How to Play

Game Basics:

📍 SPACES

Spaces are significant real-world locations such as city halls, libraries, parks, or museums. Quests may send you to investigate them. Some give you XP or refill your Energy when you visit.

✨ BEACONS

Beacons are snapshots of what’s interesting or important.
They’re posts created by players and added to the map at real-world locations.

📌 To create a Beacon:

• Tap the ➕ button

• Pick a Beacon type

• Add a title, image, and short description

• Publish it to the map

Beacons are unlocked by visiting new Spaces and completing Quests. Examples include:

• 🖼️ A photo of a local mural with a caption about its artist

• 🗿 A story about a community monument

• 📰 A scanned newspaper article from decades ago

Tip: Avoid duplicates and low-effort posts—those can cost you points!

🧭 QUESTS

Quests are your missions in Beacon.
They guide you to specific places, give you tasks to complete, and help you earn points, badges, and unlocks.

✅ What you might do:

• 🏛 Visit City Hall and identify your mayor

• 📚 Find a historical document at the local library

• 🎤 Attend a public meeting and report what you saw

Tip: Completing Quests unlocks new Beacon types, gives you Energy, and helps you earn badges.

🧐 TRIVIA + CHALLENGES

Some Spaces or Quests include trivia questions or small tasks. These earn you XP and sometimes unlock new content.

⚡ ENERGY

Energy powers your actions in Beacon. You’ll spend and earn Energy (E) as you explore, create, and interact. XP (experience points) help you level up and track your impact.

Earn energy by:

Use energy to:

Tip: Use your Energy wisely—it helps keep the game thoughtful and balanced. You can refill Energy by visiting new Spaces, completing Quests, or just waiting a little while!

Tip: Energy helps keep the game balanced and intentional. Use it wisely, and refill it by visiting new Spaces, completing Quests, or just giving it time to recharge!

Tip: Energy helps keep the game balanced and intentional. Use it wisely, and refill it by visiting new Spaces, completing Quests, or just giving it time to recharge!

🌟 XP + LEADERBOARD

Complete trivia and actions to earn experience points (XP) and badges. The more you explore and contribute, the more you level up.

Compete with friends, classmates, or community members to climb the leaderboard—not just for individual games, but also all-time and city-wide rankings.

Earn XP (experience points) for every action:

• ✅ Create a Beacon: +5XP

• 💬 Post a quality comment: +2XP

• 📊 Answer trivia: +1XP to +10XP

Exceptional Beacons and creativity may earn you bonus XP!

🤝 FRIENDS & FOLLOWING

Play with friends—or compete against them! You can also follow Spaces you care about to get notified when they launch new quests, trivia, or games.