Scavenger HUNT hack [Archive]

Colon33

03-10-2003, 02:01 AM

My members are looking for something else to do on the forums. So i had this ideaof a scavenger hunt hack.

In this hack basically you make an image that your members need to find. An image or a link or anything. This hack would place that image somewhere in your board.. could be in a post.. could be in the FAQ.. basically anywhere. The first person who finds the item and clicks it wins the hunt. When they click it an Admin is told via PM or Email, and possibly a thread is automatically created in a specific forum that tells of te winner.

Is this too out there or is it not totally fun.. I would think this would be really fun on boards. I have been doing it manually but i think an automated system would be MUCH easier. :)

amykhar

03-10-2003, 02:12 AM

Cute idea. :) I am not going to promise to do it cause I have to work tomorrow but I am sure it will be done by somebody if not me in the near future.

Amy

Colon33

03-10-2003, 05:38 AM

Its a really fun idea. Increases board use...perhaps some form of integration like with LESANEs Store or even ITEMSHOP points can be given as prizes...i have atleast 20-30 board junkies who just sit on the board... something like this gets them to look around more.. hehe.

amykhar

03-10-2003, 01:14 PM

Do you want the part where it places the image in a random post automated too or just the new thread and the PM when somebody finds it?

Amy

Colon33

03-10-2003, 10:18 PM

Well, basically i places the image in a random template or inside a random ACTIVE post.. lets say in a post that has been posted in, in the last...5 days. That could also be chosen from inside the admin panel. But also a Random template, FAQ..Control panel..Forum home..etc..etc.. showthread.. those types of things. Then when someone clicks on it They are taken to a Congratualtions screen, and there is a Auto Thread generated in the forum of your choice and a PM sent to teh Administrators to give out the necessary reward. :) The image might not look nice just smacked into a template, so maybe it should just appear in one of the corners, like bottom right or left.

Colon33

03-10-2003, 10:23 PM

Perhaps also, It can tell you in teh admin panel where the image was placed, so you can give HINTS to where its located after a certain ammount of time like a real scavenger hunt. :)

Colon33

03-18-2003, 08:40 PM

So how is this going? Anxious to see how you are doing.

amykhar

03-18-2003, 08:49 PM

Forgot all about you :blush: I'll do it tomorrow instead of doing the income taxes that I am supposed to do. We learned yesterday that we don't want me writing hacks at night :D

filburt1

03-18-2003, 09:26 PM

I'd volunteer but Amy's already got it and I'm working on vBCron.

Colon33

03-18-2003, 11:30 PM

YOU FORGOT! :( :(

haha thats ok, im not hurt. Just anxious too see the BEST HACK SINCE THE QUICK REPLY! lol

This will be alot of fun!

trafix

03-25-2003, 12:35 AM

Ok I have already started to build a hack to do this but i hace called it Hide 'n' Seek

Are you still instersted?

Colon33

03-25-2003, 12:39 AM

Of course. Its a pain to do this manually.. plus might be more fun to make it faster to use. :) Hide n' Seek doesnt really make sense unless board members are hiding. I vote on Scavaneger HUNT! lol

pgowder

03-25-2003, 12:40 AM

I'm interested.

esquared

03-25-2003, 01:28 AM

I'm interested as well. :)

trafix

03-25-2003, 04:09 AM

i originally called is scavenger hunt but i spose i could change it back!

The idea i am currently working on is that you hide about 20 items(image links) , either within your own site or get your members to add it to their site.

when anybody clicks on the item it takes them to the item list on your forum, this item list will highlight the items that have been found and no highlight others that the member is still looking for.

a top 10 list will show the members with the most found amount of items

there will be lots more to it but its still under construction

Talisman

03-25-2003, 08:10 AM

This sounds great. Please hurry?

Thanks!

pgowder

03-25-2003, 11:38 AM

Today at 01:09 AM trafix said this in Post #15 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=372812#post372812)
i originally called is scavenger hunt but i spose i could change it back!

