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A Main Street game, not a coupon book.

A downtown scavenger hunt that walks people through your members' front doors. Every stop is a photo, video or trivia challenge at a real business, and the prizes get claimed at the register. Build it yourself, or let our team build it for you.

A group of friends crowd into a Downtown Dayton photo frame during the Downtown Adventure
The Roamli player map: numbered challenge pins spread across Chicago's neighborhoods and lakefront
140+ businesses on one game board in Downtown Dayton

The Downtown Dayton Adventure turned a whole downtown into a one-day game.

Read the Downtown Dayton story
1,000+players in a single day
140+participating downtown businesses
3,000+challenges submitted by players

Everything a paper passport does, minus the paper.

Passport programs work because they give people a reason to walk in. Roamli keeps that reason and drops the stamps, the printing and the raffle box.

The jobThe old wayWith Roamli
Getting the word out Print runs and a staffed booth One link and QR code on every poster
Getting people inside A stamp at the door A challenge that happens inside the shop
Proving they came Stamp cards counted by hand A photo, video or answer from each stop
Rewards A raffle drawn weeks later Prizes unlocked on the spot, redeemed at the register
Reporting back "We think it went well" Players, submissions and redemptions for your board

Roamli vs. a paper passport, in detail

Every member becomes a stop worth walking to.

Put each participating business on the map as a challenge. Dayton's hunts had players winning a round of Mario Kart at an esports bar, guessing the number of cocoa beans in a jar at a coffee roaster and counting the cats on a mural on 5th Street. That's the difference between a stamp at the door and ten minutes inside the shop.

  • Unlimited events all year
  • Tag stops by block, theme or type so players can filter the map
  • Play in any order, or unlock stops one at a time for a set route
  • Challenges that work from anywhere, like a riddle between blocks

Walk into the next members' meeting with receipts.

Your dashboard shows every participant, their points and submissions, and how many submissions each stop received, so you can show each member how many players completed the challenge at their door. Reward redemptions are counted too. Afterward, download every photo and video in one zip and hand merchants a folder of content their own customers made.

  • Participant table: points, submissions, approved and in review
  • Submissions per stop, sortable
  • Redemption counts for every reward
  • A zip of every photo and video, captions included

Rewards: prizes players claim at a real counter.

Points keep score. Rewards give people a reason to walk somewhere, go inside, and come back. Here is one reward from the Roamli Scramble in Chicago, from the moment a shop offered it to the moment it was redeemed.

  1. A local business offers a prize.

    Ava's Italian Ice put up $2 off an Italian ice and a BOGO flight, only in person. You add a reward once to your library and reuse it across events.

    • A code, a link or a personal message
    • One shared code, or a pool of unique codes imported from a spreadsheet
    • A cap on how many players can earn it
    The reward board in the Roamli player: offers from Ava's Italian Ice, Elevate Coffee, Lock Chicago and Escape Artistry, each with a progress bar
  2. Players see it, and go after it.

    Every reward shows on the event's reward board with a progress bar, so players know exactly what they're playing for and how close they are. A prize at the ice cream shop turns its challenges into the ones everyone wants to finish next.

  3. It unlocks on the spot.

    The moment a player hits the goal, the reward unlocks automatically, with a scratch-off ticket to reveal the prize. Nobody waits for a raffle weeks later. Every reward they earn stays in My Rewards, across every event.

  4. They walk in and claim it.

    The player shows their phone at the counter and staff tap Redeem. It's stamped with the date, so every prize is used exactly once. Nothing to install at the register, and no paper to collect.

  5. You see exactly what it drove.

    Each reward shows how many were claimed, allocated and still free, and warns you before a code pool runs dry. Those redemption counts are real visits to a real business, a number you can hand to a sponsor or a member.

Four ways to unlock a reward

  • A points total Reach 100 points and unlock $5 off at any participating shop.
  • Challenges approved Get 10 shop challenges approved and win a free hot chocolate.
  • A specific stop Finish the bookstore challenge and get a bookmark and 10% off.
  • A leaderboard finish The top 3 teams win gift cards donated by local businesses.

Supercharge your event.

Add one prize and the whole game changes, for the people playing and for you.

For players

  • Real stakesA prize on the line turns a stroll into a race.
  • The unlock momentThe reward pops up on the spot, with a scratch-off reveal.
  • Something to take homeA free scoop, a discount or a gift card, saved in My Rewards.

