Queens College Summer 2021
The Hunt – Finding My Way @ QC
Queens College Scavenger Hunt Orientation Workshop Guide
Prof. Matt Greco
Link to Instructions, Videos, Resources, & Materials found below
Overview
This is a scavenger hunt style game to be played on Queens College CUNY campus over 3 days (20hrs) using Goosechase scavenger hunt software. Several teams of students will create scavenger hunts – each team will play a different teams hunt.
This hunt works best with 8–36 students, broken down into teams of 4-6 students, resulting in 2-6 teams.
Day 1 students meet: Teams are chosen, and hunt data collected and submitted (6hrs).
Day 2 off day: Instructor gathers data, creates hunts in Goosechase, and enters data for each team (8hrs).
Day 3 students meet: Teams gather and are given a different teams hunt to complete, hunts commence, hunts scored and timed, winners announced, prizes given, pizza eaten, and smiles enjoyed (6hrs).
Introduction
This workshop will facilitate an exploration of QC campus through the development of a scavenger hunt game using the game software Goosechase. Students will base themselves at the QC Makerspace in room 101 of the Benjamin Rosenthal Library. The QC Makerspace will serve as the space for creation of the hunts and will be the starting and finish line for gameplay.
Resource Materials:
QC Scavenger Hunt Workshop Guide (docx)
QC Scavenger Hunt Workshop Guide (pdf)
Team Master Data Sheet Template (docx)
Team Data Sheet Template (docx)
Team Missions Sheet Template (docx)
Map of Campus w/ Outlined Game Area (jpg)
GooseChase Website Tutorial – Game Creation & Game Scoring:
Finding GPS with Google Maps on Android (and iOS for that matter):
GPS Location in Google Maps:
