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AI-Powered City Tours

Explore Every City Like a Local

Odyssey transforms city exploration into interactive adventures. Solve puzzles, discover hidden gems, and let AI generate unique quests — all guided through your phone.

AI
Generated Tours
Unique Quests
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Languages
Any City
Odyssey puzzle screen preview
Odyssey discover tours screen preview
Odyssey following feed screen preview

Your Guide to Every Adventure

Ody is Odyssey's mascot — curious, colourful, and always pointing you toward the next discovery. He'll be with you every step of the way.

Ody standing
Ody mascot

City Exploration,
Reimagined

Imagine exploring a new city — not with a boring guidebook, but by solving a thrilling mystery where the city itself is your game board.

Odyssey transforms city tours into interactive adventures, guiding you through points of interest with captivating stories and immersive challenges. We use AI to generate endless unique quests, and empower a community of creators to build their own — turning every city street into an unforgettable experience.

Powered by Gemini AI

AI Tour Generation

Gemini 2.5 Flash generates unique, story-driven walking tours for any city in seconds.

Gamification & Quizzes

Complete challenges, answer location-based questions, and earn rewards at every stop.

Community Created

Any user can create and share their own tour, turning local knowledge into adventures.

Everything You Need to Explore

Built for travelers, locals, and curious explorers alike.

AI Tour Creator

Describe any theme or city and let Gemini instantly generate a complete multi-stop walking tour with trivia and stories.

Interactive Quizzes

At every stop, answer location-specific trivia questions to deepen your understanding of the place.

Live Maps

Google Maps integration shows your route, current location, and nearby tour stops in real time.

Reviews & Ratings

Rate completed tours, leave detailed reviews, and help other explorers find the best adventures.

Smart Search

Search tours by city, category, difficulty, duration, or continent — and find other explorers by username.

Multi-language

Full English and Turkish support with device locale detection. More languages coming soon.

See Odyssey in Action

A peek at the screens you'll be exploring on your next adventure.

Odyssey active route progress screen
Route Progress
Odyssey following feed screen
Following Feed
Odyssey tour creation method selection screen
Create Tour
Odyssey profile and badges screen
Profile
Odyssey map screen with nearby tours
Explore Map
Odyssey puzzle challenge screen
Interactive Puzzle
Odyssey Discover Tours screen
Tour Discovery

Project Documentation

Our design decisions, architecture choices, and engineering milestones.

Analysis & Requirements Report

Scope definition, user personas, functional and non-functional requirements.

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Detailed Design Report

Database schema, API routing, system architecture, and component design.

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CS491 Demo Slides

First public demo presentation showcasing the original project scope.

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Meet the Explorers Behind Odyssey

Five computer science students who believe travel should be an adventure, not a chore.

The Odyssey team at Bilkent University
The Odyssey Team · Bilkent University
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Cem Tarkan Tekcan
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Sami Bora Akoğuz
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Can Kütükoğlu
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Ege Ertem
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Mehmet Rodi Aydoğdu
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Our Mission

Making Every City an Adventure

We started Odyssey because we believe the best way to understand a city is to experience it — not just photograph it. Traditional tours are passive. We wanted something that pulls you in, makes you curious, and rewards exploration.

By combining AI-generated content, gamification, and community creativity, Odyssey makes city exploration more accessible, engaging, and fun for everyone — whether you're a first-time visitor or a lifelong local.

Purposeful Design

Every feature is built to deepen engagement with a place, not distract from it.

Community First

Local experts and passionate travelers are the best tour guides. We give them the tools.

Built for Everyone

Multi-language support, accessible UI, and tours for every pace and interest.

Built With Modern Tools

React Native + Expo
Cross-platform mobile with file-based routing via Expo Router
Django + DRF
REST API backend with JWT auth, PostgreSQL, and Docker
Google Gemini
Gemini 2.5 Flash powers AI tour and quiz generation
Google Maps
Live navigation, route metrics, and location services