FloydFest 26 · Daydream

FloydQuest

Explore More. Discover More. Experience More.
An interactive festival exploration concept for FloydFest. A pilot proposal.
SupNoke
Roanoke's mountain community
The reality
FloydFest is built to wander.
Multiple stages, vendor villages, workshops, outdoor experiences, under-the-radar acts - every inch curated with intention. But festival gravity is what it is: people settle near the music and don't always expand their radius.
The cost
- Great vendors go undiscovered
- Canopy Grove, The Depot, Outdoor Adventure HQ - too easy to walk past?
- Hidden gems stay hidden
- No data on how the crowd actually moves
FloydQuest nudges discovery - without disrupting the magic.
Introducing
A QR quest that inspires exploration.
- Scan QR codes throughout the festival
- Unlocking experiences and chances of rewards
- Complete 3 required + 2 of your choice
- Climb the tiers: Wanderer, Wayfinder, Legendary
- Earn entries into giveaways and prizes
Simple. Fast. Frictionless.
No account required, nothing to install. Opens straight from any scan, with native iOS and Android apps for players who want one.
How it works
Five steps. Zero friction.
01
Scan
Attendee scans a FloydQuest QR
02
Launch
Opens instantly, no install needed
03
Quest
See your checkpoints + tier path
04
Earn
Completed scans = reward entries
05
Win
Instant winner notifications
Visit, scan, maybe stumble onto a new experience - but the scan is the quest. Examples: Sycamore Circle · Dale's Pale Ale Oasis Stage · Disc Golf Course · Outdoor Adventure HQ · The Depot. You're signed in the moment you're scanned in (Apple, Google, or a 6-digit email code), so your progress and any wins save automatically.
Quest structure
A music festival, with side quests.
3 required
Must visit:
- 1 secondary stageDale's Pale Ale Oasis · Children's Universe & Stage · Devil's Backbone · Porch · Omnibuild Canopy Grove
- 1 vendor / sponsor areaMerch / Vendor Village
- 1 featured experience zoneSycamore Circle · The Depot · Outdoor Adventure HQ
+ 2 of your choice
Pick any 2:
- Disc Golf
- Craft Workshops
- Outdoor Skills Workshops
Minimum 5 scans unlocks entry.
Tier badges
| Tier | Scans | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Wanderer | 5 | Merch drawings |
| Wayfinder | 8 | Festival upgrades |
| Legendary | 8 + | Find Craig ↓ |
Signed in at scan-in (Apple / Google / email code), so progress + winner notifications save automatically - no separate sign-up.
Legendary tier: Find Craig
A few hours a day, Craig roams the grounds in an "I'm Craig" tee with this hug emoji on the back. Find him, he shows you a one-time QR from his phone - that scan plus 8+ total scans enters the Legendary drawing: VIP upgrades, other festival-defining big-ticket prizes.
Why it works
Passive attendance → active participation.
FloydQuest taps into:
- The pull people feel when they sense something hidden is nearby - a real cognitive bias festivals already trade on.
- Once you start a quest or collection, finishing it feels good. Same loop that powers Pokémon Go, Strava badges, brewery passports.
- Scavenger-hunt behavior
- Festival exploration
- Collectible progression
- Surprise rewards
FloydQuest amplifies the magic that's already there.
Future potential
FloydQuest: a useful pilot today, a foundation in the future.
The pilot is a scavenger hunt - that's it. But the platform underneath can grow into a more useful engagement and sponsor-activation layer, on FloydFest's timeline, not ours.
Sponsor-activation potential
- Sponsor-funded reward pools and drawings
- Self-service sponsor quest creation
- Eg scan at the Oasis Stage 4-7pm earns 2× tier credit. Drives traffic to a partner venue during specific windows.
- Coupon / offer delivery on unlock
- Sponsor-exclusive tier multipliers
- Every scan at a partner-branded checkpoint is logged with timestamp + zone. Not estimated from attendance - counted at the QR.
Engagement-platform potential
- Year-round FloydQuest portal between fests
- Returning-attendee streaks + alumni rewards
- Custom quest builder for FF organizers
- Seasonal mini-events between FloydFests
- Community leaderboards
- Multi-year tier progression + lifetime stats
Pilot first. Build from there if it earns the right.
Analytics & insights
Festival-grade intelligence.
- A festival map shaded warm where scans cluster and cool where they don't. Reveals exactly which zones the crowd is finding.
- Scan distribution by area
- Venue engagement rates
- Time-of-day scan patterns
- How many attendees scan once, hit Wanderer (5), hit Wayfinder (8). Shows where attendees drop off and what tweaks would lift completion.
- Most-discovered zones
- Under-visited zones
Helps optimize:
Future layouts · staffing · vendor placement · scheduling.
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Built on SupNoke's engagement platform.
SupNoke specializes in:
- Local event discovery
- Promotions & giveaways
- Interactive experiences
- QR engagement systems
- Mobile-first event technology
Live at supnoke.com - serving Roanoke's Blue Ridge community.
Strategic upside
FloydFest gains:
- Enhanced attendee engagement
- Valuable analytics
- Pilot data for future planning
SupNoke gains:
- Validation that the FloydQuest model works at festival scale
- Visibility within the festival community
- Learning from a flagship festival environment
A true partnership opportunity.
The pilot
Proposed FloydFest 2026 pilot.
Initial deployment
- 8-12 QR checkpoints across the grounds
- 3 required destinations
- + 2 of your choice
- Tiered rewards: Wanderer → Wayfinder → Legendary (with Find Craig)
Pilot metrics
- Participation rate
- Scan completion rate
- Whether the side stages, vendor zones, and outdoor experiences actually see more traffic than a baseline year - the headline KPI for FF.
- Venue engagement
- Vendor traffic uplift
- User satisfaction
Validate engagement, movement, and overall fit with minimal operational overhead.
Thank you

FloydQuest

Explore More.
Discover More.
Experience More.
Proposed next steps
- Feedback & brainstorming session
- Identify target activation zones
- Define pilot scope
- Prototype experience flow
Craig Dennis · Marissa Lorenz
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