For your event

  • Foot trafficPrizes are claimed at the counter, so players step inside.
  • Proof for sponsorsEvery redemption is a visit you can count.
  • Repeat visitsRewards bring players back through your doors.

Real districts. Real turnout.

We're so excited to have people come out and explore downtown Dayton businesses, landmarks, and more during the Downtown Adventure. It's a chance for people to come out and rediscover their favorite spots throughout the city or explore new businesses and sights that have opened since their last visit.

Sandra K. Gudorf President, Downtown Dayton Partnership
Downtown Dayton Partnership 1,000+ players

across 140+ businesses in a single-day Downtown Adventure, at $0 staff cost to host.

Read the story
Dayton Black Business Hop 18+ businesses

and nearly 300 submissions in a four-hour hop during Black Business Month.

Read the story
Northalsted Business Alliance 57 stops

of murals, rainbow crosswalks and Legacy Walk plaques in a self-guided #WalkWithPride tour.

Read the story

Why district hunts run better on Roamli.

It all comes back to one thing: more people inside more of your members' shops.

A team of five players in front of a Dayton Inspires mural
  1. Foot traffic through members' doors

    Every stop is a challenge inside a real business, so a visit means ten minutes in the shop, not a stamp at the door.

  2. Prizes claimed at the register

    Rewards unlock on the spot and get redeemed at a member's counter, so every win walks someone back inside.

  3. Numbers you can hand the board

    Players, submissions per stop, redemption counts and a zip of every photo, ready for the next members' meeting.

  4. One link, no app

    A QR code on every storefront poster, and players join in their phone's browser with nothing to install.

One platform, a whole year of reasons to come downtown.

Run one flagship day or a new theme every season. Events are unlimited on Creator and Creator Pro.

Small Business Saturday

A shop-local hunt across every participating storefront, with prizes redeemed that same weekend.

See the playbook

Holiday stroll

Window displays, hidden ornaments and a "find the reindeer" stop at every block, all through December.

Restaurant & brewery trail

A tasting passport for restaurant week or a brewery district, with a trivia question behind every bar.

Art & mural walk

Murals, plaques and public art as a year-round self-guided tour, like Northalsted's.

Play Northalsted's tour

Grand-opening crawl

Introduce the businesses that opened this year, the way the Downtown Dayton Adventure does each year.

Summer series quest

A game layer on your concert nights or festival weekends that sends the crowd into shops between sets.

From member list to game day in four steps.

Do it all yourself in the builder, or hand any step to our team.

  1. Step 1

    Map your merchants

    Send us your participating businesses, or drop them on the map yourself. Each one becomes a stop.

  2. Step 2

    Write the challenges

    A photo with the owner, a trivia question about the building, a video of the house specialty. We can write them for you.

  3. Step 3

    Share one code

    Every event gets a link, a QR code and a Player Guide page. Players join in their phone's browser, with nothing to install.

  4. Step 4

    Play, redeem, report

    Review submissions as they arrive, announce winners minutes after it ends and download the recap for your members.

Plans from $49/mo, or we build it.

Published prices, no per-visitor fees and no year-long app project.

Build it yourself

Use our builder to create, launch and monitor your event yourself. Add your challenges, set your start and end times, share one link, and you're live.

$49/mo and up
  • The full map-based builder and every game setting
  • Live onboarding training on every paid plan
  • On Creator Pro, a dedicated customer success manager and help with your event buildout
  • As many events as you want to run
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Ready-to-Go

We adapt one of our starting formats (holiday office hunt, downtown shop-local, orientation week, art walk) to your place and your people.

Custom quote
  • A starting format, ready to adapt
  • Your stops, trivia and prizes added
  • Faster than a from-scratch build
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The Roamli Touch

Want our team to handle design, setup and launch? Or just some extra help and peace of mind? We design, build and run it with you.

Custom quote
  • Challenge writing and map design
  • Setup, testing and launch
  • A point person through game day
Ask about The Roamli Touch

Tell us about your district.

How many businesses, what season, what you want people to discover. We'll come back with ideas, a rough plan and a price.

A reply within one business dayFrom someone on our team, not a bot.
We've done this beforeFrom 18 businesses in an afternoon to 140+ in a day.

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Let's sketch your first district hunt.

A 30-minute call. Bring your member list and we'll map the first stops live.