A Local games development business has recently launched its first game using the diversity of Guyanese culture and language for its basis. The company, Slaters Gaming Inc. saud that ‘JUS DRINK’ is a family-friendly game which is a fun way to challenge your friends and family on their understanding of Creolese words and phrases.
The Buzz reached out to Owner and founder of the company Jermaine Slater who stated that he was happy to have the first of many games to come launched and available to the public. He said that he saw the need for this sector of entertainment to be ventured into since most of the board and card games he grew up playing were created and developed outside of Guyana, and said that he was determined to have an authentic Guyanese card game that would represent the diverse and interesting cultures of Guyana.

The Jus Drink game takes some of the most common words and pushes its players to say what is the creole equivalent in a space of six seconds. Slater told The Buzz that the fun of the game is that the cards have no answers on them, so it is up to the other players to decide if that word is accepted as the creole equivalent. He highlighted that although it is a drinking game, it does not necessarily mean alcohol, explaining that the players are in control of what beverage they wish to consume.
“We wanted to make the game fun by encouraging a little engagement. It will be fun because we know some parts of the country use the same word to mean something different, so the engagement is fun and it’s interesting to see how everybody goes through the game. For instance one of the questions is one of the Guyanese creole words for “push”, and one person said “shove”, and another said “chuck”, so it’s a variation of words that can be used and it makes the game continuously fun to hear what words other people use,” explained slater.

He stated that the rule of the game is once the phrase or word is not accepted the person has lost and needs to take a drink of whatever beverage they have chosen to consume. He further explained that the game consists of several segments including, “Riddle, my riddle Marie”, and a history section. The game comes with 91 cards in the deck, one roll card, and a stopwatch timer. The rules of the game are when the game starts, everybody would take a cup of whatever the drink would be and whoever finishes first gets to pull and ask the questions first questions and the players determine the answer, making for ever-competitive gameplay.

Slater said that being able to produce the game has been a great achievement of his and added that he will continue to work to create more additions of creative authentic Guyanese games that can showcase the talents of Guyanese as creatives, as well as showcase and promote the diverse culture of Guyana as a nation.

He added that he would encourage any young creative to continue perusing any vision they have to showcase the great creativity that emanates from the Guyanese people advising them to pay keen attention to networking and partnering with other Guyanese creatives, stating that they should stay committed to putting Guyana in view of the world, for the positivity and their creativity.

Persons interested in the game would be able to purchase from Elite Fragrances on Regent Street, Express Delivery to have it delivered across Guyana; 592 tees through its website so persons in Guyana as well as in the diaspora can have access to the game and also persons can contact @Slatersgaminginc directly through its Instagram page.