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READY, SET…GO! 2015 SUMMER GAME IS ON!

by mariah

SUMMER GAME 2015 has been ACTIVATED (can you hear its engine revving?), and is READY TO GO!



This year brings you:
- Simplified BRANCH MASTER BADGES. ALL codes required for these big time badges are already placed branches — so you'll have the ENTIRE SUMMER to get all the codes. Nice, right? You could even start TODAY! Though, remember, Downtown doesn’t re-open ’til tomorrow at 9am!

- 2000 POINTS for COMPLETING THE PAPER GAME (Summer Game Classic)! 1000 for the completion code, another 1000 for the badge you’ll earn!

- Plenty of GREAT NEW BADGES starting with BADGE DROP #1 coming around 5 PM today! Eeeeee!

- TOTALLY RAD PRIZES — including BIG LEGO banks, to-go tea tumblers, SUPER SPECIAL “sketch” bags (custom-designed by four cartoonists!), and of course, the RETURN of a few faves: the popular picnic blanket, quality coffee and chocolate! Plus, more, more, more…STAY TUNED!





Just WHEN will you be able to get your hands (or at least your eyes) on some of our super-stellar prizes? The SUMMER GAME SHOP will open July 7.

We’ve got a WHOLE MONTH+ between THIS VERY MOMENT and then, so you’ve got plenty of time to TAG, RATE, and REVIEW items in the AADL Catalog for points! Haven’t played before, but ready now? SIGN UP ONLINE!

Dig all this excitement, but have NO IDEA what we’re talking about? NO PROBLEM — glad you’re here! Here’s a quick video to clue you in!

Questions? Excited comments? Good/bad puns to share? Post here (for points!) or drop us a Contact Us anytime.

Team AADL is here to make sure EVERYTHING (SUMMER GAME) IS AWESOME!

as always....
THANKS FOR PLAYING!

Comments

Can someone tell me more about this goat I read about a few weeks ago? Thanks :)

All I can tell you is that you can find the goat at the downtown library. Pretty neat way it's set up, and it's worth 1000 game points. I hope this helped.

Very excited! I always end up learning something, finding a new place to walk in town, and finding new things to check out! Ready, set, GO!

I don't see my referral code on my player page. Do we still get points for having new players sign up? Is our code number the same as last year? My friend is waiting to sign up so she can use my code.

Thanks!

hey sara!
welcome back — always awesome to see some of the super-players back in action! the game actually won't have referral codes this year, but we WILL be introducing a friending/following feature over the next few weeks that should help make up for some of those points.

so, please tell your friend to jump on in and get started, and you two can be sure to friend/follow each other once that feature is live!
thanks for asking!
-[http://www.aadl.org/mariah|mariah]

This sounds so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hooray!

YAY!

I love the lego themed badges. Thanks again for doing this - it is the best summer reading program EVER. :-)

So excited for the game to start! I'm really looking forward to this year's Park Explorer series.

(and I can't wait to see the prizes - a "to-go tea tumbler" sounds like something I'm really going to like.)

:)

I was waiting (in)patiently for it to start! We love the Summer Game!

Last year was my first playing the Summer Game and it was a blast.
I now know more about the strategies and expect to earn lots more points!

Summer game is always a favorite of mine. Can't wait to see what great badges you've got cooking up for us. I loved the code breaking one last year.

Ahh I didn't miss the badge drop after all (just woke up from nap). Looking forwards to playing!
Looks like the competition for the top will be fierce this year. Do your best everyone!
(Don't cheat on the catalog reviews ok? I saw a lot of repeated stuff last year, which is not quality reviewing.)

I completed some of the badges but they do not appear... Maybe I'm a bit early to the Summer Game PARTY!

arjlib234,
Can you let us know which badges? The Contributor badges (the ones that show up on the main Badges page) *should* be working at this point, but the rest will officially drop around 5/5:30, which might explain it, depending on which badges your experiencing problems with.
thanks!
[http://aadl.org/mariah|mariah]

Everything is AWESOME! Everything is cool when you're part of a team. And Team AADL makes it even awesomer!

How do I get 100 points for signing up? I'm looking for a code on my Reading Game Card but don't see anything. Thanks and looking forward to a fun summer of Summer Game!

I am doing the Paddington Badge but I cannot find the third code. Is this because the badge hasn't technically been released yet?

My Summer Game teammates and I have been waiting for this day since last summer! Super excited!

My family's been looking forward to this since the last Summer Game ended. Glad to see it back!

Hooray!
The long-awaited Summer Game begins!

And a good time shall be had by all.

There are over 25 one word comments Submitted by radha_sarma_sri... on Sun, 06/14/2015 - 2:18pm.

Please don't spam the comment section just to get points.

Thank you Sara, I was just thinking the same thing. I personally feel they should take those points away from that player. Maybe they can remove all those comments too, most of them say the same thing.

