The Hunt of Patience Chambers

Synopsis

The Hunt of Patience Chambers is an escape room built in conjunction with a preexisting story. The story is that players are potential candidates for joining Righting the Past, a time-travelling organization dedicated to fixing the mistakes of history, but first, have to successfully complete a simulated past based on reality before being accepted. The simulation the players are put through takes place in 1690 Salem Massachusetts, two years before the Salem Witch trials. A woman named Patience Chambers, who is the town's medical woman, has been accused of witchcraft due to her last patient being found dead. The only issue is that she is the niece of the reverend of town and misjudging her as a witch may bring misfortune to those who accused her. That is why the local witch hunter John Bowman has asked the players to search for evidence of Patience’s deeds. As players solve the puzzles in the escape room, they will find evidence of both Patience potentially using witchcraft and not using witchcraft, leading to the final decision of whether Patience will be sentenced up to them.

As a note this was a group project; my role during this escape room was as the room’s producer. I was in charge of making sure everything was completed, as well as dealing with issues as they arose. Specifically, I was the designer of puzzle one Letter From and Olde Friend and puzzle three Tea Time, the room designer/prop maker, as well as the actress who portrayed Patience Chambers when the room was run.