ONE LAST THING · A HUNT
There is a hidden world
all around you.
Even under your feet.
Hidden across six BioKEA games are six Golden Sample Cards. Collect the clues. Solve the puzzle.
HOW IT WORKS
- 01
Find
Six BioKEA games. Six hidden Golden Sample Cards. One per game.
- 02
Clue
Each card carries one fragment of the final answer.
- 03
Solve
Assemble all six fragments into the solution.
- 04
Submit
Send your answer through the form below — your shipping address is required because the prize ships to you.
- 05
Win
The first ten correct submissions get real sequencing of their backyard soil.
THE GAMES
Six playable games. One Golden Sample Card hidden inside each. Click in, play, and look for what doesn't belong.
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Codon Collider
A daily DNA-merge puzzle. Build life from a single base to a complete ecosystem.
🔒 Golden Sample Card · hidden inside
Play → -
Pipette Rush
Run the eDNA pipeline as fast as the lab can throw it at you.
🔒 Golden Sample Card · hidden inside
Play → -
Plasmid Plinko
Drop a primer. Clear every gene-peg on the board. Stack lab upgrades between rounds.
🔒 Golden Sample Card · hidden inside
Play → -
Particle Accelerator
You are the sample. Survive eight minutes through the contaminant field.
🔒 Golden Sample Card · hidden inside
Play → -
Biodiversity Discovery Lab
California's biodiversity survey, rendered as a collectible card-album challenge.
🔒 Golden Sample Card · hidden inside
Play → -
WildCal
Creatures of California. Explore · Discover · Collect.
🔒 Golden Sample Card · hidden inside
Play →
THE PRIZE
The first ten correct solvers receive:
- · Real molecular sequencing of soil sampled from your own backyard.
- · A full report (PDF) of what was found.
- · The raw sequencing data (FASTQ).
- · A Claude-powered explorer for asking your data questions in plain English.
RULES
- · Deadline: June 5, 2026, 11:59 PM PT. Hunt opens May 7, 2026.
- · US residents only.
- · Must be 18+ at the time of submission.
- · One submission per email address.
- · Automated or bot submissions will be disqualified.
- · Winners are notified by email; allow 4–6 weeks for kit delivery, sample return, sequencing, and report.
- · Email and address are used only for prize fulfillment.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWER
Submission form is being prepared. Check back here at launch (May 7, 2026).
LAB UPDATES
Not in the US? Hunt over? Stay in the loop.
The hunt is US-only this round, but lab updates from BioKEA are open to anyone — new games, papers, the next challenge.
Biodiversity can be discovered anywhere.