Banda Aceh — Uncover the Hidden Archives of Aceh's Struggle
Decipher the untold stories of Aceh's fight for autonomy. Navigate colonial ruins, resistance monuments, and secret archives hidden across Banda Aceh's heart to expose the truth the GAM movement fought to reclaim.
📱 1 to 10 phones · 1 team per phone · Independent codes
For decades, the Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) waged a fierce struggle for Acehnese independence, a conflict that shaped the province's identity and left scars across Banda Aceh's landscape
Banda Aceh — Uncover the Hidden Archives of Aceh's Struggle
You are an investigative historian, operating clandestinely in Banda Aceh in the early 2000s, just before the peace agreement.
For decades, the Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM)
Aceh: The Whisper of Thirty Years of Independence Struggle
« « Our struggle is a struggle for justice, for dignity, and for the right of self-determination. » »— Hasan di Tiro, founder of GAM (adapted)
GAM: Thirty Years of Resistance and Peace
The Free Aceh Movement (GAM), founded by Hasan di Tiro in 1976, emerged from the Acehnese people's desire to regain historical autonomy and control their province's vast natural resources. For nearly three decades, this aspiration led to a bloody armed conflict with Indonesia, marked by periods of intense fighting, military operations, and human rights violations on both sides. Thousands of lives were lost, and the region suffered enormous economic and social hardships.
The devastating 2004 tsunami, which ravaged Aceh and killed over 170,000 people, created an unexpected turning point. Faced with the scale of the disaster and international humanitarian mobilization, both parties recognized the need for a peaceful solution. In 2005, the Helsinki Peace Agreement was signed, ending the conflict and granting Aceh special autonomy status, marking a rare example of conflict resolution post-natural disaster.
A game, a guided tour and a heritage guide — all in one
You're not just buying an escape game. You're carrying a living guide — historical anecdotes, forgotten legends, key monuments, hidden architecture — unfolding as you go.
At each stop, places ordinary guides miss — secret façades, sculpted crests, alleys steeped in history.
Every riddle is rooted in a real historical fact or local legend. You leave with dozens of stories to tell.
Learn to read buildings — flamboyant Gothic, Baroque, Art Deco — like a real art historian, while having fun.
Walk through the city like a novel's character — every alley becomes a stage, every square a theatre.
A voice walks with you at every step, tells the story of each place, reads clues, adds a cinematic feel.
Keep access to the guide & game for 1 year. Come back any time, share it with friends.
« You will not leave this city the way you entered it. »
How does it work?
Explore the city on foot solving puzzles based on real historical facts. No locked room — the city is your playground.
No app to download. Play directly from your browser. Guided step by step, at your own pace.
One purchase per phone is enough. Play with family, friends or as a couple — everyone participates.
Point your phone at the façade: a historical character appears and speaks to you in your language. Golden letters magically write themselves on the wall to reveal the puzzle answer.
Stuck? Progressive personalised hints. The character repeats the puzzle on demand — at your own pace.
French, English, German, Spanish, Italian + 27 other languages auto-translated by AI.
The game downloads to your phone on start. Once the "✓ Downloaded" indicator appears, everything works without data — narration, AR, GPS and puzzles. Perfect abroad without a data plan.
Want to go deeper?
Places tied to your adventure — optional entries, totally up to you · per person
The Route
8 stages through the city
The gameplay: AR, camera, hidden clues
At each stop, open your phone camera: an augmented reality character appears on the façade and speaks your language. Hunt the clue — it materializes as golden letters on the real wall or floats in front of you. When you find it, the phone vibrates, an AR chest opens and reveals your answer fragment. 8 stops, 8 clues to find with the camera, 1 final code.
The stops on your route are a surprise. You'll discover them one by one, guided by your phone, starting from the meeting point.
How does it work with a group?
One phone = one team. Pick the number at checkout (1 to 10).
Solo, or a group sharing the screen. One team, one code.
Family, couple, or 2-3 teams competing. Each phone has its own code and its own score.
Friends, bachelor/bachelorette, small office outing — each their own code, each plays at their own pace. Tiered pricing then €6 flat per phone from the 6th.
- ✓All codes are independent — play at the same time OR separately, each team advances at its own pace.
- ✓Leaderboard between your teams + global game leaderboard — each score appears in the public ranking.
- ✓More than 10 phones or need a personalized quest? Discover custom tours.
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Practical info
Why this route?
Secret Archives
Decipher hidden messages and symbols related to GAM's clandestine communications.
Crucial Negotiations
Explore the sites witnessing the talks and agreements that led to lasting peace.
Tsunami's Memory
Understand how a natural disaster influenced and transformed an armed conflict.
History is not forgotten, it is revealed.
Reconstruct the past to understand Aceh's present.
9 features nobody else has
OddballTrip combines gamified play, augmented reality and AI. All our competitors deliver 1 or 2 of these angles. We deliver all 5.
AR treasure chest
A golden chest floats in front of the monument. Tap → opening animation → reveals a secret message.
AR narrator character
Point your phone at the façade: a knight, witch, monk, sailor, detective or ghost appears full-screen and speaks to you in your language with their dedicated ElevenLabs voice (each character has their own unique voice) — your living guide.
Magic golden letters
At the puzzle climax, golden letters magically write themselves on the real wall — that's the puzzle answer. An unforgettable visual effect.
Written + audio narration
Every puzzle available as text AND voice-over: read at your own pace or listen eyes-free while walking. Great in groups and for accessibility.
360° radar + vibration
A mini-radar shows the target even behind you, and the phone vibrates when you aim in the right direction.
Heritage storytelling
Every puzzle weaves in real historical facts (architecture, era, anecdotes). You learn by playing — like a gamified audioguide.
Progressive AI hints
3 levels of AI-generated help: vibe → where to look → answer format. You're never stuck.
AR selfie memento
At the end of the game, capture a selfie with OddballTrip banner + mascot, shareable on Instagram, TikTok.
Zero app to install
PWA technology: open the link, it plays in your browser. Same quality as an app, no App Store hassle.
Frequently asked questions
Q01Do I need an app or a paper guide?
Neither. Everything plays in your browser (Safari, Chrome) after you tap your activation link. No PDF to print, no download. The trail lives in your phone, that's it.
Q02How many stops are in Banda Aceh — Uncover the Hidden Archives of Aceh's Struggle?
Eight stops total. At each stop you find a camera clue, solve the puzzle, collect a fragment of the final code. With all eight, you've got the answer.
Q03Can we do Banda Aceh — Uncover the Hidden Archives of Aceh's Struggle as a family with kids?
Yes, from age 6 with an adult reading puzzles aloud, and from age 12 on their own. Kids love the "find the camera clue" part — it's very visual, gets them genuinely involved.
Q04Do we need 4G data to play?
Intermittent 4G is plenty. Maps are cached at startup. Narration and clues load per stop, so a so-so signal between stops is fine. GPS itself uses no data.
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Your turn to play
Uncover the secrets of the Free Aceh Movement. Each step brings you closer to the truth. Will you be able to reconstruct the entire forgotten manifesto before its echo is lost forever?
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