Pilot
You've got the scooty. Someone's got the time.
Say where you're going and when: “around 4pm, Arambol, 1 seat free.” A hitcher claims it. You ride, you chat (or don't), you both earn kaju. Pilots earn more: you brought the wheels.
Edge City India · Mandrem · 11 Oct – 1 Nov
Your scooty has a lonely back seat.
Pillion matches people with scooties to people without them, all over the village. Rides earn kaju. Kaju wins prizes. Nobody's late to Arambol.
Or say hi to @eci_pillion_bot directly.
sample bot chatter
🛵 Floater spotted near Ashwem! Priya has a free seat and zero plans. Need a ride? She'll putter over.
The village, in scooties
A toy map for now. Once rides begin, these are real people: you, your neighbours, and that one floater who never seems to leave Ashwem.
← swipe the map →
Three ways to play
Be any of them, any day. Most people end up being all three.
Hitcher
No scooty? No problem. Say the word.
Post “around 4pm I want to go to the pharmacy,” and the village finds you a seat. Need one right now? Send a ride-now alert. Fewer kaju, same goodwill. One helmet, one person, twenty minutes.
Floater
The hero of the story. Also: not doing much.
Got nowhere to be? Share your live location on Telegram, tell the bot “I'm around, ping me,” and go lie on the sand. When someone needs a ride, you're the nearest answer. You're not giving up your plans, you're giving the village your lack of them. Aimlessness, donated. That's why floaters earn the most kaju. Susegad, but make it useful.
Kaju: the village currency
Goa is cashew country, so we pay in cashews. Pretend ones. Every bit of joining in earns some.
- +10Sign up on TelegramName, vehicle, seats. Welcome aboard.
- +15Post a plan 2h+ ahead (pilot or hitcher)Prophets get paid.
- +5Ride-now alertSpontaneity is still a virtue. A smaller one.
- +30Complete a ride as pilotYou brought the Activa. Respect.
- +10Complete a ride as hitcherYou brought the company. Also respect.
- +20Float for an hourEvery hour. Nap on the beach, get rich.
- −5Cancel last-minuteNot a punishment. Someone just checked their phone twice.
Kaju is fake. The prizes are not.
Why tell us early?
A ride only happens when two plans cross. Tell the bot at breakfast that you're off to Ashwem at four, and it has all day to find your match, and to nudge the one person who was quietly hoping someone would say exactly that. A ride-now alert works too, but it only has minutes, and it only sees who's floating nearby.
Early plans turn the village into a timetable. Late ones turn it into luck.
Draw yourself (badly is fine)
A face, a blob, a cat: whatever rides the scooty is you. Save it and watch it putter around the map up top.
Daily prizes, lots of them
Every evening, many small winners. Never one big one. Exact prizes to be revealed: we're still choosing between things you can eat and things you can keep.
- Most Generous PilotMost people carried, most kaju in the jar.
- Earliest BirdPosted tomorrow's ride while everyone else was asleep.
- Longest FloatDid the least, helped the most.
- Best AvatarThe scribble the whole map stops to look at.
- Pharmacy Run HeroSomeone needed Crocin at 11pm. You went.
- Mystery KajuPicked at random from everyone who rode today. Just show up.
What's live, what's next
We ship in small, honest steps. Each one is useful on its own.
- live nowThis page + your avatarDraw yourself. It's saved in your browser and comes with you when you log in.
- live nowTelegram loginYour avatar meets your Telegram name. Now the village knows you.
- live nowSign-up, rides, floating, kajuPilots post, hitchers hop, floaters float. The map wakes up.
- live nowDaily prizesEvery evening at 9, many small winners.
Questions people have asked us at the chai stall
Is it free?
Yes. Kaju is pretend money. Rides are favours between neighbours. The prizes are real, but you can't buy them, only earn them.
Is it a taxi?
No. Nobody's working. It's one villager going somewhere and another one tagging along. For the Riva ↔ Circle run, the shuttle is still your friend.
Do I need a scooty?
Not at all. Hitchers earn kaju too, and half the village is on foot. You just need Telegram and somewhere to be.
What if I cancel?
Life happens. Cancel early and nothing happens. Cancel last-minute and you lose 5 kaju: a tiny nudge, because someone was waiting by the gate.
Is my location tracked all the time?
Only while you're floating, and only because you switched Telegram live location on. Switch it off and you vanish from the map.
Is it safe?
Rides are only between village members, verified through Telegram. Wear a helmet. Ride with people from here. That's the whole safety talk.