Real life escape rooms are physical adventure games whose roots lie in point-and-click adventure games such as Noctropolis and MOTAS. The basic gameplay technique of having the player trapped in a single location dates back at least to 1988 with John Wilson’s text adventure Behind Closed Doors.

In real life escape rooms, players are locked in a room and have to use elements of the room to solve a series of puzzles. Players are given a set time limit, usually one hour to solve the puzzles and unlock the clues that lead to their successful escape. The games are set in a wide variety of fictionally themed rooms such as dungeons and prison cells.

Escape Rooms Provide Team Building Benefits

Favored by horror fans and thrill seekers, escape rooms are becoming increasingly popular as team building exercises.These adventure games have captured the attention of many corporations and organizations looking to create more productive teams for several reasons.

Collaboration

Escape rooms are specifically designed to require the work of every team member. A single person is highly unlikely to solve every puzzle or unlock every clue in just one hour. Some of the puzzles may also include tasks that require more than one set of hands.

Everyone must work together as a team to secure all of the clues while drawing upon the knowledge of each individual. Only as a team can they successfully piece together the clues that will allow them to achieve their escape.

Productivity

An escape room adventure can be a fun way for employees to learn to work together more effectively and efficiently. There is little time for repetition or error while the team works toward their escape.

Team building activities often give employees the opportunity to identify each team member’s unique abilities as well as procedure that will increase productivity.

Excitement

Because each escape room has a specific theme, it creates a sense of reality. The desire to escape and the time restraint creates a sense of urgency.

Escape rooms offer the kind of excitement and team building opportunities that just can’t be created in an office setting.

Self Esteem

The escape room experience is the perfect opportunity to bolster an employee’s low self esteem.

Team members are forced to make quick decisions. They have to rely on each other’s judgement and intuition to help the team escape.

Contributing to a successful team escape is a great way to boost the morale of any employee who sometimes struggles to keep up with the rest of the team.

Motivation

Team building activities such as escape rooms can build an employee’s confidence and increase their motivation. Employees are often more motivated when they gain trust in their team members.

When a company commits to team building activities it proves they are invested in their employees’ success. An escape room adventure is a fun way to show appreciation and recognition of their value while building their confidence.

Strength, Spirit and Skill

Escape rooms create urgency and provide mental challenges that force team members to rely on one another. This makes them the perfect tool to strengthen a core team. The adventure will build their team spirit and make it easier to trust one another, especially during stressful situations.

Escape rooms offer the perfect outlet for employees to have fun and hone their problem solving skills. As a result they will return to work as better, more confident team players with a sense of camaraderie.

 

Of course you can always grab some friends and have an escape room adventure just for the fun of it! The 13th Hour Haunted House & Escape Rooms in Wharton, NJ offers the ultimate escape room experience with Trapped Escape Rooms at Hayden House. Check out website or contact us for hours of operation and to purchase tickets. Be prepared for mind bending puzzles and thrills galore!