Feature Requests

[praxis]

If there were two teams, they could set each other challenges. People could play as individuals within the team, gaining awards for themselves and at the same time, helping, the team as a whole to gain more status. That would save you the task of designing the challenges. Team members could send a staff member the clues and the solutions at the same time. The staff member could check to see that they worked and weren't impossible to crack.

When they solve the clue, they discover a keyword which unlocks the secret part of the site. When the solver gets into the 'secret' part of the site, they could get an award, see their team's progress and be encouraged to go and tackle another clue.

I was thinking of something like directing people to public sites and having a sort of 'book code', perhaps. When the words are found, they form a clue (like a crossword clue) which has to be solved

Or you could cut out the book code bit, and just have crossword-type clues, or 'next in series'-type ones for the Mensa people! The clues could be rated 'easy, medium, hard' etc by the staff member and solvers would get more points for cracking the hard ones. An easy one would be perhaps to finish a quotation you could just google, whereas a hard one would be something cryptic you had to work out yourself.

People could add clues to keep the momentum going, so there would always be a selection of clues to try.

From what I've seen of the postings here, I don't think there would be any shortage of quality clue-writing!

Praxis