World's BEST Escape Room Designer!

[@PeteMeets]

Do you want to learn more about Micahel or his collection? His studio is packed with artifacts, tricks and one-of-a-kind gifts from celebrity magicians.

[@TheMinkette]

I clicked on the video wondering 'what makes _this_ guy the best?' and didn't get a satisfactory answer. Thinking about who I'd personally call 'the best', it occurs to me that I've never heard anyone in the Escape Room design community vie to the called 'the best' over everyone else. It feels to me more like a team effort, every cool thing somebody does furthers the industry and we all celebrate it. Which makes sense as that parallels how escape games are played as a team of different people all pulling towards the the same goal. I'd be wary of a few of the practises mentioned by the interviewee, proudly 'driving his wife and team crazy' sounds like both poor project management leading to crunch and a disregard for the wellbeing of his team. Creating a game entirely out of antiques that can break if one piece is lost or stops working is not practical. Even if your player are super polite and never steal your props, mechanisms can wear down and accidents can happen. Neither of the games shown in this video are Escape Rooms and so have very different business cases - a puzzle padlock is designed as a fidget toy that takes as long as it takes to open. This is a bad idea in an actual escape room where your business model enforces a strict time limit. Likewise the table top AR board game being promoted halfway through infomercial style is not time boxed like an Escape Room is. Both the puzzle boxes for hire and tabletop games are totally valid Escape Game models, but all have different parameters when designing.

[@catt6661]

Well said!

[@smappdooda]

Michael is a great creator and the nicest guy!

[@earlgreen1720]

Thank you so much. This is right up my alley, you have such a great eye to cover such content. Subscribed and a big thumbs up from me.

[@PeteMeets]

Glad you like it! Michael and his work is inspiring.

[@gokux.]

I'm sure that this will be a million sub channel 🙂

[@ellensunden2778]

Omg...I am absolutely in love with that puzzle box at the 7:00 mark!!! Do you know where I could find one like it? 🤯🤯🤯😃😃😃😄😄😄🥰🥰🥰

[@Sandra-hc4vo]

really enjoyed this

[@harrickvharrick3957]

It may be that I don't understand cause I am not from America, but I did not hear the term 'escape room' getting mentioned in the interview, I would have liked to hear something about that activity of his of building things like that! Also I would have liked from at least a few of the magical things if his collection what they were actually about what the trick was. For instance, towards the end of the video we see something lokking like a necklace with pendant getting immersed in a glass of water but only for a second, leaving us without a clue. I am sure from ine or two tricks the secret may have been revealed to us!

[@PeteMeets]

That’s great feedback, thank you

[@IcelanderUSer]

Didn’t know i was going to watch an infomercial.

[@PeteMeets]

Is that what it seemed like? Good to know

[@LionTree]

I have every one of those locks! Lol😂 like every one!

[@mynameisbobwolf]

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[@PeteMeets]

Thanks Bob! Lots more to come :)

[@crookcounty1978]

Rabbit hole led me here