SIDESHOW: Creepy Carnival Game

A creepy carnival, killer clowns and a fortune to draw: SIDESHOW packs horror style into a Telegram mini app with games and tasks. You come in to test yourself in fights and pull your own "fortune". 🤡

The app is in English and has around 80 thousand users in the catalog. There is nothing to install, as it opens inside Telegram.

What waits at the carnival

According to the project's description, there are several activities inside:

• Games. Spooky carnival challenges that test your skill and reaction.
• Fortunes. You can get a "fate" in the spirit of a dark sideshow.
• Clown fights. Battles with Combat Killer Clowns characters.
• Quests. Tasks that earn you points.

Atmosphere is the point here: if you like gothic style, horror and odd humor, it will suit you. 🎪

Tickets, rank and invites

Progress rests on three elements. You play games and quests, raise your rank and earn tickets. You can invite friends with a personal promo code.

The project states that tickets can be exchanged for TON tokens in a future airdrop. The word "future" is the key one here: the description gives no dates or terms.

What an airdrop is and why you should not count on one

An airdrop is a distribution of tokens to project participants. A promised distribution is not a guarantee though: terms can change, it may never happen, and a token's value after reaching the market is sometimes zero.

Treat tickets as game points, not money. If the game is fun, play. If you expect income from it, do not spend your time and money. 🙂

Protecting your wallet and account

Games promising tokens attract scammers. A few simple rules:

1. Never enter your wallet's secret phrase in any app under any circumstances.
2. Connect a wallet only for actions you understand. Check what exactly you confirm.
3. Do not pay for "tickets" in advance and do not send money to strangers.
4. Use a separate wallet for experiments, with no large sums.

Starting calmly

Launch the app, play the first games and see if you enjoy the process. Do not push your promo code in other people's chats: mass messages annoy people, and communities may ban you for them.

Limit your time, because daily tasks easily turn into a routine. Decide in advance how many minutes a day you are willing to spend, and stick to it. 🎭

Mini apps and habit

Games with daily rewards are built to bring you back again and again. That is not bad in itself, but it helps to notice if you come for fun or because you fear losing a streak.

If it is the second, take a break. Rewards in such projects are rarely worth the nerves and hours spent.

Who it suits

Fans of horror aesthetics and light mini games who want to kill a few minutes. People looking for earnings should pick another pastime: there are no confirmed payouts here.