Keeping players engaged is all about creating experiences that are fun, surprising, and memorable.
That’s why we’re excited to introduce four new challenge types in the Locatify Builder CMS. These new additions give creators even more flexibility to design interactive treasure hunts, educational games, cultural experiences, and team-building activities.
At Locatify, we know that players enjoy different types of challenges. Some enjoy solving riddles, others prefer strategy, creativity, or testing their knowledge. By expanding our challenge library, we want to help creators build richer experiences that appeal to players of all ages—from young learners in education to visitors exploring museums, heritage sites, and destinations around the world.
With these latest additions, TurfHunt now offers 10 different challenge types, giving you more tools than ever to create engaging and memorable games.
Discover the New Challenge Types
The new challenges add more variety, creativity, and opportunities for learning. Explore the four new additions below:
Tic Tac Toe
With three difficulty levels, this classic strategy game can be adapted for different ages and skill levels.
Great for: Family games • Team-building activities • Educational challenges
Sentence Scramble
Players must rearrange mixed-up words to discover the correct sentence.
Use it to reveal clues, teach new information, introduce famous quotes, or support language learning.
Word Match
Players match related words to complete the challenge.
Create your own pairs using synonyms, antonyms, translations, vocabulary, or concepts. A flexible challenge that combines fun, creativity, and learning.Great for: Education • Language learning • Cultural experiences • Quiz games
Word Search
With three difficulty levels and a timer, this challenge adds an extra layer of focus and excitement.
Great for: Learning activities • City tours • Nature trails • Family adventures
Four New Challenges, Endless Possibilities
These new challenge types were designed to give creators more freedom when building games. Whether you want to test players’ knowledge, encourage problem-solving, or add a fun interactive moment, these challenges can be adapted to many different scenarios.
Tic Tac Toe: A Classic Strategy Challenge
Everyone knows this timeless game!
Challenge your players to outsmart the AI by aligning three symbols in a row before it does. Although simple to learn, Tic Tac Toe rewards strategic thinking, careful planning, and quick decision-making.
Choose from three difficulty levels to suit younger players or provide a greater challenge for experienced strategists.
This challenge is a great addition for:
- Family treasure hunts
- Team-building activities
- Educational games
- Fun bonus challenges
Sentence Scramble: Turn Words into Clues and Learning Moments
Can your players put the words back in the correct order?
In this challenge, players must rearrange a mixed-up sentence to discover the hidden message.
This format opens up many creative possibilities. The final sentence can reveal the next clue in a treasure hunt, introduce a historical fact, share a famous quote, or support language learning.
Perfect for:
- Schools and educational activities
- Museum and cultural experiences
- Story-driven adventures
- Language learning games
Word Search: Test Observation and Knowledge
A classic puzzle with a new interactive twist.
Players search through a letter grid to find hidden words while testing their observation skills and speed.
With three difficulty levels and a timer, creators can adjust the challenge depending on their audience.
Use Word Search to introduce:
- Important locations on a tour
- Historical names and facts
- Vocabulary learning
- Nature and cultural discoveries
Word Match: Create Connections Between Ideas
Our matching concept is now available with words.
Instead of matching images, players connect words that belong together. Creators have complete freedom to decide what relationships players need to discover.
Match:
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Translations
- Vocabulary
- Related concepts
This makes Word Match a powerful tool for education, cultural experiences, and knowledge-based games.
More Variety Means Better Player Engagement
Every player enjoys different types of challenges.
Some players love solving puzzles, others enjoy creativity, strategy, or testing their knowledge. By combining different challenge types throughout your game, you can create experiences that feel fresh and keep players engaged from beginning to end.
Whether you’re creating a treasure hunt for children, an educational activity, a museum experience, or a city adventure, mixing challenge styles helps create a richer player journey.
10 Challenge Types to Engage Every Player
With these new additions, TurfHunt now offers 10 challenge types, giving creators the freedom to build richer and more engaging experiences. From testing knowledge and problem-solving skills to encouraging creativity and exploration, each game mechanic offers a different way to engage players.
Mix and match challenges to create unique experiences for every audience. Whether you’re designing a learning activity, a museum adventure, a tourism experience, or a team-building game, TurfHunt supports different types of players and learning styles.
Explore the different challenge categories below and discover new ways to create memorable experiences for your players.
Available for Branded App Users Too
These new challenge types are not only available in TurfHunt. If you have a Locatify branded app, you can also use these new games to create even more engaging and interactive experiences for your audience.
Whether you’re creating a custom museum app, tourism experience, educational game, or team-building activity, these challenges give you more ways to connect with your players.
Try the New Challenges
We’ve prepared a small demo game so you can experience these new challenges yourself.
To test them:
- Download the free TurfHunt app on Playstore or AppStore
- Search for “The Explorer’s Journal” or open the redeem page and scan the QR code below to start playing
*this is a demo, the location on the game are made up 🙂
Want to create your own game? Log in to the Locatify Builder and start building from scratch or choose from our ready-made templates.
And there’s more to come—new templates featuring these additional challenge types are already in development. Stay tuned!
