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Treasure Hunt - Interactive Event Engagement Game

Turn Your Event Into a
Gamified Experience

Attendees find checkpoints around your venue, earn points and spend them on rewards. You choose where the checkpoints go, and it all runs in the phone browser with no app to install.

Deployed at ETHDenver, Future Maker & more · 14,000+ treasure finds · 400+ checkpoints · 1,000+ players

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The game in 60 seconds.
Deployed At
ETHDenverFuture Maker - NOVA IMS Career FairPortugal Smart Cities SummitFestival da Juventude · CadavalData with Purpose Summit 2026 · NOVA IMSBlockchain ConfluenceSpring Bootcamp · NOVA IMSCultural Week · NOVA IMSNoite Europeia dos Investigadores 2026 · ITQB NOVA, Oeiras

01 / Demo

See What Participants Experienced Across 9 Events

Treasure Hunt home screen at ETHDenver

Home base: scan, explore, compete

Interactive venue map with checkpoint tracking

Interactive venue map with live checkpoint tracking

Live leaderboard at ETHDenver

Live leaderboard keeps players competing all day

Built-in merch store

Built-in merch store where rewards become real items

+Treasure Finds
+Venue Checkpoints
M+Rewards Minted
Events Deployed
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ETHDenver 2026

Denver, CO · Feb 18–21

992 treasures · 59 checkpoints

462K BUFFI · 4 days

European Researchers' Night 2026

Palácio do Marquês de Pombal, Oeiras · Sep 25

240 phones · 3,746 stand visits

659 giveaways · 49 stands

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Smart Cities Summit 2026

FIL Pavilhão 3, Lisbon · May 12–14

8,123 treasures · 103 checkpoints

159K FIL · 3 days

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Future Maker 2026

NOVA IMS, Lisbon · Mar 16–19

2,591 treasures · 115 checkpoints

1M FM · 3 days

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Cadaval Festival 2026

Cadaval, Portugal · May 22–23

2,182 treasures · 57 checkpoints

76,775 FCT · 2 days

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Spring Bootcamp 2026

NOVA IMS, Lisbon · Apr 7

7 teams · 220 treasures

45,650 SB · 42 checkpoints

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Data with Purpose Summit 2026

Taguspark, Oeiras · Jun 25

777 treasures · 25 checkpoints

25,900 DATA · 1 day

See Report →
02 / Features

What You Get
as the Organizer

You decide where people go and what they can win, and you can see the results while the event is still on.

Guide Foot Traffic

You choose where the checkpoints go. Put them at sponsor booths or in the parts of the venue people usually skip, and players will walk there.

Reward Participation

Points come from playing, not from turning up. Players spend them in the event store on merch and sponsor giveaways.

Simple Setup

We place the NFC tags or QR codes wherever you want them. Players sign in once and are playing a few seconds later, without installing an app.

Live Data

A live dashboard shows which checkpoints get visits, which areas stay quiet and who your most active players are.

03 / Media

How It Plays Out, In Their Words

Interviews from the floor of the Portugal Smart Cities Summit, plus photos and clips from live deployments.

Full interview
Joana Pereira & Dinis Araújo · 2:26
Highlights
Dinis Araújo · CTO, NOVA Blockchain Lab · 0:27

From the events

Attendees holding Treasure Hunt tap-to-claim flyers at the booth
Treasure Hunt staffer demoing the game to a crowd at the NOVA Cidade booth
Attendee tapping their phone on a Treasure Hunt poster at the Data with Purpose Summit
Attendee holding the Official Treasure Hunt flyer with a tap-to-claim QR code
NOVA Blockchain Lab bucket hats handed out as event rewards
Event team celebrating together under the venue lights
04 / How It Works

Three Steps:
Tap, Find, Redeem

01

Tap a Treasure

Each treasure is an NFC tag hidden somewhere in the venue. Players tap it with their phone and get points straight away.

02

Find the Rest on the Map

The map shows the treasures a player has not found yet, so they know where to go next.

03

Redeem at the Store

Players spend their points at the event store on rewards, such as merch and sponsor giveaways.

05 / Testimonials

What Organizers and Exhibitors Said

Seriously!! The treasure hunt was a HUGE SUCCESS! You guys played a big role in creating the ETH Denver experience! Well done!

Nick
Head of the Makerspace, ETHDenver

My booth was tucked in a back corner, I barely had anyone stopping by. Then Treasure Hunt hid a checkpoint at my spot and suddenly people kept showing up. They’d scan the tag, see my custom kicks, and start buying. That one checkpoint completely turned my weekend around.

Custom Sneaker Vendor
ETHDenver 2026
06 / Packages

Three Packages,
by Event Size

Pick a package by the size of your event. Every event is quoted on its own, so tell us about yours.

Starter

Treasure Hunt branding, no customisation.

Up to 100 attendees

Checkpoints
Customised look and feel
QR code checkpoints
NFC tag checkpoints
Custom checkpoint design
Engagement
Merch store
Real-time leaderboard
Interactive venue map
Voting polls
Custom social follow rewards
Strategic sponsor placement
Players can hide checkpoints
Support & Scale
On-site support staff
Custom feature development
Multi-event dashboard
Post-event analytics report

Pro

Your branding, NFC tags, sponsor placement and on-site support.

100 to 1,000 attendees

Checkpoints
Customised look and feel
QR code checkpoints
NFC tag checkpoints
Custom checkpoint design
Engagement
Merch store
Real-time leaderboard
Interactive venue map
Voting polls
Custom social follow rewards
Strategic sponsor placement
Players can hide checkpoints
Support & Scale
On-site support staff
Custom feature development
Multi-event dashboard
Post-event analytics report

Enterprise

Everything in Pro, plus features built for your event and a post-event report.

1,000+ attendees

Checkpoints
Customised look and feel (White-label)
QR code checkpoints
NFC tag checkpoints (custom)
Custom checkpoint design
Engagement
Merch store
Real-time leaderboard
Interactive venue map
Voting polls
Custom social follow rewards
Strategic sponsor placement
Players can hide checkpoints
Support & Scale
On-site support staff
Custom feature development
Multi-event dashboard
Post-event analytics report
07 / FAQ

Common
Questions

It can be ready in 48 hours. You tell us where the checkpoints go and what the rewards are, and we design and install the QR codes and NFC tags.

Ready to Run One at Your
Next Event?

Treasure Hunt deploys in days. Tell us your dates, venue and rough headcount and we'll tell you what is realistic.

Nine events so far, from four days at ETHDenver to a single evening at European Researchers' Night in Oeiras.

See Our Results →

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