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Tasks for a psychological quest for intelligence. The best quest games on PC

Gift quest- a way to give any gift in an original and fun way, turning it into an interesting, exciting adventure. Why this name? In general, a quest is a type of game with various codes and riddles that lead in a chain to the main prize.

Main idea: Instead of a gift, which is hidden in advance in a secluded place, the person is given a certain message-riddle-instruction with a hint where to look for the next note. One clue after another, and the person finds a surprise. You can see ideas for conducting an indoor quest

Ready-made scenarios for conducting quests. Detailed information can be viewed by clicking on the image of interest.

Quest transformer - a ready-made original kit (the idea and its implementation belongs exclusively to the site), consisting of a set of tasks with which you can use it in an interesting and original way to present a gift to your loved ones, family or friends.

All tasks are completely ready - you just need to select the most suitable ones based on keywords, print them out and arrange them in accordance with a well-thought-out search chain immediately before starting the game.

About the kit

A wide variety of universal places in an apartment or cottage where you can hide riddles and the surprise itself.
There is no imposed search chain, you can arrange tasks in any order and complete any number of stages (maximum 15 stages).
Multifunctional, suitable for any occasion: This kit can be useful to you more than once: with its help you can organize a quest and play out the presentation of a gift for a variety of holidays, as well as simply make a surprise.
Amusing: The tasks are interesting, fun and varied. They are based on word games (including anagram words with letters rearranged, puzzles, phraseological units encrypted with pictures). The riddles are not very complex, but not primitive either; they are more designed for ingenuity and intelligence than for any specific knowledge. There are a lot of tasks, so you can definitely create a search chain to suit your taste!
The kit is suitable for printing on a black and white printer.
The recommended age of players is adults and teenagers over 14 years old.

Set design

This is what part of the tasks in the proposed kit looks like:

Description of tasks

(key places where you can hide hints and surprises are indicated in brackets)

Hint “TV show reversals” (TV). An interesting and fun task that will especially appeal to fans of the game “shifters”. Example from the tooltip: Caucasian chebureks (Ural dumplings).
Hint “Catchphrases from movies”(newspaper). To find out where to move next, you need to remember phrases from famous Soviet films.
Hint “Pseudo-scientific nonsense”(lamp). A very exciting task for a sense of humor and imaginative thinking. The task contains well-known proverbs and sayings in which all words are replaced with scientific (or almost scientific) definitions. The result was some pseudoscientific nonsense. Example from the tooltip: A person who has ingested ethyl alcohol in an amount exceeding a certain dose is prone to an inadequate idea of the depth of certain types of large bodies of water (Answer: The drunken sea is knee-deep).
Hint "Fairytale Ads"(computer). A nice, fun task of ingenuity. You need to guess which of the famous fairy-tale characters is the author of the comic advertisements. Example from the tooltip: I offer services for conducting fire and pyrotechnic shows. An irreplaceable worker! By inviting me, you will appreciate the saying: “One head is good, but several are better!” (Answer: Zmey Gorynych).
Hint “Proverb squared”(sofa). A difficult task for quick thinking: you need to cut out 9 squares with letters and fold them into one large square so that you can read the proverb.
Hint "In the Animal World"(mirror). A fun task of ingenuity: you need to guess which of the representatives of the animal world is most suitable for sayings as mottos. Example from the tooltip: "Leopard change his spots!" (camel).
Prompt "Family Ties" (plate). It is necessary to restore the confused words denoting the names of various family relationships.
"Encrypted text" tooltip (closet). There are 4 encrypted phrase options to choose from.
Hint "Dance" (fridge). Interesting dance quiz.
Hint "Edible anagrams" (curtain). An entertaining task with anagrams. Example from the tooltip: rent + nickname = nectarine.
Hint “Encrypted phraseological units”(chair). A good task for imaginative thinking.
Hint "Riddles with a trick" (pillow). Comic riddles.
Hint "Common letters" (mug). Intelligence challenge.
Hint "Encrypted saying" (bag). Tricky cipher. We need to find a way to read the famous saying.
Hint "Multiplication tables" (drawer in the kitchen). An interesting logic task.

Please note: tips 1-9 are made on A4 sheet; and tips 10-15 are on half the sheet.

recommendations for preparing and conducting a quest + a sign for creating a search chain + an approximate scenario for conducting a quest in an apartment
tasks and answers (each task is immediately followed by an answer, and for convenience and clarity, all answers are formatted in the same way as the tasks themselves)

Attention! The kit is offered in electronic form - you will need to print everything you need on a printer yourself (sheet format when printing A4).

Set format: tasks and answers - 27 pages, recommendations - 3 pages (pdf files)

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In recent years, the word “quest” has increasingly become associated with young guys who rush around the city performing strange tasks and looking for a mysterious code in abandoned houses. But oldfags know that in fact, quests are the noblest genre of PC games. An endangered species that is gradually being squeezed out of the world of the gaming industry.

Just 15-20 years ago, quests confidently sat on the gaming throne, captivating gamers with unprecedented graphics quality. Static images did not require much PC power, but at the same time they looked an order of magnitude better than the square pixels in games of that time.

