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Decipher the conspiracy that transformed Manhattan's pristine water source into a plague-ridden sewer. Uncover the corruption, greed, and cover-up that birthed Five Points slum.
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In 1779, New York's leaders promised 'pure and wholesome water' to the city
You are a local investigator, 1796 New York City, tasked with understanding the strange decline of Collect Pond.
Witness John Fitch launch his experimental steamboat on Collect Pond that year. Your
Delve into the forgotten layers of New York, where the pristine waters of an ancient pond gave way to the city's darkest secrets.
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. »
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.
Places tied to your adventure — optional entries, totally up to you · per person
Votre enquête commence au City Hall Park, un site historique qui occupe l'emplacement de l'ancien Collect Pond. C'est ici, sur ce terrain asséché en 1805 pour créer le quartier de Five Points, que se dresse le New York City Hall. Achevé en 1812, ce bâtiment de style fédéral, conçu par Joseph-François Mangin et John McComb Jr., est le siège du gouvernement de New York City depuis sa construction. Ce parc, central aux édifices civiques du Lower Manhattan et adjacent aux palais de justice, vous offre un point de départ pour visualiser l'étendue de l'étang originel, dont le bord s'étendait autrefois jusqu'à cet emplacement. Le City Hall Park est un NYC Landmark et figure au National Register of Historic Places, marquant le début de votre exploration du patrimoine de New York.
À quelques pas, à environ 0,5 km au nord de City Hall Park, vous atteignez l'African Burial Ground National Monument. Ce site commémore plus de 15 000 sépultures datant des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, découvertes en 1991 lors de la construction d'un bâtiment fédéral. Le monument, désigné National Monument en 2006 par le Président George W. Bush, est situé à proximité du bassin versant de l'ancien Collect Pond. Il témoigne de l'histoire complexe et souvent méconnue des habitants de New York, offrant une perspective sur les communautés qui vivaient et travaillaient autour de l'étang bien avant son assèchement. Ce site du Lower Manhattan est une étape essentielle pour comprendre les racines profondes de la ville.
Le cœur de votre mission vous mène au Collect Pond Park, l'emplacement même de l'étang du XVIIIe siècle. D'une superficie de 48 acres et d'une profondeur pouvant atteindre 60 pieds, le Collect Pond était alimenté par une source souterraine. Utilisé pour les pique-niques, le patinage sur glace et l'eau potable, il a subi une pollution intense au début du XIXe siècle, le transformant en égout à ciel ouvert. Rempli entre 1800 et 1811 avec la terre de Bayard Mount, le site fut renommé Collect Pond Park dans les années 1990 par le commissaire Henry J. Stern. Situé entre les rues Lafayette, Leonard, Centre et White, et bordé par trois palais de justice, ce parc vous plonge au centre de la métamorphose urbaine de New York.
Votre parcours continue vers Columbus Park, ouvert en 1897 sous le nom de Mulberry Bend Park. Ce parc a été créé pour remplacer le tristement célèbre quartier des Five Points, une zone de taudis qui s'est formée après l'assèchement du Collect Pond en 1811. Ce quartier, connu entre les années 1820 et 1870 pour ses gangs comme les Bowery Boys et les Dead Rabbits, était délimité par les rues Centre, Worth, Baxter et Park. Columbus Park, situé dans Chinatown, à environ 0,8 km de City Hall Park, porte le nom de Christophe Colomb depuis 1911 et présente aujourd'hui des aires de jeux et des terrains de sport. Il illustre la transformation radicale de ce Historical District du Lower Manhattan, passant de la misère à un espace public revitalisé.
En explorant ces sites, de New York City Hall à Columbus Park, vous collectez les indices de la vie et de la mort d'un quartier façonné par l'eau. Le parcours à pied de 1,5 km vous révèle comment des figures comme Henry J. Stern ont œuvré à la réappropriation de ces espaces. Votre visite interactive dans New York City vous permet de voir au-delà des gratte-ciel, de sentir les couches d'histoire du Lower Manhattan et de comprendre l'impact de l'urbanisation sur le patrimoine naturel. Vous quittez ce circuit thématique avec une nouvelle perspective sur la ville, ayant traversé un voyage dans le temps qui connecte l'étang originel aux défis modernes de la métropole. Ce jeu de piste GPS vous offre une compréhension tangible de l'évolution de la Big Apple, un véritable circuit historique.
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.
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.
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Dive into the heart of bloody conflicts between the gangs that ruled Five Points.
Uncover the construction secrets of old neighborhoods, revealing passages and hideouts.
Solve riddles by observing architectural details and marks of the past etched into the city.
The city's foundations hide the secrets of its first kings.
Elucidate the lost plan that betrayed the masters of Five Points.
OddballTrip combines gamified play, augmented reality and AI. All our competitors deliver 1 or 2 of these angles. We deliver all 5.
A golden chest floats in front of the monument. Tap → opening animation → reveals a secret message.
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.
At the puzzle climax, golden letters magically write themselves on the real wall — that's the puzzle answer. An unforgettable visual effect.
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.
A mini-radar shows the target even behind you, and the phone vibrates when you aim in the right direction.
Every puzzle weaves in real historical facts (architecture, era, anecdotes). You learn by playing — like a gamified audioguide.
3 levels of AI-generated help: vibe → where to look → answer format. You're never stuck.
At the end of the game, capture a selfie with OddballTrip banner + mascot, shareable on Instagram, TikTok.
PWA technology: open the link, it plays in your browser. Same quality as an app, no App Store hassle.
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.
GPS yes (handled by your phone). Maps yes (tiles cached). AI and hints need an intermittent 4G connection.
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.
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).
From 12 without an adult, from 6 with an adult reading puzzles. Works for families, couples, friend groups, companies.
Pre-register or contact us — we'll email you as soon as your city is live.
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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Delve into the forgotten layers of New York, where the pristine waters of an ancient pond gave way to the city's darkest secrets.
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Coupe-file disponibles pour les sites payants de votre parcours. Gagnez du temps, vivez l'aventure pleinement.
20€. Explorez les collections permanentes et les expositions temporaires sur l'histoire et la culture de New York, du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours.
30€. Visitez les appartements restaurés du Lower East Side et découvrez l'histoire des immigrants de New York du XIXe et XXe siècle.
40€. Parcourez les rues animées de Chinatown, près de Columbus Park, et goûtez aux spécialités culinaires locales authentiques.
Gratuit. Traversez le pont à pied depuis l'arcade du Manhattan Bridge pour des vues imprenables sur la skyline de New York et le pont de Brooklyn.
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