The goal: surprising the team once again
At every quarterly retreat, I like to prepare something special to surprise my colleagues. I've done it before with Clevergy Cards, the Personalized Wally Book, and the 3D blister figurines.
This time I wanted to go further and build a full video game where everyone could see themselves and play together. The game's objective: Save the retreat by completing 5 worlds inspired by Clevergy's real history.
The 5 worlds: company history in levels
Each level revisits a real milestone of our journey:
1. 🏢 The office
2.5D retro platformer
A chronological journey across our offices: first at Google for Startups Campus, then Wayra (Gran Vía), and finally CINK Coworking, where we face the final boss: Datadis and its API changes.
World 1: The office — platforming across our three workspaces
2. 🥊 Retro Fight
Smash Bros arena fighter (up to 4 players)
Our bi-weekly sprint retrospective («the retro») settled by brawling on top of the conference table, throwing sticky notes with real quotes, staplers, and coffee mugs to restore health.
World 2: Retro Fight — fighting right on the meeting board table
3. ✏️ BoliBic Tag
3D ballpoint shooter (Three.js)
Laser tag faithfully recreating our current coworking: Clevergy's desks, the lunchroom microwaves, neighbor María Eugenia knitting scarves at her window, and final boss «Inbox Infinito».
World 3: BoliBic Tag — ballpoint laser tag across the coworking space
4. 🚤 Pantano de San Juan
Jet ski kart racing (up to 20 players)
Inspired by the retreat where we went waterskiing and jet skiing at the reservoir. Features drift mini-turbos and office items like coffee boosts and email torpedoes.
World 4: Pantano de San Juan — water races remembering our retreat
5. 🔋 The integration
Fall Guys obstacle course (4 rounds)
My favorite world. It summarizes in one course everything it takes to integrate a user: creating the CUPS, dodging Datadis errors, connecting solar inverters, and climbing the tower to claim the battery.
World 5: The integration — the full journey to capture the battery
Retreat characters
Each teammate has their own playable character with all their real animations:
Physical QR cards
As with previous retreats, a physical collectible was essential. Each teammate received a custom member card with a QR code that launches the game on mobile with their character ready to play:
Custom physical member cards handed out at the retreat
Real-time multiplayer
Using WebRTC and Cloudflare, we were able to jump in all at once from our phones during the retreat to compete live in the same match:
Multiplayer match with the whole team competing together
Team leaderboard
Scores and completed worlds are stored in real time with Cloudflare D1. And as proven on the board, Manu will always be the most competitive teammate:
Manu at the top of the leaderboard proving he's always the most competitive
Video showcase
Clevergy Game trailer and gameplay
🎮 Play for free at clevergy-game.pages.dev.
