Zoo-sized puzzle games that raise funds for wildlife conservation!

Host game night at your zoo!

Locked Zoo is a series of 2-hour puzzle-solving games that can be licensed and hosted at accredited zoos. Working in small teams, players explore the zoo, solve an elaborate series of puzzles, and try to finish the game before time runs out. As teams progress, they’ll also learn about different species, the role of zoos, and the importance of wildlife conservation!

Perfect for evening events and zoo staff events!

Game assets offer self-guided play, with minimal waste.

Game sheets tell players what to do next.

Game signs are placed throughout the zoo.

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Videos deliver conservation messaging.

Locked Zoo has been hosted by 12 AZA-accredited venues in Canada and the United States.

Conversation-worthy themes for conservation-minded people.

Jetpack licenses games to accredited zoos and aquariums for revenue-generating public events and zoo staff events. Games are available to license individually, or as an ongoing series. There are currently 14 games to choose from, with a variety of conservation themes and featured species.

  • Players will pair macaws, trade tigers, and get to know gorillas while learning about how zoos worldwide collaborate on captive breeding programs.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Breeding Pairs (Macaws)

    2. Species Survival Plans (Tigers)

    3. Trivia (Gorillas).

  • How do zoos keep animals happy, healthy, and well-fed? Find out while solving a series of puzzles about food, positive reinforcement, and enrichments.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Diets (American Black Bears, Black & White Colobus Monkeys, Rock Hyraxes, Eurasian Wild Boars, Japanese Macaques, Straw-Coloured Fruit Bats, Grizzly Bears, Mandrills, Leopard Tortoises, Red Pandas)

    2. Commands

    3. Enrichments

  • Nature’s biggest cats use strength, speed, and smarts to survive in the wild. Players will do the same as they prowl the zoo solving cat-themed puzzles.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Camouflage

    2. Big Cats (Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Cheetah, Jaguar, Snow Leopard, Cougar)

    3. Trivia (Big Cats)

  • This edition has players solve puzzles inspired by breeding and reintroduction programs — which aim to boost the population of species in the wild.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Repopulation (Red Wolves, Scimitar-Horned Oryxes, Mexican Wolves, Mountain Bongos, Black-Footed Ferrets, Arabian Oryxes, Fishers, Przewalski Horses, Loggerhead Shrikes)

    2. Ectotherms (Northern Leopard Frogs, Blanding's Turtles, Puerto Rican Crested Toads, Louisiana Pine Snakes, Hellbender Salamanders)

    3. Habitats (California Condors, Andean Condors, Burrowing Owls, Trumpeter Swans, Whooping Cranes, Greater Sage Grouse, Guam Rails)

  • This edition features a series of puzzles related to life in the desert, where animals have adapted to the elements and face the hazards of human encroachment.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Trivia (Dromedaries, Fennec Foxes, Meerkats, Kangaroo Rats, Gila Monsters, Roadrunners, Armadillos, Thorny Devils, Bearded Dragons, Chacoan Peccaries)

    2. Tortoises (Pancake Tortoise, Leopard Tortoise, Desert Tortoise)

    3. Habitat Threats

  • This edition takes players into the vibrant world of species inhabiting tropical rainforests — with puzzles related to biodiversity and keystone species.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Rainforest Facts (African Golden Cat, Jaguar, Giant Otter, Asian Elephant, Clouded Leopard, Purple-faced Langur, Black Caiman, Saltwater Crocodile, Harpy Eagle, Puma)

    2. Rainforest Layers (Toucans, Ocelots, Jaguars, Scarlet Macaws, Three-Toed Sloths, Quetzals, Tapirs, Butterflies)

    3. Biodiversity: (Sloth, Capybara, Toucan, Gorilla, Okapi, Pangolin, Tapir, Gibbon, Hornbill, Coati, Macaw, Quetzal, Peccary, Siamang, Tamarin, Harpy, Sunbird, Cicada, Gibbon, Weevil, Katydid, Firefly, Mantis, Termite, Aphid, Beetle, Earwig, Moth, Locust, Cricket)

  • This edition delivers conservation messaging by showcasing long-extinct titans. Perfect for zoos with dinosaur displays, themed events, and animatronic exhibits.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Fossils (Triceratops, Edmontosaurus, Iguanodon, Minmi, Ankylosaurus, Troodon, Baryonyx, Raptor, T-Rex, Diplodocus)

    2. Adaptations (Spinosaurus, Paralititan, Therizinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Gallimimus)

    3. Herd Migration (Hadrosaurs)

  • This edition challenges players to solve puzzles related to species that thrive in the grassy expanses of open prairies.  The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Prairie Birds (Falcons, grouse, skylarks, korhaans, sandpipers, bustards, pratincoles, meadowlarks, sparrows, curlews, blackbirds, mockingbirds, lapwings, secretarybirds, larks, harriers, coursers, pipits, hawks, cranes)

