Press kit
Uncommon Place in a nutshell.
Product facts, launch wording and approved visual assets for journalists, partners and publishers.
Boilerplate
About Uncommon Place
Uncommon Place is a mobile app for self-guided, location-based adventures. Players follow city waypoints, solve clues, discover local stories and combine their answers to crack a master puzzle. The first collection is being developed in York, England, with family, adult and seasonal experiences.
Uncommon Place is created by York software studio Boon & Moil.
Approved short description
One sentence.
Uncommon Place turns cities into self-guided puzzle trails, connecting real-world waypoints, local discoveries and one final master puzzle.
Initial York experiences
- York Family Puzzle Trail—facts, clues and a shared final challenge.
- The Impossible Pub Crawl—hard quizzes and York pub recommendations for adults.
- Catch Ghosts in York—a seasonal ghost hunt built around map waypoints.
Accuracy note
Launch date, price, trail duration and availability have not yet been announced. Please do not infer these details from pre-launch artwork.
Story angles
A city-sized puzzle is taking shape.
Potential coverage can focus on the master-puzzle mechanic, the contrast between family and adult experiences, rotating seasonal trails or the work involved in documenting accessible routes through York.