Mobile Escape Game Review: Can You Solve Crimes Under Pressure?

Mobile Escape Game Review: Can You Solve Crimes Under Pressure?

by | Apr 1, 2021 | B2B, Business, Partner

Mobile room escape games are among the latest recreational and educational activities for solving puzzles and decoding secret messages following a crime scene theme. It requires physical and mental preparedness as players will embark on completing the immersive puzzle game.

Suppose you’re planning to offer mobile escape room games for various occasions. Cluetivity will walk you through one of its phenomenal puzzle game offerings (Einstein Unsolved!) and discuss how beneficial it is to play an escape game.

Generally, this article will cover the following:

  • understanding the essence of an escape room.
  • the benefits of playing mobile escape games.
  • frequently asked questions about mobile escape room.
  • a sneak peek of Cluetivity’s Einstein Unsolved.

 

What is a Mobile Escape Room?

Mobile escape room from the term “mobile” is a portable escape room game designed to be set up in client’s locations. You read that, right! Instead of going to the actual escape room business location, the escape room will come to you.

Isn’t that fun? It does not end there. Mobile escape games come in varieties of mobile rooms. You can choose from large-scale puzzle hunts, the converted trailers, short plays with the size of a photo booth, or props specifically chosen to transform any room into a playing ground.

All the participants can surely enjoy the prepared games as most of them are played with a standard time of 60minutes.

 

Players looking at clues for Operation Mindfall Indoor

 

Benefits in Playing Room Escape Games

Playing room escape games offer a plethora of benefits, including:

It can improve one’s mood.

According to research, puzzle-solving in escape rooms can improve participants’ mood. Solving problems can increase dopamine production, which is the neurotransmitter that function is to regulate mood.

A great stress reliever

Believe it or not, solving a puzzle can help a person relax as it allows you to shift your focus which usually happens when solving puzzles. If you are stress by work, escape rooms are the best stress reliever.

It can improve memory recall.

By solving puzzles, it revitalises the remaining connections between the brain cells, and as a result, it can significantly improve your mental health and thinking process.

Unexpected accelerated ingenuity

It means that we force our brain to develop a possible solution whenever our brains solve puzzles.

Considered as the best workout for the brain

As you try to solve problems and puzzles, you allow your brain to think uniquely and strengthen its various parts.

 

Integrate actors in Einstein Unsolved

 

 

FAQs on Escape Rooms

Are escape rooms scary?

No. Although some escape rooms are horror-themes designed like a zombie apocalypse or haunted house. Most escape rooms are fun and entertaining. You should not worry if you do not like a horror theme. You can always choose a non-horror theme online.

 

What happens if you fail to complete the escape room game?

The majority of escape rooms follow a standard escape time of 60mins or less. Do not worry if you failed to complete the escape room. Only 20% – 40% of participants have succeeded in finishing the escape room.

If your time is up and you are still inside the escape room, one of the staff members will show you the clues you missed, walk you through the whole thing, and aid you in going out.

 

Player grabbing the holy grail in chest

 

What are the rules to follow in escape games?

Like any other game, an escape room has its own rules like the following:

Rule #1 If the escape room requires you to show up 15mins early, you should follow the rule and ask your team to do the same and show up in time.

Rule#2 Before heading to the escape room location, you should check their website to see the items that are not allowed inside the game facility. Some of these items include cameras, bags, lighters, phones, and pens.

Rule#3 Do NOT damage anything that is inside the game area.

Rule#4 Do NOT show up intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol.

 

What kind of puzzles include escape rooms?

Different escape rooms offer different types of puzzles.

  • Number and Text Puzzle

You are not required to have a degree in English or Maths to solve this kind of puzzle, but you’ll undoubtedly use words and numbers to solve this puzzle.

  • Physical Puzzle

It is the most common type of puzzle in an escape room, like undoing knots, quickly moving objects, and moving large objects.

  • Light and Sound Cues

Many escape rooms use this kind of puzzle where participants like you listen closely to background sound, pay close attention to where the lights are directing, and listen to the song’s lyrics.

