Game arcade

Where to find it

Open the game menu, choose Life plus, then Game Arcade. The shortcut /arcade opens the same menu. Twenty games are sorted into five groups: sports, table games, group games, puzzles and rhythm, and courses. Every game has a "How this game works" entry and Escape (Back) always returns to the group you came from. Every shortcut below is also in the menu.

Points and rewards

Games pay a few points for wins and good results. All arcade games together pay at most 600 points a day; the arcade menu tells you how much of that you have earned today. The pool starts again at midnight. Many games also give titles, trophies and collection pieces, which you can wear or show from your rewards menus. Nothing is paid while you carry an arena bag.

Sports

Bowling (/bowling): ten real frames with strikes, spares and the tenth-frame bonus balls. Choose your power from 1 to 100; the lane tells you how close you were to the ideal line. A perfect 300 earns a trophy.

Golf (/golf): nine holes with par, distance and wind. Pick a club, then the power; the wind bends the ball. On the green you putt. Finish five under par for a title.

Table tennis (/tabletennis): the ball comes back at a random moment; return it with the menu or /return before it passes you. The window gets shorter as the rally grows. A 30-shot rally earns a title.

Billiards (/billiards or /pool): a nine-ball run. Match the power to pot each ball in order; your longest clean run goes on the board.

Archery (/archery): six arrows. The range master calls the wind before each arrow; aim against it. Rings score from outer to bullseye; 50 out of 60 earns a title.

Darts 501 (/darts): type the target and power together, for example T20 55. You must finish exactly on a double, or the turn is bust. The fewest darts goes on the board; a nine-dart finish earns a title.

Sprint track (/sprinttrack): three laps of six sections. The caller shouts what comes next: lean left for a left bend, lean right for a right bend, jump for a hurdle, sprint for a straight. Your reaction time counts, and the wrong move is a stumble that costs three seconds. Under 45 seconds earns the Sprint Ace title. Points are paid for your first five runs each day and for a new personal best.

Table games

Backgammon (/backgammon): full rules for two players. Challenge someone by name; the board is read to you in words each turn.

Okey (/okey): Turkish tile rummy for 2 to 4 players with the indicator tile, the wild okey tile and two jokers. Draw, discard, and declare by typing your whole hand as groups.

Pisti (/pisti): 2 to 4 players. Match the top card of the pile or play a jack to take the pile. Taking a single card with a match is a pisti, worth ten.

Batak (/batak): four seats with bidding and trump; empty seats are played by simple bots, so you can always play. Follow suit when you can.

Group games

Vampires and Villagers (/vampire): a group game for 5 or more players, with nights and days. At night the vampires, the doctor and the seer act in private menus. By day everyone talks in chat and votes someone out with /vampvote or the menu.

Live radio quiz (/radioquiz): anyone can put a quiz show on the air, one every 15 minutes. Eight questions, 25 seconds each; the first right answer scores. Answer from the menu or with /radioanswer and your answer. The winner earns the Radio Quiz Champion title.

Rock-paper-scissors tournament (/rps): sign up within 60 seconds (at least 3 players). Knockout rounds, each match best of three, 30 seconds per throw.

Number duel (/numberduel): challenge a player. You both pick a secret number from 1 to 100, then take turns guessing each other's. After every guess you hear higher or lower and the range you have left. First to hit it wins.

Puzzles and rhythm

Audio escape room (/escaperoom): three puzzles, different on every visit. Count the drips, count the chimes, then solve a spoken riddle. Answer from the menu, or with /answer while you are in the room.

Riddle Master (/riddle): classic riddles; answer from the menu or with /riddleanswer. Milestones fill the Riddle Master's Scrolls collection.

Drum rhythm (/drum): listen to a new drum pattern, then tap it back in time with /tap. Your timing decides whether you pass; level 10 earns a title.

Echo Match and Word Chain: the existing memory and word games are linked here.

Hidden puzzle boxes (/puzzleboxes): eight wooden boxes are hidden in the village, Palmera Bay, Carnival Bay and Beautiful Forest. The menu gives a hint for each. When you are close to a box you have not solved, you hear a soft music-box hum. Stand on the spot and press shift+enter to find it, then solve the puzzle on its lid. You can answer later from the menu. Each box gives a collection piece; all eight give the Puzzle Box Hunter title.

Courses

The Village Obstacle Course and the Car Circuit Race are linked here too.

Announcements

Group game news and the radio quiz reach everyone who has not switched them off. To switch them off, open Privacy options, then Announcements.