About Clooz
Clooz is an app born from a simple idea: we wanted to have a fun way for our families to discover our (underrated) new neighbourhood in Helsinki. "Escape games in the city" already exist and they are not something we invented - but we wanted to make sure that also the less visited parts get some attention.
Writing stories takes time and the goal is wide, but one by one we will help you discover parts of your own city you didn't know were worth it.
Price and development costs
At the moment Clooz is completely free. I believe that some day it will be polished enough to ask for money - eventually I'd like to at least cover my infrastructure costs, but not just yet.
If you'd like to contribute to the project, whether with money or your own time, you're welcome to get in touch with me! We'd get more done with more hands.
There are a few areas where help is much needed: writing stories, live testing on different devices, or for example getting the word out about Clooz by talking to local hotels or restaurants. At the moment I am myself focusing on making sure the app works and slowly working on new stories.
Use of AI
Although I would have loved to be able to create Clooz completely on my own, this project would not have seen the light of day without AI - something I want to be transparent about. AI has been writing the code under my guidance and supervision, and I use it as well to generate parts of some illustrations. I write all stories myself, take my own pictures (or use existing ones under open licenses) and generate the clues as I go around. AI is sometimes used for inspiration or checking for example information about local stories and landmarks.
All in all
I hope you enjoy playing our stories! Feel free to leave feedback and suggest further improvements. You can also email me directly at [email protected] - let's chat!