LAB-7: Rogue AI Hunt – Help

The companion app for an in-person Halloween party game.

What is it?

At a LAB-7 party, one guest wears the ROGUE.AI costume: a hooded figure with a glowing chest screen and a small Bluetooth beacon. Everyone else uses the app as a LAB-7 scanner: find the costume, press CONTAIN when you're close (three players pressing together can actually stop it, for a while), run "humanity tests" that turn photos into joke ID cards, and enter your agent code on the costume's keypad.

How do I join my party's event?

Your host sends a link or shows a QR code. Either:

open the host's link on your iPhone and tap JOIN THE EVENT, or
in the app, go to AGENT › JOIN AN EVENT › SCAN THE EVENT QR CODE and point it at the host's QR code.

Joining connects you to that party's photo wall, TOP AGENTS scoreboard and game rounds. There is no public event: ask your host for the link.

No costume around?

Turn on Demo mode (SCANNER tab › gear icon). The signal rises and falls on its own, CONTAIN works, and the EVIDENCE tab shows a sample wall.

Troubleshooting

No signal: make sure Bluetooth is on and the app is open on screen (iPhones only send the game signal while the app is in front). Get closer: the meter climbs within a few metres of the costume.
No sound: sound is off by default; tap the signal meter to turn it on. Vibration is on by default.
"Scanner infected": that's part of the game. Get decontaminated at the party's LAB-7 check-in iPad (tap TAP TO SCAN with your phone next to it), or wait 15 minutes.
My photo is on the wall and I want it gone: open it on the EVIDENCE tab and tap DELETE (your own photos), or REPORT it, or ask the host.
Leaving an event: AGENT tab › Leave event.

The costume, and hosting your own party

The ROGUE.AI costume, the LAB-7 handheld scanners, the check-in iPad app and the event server are an open-source DIY project: firmware, 3D-print and laser-cut files, and setup guides are all on GitHub at github.com/alinke/rogue-ai-costume.

Privacy

No accounts, no ads, no tracking. See the LAB-7 privacy policy.

Contact

Questions or problems: support@pixelcade.org.