CHRONOMANCER
Attractions & entertainment

Rostering software for attractions that staff by the night

Your season runs on named work, not shifts — a specific room, scene or set, each needing exactly the right number of people. Publish the nights, let your cast bid for the sets they want, allocate with a standby pool, and run the night live from a phone.

Draft
Bidding
Allocating
Scheduled
Live
Completed
BUILT FOR SEASON-DRIVEN, PHONE-FIRST CREWS
Built in Auckland, New Zealand
Proven at a leading NZ haunted attraction
Zero logins for staff
Two-way SMS and email, STOP opt-out honoured

Publish the season's nights, set by set

Your work isn't a headcount, it's a named location — Disturbia's Entrance, the Asylum's Ward Three, a specific scare set that needs one to three people who know it cold. Chronomancer's three-layer hierarchy (site, attraction, set) mirrors how your attraction is actually laid out, with a fixed capacity per set and a priority rank for which ones open first on a quieter night.

Named sets with fixed capacities, not vague headcounts
Site → attraction → set hierarchy, labelled your way
Priority-ranked sets so a quiet Sunday opens the right ones
Skills gate which sets an actor can even see
SATURDAY NIGHTFILLED 0/14
DEMAND 14 · RESERVE 3FILLING…
BIDS CLOSE IN41:12:0934/41 RESPONDED

Performers bid for the sets they love

A young, casual, phone-first cast doesn't want an app or a password. Every performer gets one signed link per period — they open it, see the nights and sets on offer, and bid for exactly what they want to play, within the min and max sets you allow per night. No group chat, no phone tree, no guessing who's actually available for Friday.

One link per person per period, no app or login
Bid for named sets on specific nights, within your caps
Reminders chase down non-responders automatically
Every click is logged for security review

Allocate with a standby pool, run the night live

One board shows every bid against every set, sorted by priority tier and reliability. Place your cast, hold a ranked reserve, and send confirmations in one pass. On the night, attendance and hours are logged from a tablet at the door — and if someone drops, the vacated set blasts a first-claim-wins link to standby so the seat refills itself, not you.

Bids sorted by priority tier and reliability score
A ranked standby pool behind every set
Attendance and hours captured live, on the night
First valid claim wins a vacated seat — no manual re-offering
Draft
Bidding
Allocating
Scheduled
Live
Completed
3
CONFIGURABLE HIERARCHY LAYERS
0
LOGINS REQUIRED FOR CAST
1st
CLAIM WINS A DROPPED SET
2-way
SMS AND EMAIL
The same mechanism for a haunted house, a theme park or an escape room.

Questions from attractions & entertainment venues

Our cast bid for named sets, not generic shifts — does this fit?

Yes. Chronomancer's core model is named work: a specific set or room with its own fixed capacity, not a generic headcount. Performers bid for the exact sets they want to play each night.

Can we open different sets depending on how big the night is?

Yes. Each set carries a priority rank, so a quieter weeknight opens only your top-priority sets while a peak Saturday opens everything.

Do performers need to install an app?

No. Every performer gets a unique signed link by SMS or email for the period — they bid, view their roster and self-withdraw from that link. No app, no password.

What happens when someone no-shows or drops out mid-season?

A vacated set opens a claim offer and blasts a one-time link to your ranked standby pool. First valid claim wins the seat automatically, and everyone involved is re-notified.

Can we require a skill before someone can bid for a set?

Yes. Sets can require a specific skill or function, so only performers who hold it see and can bid for that set — unskilled allocation is blocked.

Wind your next season forward

Tell us how your attraction is laid out and how your cast bids today — we'll show you how it runs in Chronomancer.