Online

Preparing Hunt for Offline Play

Offline Sync Needs Attention

These saved actions could not be accepted by the game server. They will not retry automatically.

Playable Places

Turn the real world into your game board

Choose how you’re playing

Choose the option that matches your Playable Places game.

Play Anytime

Start when you’re ready and play at your own pace with your group.

Game Code

Team Name

Rejoin your existing team

Enter the Team Code created when this team was first started.

Team Code

Hosted Events

Join a larger organised game led by a host.

Game Code

Team Code

Use the Game Code and Team Code supplied by your host.

Staff Tools

Mission Briefing

Team

Scavenger Hunt

Time

60:00

Score

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TEST MODE

Simulated controls — these do not represent real GPS or real elapsed time.

Simulated Team

Advanced location simulation

Normally use “Go to this Activity Location” on an activity. Open this only when you need to simulate another location or test a geofence.

Simulated Time

Progress

Location Status

Finding your location…

Activities

0 of 0 completed

Evidence Journal

Important clues your team has discovered are collected here automatically.

No clues collected yet.

Game Map

The map is a navigation aid. Hidden or clue-based activity locations are never pinned.

Team

Scavenger Hunt

Time

60:00

Score

Player Preview

Activity Preview

Organiser Dashboard

Organiser Access

Password

Session

Signed in

Organiser

Organiser access active

Run the selected game session: teams, controls, scores and devices.

TESTING & DIAGNOSTICS

Test Mode

Run the isolated organiser test environment using simulated teams, locations and elapsed time. Test Mode is separate from live player sessions and requires an authorised organiser sign-in.

Hunt to test

You can test either an editable draft or a published hunt version. Changing the selected hunt resets the isolated Test Mode progress.

Auto-approve photo submissions in Test Mode

On by default for fast end-to-end testing. Turn this off when you want to test the real pending / approve / reject workflow.

PEOPLE & PERMISSIONS

Organisation Staff

OWNER only. Add organisers, event managers, editors and validators for this organisation.

Add Staff Member

Role

Choose a session to manage, or create a new one.

Current Session

No session selected

Choose an existing session or create a new one.

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NONE

All Session tabs below apply to this selected session.

SESSION MANAGEMENT

Sessions

Select an existing session to run, or create a new one below.

Existing Session

Only unstarted, cancelled or completed sessions can be permanently deleted.

Create New Session

Published Hunt Version

Session Type

Hosted Events are started and controlled by an organiser. In Play Anytime, each group creates its own team and starts and finishes independently.

Game Code

4–12 letters or numbers. Players use this code to find the event.

Start / Available From (optional)

End / Available Until (optional)

Hunt Builder

Build activities in an editable draft. Published versions remain unchanged.

WORKING DRAFT

Choose a draft to edit

Editable Draft

Selected Draft

No draft selected

Select a draft to edit its rules, locations and activities.

DRAFT

Create a New Hunt

Organisation

Hunt Name

Description

Briefing Title (optional)

Game Story / Briefing (optional)

Final Instruction (optional)

Starting Mode

Sets sensible starting rules for a brand-new hunt. You can customise them later in the Rules tab.

Game Duration (minutes)

Create a Draft Copy

Published Version to Copy

Manage old drafts and published versions

Cleanup tools are kept here so the main authoring screen stays focused on the draft you are building.

Published Versions

Published Version

Intended for obsolete test versions. A published version cannot be deleted while any normal game session or Test Mode currently references it.

Delete Editable Draft

Editable Draft

Choose the editable draft you want to remove. Published versions are unchanged.

Create or rename the hunt, create draft copies, and choose the draft you want to edit.

Hunt Details

Hunt Name

Description

Briefing Title (optional)

Game Story / Briefing (optional)

Final Instruction (optional)

Mission Briefing Image (optional)

JPEG, PNG or WebP up to 8 MB. The image is shown on the Mission Briefing screen above the story text.

Remove the current briefing image

Game Appearance

Choose a ready-made colour scheme or create your own. Appearance is saved per hunt version and applies to player screens only.

Custom Colours

Enter six-digit hex colours such as #C62828. The preview updates as you type.

Page background

Cards / surfaces

Primary accent

Secondary accent

Main text

Mission activity

A small preview of the player experience.

