Rules & FAQ

Battles & Stealing

The start and end times of a game will be shared on the Summerfield Facebook Group. Everyone must be registered ahead of time. Registration is free, and you will receive an RFID card that is used to Identify your team in the game.

  • The game box will be placed somewhere in a common area to be initially “stolen”
  • The box will activate automatically at the correct start time.
  • Scan your RFID card on the box to take possession.
  • You can now take the box to your doorstep.
  • It will remain “Locked” meaning nobody can steal it for a random amount of time between 5 and 20 minutes.
  • During this time a red status light is illuminated, and the box is not operable. 
  • After the random lockout timer completes, the green start button will begin blinking, which indicates to anyone nearby that the box is stealable.
  • In order to steal the box, you approach and press the start button, and then scan your RFID card.
  • Once scanned, the box will countdown, and there will be a random interval of a few seconds before a buzzer sounds and a light illuminates, the first side to press their button wins possession of the box.
  • If you already had possession and keep it, you do nothing. The box locks for another random interval of 5 to 20 minutes.
  • If you initiated the battle, you take the box to your home, and the box will remain locked for the random 5 to 20 minute interval, and then can be stolen again.

Points System

  • 1 point is awarded for each minute the box remains in a user’s possession.
  • Everything is automatically recorded and points tabulated within the box and sent to the website leaderboard.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who's Doing this and why?

Jason Pleakis is the owner of this game, it’s a hobby. He enjoys tinkering with electronics and coding. He saw how everyone reacted to the Flamingo game, and it got his daughter excited and playing outdoors. He thought the game could be improved upon with technology, while still providing an almost screen-free outdoor game that would keep kids busy for hours.

Do kids need an adult to play with them?

No, anyone of any age can play. The box does not need to be plugged in and is design to be handled rough by kids. 

Did you write the code for the game?

I wrote some code – mostly on this website for displaying the leaderboard and registering the users.

All of the code on the ESP32 is written in Python, which I’ve used chatGPT to write all of the code and just told it what I’m trying to do, what I’ve got available to me, and what I need to order, how I need to wire it up, etc. It gives me fully functional code that I flash to the ESP32 memory, and then it runs. I usually have to do some testing, and have it make tweaks to the code if something isn’t working properly.