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Hello, escapees! ๐ It's finally September, which means it's time to share this comic by Stephen Collins I've had saved for the newsletter for months about one of the hardest 'escape rooms' there is ๐ค |
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Jokes aside, it's been a busy month for us! The wider Escape Industry Newsletter team has just returned from RECON, but there's no time to rest as soon it'll be Salon de L'Escape Game, and ERIC at the Immersive Summit time. It's been fantastic meeting and chatting with owners, operators and enthusiasts, and we'd love to extend a big shout out to all the people involved in putting on these fantastic events and conferences worldwide! In this month's issue, TERPECA season has officially kicked off, the CFIA (an organisation dedicated to preserving immersive history) has been founded, and countless new escape rooms have popped up all around the world. Last but not least, if you're planning anything fun in your marketing calendar - don't forget October 1st is World Escape Room Day. Mairi Nolan
Editor of Escape Industry News P.S. If a friend has forwarded you this email, please consider subscribing! |
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TERPECA 2024 Awards Season has Begun! ๐ This month, the 2024 TERPECA page was rolled out. Whilst nomination will officially begin in October, you can sign up to be a voter or a nominator now. Eligible voters must have played over 100 rooms, and eligible nominators must have played over 200. |
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The Centre for Immersive Arts has been announced The Centre for Immersive Arts is a new organisation run by escape room designer and writer Laura E. Hall dedicated to preserving the history of immersive arts. You can check out the website and find out how to help them here. |
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Escape Room Day is coming up on October 1st Not quite 'news', but every year I put Escape Room Day in October's Escape Industry Newsletter, but really it should go in September so folks have time to plan exactly how they want to 'celebrate'. Why October 1st? It's a particularly puzzling date. Taking the values of each of the letters in ESCAPE ROOM (where E=5, S=19) and so on, the sum of the word comes to 110. From here, 110 became 1-10, or 1st October. |
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โข A note from our sponsor, Buzzshot has posted a recent article on escape room email automation.
โข For folks in the UK Escape Room Enthusiasts FB group, Toby, owner of Escape the Review recently posted an interesting an in-depth analysis of the recent closures in the UK escape room industry. Read the post here.
โข Manda Whitney, writer and designer recently posted about RECON 2024.
โข The Escape Game's official Only Murders in the Building escape room is back, in celebration of the TV show. Time Out gives us a preview of just what to expect.
โข The Twist At The End Of Your Escape Room Story is the latest article by Richard Burns on Room Escape Artist.
โข The LA Times recently reviewed Escape from Godot (and it sounds so cool! I'm definitely not jealous ๐ฅฒ) Not quite an escape room but we think you'll be interested in... โข The IEN is offering a mentorship scheme to attend their IEN Summit in London, UK. You can find out more about it here.
โข Since the deadline is October, a friendly reminder that The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is offering grants of $15,000 to folks developing puzzle video games.
โข From a recent announcement, Puzzletember will not return this year in 2024.
โข I (the editor of EIN) have recently been invited to write a series of escape room game deep dives for Thinky Games, here's the first - all about Rusty Lake.
โข Strange Bird Immersive has published a new article on the player journey. |
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๐ Upcoming Dates for your Diary |
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๐ Recent Doors Unlocked |
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๐บ๐ธ Amazing Escape has just opened a new room, The Morgue, in Norcross, GA.
Apex Entertainment has opened a new escape room, Cell Block E, in Virginia Beach, VA.
Breaking Point has announced a new game, The Crystal Cave, in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
Breakout Games has opened a new room, Kidnapping 2: Afraid of the Dark in Castleton, IN.
Clockwise Escape Rooms Oakland has opened a new location with three rooms in Oakland, CA.
Escape on 13th has opened a new room, Arcadia, in Salt Lake City, UT.
Escapology has opened a new site in El Paso, TX.
Escapology has opened a new site in San Ramon, CA.
Escapology has opened a new room, Batman The Dark Knight Challenge in Portage, MI.
Fox in a Box Miami has just opened a new room, The Other Side, in Miami, FL.
Locked & Coded have announced a new room, The Forgotten Knight, in Charleston, WV.
Moss Mansion has opened a new room Codebreakers: The Curse of the Pharaoh, in Billings, MT.
