Playable Ads for Local Business | Rio Grande Valley | Mapp
Playable ad studio

People skip ads. Nobody skips a game.

mApp builds playable ads for your business — short, custom mini-games that promote your product using high engagement.

For restaurants, dealerships, retail, gyms, clinics, law offices and universities.

The idea

An ad they play, not an ad they wait out.

A playable ad is a 15-to-30 second mini-game that runs inside the apps and games people already use. They tap, they play, they win something real — a coupon, an offer, a booking. You get the attention a video ad has to beg for.

Built around your offer

Stack the burger. Park the car. Beat the clock. The mechanic comes out of what you actually sell.

Ends with something to claim

Every game finishes on a real reward — a code, a coupon, a booking link — so you can count what it actually did.

Runs where people already are

Inside mobile games, on social, on your own site, on a QR code in the window. One game, every channel.

Selected work

Games we've built.

A few playable ads made for businesses like yours. Click one to play it yourself — no download, no signup.

[ INDUSTRY ]

[ GAME TITLE ]

[ ONE LINE: WHAT THE PLAYER DOES, AND WHAT THEY WIN AT THE END ]

[ RESULT — e.g. PLAYS, CODES CLAIMED, REDEMPTIONS ]

[ GAME 2 — SCREENSHOT OR LOOPING GIF ]
[ INDUSTRY ]

[ GAME TITLE ]

[ ONE LINE: WHAT THE PLAYER DOES, AND WHAT THEY WIN AT THE END ]

[ RESULT — e.g. PLAYS, CODES CLAIMED, REDEMPTIONS ]

[ GAME 3 — SCREENSHOT OR LOOPING GIF ]
[ INDUSTRY ]

[ GAME TITLE ]

[ ONE LINE: WHAT THE PLAYER DOES, AND WHAT THEY WIN AT THE END ]

[ RESULT — e.g. PLAYS, CODES CLAIMED, REDEMPTIONS ]

[ GAME 4 — SCREENSHOT OR LOOPING GIF ]
[ INDUSTRY ]

[ GAME TITLE ]

[ ONE LINE: WHAT THE PLAYER DOES, AND WHAT THEY WIN AT THE END ]

[ RESULT — e.g. PLAYS, CODES CLAIMED, REDEMPTIONS ]

How it works

From idea to live, handled.

01

We brainstorm the experience

Your offer, your audience, your assets. We come back with a mechanic worth 30 seconds of someone's day.

02

We build the game

Art, writing, sound, the reward screen, the landing page behind it. You approve, we ship.

03

We help you go live

Campaign setup, creative specs, targeting your city. Or we hand you the files and you run it yourself.

04

You see what it did

Plays, completions, codes claimed, coupons redeemed. The number that matters, not impressions.

Where it runs

Built once. Live everywhere that matters.

We publish your game to the networks your customers already scroll — targeted to your city, not the whole country. One build, every placement.

Meta & Instagram

Radius targeting down to your neighbourhood. The cheapest way to test a new game.

TikTok

Cheap attention and younger reach. Strong for food, fitness, events and campuses.

Google Ads

Google's app and display inventory, plus search intent pointed straight at your game.

AppLovin

In-game placements inside the apps people play, with metro-level targeting.

1B+

people play mobile games every day. AppLovin alone reports over a billion daily active users across 140,000+ apps — and it opened to advertisers who aren't selling an app. Your city is a slice of that.

And your own channels, free

The same game embeds on your homepage, drops into an email, or sits behind a QR code on the window, the receipt, the table tent. No media spend required.

Who it's for

Anyone with something worth claiming.

If you can put a real offer behind a win screen, there's a game in it. These are the categories where the format earns its keep fastest.

Restaurants & QSRPlay for a free side
Grocery & retailPlay for the weekly deal
Car dealershipsBuild your trim, book the drive
Universities & collegesTour the campus, get matched
Gyms & studiosPlay for a free week
Events & attractionsPlay for early access
Why playable

Attention you don't have to interrupt for.

They opt in

Nobody taps "play" by accident. The people who finish your game chose to spend time with your brand — that is a different kind of lead.

It closes the loop

Unique codes mean you can trace a play all the way to a register. Try doing that with a billboard.

You'd be first in your market

Playable ads are standard practice for game studios and almost unheard of for local business. That gap is the whole opportunity.

FAQ

Can't find your answer here? Ask it on the call — we answer everything before you spend a dollar.

Ask a question
Yes — that is exactly who this is built for. If you have an offer worth claiming and a city worth targeting, the format works at your size.
No. The game lives on a page we host. People play it in their browser and claim the reward right there, with nothing to download.
Inside mobile games and apps, on social, on your own website, and in-store through a QR code. We recommend the mix on the call.
We can. Some clients hand us the media entirely; others run it in-house and just want the game built and delivered.
It depends on the mechanic and the scope, so we quote per project rather than posting a price list. Book a call and you will leave with a real number.

Let's find the game inside your business.

Thirty minutes. We'll bring two or three ideas for a playable built around your offer — free, whether or not you hire us.

Book a 30-minute call joab@mapp.io

Tell us what you sell and who you're trying to reach.