The new Onigo app
Onigo is a social impact start-up, designing and delivering playful and feel-good experiences which bring colleagues closer together and boost mental well-being in the workplace.
Onigo came to Locatify looking for a scaleable, CMS-based solution to be able to quickly and easily create new and replicate existing experiences in different geographical locations in the UK.
For this purpose, Locatify created a custom branded app. The new Onigo app is used to facilitate Onigo’s new outdoor adventure game experiences and is aimed at companies looking for a fun and different team-building activity. This pioneering approach combines clever twists and cryptic puzzles with advanced gamification techniques to motivate engagement and maximise the fun. Played in small teams and using the Onigo app, participants must visit locations, solve puzzles and earn points in a themed mission against the clock.
Onigo has already welcomed groups from Google, Credit Suisse and Blackrock, receiving 5* reviews on Trustpilot for the experience.
Custom features
The most notable custom feature Locatify built for this app is the team feature, where each player is part of a team who collaborates on the best strategy to visit all the treasure locations and solve the challenges within the game’s time limit.
Other project requirements included:
- Penalty points for using hints or not finishing the challenges before the time was up.
- The ability to share a published game and the invitation codes with a physical facilitator on location. The facilitator needed to be able to start the game without logging in to the CMS. For this purpose, Locatify implemented a feature which allows Onigo’s CMS user to publish the game to the app and then share a URL for the game facilitator to use to start the game from a mobile device.
Google employees in Hyde Park after a successful team-building session using the new Onigo app
The importance of real human connection
For Onigo’s founder Alex, mental well-being and connecting with other people was an important reason for starting the company:
„I struggled with poor mental well-being for a number of years, in particularly feeling isolated, disconnected and without a sense of belonging. It impacted my confidence, self-esteem and ability to be my best self. This experience made me realise the importance of real human connection and the need for a vehicle to discover it. That’s why I wanted to create a fun, healthy and positive way for people to come together.“
We at Locatify are honored to have been able to be a part of this amazing project and can’t wait to see what the future brings for Onigo!
Download the app for free below or head to www.playonigo.com to find out more about Onigo’s pioneering adventure game experiences.
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