Live Escape games - Hinthunt and Cluequest

Nexus · 7 Oct 2013 at 14:09

That video doesn't really sell it to me. You barely see the people in it, surely you should be selling the fun of it and how people are all working together as a team. It totally fails in that regard.

Its only because Vanilla actually said it was good that I'd be inclined to think otherwise.

Vanilla · 7 Oct 2013 at 14:42

Efour said:
Are you allowed to go full retard and starting kicking down locked doors ?

No, no force should be used for anything. If you find yourself trying to force something you're doing it wrong!

Vanilla · 7 Oct 2013 at 14:44

Nexus said:
That video doesn't really sell it to me. You barely see the people in it, surely you should be selling the fun of it and how people are all working together as a team. It totally fails in that regard.

Its only because Vanilla actually said it was good that I'd be inclined to think otherwise.

The problem is you can't show things without giving the game away.

I'm avoiding giving any info about the puzzles for fear that it ruins the experience. This has the effect of making it difficult to sell the notion....It would be like spoiling a film.

Vanilla · 7 Oct 2013 at 14:45

Cosimo said:
This could be quite good as a team building exercise. It would certainly make for a good discussion in the pubs afterwards.

Indeed, we found ourselves talking about it all the way home. It's a great experience and i'll be recommending it to my work as a bit of fun.

Nexus · 7 Oct 2013 at 14:47

Vanilla said:
The problem is you can't show things without giving the game away.

I'm avoiding giving any info about the puzzles for fear that it ruins the experience. This has the effect of making it difficult to sell the notion....It would be like spoiling a film.

Surely you could still show the people and their faces, so it looks like fun, without ruining it though?

Vanilla · 7 Oct 2013 at 14:49

Nexus said:
Surely you could still show the people and their faces, so it looks like fun, without ruining it though?

That would be like porn which just shows the faces and not the action. Still interested?

Nexus · 7 Oct 2013 at 15:01

Vanilla said:
That would be like porn which just shows the faces and not the action. Still interested?

A decent videographer could easily shoot something which shows peoples faces, movement etc while retaining the clips of the padlocks and puzzles that were shown.

The fact the entire thing was clearly edited with an iMovie template though shows how amateur the production for it was.

Vanilla · 7 Oct 2013 at 15:07

Nexus said:
A decent videographer could easily shoot something which shows peoples faces, movement etc while retaining the clips of the padlocks and puzzles that were shown.

The fact the entire thing was clearly edited with an iMovie template though shows how amateur the production for it was.

These are all amateur outfits, often only a group of three or four guys who came up with the puzzles themselves.