts, ASAP.

Regarding Call of Chthulhu, I know a good CoC GM. I'll have to try to talk him into logging in.

neko

Aeranyth, you're right about the pot healers adventure game.


Here's a non-spoiler pic -- you can't read the plant tag. : )

Chicago, Chicago It's my kind of town

Can you solve the mystery of this evolving city???

Mayor Mar

Faded Reality Island....and....whats that new land mass???

Dark Life, Tringo (yea yea), Tag, MahJong, Pot Healers: Numbakulla, payment podium, primtionary.

Some other games that require explination.

"Dress the Newbie": Go newbie spotting and pelt them with free clothes.

"Blue's Game": See how far you can run without having to fly.

"Skybox Dodge 'em": Basically flying in any craft at 500m evading solid objects.

"Sit on it": trying to get higher and higher without flying by sitting on sequentially higher and higher objects.

Hi. :) I wrote it, with the help of Sprite Quartermass, who did an awesome job on the textures.

You can pick up a copy of the game tutorial at Miramare (140, 78), and the game itself is also on sale there. We have a group, "Settlers of Second Life Players" that is for finding players for a game. Enjoy :)

Yep yep yep, the great new game of Spades which is now fully into market inworld. Check out the open table location at Eden's Revenge in Butler (don't know how to post direct inworld link to it)

Come and play! Tables are always open and lots of fun to be had. You can be apart of the newest rage since "those other games" *winks*

Martin, really love the Chicago sim, great job

I've been to the Pothealers sim, it's nice, beautiful builds....gonna have to try to figure it out sometime

Neko, please let me know if you are able to get a hold of your Keeper friend, I really miss my old CoC days