My first experience with an Escape-Room-like computer game was The 7th Guest. My first live-action Escape-Room-like experience was something called Castle Dragon at the Hawkwood Renfest. It was really very much like an Escape Room, but it didn't have a time limit. You had to solve puzzles in order to find your way through to the exit, though. People would sometimes bunch up in the dead-end rooms until someone figured out the trick.
Thank you for sharing! 7th Guest definitely came up in my research and I considered including it, so I’m glad you brought it up. There’s so much video game influence in escape rooms. That Renfest one sounds intriguing as well…this year I did a micro (5 minute) escape room at the local RenFaire and it was a blast.
@@thecreepythecozy8891 I was curious about Castle Dragon, so I did some looking. It was back around 1998 when I ran through it. It's pretty hard to find anything about it now, since that was in the very early days of the web, and, apparently, the designer died sometime around 2002. Sounds like he was a big haunted house guy, and the original design for Castle Dragon may have been a more conventional maze-like walk-through haunted house (with jump scares, but a fairly straightforward path). However, the design we went through at the Renfest was very puzzly (with none of the scary content). There were switches and ropes and lots of trap doors, like stairs that opened upward to reveal a tunnel underneath. Also, at one point, you had to open up a coffin, crawl in and exit through the side. I think it also had some sort of meta-puzzle with signs placed throughout, but solving that wasn't a requirement to get out, and we made very little headway on that part. Definitely a memorable experience.
Great video! In retrospect 1997s The Game with Michael Douglas was a great early ER style movie with an emphasis on immersion. Definitely worth a watch
First time I'd seen took place on a soap my mother used to watch during the late 80s. Two characters, one a detective and the other a cop had to solve literary based puzzles to avoid death traps
assuming that young adults spend more money on experiences because of when they were born and not inherently the age, i wonder if that’s because compared to older generations that went outside and did stuff more, the young adults now are deprived of experiences and get a lot more out of spending money on them than those who have been there done that
Untrue. Escape rooms started as an online trend in flash games, mostly newgrounds based, with titles like riddle school and 'don't escape' which was an opposite take on the trend which was happening at the time.
This is well done! Congratulations on producing an outstanding piece.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Jeff! And for your creative contributions to this area of entertainment!
How has this TH-cam channel not exploded in popularity? This is so high quality for a TH-cam channel with less than 1000 subscribers
A really neat exploration into history. seems "where Escape rooms originated?" is one of those puzzles with more than 1 correct answer.
I tried my best at pronouncing several foreign names in this video, but my sincerest apologies if I totally butchered any names!
My first experience with an Escape-Room-like computer game was The 7th Guest.
My first live-action Escape-Room-like experience was something called Castle Dragon at the Hawkwood Renfest. It was really very much like an Escape Room, but it didn't have a time limit. You had to solve puzzles in order to find your way through to the exit, though. People would sometimes bunch up in the dead-end rooms until someone figured out the trick.
Thank you for sharing! 7th Guest definitely came up in my research and I considered including it, so I’m glad you brought it up. There’s so much video game influence in escape rooms. That Renfest one sounds intriguing as well…this year I did a micro (5 minute) escape room at the local RenFaire and it was a blast.
@@thecreepythecozy8891 I was curious about Castle Dragon, so I did some looking. It was back around 1998 when I ran through it. It's pretty hard to find anything about it now, since that was in the very early days of the web, and, apparently, the designer died sometime around 2002. Sounds like he was a big haunted house guy, and the original design for Castle Dragon may have been a more conventional maze-like walk-through haunted house (with jump scares, but a fairly straightforward path). However, the design we went through at the Renfest was very puzzly (with none of the scary content). There were switches and ropes and lots of trap doors, like stairs that opened upward to reveal a tunnel underneath. Also, at one point, you had to open up a coffin, crawl in and exit through the side. I think it also had some sort of meta-puzzle with signs placed throughout, but solving that wasn't a requirement to get out, and we made very little headway on that part. Definitely a memorable experience.
@@jasonbrown4112 that sounds amazing
Really great and interesting video.
Thank you very much!!
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WOW! This is super in-depth and really well done!
Thank you so much!
Great video! In retrospect 1997s The Game with Michael Douglas was a great early ER style movie with an emphasis on immersion. Definitely worth a watch
Thank you for sharing! I definitely thought about that film while working on this video. Great film, it still gives me the creeps whenever I watch it.
oh my god, legends of the hidden temple, i thought that was the coolest shit when i was a kid but had completely forgotten about it!
First time I'd seen took place on a soap my mother used to watch during the late 80s. Two characters, one a detective and the other a cop had to solve literary based puzzles to avoid death traps
That sounds awesome lol
It's a stand alone complex!
assuming that young adults spend more money on experiences because of when they were born and not inherently the age, i wonder if that’s because compared to older generations that went outside and did stuff more, the young adults now are deprived of experiences and get a lot more out of spending money on them than those who have been there done that
Untrue. Escape rooms started as an online trend in flash games, mostly newgrounds based, with titles like riddle school and 'don't escape' which was an opposite take on the trend which was happening at the time.
I did mention some the online flash games in the video. Are you talking about games that pre-date Crimson Room? Would love to know more about this.