  • Hidden Object Puzzle

Escape rooms rarely laid out a clue as soon as you enter the facility or any room. Hidden objects are one of the most common types of puzzles you have to find inside the room.

  • Visual Design Puzzle

Although some participants think that the room’s design is just for aesthetics, the truth is, standard escape room puzzles incorporate the creation of the room.

  • Combination Puzzles

This type of puzzle does not rely on just one puzzle type. It is usually a combination of different objects and clues.

But if you want to have it your way, Cluetivity offers customisable puzzles for the escape room in the guise of Augmented Reality minigames.

 

Einstein Unsolved: An Immersive Mobile Escape Room Experience

What is Einstein Unsolved?

Einstein Unsolved is the latest mobile escape game offering by Cluetivity, which features Augmented Reality (AR) minigames. The plot of the game revolves around finding the culprit toEinstein’s death by travelling back in time. It has a playing time of 0-60 minutes. The game time can be adjusted and played using an iPad. It’s an AR minigame set up in malls, at home, at a trade show, wedding reception, and other events.

Escape Game Features of Einstein Unsolved

It can be played anywhere (preferably indoors) or directly from the organiser’s site.

Playable with only an iPad without any staff assistance or additional equipment,

the minigames can be set up in minutes

Minigames’ playing time and puzzles are customisable.

Best Uses of Einstein Unsolved

  • Offer guests a short mini-game to bridge waiting times.
  • Use ‘Einstein Unsolved’ for icebreaker events.
  • Ideal for Product Placement and Promotions.
  • Collect the email address of participants to generate leads and boost your business.

 

Conclusion

Cluetivity offers a convenient way to play escape games in the guise of Einstein Unsolved. Players can enjoy the experience it using an iPad. The game time is very flexible, making it a perfect breakout minigame to keep your event attendees engaged and entertained. The mobile escape game can also be installed in any indoor venue, so your participants’ safety is secured.
Want to spice up your upcoming event with a mobile escape game? Get in touch with a Cluetivity expert today!

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Escape Rooms and Other Virtual Office and Home Ideas to Celebrate Easter

Escape Rooms and Other Virtual Office and Home Ideas to Celebrate Easter

by | Apr 1, 2021 | B2B, Business, Outdoor Escape Room, Virtual Escape Room

Are you ready to celebrate Easter 2021? This is one of the holidays people look forward to every year as it marks the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But like 2020, everybody will be celebrating Easter 2021 inside their homes for safety against COVID.

Though most people have spent Easter 2020 at homes, there are other ways to celebrate Easter remotely. In this article, we’ll share with you how you can make Easter extra special. Plus, we’ll cover the following topics that will make Easter 2021 remarkable:

  • Why remote socialising is essential (especially in these challenging times).
  • The challenges encountered by remote teams in virtual bonding.
  • Tips for celebrating Easter with remote teams and family.
  • The Fantasy Epos: Cluetivity’s exclusive escape game for beginners, family, and kids.

 

Why is remote socialising important?

Some people who are not in a remote setup often think that having this kind of arrangement is beneficial and less stressful. The truth is, working at home is way more complicated than a typical office job.

Why?

Remote workers are faced with enormous challenges every day. Tha includes time-management, messed-up eating habits, lack of sleep due to overtime, poor hygiene, and zero social life. Research proves that remote workers possess weaker relationships with their colleagues than those who worked in the office.

65% of remote workers haven’t experienced an actual bonding session since the COVID surface, especially if most remote workers are offshore. That’s why many health advocates call on businesses to put their remote employees on a priority and make sure that they can engage in regular team socialising.

Lack of team bonding will eventually affect communication that will turn to chaos. However, it can be prevented with remote socialising. It helps build a genuine human connection amongst remote workers that will build trust and rapport.

Ultimately, remote workers will be able to contribute to company culture with their involvement. They will feel valued by the company they are working for, and the corporate team building events will bring a positive impact within the teams.