Today you won’t surprise anyone with graphics. Competing with modern games, with their incredible special effects and constant action, is an almost impossible task for quests. Although the budget for their creation is not small: find good artists, hire professional writers... So the developers either have to survive on already promoted titles, or come up with something fundamentally new.

Nevertheless, the quest is alive - and the liveliest representatives of this genre are collected in our rating.

10. Nancy Drew

Developer: Her Interactive
Year: since 1998

There is hardly a longer series in the quest genre than the investigations of Nancy Drew, a young girl detective (according to the plot, she is 18 years old). It's no joke, Her Interactive have already released 32 games and are not going to stop.

However, why be surprised? From 1930 to 2003, 175 volumes of Nancy Drew mysteries were published; Nancy appeared on movie screens back in 1938 and has not left them to this day, appearing in various images not only in films, but also in TV series. The best quests from the Nancy Drew series: “White Wolf of Ice Gorge”, “Last Train to Moon Gorge”, “The Secret of Shadow Ranch”.

First-person gameplay hasn't changed much over the years. Therefore, it is enough to familiarize yourself with any game in the series to get a general idea of the franchise. A certain feature of Nancy Drew can be called a low age rating: often without restrictions, and in several games 10+. Such harmlessness, coupled with the worldwide fame of the main character, made it possible to introduce many representatives of the fair sex to computer games. You can use this as a life hack.

9. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Developer: Frogwares
Year: since 2002

I am quite far from the domestic games industry, so until recently I knew about the existence of only 2 Ukrainian games: Stalker and Cossacks. “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” allows us to expand this list by 50%, because the development of the game series was carried out by the Kiev company Frogwares. The guys even developed their own graphics engine, which they successfully used until 2014.

Since 2002, 7 games have been released about the great detective:

"Five Egyptian Figurines" (2002);
“The Mystery of the Silver Earring” (2004);
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret of Cthulhku (2006);
"Sherlock Holmes vs. Arsene Lupine" (2007);
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper (2009);
"The Last Will of Sherlock Holmes" (2012);
“Crimes and Punishments” (2014);
"Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter" is scheduled for release on May 27, 2016.

Those who want to get acquainted with the adventures of Sherlock can start with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments, which has received good ratings from many gaming resources. And for those with weak PCs, we can recommend “The Secret of Cthulhu” or “Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper.” Although almost all parts boast consistently high-quality plots and well-developed “classic” quest components: collecting evidence, interviewing witnesses and solving puzzles will help uncover intriguing mysteries.

8. L.A. Noire

Developer: Rockstar Games
Year: 2011

When Rockstar Games takes on another project, gamers are in for a real masterpiece. Yes, their games are brutal and often encourage senseless violence, but when it comes to plot, characters, dialogue and the virtual world, the guys from New York have set the bar so high that many competitors can only dream of such professionalism. And detective L.A. is proof of this. Noire: you can’t call it a purebred quest, but the game is worthy of the attention of those who like to unravel mysteries.

The game takes place in 1947 Los Angeles. You will play the role of a police detective named Cole Phelps and your task will be to solve a number of crimes. To succeed, you will need to examine the places where they happened, looking for evidence and all kinds of clues, and interview witnesses who could lead to the criminal. It is your attention to detail and scrupulousness that will determine how complete the picture of what is happening you will see.

Game Features

The city and buildings are detailed in detail. At first, it’s especially interesting to drive around Los Angeles, the outskirts of which look like a typical village.
Thoughtful dialogues. They play an important role in the game. When interrogating witnesses or suspects, you need to be extremely concentrated, watching what turn the interrogation takes. Once I was out of shape and in one case a seasoned gang of car thieves escaped with a slight fright, and in another case I missed a dangerous pedophile.
The game has a main storyline (26 missions) and two secondary ones, presented in the form of cut scenes. Moreover, one of the stories will appear only if you regularly “read” the local newspaper. In addition, the gamer will be able to take part in dozens of short missions, so-called “street crimes”: catch a bank robber, take part in a chase, shoot with gangsters in the alley. In a word, if you once played GTA, then L.A. Noire you will quickly find something to do.
Participation in the project of professional actors. To create the game, the guys from Rockstar hired several dozen professional actors. I recognized a good half of them from the TV series I watched. And I will tell you that the facial expressions and performance of these actors will greatly help you during interrogations.
And finally: in the settings you can enable the black and white screen function. And then the whole surroundings - clothes, cars, music, dialogues - will take you into the atmosphere of noir films.

Flaws

Initially, the game was made for consoles and only after a while it was ported to PC. The process did not go well, giving gamers a lot of bugs and glitches. But don't let the difficulties rob you of the fun. With the help of the all-knowing Internet, you can easily solve all the bugs and enjoy the game.
Many aspects of L.A. Noire is executed carelessly. For example: you shoot a suspect in the leg, and he falls dead. During firefights, there is no life indicator or information about the number of ammo you have. Cars behave poorly on the road (I mean handling), and such evidence as fingerprints does not exist in principle.

