Treasure hunt
by Murray Woodman on Oct.23, 2004, under Know Idea
Discover a city via SMS clues. Engage in competitive quests through your local area.
Idea
A tour/treasure hunt run by clues available via SMS or a URL. Teams start with the first clue and then travel around a geographical region solving the puzzles. At the end they are rewarded somehow. It is like a car rally by SMS where puzzles have to be solved. ie. meant to be fun but it is also competitive. The game can be played competitively where you have teams starting out at the same time with fresh clues. You could have non competitive games where the idea is to lead the party around a space, eg. a park, city. The participants have to work for it. A spin off is to take the QA aspect away and just have a tour.
Business
It might be possible to make money on the SMS aspect of this. ie. premium numbers are used to provide the clues. Harder to provide info but suitable if just asking questions.
Update
Now that mobile phones with internet capability and netbooks are all the rage, this kind of thing could just be a website. It could then be used to drive custom to businesses along the route.