Primary action Secondary action

Publish

Validate the draft and make this version available for new game sessions. Published versions become read-only.

Hunt Rules

Starting Mode

Choose the closest game style first. The preset supplies sensible defaults; advanced rules can then be customised without creating a different engine.

Game Duration (minutes)

Player Feedback

Collect optional player feedback after the game

Players see a short survey after their final result. Feedback is optional and does not affect their score or completion.

Customise advanced game rules
Override the preset for progression, navigation, map, evidence and player-screen behaviour.

Release Rules

Controls the default way activities become available. Individual activities can override this in Advanced Activity Rules.

Default activity release

Player Activity Screen

Organise available activities

Show an “All” tab to normal players

Collapse the “Further away” group

Location Guidance

Guidance style

Close within (metres)

Nearby within (metres)

Optional game map

Clue-based, general-area and hidden locations are never exposed as exact pins.

Evidence

Enable the Evidence Journal for this game

Activities can still contain evidence while authoring; players see the journal only when this option is enabled.

Existing Game Controls

Default activity unlock radius (metres)

Return Radius (metres)

Late Penalty (points)

Late Penalty Interval (seconds)

Leaderboard

Historical leaderboard periods Today
This Week
This Month
All Time

Hosted sessions also get a separate This Event leaderboard automatically. Historical leaderboards compare completed runs from the same published hunt version.

Return Location (optional)

Locations

Create Location

Location Name

Description

Latitude

Longitude

Radius (metres)

Activities

Create Activity

Activity Type

Activity Name

Player Instructions

Location

Points

Starter Team Number (optional)

Only set this when the activity should be a particular team's starting activity.

Correct Answer

Answer checking ignores letter case and extra spaces.

Answer Choices

Add between 2 and 6 choices and select the correct answer.

Items in Correct Order

Enter 3–8 items in the correct sequence. Players will receive them shuffled.

Correct Answer

Players will choose either True or False.

Optional Question Media

Images: JPEG/PNG/WebP up to 8 MB. Audio: MP3/M4A/WAV up to 20 MB. Video: MP4/WebM up to 50 MB.

Advanced Activity Rules

Release Rules

Leave this on “Use game preset” for most activities. Override only where the story needs a special release condition.

Release this activity

Required activity

Release after (minutes)

Completion Requirements

Required story activity / evidence gate for a finale

A finale using “After all required activities” will remain locked until every activity marked here has been completed.

Evidence Journal

Optional. When this activity is successfully completed, this clue is added to the team’s Evidence Journal. For photo activities, the evidence appears after the photo is approved.

Evidence Title (optional)

Evidence / Clue Text (optional)

Leave the clue text blank if this activity should not add anything to the journal. If the title is blank, the activity name will be used.

Feedback

Success feedback (optional)

Incorrect / rejected feedback (optional)

Special Completion Celebration

Optional, reusable celebration for a successful puzzle. The server must confirm the correct answer. The success feedback above becomes the story on the celebration screen; normal activities are unchanged. Photo approvals do not currently trigger a celebration.

Show a celebration after a correct answer Celebration headline (optional)

Location Reveal

General Area

Players will see this broad search area instead of the exact location name.

Location Clue

Players will see this clue instead of the actual location name.

Verification Method

Failure Policy

Retry Delay (seconds)

Maximum Attempts

Abandonment Policy

Abandonment Penalty (points)

Session Settings

Session Join Code

Scheduled Start (optional)

Scheduled End (optional)

Return the session to SETUP before editing its join code or schedule.

TEAMS

Team Management

Team Number

Team Name

Team Join Code

4–12 letters or numbers.

Existing Teams

Teams already created for the selected session.

LIVE CONTROLS

Session Controls

Pause, resume, stop or finalise the currently selected session.

PHOTO VALIDATION

Pending Submissions

Review photo submissions for the currently selected session.

PLAYER FEEDBACK

Game Experience

Optional feedback submitted by player devices for the selected session.

Preparing Hunt for Offline Play

Offline Sync Needs Attention

Playable Places

Choose how you’re playing

Play Anytime

Rejoin your existing team

Hosted Events

Staff Tools

Mission Briefing

TEST MODE

Location Status

Activities

Evidence Journal

Game Map

Organiser Dashboard

Organiser Access

Hunt Complete

Leaderboard