How to Create and Tips for Mystery-Solving Games for School Cultural Festivals

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Puzzle solving that’s popular with everyone from kids to adults!

Events are held all over the country, and there are even TV shows that feature puzzle challenges—lots of people are hooked on their charm.

You might be thinking about incorporating puzzle solving as an attraction for a school or cultural festival.

In this article, we’ll show you how to create puzzle-solving activities that are perfect for festival booths!

We’ll also share tips for crafting problems and stories, so be sure to use them as a reference.

Let’s create a fun puzzle experience that can rival any event!

Tips for creating questions (1–10)

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Even if you set a rough target age when creating a puzzle game, a wide range of people will visit when it comes to the school festival.

If you make puzzles whose answers can only be understood by a specific age group, even with a general target in mind, the guests who took the time to come won’t enjoy themselves.

Therefore, while keeping the target age in mind to some extent, avoid using jargon or terms that only certain people would understand in the answers, the solving methods, or the problem statements.

It’s also not recommended to use overly difficult mathematical formulas.

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In conclusion

We introduced tips and methods for creating puzzle-solving games you can use at a school festival—what did you think? Coming up with puzzles and crafting a story may seem difficult at first, but as long as each team member plays to their strengths and works together, you’ll be fine! Create a puzzle game full of originality and let lots of people have fun with it!