Route Wars
A transit trading game built on real-world routes. Ride from stop to stop, trade commuter goods, and discover your city as a game board.
Play at play.rtwrs.comApps for stronger communities
Technology that brings people together.
We build apps that help people discover what is around them, join in, and feel more connected to where they live.
Our apps
Different ways to connect with the place around you.
Our products turn public transport, nearby plans, and local conversation into opportunities to participate in community life.
Kyvo
Nearby plans for spontaneous people. Find something to do, meet safely in public, and turn a free evening into a shared experience.
Visit kyvo.socialAfter-Dark
Anonymous, short-lived conversation for neighbourhoods and local areas—designed to surface what people nearby are talking about now.
Visit after-dark.socialStation Wars
A live team game played across Auckland’s railway network. Join Red or Blue, check in at stations, and help your faction capture the city.
Play at stationwars.rtwrs.comWhat connects them
Built for community, not just engagement.
Our apps are different by design, but they share a purpose: use technology to help people notice, understand, and participate in the communities already around them.
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Place matters
Design around real neighbourhoods, routes, venues, and shared public spaces.
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Privacy earns trust
Collect only what the experience needs and give people meaningful control.
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Real life is the point
Use the screen to encourage discovery, participation, and connection beyond it.
Why “Third Place”?
Technology should strengthen the places where people belong.
In sociology, the “third place” is the welcoming space beyond home and work where community takes shape. We build digital tools that lead back to those real places: the route you ride, the plan you join, and the conversation happening in your neighbourhood.
Third Place Systems is an independent technology studio based in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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