Tugby is a fun and addictive game and it's free. At the end of each session players are asked to consider donating towards the cost of maintaining the sim, there's a red donate box on the dock.
Tugby has four prime rules:-
1. HAVE FUN!
2. DON'T EDIT OR CLICK ON ANY OTHER PLAYER'S BOAT WHILE PLAYING TUGBY..
3. DON'T STOP YOUR ENGINE DELIBERATELY WHILE PLAYING TUGBY.
4. NO ONE IS A POOR TUGBY PLAYER, SOME HAVE JUST PLAYED LONGER THAN OTHERS, AND EVERYONE HAS TO REMEMBER RULE 1.
Tug Boat Instructions.
Board your tug boat by clicking on the prim in the wheelhouse that has the steering wheel texture attached. The Tug can also take crew in a couple of additional places.
Page Up key sounds the horn
Page Down key starts and stops the engine. You know the engine is running because smoke pours from the funnel.
The Tug has 10 forward speeds and 5 reverse speeds - Up arrow key increases forward speed and decreases reverse speed, Down arrow key increases reverse speed and reduces forward speed.
Left and right arrow keys steer
THE GAME
Teams consist of up to four players a side, depending how many turn up for the Sunday games. The matches are made up of either 3 or 5 games, the winner of the match being the team who first wins 2 or 3 games. The games are started by the ref using a scripted system that counts down and rezzes a floating puck in the middle of the field, countdown shows in Chat. The games are won by pushing the puck against the opponents coloured end prim, green team pushes it against the red prim and vice versa.
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO PLAY by Dagger Ulrik
Personally I set my speed to 10 at the beginning of each game and leave it there. The Tug has a wide turning circle at speed so I use the prims along the sides of the field and collisions with other boats to help turn as quickly as possible. I still lose track of the puck from time to time but that can't be helped and I find that better than fiddling around reducing speed and reversing.
Bumping, blocking and ramming the opposing players is encouraged:)) Sometimes when in a scrum with both teams trying to push the puck wiggling the bow of your boat quickly from side to side can help u move forward.
At the beginning of each game some players rush for the puck at full speed while others wait to see which way the puck will move after first contact with a tug. This is a matter of either personal preference or team discussion before the beginning of each game.
More instructions on playing can be found here -
http://starboardsyachtclub.blogspot.com/p/how-to-play-tugby.html
Tugby Weekly Results can be found here -
http://starboardsyachtclub.blogspot.com/search/label/Tugby%20Results