But while playing the game you don’t focus on the shortcomings, you are so absorbed by the plot, dialogues and the well-drawn city.

7.Myst

Developer: Amanita Design
Year: 1993

I hope that modern game connoisseurs, who have epileptic seizures at the mere thought of 8-bit graphics, were happily revived after their eyes fell on the year of publication of Myst. Fear not, dear graphomaniacs: the first part has been revived several times using modern 3D engines. In addition, 5 more parts were released after it (if you count Uru). The best of them, perhaps, was Myst 4: Revelation (2004).

Myst's signature gameplay is a 360-degree panoramic view. Moreover, if in the previous parts the two-dimensional images were rather static and enlivened only by rare animation or video inserts, then in Revelation the developers created a truly living world. Small details, like a flying dragonfly, the rustling of leaves, or a frog in a pond that can be scared away by a careless movement, give a truly cool feeling that real life is boiling around the hero.

The locations through which you will have to travel to stop the next bad guys and save the girl, as in the previous parts, remain incredibly colorful. These fabulous landscapes alone are worth going through Myst 4: Revelation. Moreover, the game provides 2 alternative endings.

Developer: Daedalic Entertainment
Year: 2012

Failed inventor Rufus dreams of getting out of the junkyard planet Deponia. It seems he has a chance when he sneaks onto an Organon cruiser and meets a girl there from the planet Elysium who needs help... An unlucky hero who gets into trouble every now and then, nice cartoon graphics and humorous dialogues: what is happening evokes certain associations with “Futurama” .

The game was originally conceived as a trilogy, the final part of which was released on March 1, 2016. Chaos on Deponia and Goodbye Deponia are the names of the second and third parts. All of them received high ratings from users and critics, so there is no point in highlighting any one of them: it is better to get to know this creation from beginning to end.

5. Machinarium

Developer: Amanita Design
Year: 2009

The cleaning robot Josef has been framed! He is not guilty of anything! But try to prove it: Josef is escorted out of the Machinarium and sent to a landfill - a prison for robots. The main character will have to not only get out of the landfill, but also stop the gang of Black Hats, who, as befits all villains, were planning to undermine something there.

Several English-language gaming portals immediately recognized Machinarium as the best indie game of 2009. “Gaming Mania” did not stand aside, giving the title of quest of the year to “Machinarium” in the same 2009. At the festival of independent games, the project won in the category “unsurpassed excellence in fine art.” All these achievements are especially impressive considering that the development team consisted of only 7 enthusiasts who created Machinarium in 3 years, spending... $1000 on it.

Botanicula, 2012

In 2012, Amanita Design released another successful quest with similar animation - Botanicula. It is definitely recommended for Machinarium fans to complete.

4. Broken Sword

Developer: Revolution Software
Year: 1996

A wonderful quest with pleasant humor and atmosphere in the spirit of popular detective series. By chance, the main character, George Stobbart, will have to retrain from a tourist to a detective in order to uncover an insidious conspiracy. His charming companion, Nicole Collard, will help him with this.

The game series consists of 4 parts and 2 remasterings of the first two games (those were released back in 1996/97). The third part, “Broken Sword: Sleeping Dragon,” appeared in 2003 and was original in its own way. The developers decided to transfer what is happening to 3D and refuse to use the mouse cursor so that the quest does not turn into another mindless “clicking” of the screen. Instead, they added a bit of Tomb Rider-style adventure.

The game turned out to be exciting, although not everyone was happy with the lack of a mouse. In the 4th part, Revolution Software decided to meet the fans by returning their beloved cursor.

3. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Developer: Funcom
Year: 2006

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey was rightfully voted the best adventure game of 2006 by Absolute Games readers. From time to time, Dreamfall turns from a quest into an action-adventure with stealth elements. The main plot connects two opposite worlds together: one is a high-tech world of the future, the second is a fairy-tale fantasy world. The story involves 3 different characters, each of whom has their own story and goals. But gradually their destinies become intertwined.

The quest is very exciting: carefully developed characters and a mixture of different genres made it possible to create interesting gameplay. And several worlds between which the heroes travel provide a real variety of locations. Many quests lack such versatility, but definitely not Dreamfall: one mission takes place in a futuristic metropolis of the future, the next takes you to some fabulous eastern city, and after that you can find yourself among green meadows or snow-covered slums.

In 2014, the second part, Dreamfall Chapters, was released.

2. Syberia

Developer: Microids
Year: 2002

One of the best quests of all time. This is facilitated by an excellent steampunk-style atmosphere and original locations, in which memories of the post-revolutionary Soviet era and fantastic stories with mammoths traveling across Siberia are intricately mixed. Perhaps no one except Benoit Sokal could fill this action with such a charming atmosphere.

"Syberia" is 100% a classic quest with nice 3D graphics. The success of the first part laid the foundation for its continuation - Syberia 2 was released in 2004, which met the expectations of fans and looked like a harmonious continuation of the story. In 2012, work began on the third part, the release of which is scheduled for the end of 2016.

Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier
Year: 2014

This game deserves respect at least for its courage. Are there many games about the First World War? Are there many quests telling about the war? Despite the cartoonish graphics and the design of the game in the form of a two-dimensional platformer, Valiant Hearts in a simple and accessible language talks about the First World War and the destinies of people who suddenly found themselves thrown into this monstrous meat grinder of events.

As you progress, you will have to act as 4 different characters who find themselves at the front. Excellent musical accompaniment and artistic design, combining modern animation with photographs and documents of that era, allow you to immerse yourself in what is happening.

The best adventure game of 2014 according to Igromaniya.

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Quest(from the English quest - search for adventure) is a game in which players receive various tasks, completing which they obtain clues that allow them to move on to the next task. Players who successfully complete the tasks win and receive a prize.

This type of game is suitable for children like no other, since players are required to be active, creative in completing missions, and ingenious.

Quest tasks often depend on the topic on which the game is being played. The most popular among children is treasure hunting or detective work.

But whatever the topic, it should be interesting and varied. The complexity of the tasks also affects how exciting the game will be, and the main rule here is “don’t overdo it”; the tasks shouldn’t be too complicated, but they shouldn’t be simple either.

Searching through notes is the simplest option for organizing a quest. It contains notes that players must obtain or find on pieces of paper.

The encryption methods themselves and the methods may be different, for example:

1. The name of the next place is cut into letters that need to be connected in the correct order.

2. The name of the place is encrypted in the form of a rebus or charade.

3. Understand the pattern and insert the missing word (“heat – oven, cold – ?”).

4. Write the hint with a candle and give it along with the paints so that the child can paint over the sheet and the text will appear.

5. Place signs to the location of the next hiding place (for example, of different colors, shapes or from certain objects and tell the children that the next clue was taken by a lion and to find it you need to follow his tracks).

6. The clue words may be mixed up and must be placed in the correct order.

7. Write the clue backwards.

8. Write lemon juice or milk on a sheet of paper, which you give along with a candle and lighter.

9. Encrypt the message (for example, by simple replacement when each letter changes to its own serial number in the alphabet). The key to the cipher must be guessed or given the opportunity to earn it (in another task).

10. Name an object that is in several copies in the house so that the children go around them all in search of a note.

11. Write down the hint in a mirror way.

12. Encrypt the message with pictures.

13. Write on the refrigerator in magnetic letters.

So that children can cope with everything tasks for the quest , and to get the most out of its completion, you need to prepare tips and, most importantly, PRIZES!

Quest parties for teenagers are a fresh and exciting idea. They teach children and youth to spend their free time interestingly and actively. Among the wide variety of quest scenarios, you are sure to find those that are suitable for your child in terms of age, theme and location. Professional animators will also be able to help you organize them.

Quest parties are popular among children of all ages. They give participants the opportunity to feel like heroes of their favorite stories from books and cartoons, and practice their intelligence, dexterity, accuracy and other qualities.

The quests are so fascinating that even adults will be happy to get involved in this whirlpool of emotions.

From the article you will learn how to properly prepare and conduct a quest for a teenager’s birthday, and also supplement your piggy bank with interesting scenarios and quest ideas.

Features and benefits of quests

A quest is an interactive entertainment during which players complete a series of logical tasks interconnected in order to reach the final goal.

The finish must be attractive to participants in order to act as a strong motivating factor.

In birthday quests, the birthday boy and his friends are looking for the main gift or birthday cake, but all participants should receive incentive prizes for their diligence and teamwork in passing the tests.

There is a huge variety of quests for teenagers. All events can be combined into several groups according to one or another criteria:

at the venue
apartment, cafe, quest room, open space, etc.;
by number of participants
games can be designed for one, two or three people, and even for entire teams;
by topic
detective, historical, spy, scientific and other types of games;
by content
depending on the purpose of the quest: find a way out of the room, find a gift, save a character, investigate a crime, etc.;
by linearity
single-level tasks with a single solution option or multi-level puzzles with different approaches.

Quests for children and teenagers not only perform an entertaining function, but also are responsible for the development and education of youth. Let's list the advantages of this type of party:

a universal form of celebration for any age - both children and adults enjoy participating in the game;
give the child the right vector for relaxation (active pastime with exercise for the mind is clearly more beneficial than playing on a computer or tablet);
teach children teamwork and promote team unity;
enable each child to feel their importance and benefit in achieving a common goal;
give bright emotions and unforgettable sensations;
help children and adolescents discover their potential, demonstrate leadership and other qualities;
family quests help children and parents get closer, this is especially true for teenagers whose interests lie outside of home and family.

We invite an event agency to the holiday

In order not to “rack your brains” over preparing a quest for teenagers, you can contact an agency organizing holidays. Professional animators will offer interesting quests for teenagers with a colorful costume show, an interesting plot and rich props.

As a rule, event agencies have ready-made quests for teenagers, but specialists can adapt the quest to suit your child’s hobbies and age characteristics, or even write an individual script. If animators conduct an away quest for teenagers on your territory, they must study it in advance and discuss all the details about the design and content of the game.

