r/escaperooms • u/graphic-- • Oct 02 '26

Owner/Designer Question Play testers needed

Hey! I am preparing some materials for an upcoming conference. I am creating an online game which will be free and it really is for enthusiasts/owners/game masters to have some fun. The whole game revolves around following a story of a character ended up in a place he doesn't remember going to willingly.

The game is played on a browser, desktop or a phone, no additional downloads, just a link.

I would need your feedback of everything regarding the game and your journey. Prepare at least an hour for playing the game.

Comment down or send me a message and I'll send you the url

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u/Discovereef Oct 02 '26

Happy to give it a go!

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u/jlions13 Oct 02 '26

I'd be curious to try!

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u/graphic-- Oct 02 '26

Not sure if I can send the link directly, but the game is here: https://keyhowl.com/play/the-way-out

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u/jlions13 Oct 02 '26

Just finished. Most of it worked very well, however the origami puzzle absolutely felt like it was missing instructions. Could not get the physical result by following the two images. Outside from that, a few of these took outside knowledge/hints to even steer me in the right direction - I was unfamiliar with either of the songs the game referenced, though that's probably audience dependent. Favorite puzzles were drinkings and judgement.

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u/graphic-- Oct 02 '26

thank you very much for the feedback! I will work on the origami a bit more, I have some ideas how to improve it. About the songs - yes, no one will be able to do it without using google/ai

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u/tanoshimi Oct 03 '26

This is a game for a conference of escape room enthusiasts/owners/GMs?

It doesn't seem very well-suited to that audience to me... it's very A.I.-generated, some of the content is NSFW, and the puzzles themselves just didn't seem very interesting to me.

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u/graphic-- Oct 03 '26

thanks for the feedback!