A free Fredericton pixel adventure. Play the river arcade or scout the real route. No account required.
Hop puddles, lend a hoof and bring the morning home. A small, fictional adventure beside Fredericton’s Wolastoq, with a different pattern each Atlantic day.
Space or ↑: hop, then hop again in midair to reach higher keepsakes. E: help a nearby runner. ↓: toggle easy pace. P or Escape: pause. Touch buttons do the same. The deer moves automatically. Reduced motion follows your device setting. Sound starts off.
Original chapter themes, with a quieter tune at the café. Adjust music and effects separately. Sound is optional, and every cue also appears on screen.
It has one alarm and no snooze button. The real herd leaves at 6:15 a.m.
A small packet of the words that get the herd smiling for a photo.
A fictional souvenir of Cathy’s Crater. The actual dip is best met with eyes on the path.
Some mornings the bridge is worth getting out of bed for all by itself.
For the person who stays with the final runner. Every deer counts.
A nod to the local shop that has supported demo days, trails and club races.
A strongly worded letter concerning the continued existence of runners.
A pixel nod to the province’s floral emblem, the purple violet. Leave real flowers growing.
A make-believe keepsake for New Brunswick’s small, loud provincial bird.
Two banks, one walking bridge, and a familiar way home.
Inspired by the deer cookies at the club holiday party. Excellent antler engineering.
Grain & Grind, the optional last stop. You do not have to run to belong at the table.
Optional. Saves only keepsakes, best points and an outing count in this browser. No account, upload or streak. Private browsing and clearing site data may erase it.
A friendly arcade board for the whole herd. Post a finished run, leave your initials and see who has the high score.
Checking the board…
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Top 20 in each category. Equal scores share a rank. Today’s board uses the same Atlantic-day pattern for everyone. Any Relaxed play puts a run on the Relaxed board. All dawns also includes remixes. Initials are not unique or verified identities.
Removal controls for your last 10 posts stay in this tab through a reload, until the tab closes. If they are unavailable later, contact the club with the initials and score. Turning off the device journal does not remove a public score.
Report an entry or ask for removalHow shared scores use data
Arcade scenes compress and invent geography for play. Jumps, supplies and weather are make-believe. Use the GPS tour below for orientation and the Run Host’s briefing for the real run.
The fronty waits. The sweeper arrives with the last deer. Choose something for the next stretch.
Across the bridge, everyone gets a breather. Your earlier supplies stay with you.
The goose has the right of way in its own opinion. Let it wander off, then carry on together.
Three orders for the table. Take a look for as long as you like, then serve them in order.
All paces welcome, nobody runs alone.
The violet and chickadee: New Brunswick’s provincial symbols
Play as a deer, follow the real GPS-recorded loop and meet the characters who explain the odd little details before your first morning with the herd.
Shape and scale follow a 6.70 km GPS recording. Only route coordinates are used. Seasons and wind are playful effects, not a forecast. The Run Host and current Strava event still take priority.
You now know both regroup stops, both bridges and the strange little corners. All paces welcome, nobody runs alone.
Keyboard: hold →, D or W to run. Press Enter, Z or A to talk. Escape pauses. Touch controls sit below the screen.
Welcome to Devon Deer, Fredericton’s most pixelated morning run club. We leave at 6:15 sharp. The fronty leads, the sweeper stays behind, and the photo begins with ‘cheesy noodles.’
The bend by Devon Lumber can be slick. Shorten your stride. Heroics are optional.
This is the ancient foraging path, also known as the Northside Trail. Keep right, share the trail and settle into a pace at which you could still explain a full sentence.
Cathy’s Crater is the short dip near the tunnel. Watch your footing, especially in darkness or after rain, and enjoy a downhill that lasts approximately three seconds.
We regroup on the Northside Trail before crossing Main Street toward the Westmorland Bridge. Wait for the Run Host’s signal, look both ways and cross together without blocking the path.
The herd uses the pedestrian sidewalk, never the traffic lanes. Keep right, leave room for others and stay aware. The bridge is the hill; nobody awards bonus points for sprinting it.
Second regroup, immediately after the south-bank bridge exit. Faster runners wait, and the final runner gets a real breather before the herd leaves together.
We now turn onto the Southside Trail. Keep right, call passes gently and make room for walkers, cyclists and everyone else sharing the riverfront.
HONK. Give birds plenty of space, never surround them and let them choose their direction. Geese still have not accepted our all-paces policy.
This riverside lighthouse is the Northwest Wind’s favourite territory. Relax your shoulders, shorten your stride a little and stay with the herd. The pixel tornado is theatrical and cannot slow you down.
In town for work or a conference? The route passes close to the Crowne Plaza Fredericton–Lord Beaverbrook. Visitors can simply show up and run with us.
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery is our cultural landmark. Stay aware at driveways and crossings, and keep sharing the trail as the herd moves along downtown.
The Green and Sir James Dunn fountain mark the final stretch. Bring the water you need; public fountains are landmarks, not guaranteed water stops.
The Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge is a narrow pedestrian crossing, quite different from the Westmorland road bridge. Keep right, share the space, then follow the herd home to Picaroons and coffee.
Back at Picaroons. Grain & Grind is the final boss, except it serves coffee. Route complete. Nobody ran alone.
The game follows one 6.70 km GPS recording of the usual counter-clockwise morning loop. Three other recent recordings from the back of the herd measured 6.46–6.63 km. GPS traces vary slightly, so the club describes the real route as about 6.5 km. The game preserves the source trace’s shape, scale and crossings; the pixel scenery is simplified for play and should not be used for navigation.
Start at Picaroons, follow the North Riverfront Trail, signed as Kansuhsaptuwey, use the Westmorland Street Bridge sidewalk, return on the South Riverfront Trail, signed as Wapapaptuwey, and cross the Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge back to coffee. Learn about the names and place.
The first stop is before Main Street. The second is immediately after the south-bank bridge exit. Faster runners wait, the sweeper stays with the final runner and everyone gets a breather.
Cathy’s Crater, the Sorrowful Goose, Lighthouse by 540, Crowne Plaza, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, The Green and one entirely harmless pixel Northwest Wind.
The herd crosses on the separated pedestrian path, keeps right and leaves room for other people. The first regroup comes before the bridge; the second comes just after the south-bank exit.
A playful fantasy interpretation of the landmarks used during the 6:15 welcome. It is intentionally folklore, not a navigation map.
