Murder Lab – Campus Killer (Escape Room)

I am the escape room designer and builder for this live escape room (currently in-progress). The this game casts the players in the role of forensic scientists who are trying to solve the case of the campus killer. Players soon find out that a chasing a killer from the safety of the lab might not be so safe after all…

✦ PLATFORM: Live Escape Room ✦

✦ LOCATION: Mount Pleasant, MI, USA ✦

✦ COMPANY: Central Escapes ✦

Mobile Live Escape Room Game (TBA)

I’m designing this portable escape room box game. The game has a pirate treasure chest theme. The game will be rented by players who will play the game (with full-size props, locks, etc.) in their own homes. I can’t reveal many details about this project as it is still in progress.

✦ PLATFORMS: Portable Live Escape Game ✦

✦ COMPANY: (TBA) ✦

Live Escape Room Game (TBA)

I was a freelance escape room designer for this live escape room. The game theme revolves around a famous serial killer who has trapped the players in his lair. This game is still in development so I can’t reveal many details yet as I am under a NDA.

✦ PLATFORM: Live Escape Room ✦

✦ LOCATION: Taiwan (Republic of China) ✦

✦ COMPANY: Subcontracted by McCarthy Themed Entertainment Consulting (Los Angeles, CA) ✦

Save The Concert (Escape Room)

I was the lead designer for this live escape room game. The game theme revolved around a band taken prisoner backstage at their concert who had to find a golden microphone to escape. I designed, built, installed, and operated this live escape room. “Save The Concert” was enjoyed by thousands of players and was profitable. It was eventually sold to another escape room company and is still in operation today.

✦ PLATFORMS: Live Escape Room (Mount Pleasant, MI)✦

✦ COMPANY: Intrigue Escape Games ✦

Dinosaur Detective (Escape Room)

I was the lead designer for this live escape room game. The game theme revolved around a paleontologist who has hidden a world-changing dinosaur discovery in her lab and the players must find it. I designed, built, installed, and operated this live escape room. “Dinosaur Detective” was enjoyed by thousands of players and was profitable.

✦ PLATFORMS: Live Escape Room ✦

✦ COMPANY: Intrigue Escape Games (Mount Pleasant, MI) ✦

Crazy Christmas Heist (Escape Room)

I was the lead designer for this live escape room game. The game theme revolved around a mischievous elf who set puzzles around Santa’s workshop. I designed, built, installed, and operated this live escape room. “Crazy Christmas Heist” was enjoyed by thousands of players and was profitable.

✦ PLATFORMS: Live Escape Room ✦

✦ COMPANY: Intrigue Escape Games (Mount Pleasant, MI) ✦

Supervillain Sabotage (Escape Room)

I designed this live escape room game. The theme revolved around making the players into agents who needed to infilltrate the headquarters of dangerous supervillains. Though the design and puzzles were complete, Intrigue Escape Games was closed (due to COVID) before this game could be built.

✦ PLATFORMS: Live Escape Room ✦

✦ COMPANY: Intrigue Escape Games (Mount Pleasant, MI) ✦

Skills & Tools Utilized

Adobe Illustrator	Adobe Photoshop	Diagrams.net
OBS	Google Drive	Google Slides
Confluence	Slack	JIRA
Discord	Unity	YouTube