Summer is hotting up, and finding the perfect escape from the mundane is hard to come by. You’ve had the beach days, the walks around the park and staycations. But have you taken on one of our exhilarating and fully immersive escape rooms?
Schools might be on a hiatus for the summer break, but that doesn’t mean the learning has to stop. Escape rooms offer a perfect blend of adrenaline-pumping fun and family adventure. You’re in for an hour of delight from solving puzzles and cracking codes to making your escape before time runs out.
But what can you learn from an escape room? Read on to find out more:
How to work as part of a team
Now, as adults, we all know how important being a team player is. But until you have to really rely on those around you to complement each other’s skills and be successful, it’s hard to know where you belong.
What better way to give your tween an insight into being a team player than in an escape room? Not only do you have to communicate effectively, think creatively and use logic to beat the game, but you need to find your voice in a team setting.
You are made to push the boundaries of your comfort zone and discover skills you may not have realised you have.
How to think creatively
The best escape rooms out there use a perfect blend of the familiar and unfamiliar to really get your creative juices flowing. And when you are confronted by tricky puzzles and codes to crack, you will need more than just logic to get you through.
So, think outside the box. Think about what the overall objective of the game is: it could be anything from unmasking a spy to diffusing a WWII bomb. Use the information you have already from the games master, and then get to work in the room.
Get on your hands and knees and look in all the low-down, dark places. Rummage through drawers, jacket pockets and check under picture frames. Find ways to unveil the secrets of a darkened room or locked cabinets.
The more information you can find in-game, the more likely you are to succeed at pulling all of the clues together. Plus, the most creative teams tend to be the ones that sail through before the final minute strikes.
How to communicate effectively
You can’t escape an escape room without speaking up! So every time you spot something; a key, a lock, a clue, say something. It doesn’t matter how ridiculous you feel, or if you’d rather prefer the quiet life – your team is relying on you to get yourself together and get stuck in.
Even if the roman numerals etched onto the side of a series of books mean little right now, you need to think about the endgame. The more clues or evidence you can gather, the more likely you are to succeed. And the best way for your whole team to keep tabs on what’s going on, is for you to communicate everything you see, no matter how trivial.
The biggest lesson here of course is how to succeed through trial and error. So no matter what strategies you use or how well your idea is pulled off, unless you communicate, you’re not going anywhere!
Asking for help is not a weakness
Did you know that asking for help in an escape room is not only entirely acceptable but its all part of the game?
Time is of the essence in an escape room. You have 60 minutes, and that is it. Game over. So rather than getting hung up on the ifs, buts and whats, you can dial up your games master without feeling like a loser!
They are on hand throughout the game. So whatever your question or query, they are there to give you a straightforward answer when needed or a hint to get you back on track.
Once you have left the game, asking for help is a worthwhile life skill that you can take to the bank. After all, we’re all human. We’re all in it together, and we learn from eachother too!
How to learn from your mistakes
One of life’s greatest skills is to learn from your mistakes. Without them, you simply can’t “level up” and get to where you want to be in the longrun.
An escape room is the perfect place to make mistakes and quickly learn from them. Rather than embracing the impulse to run away, you have to confront whatever it is that is preventing you from succeeding.
Try, try and try again should be your mantra. Don’t repeat the mistakes that you know won’t get you anywhere but persevere with your ideas, and get your whole team involved.
How to work towards a set goal
In life, you are presented with deadlines. This might be handing in a piece of school work on time, meeting the demands of a client or paying a bill.
Now, enter the escape room. Within 60 minutes you need to complete a series of tasks to meet your set goal. Ultimately, you and your team need to race against the clock and make your escape before it’s too late.
But, that’s not all. To get there, you need to find a series of clues, crack codes, solve puzzles. String together all the evidence before you can walk free. That is no small task.
Together with your team, you are unstoppable. So stay focused, think about the task that the games master has set you and work towards your end goal.
Take all of that away with you into the real world, and you’re going to be a force to be reckoned with!
So there you have it. 6 life lessons you can gain from testing your mettle in one of our escape rooms. Do you think you have what it takes to beat one of our unique games?