IT'S GAME TIME

Activities Team
May 11, 2020
2 min read

written by Evangeline Johanna Santos and Sachwin Gill

edited by Jacinda Chiam

Feeling bored? Missing your friends? CRAVING SOME SOCIAL MINGLING? Don't worry BECAUSE WE’VE GOT YOU!! We’re here to chase away the boredom blues!! Here are some fun games and apps for you to play with your friends!

Skribbl.io

An online version of the Pictionary game.

How to play:

Go to the website. (skribbl.io)
Create a private room. Send the link to your friends and ask them to join the room.
Select custom words to draw for the game, how many rounds you want to play per game and how long each round will be. (remember to turn on the “only use custom words” button)

4. Choose one of the words to draw and then start drawing using your mouse or finger. The other players have to guess what the word is based on your drawing and type their guesses into the chat box on the screen.

5. The one who guesses the word correctly first wins points for that round. The person drawing also wins points but significantly less.

6. The faster you guess the word, the more points you win

7. Take 1st place by winning the most points!!

To make the game more fun and feel more school-related, you can TMJC-ify the game!! Make the exclusive words only related to TMJC. For example: Aquila, Cygnus, Draco, TMJC logo, MPH, Blue Wall, O Cheer etc.

Houseparty

An app where people can congregate in groups of minimum 2 and maximum 8 to chat and play games in a virtual room.

How to use:

Download the app and add friends by contact numbers, one friend to create a room.
Once everyone has joined the room, remember to lock the room to ensure the safety of participants.
The room allows for participants to either just chat and socialise virtually or to take turns playing games.

Game Choices:

Chips and Guac, this hilarious word association game makes for hours of non-stop laughs. One person deals a descriptor card and everyone puts down a card that they feel matches the descriptor the best, similar to cards against humanity, a judge would then choose which match is the funniest, and the person to whom that card belongs wins that round

Heads up, sort of like Charades, is an app that most of us would already be

familiar with. By incorporating it into Houseparty, people can play together virtually. Heads up have different versions- sound it out, karaoke night, act it out: family-style.

Quick Draw- An online version of Pictionary, when playing you will see a word at the top of your screen and a blank drawing pad, and the other players will only see your drawing and once you have drawn the word on the screen to the best of your ability, the other players will have to guess it.

Trivia with two modes, general knowledge and finish the song lyrics.