Here's a quick guide on best practices when running a Participation Game
How many Challenges should I add?
The number of recommended Challenges varies depending on your game objectives, as well as the number of players and duration of the event. But generally, you want to make sure you have enough content so that anyone can get a chance at earning points, but not too many so that they're discouraged. Here's our general recommendation:
1-2 days
For events that last between one and two days, you'll want to have no more than 10 challenges. This will keep your audience engaged, and also give you some room to add hidden challenges for extra points.
3+ days
Be sure to have at least 3-4 new challenges per day. Mix in Photo Challenges, Polls, and a Trivia Game to gather user input and keep your audience engaged.
Are you collecting Data?
What type of information are you capturing from players? Here are 2 ways in which you can capture additional information from your participants:
Registration Survey
Set up a Survey that shows up when your participants register for the game:
Navigate to Participation Game > Configuration
Enable Registration Survey
Click the Edit button to set the fields you want to show
Survey Challenges
Set up a Challenge that is only completed after your participants enter information into a Survey:
Click on your event's name, and click Utilities
Click Surveys and then Add
Add your survey fields, then navigate to Participation Game > Challenges
Click Add to show the Wizard. Select either On Their Device or Scanning a QR Code.
Select Survey and then select the one you created from the dropdown menu
Giving access to your players
To ensure that you have
Through CVENT or an event app
If you're using an Events App:
Use push notifications if available
Take advantage of a dynamic link to seamlessly register players
Feature your game on the main page
Remember to give verbal reminders to your participants
By registering on their own
The most effective way of getting more participants to engage with your content is by having QR Code challenges in high-traffic locations.
Head over to Participation Game > Configuration and make sure In-App Registration is enabled
Navigate to Participation Game > Challenges and click the Get QR Code button next to your challenges to get their QR Codes. You can download and print them on signage, flyers, or have them pasted up on media content displayed on large monitors or projectors.