Ask many enthusiasts what they look for in an escape room and they’ll say, “I love good puzzles.” I think the puzzle aspect and the thrill of an ah-ha moment, a good solve, and frankly feeling superior to other groups who didn’t succeed or took longer to solve is a big part of why escape… Read more →
We’re deep in the playtesting phase for the new version of Curse of the Tiki Lounge-and wow, it’s rough! Playtesting is hands down the most mentally exhausting part of the game design process for us. We’re so close to being done, yet it feels like the game will never quite come together. This happens with… Read more →
Enigmarch is a fun little activity to get those wheels spinning on puzzle design. Each day they provide the community with a new theme for a puzzle. Search the hashtag #enigmarch for a ton of free puzzles and brainteasers! I like to make these really quickly – the opposite of what we do for Society… Read more →
Enigmarch is a fun little activity to get those wheels spinning on puzzle design. Each day they provide the community with a new theme for a puzzle. Search the hashtag #enigmarch for a ton of free puzzles! As an exercise for puzzle creativity, I try to come up with these quickly – the complete opposite… Read more →
We do a TON of research when creating our mystery in a box games. For the Fairy Tale Files game (think Fairy Tale meets True Crime) – we went back to the Brothers Grimm and reread their versions. These are much more gruesome than the versions that are told to children today. Below are a… Read more →
In every Society of Curiosities game, we like to include a tangible item that is custom designed. For our first solve the mystery game, Madok’s Lost Treasure, players go on a quest for pirate treasure – and of course we wanted pirate gold! Mystery in a Box Design Challenges Our goal in creating a custom… Read more →
A behind the scenes look of the creation of our solve the mystery – escape room style game, The Memory Stone.
We created The Mysterious Map Heist so players could jump into a game right away without waiting for a package in the mail. Happily, like our mystery in a box games, it got rave reviews! Scroll down to read some of our favorite parts and click the links for the full reviews. The Mysterious Map… Read more →
Last week we took down our escape game to close our physical location. In a weeks time we demoted our magical land back to a plain, soulless office space. We like to think the memories of four years of magic and delight still hides in the walls. But the real takeaway is that with the… Read more →
There’s a certain amount of breath-holding when we submit a game for review. Although our team has designed over ten escape games and we’d consider ourselves seasoned escape game designers, a new game always holds the unknown when presented to escape game reviewers. We’re happy to announce two more rave reviews – whew!!!! A huge… Read more →
