


There was also a group of keyed locks but the variety in the size and shape of keys kept our interest. A set of combination locks relied on using a two-sided decoder, and revealed gems that opened another door when placed on the correct positions on a painting. There were definitely locks, but a variety of different types of locks. Here’s how it deals with the five design problems listed in my previous post. While not perfect, Palace Game’s The Great Houdini Escape Room was a memorable and satisfying experience. Addressing the Most Common Escape Room Design Mistakes But as this is a case study of The Great Houdini Escape Room with specific examples, meant to highlight game design concepts, it will contain spoilers for the room. My write-up of their latest offering, The Attraction, is also spoiler-free. Palace Games, located at the Palace of Fine Arts, boasts several excellent escape rooms ( Houdini, Roosevelt and Edison), which I’ve compared in a previous spoiler-free blog post. This post follows up with a design deep dive into a well-executed escape room, The Great Houdini Escape Room by Palace Games in San Francisco. I am sorry for your predicament, but I pray that you will have the will and mental agility to escape my greatest, if incomplete, escape device.My last post was dedicated to identifying some of the most common design blunders in crafting escape rooms. The 9 artifact cards provide all the pieces of information you need to solve the puzzles. Simply turn the clue card upside down to read the clue. If you need help, there is one clue card for each puzzle. Inside the journal, you will find 4 puzzles that will help you discover 4 numbers which you will use in the final equation. Use the pages of this journal to solve the lock equation and escape before it’s too late! Unfortunately, the device is airtight and you will run out of oxygen in about 20 minutes. You will need to do the same if you wish to go on living! I was never able to finish it completely but left clues in this journal to help me remember what I was trying to build and how to get out while I was building it. If you are reading this, then unfortunately for you, you have found my last and greatest escape device.
