Basically an Outdoor Escape Room

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Mega City is a challenging puzzle game.
Situated within the central areas of Melbourne, you will need to work through the clues, search buildings, signs and land marks, and force your brain to think outside the square.
Each clue is submitted by Mega City to you via email to your smart phone. And each puzzle you have to work through will involve the things you see around you and random off-beat cryptic messages that will require assistance from the World Wide Web.

Mega City may be a little challenging at times, but it's also fun and full of mystery. The clues are obscure, and some of the puzzles will baffle you, but when/if you make it to the end, then people will have to bow down to you for being so darn smart.

More good news is that you’ll have fun, the adventure will be a great challenge, the story within the game is interestingly warped, and these games are smart-phone friendly.

Get answers to the clues any way you can (without cheating), search the web for answers, ask people on the street, search high and low for anything that looks like a clue no matter how obscure.

(What is cheating? For those of you not familiar with the word, it is when you try to find the answers out without doing the work. Such as searching for a person’s blog who has already done the game and finding the answers that way. That is cheating. And although we can’t stop you, people will call you a *#@%! %$#@ when everyone discovers what you have done. And your fellow players will not be happy that you have cheated.

Leader boards are not to be trifled with. Other players are trying their damndest to beat you and get high on the leader board. This is a serious game, many have even called it fun, but if you are a cheater you will be banned from all games for life.)

Beware the red herring! The clues, tips, hints, and other unusual points are mostly to steer you in the correct direction. Other times they are annoying dead ends, a garden path that is going to cost you time or points, or a lump of coal in a stocking that we told you was candy. No, it isn’t fair. Yes, you will despair.

We are not your good natured friends (or if we are, then we are the kind of friend you hang out with that always annoy you with misleading information and anecdotes. Speaking of anecdotes, the origin of Red Herring which is to mislead, is not known. There are stories about chests of money turning out to be red herrings, as well as using red herrings to mess up the scent a dog may be following, but alas they are only stories).

We have created these games to frustrate you and hopefully litter your future bed times with nightmares about trying to find a certain water fountain with only a vague reference that no one has ever heard of before. Hence why you will need to search online while playing our games to discover the references that our insane clue masters have created.

If you get lost, we can not help you. If these games are too hard for you then why not attend our show instead? The clues are a mild challenge where you will be entertained by actors who host the show.

Otherwise, we are also in the process of creating a children’s clue game. Maybe that would be more your speed?

• We suggest a team of 3-5 people (there is a discount for 5-8 people with a maximum of 8 people in total per group). Try it on your own if you like. Or race friends in two separate groups. The game is yours to play how you want to, with 1-8 people per team. And remember, the more brains you have working together, the better. You can start any time from 10am onwards.

• Dress up is optional, but encouraged. The games have themes, so we hope that you will adopt that theme and play the game as it was meant to be played. 

• To further encourage you to play in character, when you take a photo of your team at the start of your game and send it to us, we will add bonus points depending on how we rate your costumes. Of course if none of you are wearing costumes, but you have had points added for wearing costumes, it means we thought you all looked so strange that it had to be cosplay.

• Who should play these games? Everyone. No special requirements needed to play.

• Even though the games have originally been designed for ages 15 and up, you will be a group of brains, and can therefore all help each other find the solutions. The speed that kids learn these days and that they are growing up smarter than adults and faster than the burger joints can put up “We’ve Got Healthy Alternatives” signs, you will be lucky to have the little ones along for the ride.

• Bringing your dog is ok. However, there are a couple of times where you may need to leave your dog outside for a very brief moment. Just something to consider.

• Please check your SPAM folder if you can’t find the emails we have sent you!

• If you have special needs or require an apparatus to aid with walking, you may wish to opt for a wheelchair, motorised if possible. Otherwise someone strong to push up hills and for a distance. There are also a couple of areas where a ramp is not provided, here you may either not be able to gain access and may have to wait 2 minutes for your group to go inside and return. Or there is a long way around in some instances.

Difficulty levels are not used in our games. They’re all at maximum of hardness... ahem. We use time instead.

For example, Time: 2 hours.

If you can complete this game you will hopefully do so in under 2 hours. If you do then you will get additional points for every minute under 2 hours. Over 2 hours and you will get points taken away.

All games have two different starting points. This allows you to try a different starting position if required, and with less chance of teams interfering with other teams.