Escape room blog: escape games
This is a very common question. The idea that you find yourself locked in a small, semi-dark room, battling against a time limit in order to escape. Add to the fact that many escape rooms have an interesting, and often slightly creepy backstory, as well as themes including murder and horror. Knowing all of this, then it's no surprise that having a slight fear of playing an escape room game is comm
Instead of looking at escape room games for the public or for business team buildings, we thought that today we could have a look at digital escape room games for the classroom situation. A real brick-and-mortar escape room game is a great tool for fostering collaboration, communication, creativity, and also, those all important, critical thinking skills.
Today you’ll find that many websites will give you the opportunity to represent yourself with a fictional cartoony picture which is known as an avatar. On the whole, these will have facial features along with some clothing and accessories.
Over the last few years we've seen a huge increase in the use of data and analytics in HR departments in companies all over the world. At first glance this may seem to be a trend of technology as opposed to the human factor.
We're sure that everyone is a little nervous when the time comes round to choosing a team building event. More especially so if you're in charge of making the decision.
If you're working a regular job, then the idea of self-employment must seem very tempting. You imagine working your own hours, doing something you enjoy, and getting paid what you think you're actually worth. Many people in those shoes have thought about jumping on the latest and hottest craze, escape room games. Maybe you've played through a few, seen the number of bookings, and then done some ru
Traditionally, the escape room game industry started by basing itself in buildings that had been proposed for the gameplay. With owners concentrating on keeping the costs as low as humanly possible, you’ll find that many escape room businesses are working out of basements. On the whole, these are the cheapest work spaces on the industrial property market place. But since Covid-19 introduced the id
One of the many problems of having an escape room business is that the owner will often only concentrate on the gaming experience. This is really about the mechanics of the gameplay, the puzzles and the clues, and the decoration. But one thing they often fail to consider is the actual customer experience. It’s easy to become blinkered with all the details and forget how the whole experience will b
As with all things in life, when things are going well then you feel invincible. This holds true when playing an escape room game. You and your team are steaming ahead, solving all the clues and working out the solutions to all the puzzles in super quick time, and the game is progressing very well against the approaching time limit. And then suddenly, without warning, you are unable to solve any o
It’s nothing short of amazing to think of how far gaming has come over the last 15 years....