A few seconds of complete darkness can be used as a form of misdirection that allows magic to happen in escape rooms.
Temporary Total Darkness In Escape Rooms
Author: Richard Burns
It’s TERPECA Season!
At this point, it is hard for me to imagine being an escape room enthusiast without utilizing the Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts’ Choice Awards: TERPECA.Â
It is a resource that I use all year round, from planning trips and dreaming about new destinations to just looking up information and sparking conversations about great games. It has become my most trusted source to learn about high quality escape rooms.
TERPECA is an international, community-driven endeavor to surface the finest games that our industry has produced. If you’ve played at least 200 escape rooms, this is your chance to nominate your favorite games for recognition and possibly an award.
A Case For Designing More Solo Player Moments Into Escape Rooms
Solo moments are an underutilized mechanic for pushing the boundaries of escape room design. Solo moments are some portion of the game (a puzzle, a challenge, a task, a story beat, a physical space, or a setpiece, etc…) that is experienced by only one member of the team.
Actors as Puzzles in Escape Rooms
Actors can be implemented as puzzles or gates in an escape room. In this way, they become an obstacle that players must bypass in order to continue.
A Case For Colder Starts To Escape Room Experiences
The anticipation of an escape room can be a powerful feeling. They are mysterious adventures. Sometimes the less you know about the game, the more fun the anticipation gets.
