My Casual Games

Tringo is a game that first appeared in the online world of Second Life. It’s a combination of bingo and tetris, and was “invented” by a player online. It has become a regular competition game on SL. Well, it will soon be coming to real-life, and may be the next big Tetris, Bejeweled, etc. It’s certainly very addictive. Right now, there’s a demo online here.

The rules are pretty simple. There are a total of 35 pieces, and each game is 35 turns. You try to fit each piece into a board. The screen on top shows the pieces and how many are left. The screen on the right, shows the current piece to fit, with a square with a dot in it. Click on the main board where the dot would be when the piece is placed. Every time you make a block of 4 or more squares, you score, and the blocks are cleared. However, if you skip or miss a piece, you lose points.

Since there’s a time limit to place the pieces (10 seconds), 35 rounds goes pretty quickly. I’ve been spending lots of time trying to beat my score. Cool game with an interesting story behind it.