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June 2, 2026

Sidequest

“Your laundry, but with quest markers. Your trip to the DMV, but with a save point. Real-life errands turned into named RPG side quests by paid NPCs in your everyday locations. You will leave Costco with XP.”

The Problem

Saturday · your beige to-do list
  • return library books
  • trader joe's
  • drop pants at tailor
  • renew car registration
  • pick up prescription
  • call mom
14 errands completed this week. Felt-accomplishments: 0. Your life has the narrative texture of a CVS receipt.

The Solution

Sidequest deploys lightly-paid NPCs (cashiers, baristas, hygienists, mailmen) who deliver flavor dialogue when you arrive. Your phone pings: QUEST ACCEPTED: The Cleansing Rite. Items drop. XP accumulates. You feel chosen.

QUEST LOGLv. 27 · 4,182 XP
ACTIVE
The Cleansing Rite
Bring 3 loads to Speed Wash · 0/3
+80 XP
ACTIVE
The Vault of Provisions
Survive Trader Joe's on a Saturday
+120 XP · rare drop?
URGENT
Reclaim the Tome
Library overdue · 6 days
+40 XP · -2 GOLD/day
EPIC
Call Thy Mother
Final boss · 14m HP · weakness: anecdotes
+500 XP · unlocks: peace
tap an NPC IRL to turn in3 quests nearby

NPC Script (delivered to barista’s earpiece)

cue · customer name: Jordan · order: oat latte

“Brave traveler. The Bean Oracle has been expecting you. Your oat elixir is ready — but beware:the foam whispers of a Tuesday meeting that may yet test your resolve.”

[if customer makes eye contact] add: “you have grown stronger since last we met.”

How It Works

You
leave the house, reluctantly
Sidequest Cloud
matches errand → NPC
Local NPC
delivers flavor line
Loot Drop
+XP, +1 Crusty Sock
NPCs paid $0.40/line · health insurance not included · cannot break character even if you cry

Loot Table

item
rarity
drops from
Crusty Sock
Common
Laundromat
Receipt of Power
Common
CVS
Surprise Parking Spot
Rare
Costco
Working Pen
Epic
DMV
Bag of Frozen Dumplings
Epic
Trader Joe's
"You're my favorite customer"
Legendary
Bodega

Pricing

Adventurer
$9/mo
  • 3 quests/week
  • Generic NPC voice acting
  • Tutorial NPC says "hey, listen!" 4× per quest
Hero of the Realm
$29/mo · most popular
  • Unlimited quests
  • Custom epithet (“the Brave”)
  • Boss-fight escort to family dinner
  • Inventory exports to Notion
Chosen One
$199/mo · 1 seat
  • Entire town is in on it
  • Prophecy foreshadowed by 3 strangers/wk
  • One (1) sword in a stone (foam)
  • Final boss is your dad (negotiable)

TAM

Total addressable drudgery
2.3B adults who still do their own errands × $29/mo × 12 mo
= $800.4B
(does not include the in-app cosmetics market, where we sell a +1 bucket hat for $7)

The Ask

$6M seed for: 3 engineers, 2 narrative designers from a dead MMO, and a SAG carve-out for the 4,000 baristas we’re about to put on payroll as “Bean Oracle (Tier II).”

Series A pitch:“We’re TaskRabbit, but the task is your destiny.”