Welcome to The Alive Games!
In this game, you are placed in a hunger games arena, where you have to survive as long as possible and outlast your competition. You win once you are the last one standing.
Actions
You can perform actions by putting them in bold. You are free to roleplay as much or as little as you wish. If you decide to roleplay, character speech should be in "quotations", and character actions should be initalics.
Inventory
Any items you gather go into your inventory. You have 3 inventory slots, and you can gain additional inventory slots by purchasing a bag item. You can only have 1 type of bag. Many items can be used to perform a certain action. If you have more than one of the same item, you can only use one of them per day (e.g. if you have two knives, you can only use one of them).
Hunger
Hunger is basically your health in this game. When your hunger reaches 0, you will die after 24 hours. To increase your hunger, you can eat food items. You can eat/drink up to 3 times per day, and hunger automatically decreases by 12 every day. If the game is taking too long, I'll increase the daily hunger loss.
Water
Some areas have water you can drink. You can drink the water directly out of the water source, or store it in a canteen and drink it later. All water on the map is "dirty water", but you can purify the water in your canteen using a water filter. You can take as much water as you want from water sources, but you can still eat/drink only 3 times per day.
Time and Days
I'll run the game on a similar schedule as the main game. New days will occur on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at approximately 7 am TC time. I'll also update the game at about that time every day, even if no day change is taking place.
Weather and Protection
At the start of each day, there will be a randomly determined weather event. Your character will lose hunger from being exposed to the elements. However, certain items grant protection, which reduces damage from weather events. The daily weather effects are global.
Character Classes and Shop
When you sign up for the game, you choose your character class. You will not be able to change your class once the game starts. You will then have 100 coins to spend in the shop on items to help you survive. Choose wisely, the shop will only be available before the game starts. Once you are in the Hunger Games Arena, there is no shop or coins.
Map and Travelling
The map is a 5x5 grid containing 25 regions. Travelling to an adjacent region costs 5 hunger. You can move in any direction, including diagonal. You need to be in the same region as other players to be able to attack them or trade.
Scavenging and Foraging
Most regions will allow you to do one of these two actions. When you decide to scavenge, you will search the region for useful items and tools that have been hidden in the arena. As items are found, the probability of finding items in that region decreases. When you forage, you search the region for berries, herbs, and wood. However, you will not be able to identify the berries and herbs unless you are a certain class or have a certain item. They will enter your inventory as unidentified berries and herbs.
You can scavenge or forage once per day.
Combat and Looting
You can attack players in the same region as you. Once their hunger has reached 0, they will die after 24 hours. When you kill someone, you get to loot one item of your choice from their corpse. There are also large animals roaming the map that will yield a large amount of meat and skin when killed.
Crafting
Some items can be crafted anywhere. These are listed under "basic crafting". Other items require a workshop to craft. Workshops must be found within the arena.
Shelters
Shelters give you protection from the elements, as well as extra item slots. You can build shelters anywhere on the map. However, shelters can only be used if you are in the same region as the shelter. If you come across a shelter whose owner is not in the region, you can claim the shelter for yourself, or take the items stored in the shelter.
Fishing and Hunting
Certain items allow you to fish or hunt. The results of these actions depend on the region you are in. Different regions have different fish and animals. When you catch a fish, you will be able to eat it later to restore hunger. When you successfully hunt, you will automatically obtain both meat and skin from the animal.
In this game, you are placed in a hunger games arena, where you have to survive as long as possible and outlast your competition. You win once you are the last one standing.
Actions
You can perform actions by putting them in bold. You are free to roleplay as much or as little as you wish. If you decide to roleplay, character speech should be in "quotations", and character actions should be initalics.
Inventory
Any items you gather go into your inventory. You have 3 inventory slots, and you can gain additional inventory slots by purchasing a bag item. You can only have 1 type of bag. Many items can be used to perform a certain action. If you have more than one of the same item, you can only use one of them per day (e.g. if you have two knives, you can only use one of them).
Hunger
Hunger is basically your health in this game. When your hunger reaches 0, you will die after 24 hours. To increase your hunger, you can eat food items. You can eat/drink up to 3 times per day, and hunger automatically decreases by 12 every day. If the game is taking too long, I'll increase the daily hunger loss.
Water
Some areas have water you can drink. You can drink the water directly out of the water source, or store it in a canteen and drink it later. All water on the map is "dirty water", but you can purify the water in your canteen using a water filter. You can take as much water as you want from water sources, but you can still eat/drink only 3 times per day.
Item | Use/Ability |
Dirty Water | Drink for 2 hunger, 10% chance of getting poisoned |
Clean Water | Drink for 2 hunger |
I'll run the game on a similar schedule as the main game. New days will occur on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at approximately 7 am TC time. I'll also update the game at about that time every day, even if no day change is taking place.
Weather and Protection
At the start of each day, there will be a randomly determined weather event. Your character will lose hunger from being exposed to the elements. However, certain items grant protection, which reduces damage from weather events. The daily weather effects are global.
Character Classes and Shop
When you sign up for the game, you choose your character class. You will not be able to change your class once the game starts. You will then have 100 coins to spend in the shop on items to help you survive. Choose wisely, the shop will only be available before the game starts. Once you are in the Hunger Games Arena, there is no shop or coins.
Map and Travelling
The map is a 5x5 grid containing 25 regions. Travelling to an adjacent region costs 5 hunger. You can move in any direction, including diagonal. You need to be in the same region as other players to be able to attack them or trade.
Scavenging and Foraging
Most regions will allow you to do one of these two actions. When you decide to scavenge, you will search the region for useful items and tools that have been hidden in the arena. As items are found, the probability of finding items in that region decreases. When you forage, you search the region for berries, herbs, and wood. However, you will not be able to identify the berries and herbs unless you are a certain class or have a certain item. They will enter your inventory as unidentified berries and herbs.
You can scavenge or forage once per day.
Combat and Looting
You can attack players in the same region as you. Once their hunger has reached 0, they will die after 24 hours. When you kill someone, you get to loot one item of your choice from their corpse. There are also large animals roaming the map that will yield a large amount of meat and skin when killed.
Crafting
Some items can be crafted anywhere. These are listed under "basic crafting". Other items require a workshop to craft. Workshops must be found within the arena.
Shelters
Shelters give you protection from the elements, as well as extra item slots. You can build shelters anywhere on the map. However, shelters can only be used if you are in the same region as the shelter. If you come across a shelter whose owner is not in the region, you can claim the shelter for yourself, or take the items stored in the shelter.
Fishing and Hunting
Certain items allow you to fish or hunt. The results of these actions depend on the region you are in. Different regions have different fish and animals. When you catch a fish, you will be able to eat it later to restore hunger. When you successfully hunt, you will automatically obtain both meat and skin from the animal.