Press releaseJack & Mani reinvents its outdoor mode
A new version of the outdoor investigations: a guided trail, designed for families, that shows off the city while you solve a mystery.
What is Jack & Mani?
Jack & Mani is an online detective game, known for its interrogations of AI-driven characters. It runs with nothing to install, straight in the browser, in 7 languages and from age 10, at home as well as in the streets of a real city. It is that second side, the outdoor mode, that is changing today. More elaborate and built for families, it turns a city into an investigation ground: the game builds a trail that takes players past nearby landmarks, so they discover the place while solving a mystery.
How an outdoor investigation works
Players are given a trail to follow. Before setting off, a preview shows the distance, the estimated duration and the elevation, with a button to generate a different route if this one does not suit. Along the way they meet characters and clues to question in order to move the story forward. The case is solved once the three pieces of the mystery come together: the culprit, the weapon and the motive.
Unlike the previous version, conversations with characters rely on questions you pick rather than free typing. The experience is more guided and more accessible, suited to children from age 10 and to outings with family or friends. Because the trail runs past the city's landmarks, the investigation also becomes an original way to visit a place, at home or on holiday.
Two ways to investigate
At home, Jack & Mani stays true to what made its name: free written interrogations with AI-driven characters, whose answers you have to cross-check to spot the contradictions. Because the conversation is not scripted, no two players ever run the same interrogation. Outdoors, the focus shifts to guided family exploration. Two complementary experiences, one shared goal: unmask the culprit.
Investigating together
An outdoor investigation can also be played as a group, with up to twenty players on the same trail. Everyone progresses on their own phone, with their own access, and the game's leaderboard updates as discoveries come in. Enough to turn a family outing or a get-together into a collective investigation.
A word from the founder
« I wanted to offer entertainment unlike what already exists: something positive, that brings the family together around a single investigation. You solve a mystery together, you head out to explore, you discover new places, and you share a real moment instead of everyone sitting behind their own screen. »
Maurice Hurdebise
Founder of Jack & Mani
Jack & Mani at a glance
New outdoor investigations: a guided trail past the city's landmarks, with characters and clues to question, designed for families.
Indoor investigations: free written interrogations with AI-driven characters.
Together: up to twenty players on the same trail, each with their own access.
The goal: find the culprit, the weapon and the motive.
Academic mode: learn a language while investigating, with corrections for spelling, grammar, conjugation and clarity.
City pages: purpose-written trails and a local leaderboard, in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Germany.
Nothing to install: playable in the browser, on mobile and desktop, in 7 languages.
Progression: detective badges to unlock and a leaderboard.
Key facts
Name
Jack & Mani
Genre
Detective game, indoors with AI and outdoors with geolocation
Platform
Web browser, mobile and desktop, nothing to install
Languages
7 (French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese)
Audience
Age 10 and up, with family or friends
Session length
30 to 40 minutes outdoors
Players
1 to 20 outdoors
Model
Freemium, 3 indoor investigations and 1 outdoor investigation included
Indoor pricing
€1.99 per investigation, €14.99 for the season pack
Outdoor pricing
€7.99 per investigation, €29.99 for the season pack
Countries covered
Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany
Publisher
Maurice Hurdebise, Stavelot, Belgium
Website
jackandmani.com
About Jack & Mani
Jack & Mani is an online detective game published by Maurice Hurdebise (Stavelot, Belgium). It combines artificial intelligence, urban exploration and language learning to reinvent the detective game, at home as well as in the streets of a real city. The game is available in 7 languages at jackandmani.com.
Press resources
The media kit gathers the logos, screenshots, high-resolution artwork and the founder's photo, free to use in an article about Jack & Mani.
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For any request for information, an interview or visuals, get in touch.
Maurice Hurdebise, founder, is available for interviews and demonstrations.
Further reading
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