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Identifying puzzle solvers

Objective

Learn how to identify your puzzle solvers and associate them with their contest scores

There are two ways to identify puzzle solvers:

  1. Collecting their information within the puzzle player interface
  2. Passing an anonymized identifier for each user to the puzzle iframe

Collect information within puzzle player​

This is a quick method to identify puzzle solvers. In this method, a small form is presented to the solvers within the puzzle player interface. The form can contain one or more of 3 fields :

  1. Name
  2. Email
  3. Mobile Number

Click here to watch a quick video that shows how to enable this feature:

For puzzles in contest mode, the form to collect this information is shown after users have submitted their puzzle. For non contest mode puzzles, the form is shown before the users start solving the puzzle.

Data Privacy

Please ensure that you have valid consent to collect the users' information, in whatever jurisdictions you operate in. The name/email/mobile number collection feature is meant only for scoring, and is NOT meant for lead generation. Amuse Labs will not be able to entertain deletion requests for any such collected information. Contact us to discuss details.

Please avoid collecting personally identifiable information as far as possible. Pseudonymous markers, such as roll numbers, IDs or registration numbers are preferable to collecting real names or emails.

By default, all fields in the form are optional. If you would like to make one or more of the fields mandatory, please consult the advanced contest options section.

Multiple attempts​

Please note that we uniquely identify solvers by attempting to place a cookie on their browser. If cookies are disabled on their browser, or they access the puzzle from a new browser/private window, solvers may be able to attempt the puzzle multiple times. Collecting player information within the puzzle iframe does *NOT guard against multiple puzzle attempts.

If you have a website where user logins are implemented, we can restrict each logged in user to a single puzzle attempt. To implement a user login system on your website, please consult the reference documentation on user identity for more details.