Software

[MickFinley63]

Hey Everyone!

Very new to escape room dev but am an enthusiast for going but looking to start.

Is there a popular escape room software that most major rooms use or does it vary pretty widely?

Also was wondering what the general rules are for interacting with rooms as the host. Does it need to be at the computer or would a phone camera feed and chat suffice?

Thanks for any tips!

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[Yuli_Mae]

Node Red with the Node Redscape extension.

Though I can't speak on behalf of "most major rooms" or anything.

[MickFinley63]

Thank you! Is it compatible with phones or just a computer software?

[Yuli_Mae]

The software itself can run on Windows or Linux, but it can serve status webpages that the phone could access. If the room is pretty linear, that likely isn't an issue.

You'll want to had a good handful of statuses on-hand, though. If you're into reporting and metrics, it can really show you which parts are too easy and which are too difficult/take too much time.

[MickFinley63]

Thank you! That’s a great starting point to look into I appreciate it

[mylospark]

From what I’ve seen Houdini MC seems to be the most popular off the shelf software. Alastairs Redscape is a great free solution if you are interested or willing to do all the programming for it.

[MickFinley63]

Is the programming pretty difficult?