Room Escape Artist

Germany is increasingly becoming an international destination for top escape rooms, many of which are spread in cities and towns throughout Bavaria. Here are some of our favorites: https://lnkd.in/g9GeWJCz

Fundraising is open for the upcoming cycle of The Black Immersive Creators Grant. Your support directly empowers Black creators in the immersive arts helping to bring new voices & visions to life. Join us as we work toward a more inclusive future. https://lnkd.in/ga_eWy65

Play More Games is a project created by Richard Burns to help North American escape room staff experience inspirational & influential escape games. The goal is to improve the industry by developing a more well-played creative community. This is a non-profit program that Richard created, designed, and organized as a way to give back to the industry. The first cohort of the Play More Game Project visited Los Angeles in October of 2024 in order to experience the renowned actor-driven, emotionally impactful games of the region. Read more about this program: https://lnkd.in/g5PT9mKs

In the season finale for Season 8 of Reality Escape Pod, we talk with Francine Boon and Victor van Doorn, the creative geniuses behind the 2024 #GoldenLockAward winning game, The Alchemist. Enjoy the conversation! https://lnkd.in/dMaXdQ_c Thank you to our sponsors, Morty, Buzzshot, and COGS

🎉NEW REGIONAL RECOMMENDATION GUIDE! If you’re looking for your next escape room destination, consider Greenville, South Carolina, where a team of enthusiasts could spend a couple of days playing games. There are quality games scattered across small towns and cities in the region, we suggest you include a few games across the border in North Carolina. Here are our recommendations: https://lnkd.in/g_zcbnim

From consulting on games, to sitting on the board of advisors for TERPECA, to co-founding the Escape Room Industry Conference (ERIC), Sera Dodd has used her experience & knowledge to help push the industry forward. In this REPOD episode, Sera talks about finding her tribe in our community of escape room enthusiasts globally, of finding generous friendship and joyous camaraderie. She reminds us of how precious life is, and how important it is to appreciate the people in your life. We are very grateful to Sera for joining us on Reality Escape Pod to share her story. Listen to this emotional REPOD episode: https://lnkd.in/gmwscMFe

We brought 36 escape room players to the Bay Area for our fall Escape Immerse Explore Tour. We then asked them to stack rank every game they played, and here are the results: https://lnkd.in/gQ9FiZPh

We are just finishing up a huge escape room directory update in advance of an end of year industry report and need your help! If you (yes, you!) could take a few minutes to check our directory for your local area, or any area where you know the escape room market, we’d really appreciate it. By helping us keep the Room Escape Artist Escape Room Directory up to date, you are helping make the industry report as accurate as possible. Our directory lists escape room facilities. These are permanent physical locations where you can go play real-life escape rooms in person*. Learn how you can help us make keep the escape room directory updated here: https://lnkd.in/gRmq5Ey5 *The REA directory only covers the United States. It does not include mobile escape rooms or physical venues offering exclusively VR or online escape rooms."

This #GivingTuesday, help create opportunities for Black voices in immersive arts! Every donation makes a difference in helping these voices rise. 🔗 Visit https://lnkd.in/gHRzFx3w to give and make an impact today. #FundTheFuture #GivingTuesday #BlackArtists #ImmersiveArts

🚨NEW REPOD EPISODE! Sandy Weisz joins us to talk about designing for elegance. He explains that elegance in puzzles is when the puzzle “scaffolding” is woven into everything, from the theme, to the puzzle mechanic, to the illustrations, to the flavor text. Sandy approaches puzzle design in a thoughtful, methodical way. He made a game for this podcast and peih-gee law made one for him in the Patreon Bonus Show! https://lnkd.in/gsvmyu9b His team building game, Search For A Superhero, will be featured at REA’s Escape Immerse Explore Time & Space 2025 Tour.  🎟 https://lnkd.in/g2Ta7da3 We are incredibly grateful to sponsors Morty, Buzzshot, and COGS Supporting our sponsors supports our podcast ❤️