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From Virtual World To Mobile Gaming

Posted by Zonk on from the second-life-plus-ingenuity-equals-profit dept.

The site Clickable Culture has a piece on a game coming soon to a mobile device near you. The game, Tringo, comes from an unusual source: the virtual world Second Life. From the article: "Tringo, invented by SL resident Kermitt Quirk over his Christmas holidays, blends the sensibilites of Tetris and Bingo. It's a game of skill, but the stakes can be quite high. Not only is Tringo well-designed, taking Second Life's technical parameters into consideration, but its popularity is growing."

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  1. Tring licensed in the real world! by Critter92 · · Score: 4, Informative

    What the Clickable Culture story missed is that today's Wall Street Journal reported that the Second Life resident has sold the real world publishing rights of Tringo to Sean Ryan's Donnerwood Media for "low five figures." They plan to publish Tringo for mobile phones and on the web. Also mentioned over at Terra Nova.

  2. Original story. by DaveKap · · Score: 3, Informative

    The original story of Tringo getting purchased is with the Wall Street Journal. This link doesn't require membership either (but you do have to scroll down). It also covers another thing missed by the Clickable Culture story: The publishing rights go to Donnerwood in the real world but the developer, Keir, keeps his rights to the game within Second Life.