GAMEDOCK™

You create or join "tables" of the game you want to play, earning and losing "win points" based on the outcome of the game. Meeting certain requirements in the different games will give you achievements, some of which unlock more items to use with your avatar.

 

Game Lobby

This screen shows you all the active game tables for a particular game, join tables, chat with other game players, or create a table for players to join.

1. Back Button - Tapping this button will take you back to the Home Screen.

2. New Table button - Tapping this button will let you create a new 'table' of this game for other users to join. If you don't see other tables below but want to play the game you should tap this button to create a game.

3. Table List - This area lists all of the currently active tables and shows you the users currently at them. If you see a table with the "join table" button lit up you can tap it to join the table and play with them. If you would like to see more information about the table you can tap the "view table settings" button.

4. Sliding Action Bar - Press the up and down arrows on either side of this bar and it will slide up or down making more room for the table list above or the chat area below.

5. Game Lobby Chat - This area is for chatting with other users in the same game lobby as you. Users you chat with here are currently not at a table and are looking at the same screen you are.

Pre Game Lobby

This screen appears after joining a table allowing for chatting and viewing the table settings while waiting for enough people to join the table for the game to start.

1. Back Button -Tapping this button will make you leave the pregame lobby and take you back to the Game Lobby without penalty.

2. Top Bar - If you are the table creator a "start game" button will appear here when enough users have joined the table to begin. Tapping it will start the game for all users at the table.

3. User and Settings List - You can scroll this to view the table's settings and the users at the table. If you are the table creator you will see a "boot" button that will allow you to kick undesirable users from the table.

4. Chat Area - This area allows you to chat with the other users at the table.

Edit Avatar Screen

1. Save Changes - Tapping this button will save any changes you have made to your avatar. Hitting the cancel button instead of this will discard any changes you have made to your avatar.

2. Avatar Preview - This is a preview of what your avatar will look like when wearing the selected items.

3. Slot Selection - Scroll this area up and down to select an area onyour avatar to customize. The picture on the right shows you a preview of that area.

4. Sprite Selection - This area allows you to pick an image to appear in a particular area of your avatar. Scroll up and down to view options and tap a row to see it in your preview.

Try to get the least amount of points possible before any other player gets to the maximum points allowed in the game!

Settings - Play To Points: This is the maximum amount of points anyone is allowed to reach.

Once a players score goes above this at the end of a hand the game ends and the player with the least amount of points wins.

Normally a lower value for this setting will mean a fast game, a higher value will normally result in a long game.

Seconds Per Turn: This is the amount of time each player is allowed during their turn. If they do not play a card in time the lowest (safest) possible card is automatically played from their hand.

Gameplay - Hearts is a card game where you try to avoid taking points.

At the beginning of the game each player will be dealt ahand and will get to select 3 cards to pass left. After everyone has passed 3 cards the game begins and the player with the 2 of clubs must play it as the first card.

Play proceeds clockwise and if the next player has a club in their hand they must play it, otherwise they can play any other card.

After all 4 players have played a card the player with the highest card that matched the suit of the leading card wins taking all the cards into their discard pile. Any hearts taken into your discard pile are worth 1 point and the queen of spades is worth 13 points.

Play continues until all players have played all of the cards in their hands. If no player has over the number of points the game is playing to another hand is dealt, 3 cards are passed, and repeated until someone passes the number of points the game is playing to.

At the end of the game whoever has the least amount of points wins. In the event of a tie all players with a matching lowest score win. If any player takes all 26 points in a hand they have shot the moon and all other players receive 26 points for that hand and the player that shot the moon receives 0.

1. Mini-Profile - This shows your avatar along side the avatar of whatever player is currently playing. The shelf will show the 4 most recent achievements that user has earned along with their user can tap the other player's avatar to pull up their medium profile.

2. Card Table - This area is where the cards from each player are displayed along with each players hand and game total score.

3. Your Hand - This area shows the cards that are currently in your hand. When it is your turn you can tap a card that you want to play and it will slide up from its position in your hand. If you tap a card again once it has slid up into this position it will confirm that you want to play the card and it will be played on the table.

Chess

The classic game of chess in real time with your friends!

Settings - Seconds Per Turn: This controls the number of seconds each player is allowed during their turn. If the player does not move a piece in time they automatically lose the game.

Gameplay - This is the classic game of chess that follows normal chess rules. If you do not move your piece in time you will automatically lose the game. This implementation supports castling, en passant, and pawn promotion.

When it is your turn to move you may tap any piece to see that possible spaces it can move. If any possible move of a piece would put you in check or checkmate that move option will not be shown to you.

To win you must put the other player's king in checkmate.

1. Mini-Profile - This area will show the avatar of your opponent along with their 4 most recent achievements. Tapping on their ava-tar will bring up their medium profile showing you more information about the user.

2. Chess Board - This is the chess board where all the action hap-pens. Black dots indicate possible moves and blue dots indicate the position of the last moved piece before it was moved.

3. Instruction Message - Check this area for messages from the game. It will usually show the status of the game.

4. Timer Area - This area has elapsed game time and elapsed turn time for each player. The turn timer indicates the number of seconds left in your turn. If this timer runs out you will automatically lose the game so be sure to keep an eye on it.