New project:
I first started with idea that it would be fun to create online games that encouraged people to go outside. Then I thought it would be great to create a community of people playing and making these games – like geocaching. Like geocaching, people could play and make games, but these games would not be just searching and finding caches, these games would require higher levels of problem-solving.
And as a previous escape room owner and designer I thought it would also be fun to try and make the game kind of like an escape room. But there would be no escaping. Designers would create clues and puzzles based on relatively permanent items in the environment. Players would have to solve puzzles quickly – the time to solve would be the score. Individuals could play against each other or teams could play together. The idea is you have to go to the specified location to play the game.
A year ago I started this project and went thru a few versions. That code is on AWS and uses react. I will continue to develop in that environment.
A few months ago I realized the WordPress had enabled an interactive api. This new feature allowed me to create a game similar to the one at AWS. Both of these projects are on-going but if the game is a WordPress plugin then it seems like it would be easier to create a community of people interested in making and playing these games.
https://github.com/LaraRobertson/escapeout-wp