Trickster Ltd
We make Games for the Curious, specialising in intriguing site-specific adventures and mysteries!
Ran this NEW PARTY GAME for my cousin Char’s birthday!
Friends and whānau in the mix in this kooky ‘This is your Life’-style adventure through shops and attractions. Cheers Char!
Celebrating a birthday or getting hitched? You might need a FLASHBACK!
www.trickster.co.nz/flashback
Huge thanks to these wonderful collaborators: Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Scottish Shop, MusicWorks Dunedin, Bike House Dunedin, Finders Keepers Boutique Dunedin and Otago Arts Society!
UPDATE: SOLD OUT!!!
Stay tuned for this event to run again before the end of the year. The game is afoot!
Rally some mates and form the ultimate team of Victorian sleuths!
The 1870s opening of the Animal Attic is completely stuffed by a shocking discovery! Interrogate the suspects, scout for clues and piece together this whacky Victorian whodunit!
29/12/2023
🙂 Are you OPTIMISTIC?
I completely agree with this - no matter what your industry or who you’re serving/helping.
🤪 Go make a ruckus!
28/12/2023
🤩 Woooo! CHECK THIS OUT FAMILIES!
We’ve got a mission for you this summer! Using agility, quick thinking and speed, navigate your way through a maze of laser beams and race the clock.
The fastest participants will feature on the leaderboard of stealth, with the top players each week winning a prize for the successful completion of their mission.
You can complete the challenge solo, or plan your mission in pairs or groups of three to secure the quickest time and bragging rights!
11am – 4pm daily until 25 February
H D Skinner Annex
$3 add-on to your Science Centre or Planetarium admission
$5 Laser Maze only
(😎 TEST sharing EYE SPY SCORES!!!)
🌍 EyeSpy.World
✅ ojos del salar, san pedro de atacama, chile
✅ batería de costa de santa ana, cartagena, spain
✅ green george af thomas dambo, copenhagen, denmark
✅ hobbiton™, matamata, new zealand
✅ seven magic mountains, nevada, usa
Eyespy World We greatly value input from our players, especially when it comes to choosing new destinations to explore. Click the button below and share which location you'd like to see next on Eyespy World.
16/12/2023
🛝 FUN in Timaru!
Travelling North this summer? A cool recommendation from our friends at ReThink Children's Therapy.
PS: you don’t have to be a kid to bring some PLAY into your life!
08/12/2023
🎄 The DCC Planning teams really brought the festive fun to their HUSTLE! Our wonderful city’s in great hands!!! 🎄
15 blocks of Warehouse Precinct art, architecture and alleyways are chock-full of site-responsive challenges to level up your staff!
www.trickster.co.nz/hustle
Dunedin City Council
01/12/2023
🐝 🐝 BONKERS!
The wonderful team at APM Workcare help you recover from injury and return to work - and really did themselves a MISCHIEF in this Hustle with daring antics, a hip replacement and TWO bee stings!
www.trickster.co.nz/hustle
Melissa Barton Melissa Thomson
19/11/2023
LURVED the HUSTLE from these nut-bars from Wakari School!
Our kids are so lucky to have such an amazing education and support team - the future is very bright indeed!
Just look at these “Happy, Confident Learners” tackling some wacky challenges…
www.trickster.co.nz/hustle
19/11/2023
Murder SOLVED!
We had so much fun with the audience for Theodore Knock at the Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations - thanks to The Brydone Hotel, Harriet Moir - Entertainer / MC and the VHC team!
16/11/2023
Harriet Moir - Entertainer / MC rocked this party!
A great new Victorian Murder for Hire featuring three wonderful Rhys Latton, Sara Georgie and Simon Anderson!
Absolutely hectic trip to Oamaru yesterday with this crew for a brand new Murder 4 Hire at 🪓💋
Massive props to the actors for hustling and bringing their absolute A game.
Big thanks to for the costume hire and the team at the Brydone Hotel for taking a punt.
And of course, tremendous love, respect and admiration for the inimitable Danny Still from for constantly inventing and conjuring up plans for us to work and have a bloody good time while doing it! Love and gratitude always. What a joy and a delight you are and how lucky we are to have you. 🙏😘
14/11/2023
The coffin was TOO BIG!
I never thought I’d have this problem.
So we’ve gone for a hilarious plan B for our Murder Mystery in Ōamaru!
“The Troubling COFFIN of Theodore Knock”
Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations The Brydone Hotel
06/11/2023
Check out this wonderful game from Dunedin game developers Runaway.
This Runaway Mini is cute, fun to play and rewards with interesting facts - plus it begins with a great tutorial.
