Gig Game uses a few terms you may not have met before. Here they are in plain words, in the order you will probably run into them.
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Host Hub | The website where you manage everything: browse games, schedule events, build trivia, manage contacts, and manage your plan. It lives at giggame.app. |
| Game | One of the games in the Browse Games, such as a trivia game or a bingo game. (You may see "application" or "app" in some places. It means the same thing.) |
| Event | One session of a game in one place at one time. Each event has its own leaderboard, player list and QR code. |
| Host Console | The control room for a running game, where you start, pace and manage it. |
| HUD | The Heads Up Display: the big screen the room watches. |
| Player controller | A player's own phone or tablet, used to take part in the game. |
| QR code | The square code on the HUD that players scan with their phone camera to join. |
| Access code | A short five-character code for an event. Players can type it at giggame.app/play instead of scanning the QR code. |
| Join page | The page players land on after scanning the QR code or entering the access code, where they pick a name. |
| Player | Someone taking part in your game from their own phone. |
| Player limit | The number of players your plan allows in one game. The free plan allows 3. |
| Lead | Information a player gives when they join, such as an email address or phone number, if you ask for it. See the Game Events articles for how to collect leads. |
| Trivia pack | A set of trivia questions you build and publish, with rounds, themes and music. |
| Question catalog | Your personal bank of trivia questions that you can reuse across packs. |
| AI tokens | A balance you spend on AI features, such as writing trivia questions or making images. The games themselves work without tokens. |
| Plan | Your subscription level. It sets your player limit. |