The Escape Game has opened a new Only Murders on the Building room for a limited time. This will be available in New York, NY AND Los Angeles, CA.
The Griffin Museum of Science+Industry has opened a new room, Escape the Museum for a limited time in Chicago, IL.
The Peculiar Portal is running for a few more days in Chicago, IL.
Tickers and Timbers has opened a new room, Alice's Wonderland in Barboursville, WV.
Trapology Boston has announced a two-night immersive event, Influencer Inferno, in Boston, MA. ๐จ๐ฆ Escape Legends have opened a new room, Tombstone 1881, in Sherwood Park, AB.
Zendat Games are running an immersive experience, Operation: Sentinel, in Montreal, QC. ๐ฌ๐ง/๐ฎ๐ช A Place to Escape has opened with three escape rooms in Redcar.
Break Escape has opened a new room, Orbital, in Nottingham.
Breakout Chester are opening two new rooms in Chester.
Captive Experiences has opened a new room, The Fall of Saigon, in Hastings.
Clued Up have opened a new room, Carnival Collection, in Norwich.
Escape Basildon have opened a new room, Riddle Me This, in Basildon.
Escape Hunt has opened a new site with five rooms in Worcester.
Escape Kent have opened a new room, Raider of the Lost Tomb, in Canterbury.
Escape Nation has opened a new room, Temple of Shadows in Stafford.
Escape Withernsea is a new site with one room in Withernsea.
Exitus has opened a new room, The Great Escape in Cardiff.
Houdini's has opened a new branch with three rooms in Chichester.
Kidderminster Escape Rooms has opened a new room, School Daze.
Locked Escapes Luton has opened a new room, The Real Brummie Boys, in Luton.
Principle Escape Rooms has opened a new room, War of the Roses, in Ely.
Progidy Escapes has opened a new room, The Wizards of Wyvern, in Exeter.
Random Rooms will be opening a new room, The Mine, on the Isle of Wight.
Red House Mysteries has opened a new room, The Queen of Diamonds Heist in Exeter.
Scramm have opened a new room, Twisted Reflections, in Bambury.
The Escapologist Gateshead have opened five new rooms in Gateshead.
The Ice Cream Farm have opened three mini escpe rooms in Tatterhall.
The Lift has opened a new room, Comic Chaos in Brighton.
Timescape have opened a new room, Casino Heist: The Big Gamble, in Belfast. ๐ฆ๐บ/๐ณ๐ฟ Escapade NZ has opened a new room, The Endeavous, in Auckland, NZ.
Fox in a Box Perth has announced a new room, The Other Side, in Perth, WA, Australia.
๐ฉ 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 (Global)
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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!" โข Escape Break: Table Top Takeaways Aug 15 Escape This Podcast
"A show thatโs a mix of escape room puzzles and tabletop role-playing." โข Podcast This Escape - Cozy Cottage Aug 7
โข The Fallen Words ft. Mathijs Jansen Aug 14
โข Podcast This Escape - Fallen Words Aug 21
โข Exit Exam ft. David Battoe Aug 27 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." โข Andy Bauch - Morty Aug 14
โข Phil Harris - Pier Pressure Brighton Aug 28 Reality Escape Podcast
"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. Our aim is to bring together different segments of the gaming world and share ideas between them." โข REPOD Bonus Show: Michael Borys (Special Release) Aug 19 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.โ" โข What is a Four Letter Word (The Rotary Club Part 1) Aug 31 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." โข Game Designer and Owner Vincent Stephens Aug 6
โข A Look Back on the Key Takeaways from Season 1 Aug 12
โข Our Red Flags and What Weโd Like to See at Escape Rooms Aug 21
โข Tanya and Paul of Lock, Clock, and Peril Aug 26 |
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For this month's puzzle, enjoy this classic riddle: You're lost in a maze when you come across three doors. One of the doors tells the truth, while the other doors always lie. ๐ช The first door has a sign that reads "The way out is beyond this door" ๐ช The middle door has a sign that reads "The way out is beyond one of these doors"
๐ช The last door has a sign that reads "The way out is beyond the middle door" Which door will you go through? Tweet us your answer @escapeindustry |
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