Even if you don’t need to tell the organizers any information, you need to meet with the future host of the celebration in advance. From the conversation it will become clear how a person relates to children, whether he understands child psychology, whether he knows how to find an approach to each child - this is what a good animator should be like. From reviews, photographs and videos you can see the quality of his acting and ability to captivate the participants.

Choosing a game venue

Choosing the territory for the quest is the first task in preparing the holiday.

Quests for children can be held both indoors and outdoors. It is important to compare the theme of the quest game scenario for teenagers with the location where it is held. For example, if you have planned the “Parallel Worlds” quest, then you will need a lot of space for the event - it includes several tents depicting different eras.

Most often, away quests for children's parties are held in cafes, at home and outdoors. You can organize a party indoors with magical or pirate touches - something in the spirit of “Harry Potter”, “The Lord of the Rings” or “Pirates of the Caribbean”. In open areas there is room to expand, so tasks for outdoor quests for teenagers should not only be intellectual, but also involve tests of dexterity, strength, speed, and endurance.

The choice of game territory also depends on the number of participants. It is unlikely that in a small apartment you can organize an exciting quest for a team of teenagers of 7-8 people. To find clues, you need to overcome obstacles, look for the right thing in several places and not bump into other clues. Please note that the number of stops for a quality quest is at least 6, so choose a spacious room with unexpected hiding places.

If you arrange all the varieties of territory from smaller to larger area, you get the following picture:

Apartment
for small quests with intellectual riddles and puzzles. The optimal number of participants is 1-4.
Cafe
has more space and possibilities for decorations. Bright themed shows are appropriate here, often organized with the help of professional animators.
Open area
Suitable for a large company or several competing teams. Scenarios for interesting quests in nature for teenagers should contain many dynamic tasks using space (for example, holding relay races or competitions for accuracy).

Universal competitions for quests

Any quest is interesting due to its moderately complex, unusual and funny challenges that need to be completed to get a hint and advance to the next level of the game. All quest tasks for teenagers are divided into three types:

Puzzles
solving puzzles, crosswords, charades, anagrams, passing labyrinths, etc.
Using props
reveal invisible ink, open a lock or box, etc.
Active actions
assemble an artifact from parts, collect ingredients for a potion, overcome a physical obstacle, etc.

Below are examples of what kind of “shell” you can hide hints in and how to get them out of there:

make up a clue word from cut or scattered letters;
assemble a puzzle (picture or map);
solve a rebus or charade (the answer will be a key word);
decipher a coded word or message (a decoder diagram is attached to the task, where each letter is assigned a specific icon);
write a word or text with a candle (the inscription will appear on the painted sheet);
complete a logical chain of words;
choose an extra word from the group of suggested ones (it will be a hint);
solve riddles (the riddles will be the necessary keys);
solve a crossword puzzle in which the highlighted word is a clue;
decipher popular expressions or sayings;
hide a hint in one of the camera frames, send it by email or SMS;
find a way out through the maze to the desired key item.

Adapt and supplement the tasks depending on the level of complexity and theme of the quest scenario for teenagers. They should be decorated brightly and attractively for children.

Scenario of the quest “Cave of the Three Parrots”

This event is ideal for holding in a country house or other open area. The quest is a series of obstacles and tests that must be overcome in order to get to the main prize - a treasure in the cave of three parrots. The presenter is in the image of an experienced traveler or ship captain, the participants make up themselves as Papuans. The game will captivate both children 9-10 years old and older children. To organize this quest for teenagers in nature, you will need the following props:

materials for face painting;
a bottle with an encrypted letter;
pictures of three parrots;
15-20 balloons filled with water;
long rope for web;
utensils for a noise orchestra (buckets, bowls, spoons, pots, etc.);
10-15 plastic water bottles;
a homemade target made of plywood or cardboard, several sticks as a spear;
disposable plates;
paints, brushes;
clothespins;
plastic and cardboard cups;
empty bottle;
materials for amulets (cones, stones, pasta of various shapes, sticks, etc.);
parts of a cut card;
chest with treasure - gifts for all participants.

The sequence of stages of the quest is as follows:

Reading a letter from a corked bottle
the message is encrypted, the key to the cipher is attached to the letter.
Relay race “Collecting coconuts”
balloons with water.
Walking through the web
the task is to pass through a rope stretched in different positions between the trees, trying not to get caught in it.
Rite of the Noise Orchestra
the goal is to create a certain rhythmic pattern and, walking in a circle, play a melody.
Walking the trail
arrange plastic bottles of water in a zigzag pattern and run between them in a “serpentine” pattern.
Javelin-throwing
the task is to hit the target with a “spear” from a certain distance;
Sacrifice
paint funny faces on plastic plates and place them on a rope using clothespins;
Transfusion of “living” water
The task is to pour water in a chain using cups from the first player to the last and pour it into a bottle with a narrow neck.
Construction of the fortress
build the highest possible strength from cardboard cups.
Obstacle - rock
The goal is to “break” a rock made of plastic water bottles with balloons filled with water.
Gifts for Papuans
making amulets from improvised means - pebbles, pasta, sticks, cones, painting and painting them.
Card recovery
The Papuans, in gratitude, leave the players pieces of the map, after collecting which the children find the cave of the three parrots, where the treasure is hidden.
Final part
presentation of gifts, completion of the game.

