We all know the feeling that as soon as we enter an escape room and try to solve the puzzles and challenges that await us, the operator watches us on cameras and follows everything we do in order to respond accordingly if we solved correctly or did something special in the game, also, the operator in most escape rooms to date has been The person who intervenes from the outside and provides cues on a loudspeaker or walkie-talkie. 

The field of escape rooms entered Israel in 2016. From then until today, technology has developed a lot - something that has not overlooked the field of escape rooms, which has introduced new methods of building a game or playing a game. In recent years the field has changed and advanced according to technology, and the spread of automation has also reached the world of escape room games.

Automation in escape rooms - what is it?

The term "automation" refers to the conservation of energy and time by creating a mechanism (whether mechanical or electronic) that performs a set of operations without human intervention. In the field of escape rooms, automation is a process in which the actions and challenges in the room are conducted by some kind of controller (could be a computer with dedicated software or a microcontroller with software written on it) connected to input means (such and such sensors) and output means (electronic locks, speakers, motors, pumps) etc.), and not by human facilitators.

The advantages of automation in escape rooms:

1. Possibility to play continuously in the room's immediate response to the player's actions:

The automatically activated escape rooms allow players to arrive and play smoothly without depending on human error, lack of synchronization in activating the response to the actions that the players perform or lack of attention of the operator who is busy with other things at the same time.

2. Personalized experience:

The automation systems in escape rooms can adjust the level of difficulty according to the progress and conduct of the group of players. This feature allows everyone to enjoy a personalized and challenging experience according to the pace of the game and the time.

3. Technological challenges:

Escape rooms combined with advanced technologies can offer original innovative technological challenges that have not appeared in any other escape room to date.

4. Opportunity to explore more:

The combination of technology and art in escape rooms allows players to explore and experience new things that they might not have experienced otherwise.

In conclusion

In the automatic escape rooms, the game is based on a system of input, processing and output means that react to the group in real time without dependence on an external person who has to react according to the actions of the players.

Among the great advantages of automation are the wide variety of new things that can be implemented, spectacular effects, precision in the game flow, prevention of human errors and inattention, and of course financial savings for escape room owners who can build smart rooms in this way and reduce the dependence on the operator.