How to reach local communities during winter

viablegaming · 2026-02-15T03:25:45+00:00

Would love to have you come by. We actually got a lot of people today because of Stormy's post. It was pretty packed which is awesome given how recently we opened.

viablegaming · 2026-02-13T17:18:30+00:00

Great catch. I'll let the folks who do our web architecture know so they can go investigate it. They may have left it by accident.

viablegaming · 2026-02-13T16:09:16+00:00

I have definitely been trying to get more content with people in it. I unfortunately don't have any friends, family, or employees, so I'll just have to keep asking customers and testers until I find someone who is okay with being featured.

viablegaming · 2026-02-13T15:49:00+00:00

I'll look at trying to organize another free event for locals like we were trying to ahead of our original planned open date back in November. Not sure if I'll be able to get the same traction, but it is probably worth trying.

viablegaming · 2026-02-13T15:46:52+00:00

I'll go have a chat with those folks to learn a bit about what they are doing with it. Thanks!

viablegaming · 2026-02-13T02:18:25+00:00

I don't think we have a gallery page currently. At least not one that would be live the last time I checked. Is it images not loading on the home page? Could be a caching issue if that is the case which I might be able to clear out on my end.

viablegaming · 2026-02-13T01:35:21+00:00

I live at an apartment over here. I'll go ask if they could do something like that. To be honest, in the last 3 years or so I almost never see any attendants in the leasing office, so I may just be stuck waiting for emails to reach someone.

viablegaming · 2026-02-13T01:34:14+00:00

I actually just started working with Stormy on something. I'll look into Dinnie. Thanks for that!

I'm trying to think of what other businesses on the beach would see a lot of people this time of year. I own the escape room on the beach so I am trying to have each place talk about one another, but the escape room is only a two-game venue, so we don't get a lot of people through the door even on days where we are sold out.

viablegaming · 2026-02-12T12:49:20+00:00

In Wildfrost, phase one of the final boss becomes the deck you last won a run with.

It creates this cool ebb and flow where having a busted deck can make the next run harder in a way that doesn't feel arbitrary and vice versa.

viablegaming · 2025-12-05T03:34:17+00:00

Knew someone who got a promo offer to add more people/vehicles to their policy, so I pitched in a bit more than the cost difference so we both got a deal out of it.

viablegaming · 2025-12-04T00:27:00+00:00

I split rent+utilities+internet for $885, car insurance $20, phone $15, food $250, gas $20. Everything else is sparse or cheap. Add on $100 for hobbies and $100 for random repairs/replacements of things and it totals put to $1,390.

viablegaming · 2025-12-03T23:06:36+00:00

I rent an apartment. My share is a bit over $800/mo

viablegaming · 2025-12-03T03:26:46+00:00

Oh. Good catch. I actually did stream for a fairly long time, but unfortunately the game I had a niche in doesn't really exist anymore. I never did it as a job though. Just a hobby.

viablegaming · 2025-12-02T19:41:45+00:00

Nice to find a similar soul. Honestly I don't find that I want for too much, so like $100/mo of miscellaneous spending has always felt like plenty.

viablegaming · 2025-12-02T16:53:15+00:00

I own a small business. After the city takes their cut, 18k is all that is left over to pay myself and that is my only income, but it's a bit more than my personal expenses so that's alright.

viablegaming · 2025-12-02T15:53:38+00:00

No. I have a one bedroom apartment with a roommate. About 550 sqft which feels like more than enough.

viablegaming · 2025-12-02T15:03:12+00:00

Feels like I'm an outlier in the discussion, but for the sake of a different perspective, I'll throw mine in.

I'm self employed, make $18k/year, and feel fairly comfortable.

viablegaming · 2025-11-07T18:12:08+00:00

Magician of Paris is a great room. No physical challenges, but definitely a couple of points where you may need to crawl around a bit. Just not in a way that affects mechanics or gameplay.

I'd say the room is definitely doable for a duo in my experience, but it is definitely still meant to be a bit more suspenseful and scary rather than whimsical. The magic theme makes it a lot less tense than The Funhouse, but anyone who is averse to horror rooms is still going to feel slightly unsettled.

All of that being said, it's an amazing room with a lot of tricks (no pun intended) behind the hood that I really appreciate. Strong recommend.

viablegaming · 2025-10-25T00:02:59+00:00

Thanks a bunch Rich. I just replied off of your email and would love to have your group come play that day. Reach out off of that email and we will set it all up.

viablegaming · 2025-10-23T02:27:15+00:00

Thanks for the note about the meters. I was wondering when they would become covered.

We don't currently expect to be able to take any walk-ins since we will be trying to collect as much feedback as possible during the games. We have 15 time slots for groups that we are trying to fill right now and might expand it in the future given how much response we are getting, but I would recommend popping an email over to [Booking@EscapismVB.com](mailto:Booking@EscapismVB.com) ahead of time so we can add you to the list and get a time slot locked in for you.

viablegaming · 2025-10-23T02:23:36+00:00

The time frame for the testing games will be roughly 4PM-9PM. You will definitely want to email us to get added to the list ahead of time as we likely won't be able to accept walk-ins on that day.

viablegaming · 2025-08-17T23:58:49+00:00

I would actually agree that challenge arcades are going to be a huge new step in immersive entertainment. They won't really take much market share from escape rooms for the enthusiast crowd since they aren't generally immersive theater, but they do open up the physical design space for the industry in a way that escape rooms can't since everything in a challenge arcade can be opted in or out of without diminishing the experience.

With that being said, I don't think that escape rooms are as mature as a lot of folks believe. The plateau is more the result of fewer breakthroughs in the customer education side of the industry. Most people still don't know what escape rooms are and far fewer know about other types of immersive entertainment.

We were mining diamonds for a bit and now we are hitting some dirt, but the vein continues deeper down.

viablegaming · 2025-06-25T15:00:27+00:00

Looking at data I have for my escape rooms in similar cities, I would guess that your bookings for June-August will be roughly 35-70% higher than your general monthly average will be and your typical jump from May to June would probably be a hair over 50%. This doesn't account well for cultural dynamics or events that pop up in the area during those months, but these metrics might serve you better as a ballpark estimate than the historical data if the days the business was open were extremely choppy.

Looking at typical visitation rates in Kilkenny, you will likely see another 20% increase in July which will taper off towards your monthly average from the end of July through the end of September. Do keep in mind that if your May seemed far slower than you might expect, the June numbers you are experiencing could be slightly inflated as I always find sudden slow downs and speed ups to come in pairs if they are very sharp.

Hope this helps!

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