New Stories Launch in Edmonton's Downtown!

You’re invited to discover downtown like you never have before – following secret missions, travelling through time, hunting ghosts, or battling it out with feuding families! In partnership with the Story City App, The City of Edmonton’s Downtown Vibrancy Fund has launched free real-life choose your adventures to get Edmontonians 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.

THE EXPERIENCES

…and the city fell silent
by Lindsey Walker

On your way to a show at the Starlite Room, you notice the city is quiet. Too quiet. It’s up to you and a mysterious stranger to track down Edmonton’s live music which has gone mysteriously missing at venues across the city!
Age recommendation: 16+

Boring Old Edmonton
by Hayley Moorhouse

Your cousin’s in town from Toronto, and they can’t stop talking smack about ‘boring’ Edmonton. After a trip to the bookstore goes awry, you’re sent back in time! Can you solve puzzles through Edmonton’s centuries (and prove how much cooler we are, thank you!?)
Age recommendation: 12+

Coal Call
by Nathaniel Scott

A glitch. A flicker. Suddenly, a voice. Your phone is inhabited by a missing soul that tells you of a mine cave-in and a lost treasure. Which path will you choose to help free the wayward ghost and find your riches?
Age recommendation: 16+

Family Heirloom
by Kevin Douangmany

Dealing with your traditional Chinese parents’ constant rules is getting to you and your cousin, Wei. Until, one morning Wei goes missing. Equipped with his journal and your memories of growing up in Edmonton’s Chinatown, it’s up to you to find him.
Age recommendation: 16+

Instagrammable Tour of Downtown YEG!
by Linda Hoang

Join local Edmontonian and influencer Linda Hoang on this self-guided Instagrammable Walls walking tour (with delicious optional food stops). This picture perfect adventure through downtown Edmonton allows you to select an east or west route as you celebrate the artists who built these wonders.

Power Play
by Elisabeth Shenher

You just wanted to grab brunch with a friend at Hotel MacDonald, only to find Hockey star David McWayne has been murdered! Before you can say “but the playoffs!”, enigmatic Detective Timely whisks you on a journey through time to change this hero’s – and our city’s – fate forever.
Age recommendation: 14+

Seeing Beyond
by Cassandra Weir

A voice calls to you from a piece of art in a downtown park… someone is trapped inside! It’s up to you to follow the voice through public art installations across downtown. Can you save the stranger, or will you too, become trapped?
Age recommendation: 12+

The Tontine
by Nerissa McNaughton

Pick your side: the Smith Family or the Jenkins Family. These two clashing clans have battled across Edmonton’s high society for generations – but it’s time to settle the score. Chase challenges and points across Downtown to end this duel once and for all.
Age recommendation: 8+

Zodiac Guardians
by Alyx Bui

Thousands of years in the future in a solarpunk post-apocalyptic Edmonton, you and your Zodiac Guardian will follow perilous paths on your quest as you find spiritual, technological, and natural resources to protect your home.
Age recommendation: 16+