Information for Writing Challenges

Want help thinking of a challenge idea? Wondering what REVEL can do? Looking for some examples? It's all below.


REVEL can...
  • set up challenges for specific locations (sidewalks, grocery stores, you name it!)
  • send players messages when they get close to key points or other players
  • pass a challenge back and forth between two or more players
  • accommodate multiple players with separate roles
  • organize synchronous actions with large groups of people
  • ask players to upload photos
  • and more—check out how REVEL works or read through our FAQ
Challenge Ideas

Having trouble coming up with a challenge idea? Here are some potential goals for your challenge—it doesn't have to meet any of these goals, but check them out and see if they inspire you.

We'd love to see any challenge that:
1. Helps people discover public spaces and the city’s hidden potential for fun.
2. Creatively re-imagines boring, mundane, or everyday experiences.
3. Builds in social support, by way of cheering, back-up singing, hi-fives, etc., as a way to encourage participants to courageously carry out challenges.
4. Improves players' health or overall quality of life.
5. Strengthens relationships between neighbors and community-members.
6. Goes above and beyond these guidelines—show us what matters to you!

Remember, we're just looking for the basic gist of the challenge, so feel free to submit a raw idea without all of the details worked out.

Examples
Exploration
Fitness
Training
Appreciation
Games
Photography
Neighbors &
Networks
Storytelling

Examples:

Word on the Street.

An Explorer, looking for new spots in the city, asks Revel for help. Revel finds a Guide nearby with a spot that they’d like to show. The Guide shows the Explorer their favorite spot.

Sign-Strolling.

Make a list of your favorite signs within walking distance of your house. Gather friends and take a nighttime sign-viewing tour, make sure you all talk about why you like the signs, what they mean to you, and what your relationship is to them.

Examples:

Push Up Challenge.

Find two players. Player 1 challenges Player 2 to do pushups in a weird place and log the number of reps. Player 2 then challenges Player 1 to do even more pushups in another strange location. And so on, back and forth over days.

Forrest Gump.

5+ runners are gathered. Runner 1 is only given instructions to run on a given route. All other Runners are given locations along the route and instructed to join, one at a time, until the whole group is running together.

Examples:

Fashion Week.

For 3-7 people on a street corner. Upon noticing remarkable style choices, players approach these trendsetters like paparazzi, asking them who they're wearing, inviting them to strike a pose, and taking their photo.

Love Bench.

For two strangers. They sit on a bench and mention things they love until they find something they both love.

Examples:

Photo Sardines.

Have a Hider take a photo of a hiding place and then hide in it. Gather 3 or more nearby Seekers and have them search for it. When they find the Hider, they hide as well. When all Seekers have found the location, everyone wins!

Letterboxing.

Place a small gift and a notebook inside a weatherpoof box and hide it in public. Write instructions for how to find it. Send the instructions to a Finder. Finder finds the box, signs and dates the notebook, and optionally replaces the gift with something of equal value. Repeat.

Examples:

Stake Out.

For two players, the photographer and the spy. Ask the photographer to describe what he's wearing. Challenge him to take a photo of a nearby stop light without being seen. Send the spy the clothing description and challenge her to catch the photographer on camera.

Pho-tag-raphy.

For two or more players. They disperse into a neighborhood, a crowd, or a crowded space and take pictures of each other for an hour. Players may not photo the same person consecutively. The player with the most pictures of other players at the end of an hour wins!

Examples:

Instant School.

For 3-7 people. Say your names, then have a brief discussion about what kinds of things you might want to learn. See if anyone in the group can teach those things or knows someone who can. Make sure the meeting ends with next steps and thanks if connections are made.

Forage.

Take a look around your neighborhood. Pay special attention to yards, patches of greenery on the sidewalk, and high-reaching branches. What kinds of plants do you see? Can you identify any edible plants? Describe what you've found and where you've found it. Take a picture.

Examples:

Oops.

For two strangers at a bus stop. Instruct them to exchange personal stories about failure.

Conversations with Feet.

Players trade pictures with feet in them, accompanied by a short phrase from the perspective of those feet.

The Bottom Line

And, don't forget that your challenge will be evaluated by a team of experts and celebrity judges who specialize in each of the challenge areas, including Micki Krimmel, Steve Lambert, Charlie Todd, and Alissa Walker. (Read more about our judges here.) If they pick your challenge, it will be released with our app, meaning that thousands of people will perform it. Also, you'll be eligible for $20,000 in prize money, including two first prizes of $2,500, and a grand prize of $5,000.

What are you waiting for? Submit your challenge now!



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