ESCAPE THE ZOOM
Escape the Zoom is a 1-2 hour escape-room game, played on videochat, for virtual teams to connect, bond and play together.
Originally created in April 2020 for Columbia University when COVID-19 first hit, Escape the Zoom was played by approximately 600 students over the course of a week.
96% of the student participants said that they were extremely satisfied with the event.
And we think you will be, too.
SO WHAT’S THE PREMISE?
You and your team find yourself captured in a trap, created by Zoom, the Columbia mascot’s evil twin brother. He’s been kept hidden away inside a cage his whole life while Roar-ee has been adored and loved by all. So now he’s taking his revenge. Can you solve the clues, decipher the codes and figure out how to escape? In this online escape game, you must work with your team to Escape the Zoom.
Grab your friends and sign up as a team, or sign up as an individual and we’ll match you with some new friends to play the game with. If you’re signing up as a team, you can choose how many people you want to play on your team, as long as there’s at least three players.
All you need to play the game is your computer, your cell phone, a Zoom videochat room (or video chat platform of choice), and your teammates.
How does it work?
Customize: We customize the game for you and your school, like incorporating your school’s mascot, the area around the school, specific statues or points of interest in the school, and your school’s ID cards.
Sign Up: Students sign up to play the game and receive information about how to start and self-host the game.
Play: Teams work together on Zoom or a videochat platform of choice to solve puzzles and clues together.
ABOUT US
Our Chief Puzzle Officer Shuai Chen is an MIT and Stanford trained Neurobiologist with a mission to help others connect through play.
Together, we at Patchwork Adventures have brought virtual escape room games to countless companies like Google, GoPro, Swissre, and Venture University to name a few.
We are excited to offer a brand new, unique game specifically designed for students attending colleges and universities like yours. In fact, we are already working with Columbia University in creating two games for their New Student Orientation Program!
Hear from past participants at Columbia University:
“My team and I had SO much fun. This was really well put together and the ability to do it on our own time was really great as well too. —Jenny”
“I played with friends last night and we loved it. The game was just the right difficulty, not too easy but we never got stuck. We finished in just under an hour and were very proud of ourselves. —Caroline”
“Escape the Zoom was one of the most enjoyable activities I have done during this time. We were all in different time zones but were still able to put our heads together and problem-solve through the puzzles, and we finished in under an hour! —Maria”
PRICING
Escape the Zoom
$4,000
Self-Hosted, Unlimited Participants
Basic customization for your college or university
Incorporate your school’s mascot into the storyline
Involve the area around the school, specific statues or points of interest in the school
Include your school’s ID cards in a puzzle
Fully Customized Virtual Escape-Room
$8,000
Self-Hosted, Unlimited Participants
Basic Customization + Choose from our list of themes, or we can customize a theme specifically for your school! Here are just a few themes we offer:
School of Magic Potions
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A University Kidnapping
The Dean of Student Engagement at the school has just been kidnapped! It's up to your team to help figure out where the kidnappers took them and to rescue the dean.
The Cursed Pirate's Treasure
A treasure hunter has found a cursed pirate's treasure and hidden it behind puzzles and clues online so that whoever finds it next can dispel the curse.