Memory match

A trail of shared places for one person, retracing memories only the two of you have.

How it plays

On your phone, outdoors. Every spot is a sealed place on the map.

Accept your invitation
This game is made for exactly one player. Open the link, or accept it in the app’s Games tab.
Read the clue
Clues come one at a time. Each points to a place the two of you know.
Follow the sonar
Walk. The sonar shows the way; on a hidden trail the spot appears only once you are within range.
Stand within 30 metres: open the memory
The spot reveals what was left there: words, and up to six photos.
Walk to the end
There is no race. Reaching the last spot completes the trail.

What the game itself enforces for a memory match. Nobody has to referee.

How spots open: One at a time, in the order the moderator set. Finding a spot reveals the next clue.
Players: Exactly one: the partner. The game starts only when the group is the moderator plus one other person.
Finishing: Reaching the last spot completes the trail. The board shows spots found, and when.

Opening a spot: Only within 30 metres of it, exactly like a memory.
Open or hidden trail: On an open trail the next spot shows on the sonar at any distance, rough until you are close. On a hidden trail players have only the clue until they are within 100 m, 250 m, 1 km or 1 mile (the moderator picks; 250 m by default).
Clue 3 of 7: Optional: the moderator decides whether players see how many spots there are.
What is recorded: Joining a game means each find stores the time you reached the spot. Your position is never stored.
The moderator: Plans and runs the game, and cannot play it. Spots are fixed once it starts, and all game text must suit all ages.
The end: The moderator ends the game, or it ends by itself once everyone has finished. Medals go to the top three, a finisher trophy to everyone who completed the trail.

For the moderator: plan it on a computer with a big map, or on your phone. Players cannot see a draft.

Start a new game
On trackingmemories.com, or in the app’s Games tab, choose New game and pick Memory match.
Plant the spots
On a computer, click the map. On the phone, long-press the map, or stand on the spot and add it there. Up to 100 spots.
Write the clues
The clue shows before a spot is found. The message, and up to six optional photos, open on arrival.
Invite the players
Invite your one player by link, eight-character code or @username.
Start, follow, end
Players are told when it starts. Follow the board as it fills, and end the game when you are ready.

Invite only them
One person besides you, or the game will not start.
Leave a memory at each spot
Words and up to six photos, from the day you were there.