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Intrigue Escape Games

Founder • Escape Room Designer • Puzzle Designer • Experience Designer

Intrigue Escape Games was a family-owned escape room business that I founded and operated in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. I designed the original escape rooms, puzzles, interactive props, branding, website, marketing, and guest experience, creating memorable adventures for thousands of players.

Original Puzzle Design

Designed dozens of original puzzles that blended storytelling, teamwork, and logical problem-solving.

Custom Props & Scenic Elements

Designed and built interactive props, puzzle mechanisms, themed set pieces, and electronic effects while working within a limited budget.

Immersive Guest Experience

Created adventures that encouraged collaboration, laughter, and memorable moments for families, friends, coworkers, and special events.

Business Ownership

Founded and operated the business, overseeing branding, website design, marketing, customer service, scheduling, maintenance, accounting, and daily operations.

Selected Project Photos

  • Cipher wheel puzzle made to look like a DJ mixer.
    Custom interactive DJ console puzzle.
  • Dinosaur-themed puzzle with lighted directional arrows.
    Original dinosaur-themed navigation puzzle.
  • A padlocked box shaped like a dinosaur head.
    Interactive dinosaur lock mechanism.
  • A padlocked box shaped like a guitar.
    Custom guitar puzzle prop.
  • Shining jewels that are part of a puzzle.
    Original hand-crafted puzzle component.
  • Happy Dinosaur Detective players.
    Guests working together to solve challenges.
  • Happy players of Crazy Christmas Heist escape room.
    Happy players who completed an escape room.
  • Intrigue Escape Games building front.
    The home of Intrigue Escape Games in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
  • Custom Intrigue Logo.

Lasting Impact

Intrigue Escape Games gave me the opportunity to combine creative design, technical problem-solving, and entrepreneurship into a single experience. The lessons learned designing puzzles, building interactive attractions, and operating a successful entertainment business continue to influence every project I create today.