The Escape Puzzler (Matt)

The Advent Calendar Escape is back! 🎁🔒🎄
If you didn't get all the surprises last year, this is your chance. Unlock a container every day of December until Christmas.
Will you unlock them all?

#escapegame #escaperoom #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #roomescapemaker #adventcalendar

A copy of an EXIT advent calendar in front of a Christmas tree.

Happy Advent! I’m looking forward to starting my first EXIT Advent Calendar today. Time to see what all the hype’s about…

Advent Calendar | Zebra Escapes Join us this December for the Zebra Escapes Advent Calendar 2025! Complete daily puzzles to earn raffle tickets and win an online escape room experience.

December 1!

The first puzzle in our advent calendar is live!

Can you solve it?

zebraescapes.com/puzzle/advent

Now updated with even more offers ☺️

The doors have opened.

Welcome to the Black Market. Where cursed relics find their destined owners through secret bids.

Learn more at blackmarket.mysteriouspackage.com
Link in bio.

Your Guide to... Black Friday • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! Have you been saving up for a new puzzle game and want to buy something in the Black Friday sales? Or do you want to buy a cold case game…

I’ve pulled together a list of puzzle games, murder mysteries, puzzle boxes etc that are on sale this Black Friday. Check them out at the link below, and please let me know if I’ve missed any!

#blackfriday #puzzlegames #murdermystery #puzzlebox

How many puzzle Advent calendars is too many? I’ve gone a bit OTT this year…

Packing up copies of The Smugglers’ Secret. It’s a story-based, text-heavy, cold case adventure puzzle in an envelope.

Basically, imagine a whodunit and an escape room had a baby.

So much fun to design! 🎲✂️

I am excited to share that I am collaborating with SCARLET ENVELOPE to offer fabulous free items to those of you who back BOTH our Holiday Market Projects!

Both are live now on Backekit #linkinbio

#BackerKitHolidayMarket #PuzzleLovers #Puzzletime #puzzlebundle #playathome

A boxed EXIT advent calendar with a bunny driving a sleigh with reindeers.

EXcITed to crack this open on December 1st! It’s my first EXIT Advent Calendar and I’m excited to see what all the fuss is about…

A penguin themed advent calendar

My first escape room advent calendar arrived today! Bring on December 1st (not that I am wishing time away!).

Meet Your Maker: Pedja Banovic // Interview • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! Pedja Banovic talks about his hit puzzle book, A Compendium of Meta-Puzzles, as well as his 20+ years of experience in the puzzle space.

Pedja Banovic (author of A Compendium of Meta-Puzzles) is the final Meet Your Maker guest this year. He talks about finding inspiration on holiday, how his puzzle book came about and teases his next project.

Check out the interview at the link below!

#puzzles #puzzlebook #interview

Comparing a generic crime pack with misADVENT

Of course, you are welcome to buy a generic Crime Pack for Christmas. There are alternatives...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/166...

Exitus Escape Rooms (Cardiff, UK) // Feature • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! Exitus Escape Rooms in Cardiff has four rooms featuring space horror, Egyptian tombs, a prisoner of war camp and a chocolate factory.

My team and I had a fantastic visit to Exitus Escape Rooms in Cardiff last month. We played three of the rooms on offer, including our first 90 minute TERPECA-nominated room (in this team configuration). Check out the article to see what we thought!

#escaperooms #cardiff

misADVENT A pair of crime cases to solve, with new digital clues sent daily. One for adults, the other for families, made for the holidays.

Who needs an Advent calendar when you can have misADVENT by @mrlockyer.bsky.social? It’s a duo of printable mystery games with new clues and puzzles sent each day throughout Advent. Play along each day or binge them all on Christmas Day and beyond… the choice is yours!

#advent #christmas #mystery

I’ve been talking so much about escape rooms at work that my colleagues now want to do one. The challenge is finding on locally that I haven’t already done 🤣

Christmas Cards with Puzzles: Santa’s Code Machine A new cozy Christmas card with a cunning twist: your message is hidden in the puzzles!

