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Hello escapees π Welcome to the June edition of the Escape Industry Newsletter! Just like that, the year is almost halfway over. Here in Escape Industry News HQ summer is almost upon us, but the warmer weather won't stop us playing all the fantastic new rooms we possibly can this month. In this month's issue we're have a few exciting things to share. From the date and location of the ER Championship being announced, to a community effort to support escape rooms in Rio Grande do Sul. Last but by no means least, SEO ORB have put out a call for all escape room owners to help contribute to the state of the industry report. This issue also comes with a bumper section of podcast episodes - not one but two new escape room podcasts have appeared on the scene... And, whilst you're there, you might spot a voice as a guest in another. As always, if you have any news to share or want to let us know about your new escape room opening, please don't hesitate to let us know. Mairi Nolan
Editor of Escape Industry News
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Here's how you can support escape games in Rio Grande do Sul As you may know, the Rio Grande do Sul region of Brazil was hit by terrible floods last month. A group of escape room fans from the region, including Escapers BR and Mundo Escape have compiled a list of companies in the region offering online escape games. Here's more information about how you can support some of the escape room businesses in the area. |
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ER Champ has announced the date and location for this year's finale The finale will be held on November 25th at the FunArena in Prague. This year the top 10 teams that make it through the qualifications on June 29th will be invited to take part in the finale. This event will be livestreamed online. |
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State Of The Escape Room Industry Survey 2024 SEO ORB publish an almost-annual State of the Escape Room Industry report, and you can read the previous years' results here. They're currently conducting the 2024 survey, and are calling for escape room owners to take the survey. If this applies to you, you can take the survey by tapping the link below. |
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β’ Escape the Review recently listed their 20,000th game listing! Super exciting stuff.
β’ There are not one but two new puzzley podcasts on the block: The Mystery Soup, and Escapuzzled Podcast. Well, technically one of them launched earlier this year, but we just spotted it now.
β’ Room Escape Artist have announced some changes to the Golden Lock Awards, which you can read about here.
β’ ER Champ recently published a short article on the results of the 2024 Stress Test. You can read about it here.
β’ Case Closed have started a Game Design blog with behind the scenes insights into their escape rooms.
β’ Aardman partners with Locked In A Room to expand Wallace & Gromit escape room experience.
β’ EMS crews in New York State have been using an escape room-like experience to train new recruits.
β’ Room Escape Artist recently posted a helpful guide to using the right locks in moist environments. They've also recently been posting more content about horror escape rooms, which you can see here.
β’ One Way Out in Oakham, UK is hosting an owners day on the 22nd July. You can read more about it here.
Not quite an escape room but we think you'll be interested in... β’ The fourth "Thinky Puzzle Game Jam" will take place later this month.
β’ In the latest from the Immersology Blog by Strange Bird Immersive, "Back Story is Not Story".
β’ China EGA have released a Global Haunted House Culture Report. Note: This article is not available ibn English.
β’ Thinky Third Thursday, a round-up of puzzle videogames has released it's May edition.
β’ Mobile Escapes in Canada have just concluded a Kickstarter for a tabletop escape room experience based on Shackleton. If you missed it, late pledges are open.
β’ The Escape Roomer recently published a puzzle game round up from WASD and the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase.
β’ The Canterbury Tales Immersive Experience is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter.
β’ Since there's a fairly large overlap between escape room enthusiasts and Taskmaster fans, we thought you might like to know that the ballot for the Taskmaster Live Experience is open. |
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π Upcoming Dates for your Diary |
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π Recent Doors Unlocked |
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πΊπΈ Crack the Code Escape Room and Immersion Escape Room are hosting a 3-hour live game in Staunton and Charlottesville, CA.
Huddy's Escape has opened a new venue with one room in Gainesville, FL.
Locked In Escapes has opened a new room, What Happened in Vegas, in Colorado Springs, CO.
Mass Escape has opened a new room, The Pentex Conspiracy, in New Bedford, MA.
Mission Escape Games has opened a new room, Into the Depths: Submerged, in West Hartford, CT.
Mystery NH has opened a new room, Fishy Business, in Conway, NH.
Puzzle Connect has announced a new room opening soon, Curse of the Hidden Temple, in Holmdel, NJ.
The Escape Game has added two rooms, Cosmic Crisis and The Depths to their site in Bloomington, MN.
The Escape Game have also opened a new room, Ruins: Forbidden Treasure, in Pigeon Forge, TN.
The Escape Revolution has opened a new room, Escobar: Part 2 in Los Angeles, CA.
The Nemesis Club have opened a new room in Phoenix, AZ. π¨π¦ Escape Maze has opened two new rooms in Peterborough, ON.
Exit Canada has opened a new room, Five Nights, in Richmond, BC. π¬π§
Angle Escape have opened a new room, The Dino Disaster in Peterborough.
Bust Out 360 have opened a new room, Elevator Terror, in Slough.
Caerphilly Escape Rooms has opened a new room, The Mine, in Caerphilly.
Cluetopia Clacton have opened a new room, Lockbuster Video in Clacton-on-Sea.
