Anyone can make a game with Hive Mechanic once they’ve completed these basic skills (under 30 minutes):

1. Try a demo like “Text with a Sculpture”
   • Learn to change the text — see tutorial video (45 seconds)
2. Basic editing — see tutorial video (2 minutes)
   • Start a sequence
   • Add a new card
   • Link cards together
3. Organizing the starting point — see tutorial video (3 minutes)
   • Change the starting card
   • Set an “interrupt” keyword
   • Reorder your sequences
4. Adding content — see tutorial video (2 minutes)
   • Upload photos (and multimedia like sound, video, even PDF)
   • Sending a photo or media
   • Sending links (and what they look like on a phone)
5. Menus and Interactivity — see tutorial video (2 minutes)
   • Sending a menu of options
   • Receiving incoming responses
   • Routing participants according to their responses
   • Handling unexpected input
6. Publishing and Catching Errors — see tutorial video (2 minutes)
   • Using a phone number
   • Saving with error messages
   • Reset the activity/stop old sessions
7. Multiple starting points for participants — see tutorial video (2 minutes)
   • Generating QR codes for text messages
   • Using interrupts with QR codes

Quick Reference

• Card Dictionary Slides: what each card does
• FAQ on Cards: Frequently Asked Questions about cards

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