ClueSpindle

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Build branching puzzle hunts, test the handoffs, and arrive with a plan for the big day. ClueSpindle brings your clue wall, rehearsal notebook, and packing table together on your iPhone. Made for puzzle hunt hosts, escape room creators, educators, and campus clubs, it helps you shape an idea into an adventure people can follow. MAKE YOUR CLUE WALL Create cipher, observation, logic, hands-on, and audio puzzles. Write the player instructions, accepted answer, solution, location, prop notes, and layered hints. Set an expected solve time and difficulty, then connect your cards with colorful threads. Choose whether a puzzle needs all its prerequisites or any one of them. Add optional bonus clues, move cards, zoom out to see the whole route, and undo wall changes as you experiment. CHECK THE ROUTE Find missing starting points, unreachable clues, dependency loops, stalled prerequisites, missing answers, and puzzles with no hints. Jump from a route issue to the affected puzzle and keep refining the flow. PLAY BEFORE YOU HOST Try your hunt in Player's Pocket. Enter answers, request hints, and unlock the next branches. Pause the timer, save your progress, and return to the same team. Active time is recorded in seconds, with paused and background time excluded. Start with The Midnight Post, a complete seven-puzzle sample, or build your own mystery from scratch. LEARN FROM REAL REHEARSALS Record each crew's solve times, hint use, wrong answers, and abandoned attempts. Keep live, paused, completed, and abandoned attempts distinct. Review median and average solve times, completion rates, time ranges, common wrong guesses, and possible bottlenecks. Filter by recorded design version and choose whether fictional sample crews appear in the results. PACK THE LITTLE THINGS Link supplies to puzzles, bring material notes into a reviewed packing list, and calculate per-crew copies plus shared extras. Adjust the crew count, check off packed items, and use the staffing guide to support your event plan. KEEP THE RIGHT SECRETS Attach audio, images, PDFs, and text files. Choose which files players can see and which stay staff-only. Export a player flow map, staff handbook, layered hint sheet, or packing list as a PDF. Complete project archives include supported attachments, so you can back up a hunt, duplicate it, or import an independent copy without replacing existing work. A cheerful paper-and-ink studio, an owl with a delivery to make, and room for your next great mystery. Designed for iPhone. Works offline. No account, advertising, or tracking.