Even before Christmas, we were able to give students a first glimpse of what our Escaperoom will one day become. The short prologue introduces the setting of the game and already holds the first tricky puzzles.

Students start in the Moodle course on general chemistry that they are familiar with and must first find out the enrollment key for the Escape course. Once enrolled in the course, an H5P virtual tour awaits them, in which the puzzles are embedded as links or interactive elements. Each puzzle has a solution word that is written down and asked at the end of the virtual tour. Only those who solve all the puzzles unlock the acts still to come.

So far, this is test content, but even the initial feedback from the students has helped us improve the game enormously. The queries have clearly shown where we need to explain more or pointed out small weaknesses in the puzzles. We can now take these insights into the creation of the following acts and the actual game and revise the prologue at the same time.