The idea i am currently working on is that you hide about 20 items(image links) , either within your own site or get your members to add it to their site.

when anybody clicks on the item it takes them to the item list on your forum, this item list will highlight the items that have been found and no highlight others that the member is still looking for.

a top 10 list will show the members with the most found amount of items

there will be lots more to it but its still under construction

Love the idea!

Can't wait!

superman

03-26-2003, 12:38 AM

I'm extremely intrested!!!!! I want this bad my members were looking something like this for halloween, ya know, trick or treat, but this sounds better cause you can do it a lot :) this is great. I can't wait :)

trafix

03-26-2003, 01:35 AM

I hopt to finish it this weekend :)

ryancooper

03-26-2003, 01:55 PM

This does sound awesome. I am very interested as well!

ryancooper

03-26-2003, 01:59 PM

03-25-03 at 06:09 PM trafix said this in Post #15 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=372812#post372812)
i originally called is scavenger hunt but i spose i could change it back!

The idea i am currently working on is that you hide about 20 items(image links) , either within your own site or get your members to add it to their site.

when anybody clicks on the item it takes them to the item list on your forum, this item list will highlight the items that have been found and no highlight others that the member is still looking for.

a top 10 list will show the members with the most found amount of items

there will be lots more to it but its still under construction

This sounds awesome as well!!!

Koutaru

03-27-2003, 04:05 AM

any way for the member to "collect" that item, say, if that item was from the itemshop?

XD Just thought I could ask

trafix

03-27-2003, 11:40 AM

Any one else got any suggestions for this hack, i havnt had much time to work on it cos i have been busy with some other hacks

I will have the next 3 days to work on it now so if you have an idea pls let me know now

ryancooper

03-27-2003, 01:21 PM

This is what I am thinking. Just my wishes.

I like the idea of putting a certain # of images randomly around the site. And I like the idea of letting members collect them. By collect them I mean have a page that has the all the collectible images on it and highlight the ones they have collected. I think there should be a time limit set for the amount of time they have to find the images. This way you can have contests say anyone who finds all 10 images in one week wind (insert prize here)

Also if someone finds a image I think that image should move to another random location so members can't tell each other where the images are once they find them.

Just my 2 cents. Thanks for looking into this awesome hack!!

ryan

Koutaru

03-27-2003, 08:07 PM

Well, I was thinking

Since I have itemshop installed. It would be nice to hide different itemshop items around the boards. If a member finds the item, he/she gets to keep that item. This is especially useful for anyone who has Bitsys RPG hack. That way, members can collect items instead of just buying them

The items should be randomly scattered around for each member. They shouldn't be "set" on one page

Alien

04-04-2003, 09:43 PM

I am very interested in this hack as well. :)

I've done something similiar to this kind of scavenger hunt before when I used to run UBB (I had one for an easter egg hunt, of which i tediously had to add the images manually then manually delete the image from the threads after it was done it wasn't fun!) so would love to see this in a more automated way!

-Jason

Alien

04-16-2003, 07:59 AM

Any updates? ;)

trafix

04-16-2003, 08:28 AM

hmmmm, well

I havent touched it yet as i hace been working on other projects

and I have about 6 days left to get some more sponsors to pay for my owned licence for vb ........

I will get to it though

Alien

04-17-2003, 03:36 AM

Great to hear! :D

pgowder

07-14-2003, 04:50 PM

How is this coming?

Bulleh

07-15-2003, 01:08 AM

sounds fun..

ManagerJosh

04-09-2004, 04:25 AM

sounds fun..
Revive me!!!! :D

pgowder

04-09-2004, 12:45 PM

Amen!!

This would be a great hack!!

cklaszlo

04-24-2004, 03:37 PM

We'd like to see this too. :)

Vman

05-03-2004, 04:39 AM

And Still Nothing!????.....Man I want this one!!!!....Can't wait any longer...PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

ManagerJosh

01-22-2005, 04:41 PM

Revive me!! Someone create it :D

Vman

04-26-2005, 11:46 PM

Is this idea dead???

pgowder

09-05-2005, 01:56 PM

Any new developments?

Lycan

09-10-2005, 04:16 AM

This would have been a fun thing to have had on a forum... but it seems like its been so long since any information had been updated or supplied that im thinking atleast for now anyways ...its not happening folks