Case File · Sydney · Nine Chapters
Sydney City Escape
Nine chapters. One city. The answers are not online — they are carved into the streets you walk.
Start the game
Open the app, add your team and enter your answers. Already have the kit? Go here.
Play now →Get your kit
Booklet, map, clue cards and pen — one kit for a team of four to six players.
Shop opening soonMeet your game master
A short briefing on how it all works.
How it works
- 01Pick your version — easy for ages 10–12, normal for 12+.
- 02Open the booklet and follow the map through the city.
- 03Find the code on the street, type it into the app, and the seal closes.
- 04Stuck? Hints are free — two nudges, then the answer.
- 05Seal all nine chapters and the city is yours.
- Walking
- About 5 km, all on footpaths
- Hints
- Always free, and never cost you points
Play it in one afternoon, or spread it over two or three days — your progress is saved.
Who made this game
On a holiday in another city, one of us solved a trail like this with their family. They came home and asked a question nobody could answer: why doesn't Sydney have one?
So a class of Year 5 students built it. Six months of afternoons on these footpaths — arguing over laneways, testing every code on their parents, cutting anything too easy. Nine chapters made it through, and the rest of the city is still keeping its secrets.
The design team
- Lavyansh A
- Daniel F
- Shaun G
- Charles H
- Tyler J
- Nathanial K
- Brandon L
- Nick M
- Alex SW
- Charlie W
- Chloe Y
- Lucas Y
- Jasper Z