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    Room Escape Divas – Inverse Genius

    We discuss the industry of escape rooms and escape room design

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    116 - A Casual Chat with Nick Moran about Escape Rooms Jun 12, 2020
    Show notes 116 - A Casual Chat with Nick Moran about Escape Rooms Mike Yuan, Ruby Yuan, Manda Whitney, Errol Elumir Download

    Manda and Errol get together again to talk to Nick Moran, best known for creating Time Run and the BBC’s Sherlock Escape Room The Game Is Now. There is a lot of talk about escape rooms, but probably more talk about how we have no analytics.

    115 - Manpans Rants About Online Escape Rooms May 29, 2020
    Show notes 115 - Manpans Rants About Online Escape Rooms Mike Yuan, Ruby Yuan, Manda Whitney, Errol Elumir Download

    In this short episode, Manpans has rants! So she rants, and the rest of the Divas interrupt her. It was amazing!

    114 - Game Design with PostCurious May 15, 2020
    Show notes Game Design with PostCurious Mike Yuan, Ruby Yuan, Manda Whitney, Errol Elumir Download

    Manda and Errol talk with Rita Orlov of Post Curious about her latest Kickstarter The Emerald Flame! Listen in as we chat about game design, take home games, narrative puzzle adventures, and other topics Errol tangents on.

    113 - Online Escape Room Taxonomy with Brett Kuehner Apr 17, 2020
    Show notes 113 - Taxonomy of Online Escape Rooms with Brett Kuehner Mike Yuan, Ruby Yuan, Manda Whitney, Errol Elumir Download

    With all the online escape rooms available, a number of lists have been created to collate them all. However, soon there were a lot of lists to keep track of. So Manda and Errol talk to Brett Kuehner about the meta list of lists he compiled. You can find the list on his website:

    That Guy With the Puzzles

    With a meta list of online escape rooms and also escape room design links.

    We also talk about the taxonomy developed by Dan Egnor to categorize the different types of online escape rooms.

    Online Escape Room Taxonomy

    • In-person escape room - as we know them (however you define that)

    • Live remote escape room - tell a GM what to do, they play an escape room-like setup for you (eg. Ready Mayor One, YouEscape, Seven Dwarves)

    • Live simulated escape room - tell a GM what to do, they pretend they're playing an escape room-like setup and tell you what would happen (eg. Escape This Podcast)

    • Escape room-style video game - video game that emphasizes puzzles, collaboration, discovery, and other escape room like elements (eg. Tick Tock)

    • Escape room-style tabletop game - board/card/paper game that emphasizes puzzles, collaboration, discovery, etc. (eg. Unlock!, Exit)

    • Online puzzle hunt - puzzles hosted online, without other escape room trappings (eg. most of puzzlehuntcalendar.com)

    • Puzzle book - puzzles in a book, without other escape room trappings (eg. Journal 29)


    Games Discussed in the Podcast

    • YouEscape (live-remote escapeish with digital aspects and distributed team over Hangouts) - Review from Room Escape Artist.

    • Rock Ave - live remote with team over Hangouts. Created Ready Mayor One.

    • Escape.Anywhere - live remote with team over Hangouts

    • The Palace of Destiny - online puzzle hunt

    • trap't - online escapeish puzzle hunt

    • Puzzled Pint - downloadable/printable puzzle hunt style puzzle

    • Tick Tock - two-player escape room-style video game

    • Alone Together - two-player escape room-style video game

    • The Room VR - Escape room-style video game


    Phone or Videoconference Immersive shows Discussed in Podcast

    • Ministry of Mundane Mysteries

    • Quaranteam

    • Candlehouse Collective - Under the Bed was one project

    • Cluebox - mechanical puzzle box

    112 - The Isolation Episode with Room Escape Artist Mar 20, 2020
    Show notes 112 - The Isolation Episode with Room Escape Artist Room Escape Divas Download

    Manda and Errol meet up with Lisa and David Spira Room Escape Artist who are in self-isolation after returning from Europe.

    111 - Discussing Escape Room Puzzle Tropes Mar 06, 2020
    Show notes 111 - Discussing Escape Room Puzzle Tropes Room Escape Divas Download

    Ruby, Manda, and Mike get together and discuss 101 Best Escape Room Puzzle Ideas as published by Now Escape in 2016. It’s four years later, how do these puzzle ideas stack up now?

    110 - Cryptex Hunt 2020: Behind the Scenes Feb 21, 2020
    Show notes 110 - Cryptex Hunt 2020: Behind the Scenes Mike Yuan, Ruby Yuan, Manda Whitney, Errol Elumir Download

    Mike learns about this year’s Cryptex Hunt! Manda and Mike question Errol about what it’s like writing a novel, writing a puzzle hunt, and dealing with server issues.

    Yes, people this year have to read a novel.

    109 - Would This Mechanic Work in an Escape Room? Feb 07, 2020
    Show notes 109 - Would This Mechanic Work in an Escape Room? Mike Yuan, Ruby Yuan, Manda Whitney, Errol Elumir Download

    The Divas are all here! And in this episode, we discuss different mechanics and practices that may or may not work in a room. For example, saboteur mechanics, multiple paths, and other topics. Errol’s also pretty loopy.

    108 - 2019 Escape Room Enthusiast Survey with Lee-Fay Low Jan 24, 2020
    Show notes 108 - 2019 Escape Room Enthusiast Survey with Lee-Fay Low Mike Yuan, Ruby Yuan, Manda Whitney, Errol Elumir Download

    Huzzah! We talk to Lee-Fay Low, an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and an avid enthusiast of escape rooms, about the 2019 Escape Room Enthusiast Survey! Listen in on her insights and what it was like putting together a survey translated into 14 different languages.



    107 - Top Escape Rooms with Rich Bragg Jan 10, 2020
    Show notes 107 - Top Escape Rooms with Rich Bragg Mike Yuan, Ruby Yuan, Manda Whitney, Errol Elumir Download

    The 2019 Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts’ Choice Awards was released! This year, 50 top English speaking escape rooms have been identified.

    In this episode, Manpans and Errol talk with Rich Bragg (co-founder of ClueKeeper and a Guiness Record holder for most escape rooms done in 24 hours), to discuss TERPECA, or the “Braggs” as we like to call them.

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