Escape room blog

So here you stand with three of your friends. In a darkened escape room. You're surrounded by all sorts of unrelated items, from bunches of keys to books to strange looking pictures. Looking up, you can see a clock that's counting down the hour. In the distance you can hear someone crying...

If you're a thrill seeker who likes bungee jumping and off piste skiing, then we have a dozy for you. Of course, you might think of yourself as an adrenaline junkie, unfazed and unafraid of mortal danger as you dance, as close as possible and hand in hand with the grim reaper himself...

Continuing our look into the types of clues, tropes and puzzles you might well encounter in an escape room game. Sorry to say, but there are no answers to be found here, just a general overview allowing a first time player a glimpse into the inner workings of how clues and puzzles might be resolved. So, with that in mind, onward and upwards...

Born Ehrich Weisz in Budapest in 1874, he was one of six children. His father was a Rabbi, Mayer, and his other's name was Cecilia Steiner. Two years later, the father was to emigrate to the US, following the dream of a better life...

At ExitTheRoom, we love all things around the theme of escape room games. Having played thousands of games with a countless number of players, we are in a great position to delve into the subject of escape room clues.

Apparently, almost everything we learned about falling into quicksand from the movies is wrong. On celluloid, after falling in, the poor actor gradually sinks deeper and deeper until the last part we see is but a single hand reaching up, before it too, becomes submerged...

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.