Escape Room Puzzles: 7 Ideas For Your Missions

Escape Room Puzzles: 7 Ideas For Your Missions

by | May 5, 2022 | Business

Whether they be independent ideas or straight off-the-rack, unique Escape Room puzzles are a deciding factor for the success of your business. Are you seeking inspiration? We have compiled a list of ideas, sectioned into 7 different categories.

What you can expect to read in this article:

  • The different types of Escape Room puzzles
  • How each puzzle can challenge each of your senses
  • Standing out from the crowd with unusual puzzles
  • Using soundtracks and certain perspectives to create unique Escape Room puzzles
  • The attraction of interactive puzzles

Buying or developing your own ideas?

Buying premade Escape Room puzzles saves a lot of time, because it’s much faster to access existing ideas and have them built in by professionals than to come up with them yourself. However, the fun and individuality of your Escape Room can be lost in the process. Perhaps a competitor in your region has already bought the same puzzle?

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If you are avid Escape Room players yourself, creating and developing Escape Room puzzles is probably one of your favourite pastimes. Bookkeeping, personnel administration and your audience are, of course, also part of it. However, time for creating a unique-yet-professional game must be put aside.

By creating your own Escape Room puzzles, you will stand out from the competition. However, you must also accept that the journey from the initial idea to implementation is a bit longer. Remember, once you have developed your idea, you need to test and build it, too. 

Key challenges setting up an escape room
If you have a case of Writers Block and need some inspiration for developing ideas, you are in luck! Read ahead for 7 different ideas that might just help you out.

1. The Sound of Music

Some puzzle types are absolute essentials and can be found in every Escape Room. Therefore, we want to focus on something a bit more unusual – the soundtrack of your puzzle.

Birds croaking, Frogs roaring, Lions chirping?! Something does not add up here! Only if your players listen carefully, they will realise that the sounds are part of your Escape Room puzzles. As music and other sounds often run in the background, it is easy to ignore them. The fact that they are actually part of a puzzle only becomes clear, when the players listen carefully. This is what makes them so exciting and extraordinary – players have to use another sense to escape from your room.

Sounds can also be used to implement great Escape Room puzzle ideas for children. It can be about assigning different sounds to animals, or to recognise messages in well-known children’s film songs. There are no limits to your creativity, but the puzzles should always fit the setting of your Escape Room.

2. It All Depends on the Perspective

Everything in life is relative. Some situations are good or bad, depending on how you view it. This very philosophy can be applied to your Escape Room puzzles – the correct answer all depends on which perspective the players look at something. Sometimes objects from a distance look very different from what they look from up-close. You can take advantage of this effect.

Paint cryptic symbols on walls and furniture that look like they do not make sense. But when players stand at a certain point in the room, they will recognise the code. For example, numbers, letters, or shapes become visible when your players find a certain pair of glasses. The glasses would then decode the markings to reveal a clue, which the players need to solve a puzzle.

3. It Must Be Here Somewhere!

Hidden objects are a standard puzzle in Escape Rooms. They are used in almost every challenge. Often keys are hidden – in decorative objects, under desks or behind windows. A good example for a puzzle would be to place a row of books on a shelf. One of the books is hollow on the inside, and thus, offers space for a hiding place. You can then place the key to a padlock or other Escape Room puzzle items inside.

Another variation of this classic puzzle is to place a crate with a trap door inside. The players will find something when they open the crate, but by digging a bit further, they will discover the item they really need.

Of course, you can also hide other items for Escape Room puzzles. Players may have to assemble a file with different letters circled in it, but the snippets are scattered throughout the room. Perhaps players may be looking for the pieces of a map where they need to decipher something. The possibilities with hidden object puzzles are almost endless.

4. The Writing Is on the Wall… Or Is It?

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most clueless of them all?

You can build mirrors into your Escape Room puzzles in many ways. With a mirror, players can read text backwards, direct beams of light to specific locations to trigger effects and turn cryptic hieroglyphics into decipherable messages. The characters can also be in another room, separated by bars, upon which the players have to take the mirror in their hand and stretch their arm through the grid to decipher them.

