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Now live — Localnauts is playable in Rixdorf, in German and English.
How it works

From game code to finish.

Flow, game roles, Nauti, the adult guide and rewards — everything you want to know before you start.

How it works

Ready in 5 minutes.

Get your game code, redeem it and go. Little prep, no account — the game code stays valid until you activate it.

Pick a route
Fits your time & energy

Choose the route that works for your group. Book instantly — no account needed.

Redeem your game code
Valid until activated

You receive a game code. It stays valid until you activate it — no time pressure.

Set up & go
Crew, roles, puzzles

Quickly set up your crew (names, avatars, roles), then the app guides you to the first station. You set the pace, pause anytime — all in the browser.

Start relaxed

Ready to go & safe on the way.

Companion guide: if you want the details

The game setup explains everything you need — you can simply start, no prep required. If you'd like to know exactly how a station works, or you're planning a group, the companion guide has the schedule, role cards, timing options and reflection questions. You do the game setup (crew, avatars, roles, codex) calmly on site — the app guides you to the first station, where the game begins.

Safety is built in

At the start the crew confirms a short codex: stay on the pavements, stay together, use traffic lights and crossings, watch the traffic. The accompanying adult has the final word in traffic — safety always comes before the game.

Device, access & sound

A smartphone or tablet with a camera is all you need — the phone locates most reliably via GPS, the tablet has the bigger screen. In the browser, allow location, camera and microphone, and turn the sound on for Nauti. Your photos stay on your device.

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Before you head out

Five minutes of game setup.

Create your crew

After entering your game code, you give your crew a name — that's who you'll be throughout the story.

Choose avatars

Everyone picks an avatar — a historical figure of the route. Who you are shapes what Nauti tells you.

Hand out roles

The navigator leads, the chronicler documents, everyone else is a Naut — roles rotate along the way.

Confirm the codex

A few shared rules on safety, respect and fair decisions — each tapped once, then the time gate opens.

The game principle

10 stations. 10 puzzles. 1 goal.

GPS guides you from station to station. The stations build on each other — station by station, Rixdorf 1737 becomes one whole story, and the letters together form the solution word.

The route · 10 stations
Map of a Localnauts route with 10 stations and a finish
A child navigates through Rixdorf with the GPS map on a phone
Navigating with GPS

The phone shows the way to the next station — just set off.

A map shows your position and the next point. It works most reliably on a smartphone — GPS is built in. Tablets often have no GPS and need constant WiFi; so for navigating, bring one phone per team, with internet and a camera.

At every station

What a station looks like.

Trace scan

Look closely on site and scan a detail with a photo — that brings you closer to the puzzle.

Puzzle cracker

Solve the station's puzzle and secure a letter of the solution word.

Logbook

A thumbs team vote, a short logbook entry and a crew photo — these become your logbook and collage at the end.

Deep-dive tasks

Optional digging deeper: the deep scan and the chronicle earn extra stardust for your crew rank.

Kids scan a detail at a Rixdorf station with the tablet
Trace scan — a detail on site solves the puzzle
Your guide · Game roles
Nauti — euer Kiez-Guide

Nauti leads you. Every role has a mission.

Hi, I'm Nauti, your Kiez guide. There's a glitch in the Zeitmatrix — and I can't crack it without you. I'll give hints; you find the answers yourselves."

Nauti never gives away the answer — only nudges. Kids solve everything themselves.

Navigator

Leads the team to the next station. Holds the device, sets the pace.

Rotates

Chronicler

Reads out the station text, leads the team vote, takes the station photo.

Rotates

Naut

Reads clues, solves puzzles, contributes to team decisions. The mission's beating heart.

Everyone joins in

Roles rotate at every station — everyone takes a turn as Navigator, Chronicler and Naut.

Rewards and ranks

What the crew takes home.

The three keepsakes: crew collage, orbit diploma and crew logbook

Finds in the Zeitmatrix

At every station the kids unlock a historical document from the Kiez and collect it in the Zeitmatrix. By the end they have ten of them.

Stardust and crew ranks

Voluntary deep-dives — reading the chronicle, logbook entries, deep scans and the extra orbit — earn stardust. The crew climbs the ranks: from Junior Localnauts through Crew and Pilots to Legends.

At the end

When they finish, the crew gets a crew collage, their crew logbook and an orbit diploma. And maybe an actual chest is waiting at the finish — that part is up to you.

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