Your first game in 15 minutes

Add a game to your campaign, give it a prize, publish it and play it on your phone.

This tutorial adds a Simple Game to the campaign from Your first campaign: players tap once and find out straight away if they won. Here, Lindenhall adds the Frosty Gift Box to Winter Wonderland, with a gingerbread star to win.

The Frosty Gift Box on three phones: the game page, a winning player's gingerbread star, and a losing player's message

Before you begin

A campaign open in Build: see Your first campaign.
A banner for the game and an icon for the prize:

Banner Image

Required

The header image for an activity, Receipt Game or treasure hunt.

Required
Size1200 × 800 px
Aspect ratio3:2
FormatsJPEG / WEBP / PNG

Examples

Reward Icon

Optional

The icon that represents a reward.

Optional
Size800 × 800 px
Aspect ratio1:1
FormatsJPEG / WEBP / PNG

Circular design and a transparent background work best.

Examples

Add the game

In Build, select the Touchpoints tab.
Select Add New Touchpoint.
Select Simple Game.
Select Create.
On the new game, named New Interactive Totem, select Configure.

The card reads INVALID until you finish the steps below.

Set up its page

Select the pencil next to the name.
Enter the game's name, then press Enter.
Under Banner Image, select Select attachment.
Choose the picture: point at it, then select Select File.
Select Save.
Replace the Title with the game's name.
Replace the Subtitle: say what players can win.
Under Description, write the rules: how often players can try, and where and when to collect the prize.
Select Save.

Create the prize

Select the Rewards tab.
Select Add New Reward.
Select Create a Game Reward.
Select Luck Based Reward.
Select Create Luck Based Reward.
On the new reward, select Configure.
Select the pencil next to the reward's name.
Enter the prize's name, then press Enter.
Open Appearance.
Under Icon, select Select attachment.
Choose the icon: point at it, then select Select File.
Select Save.
Replace the Title players see.
Replace the Subtitle with a line about the prize.
Open Reward Quantity.
Under Quantity, enter how many there are.
Open User Messages.
Under Messages for Winners, enter the Title: where to collect the prize.
Under Subtitle, add opening hours and any limit.
Select Save.

Decide who wins

Select the Touchpoints tab.
On the game, select Configure.
Select the Outcomes tab.
Select Random Chance.
On Winning Option 1, set the Probability.

Total Probability turns red until the options add up to 100%.
Write the Winning Option Message.
Under Link with a Luck Based Game Reward, choose the prize.
Set the Losing Outcome's Probability, so the total reaches 100%.
Write the Losing Message.

Limit the tries

A new game allows one try per player in all. For one try a day, as the description promises:

Select the Restrictions tab.
Turn off Per Participant Limit.
Turn on Daily Limit.

Allowed number per participant per day stays at 1.
Select Save.

The game's card now reads VALID.

Publish and play

Select Publish.
In the window that reads Campaign is ready to publish!, select Publish.
Select the Touchpoints tab.
On the game, select Preview.
Scan the QR code with your phone, and play.

To see both results before launch, test on a copy of the campaign with the winning odds at 99%, then 1%: see Test your game.

If publishing is blocked

The game is INVALID: open it and fill in what the card's See more lists.
The odds don't add up to 100%: see Probability weights don't sum to 100.
The reward has no title, or isn't linked: check steps 27 and 41.