 

home office with company

 

 

The challenges encountered by the remote teams in virtual bonding

A recent survey in remote work uncovered the real complications of work from home arrangement. Some felt like their job is unbeatable, and the majority of the employees communicates less with their managers. But the most common challenge everyone has to face is somehow apparent. That is being physically isolated from your co-workers.

If you are working remotely, you can significantly relate to this that working from home can be very lonely. As you step out of the office environment, you can no longer enjoy the opportunities of bonding with your colleagues and building trust with them. This often leads to disengagement, which often resulted in poor work performance.

It might not seem a big deal yet, but 94% of surveyed workers agree that respect and connection play a massive role in their team’s success, while 19% of them said that it’s an essential factor for their well-being. Understanding each other in their personal life implies that they can effectively communicate and distribute responsibilities within the team.

 

How to Celebrate Easter with Remote Teams Members and Family

To survive a remote setup and its challenges, here are few ideas on how companies can spread virtual celebration to your co-workers on a remote arrangement and their families.

Easter food baskets and gifts for WFH teams

This Easter, give joy to your colleagues or employees with food delivery. It is usually available nationwide directly to the employee’s home with options to suit a wide range of customers’ dietary needs. This way, no one amongst you will miss out on this holiday even while working at home.

In fact, it has been a custom to Microsoft since the beginning of the pandemic to send “care packages” to their remote employees. Employees receive these packages every month at their home addresses.

 

For their “eggcellent” Easter treats, the holiday will not be complete without their famous chocolate eggs. It’s made with milk chocolate and studded honeycomb pieces. These luxurious-looking eggs from the well-known Art Chocolate are the ideal gift for hard-working remote teams like yours.

Crime Solving Puzzles as Virtual Icebreaker

Virtual icebreakers on important occasions make it more memorable. It does not only offer fun but is also an effective team-building activity.

Remote teams will be working closely and communicate to solve the problem. If the team succeeded in solving the case, the employees could all enjoy the virtual team-building victory. And what led to the “AHA” moment could be the start of breaking communication barriers.

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Virtual City Tour

It is one of the most enjoyable activities to try this Easter. It’s a live virtual city tour wherein someone will provide a tour in a place like Paris and show people around the city via Zoom. Using a GoPro, live stream, and riding around the city, remote teams can see the beautiful streets on a bike.

A person can stop in all famous sites and even watch a great chocolatier in making a fresh batch of chocolates. It’s highly recommended as a team-building activity this Easter.

Online lunch date with remote teams

It is a real-time game, and players require 60 minutes to finish it. Remote teams will only need to video conference to do this.

Participants can even spend on food from their favourite café, order food, or cook something at home.

If remote teams have 15-30 minutes to spare? No worries. Virtual coffee chats, play mini escape game puzzles and virtual happy hours are fun variations of this activity. It’s a chill activity everyone can enjoy. Cluetivity’s gamification platform offers some valuable alternatives.

 Home-delivery lunch as company present

 

Virtual Escape Room

The online escape games became more popular last 2020 – the year when it’s impossible to have a face-to-face event due to the pandemic.

Virtual escape rooms provide challenges and adventure for teams in the office and at home with remote work. Players are provided with similar puzzles and tasks to accomplish, like in a standard room and with the same goal: escape.

  • The participants can play the Remote Escape Game via Zoom.
  • It can accommodate up to 8 players.
  • A host guides it in the room with a live video feed.
  • The guide will direct teams through the adventure as teams pick up clues in their very own digital dashboard to solve the mission in 60 minutes.

The players can choose the theme that they prefer, like breaking out of prison, finding a gold mine, solving a crime, and more. This game is a great way to boost team communication, bond, learn about each one’s personality, and have a great time.

 

Spend Easter with Cluetivity’s The Fantasy Epos

Spend Easter this year with remote employees, family, and friends with Cluetivity’s Magic Portal: The Fantasy Epos. Though most employees and families will be in a lockdown, it’s the perfect outdoor escape game people can enjoy outdoors or indoors. The Fantasy Epos is the best escape game with high-tech ar technology to introduce to beginners and fantasy-themed escape room lovers.

