Orientation Project

PROJECT THEME for 2018: Hidden History

STATEMENT of PURPOSE: To learn about the history of escape rooms and to create my own breakout box.

GUIDING QUESTIONS: How are escape rooms made? Why do people like them? How could I create my own breakout box? How do I make working props that look accurate to what they are inspired by? How could I outsource this project, or get more experienced makers to help me out?

GOAL(s): To make my own breakout box, inspired by the history of escape rooms.

EVIDENCE: My breakout box, my tri-fold, and my notes.

OUTCOME: I finished my breakout box, and it is able to be played. The clues are understandable and fun, and people enjoy playing it! I am also going to be presenting my breakout box at my internship at my local library.

REFLECTION: There were a lot of things that went right with this project, but also a lot of things that could have gone better. For example, I kind of stalled making the clues for a really long time, because I wanted to make sure I had enough information. But I realized at the end that I just didn't have enough information in total, and that my topic was too specific. So I switched my topic, and the clue ideas almost immediately came to me! I think if I could do this over, I would do self reflection while I was doing the project, not just after. I realized that I was in a slump, and I didn't do anything about it except for try to do more research. But nonetheless, I think the end product turned out well. The presentation went way better than last year, which is good. It was nice to see improvement in my presentation techniques, but if I had to change something, I think I would make it so that I was able to answer questions at my tabletop for a while, since I didn't really get to that. But overall, I think this project turned out pretty well! I managed my time okay, and I didn't drown myself in work.

EVALUATION: I assessed my projects with this rubric that I created with help from my adviser.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mo5iuhQ7A6cUTE38-29QRA9CcCVOWnugIrgHmrYBB0I/edit?usp=sharing

PROCESS:

• Research the topic
• Review materials that I already have
• Interview Jim about how he made his breakout box. (Check that below in my notes!)
• Make a first design of the box, and all the clues
• Order new materials
• Interview a person from Esc4pe. (Check that out here!)
• Revise designs
• Start making the clues
• Start making the box
• Finish making the clues and box
• Make a promo video about the box. (Check that out below!)
• Set up a room/hallway in the school for the breakout box to be broken out of
• Make an overview statement. (Which can be found here)
• Exhibit!

Check out my project plan here.

RESOURCES: I used websites and real life people for my information.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game (Most dangerous game plot)

http://www.dukeofdefinition.com/dangerous_game.pdf (Most dangerous game pdf)

https://lockacademy.com/en/history-and-origin-of-escape-games/ (Brief history of escape games. Slight bias at the end)

https://breakoutgames.com/escape-rooms/history/ (Brief history of escape rooms, no bias.)

https://www.scriptmag.com/news/a-brief-history-of-the-web-series

Here is my notes from the start of the project up until the day of exhibitions!

(Warning: Spoilers if you are going to play my game!)

Here are some pictures from exhibitions!

Here's a couple of videos that were used for promotion for my breakout box!