BTW--heads up to anyone who hasn't yet figured this out (I only realized it last year): the events held at the library offer a LOT of points. Last year's event for those who like comics/graphic novels, and especially, for kids with that interest, was a very code-rich environment.

And it was a fun outing, too.

Glad to hear Downtown will be open in time for summer games weekend - and next weekends comic weekend!
See you there!

Thank you AADL staff for the best summer games. Look forward to playing all summer long. My friends who belong to other libraries in the area wish their libraries had games like yours. Glad I'm part of the best summer games ever, AADL rule.

Summer Game is awesome! Can't wait for the Summer Game shop to open! Hope there's some good new items this year... last year's Summer Game had cool new stuff.

YAY! I am so excited that the game has finally started! I have been counting down the days for about a month now!

I'm having so much fun - and learning so much doing the badge codes. I'm getting excited for the Store to open - can't wait to see the prizes! Thanks for a wonderful summer project!

@Thomas B Brown
Yes, competition is fierce this year. I also won't be able to match my spot from last year. Oh well. There's more to life than the summer game... right?

@SBNB,

Imagine a voiceover announcer saying
"Make AADL Summer Game part of your balanced life!"

instead of something about balanced breakfast. Summer Game is just as colorful and not as caloric as fruity sweetened breakfast cereal.

@cherylo and @SBNB

Thanks for making me laugh!

On one hand, I'm happy so many more people are playing. On the other hand, I hope I have enough points for a picnic blanket, chocolate, and coffee!

Looking forward to the badge drop every Friday and to going to as many library events as possible. I wish I had even more time to spend on the summer game. Thanks AADL!

yay!

I am loving the badges, great job aadl!

I also like the ability to activate an additional player. When it works, like giving something a star review, it's great. But when it doesn't, it's a bit frustrating. I have my family under my summer game account, so when one of them activates themselves to give a star review, you would think the "I finished this" button would work so they can claim reading/watching points, right? WRONG! All points get credited to the account owner, me. There could be bigger problems, but it's a bit annoying. Is this by design, or a bug? Anyone running into this issue? I am delighted that aadl is trying to enhance support for those with multi-players, so thank you! I don't want to be a pain, and me and my family will eventually learn to stop crediting the wrong points.

@beeniepie, I had the same issue on day one, but figured out it was because the player that got the points was selected instead of the player that was supposed to get the points. You have to make sure to "activate" the right player before doing anything. Hope this helps.

My 7 y/o wakes up asking if we can complete a badge for the summer game. Thanks for all the hard work you've put into this fabulous community/family event!

My 3.5 year old son keeps asking to go to the library to look for codes. He's loving looking for them and is pretty good at finding them too.

When's the next badge drop...I'm already done with the first one :)

If the kids reading prize is gonna be a noise maker, the least AADL can do is make the adult reading prize EAR PLUGS! BTW: the kids prize is pretty cool, despite the noise.

@beeniepie - I haven't had any problems switching between family members (players) using one account. AprilCDB is correct in saying that you have to make sure the person you want getting the points is the one that is active (has check mark next to their name). To switch players, you have to click the box next to their name to make sure they are the active one. This updated system rocks! I love being able to have one child rate their books, and then my other rate their books, and they get the points. Not just the account holder like last year. Thanks AADL!

I LOVE THE SUMMER GAME!!! It is really cool and I always read more when the Summer Game is going on than other parts of the year (i.e. during the school year.)

First time I've had the opportunity to play the Summer Game since it went digital. Excellent job of keeping all ages engaged, and enticing readers to enrich the AADL website content. Bravo!

Let the Summer Game begin! I always enjoy participating in this event. I learn things, earn points, and have fun. In short, I have an AWESOME time with this.

Are we going to be able to use our points-o-matic or Treasurequest points for anything?

Is there more then one goat in Josie's office? I put in the code on the window which said it was worth 2000 points...then the text came back and said I got 1000.

You will get another 1000 points when the badge has been awarded to you - which may require you putting in another 'action' in your player page to activate. Just like when people finish the classic/paper game and get the finishing game code - 1000 points if for the code and 1000 points is for the badge.
- erin

I love the summer game! Makes summer so much more fun! Thank you so much AADL for such an amazing experience!

Is LOTD over with? I thought it was last week but then found a week's worth of clues this morning at a different URL. Now I don't see anything for today on any of the pages. Please clarify. Thank you.

I found out about the Summer Game last year near the end of it's run — so excited to play along all summer this year. Thanks so much AADL for putting this together and doing such a wonderful job!

Thank you! We're enjoying the badges so far, especially the historical ones.
Looking forward to the next badge drop, and to the opening of the Summer Game Shop.

@ AprilCDB it is possible to go to the 4th floor and get the goat code during all of the hours that the library is open - it's posted in the Administration office window. However there is a fun/special and goaty aspect to the experience that can only be viewed if you visit the Director's office between 9-5 :>

Hooray for the Summer Game!!
Just out of curiosity, is there a count for how many games codes are posted in each of the branches? I've already found a bunch, but I don't know if it's all of them. I'd be especially helpful for those branches on the other side of town that I don't get to as much.
Thank you AADL!!