Game features

  • It is playable within 1 to 3 hours which is also adjustable.
  • It comes with an action pack designed to make the escape room experience engaging and challenging.
  • The game is ready-to-play, and the mini-games are customisable without the need for any programming skills.
  • It’s an escape game aimed at beginners, family, and children (it’s a great activity at birthday parties, too!)
  • This outdoor game can be set up outdoor or indoors.

Game Uses

Other than family gatherings, this Cluetivity escape game exclusive is also available in the following applications:

  • City Exploration
  • Playful Tours
  • Historical Tours
  • Wine Tours
  • Bachelor Parties
  • School Reunions
  • Pub Crawls
  • Fantasy Fan Conventions

 

Wrapping it Up

The pandemic once again forced people to spend Easter at home, but people can make a change by making their Easter more memorable and action-packed. There are tons of ways to celebrate Easter this 2021, and if you want it to make it different than last year, it’s just a call away with Cluetivity. Contact a specialist today to experience The Fantasy Epos and ar experience this Easter.

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Remote Escape Game Review: Are You Good in Solving Tricky Puzzles?

Remote Escape Game Review: Are You Good in Solving Tricky Puzzles?

by | Mar 5, 2021 | Business, Virtual Escape Room

The coronavirus pandemic forced us to stay indoors to avoid contracting a deadly virus. And staying indoors means limited fun and learning compared to the activity you can do before the pandemic.

 

People were prohibited from going to places (like an art museum, escape rooms, and other recreational but educational hubs) that spark curiosity, new learnings, and experiences. However, this should not be an excuse why you can’t have a mental exercise that your brain needs, especially if you’re working at home doing monotonous work.

If there’s a kind of activity that allows you to stay active, happy, and healthy (because mental health is as important as physical health), a remote escape game can pose the same mental exercise that physical escape rooms provide.

Let us walk you through how online escape rooms can provide you a remote escape game experience like no other.

What is a Remote Escape Game?

A remote escape game provides an escape room experience while at the comforts of your home. The virtual escape room features a fresh and exciting format that resembles the physical room and gameplay.

The players are challenged to complete the game within 60 minutes or so.

 

Features of an Escape Room Game

What makes an escape room game fascinating is that it highlights the following features:

  • Themes

Remote adventures won’t be exciting without the themes. If you like treasure hunting, gold rush-themed games are some of the popular remote team adventure games people play. Temple ruins survival themes are also popular in remote escape games because it also gives you that adrenaline rush when facing adverse circumstances during the game.

 

  • Mind-boggling puzzles

Mind-boggling puzzles make the escape room fun and memorable because it gives you that feeling of self-accomplishment from solving mysteries to unlocking hidden clues with the help of your intelligence and collaborative work with friends.

 

  • Multiple rooms

According to a new study, when a person encounters new and diverse experiences regularly, it promotes positive emotions. It makes a person feel happier, relaxed, and in a good mood. When you play escape games with multiple room set design, it allows you to have different experiences in various settings and situations. Each room may contain a different set of challenges. Thus, there’ll be no dull moments when you’re in the remote escape game.

 

  • Lock and keys

One scenario that makes gold rush-themed escape games exciting is the lock and keys challenges. It tests your judgments and critical thinking while under pressure. You can also encounter such game experience on games that make you play as an intelligence agent of a secret organization.

 

  • Hidden and locked doors

Hidden and locked doors are something that makes an escape room thrilling and suspenseful. The gameplay makes the players be good with their decision-making and be attentive to their surroundings. This is because anything in the room could be the key to their survival or a potential cause of their downfall.

 

Benefits of Playing Escape Games

Playing escape games not only breaks the monotony in your daily life. It also provides you the following benefits:

 

  • Improve memory capability

Reading the game guide, solving the puzzles, unlocking hidden clues, and making decisions while under pressure – all of these features of the escape game contribute to the development of your cognitive thinking and improvement of your memory capability.

 

  • Refine social and communication skills

As you play the online game with your team members, you communicate with them about the strategies that can help your group finish and win the game. Likewise, it enhances your relationship with your colleague and improves your communication skills.

