Coming soon to a campus near you?
We’ve begun working on a little treat for some of our early Swirl users on college campuses. Ever heard of a ramble? Well, picture one of those, combined with a scavenger hunt, combined with copious Swirl usage and clue sharing, and capped with some killer awards.
What, you don’t know what a ramble is? Well here’s how the Swirl Ramble will work:
Your team of four will be given a ramble sheet, consisting of pictures and obscure clues. Your job is to decipher the clues, and figure out to where they are pointing you. They will all lead you to temporary Swirl hotspots, where you will pick up a puzzle piece via Swirl Connect. If you’re good, you’ll be able to decipher all of the clues within your team. But maybe not.
You can also negotiate with other teams to see if they might want to share their puzzle pieces with you. During the ramble, all inter-team and intra-team communication will be done using Swirl Connect, because interactions will also earn you points.
Once the time period has expired, or you have completed the puzzle, head back to home base. The sooner you make it back to home base, the more points you take away from opposing teams. Or you can choose to complete bonus activities to earn points, in the hopes that you can earn more than other teams can take away.
The winner is the team with the most points, and will be announced at the closing award ceremony.
Sound like fun? Our most likely campus targets are going to be in the Triangle area of North Carolina, but we haven’t looked into which ones yet. If you’re a student at one of these campuses, and feel we should bring our hunt to you, let us know!
More details to come.
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