How to Play Your Factile Game
To access your created games, simply go to the ‘My Games’ tab. There, you can browse your game collection and pick the one you wish to play.
1. To start playing a game, find the one you to play and click the “Play” button.
2. Choose the game style. Note: If you have a Basic account, your game choices are restricted to the Jeopardy-style game. However, by upgrading to a Pro account, you can unlock access to various game styles, including Flashcards, Choice, Quiz Bowl, Interactive Choice, and Memory.
3. Choose the number of teams playing. For Basic accounts, you can concurrently have a maximum of five (5) teams in play. Upgrade to a Pro account to enable up to 50 teams within each game.
For users with a Pro account, the option to use Buzzer Mode is available. By selecting “Yes” or “No,” you can enable or disable the feature that allows participants to “Buzz in” using a mobile device or computer.
3. Choose a mascot to represent each team. Alternatively, you can use the Auto Select feature to let the system automatically assign mascots to each team.
Tip: If you want to see all the available mascot categories, simply click on the Display All button to explore and choose the one that best fits your game.
Mascot Categories:
- Shark
- Dinosaurs
- Friendly Fruit
- Vanquishing Vegetables
- Super Safari Animals
- Amazing Arctic Animals
- Sensational Sea Creatures
- Avatars
- Professional Human Avatars
Tip: For a more personalized experience, you can change the mascot names to French, German, or Spanish names.
4. When you’re ready, press “Begin Game”.
How do I Play?
Tip: Click the button in the top right corner to expand into full-screen mode.
1. Click a tile to play.
After you’ve selected a tile, the question will be shown on the screen and the timer will begin counting down. If you don’t want to use the timer, you can opt to turn it off before you start the game.
Tip: If an image is included in a question or answer, you can view it in full-screen mode by clicking on it. To return the image to its original size, click on it again.
_*Tip:_ The *Hint mode, activated by the Moderator, offers valuable insights into each button’s functionality.
In the screenshot below, you can see an example of how to view more information about a button. Simply hover your mouse pointer over the button and a description of its function will appear in a tooltip. In this example, the moderator hovers over the “Manage Teams” button and its description appears above the Hints button.
2. Once a question is displayed, teams will be given the chance to provide their answer. The first team to raise their hand (or press the buzzer in a “Buzzer Mode” game) will have the opportunity to respond.
3. After a team answers, the Moderator will assess whether their response is correct or incorrect. If the team’s answer is correct, the Moderator can click on the located on the team podium. If the answer is incorrect, the Moderator can click on the instead.
If a team’s answer is correct, the value of the tile will be added automatically to their score. In the event of an incorrect answer, the value of the tile will be deducted from the team’s score.
4. After the moderator selects either the or , the game will show the answer.
Tip: If no team responds to a question, you can choose to skip scoring by clicking on “Skip/See Answer” displayed in the top right corner of the screen. This will reveal the answer to the question.
5. Once all the Tiles have been opened, the Final Factile question will be displayed. All teams will have an opportunity to provide their answer, and the winning team will be automatically displayed.
Adjusting Scores
Team scores are automatically awarded when the moderator scores a question, but you also have the option to adjust scores manually using the and buttons.
Show the Score at the End of the Game
Once the game is over, you can view the final scores of each team by clicking on the “Show Scores” button.
When you click on the “Show Scores” button, you can view each team’s base score, Final Factile wager, and final score. Additionally, you can download a .csv file to keep track of your team scores.
Languages
If you want to change the language of your games, go to the top right corner of the My Games page and choose the language you prefer.
Supported languages include English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Mandarin.
Pro Subscription Features
Upgrade your Basic account to Pro to enjoy more features such as the following:
- Display Answer Button
- Display Answer before Question
- Skip Question without Showing the Answer
- Show Final Factile Category Hint at Wager Time
- Positive Score Mode
- Play Memory Game with 100 Points
- Leader Board
Playing with More than 5 Teams
If you have more than five teams playing a game, don’t worry! Your game will display five teams at a time. You can easily navigate through the other teams using the arrows at the bottom of the screen.
Positive Scoring Mode
With the Positive Scoring mode, players won’t lose points for incorrect answers. This is helpful if you want to encourage participation without worrying about penalizing mistakes.
1. Once the Moderator clicks on the , the game will move forward to reveal the answer and adjust the score if points are awarded. In the event of an incorrect answer, the moderator will still click on the , but the team’s score will remain the same.
2. Once the correct answer has been given, or if all teams have provided incorrect answers and their scores have been updated, the answer will be revealed, and the game will proceed.
What is the difference between Skip/See Answer and Toggle Question/Answer?
The “Skip/See Answer” button displays the answer without scoring the question. This is helpful when no player or team has buzzed in or raised their hand to answer the question. The “Toggle Question/Answer” allows you to toggle between the question and answer tile.
Global and Game-Specific Settings
There are two ways you can customize your games.
1. Global Customization. You can customize the game settings to suit your preferences and apply them to all your games, unless a specific game has “Game Specific” settings turned on. This feature allows you to streamline the game setup process and ensure that all games adhere to your preferred settings.
2. Game-Specific Customization. When “Use Game Specific settings for this Game” is turned ON, it means that the settings applied to the game will be specific to that game, and “Global Customizations” will not affect this game. This allows you to customize settings for individual games and override any global settings that may have been set.
Read more about customizing settings for your games here.
Leaderboard
The Leaderboard function will display the top 10 scores for the game in rank order. Click on the icon to view the leaderboard of the game.
The Leaderboard features the following tabs:
- My Account: This shows the leaderboard for all the games played by the account owner.
- All Users: This shows the leaderboard that includes other users playing the game (i.e. for games that are shared).
- Played Games: This shows the scores for previously played games.
This is an example view of the “My Account” leaderboard, which displays the top 10 scores for the game in ranking order. If you’re in a multiplayer game mode, you can click the “Members” button to view the players for each team. The leaderboard provides an overview of the current standings and allows you to keep track of your progress throughout the game.
This is an example view of an “All Users” leaderboard.
This is the “Played Games” tab, which displays the scores for your previously played games. To view additional details about a game, such as player information, wagers, and scores, click the button. You can also view the game’s leaderboard and export the game data in CSV format by clicking the button. This is a useful feature for keeping track of past games and monitoring progress over time. If you want to delete the history of a game, click the button.
You can download the results of your games as a CSV file, which allows you to track progress over a period of time. This feature is particularly useful for tracking the performance of your teams or players over multiple games.
Tip: You can also reset the ranking if you wish.
Live Leaderboard
The Live Leaderboard is an exciting new feature that enables your players to monitor scores in real time as the game unfolds. This feature enhances excitement during gameplay. The Live Leaderboard is available when you play your game in Factile, Choice, Memory and Quiz Bowl modes.
Here’s how you can grant access to the game leaderboard:
1. On the moderator screen, click on Leaderboard.
2. Share this link to your players https://www.playfactile.com/leaderboard or have them scan the provided QR code to open the link.
3. Instruct your players to enter the provided PIN and click Join.
By following these steps, your players and other audience members can monitor the game scores in real time.