Invitation cards for such an exciting event can be prepared in the form of an ancient message, which can be “aged” using tea leaves or coffee grounds. For greater effect, you can singe the edges of the letter.

Organization of a pirate quest

This themed party is one of the quests for teenagers at home. The presenter can transform into a ship captain or a famous pirate (for example, Jack Sparrow). The pirate theme captivates both children and older children, so this game is suitable for participants of any age (you just need to choose the optimal difficulty of the tasks). According to the scenario, the feast smoothly flows into a game when the organizer, having poured rum or ale for all the “pirates”, discovers a note glued to the bottle...

Before the game you should prepare the following props:

invitation letter with a map of Sladoland island (apartment diagram);
sails made of thin fabric attached to a long stick, a fan (to simulate the movement of a ship in the wind), a video of the movement of a ship on the open sea;
a tied bundle with riddles;
a note with a task and a picture of a banana (for the bathroom);
rope, bananas, boxes with pirate marks inside (on each mark there is a letter from the keyword);
10 pictures of bats, bag (for the Cave);
palm tree drawing;
balls with keyword letters, basket (for Jungle).
task note, skittles (for Sleepy Hollow);
paper snowflake;
treasures in the form of sweets.

The quest scenario includes the following stages:

Getting to know the letter from the leader of the pirates of the Caribbean
an invitation to a game, the goal of which is to find treasures on the island of Sweetland.
Folding map pieces to get all waypoints
it is attached to the letter. The first station is indicated by the number “1”, all subsequent ones are recognized from the keys.
Stop at the Valley of Wisdom
desk. Guessing riddles on a marine theme (the bundle with riddles is hidden in the depths of the table).
Stop at Coral Bay
In bathroom. The task is to name at least 30 words related to the sea and pirate life (players find this task on a note attached in the bathroom). After its successful completion, the presenter asks you to find the key where to go next (there is a picture of a banana stuck in the bathroom).
Stop at Banana Grove
kitchen. The task is to cut pirate marks from the rope and use the letters on them to form a keyword - the place of further travel.
Stop at the Cave
corridor. The task is to find 10 bats and put them in a bag, then the entrance to the cave (closet) will open, where there is a clue - a drawing of a palm tree.
Stop in the Jungle
window sill with indoor plants. The task is to throw coconuts (balls) into the basket, then form a clue word from the letters of the balls - the next point on the route.
Stop at Sleepy Hollow
sofa. The players find a note saying that everyone is falling asleep here. The participants' task is to walk with their eyes closed from one end of the sofa to the other without touching the placed pins. After passing the test, there is a clue hidden behind the sofa - a snowflake.
Stop at the glacier
fridge. The task is to collect a key word from letters on magnets that indicates treasures (these will be candies and a cake, which can be seen when you open the refrigerator).
End of the quest
gala feast with the main prize.

When organizing a pirate party, you must follow the dress code. Provide bandanas or dark scarves, homemade vests with fringes (they can be cut from black film and bags), and patches over one eye for young pirates. In the invitation to the party, you need to specify the requirements for the pirate image and assign a “fine” for the complete absence of any pirate marks. The final sweet prize should also be decorated in a themed style: the cake can be decorated with an image of the Jolly Roger, and next to it you can place a “box of gold” - chocolate coins in foil.

A good quest for teenagers can be organized anywhere - at home, in a cafe or outdoors. Interesting tasks, non-standard ideas, unexpected hiding places with clues, cool plot twists and bright thematic decorations with props - if you take these conditions into account, the quest will cause a flurry of delight among the birthday boy and his friends.

Conducting a quest for teenagers: video

An exciting quest is a great way to spend time for teenagers. In today's video review, two videos are provided - in the first you can get acquainted with the quest "The Magic of Spring", and in the second - "Tourist Rally".

We will tell you what quest ideas you can use to open your own business. Learn how to choose the most suitable topic without making mistakes.

The method of having a fun time in search of various clues, solving problems and puzzles is not new, but it came to Russia only in 2012. This is not only an interesting idea for shared leisure time, corporate parties and family holidays, but also a promising idea for business.

How to come up with quests yourself and which ideas are the most profitable? The answers to these and other questions are in a new article.

Quest as a good business idea

Quest rooms or quest rooms are a popular area of the event business, along with attractions and game rooms. Completing interesting tasks within one or several rooms, or an entire city is an excellent alternative to a regular feast, a trip to nature, or another way to have a pleasant and interesting time.

Opening your own business in this field is not difficult. You need a room, task scenarios and the necessary props. The organizational form for registering a business is individual entrepreneur. OKVED 92.72 - “Other activities for organizing recreation and entertainment, not included in other groups.”

