IGC Whitepaper

Welcome to the home of the World’s Largest Retail Treasure Hunt! 🚀 Since 2021, we’ve revolutionized treasure hunting with cutting-edge blockchain, AI, and technology. Discover real promotions from top retailers, hunt for real gold bars, and enjoy seamless chain swapping! Powered by IGC tech, we connect advertising, gaming, and loyalty like never before. Don’t miss out—join our Discord now for the latest updates, exclusive clues, and your next big adventure! đź’Ž While our primary focus is on our Treasure Hunts, $IGC forms an ecosystem network of play to earn APPS. IGC takes on multiple forms of utility, run by a strong team with a strategic plan. IGC is a universal gaming asset. 

This whitepaper provides a foundational overview of the key technical and business aspects of the IGC project. As the project evolves, this document will be updated periodically to reflect new developments. The IGC team may release modifications, revisions, and updated drafts at various stages—before, during, and after token creation and while the networks are operational.

It outlines the IGC token, its reference software implementation, and its intended use. Please note that this whitepaper is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a binding legal agreement, investment offer, or prospectus.

The IGC token is designed as a gaming token, powering an ecosystem of apps and games. Tokens are distributed primarily through Play-to-Earn (P2E) mechanics, alongside loyalty programs and occasional airdrops. Within the ecosystem, tokens can be used for in-app functionalities and, in the future, for discounts with partnered retailers.”

Our EASY swap section to the players favourite merchandise or blockchain

The In Game Credit token is the fuel circulating through the IGC network of games and apps. The team at IGC build and expand out an ecosystem of modulized games that are all powered by the IGC token. The IGC token runs on the XRP Ledger (blockchain) making the movement of the In game asset fast, secure and cheap to move between any of the assets within the IGC ecosystem. The IGC team builds games, apps and maintains the IGC module. The team have built infrastructure with common methods, functions and features that can be replicated amongst multiple games. Functionality includes however is not limited to the following utility

APP Functionality:

  • Adding IGC as a credit from wallets to the games
  • Points can be earned, found or purchased. They can be recirulated into the application
  • Any sized business or person can run a treasure hunt with the platform
  • Withdrawing the IGC from games to wallets
  • Earning IGC through players participating in functions
  • Winning IGC through players winning inside the game
  • Spending IGC inside the game to achieve certain levels or lives
  • Spending IGC to gain certain skins or NFTs (Non Fungible tokens)
  • Spending IGC to turn off certain features such as advertisements
  • Spending IGC to secure certain assets ie virtual land
  • IGC discount corner (A flash sales product offered within games)

Retailers

Place virtual reality treasures around your shops
Any Size Retailer

Hunters

Collect coins and retail rewards for FREE at your local shops

IGC Project Highlights

– Recipient of a RippleX grant 
–  Winner of the NRF (National Retail Federation USA) Innovation award  
IGC operates the infrastructure and module where developers both internal or external can apply all or some of the utility functions. By supporting an IGC module this increases the amount of games and mainstream objective of the $IGC token which is to operate as a universal, bidirectional play to earn gaming token. 
IGC currently have two main flagship games in iHunt4 and Lil Stepy in addition we have built a turnkey module that is being applied to over 50 mini or casual games creating a large ecosystem of play to earn games. 
iHunt4 – Is an augmented reality treasure hunt game where retailers can set specific locations for numerous AR characters to appear to increase foot traffic. IGC  can also be discovered along the players journey. 
Lil Stepy – Counts users steps per day and rewards the user based on the steps they achieve with IGC. Both flagship games involve walking and location and the team are integrating IBM AI to help to match with partnered retailers. 
Module – The IGC team have developed a turnkey module that can be applied to existing games in under 1 day and released to the store creating an ecosystem of games where the IGC token can be uploaded and withdrawn with ease.
The Primary flagship augmented reality game however the team at IGC diversified the ecosystem by releasing ready made games with the same IGC functionality. This improves the release time to market as there is less development debugging and testing required for already public ready games. IGC also partners with games studios with active gaming products expanding the ecosystem. 

