From 7pm to 8pm CST, we invite you to participate in our Virtual Arcade, an online experience complete with exciting games hosted on Spatial.chat. With games such as Quiplash, Among Us, and more, this is a fun opportunity to socialize and relax with MAAAP students, faculty, and alumni. Stay the duration of the event for a chance to win raffle prizes, and bring your own drink to end the night with a toast to the celebration of our graduating students' hard work and success.
Quiplash
- Go to https://jackbox.tv/ on your ios/Android device or computer
- Host will provide a 4 letter room code that you will write when prompted
- Create your own name
- Eight (8) players will be admitted to participate in the game at one time. If you are not one of the first 8 players to join, you will not be permitted to join and will have to observe the game as a spectator.
- If you are one of the first 8 people to join, you will begin the game.
- Each player will be prompted to answer a variety of questions.
- Two (2) players will receive the same question. Once everyone has answered their respective questions, the two players with the same question will compete to see who has the best answer or response.
- The players who did not receive that question will vote on whose answer was best when prompted. This process (Steps 7 and 8) will continue until all of the questions and answers have been voted upon.
- The player with the majority of the votes wins that round and accumulates points that are calculated into their final score at the end of each round. This process (Steps 6 through 9) will be repeated.
- The player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner.
Among Us
- Download the game via the App Store for IOS and Android devices or purchase the game for $5 for desktop and laptop computers.
- Create your own name
- Press Play
- At the bottom of the screen, please type the code provided by the host to enter a Private room.
- Ten (10) players will be admitted to participate in the game. If you are not one of the first 10 players to join, you will not be permitted to join and will have to observe the game as a spectator.
- When the host starts the game, each player will be randomly assigned the role of Crewmate or Imposter.
- As a Crewmate, your goal is to complete a series of tasks by following the instructions prompted in the upper left hand corner. If all the Crewmates complete all of the tasks, they win.
- As an Imposter, your goal is to kill all of the Crewmates before they complete their tasks.
- As a Crewmate, your goal is to complete a series of tasks by following the instructions prompted in the upper left hand corner. If all the Crewmates complete all of the tasks, they win.
- If a player finds a dead body, that player has the ability to hit the Report button, which will call all of the players in the game to a Discussion space where everyone can chat and vote who everyone suspects is the Imposter(s). This portion of the game has a time limit.
- If you are voted out of the game, you can continue to participate in the game as a ghost until the game ends.
- Once a game concludes, you will be prompted to either Play Again in the same room or Exit that room.
Pizzuno
- Click link provided by host
- Use your real name
- Four (4) players will be admitted to participate in the game.
- The goal is to be the first to discard all your cards
- If you’re unfamiliar with Uno, here are the rules: https://pizz.uno/rules
- Pro Tip: Press the pizzuno button before you play your penultimate card
Skribbl.io
- We will play three rounds
- Click on the link to set up your roles (name, character)
- You can change your avatar’s appearance by clicking through the arrows
- Click Play! To start the game
- Each player will be randomly selected to pick one of the presented words to draw. If you do not pick a word within the time limit, the word will be automatically selected.
- The player will draw the word for the other players to watch and write in the chat their guess of the word.
- When the players guess the correct word in the chat, their word would be hidden from the rest of the players who are still guessing. Players can guess the correct word until time runs out (words must be spelled correctly)
- The player who guesses the word fastest will receive the most points. Once that round is complete, the next person in the lineup will be selected to draw.
- Pro Tip: the top of the screen shows lines indicating the number of letters in the word that’s being drawn