Locative Game proposal.

My idea for a locative game is to make the game as a scavenger hunt that acts as a way for people new to an area to get to know the local businesses. Players will be given a clue to begin the game, something like a riddle or an anagram or a math riddle that they must solve. The clue will provide the player with their next location, either through the use of coordinates, directions, or a specific location to travel to next.

The businesses will "donate" some product to be given out to the player as part of the clue. an example of this might be to have the players go to a coffee shop, once they reach the hotspot, directions will instruct the player to go inside and ask the employees for a clue. The player will receive, say, a small coffee that has printed on the bottom of the cup their next clue, perhaps leading them to a local Chinese restaurant to collect a fortune cookie with a specially printed clue in it. At each business, the players will also have the proprieter stamp a special game card, indicating that the player has successfully visited the location. The game will end at some location like the visitor's center, or perhaps the chamber of commerce, where upon returning a completed stamp card, the player will recieve a "welcome to the city" gift, perhaps a collection of coupons or a gift certificate could be included, along with trinkets like key chains and the like.

I believe this could be an exciting and successful way to bring new business in to the shops as well as acclimate residents to their new home.