Whistleblower case · MysteryRoute

The locked broadcast

Journalist Noor has evidence that a safety report was forged. Her podcast episode with that evidence has vanished — and the only copy will be wiped tonight. Four people wanted to stop this episode. Which of them was it?

Adults · friends · teamsOn the phone

What will you experience?

What this story is about

You get the studio of that evening: the camera footage, the diary and the visitor passes. See who was inside when, lay the times side by side and find out which statement doesn’t add up. Along the way you confer as a team — which detail gives away the culprit? At the last point you name someone, and you see straight away whether you were right.

No app to install

The playable route opens in the browser on a suitable phone. Camera and location are only used when the game asks for it and the player gives permission.

How to play a MysteryRoute

You play together as one team, on one phone. It points the way to the next spot; there a piece of the story opens with images, documents or sound to investigate. You confer, choose an answer and walk on. Nothing to install, no account.

Stuck? Every point has three hints that help you further step by step. A wrong answer doesn’t make the story grind to a halt — you still get further by a detour. Everything you find is kept in the Case file so you can read it back later.

Where you play

You choose the route. Set out the points in a city, village, park or at your campsite — wherever you like to walk. You get a proposal of spots that you can move to safe, easily accessible paths yourself. The surroundings are the setting; all puzzles are on the phone. Playable in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and the rest of the EU.

The tension is in the story. Outside you simply walk calmly: no real clock starts running and no real door closes.

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