 

  • It stimulates the senses

When you’re in the escape game, you tend to always be in an alert mode for any danger you might encounter. Escape games allow you to become observant and attentive because everything in the game can either break or make you.

 

  • Feels a sense of accomplishment

Remote adventure games give you a sense of accomplishment, especially if you manage to complete the game with high scores. It boosts your confidence because you’ve learned a new experience while playing the escape game. Thus, it’s much easier to deal with problems that require creative thinking.

 

Best Possible Applications of the Escape Game

An escape game isn’t only for a mobile device or desktop computer that you play at home. It can also be played and set up for the following events, such as:

  • Remote Team Building
  • Online Team Events
  • Hangouts
  • Family Events
  • Birthdays

 

Latest Remote Adventures Escape Room: The Pegasus Project

The Pegasus Project is a must-try online escape game if solving tricky puzzles, decoding secret messages, and unlocking hidden clues excites you most. If you are looking for partnership possibilities, we’re happy to offer you a free demo.

 

 

The Pegasus Project on desktop computer and laptop

 

 

Premise

The premise of the escape game, The Pegasus Project, revolves around an intelligence agent team (we recommend 3-5 players) sent by the W.I.S.E organization. An introduction video will give you a bit of the context of what is happening, which is something that gives a Mission: Impossible vibe.

The mission team will be sent to rescue an agent who went missing in action while investigating the mysterious death of three scientists that are working for Spider Tech Corporation. At the same time, reveal the conspiracies of the shady corporation.

 

Game Features

The Pegasus Project is more than an escape room experience because it keeps us immersed in its gameplay and puzzle-solving features. You won’t need a game guide for this type of game. Even though it’s an escape game, it has unique features that you can only find in this latest instalment from Cluetivity, such as:

  • Game customization

It’s the perfect game for remote team building and online events for B2B and B2C because you can customize the game according to your preferred cases and target groups.

  • No programming needed

When you subscribe to use The Pegasus Project for important events, you won’t need to program or code the game. The assigned Cluetivity Support Team will provide you the full game. You can be the game host of your customized game.

  • Playable by 2 – 2,000+ players in real-time

Whether you’re hosting a remote team building for your company or using the remote adventure escape game to entice your online event participant, joining and playing with big crowds is never an issue. The Pegasus Project can be played by unlimited number of users simultaneously.

 

Gameplay

The Pegasus Project gameplay involves the players as a summoned field agent of the W.I.S.E organization. The team will infiltrate the Spider Tech Corporation and reveal the shady business that these corporations are hiding in their sleeves.

During the game, the players will be solving varied riddles and decode secret messages to unlock hidden and locked doors to proceed to the next room. The gameplay resembles its prequel, Operation Mindfall, an outdoor escape game counterpart. The players must keep constant communication with the team and play together in order to complete the mission.

But beware. It’s not just a simple escape room because the online version will surely leave you shocked and surprised in every unexpected twist and turns you’ll meet along the way.

 

Verdict

If you’re looking for a top-notch online game for teams, the Pegasus Project is perfect! It can be played between friends or colleagues. Each team member will have tons of fun solving tricky puzzles while beating the time to complete the mission. To get started, visit the Cluetivity website, fill up the contact form and a Spy Agent member will get in touch wisely.

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Make Education Fun Again: Why You Should Develop Educational Escape Rooms

Make Education Fun Again: Why You Should Develop Educational Escape Rooms

by | Feb 26, 2020 | Business

Education and technology aren’t something that always go hand-in-hand. Quite often, the term education is synonymous with outdated materials that fail to connect with the new generation. However, the year is 2020 and there are new exceptions to the rule. More and more schools, universities and other institutions are discovering how to use educational escape rooms to deliver lessons. Gamification is the key word, but what’s the real meaning behind it? Read ahead to find out how you can benefit as an escape room operator.

What can you expect from this article?

  • The definition of gamification
  • Why gamification is so promising in education
  • From sustainability to linguistics: the wide range of educational escape room scenarios
  • How escape room operators can benefit from the development of gamification

What is Gamification?

