The world's a puzzle. Step into it.

Read the riddle. Find the thing. Snap the photo. Đà Nẵng and Auckland are free while we test.

Pick your city

Drag the planet. Tap a glowing piece.

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Travel to Puzzle Island?

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A tiny town that doesn't exist, to try the game before a real city. Fly back whenever you like.

The Dragon Bridge, Đà Nẵng. Photo: Laura Barry

Now a real city.

Here's how a Jigwalk works. A real city, played like a puzzle.

  1. 1

    Pick a city. Get your code.

    Choose your city and get its code. Đà Nẵng and Auckland are free while we test. Start whenever you like.

  2. 2

    Enter your code.

    Type it in and the walk begins. Take a break any time: progress is saved, and your code stays open for a year until you finish.

  3. 3

    Read the riddle.

    It points to one real thing in the city. Every stop starts with its hardest clue. This is the real stop 1 clue, the same for every player.

  4. 4

    Follow the arrow.

    Stuck? The next clue is easier. Every mode has lifelines: a free skip on Easy, plus a thermometer on Medium, plus a compass on Hard. On Easy and Medium an arrow points you to the search area.

  5. 5

    Find the search area.

    Walk into it and the game tells you: the spot is somewhere inside this circle, 150 m in radius on Easy.

  6. 6

    Get warmer.

    Inside the circle a thermometer reads cold, warm or hot as you close in. It is built in on Easy, and a lifeline on Medium and Hard.

  7. 7

    Snap it.

    Photograph the thing. A photo check and your GPS confirm the find in seconds. No signal? The phone checks the photo itself.

  8. 8

    Win the piece.

    The right photo adds that stop's piece to your tray. Each stop scores the clue you solved it on, and every stop has a par.

  9. 9

    Hear its story.

    Every piece comes with the story of the place: here, the carp that leapt the Dragon Gate and became a dragon.

  10. 10

    Were you paying attention?

    Every 5 pieces, one quick question about the stops you just found. Get it right and win another lifeline.

  11. 11

    The whole picture is yours.

    25 stops, about 9 km, about 4 hours on foot in Đà Nẵng, with a lunch stop halfway. Finish and the picture is yours, with a share card for your friends. The boxed puzzle and the finish treat come later, at launch.

Pick a city: the Đà Nẵng start screen. Enter your code. Stop 1, clue 1: the real Đà Nẵng riddle. Clue 2, and an arrow to the search area. You are inside the search area. Inside the circle: the thermometer reads warm. Checking your photo. The piece flies into your tray. The story of the place: the carp that became a dragon. The quiz: one question about the stops you just found. The finish: the whole picture.

Play it your way.

Same 25 stops, same clues. You choose who walks with you and how much the game helps.

Who walks with you

Just you, at your own pace.

How much help

An arrow to your search area, a circle with a 150 m radius, and a thermometer inside it. Lifeline: a free skip.

Every 5 stops, a quick question. Get it right and win another lifeline.

The real game: choose your mode, Easy, Medium or Hard.
A real game screen, from Đà Nẵng.

Where you can play.

Open now, and free while we test. More cities are being hidden.

Good to know.

The world's a puzzle. Step into it.

Your last piece is a city. Pick one.

Đà Nẵng Auckland

Melbourne and Sydney are being hidden now.

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Every photo of a real place is real and licensed, credited where it appears; the globe's city pieces: Đà Nẵng by Laura Barry, Auckland by Thomas Berwing (CC BY-SA 4.0), Melbourne by Andrew Mercer (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sydney by Gibrate1. Puzzle Island is imaginary. The globe is printed from NASA's Blue Marble. © 2026 Jigwalk