Six charities will receive donations from Game It Forward’s first-release ‘Quingo,’ which combines trivia questions and bingo - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

SEATTLE – Sept. 19, 2013 – Six charities, including five based in Seattle, will receive funds from a new iPad game created by local startup Game It Forward. “Quingo” combines the fun of bingo with the challenge of trivia questions and is now available for free on iTunes. Game It Forward will share a portion of revenue generated by Quingo through advertising and in-app purchases to specific projects managed by each charity.

Projects from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Kiva, PAWS, Seattle Children’s, Splash, and The Martinez Foundation will benefit from the new game.

“Players worldwide spend 3 billion hours a week playing games. If those games donated just one penny an hour, we’d raise $30 million a week for people in need,” said Game It Forward founder and industry veteran Brandon Bozzi. “Game It Forward will help make that happen by producing free-to-play games where money generated from ad and in-game purchases is donated to charities.”

Quingo players can select one of six charities to play for and are given information on the project their game will support. The game presents players with a trivia question that has five correct answers hidden among 20 wrong answers laid across a bingo-style grid. Correct responses range from easy to very difficult, making it engaging for players of all knowledge levels. Players are awarded points for correct answers and scores can be shared through social channels.

“Quingo is a really innovative way to connect people with the lifesaving work that our scientists do every day,” said Fred Hutch’s Vice President of  Development, Susan Dolbert, Ph.D. “We are delighted to partner with Game It Forward and work together to have fun and save lives.”