Looking for vibrant and colourful Christmas puzzle cards? Look no further! Scarlet Envelope are back with a new card to add to their festive greeting card collection.

#christmas #puzzles #scarletenvelope

The doors have opened.
Your first trial awaits.

Welcome to the Black Market. Now is the time to earn credits – the Auction draws near.

Learn more at blackmarket.mysteriouspackage.com
Link in bio.

#blackmarket #blackfriday #mystery #unboxing #mysterybox

I do love it. Must rewatch as I haven’t seen it in years!

Meet Your Maker: Dave Starr, The Mysterious Package Company // Interview • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! The Mysterious Package Company was founded back in 2013 and has since established itself as the gold standard for tabletop immersive mystery experiences. Dave Starr, Managing Director at MPC, gives…

Join me as we go behind-the-scenes with David Starr, Managing Director at The Mysterious Package Company (@mysteriouspackage.bsky.social). He talks about resurrecting the premium crate format, how they create their games and the launch of the Black Market.

#Immersive #PuzzleGames #Mystery

Horrors Untold (LumiNarrative) // Review • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! Horrors Untold is an immersive mystery book like no other. Solve the puzzles, manipulate the pages and unravel the books terrifying secrets.

Horrors Untold is a fascinating part-fiction, part-fact immersive puzzle experience in book form. Charting the rise of Halloween Horror Nights, it also hints at the events true dark purpose. Dare you delve into this unsettling mystery?

#Halloween #Horror #Immersive

Ever dreamed of building your own Crime Board? How about doing it in the lead up to Christmas?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/166...

WE MADE IT! Interstellar Adventures is now fully funded on Kickstarter. ✨

Thank you all for your support throughout the entire campaign. It’s been incredible to hear from so many backers, other creators and reviewers.

Your advice, moral support, reviews and cross-posting have been so valuable. 💚

Interstellar Adventures: A cooperative puzzle adventure An out of this world cooperative adventure! Answer a mysterious signal from the unknown in this escape room inspired, tabletop game 🚀

Ending VERY soon! Last chance to secure your copy of Interstellar Adventures 🚀 It’s so close to funding - currently at 95%. Can you help get it over the finish line?!

Minty Noodles – Interstellar Adventures: The Sincerest Form of Flattery [Review] Live long and puzzle!

Minty Noodles – Interstellar Adventures: The Sincerest Form of Flattery [Review]

Live long and puzzle!

Puzzle Poster – Interactive True Crime Crack five puzzles, expose the culprit, and discover the true events of a twisted mystery.

I love the look of this true crime interactive puzzle poster! Such a great concept 🕵️‍♂️

An amazing Kickstarter backer, James, chose to “Become an Extra”. Our illustrator Adrian Iglesias created an illustration that will appear in the final game!

🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mintynoodles/interstellar-adventures?ref=ar2lu2

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #illustration #comicart

Meet Your Maker: Marc Kleinhenz, LumiNarrative // Interview • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! Marc Kleinhenz, Creative Lead at LumiNarrative, joins me this week to delve into the company’s first project: an immersive horror puzzle book, titled Horrors Untold. He made one request when…

This week’s interview is with Marc Kleinhenz, Creative Lead at LumiNarrative. He talks about the company’s first project: an immersive horror puzzle book, titled Horrors Untold.

He also shares his personal experiences with Halloween Horror Nights and introducing his son to scary experiences.

A vintage-style promotional image for The Secret of Langton Manor's Halloween sale. It features a person in a spooky costume holding a jack-o'-lantern with text that reads, "A Haunting 31% Off on all episodes and bundle.

I'm excited to announce the Langton Manor Halloween Sale is on!

Descend into a mystery of supernatural horror with 31% OFF all episodes. It's a printable, story-driven escape game perfect for a spooky night in.

bromelain.mobi/blog/news/un...

#gamedev #indiegame #horrorgame #escaperoom #halloween

Happy birthday!! 🥳 🎂