JonahWhite
27 escape rooms
A surprising little low-budget room tucked away in a really cool gaming and novelty shop. The puzzles were fun, but the whole experience could use some improvement. Every puzzle reveals a code word that must be typed into a computer that also acts as a hint system. There is no GM present in the room, so all hints come from the computer. Puzzles must be solved in order, which is where this room breaks down. Instructions for finding the next puzzle are unclear, and often the hints do not answer the questions that we'd have. My fiance and I brute-forced solved many of the puzzles before finding the "correct" puzzle the game was looking for. We were also stumped by a visual puzzle that was very hard to parse. We knew exactly what we had to do to solve the puzzle, but could not follow through due to how hard it was to see. This was the first room I've ever lost, and it feels like much of that was due to the puzzles being too obtuse rather than challenging For a casual room in a game shop, it was a fun time, but I think it needs a few improvements before it's ready to be considered a really good room.
Gameplay
Lack of proper guidance and super-linear puzzle solving made for a frustrating experience, but could be fun with some adjustments.
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Hard
Difficulty came from unclear instructions and visual puzzles rather than skill challenge
Game tech
Mechanical
Answer and hint system tied to a keyboard and an app
Ideal number of players
4
Minimum age
10
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Accessibility
Not great for the colorblind or visually impaired. There were elements that were hard to see, and one puzzle that requires identifying colors.
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
Safety
Yes
