Alex Govoreanu

Questo Creators’ Room — Create a city game generating upwards of $30k per year

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🌐Web platform to create & sell city exploration games played on a📱mobile. Solve puzzles, discover places, learn facts, role-play and compete. 0️⃣zero costs 🙅no <>coding<> needed 🕹️game built in days 💸upwards of $30k earned per game every year.

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Alex Govoreanu
🏹 Hi, Hunters, I’m very happy to be back on Product Hunt. I’ve been looking forward to this moment for years. My dream has always been to make walking and exploring exponentially more fun. To encourage people to be active while learning about their surroundings and places they visit or walk by. For them to interact with their environment and discover so much more than they notice at a first glance 🤩 And for the last couple of years, I’ve done exactly that with my team at Questo. We’ve had 💯s of city exploration games built by creators around the world. In 2019, we were the 🥉rd Product of the Day here on Product Hunt. Since then, we’ve spent a lot of ⌚ further testing the concept (mobile app), identifying the core audiences, and validating the creator economy-based business model (generating a lot of 💰for the game creators). 🚶 More than 300k people have walked 2.000.000 km so far. They also: 🧩Solved witty puzzles 🔎Discovered cool places 📙Learned mind boggling facts 🕵️Role-played fantastic characters 🏆And competed with friends and family 🤗And now… now we’re ready to bring everyone else in on this journey with us. 🚀Today, we are publicly launching Questo Creators Room, the platform that allows you to build your own city exploration game. For those who always wanted to create and sell their own digital product, this is the time. If you are a: 💸Creative person looking to monetize your skills 📈Entertainment or travel business trying to expand your offering 🔝Sidehustler looking for the next best thing ❤️ Or just you love games and exploring Then Questo Creators Room is for you. ❓What does the platform offer? 🏗️GAME CREATION A place where you can learn how to build a game online in just a few days. With no coding required. And zero costs. 📦DISTRIBUTION There is a strong community of Questo players asking for more games. And we have also built lasting relationships with online resellers such as TripAdvisor, Eventbrite, GetYourGuide, Fever.com, Booking.com and many others 🤝 👐MARKETING SUPPORT All the selling toolkits, communication resources, and tips & tricks that you need to sell the game on your own too 🪄 ⚙️MAINTENANCE The platform filters the feedback you get from customers and helps you improve your game in time so that it generates more revenue 🛠️ 👋CUSTOMER SUPPORT 24/7 industry-leading customer support is offered by our team for all the games available on the platform We are very excited to share the platform with you all and see what you think of it. 📣SPECIAL OFFER FOR PRODUCT HUNT COMMUNITY 💰Whoever builds and launches a game by the end of the year will retain 75% of the revenue it generates 🥇And every game created by the end of the year will also enter a competition to win a $2.000 media budget to be spent on promoting it
Sebastian Maraloiu 🚀
@alex_govo, I love this! will be building a few games myself soon.
Vasi Tanase
Let's see who breaks our current record of 8 games built in under a month!
Savian Boroanca
@alex_govo, congrats to you and the team. This is neat! 🚀
Alex Govoreanu
@savian_boroanca thank you, Savian! Appreciate it. Would love to see you also building or playing a Questo game, if you haven't already:)
Vasi Tanase
@sameen_ahmed Thank you! See you on the leaderboard maybe? :)
Ionut Anisia
What a great way to explore the world! Congrats to the makers of this awesome platform for offering traveling enthusiasts a way to share their view of a city with others and make money doing it!
Alex Govoreanu
@ionut_anisia big thanks for your kind words. Questo is a platform where creators of all types can build their own games in the real world. We have screenwriters, game designers, escape room owners, published authors, teachers, and more...all working on their own unique games that help you explore the world through their eyes.
