More small social games and group activities

In the spirit of the upcoming group improvements, I would love to see more small social activities that Zois can actually do together. Not necessarily huge new systems or complicated minigames, just more little things we can place in homes and public places that give friends, couples and families something to do together besides mostly talking or using objects separately. :four_leaf_clover:

We already have things like billiards and darts, so I was thinking it could be nice to expand this kind of gameplay with more small competitive/social games.

I have some small examples:

- Table tennis / ping-pong — 2 Zois

- Foosball / table football — 2 or maybe 4 Zois

- Air hockey — 2 Zois

- Card games — 2–4 Zois

- Board games — small groups

- Bowling - slightly bigger groups

- slot car racing - 2 Zois (especially as an activity for parents and kids)

- Two-player arcade machines

- Maybe more challenges/tournaments for activities like darts that already exist

Ping-pong itself has already been suggested in this thread, so I definitely don’t want to claim that as a new idea:

For me, the main idea here is more about expanding this whole category of small shared activities.

They also wouldn’t need to become complicated player-controlled minigames. I would already be happy if we could choose something like:

“Challenge to Foosball”

“Play Cards Together”

“Challenge to Air Hockey”

…and then the Zois actually play together and the game determines a winner and loser.

Little reactions could make it even more fun. A perfectionist Zoi might celebrate more when they win, someone could get a little annoyed after losing, friends could laugh about mistakes, couples could tease each other and maybe we could ask for a rematch.

I think these activities could be useful in so many places too:

- game rooms at home

- bars/pubs

- cafés

- arcades

- schools or youth/community centers

- parks

- businesses (especially self-owned businesses)

Talking about businesses, it could make them more interesting. For example, we could create a small board-game café, an arcade, or a pub with billiards, darts and foosball where customers actually play together instead of everyone doing their own separate activity.

I thought about this especially because Kjun already mentioned improving group activities for friends and couples, group actions and a competitive system where interactions can have a winner and loser in the 2026 roadmap:

Kjun has also talked about improving group activities and simultaneous interactions in general:

Of course this doesn’t mean any of these games are announced. I just think small social games could eventually be a really nice way to make use of those improvements.

I don’t think this needs to become some huge “sports system” either. Even adding a few more functional objects over time could already give Zois more natural things to do when hanging out together. Of course it should be possible to add these objects on public properties like the Bliss Bay plaza.

Sometimes I don’t need another giant feature. I just want to invite some friends over, play a board game, absolutely destroy someone at table football and then demand a rematch. :relieved_face:

Please feel free to add more ideas to the list so we can have a little collection of activities​:four_leaf_clover:

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Helloooo! Really like the idea!(^-^) How about also something like a book reading activity or story telling?? Sitting at a campfire as a group and tell creepy stories or read a bedtime story for kids?? I don’t think it’s in the game yet?

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@Minthyuyu totally agree with you! We definitely need more stuff that families and friends can do together to have good time while out in the city or just at home.

For my liking though these activities should last a little longer than currently and it would also be nice if Zois would passively talk and increase relationships while performing these joint activities. At the moment it is the one or the other: either you talk or you do stuff together. Why not both?

I had suggested it a couple of times already for example here and here and would really love to see that implemented.

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I agree that a lot of interactions seem rushed/short and that doesn’t only count for group activities, but also things like dancing whereas the eating animation lasts quite long in comparison.

Talking during those activities would make it more interactive than just “throwing hoops” taking turns and then just stop.

Thanks for mentioning it. I left likes on your posts as well​:four_leaf_clover:

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Thank you @Minthyuyu

I really hope this is part of the fundamentals first roadmap somehow.

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Me too. Especially since group dynamics are such a big part of fundamentals in my opinion

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I just had another idea for kids activities (not sure if they were mentioned yet). Of course older Zois can also do those, but I was primarily thinking about kids gameplay:

-building sandcastles together

-play with marbles (maybe even exchange/trade different marbles as small collectibles)

-draw/paint together (maybe even with a parent/sibling/etc.)

-play hide-and-seek/catch together (this could be either an automated interaction or we control the Zoi, but that might be difficult to execute)

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@Minthyuyu Great ideas!

If we look what is more or less already in the game we could also add playing ball with eachother or some swimming challenge / game in the pool. Or also jointly playing with the toy track.

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Thank you for your feedback​:four_leaf_clover:.

Absolutely. Since you brought up the idea with playing ball and pool challenges, playing together in the water with an inflated ball would also be pretty cool.

I also mentioned it in my pool post that playing with water guns together is something that could be super fun.

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@Minthyuyu I have upvoted your other post as well. It would be fantastic if they would add more such water activites. Otherwise there is not much to do at the beach or in the pool at the moment.

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Thank you for the support​:four_leaf_clover:.

As the beach is right now, it is more atmospheric than a real gameplay environment. How cool would a volleyball tournament be with a group of friends!

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@Minthyuyu Exactly!

Or as you mentioned in the other post a real beach party with volleyball playing, paying in the sea, hanging out at the campfire, singing songs, playing guitar while other Zois could dance to the music etc. etc.

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Yes, and I would also appreciate some selfies together with poses that are a bit different from the current interaction, just to mix things up a bit :sneezing_face:

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That’s also a great idea. Especially after a fun activity it would be a nice memento​:four_leaf_clover:

Okay, I just had another idea. I was thinking about Date mechanics (since you can create a “Date” group with another Zoi). Since we can also walk together holding hands now, even if it is still a bit finicky to control, how sweet would it be to just take a longer walk together? Meeting up at the park and slowly walk to the beach at sunset and while we walk, being able to do small interactions like:

-any “talk” interaction

-hop skip together (as a short playful interaction)

-link arms together (I know the handholding is not a 100% aligned as is, so this might be difficult)

-give a small peck on the cheek/lips while walking

Just some small ideas I wanted to drop under my post​:four_leaf_clover:

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