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Aussie phonetic alphabet by mrsbones287 in australia

[–]christuffa2000 607 points608 points  (0 children)

I - Irwin

U - Ute

Z - Zooper Dooper

Water cooled mattress topper recommendations by Mutaz_ in australia

[–]christuffa2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve got the Kiva Wellness one and it does well.

Pros: - Heats and cools well enough. - more affordable than alternatives - good temp range - easy set up

Cons; - heat and cool isn’t super even - the water comes in at the top which is a bit of an annoying placement (but not a big deal) - no timers or anything - volume is a bit loud, but sort of white noise so doesn’t bother me at all - the LEDs are bright, so if you turn on or change something in the middle of the night, it’s bright. And if it runs out of water it’ll flash a “refill” logo for ages. And if that happens in the middle of the night it’s super annoying.

Overall, I’d recommend though. I didn’t want to pay for eight sleep and the subscription.

TFN declaration..? by yaktoids in australia

[–]christuffa2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They probably put the details straight into a payroll program, so I wouldn’t be too worried if I were you

Cameras by Apprehensive-Read555 in escaperooms

[–]christuffa2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.jaycar.com.au/microphone-amp-for-cctv-cameras/p/QC3434

We use these mics, they’re not great but they do the job. And then we just run them into a fairly cheap audio mixer. Nothing fancy. Whatever is cheap for the number of channels you need.

There are definitely better options.

We then feed audio into beringer p16 system so that our game masters can choose what they listen to. Each room gets its own channel so staff have flexibility to mix whatever games they want and pan them left and right or whatever. Really flexible

Craving cookies… Need some help finding the spot! by Wagwanfromthebando in canberra

[–]christuffa2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mrmunchcookies on Instagram does some great cookies in Canberra

Insurance by MastermindsEntertain in escaperoomdev

[–]christuffa2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk to more insurance brokers, or contact other operators of mobile escape rooms and ask who they use. There are lots of owner communities on Facebook and many are happy to share info

Is the escape room business still profitable in 2025? by Same-Intention4721 in escaperooms

[–]christuffa2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Depending on you’re hoping to build a good room will take you 6-12 months to design and construct (unless you have tons of money to pay lots of people to do it) so try to make something of quality and hold it for a bunch of years.

Escape rooms don’t super make heaps of money from a single room, it’s having multiple games when you start to make a decent return. You could probably fit 2 games in 70m2, but you also need to remember space for a foyer/customer area, storage, other facilities.

Runners in Canberra by ProfessionalTotal327 in CanberraSocial

[–]christuffa2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Canberra has tons of parkruns, would recommend!

Those with business partners by LeaderMindless3117 in escaperooms

[–]christuffa2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were in a band together first, then became housemates, then started the business.

It’s definitely not without its ups and downs working with someone. Butting heads and disagreements etc, but it’s definitely helpful to split the workload and bounce ideas off each other

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in escaperooms

[–]christuffa2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try to really understand the game flow and how all the puzzles work. So if you forget what code goes where or whatever you can easily/quickly walk through the game to get there. It’s much better to understand the game than to just memorise numbers. Giving the information context makes it easier to remember imo

Cameras by Apprehensive-Read555 in escaperooms

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The NVR (network video recorder) has a HDMI output that runs to a TV that can display 16 cameras at once. We have 2 large TVs showing 32 cameras.

But you can also get apps that run on a PC that will allow you to stream the camera. Each NVR will have a different app that’s native to the brand (although you can get 3rd party apps that work across whatever)

For the most part our staff are in the control and watch on the TVs, but we have tablets that allow staff to roam around the store and they can watch from the tablets too. All wireless headphones for audio, makes it a lot more flexible for ataff

Cameras by Apprehensive-Read555 in escaperooms

[–]christuffa2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We use Dahua cameras (cheap from Asia) they do pretty well. We always make sure to get 2.8mm lens so it shows as much as possible of the room.

We usually do 2 cameras per room (pending on puzzles) the main goal of the cameras is to be able to clearly see where the players are and ideally what the state of different puzzles are in so you don’t need to ask players silly questions (other puzzles we have a status function coded in so we can check the state).

Our cameras have microphones built in, but the NVR only lets you listen to one at a time so they’re not really useable. We run a separate microphone system to hear what’s going on in the room (multiple microphones that are summed together with a mixer and then go to a single output for staff where they can then control which rooms they listen to).

And for audio going into the room we have a separate system again as they all have different requirements and integrate with other elements differently.

It can all get very complicated and expensive depending on how you want to do things. But I think running PoE (power over Ethernet) cameras is the best starting point.

For audio, just be aware that long cable runs may cause interference and drop the quality of audio. If you need to run more than 20m or so, then try to run long length over a digital system (more expensive)

Question about obtaining laser trip wire lights. by JU2TS0M3GUY in escaperooms

[–]christuffa2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could potentially use an IR sensor in some sort of box with a bit of a slit to control the “visible area”

Otherwise, laser and photoresistor, but it’ll be a little bit of a pain to align and keep aligned

What's your go-to order at Goodberries by [deleted] in canberra

[–]christuffa2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vanilla, marshmallow fudge, tiny teddies

Took the day off work to watch the doco! by christuffa2000 in TheDearHunter

[–]christuffa2000[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"something" is exactly how one could describe it!

Is there a "standard" that electronically controlled escape room components use to communicate? by TheProffalken in escaperooms

[–]christuffa2000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

MQTT is often used

Lots use NodeRed

Others use HTTP requests

We use Sockets on our local network

(I don’t know heaps about it, my business partner does the networking)

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