SELF ESCAPE
Date: 2024
Medium: Escape Room Game, Installation
SELF ESCAPE is my first hybrid screen based and physical room puzzle art game. The screen establishes four characters that are derived from parts of my own personality and my Hauntology Audition project, The Child, Fatale, 'Ome and BZZT. On screen, the player navigates through each characters rooms to find a piece of a code to access the ending. By completing various physical tasks like, popping balloons, turning off the lights and making a tea the player appeases the characters on screen. Doing these tasks unlocks objects on screen and gives you more clue to find the final code. I researched creative escape room games and travelled to play a variety myself, I found the narratives in these rooms rarely engaging and it became a focus of my project to synthesise story and puzzles.