What kinds of quests are there?
Quests have become an integral part of modern leisure time, offering a variety of ways to test your intellectual and physical abilities, immerse yourself in fascinating stories and experience adrenaline. Depending on your preferences, you can choose from classic escape rooms, dynamic action quests, exciting VR adventures and more. Let's take a look at the main types of quests and understand their features and appeal.
1. Questroom or escape-room
This is a classic of the genre. Your team of 2-6 people (sometimes more) is locked in a room from which you need to get out in an hour. It is this direction that is the most popular. Themes of quests are varied, there are often quests based on movies, with different genres for every taste.
- Adventure quests
- Horror
- Fantasy
- Comedy quest rooms
Quests come in sequential and non-linear. In the former, you solve one mystery after another, as if unraveling a ball of thread. In non-linear ones, there are multiple paths that can lead to different outcomes that are useful in the future.
2. Role-playing quests
Here there is no attachment to the room and premises, the main thing is interaction with other characters. Having received a role, you reincarnate into another person, trying on a completely different image. You need to solve tasks and achieve goals. The result is unpredictable, each character can behave differently than it was planned, and you will have to act without hints, unlike the questrum.
3. City Quest
An interactive game that takes place outdoors in an urban environment. Participants follow a route, solving challenges, riddles and puzzles to reach the final goal. Main features:
- Route: includes various points in the city to complete tasks.
- Tasks and puzzles: relate to the city's history, landmarks or cultural sites.
- Teamwork: promotes interaction between participants.
- Objective: can range from finding a location to collecting clues or completing all tasks against the clock.
- Technology: uses mobile apps or QR codes for directions and additional tasks.
4. Action quests
In action quests, unlike queststrums, strength, stamina and speed are important. Here, physical exertion and the use of force are necessary elements of the game.
5. VR-Quest
An immersive virtual reality experience with a fantastic plot. Expect impressive visuals, total immersion and movement between parts of the quest without lag. The opportunity to participate in shootouts and chases, as well as special missions for teams. VR-quests are designed for small companies, each participant has his own avatar, completely under his control. Spatial thinking is required to solve the riddles. The peculiarity of VR-quests is the need for teamwork to achieve success.
6. Quest animation
Interactive entertainment combining elements of quest and animation programs. It is used at various events: birthdays, corporate parties, festivals. Main features:
- Scenario and theme: based on a prepared script (e.g. pirate quest, space adventure).
- Roles of animators: costumed animators play characters, help or hinder participants.
- Tasks and puzzles: a series of challenges that the participants solve to reach the goal.
- Interactivity: active participation of all players.
- Adaptability: suitable for any audience, held outdoors or indoors.
8. Online quest
An interactive game in a virtual environment. Participants solve challenges, riddles and puzzles. Key features:
- Platforms and technology: conducted via websites, mobile apps or video conferencing.
- Scenario and plot: a defined scenario and storyline.
- Tasks and puzzles: a variety of tasks, textual and multimedia.
- Teamwork: team participation, promotes collaboration skills.
- Virtual elements: interactive maps, 3D models, animations.
- Different levels of difficulty: for different age groups and levels of training.
- Accessibility and convenience: participation from anywhere in the world.
9. Quiz
Team intellectual quiz. The host asks questions, participants compete on intelligence, logic, erudition and intuition. The quiz attracts bright emotions and does not require special knowledge. Offline quizzes are held in cafes, restaurants, bars and other places where teams can be accommodated and have a snack.