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Why Escape Rooms Are More Than You Realize (And How Everyone Needs To Learn From Them)

January 7 @ 5:55 pm - 7:30 pm
David Spira, Escape Rooms

Escape rooms have come a long way from the days of being locked in a room filled with padlocks and riddles.

So says David Spira, co-founder of RoomEscapeArtist.com and the escape room industry’s most prolific voice.

These live action, site-specific adventures are defying genres by cross pollinating with immersive theater, haunts, board games, and video games.

Join David for an exploration of the breadth and depth of escape rooms and a breakdown of the core lessons that creators across the immersive arts are ignoring at their own peril.

Who should attend

  • Experience creators and designers
  • Experience business owners
  • Aspiring business owners in the immersive industry

 

What you’ll learn

  • The lay of the land of the global escape room market
  • An understanding of the underlying business models of escape rooms
  • Exploration of the difference between art and product design
  • Tips for how to suck less as an immersive creator!

 

 

About David Spira

David is the co-founder of RoomEscapeArtist.com and the escape room industry’s most prolific voice. For over a decade, he has been shaping the immersive games ecosystem through his writing, event production, and podcasting.

He co-hosts the Reality Escape Pod and leads the Reality Escape Convention, a gathering for immersive creators. David’s work spans humanitarian design for the UN, to puzzle-led branding campaigns for tech companies, and designing educational escape rooms.

Known for his clarity of thinking and his deep respect for both creators and players, David brings expertise in the psychology, business, and mechanics of real-world games.

 

 

 

 

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Timings:

Campfire #2 is suitable for those in the US or Europe, but everyone is welcome! Here’s when we kick off in your time zone:

  • London: 17:55 – 19:25
  • Paris: 18:55 – 20:25
  • Los Angeles: 09:55 – 11:25
  • Santa Fe: 10:55 – 12:25
  • Chicago: 11:55 – 13:25
  • New York: 12:55 – 14:25
  • São Paulo, Santiago & Buenos Aires: 13:55 – 15:25

Details

Venue

  • Zoom

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