Escape room blog

With Halloween soon to be upon us, it's only natural that our wicked minds should turn to terrifying as many people as possible. Though October the 31st normally involves ungrateful little kids knocking at front doors demanding candy, this season is going to be very different.

Remember those halcyon days before social distancing? When we could all crowd into an escape room together and spend our time looking for clues and solving puzzles.

"Teamwork!" Yep, it's another buzzword for the new millennium. Well, now that we're all meant to be more loving, caring for the environment and gender aware, it's only logical that getting people to get along with each other should now be taking center stage in the work situation.

With the rise in popularity of escape rooms having taken the world by storm over this last decade, it's not surprising to find many people are considering starting one for themselves. But just how difficult is it to get off the ground?

In the immortal words of Bob Dylan, "times they are a-changing". And so it is with the more traditional mode of work.

Over the last decade, Escape rooms have become the de rigueur activity for a new experience, whether for the solo players or for a group or team effort. Now that we're all staying in doors thanks to the pandemic, we should have a look at how easy it is to make our own virtual escape room game. We want to create something that can be played online over the internet.

Escape games have evolved into the online escape room that can be played over the internet remotely. So you could be anywhere in the world playing game thousands of miles away. But what exactly is an online escape room? And how can we play?

If you've ever been part of a larger corporation, then the idea of team building games probably makes you throw up in your mouth a little.

Apart from the rental of a suitable space, the financial entry is low enough for anyone to set up shop. But how would you go about actually making such a business? As with all things in the life, the very best place to start is at the beginning.

Team building is the means by which a business can motivate and create a team spirit among it's participants. But you could do that, just as badly, by simply asking everyone to stand and sing the company song, first thing in the morning

Living in these strange times of Covid-19, means that a lot of our day to day social interaction has become very limited indeed. Many things that we previously took for granted are now out of reach.

As of writing, the escape room phenomena continues to grow. But the concept itself is far from new. Though they're a relatively recent entertainment in the West, in the Far east they've been a round for over a couple of decades.