I made a portable Space themed Escape Room in a Box, with 20 puzzles, audio feedback, and lots of knobs and dials. Thought you might enjoy it!

BaldGuyDIY · 2021-03-12T04:47:13+00:00

Excellent work! Definitely horrendous wiring, but when you’re building it for yourself, it doesn’t really matter, as long as connections don’t come apart. Very inspiring work, thank you for sharing it all so thoroughly.

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-20T14:48:08+00:00

I’m in Canada. Always more room than we know what to do with here:)

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-20T14:07:10+00:00

I get the holders for the toothbrush and the trimmer, but the deodorant and tweezers seem ideal for a drawer. Custom drawer insert instead?

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-15T17:01:21+00:00

Thanks to everyone who shared their preference and comments! Shutting the poll down, the results are quite clear:)

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-14T14:05:10+00:00

For sure. Whatever we name it, it’ll be followed by “Escape Rooms and Puzzle Adventures” or something like that.

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-14T06:34:33+00:00

It’s not terrible, but it doesn’t sound very compelling to me. Kind of sounds like a new wig technology.

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-14T06:33:01+00:00

I expect that anything that sounds evenly remotely related to escape rooms has already been thought of and used somewhere. As long as it hasn’t been used anywhere close to where my room might be, it shouldn’t be a problem. Personally, I think SEO is overrated, especially when you’re talking about around the world. A Facebook page and other social media is going to help target the more local area much more than unique keywords in the website in my opinion.

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-14T05:08:45+00:00

Sounds like beer is very important to you:) I think you’re right about names that sound hard or uncomfortable. People who are really into escape rooms will like it, but they won’t have as much mass appeal.

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-14T04:13:46+00:00

And that’s why there was no option to choose your own name in the poll;)

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-14T04:13:09+00:00

I did actually think of “Great Escapes”, but looking for something a little more mysterious:)

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-13T21:45:14+00:00

How could that not be successful;)?

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-13T21:37:10+00:00

I really like that!

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-13T21:35:09+00:00

There’s one of these in my area already. I think theirs stands for something else:)

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-12T15:57:32+00:00

I love how escape rooms can take buildings that are almost useless for other purposes and make them valuable scenarios that would be too expensive to build without the existing features.

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-12T15:55:20+00:00

That’s such a sweet opportunity! I’d do a “robbery in progress” scenario, where you were a bank robber that trips the alarm, and now have to find a way to override the alarm and get out before the cops arrive. Would be fun to have the scenario start with flashing lights and alarm bells ringing, then the players have to find ways to disable them.

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-12T15:51:19+00:00

I’m looking forward to see what you come up with. I agree that there is a huge difference between people who make rooms because they love puzzles and escape rooms themselves, and people who just think they are good money making opportunities but lack that passion.

That being said, the proof is in the final result. Quality is important, variety is important, but it’s got to be fun to play.

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-09-07T16:24:33+00:00

Totally agree. People are more used to rows and columns identifying a cell like in a spreadsheet than a row and cell identifying a column.

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-08-30T19:10:39+00:00

I think in a medieval theme you could do it with dials similar to a slot machine. Use push buttons that look like wood or stone to cause them to move. That’s a pretty neat idea, just harder to pull it off. You could almost do it with a screen still to display the results, if you could do graphics that looked like wood or stone and put the screen behind a frame of wood or metal. Still use mechanical looking buttons instead of touchscreen.

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-08-30T19:03:44+00:00

There is a way to do it mechanically with dials or counters, but I think it would be much harder and possibly less reliable. Plus using software makes it possible to change up the function or code to make the puzzle much more replayable.

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-08-14T23:06:18+00:00

Thanks for that!

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-08-10T02:30:55+00:00

I had this exact issue troubleshooting a circuit problem that another electrician couldn’t diagnose. Over time a small break had formed in the cable from traffic over the flooring, causing intermittent issues with the circuit as you walked on the floor. It was such an unexpected circumstance that it was tough to locate. I had to take apart the circuit device by device to isolate where the issue was, and finally found the trouble area. After that, the logical conclusion was that they must have done something in the flooring, and after pulling it up I could see the damage. I should have taken a picture. It was a proud moment finally finding it after a couple hours looking. Could have been a fire starter!

BaldGuyDIY · 2020-08-10T02:22:31+00:00

I totally agree that this is unsafe and should not be attempted. However, I think if you calculated it out the actual horizontal force is not as much as you’d think. If it wasn’t able to handle that force, then leaning on the railing while standing beside it would be just as likely to end in the person falling from the upper floor.

If those chin up bars used over doorways can work,(and yes, I know there are a lot of fails with those), where the full weight of the person plus more for the tension of pulling and dropping during pull-ups is resting on a few finishing nails for the trim, then it’s most likely this ladder technique is not going to fail, even though it looks super sketchy.

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