But in the same way messages can be hidden on the mirror, you can inscribe mirrors with soap. The writing is only visible when players breathe on the mirror. Alternatively, a backlight can be used to make a message appear on the mirror. The players have to activate the light before by solving a different puzzle.

5. Let There Be Light!

In the suggestion above, we mentioned light as part of Escape Room puzzles. You can use it in very different, yet creative, ways in your Escape Rooms. Often UV-light is used to make the invisible visible at first. A sequence of lights, however, which results in a Morse code-like pattern, or lights up in different colours are great ideas for clues.

UV flashlight showing escape room puzzle
Also unique (or rather scary in the right setting) is a strobe light. Strobe lighting not only creates a tense atmosphere but achieves a disorientating effect. Did you know that a rotating fan “freezes” under strobe light? Due to the speed at which strobe lights illuminate a space, it actually looks as if the fan is no longer moving. From the perspective of an Escape Room operator, you can hide a message in the rotor blades that can only be deciphered under strobe lighting.

6. Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

You can see a key, but you do not have a clue on how to reach it? Perhaps there is a way to reach it from another room. Then teamwork is needed here. One player tries to get the key without being able to see it, while the other tells them what to do. Or you chain two players together and they have to find a key first before they can move independently again.

Escape Room puzzles of this kind are especially interactive, because they can really only be solved if the players work together. Celebrating successes together bonds them together. This is why more and more companies are booking Escape Rooms as a team-building measure.

However, not every Escape Room operator has enough rooms to accept bookings from large groups. If this problem seems familiar to you, an Outdoor Escape Game might be the solution for your problem. With Cluetivity games like Operation Mindfall and Magic Portal, you can send hundreds of players on exciting missions at the same time.

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7. Something “Obvious” Is Easily Overlooked

Sometimes players are so focused on looking for codes and hidden crevices that they no longer notice the obvious. This gives you the opportunity to surprise them. Avoid trying to disguise all the clues, but quietly place some tips right in front of the players’ noses.

A few footprints in the ground are pretty obvious. For example, you can open a secret door or activate a light that illuminates clues. In the same way, a mechanism in a sofa cushion can be built in to trigger an effect. Perhaps a rather conspicuous carpet could have a passage to a secret area built underneath it!

We hope our suggestions have inspired you to create some original ideas for your Escape Rooms. Is there something that we perhaps left out? Feel free to drop us a comment!

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8 Tips to Create the Best Escape Room Scenarios

8 Tips to Create the Best Escape Room Scenarios

by | Apr 27, 2022 | Outdoor Escape Room

Creating a good escape room is hard. It’s not enough to just have an interesting premise or some fantastic puzzles – it needs the right balance of both. Most escape rooms suffer from one of two problems; either they’re too easy, and you can solve them without any thought, or they’re so complicated that you need to spend hours trying every possible solution before finally getting through.

The escape games in Cluetivity were created by experienced game designers who know how to make fun scenarios for players with all levels of experience and skillsets. Our team has decades of combined experience in creating physical games that challenge people in new ways, but we also understand how tricky online gaming can be to make sure your customers have a great time!

We’ve put together this resource page full of tips on what makes for a great escape room scenario and how you can use this information to complete your excellent rooms!

Tip#1 The game should be appropriate for the age of the players.

The escape room should be appropriate for the participants. As you may know, escape rooms are usually done for entertainment and team-building activities. That’s why it is essential to choose the appropriate room according to your group’s skills and interests.

For example, it is not good to bring children under 13 years old into escape rooms intended for adults. That’s because they are still developing their decision-making skills and will have difficulty dealing with situations that could arise in an escape game.

That is why the escape game should be appropriate for the age of the players. The puzzles will depend on how mature you are, but they can range from easy to complex.

 

Tip#2 Themes should be cohesive and have a sense of direction

You should make the themes of your escape games cohesive. It can be confusing when the theme changes from game to game, and it’s hard for players to have fun if there isn’t any sense of direction or common thread between them.

