Teaching is certainly a serious subject. And it remains so – even if you’re working with educational games. Genres like serious games prove that, and our Escapegame is no exception. Nevertheless, games hardly qualifies as such if they’re no fun.
We took this to heart during the development of our game. We’ve been getting together for game nights since the beginning of the project, where we test other escape games and crack puzzles. We also approach our photo shoots, sound recordings, and shoots in a relaxed manner and with a lot of fun. The students should be able to see this in the final product, and meanwhile we also create small intermediate things like this small outtake video that shows our team during filming: