The Message of Lascaux
Humanity's first message
📱 1 to 10 phones · 1 team per phone · Independent codes
17,000 years ago, humans painted 600 figures on the walls of a cave in Périgord. These are not simple drawings — they are a message. No one has yet managed to fully decipher it.
When the Cro-Magnons painted these walls, they had something to say
On September 12, 1940, four teenagers stumbled upon a cave adorned with 17,000-year-old paintings. Five-meter-long bulls, galloping horses, stags with majestic antlers — and an enigmatic scene: a man toppled before a bison, a bird on a stick at his feet. What does this scene mean? Your investigation begins at the heart of the most faithful replica ever made of the original cave.
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.
Want to go deeper?
Places tied to your adventure — optional entries, totally up to you · per person
« "You don't understand Lascaux's art by looking at it — you understand it by living it." »— — Abbé Henri Breuil, "the Pope of Prehistory," 1940
Lascaux — the Sistine Chapel of Prehistory
On September 12, 1940, 18-year-old Marcel Ravidat and three friends explore a hole left by an uprooted tree on the Lascaux hillside. They slide through a narrow passage and emerge into an immense chamber adorned with hundreds of paintings. Abbé Henri Breuil, alerted to the discovery, immediately christens it "the Sistine Chapel of Prehistory."
The cave contains nearly 600 paintings and 1,500 engravings made around 17,000 years ago by Magdalenian Homo sapiens. The Hall of the Bulls features the largest cave art figures in the world — some aurochs measure over five meters. The Axial Gallery, nicknamed the "painted gallery," unfolds a frieze of horses, stags, and mysterious geometric signs.
The Shaft Scene remains one of Prehistory's greatest enigmas: a schematic man, toppled, faces a disemboweled bison. A bird perches on a stick at his feet. Is it a shaman in trance? A mythological narrative? A star map? Since 1963, the original cave has been closed to the public to preserve its paintings. Lascaux IV, inaugurated in 2016, offers a stunning full-scale replica.
The Route
5 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?
Cave art
Dive into the world's most famous decorated cave and decipher the signs left by humanity's first artists.
Prehistoric investigation
Use archaeologists' methods to decode a 17,000-year-old message.
Extinct fauna
Aurochs, bison, megaloceros — encounter the giant animals that roamed Périgord during the Ice Age.
UNESCO
Explore a UNESCO World Heritage site in the world's most advanced full-scale replica.
17,000 years. The first message still awaits its answer.
Enter the cave and decipher what the Cro-Magnons wanted to tell us.
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, WhatsApp, 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 to download an app?
No, never. You get a link, you click, it plays in your browser. That's the point of a PWA: same as an app, without the hassle.
Q02Does it work offline?
GPS yes (handled by your phone). Maps yes (tiles cached). AI and hints need an intermittent 4G connection.
Q03How long does a game take?
1 h 30 to 2 h 30 depending on your pace. The timer runs but only for the leaderboard — you play at your own tempo.
Q04What happens if I'm stuck?
You get 3 levels of hints per puzzle (increasing penalty). If truly stuck, you can skip the step (45-min penalty but you keep going).
Q05What's the age range?
From 12 without an adult, from 6 with an adult reading puzzles. Works for families, couples, friend groups, companies.
Q06What if my city isn't in the catalogue?
Pre-register or contact us — we'll email you as soon as your city is live.
Q07What is augmented reality exactly?
Point your phone at the façade: a historical character appears full-screen and speaks to you in your language. At the puzzle climax, golden letters magically write themselves on the real wall — that's your answer. After each puzzle solved, a treasure chest floats in front of you. Seeing is believing.
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From the Hall of the Bulls to the Shaft of the Fallen Man — dive into humanity's oldest enigma in an escape game at the heart of Lascaux IV.
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