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The Hike - A "Choose Your Own Adventure" Zoom game for remote teams

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Looking for some virtual Halloween fun? Download these free slides and instructions for "The Hike" to play on your next group video call. Use software like Zoom and Slack (or similar), then try to "survive" this slightly evil pick-a-path adventure as a team!

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Debbie Chew
Arc
Super excited that this has finally launched so that other teams can play! Tip: This game goes great with DIY s’mores 🤤
Anna Turnbull
Arc
Maker
@justdebbb S'mores are are an anytime snack for cross-timezone meetings, right? 🙌
Jan Valuch
Korkuma
Love it :D Can wait to take my teammates on a trip!
Anna Turnbull
Arc
Maker
@jan_valuch Good luck and pack your "hiking pack" carefully! 😂
Elizabeth Griffiths
Looking forward to trying this with my team!
Anna Turnbull
Arc
Maker
@wellcomeelizabeth Good luck for your "hike". Thanks for checking out the game!
kirstin
I love this idea, I have a couple questions: I'm wondering if there are other options besides Slack, would Zoom Breakout Rooms work? Or Discord? Or Microsoft Teams? Aiming for less grumbling about yet another app to learn. :) Would this be a good fit for middle school students or only adults?
Anna Turnbull
Arc
Maker
@k_m7 Hi Kirstin, sorry for the delayed response — only just spotted this! The game is software agnostic. All you need is: 1) Software that does a videocall + screenshare AND 2) Software that can do a separate group chat for every team playing (this could be written or voice) The players need to be able to access both pieces of software at the same time (so we suggest playing with e.g. laptop plus phone). As long as you can fulfill those requirements, you should be good to go with any software you already have! Re age appropriateness, the game does have some supernatural/fantasy/horror themes. It was originally designed for adults to play because we designed it for our own team at work! I suggest that you download the game and read through the story slides to get a sense of whether or not you think it would be a good fit.
Natalie Rose
I played this with my Grade 6/7 class and they absolutely loved it! We divided it up over two 40 minute periods and it worked out perfectly! What a great virtual experience to end the year!
Anna Turnbull
Arc
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@natalie_rose1 That's so great to hear! Thanks for letting us know 🙌
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