Teams or individuals - It's up to you!
The mode you choose to use can impact the Missions you create, as some Missions will work better with teams than individuals (or vice versa).
To choose how you want to organize your participants, navigate in your Experience to the Participants tab under the Publish section.
Below is an overview of each option, hopefully it will help you to choose which is the best fit for your Experience!
Benefits of playing in Teams
Playing in Teams is a great way to promote collaboration, cooperation and friendly competition among your participants. Using multiple devices, participants will work together to complete Missions and earn points to move their team up the leaderboard. This is especially useful for remote Experience, as multiple participants can join the Experience together under one team profile without needing to be at the same location.
Mission completion in Teams
Remember, when playing in a team, all team members are working on the same Mission list, therefore once one team member completes a Mission, that Mission is completed for the entire team. The points are tallied for the entire team, and it is not possible to view an individual team member’s points or submissions.
Size of teams
As a guideline, we suggest keeping teams small with roughly 5 people. Larger teams can be harder to manage and often decrease the quality of the participant experience. With that said, you are welcome to structure your teams however you would like!
Benefits of playing as individuals
Playing as individuals allows you to view each participant's submissions. Each participant will have their own individual username and profile photo which is displayed in the activity feed and leaderboard which can be better for handing out individual prizes.
Mission completion as individuals
Participants will each have their own Mission list and work to complete each Mission independently.
Number of devices for individuals
Each individual can only have 1 device attached to the profile. If your participants will need multiple devices (for example, if you have multiple parents joining for a child's profile) you will need to change their individual profile to a team.
For more details about managing participants in your Experience, please see Managing Teams and Participants.