About IGC
A powerful advertising platform that connects retailers with new customers.
Achieved through blockchain, loyalty, ai and augmented reality

Game Functionality:

  • An augmented reality treasure hunt project
  • An end to end player, business, marketing and payments ecosystem powered by our blockchain platform
  • Built on the blockchain for Fast, secure, cheaper transactions
  • IGC is an all inclusive marketing platform built for business and players to dynamically interact with the treasure hunt
  • IHUNT enables players to put prizes into the hunt using Alt, Long and Latitude
  • Enables business to put prizes into the hunt using Alt, Long and Latitude
  • Enables NFTs to be entered into the treasure hunt as prizes enabling a distribution method 
  • Lil Stepy counts users steps and rewards with IGC based on performance
  • AI matches with wish lists and push notifications to retailers
  • The module creates an ecosystem of games where IGC can flow between them all
iHunt4 and IGC token provides a complete Augmented Reality Treasure hunt experience, driving players to dynamically set coordinates and positioning in the real world. Businesses provide real prizes & IHUNT is also used as a reward.
IGC and iHunt4 is also available for retailers to white-label the solution enabling brands to customise and run their own campaigns. The IHUNT cutting edge technology enables ANYONE to place Augmented reality rewards at desired coordinates using proprietary altitude, longitude and latitude indoor and outdoor positioning. The platform then facilitates the distribution of the reward to the players and the marketing information to the business. .
The IGC technology platform has been built and is ready for scaled deployment. “ Augmented Reality coordinates are set using Altitude, Longitude, Latitude and Satellite Algorithms” and Lil Stepy uses a pedometer to measure steps and our backend rewards with the IGC.
With iHunt4 anyone can place rewards directly into the augmented game! IGC tokens are earnable & spendable within the marketplace. The marketplace will consist of goods, services, promotions and NFTs for purchase. 
Currently, there are no platforms like iHunt4 on the market. The platform  enables easy placement of rewards dynamically into the augmented reality game with both sides of the ecosystem businesses and players to dynamically participate and engage at the same time. 
If you thought IHUNT was just a massive cryptocurrency treasure hunt, think again. IHUNT is not just a treasure hunt it is a full scale marketing platform designed to connect businesses to new customers. IHUNT is an all inclusive marketing platform that connects business, players and cryptocurrency enthusiasts together  

WHITE LABEL TREASURE HUNTS
AVAILABLE FOR LARGE RETAILERS

Why iHunt4? Why create the world’s largest treasure hunt platform?

Here are some interesting points to note:

  • 6 Billion + smartphone users and growing
  • Nearly one in three people on earth are now playing video games
  • Over 41.9 million gamers own cryptocurrency in 2020
  • One of the world biggest phenomenon games followed a treasure hunt concept
  • Crypto gaming industry has an estimated market revenue of US$321 million in 2020
  • Treasure hunts are fun

The current number of smartphone users in the world now surpasses 6 Billion users. Half of all mobile devices in the world are used to play games. The number of smartphone subscriptions worldwide today surpasses six billion and is forecast to further grow by several hundred million in the next few years. China, India, and the United States are the countries with the highest number of smartphone users. source. Over 41.9 million gamers own cryptocurrency in 2020 Crypto gaming industry has an estimated market revenue of US$321 million in 2020.

The global gaming market was valued at USD 162.32 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach a value of USD 295.63 billion by 2026, registering a CAGR of 10.5% over the forecast period (2021 – 2026). *Source 

The IHUNT solution uses cutting edge technology to aggregate multiple high growth sectors including cryptocurrency, augmented reality gaming, location based marketing and customer engagement. There is no doubt 2021 is seeing an exciting bullish trend with cryptocurrencies and gaming.

