Procyon Games

I've updated my Checkers set.

The old set had you move pieces by physically dragging them across the board. It was a nice idea, but dragging things in SL is tricky at best. This new version lets you click on a piece, and then click on where you want it to go. It works a lot better.

The Checkers Set is still just one prim when not in use (during a game it rezzes 32 pieces). It automatically cleans up when nobody is around.

[UPDATE 3:35 PDT] I think I've fixed what was broken, and things seem to be back to normal now. Sorry for the downtime. I have slightly more sympathy for Linden Lab now.

[ORIGINAL]
Sorry folks, I messed things up big time.

All Procyon web services are down for until further notice. This means no scores are being recorded for any games, the TIE Challenge is not working, and FollowMe is not working either.

I'll try to have things back up as soon as I can, but it's not looking too good at the moment.

I've been working on the world ranking scoring these past couple days. I'm not changing in any way the math behind how the rankings are calculated -- I'm pretty happy with that. I'm just trying to optimize a few things, and make it less stressful on my server to calculate rankings on all those games you people have been playing.

You may have seen a few glitches as scores go up and down, but rest assured that nothing is permanently lost. I can always recalculate the rankings from scratch (and I've done that several times these past two days). The scores look correct right now, but I will continue to watch them as I debug the system.

A new version 1.8 of Follow Me is available!

New Features:

• Links decay after 3 hours. This will mainly help my server keep up with the load. If you're linked with someone, and they don't move for 3 hours, they will automatically unlink. Just stand next to them to automatically relink to them.


• On/Off switch. Click the green ball and you can turn it on and off.


• Give Gift. Lets you easily give copies to your friends without taking it off.

The Take it Easy Solo Challenge is now available for purchase. Your Challenge unit will be automatically networked with every other unit on the grid. Anyone can match wits to try and find the best arrangement of tiles on the board. Whenever you play, you're playing against everyone else in Second Life!

It costs L$50 to play, and the money is all collected into one global jackpot. When the Challenge ends, whoever has the high score wins the pot.

Here's the best news: If someone wins the Jackpot and they played on your machine, you get a 10% commission. So if someone wins $500 at your place, you get $50. Sweet! Just rez it, leave it alone, and it will make money for you.

I'm selling the Challenge units for just L$10. Heck, I'm practically giving them away! Pick up one for your place today!

En Garde 1.12 is now available!

This version fixes two bugs which affect game play. All you need is a new game unit, which comes with new HUDs. You must use the new HUDs with the new game.

Release Notes:

There is a new HUD accompanying this game, and players must upgrade to the new HUD to play.

FIXED: Timer race condition. If timers were enabled, and a player executed an action right as time expired, sometimes both the action and the "time expired" happened. This could result in the player moving at the start of the next round, or even an extra point awarded at the end of the game.

FIXED: Last card drawn and Last-Second Attacks. When calculating which cards to use for the Last-Second Attack at the end of the round, the game did not take into account the last card that you drew from the deck to replenish your hand. This is fixed, so it is possible to draw the card you need to make your LSA. Note, this is the way the game was "supposed" to work, the previous behavior was a bug.

The Take it Easy Challenge is now in beta test. If you've never played the earlier "Zingo Challenge" this is a chance to flex your mental muscle against all comers.

In the Challenge, you get the same tiles every time you play. Everybody gets the same tiles, in the same order. There's nothing random about it. Whoever can order the tiles best before the Challenge ends, wins the jackpot.

That's right, you can win money. It costs $50 to play, and all that money gets put in one world-wide jackpot. Whoever is the best, wins the pot.

You never know when the Challenge is going to end. So give it a try! Right now there are four locations where you can play TIE Challenge:

• Dew Drop Inn Gamer's Paradise


• La Musique


• Mike Crosley's Del Mar Games


• and of course, Club Zed

I've released a new version of Take it Easy Multiplayer. This just has a couple cosmetic changes and is not a required update:

• In Puzzle mode, player's boards are not shown until the very end of the game.


• The HUD will now give you a "Ten Second" warning when time is about to expire.

I'm putting this here because Gossip Girl has a not insignificant presence in Second Life (see their sims here). I don't watch the show, but I must admit their new real-life ad campaign is very eye-catching.

I've released a major update to Zingo, renaming it to Take it Easy.

I've released a bugfix for Frootcake, now at version 1.12. This fixes a money problem where the game would pay people even when in Free Play mode. Sorry about that. This doesn't affect you if you have the Personal, free-play-only license. If you have the Commercial license but you set the game to Free Play, you will want to get this update.

Traffic bots are a problem in Second Life that many people are talking about but nobody has really done anything about. One problem is it's hard to estimate exactly how big the problem is.