Location groups

Break your game into groups where each section has its own routing, navigation, and completion rules. Groups let you create more complex games, for example, a story-driven experience with multiple acts, a scavenger hunt with different phases, or a campus tour with themed sections.

Groups contain locations. They can represent anything you want:

• A tutorial
• An act in a story
• A phase of your scavenger hunt
• A themed section of your tour

Creating a Group

1. Go to Locations in your game admin
2. Click Add Group (top right)
3. Name it something meaningful (“Tutorial”, “Act 1”, etc.)
4. Pick a color
5. Drag locations in from the unassigned area
6. Set routing, navigation, completion, and auto-advance

Changes save automatically.

Organizing with Drag & Drop

Drag locations between groups, reorder them within groups, or move entire groups around. The interface shows icons when locations need map coordinates (📍) or custom clues (🔍), depending on your navigation mode.

Settings

Routing

How players move between locations:

• Guided Path - One specific order. Players can’t skip ahead.
• Open Exploration - Any order, any time.
• Randomised Route - Show a random subset (1-10 locations). Good for crowd control.

Navigation Display

How locations appear to players:

• Map Only - Markers on a map (needs coordinates)
• Labelled Map - Map with names (needs coordinates)
• Location List - Simple text list
• Custom Clues - You write custom navigation blocks

When you pick Custom Clues, the location edit page shows a Clues section where you build the navigation experience.

Completion

How many locations before moving on:

• Complete All - Every location required
• Complete N - Just N locations (drag the slider)

Auto-Advance

What happens when requirements are met:

• On - Players jump to the next group automatically
• Off - Players can keep exploring even after hitting the minimum

(Always on for Complete All mode.)

Example: Story-Driven Game

Tutorial (Guided Path, Labelled Map, 1 location)
Act 1: Investigation (Open Exploration, Custom Clues, 4 of 6)
Act 2: The Choice (Randomised, Map Only, 1 of 3)
Act 3: Resolution (Guided Path, Location List, 2 locations)
The Ending (Guided Path, Custom Clues, 1 location)

Common Patterns

Campus Tour:
Welcome → Academic Buildings (5 of 10) → Student Life (random 3) → Final Stop

Museum:
Intro → Ancient History (all) → Modern Art (all) → Interactive (random 3) → Exit

Corporate Onboarding:
Check-In → HR & Admin → Department Tours (5 of 8) → Team Meetup (3 of 5) → Wrap-Up

Treasure Hunt:
Start → Find Clues (4 of 6) → Solve Puzzle → Choose Path (1 of 3) → Finale

Unassigned Locations

Locations at the bottom aren’t visible to players. Only locations inside groups are playable.

Use unassigned for:

• Work in progress
• Seasonal content you’ll activate later
• Testing
• Archive

Drag to activate. Drag back to deactivate.

Migrating from Old Versions

Existing games were automatically moved into a single group with your previous settings. Everything works the same. You can now add more groups if you want.

Quick Tips

Start with 2-3 groups (intro, main, conclusion) before getting fancy.

Use colors consistently. Maybe green = start, blue = explore, red = climax.

Walk through it yourself before launching. Does it flow? Are transitions smooth?

For randomized sections, 3-5 locations is the sweet spot. Too many options overwhelm players.

Name groups clearly. “Act 1” is better than “Group 1”.

Reference

📍 = has map marker
🔍 = has custom clues