Such a business is promising in cities where the population is slightly over 400,000 people. In some small cities there are no quest rooms at all or only 1-2 such establishments operate.

With a competent approach to marketing, studying the competitive environment and offering quality services, the revenue of a quest room with 3-4 groups of visitors on weekdays and 8-10 on weekends will be 252,000 rubles per month. According to analysts, the profitability of this business idea exceeds 100%.

Table comparing the strengths and weaknesses of a business idea for opening a questroom:

Weak sides	Strengths
Difficulty coming up with and implementing original ideas	Cooperation with cafes, restaurants, hotels, children's playrooms will become a source of stable income
Negative reviews will spoil the impression of the location and weaken customer interest	Your own website and social networks are an effective way to attract new customers
Not all clients like prepayment work, and without it there is a high risk of the customer not showing up	The key to success is friendly staff, interesting surroundings and originality of adventures
The need to frequently change the program in each location, otherwise the interest of visitors will disappear	Convenient work schedule. Easy to adapt to customer wishes
	Prospects for business expansion. In one city you can open several questrooms with different locations

Why do people participate in quests?

Reasons why people willingly choose this type of holiday:

this is an interesting pastime (in 1 hour the team solves 15-20 sequential and parallel problems);
an opportunity to escape from everyday worries and immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the game;
training for intelligence;
testing your abilities and reaction speed in situations requiring quick decision making;
the opportunity to see your friends, work colleagues, family members from a new perspective;
a way to tickle your nerves, get extreme sensations, and show your hidden talents and abilities;
gaining new experience;
receiving pleasure and positive emotions;
a memorable way to celebrate a birthday, February 23, March 8, company anniversary, wedding, or any other memorable event.

Participation in quests is a way to unite the team. This type of leisure is one of the team building tools that shows the role of each employee in the team.

The tasks are not limited to the territory of a shopping center or a closed questroom. Some of them involve moving around the city. Players then use scooters, bicycles or cars to quickly move around in search of clues.

If you don’t know the city well, this is a good way to get to know it or look at long-familiar places with fresh eyes.

What types of quests are there?

The types of this fun leisure activity vary by location, theme, focus, age of participants (family for moms, dads and children, 18+ (erotic), children's, economic, intellectual, wedding).

Let's take a closer look at the most common directions.

Quest room (Questroom)

This is a special room (one or several rooms) with a themed interior, inside which various tips and tasks are hidden. The players' task is to find clues, go through all stages of the test and get out of the questroom.

Each room has a separate stylistic design, immersing participants in the fabulous atmosphere of the gaming action. The atmosphere is complemented by lighting and music (depending on the scenario and equipment of the establishment).

Live quests

This type involves the distribution of roles between players according to the proposed scenario. The basis of a reality game is the script of a book, film, or computer game, which “comes to life” through the efforts of the players. This form of quest is used to unite the team, as a group psychotherapeutic method.

Children and adults can take part in the live quest. For children, plots from children's works and cartoons are used as scripts.

Outdoor quest

You can play not only indoors, but also outdoors. Outdoor form - searching for treasure, passing various tests, holding relay races in nature. It complements a corporate trip, birthday celebration, or leisure time at a children's camp as an entertainment program for schoolchildren and students.

City quests

Have you not yet settled into a new city or, on the contrary, are you very familiar with your native places? Take part in the city quest. Look for clues on the sidewalks, walls of houses, solve riddles to find the final point of the game route before others.

Labyrinth

Participation in this program is a great way to test your speed of thinking, resourcefulness, and ability to quickly navigate a situation. The goal is to find a way out of a labyrinth room or confusing passages and passages built in the open air. Going through labyrinths is equally enjoyed by adults and children.

Children's questroom

This is a room with a children's interior, designed for active games, treasure hunting, solving riddles, and finding a way out of the maze. The complexity of the tasks and the duration of the event depend on the age of the participants. For children of primary school age, some scenarios include the participation of adults (animators, presenters, parents).

A virtual reality

Want to spice up your favorite computer game? An indoor quest with a themed interior and “revived” characters from the famous computer saga performed by real actors - maximum immersion in virtual reality.

Depending on the chosen scenario, you will have to overcome difficulties, face dangers, negotiate with “evil heroes” or “kill” them.

TOP 5 popular ideas for quests

There are many ready-made scenarios, but consider even the best methods only as an example, a basis for creating your own unique idea.

We bring to your attention 5 examples of the most popular ideas as a source of inspiration for developing your own gaming program.

Idea 1. Quest with notes

The essence of the idea is simple: participants find the first note with a task or riddle, after solving it they will find the next clue and so on along the chain. The outcome of the game is finding the treasure, receiving symbolic prizes and souvenirs, or leaving the questroom. For a 1 hour program you will need 15-20 notes.

You can even play this game at home or in the office. Pick up tasks with hints, hide them in different places in the apartment and play. This is an original way to give a birthday gift, confess your feelings or just relieve boredom.