IHUNT vision and objective

  • Provide players with a free, fun, rewarding and ongoing game
  • Provide business with a free, fun, rewarding advertising channel
  • Create a thriving blockchain ecosystem
  • Support new user adoption of multiple cryptocurrencies
  • Engagement of brands, malls, business, government and customer services
  • Provide charity and disability services with a free fun rewarding game for their members

Looking back in time /About the 2016 mobile game phenomenon

In 2016 there was a global treasure hunt game that was indeed a phenomenon. Everyone knows the most famous AR game. The games revenue in the first month broke records, at $207 million. This was despite its launch being staggered, with its Japanese release not occurring until two weeks after general release. It was also the most downloaded, topped most international charts, and grossed $100 million in a mere 20 days. Players loved the treasure hunt at home and outdoors capabilities.

The success, however, could not be sustained. The game seemed to be an all-conquering phenomenon in its first few months, but hype died as the summer ended and people moved on to other things. At its peak, the game was drawing in well over 250 million people per month, by December 2016 that number had fallen to less than 50 million. The game however has recovered in users by adding new features, levels and functionality. This is an important message to the IHUNT team to have a continued arsenal of fun features and new prizes ready for deployment

Here are some of the user statistics on the game: 

Why is this important to IHUNT? This demonstrates 

Games can be quick fads or phases without having exciting follow up features and rewards. Games need the addition of ongoing features and continued demand for the product, something IHUNT has built into the business model.

Components of IHUNT include:

  1. An augmented reality  cryptocurrency treasure hunt
  2. A global marketing platform connecting business with consumers
  3. Marketplace provider
  4. Native Token IGC on BNB, ERC and the XRPL
The IGC  Company is responsible for software development, brand management, production, marketing and licensing of augmented reality mobile games and marketing platforms.
iHunt4 is the marketing and treasure hunt platform where people can search for treasure and earn tokens in the process. With our token reward program, not only will we drive adoption of the platform by incentivizing users to bring their friends onboard, but also we drive organic traffic by rewarding users who place treasures within the platform. The creation of IGC Token is what allows us to bring this project from a concept to a platform that will be able to disrupt the current market leaders. Our initial target market stretches across many large industries: the advertising industry, valued at $US 647 Billion, and the crypto industry valued at $2 trillion. Other gaming companies make the mistake of not having a solid working growth model. IHUNT, on the contrary, is built with a focus on growth where everyone benefits: users are rewarded with tokens when they use our augmented reality platform, and business owners providers benefit from a low cost customer and branding solution solving one of their biggest challenges.  Our user acquisition strategy is built to systematically and sustainably drive users to the IHUNT platform through business, government and happy treasure hunt players. The revenue streams will be used to support the project infrastructure, marketing and prize development. By launching IHUNT, we will start winning market share of the $600 billion advertising industry. At the same time, the current market cap of all cryptocurrencies is around $3 trillion. Our initial target market stretches across both of these industries.

About the token

The IGC is a token is now available on multiple chains or networks. It is a cryptocurrency ecosystem designed to connect business, marketing companies, game players and crypto enthusiasts. A unique way to gain access to specified target audiences.

Token code: $IGC 

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The token is named IGC (In Game Credit) intentionally with the vision of cross functional games such as Lil Stepy and the Mini Games.

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Retailers place coins and 
rewards

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Players find and collect the coins and rewards

3

Exchange for the real retail 
Rewards

IGC distribution

The challenge IGC addresses

Businesses and the government are looking for a way to kickstart economies and generate new business. There is a need for businesses and the government to kickstart foot traffic and boost spending. Restaurants, tourism locations and retail are all looking for ways to kickstart spending and generate business at their locations.  
The IGC platform has been designed with the user in mind. It conflates an intuitive UI with a set of tools that bring power and depth to the experience. We believe that IGC can be transformational as a marketing platform, changing the dynamics of power and forming part of a wave of change that could radically alter the operation of business connectivity to players and users.

