Running the Game

Have this page available when running the event. Here is a print-friendly version: Galaxy Quick Guide

Place the first envelope on each table with instructions to NOT OPEN until you give the signal

Ask people to gather in teams of 4-6 players around each table.

Welcome players to the game! 🎉

Describe your role as a game host and provide the following instructions: 

• They will need to work together collaboratively 

• They should have minimal interaction with other teams in the room. They should not shout out answers and spoil the puzzles for other teams!

• The game is designed to be challenging, but you, as the game host, will be available to provide hints when necessary. 

• There is a part in the game where they need to access a video, so they should have a phone or laptop available. 

• Once they complete the game, there will be a debriefing discussion.
  
  

Confirm each table has an envelope. Then, read out the mission statement: 

📥 Mission Statement:

PLANET5 is a popular new K-Pop group, and the five members have toured the world, singing to millions and charming everyone along the way. You’ve just become a new fan – a member of their fan community, known as the GALAXY! You’re excited to join Twitter and meet other Galaxy members, and you’re lucky enough to have already made a fellow fan friend, who’s excited to share news with you.

PLANET5 member WooJoo, called WJ by fans, is definitely your bias, and you follow lots of accounts dedicated to them and some even follow you back, which is super exciting for a new fan – all these new friends! But there have been rumblings in the fandom for a while, and disturbing news of how PLANET5’s company PYRE has been treating WJ, including reports of abuse and mismanagement, cutting him out of songs and stopping him from pursuing his dreams. Your new friend is passing along lots of news and evidence of this abuse, but you have your suspicions, and with a new fan campaign to send a truck to PYRE to protest their treatment of WJ launching in less than an hour, you have to track down whatever information you can to uncover the truth, and spread the word!

Give the signal to open the envelope and start the game.

Start a timer on your phone to track the game time 

First Folder

When a team turns in the first answer card with the following three correct passcodes on it, hand them the SECOND folder. 

→ Correct passcodes: (1) COMEBACK, (2) STREAK, (3) THNK

Second Folder

Teams solve only one puzzle in this envelope (Emoji math). They enter the password on a webpage, using the URL or QR code

  → Correct passcode: 9817

⚠️ If players have trouble accessing the video link, have it ready on your laptop as a backup

Page to enter password: https://lokisloop.org/en-galaxy-code/

Page with video (after correct password entered): https://lokisloop.org/en-galaxy-share/

Players must watch the video, share it, and read the message to receive the passcode. Then someone from the team verbally turns in the passcode to the game host 

→ Correct passcode: VIRAL

⚠️ Sometimes the "Share" button is not visible when someone is watching the video in horizontal or pop-up mode. Try adjusting until they can see and click the button 

Hand out the third folder

Third Folder

Teams solve only one puzzle in this envelope (Tracing pathways). They enter the password on a webpage using the URL or QR code

→ Correct passphrase: NOISE

⚠️ If players have trouble accessing the video link, have it ready on your laptop as a backup

Page to enter password: https://lokisloop.org/games/en-galaxy-pass/

Page with video (after correct password entered): https://lokisloop.org/en-galaxy-share2/

When a team turns in the following passphrase write down their finishing time on the card and save it. During the debrief, you can announce the winning teams. 

→ Correct passphrase: STREAM PROOF

Let them know that there is one last activity before wrapping up the experience - the debrief. 

Giving Hints

The Puzzle Guide includes hints for each puzzle to help teams along that are struggling

Celebrate the winning team/s using the times you wrote down on their final answer cards.

Run the debrief activity using the Debrief Guide