One of the best ways to make your escape game themes more cohesive and have a sense of direction is to write an introduction for each room. In each escape room, the host gives an intro about the game. The opening will be essential for your escape room. You’ll capture the participants’ attention and explain what they need to do to win a prize.

It helps to understand better what’s going on in this type of game and sets up expectations for what will happen during the game. You can do it by giving a short and informative introduction before beginning.

Escape Room Themes

 

Tip#3 Puzzles need to have logical and sequential solutions – no random guessing!

The most important thing about puzzles is that they have logical solutions. If the escape game is too easy to solve without a challenge, it defeats the purpose of the escape game.

To make an escape room more challenging, try using the items outside their intended purposes. For example, if you’re stuck in a lab and have syringes lying around, why not use them to squirt some ink on the floor to find hidden clues?

Tip#4 Rooms should be challenging but not impossible to solve.

Some games are pretty tricky and require critical thinking. Sometimes you have to be very clever to solve the puzzles and find your way out of that room! Yet, it doesn’t have to be frustrating and challenging – to the point that players will give up.

So when designing an escape room scenario that will not frustrate the players, it has to be something everyone can relate to. The challenges can be anything that players can encounter and use the skills acquired to solve the problem.

It’s essential to keep the clues for your mystery game clear. Ensure that they are understandable and guessed by observant players, but you should also make them challenging enough to challenge.

Solving an Escape Room Puzzle with a Cryptex

 

Tip#5 Clues should be hidden in plain sight or require logical thinking rather than just guessing.

Great clues are usually cleverly hidden, requiring some logical thinking to get it. But, they don’t have to be hard enough so that everyone gets stuck on them. Clues should be hidden in plain sight, but not directly. Solving it should require some logical thinking because if it’s too easy to figure out, the puzzle won’t be fun anymore.

Tip#6 The time limit needs to make sense so that players don’t get bored waiting around for clues.

Next time you create a game, think about how long the player will be playing. You don’t want them to get bored before they finish the game!

One way to keep a game fast-paced is by limiting the amount of time allowed. It forces players to make quick decisions, keeping the action going! Yet, for each task, the time limit should be reasonable. If it’s too short, people will get bored and leave; if it’s too long, then there won’t be a sense of urgency.

 

Tip#7 An ideal escape room scenario will provide the players with an enjoyable time, rewarding when they solve it!

Many elements can make a great escape room scenario, but one thing is of utmost importance. A great scenario should be fun and enjoyable for the players! A good scenario should have a primary goal and conflict. While it’s essential to provide a sense of fun, remember that players want something challenging and engaging!

The main goal of a scenario is to get the player from point A to point B. The conflict should slow down or even stop them in their tracks. When writing a scenario, it’s essential to think of what happens in the beginning, middle and end. The main goal is the story’s purpose, while conflict creates tension and uncertainty.

The goal can be achieved in different ways, but the player won’t know which way to go until they are given more information about their mission.

 

Tip#8 The setting needs to be immersive and believable but also manageable in size, so it doesn’t take hours just to escape one room!

Three elements make an escape game setting immersive and believable. The first is how you interact with players. The second is how you present information to them, and the third it’s about creating a logical layout for their surroundings.

The best escape rooms are realistic and engaging. It’s essential to provide the players with some clues to help them solve puzzles and create a ‘real-life’ setting in an imaginary space. The mysteries need to be logical and well-thought-out to feel engaging so players don’t get bored.

 

In Conclusion

Creating a good escape room is hard, but it doesn’t have to be. You can find the perfect balance of difficulty with a few simple steps. First and foremost, you need an exciting premise that will grab your players’ attention from the start – make sure they’re invested in solving your puzzles before they even walk through the door! Next, consider how complex each puzzle should be; not too easy (or people might get bored) and not too hard (so people don’t give up).

Finally, think about what type of customer or demographic you want to attract with your escape room experience. This way, you can design an escape room that’s just right for them! Have you thought about creating one for yourself? Cluetivity experts are here for you.

