The Locked Inn was the only escape room on the cheap escape room props for a while, Jessica said, so when she and her husband took over, they wanted to vary the experiences there for repeat customers. A lot of escape rooms, if you do the rooms they offer, that's all they do," she said.
We try to keep ourselves up with the flow of everybody and what they're into," she said. The key to any escape room is the theme, Jessica told the Sun. It helps immerse visitors in the story, she said, but also to inform the plot and puzzle that escape room creators craft for each experience. Within the chosen theme, there is a range of possibilities for puzzle crafting.
Numerous escape room skeptics have changed their tune after their first time in The Lock Boxx, Ruoff said, and move on to visiting local brick-and-mortar escape rooms. "Like right now, everybody is into the adventure rooms, which is what we're trying to do in our new room, which is kind of Indiana Jones meets National Treasure.

Escape room fandom is a kind of subculture, Jessica explained, from the local enthusiasts to traveling "escape room tourists" to online communities. They don't bring in new ones, they don't switch them out because they're super expensive. The handcrafted feel and attention to detail is what helps make their escape rooms special, Jessica said.
Even small groups of military or government staff find it a fun, low-stakes way to improve how small teams work together, he said. Ours is based on a hotel, a little bed and breakfast as we like to say, so when you walk in it kind of feels like you're checking into your room," she said.
David does most of the creative design and building for their escape rooms, Jessica explained, and he pulls on his experience as a software developer and lifelong video gamer to come up with ideas. It's a really interesting dynamic," Ruoff said.
Jessica and David Sawyers purchased the business from halloween props for sale previous owners about a year ago, and have made efforts to expand and make some changes, but they've stayed true to the original businesses' hotel theme.

One of the first escape rooms to open up on the Central Coast was The Locked Inn, in Grover Beach. They've taken everything away for kids to do. The Locked Inn is also hoping to connect with other escape rooms, Jessica said, and they have plans for a partnership with Ruoff's The Lock Boxx. For more informations, please click 1987 studio website: http://www.1987studio.com/en/