Competitor Analysis: We know it’s never good karma to badmouth a competitor so lets a high level competitor review what we noticed when researching the market. We found that competitors only offer small rewards (Often prizes are so small and not worth redeeming) Players quickly figure out playtime vs reward is not worth it time and effort.

  • Ecosystem
  • Fast instant withdrawals and transfers between multiple games
  • No End to end payments and integrations with blockchain tech
  • Competitors did not offer an interactive treasure hunt experience between business and player
  • Did not offer a way for players or businesses to place prizes into the project
  • Do not offer a free advertising alternative
  • Did not offer any free distribution services
  • Did not support cryptocurrency or NFTs.
  • No integration with payment gateways
  • No NFT placement alternatives
  • No communication methods for players
  • Not built and compatible with smart glass heads up display

We copied and pasted some reviews for the whitepaper below:

The number one mistake other games are making is that they don’t have a working growth model in place. They try to compete against big players that have much more marketing resources at their disposal. Their constant struggle to attract traffic to their game prevents them from ever taking business from competitors. Due to the lack of an adoption strategy, we can see in hard evidence that post launch, their traffic plummets and demand decreases. 

IGC is built with a focus on growth where everyone benefits:

  • Players earn tokens when searching for treasures and spreading the word;
  • Businesses gain customers when placing treasures around their locations
  • White label customers gain subsidised software costs for running advertising campaigns
  • IGC community, mass adoption of a universal gaming and advertising token

The IGC solution uses cutting edge technology to aggregate multiple high growth sectors including cryptocurrency, augmented reality gaming, location based marketing and customer engagement. There is no doubt 2025 is seeing an exciting bullish trend with cryptocurrencies and gaming. There is now added transparency within the US market with Donald Trump. 

The Market

In 2016 there was a global treasure hunt game that was indeed a phenomenon. Everyone knows the most famous AR game. The games revenue in the first month broke records, at $207 million. This was despite its launch being staggered, with its Japanese release not occurring until two weeks after general release. It was also the most downloaded, topped most international charts, and grossed $100 million in a mere 20 days. Players loved the treasure hunt at home and outdoors capabilities.

The success, however, could not be sustained. The game seemed to be an all-conquering phenomenon in its first few months, but hype died as the summer ended and people moved on to other things. At its peak, the game was drawing in well over 250 million people per month, by December 2016 that number had fallen to less than 50 million. The game however has recovered in users by adding new features, levels and functionality. This is an important message to the IHUNT team to have a continued arsenal of fun features and new prizes ready for deployment

Revenue
Contributor Model

Premium
Points
2.5 cents to retailers IGC on market purchase and RWA

Advertising Revenue 
Per Claim

Big Brand 
Professional Service On Boarding

Merchandise, subscriptions affiliate revenue, retailer spotlight paid reports, developer module, white label branding

IGC

Liquidity

Exchanges

Buy Backs

Real World Assets

Staking

THE Worlds Largest Retail Treasure Hunt

Location

based

proximity

App

Built for scale

Crypto

Exchange

Loyalty + White-label
System

Making millions of people smile every day

Retail Shops
+
Brands

Players

Buy Points to Add
to the Hunt

Gain Publicly by Adding
Promotions to Marketplace
+ Treasure Hunt

IGC SYSTEM

Earn Points

Exchange

For Things you want

Play The Global
Treasure Hunt +

Walking App
Collect Points
and Swap
Products + Crypto

Benefits for Brands

  • Foot traffic
  • New customers
  • Brand Expansion
  • Digitalize branding
  • New and innovative
  • White label campaigns

Benefits for players

  • Win free items
  • A fun experience
  • Challenge friends
  • Swap for crypto
  • Swap for goods
  • Solve clues

In Game Credit

$IGC is a universal gaming token. Play a variety of our $IGC games to have play, earn, spend, withdraw and top up with high quality games.

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