Deep in the depths, a passionate historian triggers an ancient defence in a lost underwater temple. Gather the team, learn the myth and solve the puzzles. Defeat the sentinel and save the key before it is too late!
The Secret Library is a digital performance company which has unique interactive experiences that combine live actors with escape room like elements. Their adventures go beyond the common Zoom video calls and Google Hangout sessions, using an integrated stage to encourage immersion for all players.
Engage, interact and escape is the plan as you work collaboratively as you uncover the mysteries surrounding this ethereal realm of knowledge. You must join the team that will unlock the mysteries behind The Secret Library!
The two experiences on offer are a virtual interactive performance and a virtual escape room. Both are completely different experiences but offer a virtual night in to look forward to.
The Secret Library: Origins is a virtual interactive experience which is like a big online multiplayer experience. With you joining other people on a bigger session, you are tasked into solving puzzles and speaking to actors in a 90 minute adventure.
With this said, we experienced The Secret Library: Escape Atlantis, a new virtual escape room.
“Escape Atlantis is a traditional escape room with challenging puzzles and a unique storyline within the Secret Library narrative universe. This experience ventures beyond the common videoconferencing experience to include an integrated floorplan to encourage immersion and autonomy. Search for clues and work collaboratively as you uncover the mysteries surrounding this ethereal realm of knowledge. This experience utilizes interactive features to bring you into the story even before the event even begins.”
Escape Atlantis uses a unique portal to host and play their experiences. With this said, it is noted that it does come with some restrictions which you should take note of. You are only recommended to use a PC and the Google Chrome browser to prevent technical issues. A webcam and microphone is best advised and to test out everything beforehand, they do have a testing area to make sure this all works.
Whilst all of this is noted on the website and when you have booked, it does come across quite tech heavy but rest assured, once in the experience it really isn’t too difficult!
The cost of Escape Atlantis is $25 per person but with a minimum of 4 connections. With up to 8 players, the cost would go up to $200 for the 60 minute experience and the pricing structure works on connections rather than players, so you can have multiple people on one computer if you wanted.
Storyline & Themeing: 6/10
The storyline of Escape Atlantis was quite an interesting one and whilst this is a theme not too common, it had its quirks. With some great pre-recorded snippets for the story, it set a great scene for this theme. Whilst this kind of takes a little bit of a backseat during the game, the theme is strong throughout your gameplay.
Puzzles & Flow: 5/10
The puzzles were very interesting and required interactivity to solve them. With the puzzles being ranged in difficulty, none were easy and required a different challenge each time. Each puzzle did mean your group had to open another internet tab, once solved the relevant area, your group would get a notification. Whilst the game was unilinear, it still didn’t feel like it had a great flow from start to finish which lets it down slightly.
Uniqueness: 10/10
With a unique game portal, it would be wrong of us to vote this down. With the technology they have designed, it allows for a different type of game. This being hosted on a 2d map, you needed to move around certain areas to solve the puzzles. This added a very different immersion we have yet to experience in the virtual world, as it would copy being in different rooms in a real life experience or similar to breakout rooms in Zoom. The concept was brilliant overall with this map feature and how the game played around it.
Overall, Escape Atlantis was an underwater adventure with some very unique elements. Offering a new way to play a virtual experience using the 2d map and different rooms, opened up so many possibilities that other virtual games just couldn’t do in this way. Whilst the cost is on the higher end of virtual productions out there, it offers a good challenge for all ranged teams.
We managed to escape with only 30 seconds to spare with the final moments being very tense. If you fancy trying to defeat the sentinel, you can book your experience directly with The Secret Library.
Thank you to the team for inviting us to play and to keep up to date with more exciting experiences, make sure you follow them on social media!
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