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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about building, launching, and running a 42Play game for your team, school, or group.

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Getting Started

What is 42Play?

42Play is an AI-powered gamification platform for creating location-based team building games, scavenger hunts, treasure hunts, campus tours, and group adventures. You describe the event, choose your settings, and 42Play helps generate the route, checkpoints, clues, and challenges.

How quickly can I create a game?

Most games can be drafted in under 10 minutes. Choose a template, set your location, duration, team size, and difficulty, then let the AI generate the first version of your game.

Do I need an event planner or facilitator?

No. 42Play is designed so teams can launch games with a QR code or link. For larger or higher-stakes events, you may still want staff on-site for crowd flow, safety, prize redemption, and participant support.

What types of games can I create?

You can create city scavenger hunts, corporate team building games, treasure hunts, field trips, campus tours, birthday activities, and custom group outings. You can start from a template or build from scratch.

Can I use 42Play for a small group?

Yes. 42Play works for small teams, classrooms, families, and friend groups. The setup is lightweight, so you do not need a big event to make it worthwhile.

Player Experience

Do players need to download an app?

No. Players join through a link or QR code and play on their phone through the browser.

What does the player see?

Players get a mobile game experience with a join screen, onboarding, map view, mission list, checkpoint details, points, ranking, rewards, and completion status.

What kinds of challenges can players complete?

Games can include clues, puzzles, photo challenges, QR hunts, GPS stops, text answers, and other checkpoint-based missions.

Can players play as teams?

Yes. 42Play is built for team play, including collaborative missions, shared progress, rankings, and team-based scoring.

Does 42Play work outdoors?

Yes. 42Play is especially useful for location-based outdoor routes such as city walks, campus tours, public spaces, and venue activations. For crowded locations, use a route with enough space and avoid placing every player at the same checkpoint at once.

Creating A Game

How does the AI-generated playbook work?

You describe your event and settings. 42Play uses that information to generate a playable route with checkpoints, clues, and challenges tailored to your location and audience.

Can I edit the AI-generated game?

Yes. Treat the AI output as a strong first draft. You can adjust checkpoints, rewrite clues, change difficulty, refine the route, and customize the game for your audience.

Can I create a game for any location?

42Play is designed to adapt to your selected location. For best results, choose places with recognizable landmarks, safe walking paths, and enough room for players to gather without blocking public movement.

Can I control the duration and difficulty?

Yes. During setup, you can define the game duration, team size, and difficulty so the generated experience fits your event.

Can I reuse a game template?

Yes. Templates help you start faster for common formats such as corporate team building, scavenger hunts, treasure hunts, and campus-style activities.

Live Event Management

How do I launch a game?

Once your game is ready, share the game link or QR code with players. They join on their phones and start playing from the mobile experience.

Can I monitor players while the game is live?

Yes. Mission Control gives organizers a live view of player progress, rankings, checkpoint activity, and game performance.

Can I see live rankings?

Yes. 42Play supports live ranking so teams can see how they are doing during the game. For safety-focused public events, consider using completion badges, raffles, or team achievements instead of purely speed-based competition.

Can I track checkpoint traffic?

Yes. Organizers can monitor checkpoint traffic and activity during the game, which helps identify where players are moving and where bottlenecks may be forming.

Can I run multiple games?

Yes. 42Play includes admin tools for managing multiple games, making it easier to run different sessions, audiences, or event formats.

Reports And Rewards

What happens after the game ends?

Organizers can review results such as completion progress, player or team performance, ranking, checkpoint activity, and reward status.

Can I export reports?

Yes. 42Play supports post-event reports with completion data, which can help with event review, prize handling, sponsor reporting, and future planning.

Can I offer rewards or certificates?

Yes. 42Play includes reward and completion flows so players can see what they have earned after finishing the game.

Can sponsors be included?

Yes. Sponsors can be worked into checkpoint missions, branded rewards, prize redemption, photo challenges, or venue-based activations.

Practical Questions

Is 42Play free to start?

Yes. The site offers a free starting option so you can build your first game and test the experience.

How many players can join?

42Play supports team and group play, but the right setup depends on your event size, location, and operating needs. For large events, contact the team so capacity, route design, and support requirements can be confirmed before launch.

How does billing work for seats and teams?

42Play is charged by seats, such as 30 seats, 300 seats, or 2,000 seats. One seat can be used by either one solo player or one team. Team size is unlimited, but only the team leader can submit answers. Team members can view the map, game progress, certificates, and rewards, but cannot input answers.

What should I prepare before creating a game?

Prepare your event goal, location, estimated number of players, preferred duration, team size, difficulty level, start point, finish point, and any must-include landmarks, sponsors, or rewards.

What makes a good 42Play route?

A good route has clear landmarks, safe walking paths, enough space at each checkpoint, a mix of challenge types, and a finish area where players can regroup easily.

Can 42Play be used for schools?

Yes. 42Play can turn field trips, campus tours, and learning trails into place-based quests with clues, checkpoints, and storytelling.

Can 42Play be used for corporate team building?

Yes. 42Play is built for corporate team building, especially when you want people moving, collaborating, and interacting with a real location instead of sitting through another indoor activity.

What is the difference between 42Play and 42Campaign?

42Play is focused on gamified team building and location-based group adventures. 42Campaign is a separate solution for campaign-style engagement and activations.

Who do I contact if I need help?

You can contact the 42Technology team at contact@42race.com.