TileGamer combines elements of 3 existing Internet destinations: Second Life, BYOND, and Gamerz.net. Second Life is a 3D world that lets its inhabitants engage in activities that they can do in the real world, including socializing and playing computer games. BYOND, which stands for Build Your Own Net Dream, lets you play and create multiplayer games. The Gamerz.net game server lets you play multiplayer board games by email.
Like Second Life, TileGamer gives you access to virtual worlds, although the graphics are 2D rather than 3D. Unlike Second Life, TileGamer is primarily devoted to gaming. Also, TileGamer lets you create your own games, instead of just playing games others have created.
Like BYOND, TileGamer lets you play and create multiplayer games. Unlike BYOND, you don't have to download anything to play games (they run in your web browser), and you don't need any programming skills to create simple games and game prototypes. The scripting language used to create TileGamer games (called Treescript) is at once powerful, easy to learn, and general-purpose in nature, whereas the scripting language included in BYOND is specialized for the development of role-playing games.
Like Gamerz.net, TileGamer lets you play multiplayer board games by email (in future versions). Unlike Gamerz.net, you can also play board games in your web browser (in real-time), and play/create all types of games, not just board games.