The Hunt Is On

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Media dossier: blurbs, quick facts, the logo and game posters for anyone covering The Hunt Is On.

In one line

The Hunt Is On makes mystery games you play on your phone: at home tonight, and out in Sunshine Coast towns from 2027.

In a paragraph

The Hunt Is On makes story-led puzzle games for your phone: follow a mystery, crack the puzzles and race the clock on a leaderboard. There's a free thriller to play at home now, more mysteries on the way, and town games coming in 2027, with no app to download. Every game is made on the Sunshine Coast by a local.

Quick facts

  • Where: the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, in 6 towns so far, plus games you can play anywhere.
  • Games: 13 on file, from town mysteries to free family trails and thrillers you play at home.
  • Price: story trails and pocket cases are free; town mysteries are $10, with Chapter 1 free.
  • How it plays: in the phone's web browser, no app. Solo or in teams.
  • Who: made by Sunshine Coast locals. The games are run by The GamesMaster.
  • Website: thehuntison.com.au

Game posters

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Poster for Stay on the Line: a dark hallway at night, a red light on the front door's smart lock and a phone glowing on the hall table.
Stay on the Line[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for The Keeper's Log: an old wall telephone ringing in a dark lighthouse room at night, a lantern glowing beside it.
The Keeper's Log[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for The Missing Surfboard: an empty hook on the wall of an old surf shed, lit by the first light of morning.
The Missing Surfboard[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for The Wreck at Dicky Beach: a painted steamship driven ashore in heavy surf, with people in 1890s clothes watching from the sand.
The Wreck at Dicky Beach[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for The Glass House File: a tin hut on a hill under a starry sky, a telescope outside and a small green light in the grass.
The Glass House File[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for Summer of '86: three kids on BMX bikes racing past a fluoro milk bar at sunset, power poles, gum trees and a Hills hoist behind.
Summer of '86[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for Wally's Tall Tales: an old storyteller on a verandah, while bullocks haul a two-storey timber hotel down a dusty street behind him.
The Yandina History Trail: Wally's Tall Tales[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for The Keeper's Last Light: a lighthouse door with a padlock on a stormy Caloundra headland.
The Keeper's Last Light[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for The Wharf Job: smugglers loading a crate by lantern light on an old Mooloolaba wharf.
The Wharf Job[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for Nan's Postcard Dare: a grandmother in a straw hat on a bench holds out a postcard, with a boardwalk winding up a green headland above the surf.
The Coolum Art Trail: Nan's Postcard Dare[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for Pip and the Pelican: a pelican flies off over the surf with a girl's sketchbook while she chases it along a sunny coastal boardwalk.
The Caloundra Art Trail: Pip and the Pelican[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for the Nambour Art Trail: a young muralist on a ladder rolls paint onto a huge blank wall above a country town and green hills.
The Nambour Art Trail[WEBP // High-res]
Poster for Murder at the Markets: market stalls and a coffee cart under a huge fig tree strung with lights.
Murder at the Markets[WEBP // High-res]