VR Escape Room Game
- Immersive
- 2022
A New Experience in Virtual Reality
Mahan led the Meshki's team and embarked on a mission to develop an immersive, engaging escape room experience leveraging its virtual reality expertise. The resulting game transports players to a realistic virtual world with hyper-realistic avatars, fantastical elements, and challenging puzzles.
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For years, escape rooms have seen immense growth in popularity across the world as a great activity for groups. However, the cost of building these physical enclosures is very high, especially when considering the need to frequently update the story and re-decorate the set for a fresh experience that will keep players coming back. To make things even more complex, the COVID-19 pandemic practically shut down the entire escape room industry due to the need for social distancing.
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Virtual reality presented a great opportunity to evolve the concept of escape rooms, eliminating many of the hurdles associated with physical venues. Meshki set out to develop a surreal game that would allow players to work together virtually to find challenging puzzles and unlock different clues as a larger overarching story progresses, and players advance through the game’s levels. Adaptive elements within the multiplayer game include transformable spaces such as movable walls and ceilings to create a fully immersive experience. Leveraging its expertise in developing VR environments and storytelling, the team released a prototype of the game for escape room enthusiasts to experience and provide feedback.
Interior space and assets
Exterior space and assets
Vegetation
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Players
Game master
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Character concept
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The game prototype is currently going through community testing. The team continues to refine the prototype and aims to move ahead with a full buildout of the game in 2023.
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Game level
Credits
Client
Private Investor
Agency
Meshki
Year
2022
Role
Executive Creative Director