I love it!
Introducing… Cryptograms, a word puzzle game now available on iOS and Android! Solve cryptogram word puzzles to uncover amazing nature facts from Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary, Flutter: Starlight and Splash: Ocean Sanctuary. 🧩
A small number of us have been prototyping Cryptograms while working on our main games, and so far we think it’s pretty fun to play (even if you think you’re not the type for word games!).
As you may know, this game isn’t our usual style. We’ve released Cryptograms as a “Runaway mini”, a more experimental game created by Runaway! 💖
Test your knowledge of facts about creatures from Flutter, Starlight and Splash and let us know what you think!
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/cryptograms/id6444014742
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runawayplay.naturecryptograms
02/11/2023
The railway worker, the hotel keeper or the politician?
www.trickster.co.nz/knock
When actors bring a character to life, your investigation takes on new dimensions full of deceit, revelations and laughs!
30/10/2023
Lies, untruths and balderdash abound! Will you find the culprit?
A brand new comedic interactive murder mystery experience - expressly for the Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations!!!
Wednesday November 15th only at The Brydone Hotel in Ōamaru!
Book: https://www.trybooking.co.nz/PTW
Learn more: www.trickster.co.nz/knock
30/10/2023
3 suspects, 2 hours, 1 night only!
Book: https://www.trybooking.co.nz/PTW
Learn more: www.trickster.co.nz/knock
28/10/2023
Every Murder needs a great setting…
ONE NIGHT ONLY at The Brydone Hotel in Ōamaru. Wednesday Nov 15th during the Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations!
Limited tickets - 40% already sold.
Book: https://www.trybooking.co.nz/PTW
Learn more: www.trickster.co.nz/knock
24/10/2023
Murder at The Brydone Hotel in Ōamaru!
ONE NIGHT ONLY! Nov 15th at the Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations!
Limited places - over a third of tickets already sold.
To Book: https://www.trybooking.co.nz/PTW
24/10/2023
This Saturday at Tūhura Otago Museum - another cool public event for Curious players!
If you love crime novels, cold-case TV shows, or escape rooms, The Science of Crime event is tailor-made for you. Become a forensic detective for the night and work with your local forensic expert to solve a murder mystery using clues, puzzles and forensic methods.
You must find the evidence, solve the clues, and catch the culprit in this immersive experience unique to Dunedin. Crime scene suits and forensic equipment are supplied, and you'll employ real forensic analysis techniques, like fingerprint examination and bloodstain analysis to investigate each suspect. Do you have what it takes to catch a killer?
People will be grouped in teams of up to 6. Your ticket includes a complimentary drink from Alchemist Mixology, and each team will receive a savoury platter from Precinct Food.
// Postponed //
H D Skinner Annex
$68 per person – Bookings essential // R16
https://otagomuseum.nz/whats-on/ghostly-whispers
09/10/2023
Victorians knew a thing or two about murder - but they were divided on the oppinions of Darwin.
Tensions mount when the Museum is reorganised along Darwinian lines and the acquisition of a rare specimen from Saskatchewan brings a new twist to the Animal Attic!
This Saturday 14th at Tūhura Otago Museum
07/10/2023
MURDER AT THE MUSEUM!
This Saturday 14th October
Join us for trip back in time to the opening of the Animal Attic with a mischievous murder themed around Darwin’s theory of evolution!
One night only at Tūhura Otago Museum!
07/10/2023
MURDER AT THE MUSEUM!
This Saturday 14th October
Join us for trip back in time to the opening of the Animal Attic with a mischievous murder themed around Darwin’s theory of evolution!
One night only at Tūhura Otago Museum.
EVENT LINK: https://facebook.com/events/s/murder-at-the-museum/272863028857882/
05/10/2023
Leap into BEAST MODE
With a workplace HUSTLE!
www.trickster.co.nz
The craziest way to challenge and connect your team!
Now with 20% discount for healthcare, education and not-for-profit sectors!
29/09/2023
🧩 ONLINE GAME TESTING!
✈️ Love a DAILY TRAVEL challenge?
Visit www.EyeSpy.world to check out the DAILY 5 and let me know how it works on your phone.
🌍🌎🌏
It’s a project I started with my friend Declan and this first stage is about testing mobile responsiveness (and whether this is fun).
📲TESTING ON PHONES
The bigger the screen, the better - but we’d love to know how well it works on your phone.
☠️ 🤪 Do the buttons activate, can you see everything - does the game even work?!?! Please let me know which phone model you’re using.
Thanks - I really appreciate your help.
X Danny
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