Alexandru Frentescu
@ionut_anisia, thanks for suggesting this app to me. Congratulations @alex_govo and team!
Alex Govoreanu
@alexandru_frentescu1 thanks for your support. Would love to see you also in our leaderboard:)
Laurentiu Ciobanu
Wow! Looks great!
Adriana Virlan
@laurentiu_ciobanu you're right Laur, it's such a great product.
Alex Govoreanu
Thank you, @laurentiu_ciobanu. The World looks great, we just gotta explore it:)
Alex Govoreanu
@adriana_virlan thank you, Adriana!
Livia Burbulea
Such a fun, creative concept. I love it! Can't wait to try it out. So glad you launched here, and I got to find out about you, guys. Great work and congratulations for all the awesome things you are and will do from now on @alex_govo @claudiu_petria @vasi_tanase
Alex Govoreanu
@livia_burbulea thank you for your support. We appreciate it!
Vasi Tanase
@alex_govo @claudiu_petria @livia_burbulea Thank you, Livia! As a copywriter at heart myself, I'm happy to see that other copywriters like our concept :) See you on the leaderboard!
Cristian Toba
Awesome idea! Gamification of city tours could increase tourism and make people more interested to discover new things as it promotes itself as a cool challenge to them. Good job @alexgovoreanu and the team! Good luck with your your launch, and I hope you get at least #1 of the month! 😅️
Gail Dawson
@alexgovoreanu @ictoba, well-written comment. You rock, sir! 👏
Alex Govoreanu
@ictoba thank you, Cristian! Appreciate your support! Story time about discovering. In the early days of Questo, I once had a chat with a player that told me he played a game and solved a puzzle at a place across his school. He walked by that place for 20+ years, but never knew its story, and now that he learned about it, he looks at it differently. My point is, there is so much left to discover in the world, both in your city, and outside of it. Just walk, and explore.
Alex Govoreanu
@gail_dawson Thank you for the support. Would love to see you playing and/or building a game soon:)
Sebastian Maraloiu 🚀
This is a great way to put your creativity to work if you're a copywriter or any type of writer really. And make money out of it in the process. Can't wait to publiah my 1st Questo game🚀
Alex Govoreanu
@sebastian_maraloiu awesome! If you need any help or guidance with regards to your game, just let us know. Happy to help.
Adrian Steriopol
Love the idea! Congrats on the launch 🚀
Alex Govoreanu
@adrian14 Thank you, Adrian. We'd love to seeing you create and/or play a game soon, if you haven't:)
Mirel Bițoi
Good job on the launch! Great concept!
Alex Govoreanu
@ochanissi Thank you, Mirel! Would love to having you play or create a game:)
Savian Boroanca
I love puzzles and building. You did a great job, and you'll rock Product Hunt today. 🤩🤘💪
Alex Govoreanu
@savian_boroanca since you love puzzles, can i challenge you to build you own game?
Amalia Ghenescu
Let's play! 🧩
Alex Govoreanu
@amalia_ghenescu Let's do it. Choose a city, and start:)
Codrut Rotaru
Very fine work!
Alex Govoreanu
@codrut_rotaru Thank you, Codrut. Hope to see you playing or creating a game soon, if you haven't already.
Nick Russell
What a great way to get people to (re)experience a city, in a way that brings both the digital and physical worlds together, love it and can't wait to play/make my first Questo!
Nick Russell
Congrats on the launch today, really looking forward to seeing how this one develops now that you've released the web creator product! 🚀
Alex Govoreanu
@n_russell thanks for the comment. Here to help if you want to build you own game.
Claudiu Petria
Thank you so much for all your valuable feedback and interest in the Questo Creators’ Room! 😍 Because everyone asked [no one, in fact 🤣] how 4000+ Questo players may look, we have a video here. Just a few weeks ago we had more than 4000+ people playing a Halloween-themed game. We know how to do this and we want to teach you too. Get in touch and we'll share our knowledge!
Alex Govoreanu
reveal: @claudiu_petria and the monk in the video are one and the same:)
Ion Cozmac
