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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+
THE CREATORS
HAYLEY MOORHOUSE
Writer: Boring Old Edmonton
LINDSEY WALKER
Writer: …and the city fell silent
Musician: Power Play, …and the city fell silent.
NERISSA MCNAUGHTON
Writer: The Tontine
ALYX BUI
Writer: Zodiac Guardians
ELISABETH SHENHER
Writer: Power Play
CASSANDRA WEIR
Writer: Seeing Beyond
KEVIN DOUANGMANY
Writer: Family Heirloom
NATHAN SCOTT
Writer: Coal Call
LINDA HOANG
Writer: Instagrammable Tour of Downtown YEG!
JYN-TING YING
Musician: Zodiac Guardians, Family Heirloom
WILL SCOTT
Musician: Seeing Beyond, Coal Call, The Tontine
TAMARACK CUNNINGHAM
Musician: Boring Old Edmonton
AMBROSE CARDINAL
Visual Artist: …and the city fell silent, Zodiac Guardians
TEDDY EDWARDS
Visual Artist: Boring Old Edmonton, Power Play, The Tontine
LUCE HUA
Visual Artist: Family Heirloom
DIOMEL CHAVES
Visual Artist: Zodiac Guardians, Seeing Beyond, Coal Call
MICHAEL VETSCH
Performer: Zodiac Guardians, Family Heirloom
DANIELA FERNANDEZ
Performer: Boring Old Edmonton, The Tontine
ALI GOHAR
Performer: Coal Call, Power Play
ERIN PETTIFOR
Performer: Seeing Beyond, …and the city fell silent
MAC BROCK
Producer: Common Ground Arts Society
BELINDA CORNISH
Story Editor
ÉMANUEL DUBBELDAM
Story Editor