Code Hunting Games is a game based on the classic “treasure hunt” scheme, in which teams of players compete against each other reaching locations and solving coding puzzles as fast as they can.

Please make sure you satisfy the requirements of the game before starting.

Gameplay

Teams

All players of a game session split up into teams (ideally composed of 2–10 people), which compete against each other.

Each team picks a “team leader”, who represents the entire team during the game. The team leader will interact with the game’s bot through his or her Telegram account. The other players in the same team will help the team leader to reach the locations, look for QR Codes, and solve coding puzzles.

Registration

In order to participate in a game, the team leader must first scan the registration QR Code on behalf of his or her team. The QR Code will be distributed ahead of the game by the game organizers.

Registration step
Team registration conversation with the bot.

With the ensuing conversation with the bot, the following questions will be asked:

  1. A simple introduction puzzle to verify that players understand the game’s rules (all puzzles are based on the rules of the CodyRoby game),
  2. The team’s name,
  3. The number of team members (team leader included),
  4. An avatar picture that represents the team (or a picture of the team itself).

The game

All teams gather at the game’s starting location, at a given time, provided by the game organizers ahead of the game. Organizers will show players the start QR Code (that is, the code identifying the starting location). As soon as team leaders scan the code, the game will start.

The game si structured as follows:

  1. The team reaches a location (either the starting location or any intermediate one),
  2. The team snaps a selfie, which serves as proof of reaching the location,
  3. A puzzle is assigned and solved by the players (the correct answer must be sent to the bot as a simple text message, if the given solution is wrong the team will have to wait for 30&nbp;seconds before trying again),
  4. The next location is assigned, go to step (1); if all locations have been reached, the last location is assigned,
  5. Last team selfie,
  6. The final puzzle is assigned and solved by the team,
  7. The game is over.

Demo

The sample video below shows how a Code Hunting Games session works in practice.

Have fun!