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Lucky Tribe

Wow... it's been a crazy few months. You might remember - in my last post - I mentioned a new "grid wide" game that I was working on, called "Lucky Tribe". Well, the game launched in early May, and I've barely had a moment to sit down and rest ever since!!

Lucky Tribe is a kind of "meta-game", bringing together a bunch of diverse (and fun!) activities in SL. Basically, you travel around the grid solving puzzles, playing games, and completing various tasks to earn "Kudos Points". These points are shown on a special hud, along with a set of badges you collect for all the tasks you complete. Some tasks are simple (like sitting in a particular lucky chair, or solving a particular lucky fortunes machine), whereas others are much more elaborate and involved...

Take part in mysterious, puzzling rituals at Lucky Tribe HQ

Brave the monsters that lurk in the Fnordian Moon Labyrinth

Try your luck on our daily, hosted gameshow - "Detonation!"

Solve Professor Korvin's Mysterious Mycological Muddle

Stalk special kudos-boosting lucky chairs around the grid

Go fishing for lucky fish!

Collect a HUD full of kudos badges, and win prizes!

... hey - wait a moment - did he say PRIZES? ...

That's right... every time you accumulate 100 Kudos points, you can go and claim a prize from one of our sponsoring merchants. Right now, we've got 80+ of SL's top content creators creating gifts for Lucky Tribe players, with the number rising every week!

This is only a small taster of the full range of activities on offer via Lucky Tribe. To get involved, visit this SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Samoa/107/183/1004 and follow the instructions on the BIG sign between the two tikkis in the landing area. You'll also find it useful (some might say "essential"!) to join the "Lucky Tribe" group ... we're a friendly bunch, and very welcoming of lucky tribe newbies, so don't be scared! ... You'll also find further reading over on the official Lucky Tribe Blog, which is here.

So, if you're at a loose end for fun stuff to do in SL, come and hang out with the Lucky Tribe. We'd love to meet you :)

(with thanks to members of the Lucky Tribe Flickr group for all the snapshots!)

Lucky Cupcakes

Easter is approaching... and because it's simply not possible to have TOO MANY sticky sweet treats at Easter time, we've added a new attraction to the Lucky Designs line-up...

That's right - a GIANT PRIZE-GIVING CUP CAKE! What's not to love?

Lucky Cupcakes are a heavily-modified special edition of our popular Lucky Dip game. They feature all the functions of the standard Lucky dip game, plus:

• Low-prim sculpty design (minimal footprint is only 3 prims)
• New text & sound effects (om nom nom / oink oink oink....)
  
• Colour-change menu ... Lemon/Chocolate/Berry frosting at the touch of a button... or re-tint it yourself!
  
• Built-in support for the luckyloot.info website
  
• Includes ready-baked mini-cupcakes to give away as booby prizes.
  
• Fully-themed signage & prize display board to promote your Lucky Cupcake
  
• And most importantly of all: CUPCAKE APPEAL!!! These have been one of the fastest sellers I've ever put into Lucky Designs - Cupcakes are a pretty hot trend right now... Get a slice of the magic for YOUR STORE today!

Lucky Cupcakes are available in both standard and copyable editions - check them out at Lucky Designs.

Prizes for Picks

Forgot to post this yesterday... I think my brain was a bit scrambled after a weekend of scripting... anyway, here comes the sales pitch!...

"Prizes for Picks" does pretty much what it says in the ad ... bribe your visitors into adding your location to their profile picks, in exchange for daily freebies! ;)

You load the device with a bunch of prizes, and it'll automatically rotate through the full set - one prize each day, switching at midnight. Any visitor who has your location listed on their profile picks can click on the sign and claim the prize. Offer a series of related prizes (e.g. individual components of a complete outfit) to encourage visitors to keep your pick active for several days, and to come back again and again!

What's the benefit of encouraging customers to add you to their picks? Well, in five simple words: PICKS ARE THE NEW TRAFFIC! Your placing in the SL search results now depends almost entirely on how many SL users have got you nominated as one of their profile picks. If you're not working to optimize your search engine placing, then you're losing customers!

Prizes for Picks give you an edge in the new battle for hearts, minds, and profile picks, and is available right now at Lucky Designs ... get it before your competitors do!