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Transitioning Escape Rooms to a Virtual Environment

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  • Jared M. Kutzin
  • Jenny E. Sanders
  • Christopher G. Strother

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Escape room games have gained in popularity in both entertainment and education venues over the past several year. The global health pandemic put an abrupt end to in-person escape room programs due to the enclosed space in which they take place. In an attempt to continue to utilize the escape room concept we set about to create a virtual escape room using commonly available software and assessed its usability and participant feelings about the experience. The results indicated that the participants thought the escape room was engaging (88%), that they had to work as a team (95%), and that they overall enjoyed the experience (85%). Virtual experiences cannot completely replace in-person experiences, but there are ways to introduce important teamwork and communication concepts to participants and make online meetings and conferences more engaging.

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  • Jared M. Kutzin & Jenny E. Sanders & Christopher G. Strother, 2021. "Transitioning Escape Rooms to a Virtual Environment," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 52(6), pages 796-806, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:simgam:v:52:y:2021:i:6:p:796-806
    DOI: 10.1177/10468781211035171
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    1. Desiree A. Díaz & Timothy C. Clapper, 2021. "Escape Rooms: A Novel Strategy Whose Time has Come," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 52(1), pages 3-6, February.
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