the new form of urban entertainment
Escape rooms are new, exciting forms of entertainment. Normally teams of 2-6 people are getting locked up in a room of puzzles. Regardless of their themes, the fundamental goal is to unlock the doors by solving the mysteries.
The origins of escape rooms
Escape rooms first turned up in the U.S. The pioneer of live exit games was Origin. It opened its gates in the Silicon Valley in 2006 and was inspired by Agatha Christie’s works and quickly gained popularity.
Just two years later SCRAP Co., one of Kyoto’s main publishing companies started their own brand all over Japan, and for now all over the world. The escape game fever escalated and got to Europe and overseas.
What is a real life escape room?
Exit games are multiplayer real life games where a team physically gets locked in a room to be forced to try to escape. The players must investigate the surroundings to find some clues and puzzles and take part in the game together.
Games usually have a main theme and a storyline to follow. The most popular are:
- escaping from a specific space,
- investigate a crime/mystery,
- fight some sort of supernatural phenomenon,
- solve a murder,
- defuse a bomb.
What equipment do players need in escape rooms?
Participants do not need to take anything special with themselves to the room. The organizers provide all the necessary tools – players are expected to overcome the challenges by using their networking skills and logic.
The aim of these games is to provide witty, challenging entertainment for families, companies and friends. For team-building events, these games can be perfect, as they test patience, trust and intelligence. Another important aspect of these games’ success is that they are not time consuming – companies can easily schedule an hour-long escape-room adventure.
