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ABOUT CITY ODYSSEY

EVERY CITY HAS A STORY.
THIS TIME, YOU’RE PART OF IT.

City Odyssey turns real history into self-guided mystery adventures that unfold across real streets - so you don’t just visit a city. You uncover it.

Man with backpack looking at an old stone wall at sunset

What makes us different?

THE CITY HOLDS THE ANSWERS.

This isn’t a story that could happen anywhere. Every City Odyssey is woven into the streets where its history unfolded.

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Chapter by chapter, the mystery leads you to real locations. A date above a doorway, the figure on a monument or an inscription beneath your feet could provide the breakthrough you need. Details most people pass without noticing suddenly matter.

 

You’ll follow characters, test rumours and solve puzzles as the story draws you further through the city. Nothing is handed to you all at once. You uncover it piece by piece - and every discovery feels earned.

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By the end, you haven’t simply been told about the city’s past. You’ve followed its trail and earned every truth.

CURIOSITY OVER CHECKLISTS

A city is more than a list of sights. Take your time, look closer and follow what intrigues you.

HISTORY YOU CAN FEEL

Walk the streets they walked and discover the choices, ambitions and secrets behind the dates.

YOUR PACE, YOUR STORY

Start when you’re ready, pause whenever you like, and play solo or together.

BUILT FOR THE CURIOUS

Creator of City Odyssey in striped sweater sketching in front of St Giles cathedral

CRAFTED ONE CHAPTER AT A TIME

City Odyssey began with a simple frustration. Whenever I arrived in a new city, I knew there were stories all around me, but I often had no idea where to begin.

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I didn’t want another list of landmarks to tick off. I wanted something to actually do: a mystery to piece together, one clue at a time, while exploring the streets where it all happened. So I created the kind of experience I had been looking for.

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I’m Rea, the person behind City Odyssey. I research, write and build every adventure myself, digging through archives and half-forgotten local stories to find the secrets worth following. Then I turn them into chapters, puzzles and trails that lead you through the city on foot.

City Odyssey is an independent project, built with curiosity, care and a genuine love of history.

 

My aim is simple: to hand you the magnifying glass instead of the megaphone.

I hope each adventure helps you see a familiar city - or a completely new one - a little differently. And perhaps prove that history is much more fun when you have to work for the answer.

a note from the creator

THE NEXT STORY IS UNDER YOUR FEET.

Download the app. Choose a city. Begin your Odyssey.

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