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EVERYDAY ESCAPE ARTISTS TEAM – I Paid $50 for This!

If you know this team, be sure to tag them and leave a comment!

This bright family of 5 challenged their brains in our Clinic and escaped! They solved the medical mystery with just thirteen minutes and six seconds ticking on the timer. So eager to move onto the next room so quickly, we hardly had time to ask about their bloody success! On average, “I Paid $50 for This!” has played, more or less, 4 escape rooms together. With reliable experience behind them, it’s only necessary to request any advice on completing a room.

Their tips are strict. The team feels strongly about evaluating EVERYTHING and ANYTHING, never leave any area or object untouched because: “it’s more likely to than not have a purpose”. Once attention has been given to every corner and crevasse of the room(s), and every option has been exhausted, is the only time the team will use a hint.

After being asked to describe their performance in the form of an animal, “I Paid $50 for This!” compared themselves to a rhinoceros. Slow at first, but quickly picks up momentum. Their rhinoceros persona shone throughout their second endeavour that day, perhaps even stronger considering they escaped the Catacombs one and a half minutes faster!

We had a lot of fun with “I Paid $50 for This!” and we look forward to another game with the delightful team!

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From all of us at EXIT Edmonton Escape on Whyte, thank you for playing this week! If you see your team, be sure to TAG and SHARE! 

We look forward to seeing you all again very soon for your next escape adventure! 

EXIT Edmonton Escape on Whyte 

10534 82 Ave NW 

Edmonton, AB T6E 2A4 

E: [email protected] 

P: (780) 705-0160

http://e-exit.ca/edmonton 

There's nothing wrong with diving into the more challenging themes first! Just don't overthink the easier ones! Be sure to tag the friends who made you do a high difficulty room at EXIT Edmonton Escape on Whyte on your first try!

When we started brainstorming for this project, we all had different ideas as to what the room should be. One thing we knew was that we wanted to give it a solid story, similar to Transylvania 2.0 but that proved to be quite challenging as we had to try to work with what the room already had.

When we introduced a new gadget around Illusions 2.0’s launch, we tried to introduce an agent storyline but even then, it wasn't as fluid as we had hoped. It finally connected with our trailer and brochure description but it somehow felt out of place. We knew it was a long road ahead of us.

One of our original staff members, Patricia O. was the one to start with the groundwork. Then I began creating new puzzles that were fluid enough to fit whatever the theme was going to ultimately become. From there, we started piecing everything we had. Ideas for the theme bounced from left to right and overall it seemed like it was suffering an identity crisis! But then I realized that maybe the room’s greatest strength was that it was completely random and in a sense,

After many different versions of the game-play, we finally were able to finalize and proceed with cosmetic procedures for the room that spanned over three days. We ran into more obstacles than we had anticipated and the stress level remained high. 

Logistics of the game flow, puzzles, and interior design continued to change on the fly but looking back it all worked out for the best. Considering we had passed our initial deadline, we only really had one day for a draw winners for the BETA trial session. Sadly, it would have been ideal to have at least one week for promotion but regardless, we’re thankful since Transylvania 2.0 did not get that same opportunity.

Phoenix Labs and Hootsuite were among the first to play and we received praise for what ended up being a fantastic room that goes back to the core aspect of the 2D room escape game. We’re also really proud to be able to deliver a room that is appropriate for a wide demographic in regards to theme and difficulty with a huge emphasis on fun factor. We were able to achieve that by designing the puzzles to be more interactive with the room itself relying less on paper clues and going more the visual route.

The interesting to note about how we laid out the puzzles is that the first and last room is balanced with the heaviness picking up in the second room. Players who make it into the second room with about twelve minutes left on the clock players are able to catch up and escape therefore not feeling completely hopeless. Illusions have always been marketed as our easiest and most popular room and now we can really be satisfied on our end knowing what our customers can expect