Escape New Haven Blog
News, event information, team highlights, new game teasers, and insight into how we build our games.
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Announcing: “The Game Show”
It’s going to be a trip! For the last four months, we’ve been working in secret on our newest project: “The Game Show.” It’s our first new game since the Crypt launched…
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Behind the Scenes, Part 7: Crunch Time
Ever wondered how we design our games? This is the seventh and final post in a blog series about how we approach the challenge. Someone once told me that “tasks expand to fit…
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Behind the Scenes, Part 6: Design By Committee
Ever wondered how we design our games? This is the sixth post in a blog series about how we approach the challenge. The Times, They Are A-Changing The game we’re currently working on is…
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Behind the Scenes, Part 5: In Real Life
Ever wondered how we design our games? This is the fifth post in a blog series about how we approach the challenge. (The fourth, in case you didn’t catch it, was our…
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3rd Annual Eggscape New Haven: Monday, April 17, 2017 at 8:00 AM
#EggscapeNewHaven is BACK. As is tradition, we will be hiding Easter eggs around town early Monday morning, the day after Easter (April 17). Check back here at exactly around 8:00 AM on the…
Behind the Scenes, Part 4: World-Building
Ever wondered how we design our games? This is the fourth post in a blog series about how we approach the challenge, and is the first place we make major announcements. As game designers,…
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Behind the Scenes, Part 3: Engaging Players Through Puzzles
Ever wondered how we design our games? This is the third post in a blog series about how we approach the challenge. If Escape New Haven has a “secret sauce,” in my opinion it’s our…
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Behind the Scenes, Part 2: Puzzles Puzzles Puzzles
Ever wondered how we design our games? This is the second post in a blog series about how we approach the challenge. The “escape room” genre has quickly moved beyond the “escape” trope.…
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Behind the Scenes, Part 1: Crafting a Scenario
Ever wondered how we design our games? This is the first post in a new blog series about how we approach the challenge. On Tuesday night, at our weekly all-staff meeting, we…
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2nd Anniversary Bash — Thursday 2/16, 8-11 PM, at New Haven’s Taste of China
Celebrate with us! There will be games. There will be free drinks. There will be secret identities. There will be cake*. Top hats and fake glasses/moustaches are optional but encouraged. To get…