We understand what makes a tremendous puzzle-based experience work and how to create captivating games with compelling storylines. Contact our team now if you want help designing an escape room for your business to see firsthand how we do things differently than others.

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3 Harsh Truths That Escape Room Operators Don’t Want to Hear (and What They Can Learn From It)

3 Harsh Truths That Escape Room Operators Don’t Want to Hear (and What They Can Learn From It)

by | Mar 5, 2022 | Business, Business

As human beings, it’s natural that sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees. This also applies to Escape Room Operators – some business owners are so focused on the minute details of a situation; they fail to see the bigger picture. With this comes plenty of brutally honest truths to be told. If you find yourself easily frustrated, perhaps this article is not for you. However, if you are prepared to face reality, keep reading ahead and see what you can learn from some mistakes you’ve probably been making.

1. The Quality of Your Escape Rooms Does Not Matter

Normally, the team at Cluetivity tell you how essential the quality of an Escape Room is. A captivating story, a wide variety of puzzles, and an inspiring game master are all crucial aspects. We cannot stress enough that these points are still valid! As Escape Room Operators, you can develop the most exciting missions, but if you don’t have players visiting your rooms at all, there is nothing we can do to help.

The truth of the matter is that most players can’t intricately rate the quality of an Escape Room anyway. They lack the experience. Maybe they’ve played an Escape Room before, but even then, they won’t notice much difference – so as long as your Escape Room meets standard expectations.

The absolute minimum that we would expect from an Escape Room includes:

A backstory: Escape Room Operators should come up with stories for their missions. Locking players into a room and solving disjointed puzzles that have no real connection to each other no longer works. An exciting and rigorously told story ensures that your guests can immerse themselves in the action – like a cinematic blockbuster or a fantastic video game.

Functioning puzzles: We love creative puzzles and thinking outside-of-the-box. With our Outdoor Escape Games, Operation Mindfall and Magic Portal, we also seek to inspire the players with an exciting story and versatile puzzles. The most important thing, however, is that the challenges are solvable. Nothing is more frustrating than when a puzzle, for example, fails to work because of technical problems.

An appropriate level of difficulty: Most Escape Rooms have a success rate of about 30%. You should also aim for this rate as an Escape Room operator. If it sits well below it, that itself is a sign that your puzzles are too complex or incomprehensible. If your success rate sits above 30% and teams manage to escape in well under 60 minutes, the rooms are probably too easy or there aren’t enough puzzles.

Attentive Game Master: Whilst they are based outside of the room, an attentive Game Master is a crucial element for success. They don’t have to be the perfect entertainer, but they have to be attentive and helpful. It’s pivotal that they follow the player’s journey throughout the game, and if your guests need a clue, the Game Master must have it ready.

What You Can Do To Tackle This

Don’t expect players to open the door for you, no matter how good your missions are. As Escape Room Operators, you need to take action yourself to attract customers.

You should pay as much attention to your marketing as you do to design your spaces. Check out our blog here for 7 tips on how to market your escape room.

If you’re especially new to the market, you need solutions that bring success quickly. In addition to obvious things such as an appealing logo, flyers and your own website, it is important to not forget about online ads. Advertisements on Google (AdWords) and Facebook are usually particularly effective under a cost-efficiency view.

With Google Adwords, you can target ads to specific keywords to appeal to people around you. The ads appear above Google’s normal search results. If you run an Escape Room in Berlin, it can look like this:

Escape Room operators are usually also active on Facebook and Instagram. Using these platforms, you can also run ads and target people in your local areas. You can also interact with your fans and followers through competitions (that are compliant with each social media platforms rules and regulations). Lottery draws often achieve high engagement rates, so you can secure your relationship with your existing fans whilst drawing in a new audience.

Last, but not least, it is also advantageous to offer guests a wide variety of games to play. In addition to Indoor Escape Rooms, you can also offer them Outdoor Escape Games.