@VickyB77

Each branch has 10 codes this year. But you do have to be careful, because there are some branches that have extra codes that don't count toward the branch badge like the gecko and Josie's Goat and special events. I suggested to AADL that they mark the code sheets that count toward the branch badge with a special marking. When in doubt, ask the desk. You could ask them if you have them all. Each branch has always been so helpful with any questions I may have had.

tshaw - I love your idea on the game code papers. Thank you so much for sharing it. Delighted the library will be implementing.

I started texting the codes while doing park badges and it's a good thing I did because it rejected one and I had time to go back. I never go anywhere near that area so it would have been a huge hassle. Definitely worth it if possible, fellow players, to enter the codes in from "the field." Many non-smartphones can text as well.

Could you please have more AADL clothing? Yeah, we can't get enough. Well, okay, and my kids are outgrowing theirs. The off white shirts from 2 (?) years ago were a tad drab for as fun as AADL and the summer game are.

And, I know you try to avoid the dull, generic tote bags, but.... Sometimes you need one! For holding library books! Could you please consider some kind of just plain useful items too? Because we want the AADL logo all through the day. (Seriously, I use my AADL glasses daily.)

I suspect the tees and some other items have been designed as deliberately plain, as there have been tie dye events nearly every year and talk of the ability to customize the cotton messenger bags as a design feature.

I still use my 2011 tote bag frequently for library items. I also use our AADL pub glasses daily! One of the messenger bags from a past year contains the items I need for my roleplaying group's adventures, like rpg books, paper, pencils, and dice, so they are always ready to go. My family also use our AADL water bottles constantly, and I'm hoping this year's offering include something similar to or the same as last year's wide mouth design, because I truly wish we had gotten more of those!

@cherylo, my oldest son uses one of the messenger bags as his secondary school bag (he can't fit everything in his backpack - high school kids these days don't use their lockers!) And my 2011 tote bag is one of my favorite prizes - especially since i got the RFID card to go along with it and it's easier to scan than getting my turquoise card out of my wallet. Also, the turquoise one is falling apart, but i'm afraid that if i replace it then RFID one won't work any more.

@camelsamba I'd just love to see a workshop for summer game players to make a secondary library card like the RFID and barcode on cardboard ones, not that the RFID part itself would be needed now that the scanners are optical. I suspect there would be a few more people who could use an update because of a worn out card!

One hi tech solution I've found that can be helpful is to take a picture of the library card with barcode on your phone, then use that image as the card. Works like a charm.

3 badge drops behind and just getting into the thick of it. Not sure I'll be able to make a strong showing this year! Good luck everyone!

Legos? Legos? LEGOS!!! Everything is awesome!

Seriously, that's an amazing tie-in. AADL & the Friends Of rock.

Be sure to WALK on the Westside Wanderer explorer badge - you won't get the same great experience if you stressfully drive in your car. I saw so many baby bunnies and heard all the birds chirping, very nice walk, and so very interesting, too! Be sure to stop in for some treats at the certain stops!

I'm so excited for the next Badge Drop - my favorite badge are the Explorer - I love the Cobblestone Farm tour and the Westside Wanderer so far.......I learned SO much information that I never knew before!

This is my first summer playing - I thought it was "just for kids" until a few local friends told me adults can participate, too! Looking forward to the fun!

Thank you for being such a fun resource! Our family is very excited to participate in the summer reading program for the first time this year!

Any suggestions for the last clue of the Avatar the last airbender badge. Thanks for any help

@cinderellariley

You want a hybrid equid from our world. Try googling "hybrid equid" and see what comes up. It's the most common one, or at least the one I was most familiar with. Then if you search the name of that animal in books in the catalog, it should be obvious.

This is my first time playing the online game - I've been hearing about it for years and am excited to begin.

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AADL is the one thing that keeps me from going insane when I pay my A2 property taxes. I love AADL and all of its services. It's the spoonful of sugar that goes with paying by outrageously high city taxes.

SO excited to play again! I am ready! I look forward to this all year! If you have not played the summer game before, You HAVE to try it! :)

I love the summer game I wonder if the aadl team will try to keep the summer game going every year :) :)

AN UNIMPORTANT QUESTION: here it is mentioned that there will be On The Go Tea Tumblers, but there is only the On The Go Coffee Mug (at least, the description only mentions coffee). WILL THERE BE A MATCHING TEA MUG? Or are you trying to tell me that I can put TEA AND COFFEE IN THE SAME MUG (but hopefully not at the same time)?

I am sorry to see it end and it sure was a great time. I think back to June 19 here when it all started and I think "where did the summer go????!!?". The summer game really adds some fun to my already fun summer.

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