{"id":94165,"date":"2014-12-23T12:16:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T20:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/old.newsforchinese.com\/v3\/?p=94165"},"modified":"2014-12-24T18:28:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T02:28:22","slug":"%e6%9c%80%e6%96%b0%e7%81%a3%e5%8d%80%e7%9c%9f%e4%ba%ba%e7%89%88%e5%af%86%e5%ae%a4%e9%80%83%e8%84%ab-omescape-real-room-escape-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforchinese.com\/v3\/2014\/12\/23\/%e6%9c%80%e6%96%b0%e7%81%a3%e5%8d%80%e7%9c%9f%e4%ba%ba%e7%89%88%e5%af%86%e5%ae%a4%e9%80%83%e8%84%ab-omescape-real-room-escape-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"\u7063\u5340\u771f\u4eba\u5bc6\u5ba4\u9003\u812b Omescape: Real Room Escape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mystery, logic puzzles, laser obstacles, hidden treasure and 60 minutes to escape out of a locked room–these are the things you’ll encounter and more at Omescape, the real-life room escape game that has swept across China and now into the USA. Creative thinking and a certain degree of familiarity with numbers are essential to escape from the rooms.<\/p>\n

It all started last winter when the founders, Ethan Zhu, Alli Zheng, Sarah Zhang, Jody Burford, and Abby Liu, visited China together and played at a room escape center. After loving the experience and wondering why it hadn’t yet existed in the USA, they decided to start their own branch in the Bay Area, redesigned with American players in mind. The four of them felt audiences in the Bay Area would find the hands-on puzzles and hidden clues to be an exciting new experience, and they were right–since Omescape’s Spring 2014 opening, they’ve had over 4,500 players and are a top-rated activity on sites like TripAdvisor and Yelp. The rooms are all-ages friendly, and a great way for friends, family, and co-workers to bond.<\/p>\n

\"Founders

Founders Abby Liu and Sarah Zhang (from the left)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Fun

Fun wall to take pictures with after you’ve completed the room!<\/p><\/div>\n

Omescape’s first USA branch is located in Richmond at 5327 Jacuzzi Street, Suite 3H, and features three different themed rooms: Room Omega, The Penitentiary, and Forgotten Treasure.<\/p>\n

\"omega\"<\/p>\n

Room Omega:
\n-Most suitable for beginners
\n-Escape Rate: 39%
\n-# of Players: 4-8<\/p>\n

\"penitentiary\"<\/p>\n

The Penitentiary:
\n-Perhaps the trickiest, with a laser room
\n-Escape Rate: 12%
\n-# of Players: 6-10<\/p>\n

\"treasure\"<\/p>\n

Forgotten Treasure:
\n-Teamwork is essential
\n-Escape Rate: 14%
\n-# of Players: 6-10<\/p>\n

My friend and I had the chance to visit Omescape in Richmond to try out one of the themes for ourselves, Room Omega. After signing a waiver and turning in our cellphones (don’t want to spoil anything for future players now, do we?), we were partnered with 4 other players into a team of 6 people and we quickly introduced ourselves to one another. Upon entering the room, we watched a short 1-minute video giving us the backstory of our room, and what our mission was, then the clock started.<\/p>\n

\"roomomega\"<\/p>\n

Now, I don’t want to give too much away, but it was an incredibly engaging, hands-on, immersive, and social gaming experience! Completely different from video gaming and the virtual room escape games that Omescape was inspired by. We each rushed to begin looking under tables and objects, behind things on the wall, scrutinizing every detail. When you find yourself stuck* in a room with 4 other strangers, you realize communication is key. (*Don’t worry, Omescape doesn’t actually lock you into the room, you can exit through the front door if you need to use the restroom or get scared–but where’s the fun in that?) Every team has a different method of getting out–some assign tasks to each person–but we just went for it and scrambled around, shouting out excitedly when any one of us found a clue or piece that seemed important. Seemed to work just fine for us however, because we got out of Room Omega in 40 minutes (20 minutes to spare!). We definitely encountered more than a few challenges in the room, and often found ourselves stuck on one puzzle for minutes longer than others, but in the end it was our combined efforts and knowledge that helped us escape.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed the experience, because it really is more thrilling than virtual gaming in so many ways! For one, you can’t cheat by Googling the answer on the spot, making it truly challenging, and second you cannot ‘pause’ the game as you normally could on a computer, making the urgency and sensation of “escaping” the room that more real!<\/p>\n

After our team escaped, we were asked to make a team name for ourselves to scribble onto a whiteboard and take a winner’s picture with!<\/p>\n

\"Our

Our winning team: Timestoppers!<\/p><\/div>\n

Omescape’s space features a massive photo collection of every single one of its players, separated by winners and losers (those who didn’t manage to escape within 60 minutes) of each room challenge.<\/p>\n

\"Room

Room Omega Winner’s Wall!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Photos

Photos of construction Omescape’s space and rooms! (Fun Fact: The space was hand-built by the founders!)<\/p><\/div>\n

Real escape room challenges is a trend that continues to grow across the world, and here in the Bay Area, Omescape provides a highly creative and collaborative social activity for friends, family and popular team-building exercise for companies. The great thing about Omescape is that it attracts non-gamers and gamers alike, as well as players from all different backgrounds and parts of the world. The founders plan on adding a San Jose branch in early 2015, making it easier for South Bay players to get in on the fun, and also creating more rooms and themes to expand the interactive and unique experience.<\/p>\n

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Omescape\u5730\u5740: 5327 Jacuzzi St.\uff0c Suite 3H\uff0c Richmond\uff0c CA\uff0c 94804
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