Halloween, hunted — right in your own neighborhood
🎃 Halloween 2026 kits See the tiers
📜 A note from the Lab: Wisp — my first creation — escaped again, and she hid her six glow lanterns somewhere in your neighborhood. I need Lantern Keepers. Bring them home, and try not to let her outsmart you. She learned from the best. — Dr. Z
What is this, exactly?
Wisp’s Lost Lanterns is a self-guided scavenger hunt that plays on phones, in your own streets and green spaces. A community books a kit; families play anytime during the event window. Six lantern stops, puzzles for ages 5 to 75, three hints at every stop so nobody gets stuck — and the organizer does about one hour of total work.
How a quest comes alive:
- You book. Email the Lab with your community and tier. We set up your kit and send printable signs + a one-page organizer guide.
- Your Lab Assistant places 6 signs. (That’s you, organizer. The title is official. There may be a certificate someday.)
- Your people play. Teams scan a sign, solve the puzzle, relight the lantern. A quest isn’t alive until a community plays it — so: IT’S ALIVE.
Meet your Game Master 🎚️
Every game runs at the scare level you choose — and you can tell which one you’re getting by looking at Dr. Z’s face. His hair gives it away: the madder the Z, the whiter the hair.
Same quest, four voltages. The face on the flyer is a promise.
Halloween 2026 — the first experiment 🎃
Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2026. The pilot run of Wisp’s Lost Lanterns, in neighborhoods across Volusia County. Kits are limited to the communities we can support well — see the Halloween details and claim yours early.
Tiers at a glance
- 🏘️ Community — $199 flat, unlimited families. Or run it as a fundraiser: families pay $15, your community keeps $5 of every sale.
- 🏢 Office Party — $349–$499. Departments race a live leaderboard. The party plans itself.
- 🧭 Youth Groups and 🎉 Form-Your-Own — waitlist open for the Christmas edition.
Coming soon 🎪
Party rentals — tables, chairs, grills, cornhole, and yard games, delivered with the same mischief. Play more. Plan less. The games come first; the gear is next. Email zqmcomputing@gmail.com to get on the list.
Quick questions
Do players need to install an app? No. One phone per team, in a browser. Grandparents included.
What does the organizer actually do? About an hour: print 7 signs, place 6, set out a candy bowl. The Lab handles the rest, remotely.
What if it rains? Florida rain is the Lab’s mood lighting. The kit window spans the whole weekend — families pick their moment.
Every other question, answered →
Built in New Smyrna Beach, for Volusia County — your neighborhood, your churchyard, your office park, anywhere your people already gather.