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Game Settings at a Glance

Last updated April 3, 2026

Overview

This section is where you create and configure every detail about your experiences, including their names, descriptions, pricing, required resources, and puzzle details. Learn how to set up your first game under Game Settings.

Accessing Game Settings

Navigate to Games > Game Settings to view, add, edit, or duplicate games.

Fig. 1 - The Game Settings page with a few examples prepared.
Fig. 1 - The Game Settings page with a few examples prepared.

Creating a new game

Game Details

Click + Add new game and fill in the following information:

  • Game name
  • Internal name (what's used on the internal platform instead of the Game name. Defaults to the game name if left blank)
  • Game description (this description will be visible to customers when booking on the website)
  • Game duration (in minutes, ex. 1h 30m == 90 minutes)
  • Game difficulty (customize label, icon, and icon color used to indicate the how tough the experience could be)
Fig. 2 - Configuring Game details and aspects that will be seen by customers on the booking site.
Fig. 2 - Configuring Game details and aspects that will be seen by customers on the booking site.

Images

From the Game details tab, navigate to the right to Images. Upload any images of the game that you would like the customers to see. Recommend resolution sizes and specs:

  • Aspect Ratio: 16x9
  • Pixels: 800x450 @ 150 DPI
  • File size: Under 2MB for fast loading

Bookings and resources

On the Images tab, navigate to the right to Bookings and resources.

  • Under BOOKING SITE, select Reservation style
  • Select either Private booking or Public booking, choose the style that best suites your business preferences.

Note: a Private booking reserves the entire event or time slot for a single group, while a Public booking allows multiple unrelated groups to book into the same event or slot. 

Fig. 3 - An example of how Booking Site and Resource Management could be set up.
Fig. 3 - An example of how Booking Site and Resource Management could be set up.
  • Input Minimum number of players (the minimum number of players you’d like to play the game)
  • Input Maximum number of players (the maximum number of players you’d like to allow to play the game)
  • Toggle Show game difficulty on booking site to turn on the icons and labels you set under the Game details tab previously.

Resource Management

  • Input Number of resources required to run a single game (this means the minimum number of game hosts, staff, or other resources required)

Note: If the game requires multiple resources across different resource categories, you will need to click This game requires multiple resource categories to run and configure it accordingly.

For getting started, assuming your experiences only require one operator to host a game, we recommend these settings:

  • Number of resources required to run a single game is 1.
  • Apply blocking rule to as Event Slot.
  • Enable Block all overlapping events of the same type when a booking is made.

Pricing

From Bookings and resources, navigate to the right to the Pricing tab. Select from two options for Pricing type from the dropdown list:

  • Flat (a fixed value per person)
  • Per person (a variable pricing that changes based on how many people are in the group, great for a tiered pricing model)

Pricing Categories

  • Click + Add new category to create a new pricing category.
  • Input the Name of the new pricing category, typically "Person".
  • Set the Minimum participants and Maximum participants, then assign the corresponding Price.
Fig. 4 - An example of how pricing categories can demonstrate a tiered pricing model for a game between 2 to 6 players.
Fig. 4 - An example of how pricing categories can demonstrate a tiered pricing model for a game between 2 to 6 players.
  • Input the Minimum required to set the least number of spots required in this category for a group to be valid. 
  • Input the Maximum allowed to set an upper limit on the number of spots that can be purchased for this category per group.
  • Set the Default to customize the preset number of spots automatically assigned to a category when making a booking.

Deposits

When enabled, a minimum amount will be required upon checkout for a customer to process a booking. This is a common practice to hold a balance without charging the full amount.

Note: If you intend to take payment after the booking is completed, select Require only deposit amount during checkout 

Set Deposit type by clicking the dropdown list:

  • Per booking (a flat amount for the entire booking)
  • Per participant (deposit amount per participant in the group)

Lastly, input Deposit amount.

Puzzles

From the Pricing tab, look to the right and click Puzzles. Information entered here will appear on the Game Tracker and Game History pages.

Fig. 5 - A fully configured Puzzles tab with Descriptions and Solutions filled out.
Fig. 5 - A fully configured Puzzles tab with Descriptions and Solutions filled out.
  • Click + Add puzzle, and provide a Puzzle Name, Description, and Solution.
  • Optionally, add an image by clicking on the green camera icon to the far right.

Finally, at the bottom of the Puzzles tab, click the Create button to activate the game.

Return to Games > Game Settings to view your brand new game. 

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