Samantha Richards
ADULTS AND TEENS:
  1. Concept: "The Curator’s Study"
​Genre: Investigation / Point-and-Click Escape
The Vibe: An upscale, slightly eerie private museum at night.
​The Gameplay: You are trapped in a high-end study. You use your hand to move a virtual "flashlight" or "cursor" around the screen.
​Low-Activity Puzzles:
​The Shadow Puppet Lock: You see a shape on the wall. You must use your hands/arms to mimic that shape (e.g., making a "bird" or "wolf" shadow) to trigger a sensor.
​The Portrait Alignment: You find a series of paintings. To unlock a safe, you have to tilt your head or lean your body to match the poses of the people in the paintings.
​The Dial Rotation: Instead of running, you use a "turning" gesture with your hand in the air to rotate a combination lock on a safe.
​Why Teens/Adults would love it: It feels like a high-tech "detective" simulator. The logic puzzles can be genuinely tricky, requiring you to find clues hidden in book titles or dates on letters, etc.
​Why it's Kid-Safe: No jump scares or gore—just a mystery to solve.
  1. Concept: "System Overload: The Server Room"
​Genre: Technical / Cooperative Escape
The Vibe: You are "Hackers" trapped in a high-security server room that is about to lock down.
​The Gameplay: The screen is split into different "stations." You and your teammates (up to 4) must stay in your "zones" to keep the system from crashing.
​Low-Activity Puzzles:
​The Circuit Connection: Two players must reach out and "touch" two nodes on opposite sides of the screen simultaneously to complete a circuit.
​The Voice/Sound Sync: A rhythm bar appears. You don't jump; you just have to clap or move your hand into a specific zone at the exact moment the "data packet" passes through.
​Sequence Memory: The "server lights" flash in a pattern. You have to "press" the virtual buttons in the air in the correct order.
​Why Teens/Adults would love it: It requires intense communication and coordination. If one person misses their "button," the whole team has to restart the sequence.
​Why it's Kid-Safe: It’s stylized with "Matrix-style" green code and beeping computers. It’s "stressful" in a fun, arcade way, not a scary way.
MORE KIDS & TEENS ORIENTED:
Concept: "The Toymaker's Time-Freeze"
​The Story: You’ve entered a legendary Toymaker's workshop, but the "Magic Clock" has broken, freezing time! To escape the room and restart the world, you have to fix the clock by finding three hidden gears and performing the "Wind-Up Ritual."
​Why it works for everyone:
​For Kids: It’s bright, magical, and involves "touching" toys and bubbles.
​For Teens/Adults: The puzzles require perspective shifting, steady balance, and memory—making it a genuine challenge.
​Puzzle 1: The Perspective Key (Observation)
​The room looks normal on the screen, but there is a "Ghost Key" floating in the middle of the room that you can’t grab.
​The Action: To see the key clearly, the players must move left or right until their bodies align with a specific "Silhouette" on the screen.
​The Challenge: One person might have to crouch low while another stands tall behind them to form a "human tower" shape that fits the silhouette. Once aligned, the key "solidifies" and can be swiped.
​Puzzle 2: The Toy Assembly (Precision)
​A blueprint appears showing a complex toy robot. Different parts (legs, arms, head) are floating around the screen.
​The Action: Using "Sticky Hands" (the camera tracks your palms), you must grab a part and carefully move it to the center.
​The Adult Twist: The parts are "magnetic." If you move your hand too fast, the part flies off and hits the "floor," resetting that piece. It requires the steady hand of a surgeon (or an adult who has had enough coffee).
​Puzzle 3: The Mirror Dance (Memory/Logic)
​A large mirror in the workshop shows a "reflected" version of the room. A series of bells hang from the ceiling in the reflection.
​The Action: The bells in the mirror chime in a specific order (Red, Blue, Yellow, Blue). You have to reach into the air where those bells would be in real life (using the screen as your guide) to ring them.
​The Kid Appeal: It feels like playing a giant invisible xylophone.
​The Teen Appeal: The sequences get longer and faster, and eventually, the mirror "flips," meaning you have to reach Left when the bell is on the Right.
**You could include updates on new escape rooms or puzzles later on thatre geared more towards kiddos too!