Location steps and stops

A place that players walk to. They find it with your clue, then see what is there.

Used inInteractive · Location stepGuided Tours · stop

Where in the Studio · Overview › Steps › a Location step

On this page · 5 sections

Set the place Choose how players find the place Write a clue When players can’t find the place Set up what players see at the location

The step page has two tabs, in the order players go through them: Getting there and At the location. Both are one draft: Save keeps all your changes, Discard removes them.

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The Location step page on Getting there: the Location, Finding the place and Clue cards

Getting there

Set the place

In the Location card, type a place or an address in Search for a place or address and pick a result. Or click the map to put the pin there.
The map locks once the pin is set. To move the pin, select Change location, drag the pin or click a new spot, then select Done.
To take the pin away, select Remove location while the map is unlocked.

Getting thereInteractive only

Choose how players find the place

The switch Player must find this location in the Finding the place card decides what players see. It stays off until you set the place.

Switch offThe pin is shownThe app shows the pin and centres the map on it. Players follow the pin, with a compass marker and the distance. They arrive at 25 metres. You can’t change this distance.

Switch onPlayers search for itThe app hides the pin, and the map follows the player. Players use your clue and the aids you choose below.

With the switch on, two settings appear:

Found within: The distance at which players have found the place. A whole number from 5 to 500 metres. The default is 25.
Help the player with: Tick Compass to show the direction, Distance to show how far it is. Both are off by default. With none ticked, players have only the clue.

Getting there

Write a clue

Write the clue in the Clue card, up to 500 characters. Players see it on their way to the place, whether the place is hidden or shown.

When players can’t find the place

The search screen always has two buttons. You can’t turn them off.

At the location

Set up what players see at the location

This tab shows the step’s screen as players see it. Edit the cover image, the name, the narration and the sections right there. The button to the next step is set by the app, so you can’t edit it.

Read Content editor to learn how the editor works, and Narration and voice to add a voice.

Content editorThe editor on At the location Narration and voiceGive the place a voice InteractiveMix shown and hidden places