Idea 2. Quest with a map

You can go through the stages of the quest with a map on the scale of an apartment, a house yard, or even a city. Take a map of the area - draw a schematic plan of a house or yard with landmarks, as well as cross dots indicating places where “artifacts” are hidden.

Connect the artifacts with each other according to their meaning (for example, the pieces of a puzzle, connecting which you will get a solution image) so that they become the key to the answer.

Idea 3. Photo quest

Participants are divided into teams and given a map or route diagram and a camera. The route map indicates the locations where the objects that need to be photographed are located. At the end of the game, the teams show their photos to the presenter. He evaluates the speed and quality of each team’s task and announces the winner.

The second version of the photo quest is the use of photographs and images as clues for finding the key or solution to the task.

Idea 4. Quest “by the arrows”

The mechanics of this game are elementary. Participants are over 3 years old. For the game, draw arrows pointing to the next location. Play in the apartment, in the forest, in the park, in the yard. Overcoming obstacles on the way from location to location will complicate the process and make the quest interesting and dynamic.

Idea 5. Quests with riddles and puzzles

Do you like anagrams, puzzles and riddles? A dynamic intellectual quest is an excellent memory and thinking training. The answer to each of the tasks will smoothly lead you to deciphering the main riddle and receiving a symbolic prize - a comic medal, a certificate or a funny souvenir.

The advantage of this adventure is that it can be carried out anywhere, even during a long journey in an airplane or car.

A prison, a detective solving a crime, a mysterious street, finding a way out in an empty room are the most popular ideas for a game plot.

The choice of topics for quest scenarios depends on the target audience for which you are preparing the program. Consider the age of the participants, their interests, and professional activities.

Regardless of the chosen topic, the program should contain 10-20 tasks on logic, intelligence, physical activity, observation, sensory organs, as well as several “wow-effects”, that is, unexpected turns of events, finds.

The program is often based on the plot of a film, computer game or book. Choose those topics that are at the peak of popularity today. “Star Wars”, historical adventure stories (pirates, robbers), computer games (“Minecraft”, “Resident Evil”, “Lara Croft”) are always relevant.

When compiling a program based on a film or game, carefully study the source. It is not necessary to play out the storyline exactly.

Take a mechanic, a character, or one of the episodes that can easily be developed into an interesting, unique story. For maximum immersion “into the theme” you will need costumes, surroundings, props, and interior decor.

For psychotherapeutic quests, the leader must know exactly the problem that the participants want to “play” for psycho-emotional release.

5 common mistakes when organizing a quest

It’s easy to make a mistake when organizing a program by choosing the wrong props, not taking into account the specifics of the event location, or being too clever with the script.

Mistake 1: Using fragile props

Any props that can tear or break are not suitable for the event. It will deteriorate and cannot be reused. Shards are a potential risk of injury. This is a bad reputation for a questroom. Even if no one gets hurt from the spoiled props, visitors are unlikely to like it.

Use beautiful, interesting props as decoration for a photo zone. Unusual surroundings and a themed interior are a way to attract the attention of customers.

Mistake 2. The game is too long (lack of dynamism)

Even if the quest is based on puzzles and riddles, it should have dynamics. Diversify the list of tasks with dynamic tasks, add “wow” effects, for example, unexpected actions that players need to perform in order to get the next puzzle. Tasks must constantly replace each other. There shouldn't be too many or too few.

Play with problems from mathematics and physics so that their solution is dynamic. Invite guests to test some laws of physics in practice by conducting simple experiments

Mistake 3. Neglecting safety precautions

The place where the event is held must meet fire safety standards and sanitary requirements. This is especially important for children's quests that involve dynamic movements of participants.

Make sure that all locations, props, and the process of completing tasks are not hazardous. This requirement is mandatory for all types of quests (away, city and even home, organized for preschoolers).

Mistake 4. Incommensurability between the scale of the location and the number of participants

In a spacious room, a small group of participants is forced to look for clues longer and spend more time solving problems. In cramped conditions, a large company, especially one consisting of men or teenagers, will not be able to quickly move from point to point or perform relay tasks.

Make sure that the number of guests corresponds to the area of the quest room and, if it exceeds the optimal one, then only by 1-2 people.

Error 5. The quest stages are not united by one theme

If all the stages of the game are not interconnected and there is no connection between them, you will not end up with a quest, but simply a set of game tasks, after completing which the participants will not understand the general idea of the event.

If you are organizing a thematic quest based on a movie or game, take as a basis not only the images of the heroes or the main confrontation between antiheroes, but also the plot mechanisms so that the participants can indirectly guess what awaits them in the next location.

The single meaning of all actions and tasks that participants have to perform in order to achieve the main goal is the difference between a quest and role-playing and sports games.

Remember

Anyone can write a quest. The main thing is to focus on the audience for whom the program is being written, and read reviews from participants in different programs.
To promote a new gaming program, use prizes for the winners: souvenirs, tickets to a concert, to a club.
Organizing fun adventures for a group of players is a profitable type of business.
Don't buy expensive paraphernalia for locations. You can do a lot of things with your own hands or borrow them for free from neighbors or friends.

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