Review criteria
What is checked before publication
A game submitted to the public catalogue is reviewed before it goes in. Here is exactly what we check — so you know before you build, not after a refusal.
Review turnaround
The clock starts when you submit, and is counted in working days.
- Discovery within 10 working days
- Pro within 5 working days
- Organisation within 2 working days
Your plan determines how long we take to review your game and how much help we give you to fix it. It changes nothing about the decision: the criteria are the same for everyone, and they are published.
Automated checks
These rules are verified by the platform. You can see which ones are still unmet at any time from your game's page.
General information
- A title is required
- The title must be at least 2 characters long
- A description is required
- The description must be between 10 and 2,047 characters
- The game's cover photo is required
- A duration is required
- A setting and at least one “what to expect” entry are required
- The scenario promises printable material, but the game has no document. Reopen the game's plan to rebuild the sheet, or upload your own PDF.
Visuals
- The game's background image is required
- The success end image is required
- The failure end image is required
Steps
- There must be at least one stage
- A code is required
- A destination address is required
- The destination address is invalid
- An accuracy is required
- There must be at least one clue selected
- There must be at least one hint
- Clue(s) planned by the scenario but never created: …. Without them, this stage's code cannot be found.
- Clue(s) the scenario planned for this stage but attached elsewhere: …. Tick them in this stage's clue list — without them, its code cannot be found.
Hints
- The description must be at least 10 characters long
- A penalty is required
Clues
- There must be at least one clue in the library
- Every clue must be complete (image, sound or text depending on its type)
- Incomplete clue(s): …
- The zones of a hotspot clue must actually tell the player something
- Hotspot clues to review — some zones are empty or filler, others fewer than the scenario requires: …
- Hotspot clues whose zones all say the same thing, or carry only randomly typed letters. Open each zone and write what it reveals to the player: …
- Hotspot clues with fewer zones than the scenario planned (saved / expected). ⚠️ A zone left with NO TEXT is not saved: that is most often what is missing. The absent zones carried characters of the code: …
Editorial judgement
These criteria are judged by a person, who plays your game. They cannot be automated — which is exactly why they are written down here.
The game can be solved
Every step can be cleared with the material provided alone, with no outside knowledge and no unannounced equipment.Hints actually help
A step's hints genuinely lead to its solution, from the vaguest to the most explicit.The route is walkable
No step requires crossing outside a crossing, entering private property, or reaching a place that is closed during the hours you advertise.The media are yours
You hold the rights to the images, sounds and texts used, or they are royalty-free.The content is suitable
No hateful speech, no sexual content, nothing unsuited to the age you advertise.The text is readable
The text is understandable in the language declared for the game.Practical details are accurate
Duration, city, starting point and difficulty match what the player will find on site.If your game is refused
A refusal is not the end: it is a correction to make.
- The reason is given to you in writing, criterion by criterion
- You fix it and submit again, with no extra waiting time
- Your game stays playable privately throughout