Storied Ways combines film, animation and technology to create adventures for towns, museums, attractions and venues.
Visitors explore through their phones, following clues, meeting characters and discovering stories along the way.
ShowreelFilm or animation, 16:9, autoplays muted
Discover
Take visitors beyond the usual route.
A side streetwith a forgotten history.
A woodland pathconnected to a local legend.
A small businesswith a story worth hearing.
Our adventures encourage people to venture beyond the familiar route. Stories and puzzles connect places, giving visitors a reason to explore further and notice what they might otherwise walk past.
The place becomes part of the story.
Ways to tell it
Different ways to experience a story
Follow a map, solve clues or listen as you walk. We can combine these formats within one adventure.
Your location moves the story forward. GPS connects scenes, clues and audio to the places visitors reach, allowing the adventure to unfold as they explore.
Follow the map
Map-guided adventures
Follow a phone map between story locations. GPS unlocks written scenes, audio, characters or puzzles as visitors reach each stop.
The map shows the route between story locations. GPS recognises when visitors arrive, so each stop opens the next part of the story.
A written scene or a page from a diary
A character speaking in audio
A puzzle that points to the next stop
ExampleReach the old bridge and the ferryman begins his story. When he finishes, a puzzle appears about the date carved into the stone.
Map screenTop half of a 9:16 phone screen
Follow the clues
Clue-led adventures
Find your way through written clues or spoken directions. Use landmarks and your surroundings to discover where the story leads next.
Written or spoken directions guide visitors through the place. They read landmarks, signs and details around them to work out where to go next.
Example“Turn left at the bridge. Look for the blue stairs.”
Location checks can confirm that visitors have found the right spot and unlock the next scene.
Clue screenTop half of a 9:16 phone screen
Listen as you walk
Audio tales
Listen as you walk. Voices, music and sound effects tell a story set in the surroundings, with new chapters unfolding as visitors reach key locations.
Narration, character dialogue, music and sound design combine into a walking radio drama, set in the streets and spaces around the listener.
GPS triggers each new chapter as visitors reach the right place. Phones can stay in pockets while eyes stay on the surroundings, with no on-screen map to follow.
Now playing screenTop half of a 9:16 phone screen
Stories can branch. Choices and puzzle answers can lead to different scenes, routes or endings. A wrong answer can open another branch of the adventure, leaving something different to discover on a return visit.
Technology
How we bring your story to life.
We combine filmmaking, actors, animation, sound and interactive design to create adventures rooted in your location.
From the script to the final scene, we build the experience around what visitors will see, hear and discover.
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Filmmaking
Bring your story to the screen through professional direction, cinematography and editing.
We create filmed scenes, historical reconstructions and character performances that become part of the adventure. A visitor might meet a witness from the past, uncover a recorded confession or watch an event unfold where it originally happened.
Recording sessionActor in the studio or a waveform, 16:9
Actors, audio and sound design
Give your story voices people want to follow.
Professional actors bring characters and narration to life. Dialogue, music and sound effects build the world around them, from the footsteps of someone approaching to the bustle of a street in another century.
We can produce complete audio dramas or short scenes that unfold as visitors explore.
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Visual effects
Show what the location can no longer reveal on its own.
Visual effects and compositing can restore a vanished building, recreate a historical event or introduce something imagined into filmed surroundings. We combine footage and digital elements to make these moments part of the story.
Puzzle screenPuzzle beside the real location, 16:9
Interactive puzzles
Make the surroundings part of the challenge.
We design graphical puzzles that connect directly to what visitors can see around them. Reassemble a stained-glass window using the cathedral’s real window as your reference. Decode a carving, match architectural details or reconstruct an object to reveal the next chapter.
Visitors look closer at the location, then use what they discover to move the story forward.
Augmented reality
Reveal another layer of the story through a visitor’s phone.
Place characters, objects and reconstructed buildings within the real surroundings. Visitors might discover a hidden object, encounter a character or see how the location appeared in the past.
3D animation
Bring characters, lost places and imagined worlds into motion.
We create animated scenes that explain an event, reveal a reconstruction or introduce a creature into the adventure. Each sequence is developed around the story and the location where it will be experienced.
2D animationIllustrated frame or map, 16:9
2D animation
Give your adventure its own illustrated identity.
Animated characters, maps and visual sequences can explain history, introduce clues and guide visitors through the story. The style can be shaped for a family adventure, a local legend or a historical mystery.
LiDAR scanPoint cloud or 3D capture, 16:9
LiDAR scanning
Build digital scenes from the real location.
LiDAR scanning captures the shape of buildings, objects and spaces as 3D data. We use this as a foundation for digital assets, reconstructions, animation and interactive experiences connected to the place itself.
Adventures
Adventures for children and adults alike.
Adventure
Family treasure hunts
A hunt that fits in an afternoon, with clues hidden in shop windows, plaques and park corners, and a reveal worth reaching.
We shape the storytelling, puzzles and pace around the people taking part. A place can offer different adventures for different ages and interests, giving visitors something new to discover on another visit.
Community
Built with the people who know the place.
Local historians, residents, artists, schools and businesses can help shape the adventure. Their memories, knowledge and voices become part of the story.
Community imageShop front, 4:3
A local shop might hold a clue.
Community imagePortrait, 4:3
A resident might narrate a memory.
Community imageLandscape or archive, 4:3
A community legend might become the thread connecting the whole route.
Community geocaching
Leave something for the next explorer.
Discover hidden caches, find messages from other visitors and leave clues of your own.
Hidden cacheA note or find tucked into the place, 4:3
Visitors can add physical or digital discoveries at designated locations, giving the next explorer something new to uncover.
Messages are built from preset phrases, words and connecting terms chosen for each adventure. Visitors can create a traveller’s journal entry, a ghostly hint or a clue using language that fits the story. They cannot post unrestricted notes.
Our software controls where messages can be left, when they appear and how many visitors encounter. Each adventure has its own rules and limits, keeping contributions relevant and the route clear.
People can leave their mark on the adventure while its language, presentation and atmosphere remain carefully designed.
The story keeps growing as people take part, giving visitors another reason to return.
Your place. Our craft.
Tell us about your place.
We work with you to develop the story, create the film and animation, and build the interactive experience. Whether you have a complete idea or simply a place worth exploring, we can help turn it into an adventure.
A side streetwith a forgotten history.
A woodland pathconnected to a local legend.
A small businesswith a story worth hearing.