    2. Keystone Species (prairie dogs)

    3. Prairie Fragmentation (Bison, ferrets, grouse, badgers, curlews).

  • Earth’s polar regions include some of its harshest environments. Players will solve a series of puzzles related to the diet, survival skills, and behaviours of polar wildlife.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Polar Bear Diets (Bowhead Whales, Bearded Seals, Birds, Narwhal, Fish, Walruses, Carcasses, Egg, Beluga, Vegetation, Ringed Seals)

    2. Antarctic Penguins (Gentoo, Adelie, King, Chinstrap, Emperor)

    3. Caribou (Reindeer)

  • This edition challenges players with a series of puzzles related to species of the African savanna and the dangers they face there.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. African Savanna (Hippopotamus, African Elephant, North African Ostrich, Grant's Gazelle, African Lion, Bat-Eared Fox, African Buffalo, Nile Crocodile, African Wild Dog, Olive Baboon, Black Rhinoceros, Plains Zebra, Yellow Mongoose, Secretary Bird, African Penguin, African Fish Eagle, Wildebeest, African Grey Parrot, Thomson's Gazelle, African Civet, African Rock Python, Caracal, African Golden Cat, African Pygmy Hedgehog)

    2. Zebras

    3. Watering Holes (Lions, Elephants, Impalas, Baboons, Hyenas, Leopards, Warthogs, Storks, Giraffes)

  • In any region, the largest animals play a vital role in their ecosystems. Puzzles in this edition relate to keystone species and the importance of protecting them.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Extinction

    2. Megafauna (Black Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Wild Bactrian Camel, Polar Bear, Saltwater Crocodile, Bengal Tiger, Eastern Gorilla, Komodo Dragon, Cassowary, Green Anaconda)

    3. Keystone Species

  • This game champions stewardship as an easy way to support and protect the animals that live in North American forests.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Bears

    2. Owls (Great Grey Owl, Mountain Pygmy Owl, Spotted Owl, Elf Owl, Great Horned Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, Eastern Screech Owl, Barn Owl, Flammulated Owl, Boreal Owl, Western Screech Owl, Barred Owl)

    3. Mountain Lions

  • Apes are intelligent and charismatic, but they face survival challenges in the wild. While solving puzzles, players will learn all about apes.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Ape Enrichments

    2. Gibbons (Hainan Black Crested Gibbon, Northern Buffed-Cheeked Gibbon, Western Grey Gibbon, Black-Handed Gibbon, Bornean White-Bearded Gibbon, Southern White-Cheeked Gibbon, Pileated Gibbon, Southern Grey Gibbon, Silvery Gibbon, White-Handed Gibbon)

    3. Ape Habitats

  • This edition of Locked Zoo debuted around Halloween, but would engage players any time of the year with puzzles related to wolves, bats, and insects.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Bats

    2. Insects (Antlion, Army Ant, Cutworm, Firefly, Katydid, Termite, Wax Moth)

    3. Wolves

  • In this game, players explore how appearance — coats, coloration, patterns, and plumage — helps a species thrive and survive.

    The game has three main parts featuring the following themes and species:

    1. Camouflage (Lappet-faced vulture, clownfish, clouded leopard, spotted pardalote, spotted lanternfly, striped seabream, spotted boxfish, fishing cat, spotted hyena, European robin, bongo, spotted salamander, striped dolphin, cheetah, striped seaperch, striped killifish, plains zebra, striped marlin, spotted eagle ray, lady beetle).

    2. Seasonal Coats (Hare, stoat, ptarmigan, weasel, manta, rat, eaglet, asp, io, shrew).

    3. Butterflies

FAQ

  • Working with our partner zoo, the Wilder Institute / Calgary Zoo, we’ve simplified game preparation to in-office printing and the posting of signs along routes you select in your zoo. All game assets are made available for download from Google Drive, and you can attach your own customized or standard zoo map to the game sheet for players to navigate with.

  • When players arrive, you’ll give them a game sheet and a pencil. They’ll scan a QR code to load the game website — and the rest of the game is self-guided. Instructions and hints are provided to them for each part of the game, and the final part of the game is a sit-down-anywhere portion that gives players a chance to eat, drink, and rest while they finish any remaining puzzles. When players leave the zoo, just collect the pencils and recycle the game sheets.

    Use the contact form below to express your interest in hosting a Locked Zoo game and we’ll provide access to a more detailed walkthrough.

  • Games can be licensed per day (12:00am to 11:59pm in your time zone), for a one-time fee. For an additional fee, additional game materials can be customized with your zoo (or sponsor) branding and messaging. Contact us using the form below to receive detailed pricing and customization options.

  • Absolutely. Locked Zoo is designed to be the perfect turn-key revenue generator for AZA-accredited zoos. Host zoos have been able to generate more than a 10x return on ticket sales alone, before food and beverage sales. One first-time host zoo sold 1700 tickets over two nights.

  • The games are available with per-day licenses, multi-day licenses, and annual licenses. Zoos set their own ticket prices and keep 100% of the ticket proceeds.

Interested in hosting?

To receive a link to pricing and seasonal offers — or a quick reply to questions — send us a message using the form below.