Case Studies5 min readMay 11, 2026

Oreo's 110th Birthday Photo Quiz: A Marvy Co. Mini-Game Case Study

Marvy Co. built Oreo a birthday-themed Photo Quiz campaign with a microphone-blow gesture to extinguish virtual candles. Code Crush's editorial analysis of a publicly-documented Marvy Co. project.

Code Crush Team

Gamification Agency

Oreo 110th birthday Photo Quiz — Marvy Co. mini-game case study

About This Case Study

This post is an editorial analysis by Code Crush of a publicly-published case study by Marvy Co.. The campaign was produced by Marvy Co. for Oreo — not by Code Crush. We're examining it because it demonstrates how a tiny gesture mechanic (blowing into a phone microphone) can lift an otherwise standard quiz campaign into something memorable. Quotes are attributed; links point to the original article on marvyco.com.

What Marvy Co. Built

Marvy Co. describes the campaign on the source article as:

On the occasion of [Oreo's] very special 110th birthday, Oreo launched a Photo Quiz Campaign for customers with many attractive promotions. After enjoying a "design your own birthday cake" experience using Oreo brand products, customers can enter their personal information to receive a gift from Oreo and "blow out" the birthday cake by blowing into the phone's microphone to trigger the effect. (Marvy Co., translated)

Full project page: Oreo's 110th birthday Photo Quiz Campaign.

Why the Blow-Out Gesture Matters

Most quiz campaigns end with a static "thanks for playing" screen. Marvy Co. replaced the static moment with a physical action — blowing into the microphone — and that one design choice does an outsized amount of work:

Embodied memory. The brain remembers actions it performed. A blown-out candle is more emotionally weighted than a button-tap.
Shareable moment. Filming oneself blowing out a virtual candle is inherently social. The campaign turns the player into the content.
Native to celebration. Birthdays = candles = blowing. The gesture fits the brand moment perfectly, which is what makes it feel earned rather than gimmicky.

What Marketers Should Take Away

Find one gesture worth ending on. A spin, a shake, a blow, a swipe. The gesture is the screenshot moment.
Make personal data the cost of the payoff. Player gives their information before the satisfying gesture lands. The completion is the reward; the form is the toll.
Tie the mechanic to the brand occasion. A blow-out gesture works for a birthday. Find the equivalent for a product launch (unboxing), a sale (countdown), an anniversary (countdown release).

How Code Crush Would Build a Similar Activation

Code Crush's Lucky Wheel and skill-based formats can be customised with celebratory confetti effects, custom sound triggers, and ending-screen animations. For microphone or gyroscope gestures, our Design Studio supports custom JS hooks at the win moment so any team can plug in a "blow," "shake," or "tilt" gesture as the campaign demands.

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Source: Marvy Co., "10 Ý Tưởng Triển Khai Chiến Dịch Marketing Gamification và AR", marvyco.com. Campaign details — Photo Quiz format, microphone-blow mechanic, the 110th birthday occasion — are attributed to Marvy Co.'s public write-up.

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