@claudiu_petria when I arrived at the event my Uber driver asked me "What is happening here? Why are there so many people? Is it some kind of protest?" and it was really heartwarming to tell him that "no, all these people actually came here to play with Questo". It's been an amazing experience, can't wait until the next year's Halloween event !
Claudiu Petria
@alex_govo omg, don't tell my biggest secret to everyone! 🤣
Claudiu Petria
@ion_cozmac so cool! :) Looking also for the first game created by you ;)
Jake Bergquist
I've played 15 or so of these games in 4 countries, I'm ridiculously excited to see literally everyone in the world being able to create their own games. Imagine the creativity, the stories, the locations, the facts. This will be how people connect with the cities they visit or live in, how they engage with the culture, the people and the legends. Let's go!
Alex Govoreanu
Thank you, @bergquist. Can't wait to chat with you once you've played your 100th game worldwide. The Earth is the greatest playground, so there's plenty left for you to explore.
Sorin Haidau
I love the concept!🚶🏻+ 🎒 + 🤳🏻 A game that is also a city exploration tool, how great is that? Family fun when travelling. 👏🏻
Alex Govoreanu
@sorinhaidau, speaking of family fun, let me share a story. We once had a family with 2 kids playing a game. They split in 2 teams: father with the boy, mom with the daughter. In the middle of the game, the father contacted us via chat, and asked us to give him the answers in advance for the remaining puzzles. Of course, we didn't, but it was fun to see how competitive families can become:)
Sorin Haidau
@alex_govo 😄😄😄 And the legend says that dad slept on the rug that night.
Ayesha Awan
Great job on the launch of your new product! It looks like a really fun and innovative way to explore cities and learn new facts. I'm sure it will be a big hit with everyone who tries it out!
Alex Govoreanu
Thank you, @ayesha_awan1 ! We believe the Earth is an amazing playground left unnoticed. With Questo, we aim to change this by allowing anyone to build their games in the real world, and help others explore the world in a fun way.
Ion Cozmac
I'm honored to be part of team that worked on this project and I know how much hard work and dedication has been invested into making this platform as intuitive and accessible as possible, for anyone, anywhere. As Robin Moore said "there is a natural-born storyteller inside each of us, waiting to be released" and we hope that now anyone can release the storyteller inside them by building a game that will let others explore and discover places through their own lenses. This platform really has the potential to redefine the experience tourism and we truly, deeply, believe in it. Next year I plan to build a few games myself and achieve another Questo title: "Game Creator" and, spoiler alert, there might be many math challenges included. ;)
Alex Govoreanu
@ion_cozmac you rock!
Vasi Tanase
@ion_cozmac I appreciate the storyteller in you! And am very afraid of the math enthusiast!
Vasi Tanase
For all the writers out there, here’s how joining the platform and creating a game with us looks like in context:

 The average yearly earnings of a novelist: $22,500
 The average time needed to create a novel: 600 hours

 And now:
 You can earn upwards of $30,000 per year from a Questo game. 
It takes you only 30 hours to build a Questo game. 
 20x less time spent. Roughly the same potential of earnings. Just saying.
Claudiu Petria
@vasi_tanase I love your math! 😍
Alex Govoreanu
@vasi_tanase how do you convince Ricky Gervais do create a game?
Brenda B.
I am completely mind blown by the concept. Played a couple of games in Bucharest and NY and let me tell you - the stories do not disappoint! I'll def be looking into building some of my own, the platform looks absolutely fantastic.
Alex Govoreanu
@mrspeppermint11 speaking of New York, I think this is a city that can host thousands of our games. I'm thinking we can have hundreds of city games built only based on movies and TV series: Friends, Home Alone, etc. The potential is just insane.
Liviu Năsoi
Great product, I will give it a spin. Congrats to the team! 🥂
Alex Govoreanu
@liviu_nasoi big thanks! The team appreciated your support. Thank you, Liviu!