Backyard Hunt is a mobile app designed to create and participate in QR code scavenger hunts. Players complete challenges by scanning codes in various locations. Ideal for outdoor activities and educational purposes. Offers gameplay customization and team-based participation.
Features
Clue Creation
Allows users to create and hide clues around the house, garden or yard to create a scavenger hunt game.
QR Code Integration
Generates QR codes for each clue that players can scan to receive the next clue in the sequence.
Team Play
Supports team-based gameplay, enabling multiple groups to compete against each other in a scavenger hunt.
Ready-Made Clues
Provides a library of pre-made clues to quickly set up a scavenger hunt without having to create everything from scratch.
Mobile App
Includes a mobile application that users can download to participate in the scavenger hunts with real-time updates and interaction.
Market Appeal
Engaging content designed for diverse age groups, from toddlers to adults.
Customizable Experience
Users can create personalized adventures, ensuring repeat engagement and long-term viability.
Educational Value
Thematic hunts that are both entertaining and informative, promoting learning outside the classroom.
Community and Family Bonding
Encourages outdoor play, teamwork, and community interaction.
Product Expansion
Plans to introduce physical kits, including themed hunts and reusable QR codes.
Platform Development
Evolving into a community-driven platform, allowing users to create and share their hunts.
Gameplay
Understanding the gameplay mechanics in Backyard Hunt is essential. Choose from themes and create a curated selection of content for hunts. Invite friends to see personalized sections and manage your games.
Clue Tasks
Clue tasks are key components of hunts, allowing participants to solve challenges and tasks. Currently, there is a single staple clue task called Freedom Text, with plans to expand this in the future.
Hunts
A 'hunt' refers to a game in which participants follow clues to reach goals. Players can navigate through various hunts such as Treasure Hunts and Scavenger Hunts, providing a unique game-play experience.
QR Codes
QR codes are essential for hunts, serving as a primary tool for accessing clues and content. Manage the way QR codes work in-app.
Shared Private Hunts
An exciting feature allowing you to create private hunts and share them with chosen participants. You can customize how this feature operates.
Account Settings
Manage your account settings to personalize your Backyard Hunt experience. Update your profile, handle subscriptions, and adjust preferences.
Clues
Essential elements for any backyard hunt, allowing you to engage participants through crafting engaging and successful clues.
Presets
The app offers a wide array of preset content to streamline the hunt customization process. Choose themes or content to expedite the creation of personalized hunts.
Access to Clues
Each clue in your hunt can be accessed by scanning a QR code, making the game interactive and engaging.
Random QR Code Generation for Scavenger Hunts
For scavenger hunts, qr codes are generated randomly without pre-determined set-up locations, adding an element of surprise.
Location-Specific QR Codes for Treasure Hunts
QR codes are assigned to specific locations in treasure hunts to ensure clues are found in the correct order.
Manual Location Selection
You can manually select specific locations for each QR code when setting up a custom treasure hunt.
PDF Document Generation
QR codes are generated as part of a PDF document, which you can print and distribute as needed.
Flexible Printing Options
Allows you to choose the layout and scaling of the QR codes on the page, such as printing six QR codes on one page.
Treasure Hunts
Structured with a specific order. Players must solve each clue in sequence, with each solved clue bringing them closer to the final location. Strategically designed to lead participants through a set path with exploration elements.
Scavenger Hunts
Offer a flexible gameplay structure with random order of clues. Players can solve clues in any sequence. QR codes used as identifiers, not tied to specific locations. Completion achieved when all clues are found and solved regardless of order.
Curated Hunts
Users can select from a variety of pre-designed, themed hunts, suitable for different age groups and interests.
Custom Hunts
Allows users to create their own hunts, customizing everything from theme to complexity of the clues.
Clue Task
The primary component of the clue, including a task that players must complete to move on. Detailed task information will be in a separate help document.
Clue Hint
Provides guidance on where the clue is hidden, helping players in locating it. Hints are made optional.
Pre-existing Hunts
Users can download Treasure or Scavenger hunts with ready-made clues.
Custom Hunt
Create new hunts with custom clues as many as needed.
Custom Build
Fully customize every aspect of the clue when creating new ones.
Presets
Use content from predefined, curated categories for each task type to simplify clue creation.
Hints Management
For hints, users can type out where the clue is hidden or choose from a location list.
Location List
Choose from a pre-selected list of locations when creating clues; maintain reusability of QR codes.
Final Clue
Unique type of clue applicable only in Treasure Hunts, leading players to the actual treasure or reward.
Preset Content
Provides a variety of pre-designed content that can be used for various clue task categories in the game. These presets are organized by theme and interests, making it easier to set up thematic and engaging hunts.
Categories of Presets
Offers a range of preset categories including Adventure, Animals, Fairy Tales, History, Mythology, and more, allowing customization according to different themes and regions such as Africa, America, Asia, etc.
Integration with Modules
Allows the use of presets with modules like Math, Selection, or Free Text to create enriched and themed clues without needing to customize each one manually.
Math Module
Allows you to create math-based tasks with configurable parameters such as the number of problems and precision of answers. You can choose complexity levels for operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and decide on options like integer-only results.
Selection Task Module
Enables setting up questions with multiple choice answers. Includes options to pose single or multiple choice questions, add possible answers, and select the correct answer(s).
Freeform Text Module
Offers flexibility to create content by writing any text for clues. There's no required answer, allowing players to proceed by simply clicking "next". Often used for light-hearted tasks.
Create New Hunts
Design your own custom hunts which will appear in the 'My Hunts' section.
Select Featured Hunts
Choose from pre-designed hunts curated by the team, suitable for a variety of themes and difficulty levels.
Scavenger Hunts
Find the first clue, solve tasks associated with each clue, and continue until all clues have been discovered.
Treasure Hunts
Solve tasks of the first clue, use hints for the next clue, and follow clues sequentially to find the treasure.
Replayable Hunts
Replay any hunt stored in 'My Hunts' multiple times, enhancing the enjoyment of your creations.
Clues Manager
Allows parents and organizers to view and print QR codes for each hunt, aiding in preparation.
QR Codes in Treasure Hunts
Use QR codes tied to specific locations to make setup efficient and environmentally friendly.
Shared Private Hunts
Allows 'Pro' users to share custom private hunts with friends and family through a link or QR code.
Design Your Hunt
Users can set up clues and tasks according to their preferences before sharing.
Share Options
Users can share hunts via a link or QR code and set preferences such as start date, end date, and number of uses.
App Integration
Recipients can download the Backyard Hunt app to access shared hunts using a link or QR code.
Manage Shared Links
Owners can create multiple shared links with different preferences, track usage, and manage or deactivate links as needed.