Reelfest is Live!

August reels in the first-ever season on Out of Games!

For those of you who were around "back in the day", you'll remember Oozefest and Snowpocalypse, two on-site events that we'd run on a yearly basis around Halloween and Christmas. Reelfest is a new imagining of the events system which we are now calling Seasons.

You can access information about Reelfest directly on the Reelfest page.

Seasons

Seasons are a monthly occurrence which brings something new and fun to Out of Games. The current plan is to bring Reelfest back next August but with additional content so that we can build on these themes every single year to make them truly amazing events. Based on your feedback though, we could always change our thoughts on this.

Season Pass

There is a free season pass available to everyone. Progression takes place by earning seasonal experience in our daily and seasonal challenges.

Inventory (NEW!)

Now that we have a concept of items on Out of Games, we also have an inventory system! Upon finding items in your travels on the site, they will be placed into your inventory. You can access your inventory at any time by clicking on your profile in the top of the website. Mobile users, check the navigation hamburger icon.

The inventory can hold 50 items by default. Each time you gain levels on the website you earn additional slots. Additional slots can also be purchased in the shop.

Marketplace (NEW!)

Many items can be exchanged with other users of the website via the Marketplace. Prices are decided by the community, so trade for what you feel is right. If you want to get back to the marketplace, you can find it on the primary navigation.

What is reelfest?

Reelfest is our first seasonal event. It takes place during August as is themed around fishing. We're all taking place in this on-site RPG and this month fishing is the key.

• Every 15 minutes you can cast your lure to try and catch a fish.

• Different areas of the site have different pools of fish.

  • Work as a community to pool together your findings.

  • Staff members other than myself have no idea about the internal mechanics of this, so they can also have fun with the community figuring out how things work.

• If your inventory is full when you catch a fish, it is automatically sold at the docks for vendor price.

Fishing?

Hell yeah! There are 30 different fish you can catch by casting your lure. Do note that where you are on the website matters as some fish only live in certain types of waters.

There is a location on the site called Headline Harbor. I wonder what pages those could be under...

It should be noted that any fish you catch and keep will stay in your inventory forever. They do stack up to 99, so Reelfest won't be capping out anyone's inventories. There may be use for fish in other events during the year if you hold onto them. There will also be fishing present in other events, it just won't be a main focus.

Tackle Log

Everyone that's been catching fish can see a log of all your catches in the Tackle Log. We also keep track of the highest size you catch for each fish... how large of fish are you catching?

Sand Dollars

Our new currency for Reelfest is Sand Dollars.

On September 2, all Sand Dollars will be convert to gold at a rate of 5 Sand Dollars to 1 Gold. So be sure to spend your currency during the month of August because you can't take it with you.

Snowflakes, our currency from Snowpocalypse will be staying around each year though. That was our promise years ago and we're keeping it at least for this year's run of it in December and January. There may be some other uses for them...

Water Balloons

Another throwable currency? You bet! Water Balloons can be thrown at members during the event so go and get each other soaking wet.

Note that as of launch our buttons for throwing balloons is only up on profile pages. This will be fixed by the afternoon, comments are supposed to have the buttons appear as well.

New Shop Items

You can head on over to the shop to buy Water Balloons and more inventory slots under the Reelfest category. We also have a few pins available featuring some of our harder to get fish. Spend those Sand Dollars!

New Scavenger Hunt

We have a reelfest-themed scavenger hunt now available. Check out Summer Treasure Dive!

This also marks the moment that we have activated daily activities on Out of Games. Each day a new activity will be published and it considered the daily one. Some of them will be focused on our on-site event so be sure to head on over to activities each day.