Daventry Miniature Race Cars has opened a new room, The Search for the Brookland's Cup in Daventry.
Escapade have opened a new room On The Run in Reading.
Escapologic have opened a version of The Butcher in Nottingham.
Escape Kent have opened a new room, Lost in Space, in Canterbury.
Escape London have opened a new room, The Master Cabin, in Shepherd's Bush, London.
Escape Quests has opened a brand new site with one room in Ross-on-Wye.
Escape Room HQ have opened a new room, Diamond Vault, in Swindon.
Escape Time have opened a new room, The Butcher, in St. Ives.
Go Paddle have opened a two hour escape game on water, called Mystery of the River Bure, in Horning.
Hourglass Games has opened a new room, Escape the Pharaoh's Tomb in Bromsgrove.
Housetrap have opened a new room, Camelot, in Bodmin.
Locked In Lynn have opened a new room, The Garden Shed, in Kings Lynn.
Mission Classified have opened a new room, and plan to open another this month in Grimsby.
Northumberland Escape Rooms have opened a new room, Murder on the Morpeth Express in Morpeth.
Pressure Point in collaboration with Time 2 Escape have opened a new room, Monkey Mayhem in Ashford.
Puzzalogical have opened a new room, Alien Encounter in Bracknell.
Room Lockdown Hornchurch have opened a new room, Red Light District, in Hornchurch.
The Escapologist will open a new site with five rooms this month in Gateshead.
The Puzzle Room has opened a new room, Sub Zero, in Cannock.
The Riddle Room has opened a new room, The Lab, for younger players in Forest Hill.
Trapp'd has opened a new room, Atticus Alberwick's School of Sorcery in Chester House. π¦πΊ/π³πΏ Encryptomania has opened a new site with two rooms in Little River, NZ.
Hijinx Hotel is a new escape room-like experience open in Brisbane, QLD.
π© Have we missed an opening near you? Reply to this email and let us know!
A shout out to the resources & individuals who were a huge help this month: Escape the Review (UK), Rich Bragg, (USA), Morty App (USA)
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Last month in Podcasts, Radio & Live Shows
Cager Express: Escape Break
"Escape Break featuring Beth Divel and Tatiyana Abarro: Southern California's premier escape room podcast show. We recap fun rooms, interviews and bizarre topics!" β’ Escape Break: And Then Top 10 Vol. T May 9 Escape This Podcast
"A show thatβs a mix of escape room puzzles and tabletop role-playing." β’ Podcast This Escape - Band for Life May 1
β’ This Wizard's Bower My Prison ft. Alice Ryder May 8
β’ Podcast This Escape - This Wizard's Bower My Prison May 15
β’ How I love Les Poisons ft. Join The Party May 22
β’ Podcast This Escape - How I Love Les Poisons May 29 Escapuzzled Podcast
"Your one stop shop for all things escape rooms, immersive experiences, puzzles, virtual and tabletop escapes. In this podcast we'll be delving into all things escape rooms and talking to industry leading owners, creatives and designers to unlock the secrets behind these experiences." β’ What is Escapuzzled? May 21 Reality Escape Pod
"Your hosts David Spira & Peih-Gee Law explore immersive gaming from all angles. Our guests have made awesome stuff: ARGs, puzzle hunts, tabletop games, and of course, escape rooms." β’ Captain of Heartfelt Shenanigans: Andy Crocker, Immersive Performance Director May 7
β’ Unlocking the Secrets of RECON LA with Lee-Fay Low and Theresa Wagner May 14
β’ Everything Immersive: Noah Nelson of No Proscenium May 21
β’ Dreaming & Betting Big: Terry Pettigrew-Rolapp & Tommy Wallach of Hatch Escapes May 28 The Infinite Escape Room
"The puzzling podcast where a gaggle of geographically diverse chums come together, have a drink - and work together to solve a home made escape room of the ears.β" β’ The Heart of the Wicker Man May 5
β’ Pubisode - A Zero Alcohol pint of Arse. May 13
β’ The Museum Anti-Heist May 19
β’ Flavoured beers, stolen artefacts and Mike's new book [Pubisode] May 26 The last two on that list feature yours truly, the Escape Industry News editor as a guest! The Mystery Soup Podcast
"Hosts Curt Jackson and Chris Kallal explore the business and design sides of the escape room industry. Guests include escape room owners, designers, game masters, and enthusiasts." β’ Will and Kim of Escape Artist Greenville May 6
β’ Louie Hernandez of The Sanctuary Escape May 13
β’ Game Master Insights with Shadd Copping May 20
β’ Andy Bauch of The Morty App May 27 |
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June's puzzle is a little different. I always keep an eye out throughout the month for interesting (and short) puzzles that might work here - whether originals, or an Escape Industry Twist on an existing format. This month I stumbled across this hidden text-based gem called Enter Password. The whole puzzle is just a few lines long and yet it took me an embarrassingly long time to solve π
You don't need to download anything, but rather than copy and paste the text, here's a direct link to the puzzle page. Good luck! |
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