Ads

Rewarded

An ad in exchange for a hint. The hint is granted after the ad completes.

When it plays

The rewarded ad fires when a player presses the hint button during a game. The hint is withheld until the ad finishes — when the ad completes, is skipped, or errors, the hint is delivered and the game continues. For a display banner, the hint is delivered when the player taps Continue (or right away if no ad fills). The in-game timer is paused while the ad plays, so the player is not penalized for watching.

Unlike pre-roll, a rewarded ad can show on every hint press.

Setup

Configure rewarded ads on your player in the Hub's Ads tab, then copy the embed snippet — no page-side ad code is needed. See the Ads overview for the full flow.

Open your player → Ads tab → toggle Enable ads.
Under Rewarded, pick a format and enter your demand: a video ad (a Google Ad Manager network code + ad unit, or a full VAST tag) or a display banner (a network code + ad unit, plus a size like 300×250). A hint-specific loading message such as "Your hint unlocks after this ad" reads better here.
Save and publish, then copy the embed snippet.

Pre-roll and rewarded are independent — configure either or both on the same player, each with its own ad unit.

Demand

Pick a format, then provide its demand. These are the fields in the Rewarded section of the Ads tab.

Format

"video" | "display" · default: "video"

Whether the rewarded placement is a video ad or a display banner.

Network code

string

Your Google Ad Manager network code. Use together with the ad unit.

Ad unit

string

The ad unit path, without the leading network code (for example homepage or news/scores). Use together with the network code.

VAST tag

string

Video only. A complete VAST ad tag URL, used instead of network code + ad unit. Any pre-existing cust_params on the tag are preserved.

Banner size

string · default: "300x250"

Display only. The banner size to request, as width by height (for example 300x250).

Loading message

string · default: "Your game starts right after this ad"

The message shown over the loading screen while the ad loads. For rewarded, a hint-specific message such as "Your hint unlocks after this ad" reads better.

Notes

The hint is the reward. It is only granted once the ad finishes; if the player closes the tab mid-ad, no hint is spent.
Display banners show your banner with a short countdown, then a Continue button; the hint unlocks when the player continues.
Never blocks the game. If demand is unfilled or anything errors, the fail-safe grants the hint and the game continues.
Timer paused. The game clock is frozen for the duration of the ad.

Pre-roll

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