SIDEQUESTS

Your next walk is full of sidequests.

Complete quests by exploring your surroundings and capturing what you find. Build a collection of the city through your eyes.

Illustrated New York skyline with a yellow taxi

Choose a sidequest

Follow whatever catches your eye.

Every pack turns a different slice of the city into something worth noticing. Start quick, wander a park, or keep watch for a neighborhood cat.

QUICK STARTIllustrated Starter Pack with city objects and photo cards

Starter Pack

Six quick photo quests that get you looking at familiar streets in a new way.

Example finds

  • Subway entrance
  • Street-name sign
  • Something yellow
CITYWIDEIllustrated Park Life scene with a fountain, lamp, trees, and walking path

Park Life

Turn any neighborhood green space into a scavenger hunt for classic park details.

Example finds

  • Entrance sign
  • Chess table
  • Drinking fountain
ONGOINGIllustrated city cats in windows, shops, and neighborhood scenes

Feline Frenzy

Collect respectful, candid cat sightings from sidewalks and public-facing spaces.

Example finds

  • Window cat
  • Shop cat
  • Stoop cat

How it works

A sidequest in four steps.

The Subway entrance quest showing two required criteria and two optional bonus criteria
01

Check the criteria

Know the must-haves and bonus details before taking the shot.

The photo review screen showing a subway entrance image and the Submit photo button
02

Submit the photo

Review your find against every requirement before sending it.

The checking screen preparing the photo for grading
03

Get it graded

The app checks the image against the quest criteria.

The result screen confirming all requirements were met and awarding 35 XP
04

Complete the find

See what passed, collect your XP, and move to the next quest.

0104

Keep exploring

Build your collection

Every accepted photo lands in your Field Journal with its XP and pack progress.

A populated Sidequests Field Journal showing six captured finds and earned XP

Stay connected

Share with friends

Choose the finds friends can see, then trade reactions and ideas for what to try next.

The Sidequests Friend Finds feed showing a garden cat shared by a friend

Join the field test

Choose your phone

Beta access is free. We’ll keep the steps here current as each store opens wider testing.

OPEN NOW

Android

Google requires a tester group before it unlocks the Play install link. Join once; updates then arrive through Google Play.

  1. Join the tester groupJoin Google Group
  2. Opt in and installOpen Google Play

Use the same Google account for both steps. The group is self-join; no manual invitation is needed.

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iPhone

Install Apple’s TestFlight app, then open our public beta link. No invitation is needed.

  1. Install Apple TestFlightDownload TestFlight
  2. Join the Sidequests betaOpen in TestFlight

No email invitation is needed. Install TestFlight, open the public link, and accept the beta.