Find the Idol

You’re invited. A game for your community, free of charge.

You’ve been invited to create a promo Find the Idol game. Enjoy all the same benefits of our custom games, with an adventure built around your people, places, and stories—free of charge.

See How It Works

Limited availability in each city. Our promo games are designed to build participation in new areas by giving local communities a reason to explore and play together.

We bring your game idea to life.

From a neighborhood outing to a campus tradition, we work with you to create an experience that fits your audience, goals, and timing.

1

Come to us with an idea

Tell us who you want to bring together, the places you love, and what you want people to discover. A rough idea is all you need to start.

2

We build an adventure that feels like yours

We help shape the theme, story, stops, and collectible idols, then build your game. Choose a Collection Game, Mystery Hunt, or Discovery Trail to suit your community.

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Invite your community to play

We set up and host the game, help prepare the launch, and support it while it runs. Players explore on their phones, discover your places, and save their finds. No app download needed.

Monterey Bay Treasures cover art with colorful waterfront buildings, sailboats, and a sea otter

Explore an example

See a custom game in action.

Explore Monterey Bay Treasures, then take its tour to see how the story, artwork, map, and rewards bring a local adventure to life.

Explore the Sample Game

All the benefits of a custom game. Free of charge.

Promo games offer the same care, creativity, and community benefits as our custom games. We work with you to shape an adventure around your audience, locations, and goals.

Our free community game offer is for local groups and nonprofits in any city. Share your mission, where you’re based, and the kind of themed adventure you have in mind. We’ll follow up by email to see if your idea is a good fit for our free community games.For businesses and other organizations, we also build custom games tailored to your audience and goals. Explore Custom Games.

Limited availability. Each adventure takes time and care to create, and our capacity for free games is limited. We’d love to hear your idea, but submitting a request doesn’t guarantee a free game.

A game that feels like yours

Custom artwork, a theme, stories, and collectible idols bring your community’s places and personality into the game.

More reasons to explore

Give people a fun way to discover local businesses, visit community destinations, and share an experience together.

We build and support it

We handle the game design, build, setup, and hosting, help prepare the launch, and support the experience while it runs.

Why we’re offering promo games

We’re bringing Find the Idol to new areas. Promo games help build local participation by introducing people to the game and connecting them with the places and organizations around them.

You bring your local knowledge and help invite your community to play. We bring the game. Together, we give people a reason to get out, explore, and discover what makes your area special.

We’ll follow up to plan your game’s locations, timing, and launch together.

What could a game do for your community?

Explore these starting points to see the value a game can bring. Have something different in mind? We’d love to help you shape it.

Vector-style illustration of adult students exploring a college quad and library, with book, detective, and nature owl idols along a campus trail.

Help students find the places on campus they keep walking past. A game could kick off orientation week, add fun to a campus event, or unfold over a whole semester.

Vector-style illustration of resort guests using a phone to explore a garden, sculpture courtyard, and ocean-view terrace, with a wooden owl idol at an activities desk.

Give guests a fun activity around your property or neighborhood. Turn the places you already love recommending into a game they can play during their stay.

Vector-style illustration of adults exploring local shops, a farmers market, and a community square along an owl idol route.

Connect local businesses, farmers markets, events, and favorite local spots in one game. It gives residents and visitors a fun reason to see more of your community.

Vector-style illustration of a visitor discovering a wooden owl idol in a pottery shop on a colorful downtown street.

Get residents exploring past their usual block. A downtown game turns "shop local" into something people can actually go out and do.

Vector-style illustration of two visitors exploring a waterfront path between a historic building and a public sculpture.

Give visitors an afternoon they will remember. A game can tie your best local places and stories into one easy adventure.

Illustration of a local writer reviewing a notebook beside a colorful mural while a visitor explores the street with a phone.

Turn your travel guides, food picks, and local stories into a game your followers can go play. We help shape the idea and build it for you.

Vector-style illustration of two adults discovering a neighborhood park and nearby library on a walk with a phone.

Help new residents get to know their neighborhood. A welcome game can lead them to parks, public spaces, and friendly local businesses.

Vector-style illustration of three coworkers exploring a retreat courtyard with a phone and a wooden owl idol on a welcome counter.

Give coworkers a shared adventure with places to find and idols to collect. A game can turn any retreat or offsite into something people talk about afterward.

Vector-style illustration of two festival attendees discovering a wooden owl idol at an exhibitor booth, with other booths and a stage beyond.

Add a game to your festival, conference, or street fair. Guests collect idols between sessions, shows, and conversations, and see more of your event along the way.

Vector-style illustration of two friends exploring a restaurant lane at dusk and noticing a wooden owl idol inside a welcoming doorway.

Help diners find participating restaurants with a collection game. Players discover new places to eat and find reasons to come back hungry.

Vector-style illustration of two people discovering a wooden owl idol at a bookshop, with two more bookshop locations across a pedestrian plaza.

Give customers a reason to visit more than their usual location. A collection game can show off what makes each of your locations special.

Help your community discover something new.

Tell us about your community and the places you’d love people to discover. We’ll work with you to bring your free promo game to life.

We’ll follow up by email to talk through your idea and next steps.