Do not worry. Badgers is a simple game.

After you install the app, you will more or less automatically do the following steps:

• Start app
• Choose the Google Account to use for playing
• Choose your in game nick and two colours

Now you are guest. You can browse the map, but you cannot play yet. Now:

• Check your accounts GMail for a passcode
• Enter passcode in app.

Now your account is fully activated. You can play.

• First and primary goal is to collect as many different badge types (types_of_badges)
• When you move in the real world, you move on the game map.
• When you get close to a badge on the map, you can take it, pick it up, by touching it.
• (Very) basic strategy I: Take all badges on the map, that you haven't put there yourself.
• (Very) basic strategy II: Drop any duplicate badges you find in your inventory.
• Note, your badge_capacity is practically unlimit, only duplicates, i.e. several badges of the same type, take capacity.

After a while, go into details:

• Deliberately keep duplicate badges to trade them with other players.
• There is no need to actually meet other players, just drop and take stuff where your daily routine overlaps.
• After a few days of activity, weekly badges will appear in your playing area.
• By collecting level up gifts and by diamonds, you can aquire new skills and adapt your playing style.