The Evolution of Escape Rooms
Escape Rooms are a way for a group of individuals to get away from the chaos that comes with everyday life and strategically come together to figure their way out of a simulated room in an entertaining and mysterious way. An escape room is an adventure game that physically involves a group of individuals coming together to solve a series of puzzles using clues located throughout the room to reveal the room’s secret plot and initially escape within the time frame allotted. Escape rooms are set up and designed in a variety of fictional locations such as a pirate’s boat or prison cell that includes a storyline filled with riddles and clues that relates to the room’s theme.
Escape Rooms first started in Kyoto, Japan as an ‘Escape Game’ by developer Takao Kato in 2007. The introduction of themed rooms within a video game setting that included mathematical puzzles and …
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