You’re invited to discover downtown like you never have before – following secret missions, courting fictional suitors, hunting down secret doors, or battling shadow monsters! In partnership with the Story City App, The City of Calgary’s Downtown Strategy has launched free real-life choose your adventures to get Calgarians active and exploring the streets of downtown. Using the Story City App, head out into the city and solve puzzles using both your real-world environment and stories built by local artists. Each chapter is placed in landmarks or local hidden gems and adventurers must make their way to each location to unlock the next chapter of these riveting, entertaining story experiences.
Learn more about the stories here, or download them free on the Story City app now.
HEARTBREAK SPEEDRUN
by Miranda Martini
Nine dates. Three prospective suitors. One broken heart. This is the run. Will you be able to speedrun your heartbreak, or is it game over for romance? This offbeat dating sim will take you to local haunts and hidden gems while telling a funny, heartfelt story about what it’s like to date with a broken heart.
THE NOT-SO-SECRET DOOR
by Phillip Henry Wu
Secret doors have been appearing all over Chinatown. No one knows where they came from or what lies beyond their threshold. Do you have the gumption to crack this paranormal case wide open, or will you discover an even deeper mystery from those you meet along the way?
CHASE
by Kevin Weir
Obsidian towers are tearing the barrier between dimensions apart, but Calgarians are going about their day-to-day lives oblivious to the cosmic crisis consuming everything around them. All Calgarians, that is, except you.
A SPY FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S LAB
by Alison Bloxham
Welcome, Agent 24. The City of Calgary has been threatened with a biochemical toxin set to be released into the city’s water supply in only one hour. Your mission – should you choose to accept – is to obtain an antidote from Dr. Aberrant. Proceed with extreme caution. The City of Calgary’s fate rests in your hands.
MEET THE CREATORS
You can find our more about the writers here, and the other artists here.
MIRANDA MARTINI
Writer: Heartbreak Speedrun
PHILLIP HENRY WU
Writer: The Not-So-Secret Door
KEVIN WEIR
Writer: Chase
ALISON BLOXHAM
Writer: A Spy Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Lab
ALIXANDRA COWMAN
Musician: Chase, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Lab, Heartbreak Speedrun
LINDSEY WALKER
Musician: The Not-So-Secret Door
NASTASSIA MIHALICZ
Visual Artist: A Spy Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Lab, Heartbreak Speedrun
SOFIYA IURKEVYCH
Visual Artist: Chase, The Not-So-Secret Door
BRIANA TROTTER
Performer: Chase, The Not-So-Secret Door, The Spy Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Lab, Heartbreak Speedrun
HANS WACKERSHAUSER
Performer: Chase, A Spy Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Lab, Heartbreak Speedrun
MICHAEL VETSCH
Performer: Heartbreak Speedrun, The Not-So-Secret Door
AISHA KUEH
Performer: Heartbreak Speedrun
THALIA ALTURA
Performer: The Not-So-Secret
SAVANNA HARVEY
Producer, Common Ground Arts Society
BELINDA CORNISH
Story Editor