The case
Written so the youngest investigator actually solves things.
Most family mystery games hand the children a job and the adults the answer. This one splits the evidence deliberately: some clues are ciphers and pattern-matching that eight-year-olds are frankly better at, and some are documents that reward an adult reading them carefully.
Neither half works alone. The Star is recovered by a table, not by a parent.
What it is being built to ask of you
Map-reading, codes and patterns, and deciding which of several plausible people is telling the truth. The design brief is no jump scares, no violence, and nothing needing reading skills beyond a confident eight-year-old. The puzzle set is still being written, so the specifics get published when they are real rather than promised now.
Content note
A theft-and-recovery adventure. The brief is no violence and no peril directed at children, written for ages 8 and up, with younger investigators playing alongside an adult reader.
At a glance
- Genre
- Artifact hunt — codes, maps and motive
- Status
- Founder Edition in development · reservations open
- Play time
- Set once the case is written, and published before it ships
- Reading level
- Designed for a confident 8+, with an adult reading alongside
- Language
- English
- Format
- Physical evidence file + offline iOS & Android app
Sailing with a mixed-age party?
The finder recommends by your youngest investigator. Parties with teenagers and adults are pointed at The Last Crossing instead — and nothing stops you carrying both aboard.
Shared with every case
Same promise, gentler mystery.
The family case is not a lesser product. It is being built on the same evidence file and the same offline engine as The Last Crossing, which is already compiled and playable.
Works in airplane mode
Download before you sail and every clue, map, narration and puzzle runs from the device for the whole voyage.
Optional AR, always
Scan a clue to see it come alive — or skip it entirely. Nothing in the case depends on augmented reality working.
Field missions with alternatives
Every shipboard moment has an in-app equivalent, so a missed port or a tired afternoon never blocks progress.
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Sailing with younger investigators?
Check your ship and dates — we’ll confirm which case suits your party.
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