Outdoor Escape Games, such as our agent thriller Operation Mindfall, are significantly faster and ready for use at a cost much lower than traditional Escape Rooms. They offer challenges which have been tried-and-tested thousands of times, and can be adapted to your individual needs with minimal effort. They’re even suitable for both small and large groups with over 2,000 participants!

2. Operating an Escape Room is Draining

If you’re still reading, it must mean that you dealt with the first harsh reality particularly well. Are you ready for the second? Here goes… Escape Room operators have the most inflexible schedules. Whilst this is certainly the case for many self-employed people, not many industries can compare when it comes to anti-social working hours.

Many Escape Rooms open between 2:00pm and 4:00pm during the week and close around 10:00pm. On weekends, it usually starts earlier – in extreme cases at 9:30am or 10:00am – and lasts until 10:00pm and longer.

As an Escape Room operator, you always have to be there a little earlier and stay longer in the evening– prepare the rooms, clean the premises and so forth. In addition to being ever-present on-site, there are other obligations as entrepreneurs:

  • Precise bookkeeping
  • Managing employees and preparing their schedules
  • Managing marketing activities as well as social media presence

However, there is the advantage of that during the week, you can at least use the mornings for running errands and general life management.

What You Can Do To Tackle This

What does that mean for you? Are the masterminds behind the rooms at least financially well-compensated for their efforts? Or is the Escape Room industry not the right one for you?

The latter of both of these questions is an answer only you can answer yourself. Some get along better with irregular working hours – others, not so much. There are, however, definitely easier ways to manage being self-employed.

You have to really know how much stress you are able to cope with and how your role in the Escape Room industry affects your social relationships. Once you’ve built a solid business, you’ll be able to seek support sooner or later, and eventually become a backseat driver in maintaining the business. It’s important that you learn to give up responsibility and find staff you trust.

From a financial perspective, an Escape Room business can be quite lucrative, but it’s no ‘get rich quick’ scheme. The fact of the matter is that you sell 60 minutes (with briefing about 75 minutes) entertainment for around 25€ per person.

In larger cities, some Escape Rooms might charge higher fees. But let’s take the above numbers as averages and assume each room attracts 125 players a week (the value depends, of course, on factors such as region, season and number of missions available). The total earnings become 3,125€. This amounts to 12,500€ per month.

Out of 12,500€, the following will correspond to:

  • Payroll payments
  • Rent and incidental costs
  • Maintenance costs
  • Royalties (for example, for software)
  • Advertising

You can argue that owning an Escape Room can lead to earning a healthy income. For some people, however, this amount of money is nowhere near enough. If you’re looking to get more out of your business, we are more than happy to give you a helping hand.

3. Escape Room Operators Could Save a Lot of Money If They Were Craftier

Conjuring up Escape Room puzzle ideas is one thing. Another thing is to implement the ideas – and then equip the entire Escape Room with props.

Building an Escape Room requires not only a creative mindset, but also great craftsmanship. There is a reason that there are companies that specialise in constructing Escape Rooms. Teams complete with game designers, set designers, carpenters, electrical engineers, software developers, graphic designers and filmmakers work to install the pre-made missions in your premises.

It’s your decision on whether you want to offer your customers ready-made Escape Rooms or, instead, an idea from scratch. Whichever route you take, repairs are naturally going to be imminent. If you’re someone who is particularly crafty, you can undertake most of these tasks yourself – but not everyone is a naturally gifted carpenter.

With the installation of puzzles, hidden passageways, and decorative items, how much of it can you really do yourself? What do you need professionals for? The truth is you could save a lot of money if you are a bit handier.

What You Can Do To Tackle This

Don’t beat yourself up too much for a start. No-one is perfect, and what is not, can still be.

Nobody is born with an expertise in carpentry. They have acquired their skills over the years. You can do exactly that. Consider taking up craft courses or watch tutorials on YouTube. Start with small construction projects and gradually expand your knowledge.

Want a game that doesn’t require any craftsmanship knowledge whatsoever? Check out Cluetivity’s solution here!

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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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