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- I wish there was more to say about ETR games =\ A.Arc 15:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Creating escape the room games
Hi,
I'm really interested in creating an Escape the room game - but don't know how!
I'm fairly familiar with computers, and as there are so many of these games around, they surely can't be that difficult?
If anyone knows of any websites that describe the process, or software packages for creating them, I'd be very grateful!
Thanks,
Chris88.106.241.116 23:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- Not sure, but once you find out and make one, email me; I'm addicted to these games, and I can't find any more good ones! ----Ye Olde Luke 03:29, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Escape the room games that predate MOTAS?
Someone wrote: "The term "escape the room" and popularity of the genre is often attributed to MOTAS (2001), though there are many older examples of this style of gameplay.[1]" and refers to a site which claims "(other games that follow this format do predate MOTAS)." although no examples are given. Even the famous game "Crimson Room" is from 2004. Certainly not "many" as stated in the article. The only one that might be an early example might be "Droom". (Unknown to MOTAS' author at that time.) named also as inspiration by the creator of "Crimson Room". In 2004 the subgenre exploded with the popularity of Crimson Room and numberous games that it inspired. The "escape the room" genre did not have many games between 2001 and 2004.
- 'Many' wasn't a term I should have introduced, the source gives no number. However, I've removed 'might' from the sentence - if the source is presumed reliable then there's no need to hedge bets or speculate about which games are considered earlier examples. That's the problem with cobbling together articles with sources which don't address the topic in detail, any kind of interpretation leads to pitfalls. Someone another (talk) 18:12, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
- While there might be games using a similar setting, the term "Escape The Room" was introduced by the online community to refer to the online Flash games with similar settings. (Waking up in a locked room without memory). I haven't looked at the earlier game mentioned in the article though, but there might be more. MOTAS has influenced many online game developers to create their own clones and then people started calling the sub gerne 'Escape The Room' games. MOTAS has since then 'outgrown' the gerne by having outside levels. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.73.183.125 (talk) 16:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] External links
Let's start a discussion instead of edit war. For instance, is there an explanation as to "why" the links should be included? (Guyinblack25 talk 17:26, 24 April 2008 (UTC))
- I'm not sure what links you mean but I have one recourse from 2004 that covers online gaming a bit. 2004 is the year that this online genre exploded and people started referring to these online games as "escape the room" games or just "escape" games. To my knowledge earlier DOS games were just called "Adventure" or "Graphic Adventure" games. Still I think this reference to online games is more usefull that the current ones due to its broader look at the genre and the well known site that published the article: Nytimes.com "A Little Getaway: Small, Simple, Fast and Fun" http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DB1730F933A25755C0A9629C8B63 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.73.183.125 (talk) 14:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