Have you ever tracked your steps to get a bonus from your health insurance company or as a competition among your colleagues? Do you sometimes start learning a new language and receive a badge after each lesson? Perhaps you use review sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor and look forward to seeing how well your posts rank? If you do any of these, then you already have an idea of what gamification is.

Gamification is mainly a marketing-driven development. Rather boring topics and processes are to be made more interesting for the user by means of playful elements. This can be achieved, for example, by awarding rewards for achieving certain goals. These can be virtual “badges”, as well as real rewards in the form of products, coupons or discount codes.

Many people are also motivated by the idea of tracking their progress. Whether it’s a point or percentage display until a task is completed, or a progress bar, gamification affects people in many ways without them noticing.

Why Gamification is so Promising in Education

Gamification has great potential in the field of education. For years, children’s attention span has steadily declined, as has adult’s attention spans. Overstimulation from electronic devices is ensuring that our concentration spans are becoming shorter and shorter. When it comes to absorbing rather dry information, distractions come far too easily. Gamification can become a counterpoint here.

The playful communication of information does not have to be restricted to the classroom. There are also exciting gamification approaches for staff-training and team-building measures in companies.

Educational escape rooms are a form of gamification at school and work. Educational institutions have only recently taken advantage of this opportunity – and often lack the know-how to design a story, puzzles and props. This is where you come in as a professional escape room operator!

From Sustainability to Linguistics: Wide Range of Educational Escape Room Scenarios

There have already been some escape-room-inspired experiences in schools and universities. Sustainability has been one of the most popular topics so far.

In April 2019, Harvard Students were tasked with designing an Escape Room to learn about sustainability. Players had 25 minutes to solve the puzzles before a tidal wave captured them. The puzzles focused on questions related to recycling, waste disposal and energy consumption. The escape game was organized by members of the Harvard Resource Efficiency Program (REP) – and was met with acclaim.

Sustainability was also at stake in an educational escape room organised by social media network LinkedIn, for their employees. The challenge, aptly titled Escape from Climate Change, was so successful that some LinkedIn employees teamed up with an NGO to make the escape game known beyond the team event.

At a workshop during the University Forum Digitization, the participants developed Germany’s first digital linguistic escape room. The game, The Linguist’s Lair (TLLp), virtually guides students through different rooms which are assigned to linguistic topics, such as “syntax” or “pragmatism”. In order to master all rooms, students need to find clues and solve the grammar-centric puzzles.

The “OEB Global: Shaping the Future of Learning” conference in December 2020 is a suitable event discussing the what is in store for education over the next few years. Attendees can expect to participate in a workshop entitled “Serious Gaming: Designing an Educational Escape Room“. The speakers from Utrecht University will discuss the interplay of technology and education, whilst designing a pop-up escape room with the aim to demonstrate how they can be used for educational purposes.

How You Benefit from the Rise of Gamification

Gamification in the education sector and escape rooms for learning are certainly more than just a temporary trend. As it is still a new topic, you have the chance to become a pioneer this field.

For example, design puzzles and questions for a so-called breakout. Breakouts are played directly in the classroom and are dedicated to a specific topic. It is up to you whether you design the “treasure hunt” completely analog or integrate a mix of analog and digital tasks.

A breakout as an escape room for learning does not require a large investment. However, the possible applications are quite limited, and the games must usually take place indoors.

With a software like Cluetivity, you have more options. Cluetivity offers both ready-to-play missions with a child-friendly story in Magic Portal as well as many customisation options, allowing you to create educational games for children and adults on all possible topics. As a mobile escape game, Cluetivity works anywhere in the world. No complex setup is required.

Of course, you can also use Cluetivity for other purposes such as children’s birthdays, corporate events and bachelor parties. We’ve developed the software specifically to give you virtually unlimited options to expand your business.

Alternatively, you can of course also develop your own educational escape rooms. It is important that they can be adapted to different topics with ease. They should also be portable so that you can bring your games directly to your customer.

Whatever lessons you teach with Cluetivity, you will definitely be a key-player in revolutionising education!