The Book11 Studio has created multiple stunning games including Noah, which itself is perhaps the best sci-fi theme for now. Book11 has a identifying designing style, which combines large-scaled mechanisms, stunt actings, puzzles and cinematic frame designs to deliver a strong concept storyline. For Noah, the concept was “Sci-fi” and […]

Dolls’ House from Lostland in Chengdu is currently also available in multiple cities including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Jinhua and other cities. The original version in Chengdu is still the most recommended version. Lostland started producing their original games since 2020, and their works all share the same Worldbuilding as “Lostland […]

As the first game of Witch Travel Agency, Divine Blessing opened along with the waiting hall which actually acts as a extension of the whole immersive experience. Although the experience in the waiting hall is no longer available due to many reasons (mainly the high costs), they originally made the […]

TAI SUI is a fairly new game in Chongqing and one of the biggest positive surprises of our entire China trip, honestly one of the absolute highlights among the 57 rooms we played across the country. We only had a single day in Chongqing and managed to play five rooms, […]

Introduction DREAM was one of those experiences where I sometimes forgot that we were actually playing an escape room. The playing area gave the actors plenty of space to bring the world to life, while music, lighting and special effects turned individual moments into beautifully choreographed performances. Several times I […]

This is a review of Corrupt Muse that was originally created by Dreamland Traveller in Guangzhou. It became an instant hit, which is why Umeplay bought the rights to recreate it. I played a Umeplay version in Shanghai (unlike Heiner’s team that played the original version in Guangzhou) and despite […]

Dreamland Traveller started out much like many other Chinese escape game companies, acquiring licensed versions of established games such as The Paper Spirit’s Return, Filthy, The Girl in Red and The Witching Hour. But rather than simply reproducing the original experiences, they became known for significantly upgrading them – redesigning […]

Every great escape room trip also needs a critic, someone who is not completely enthusiastic about everything they see. Escape games is an established term in Finland,which is used as much as the word escape room. I am used to the fact that it is a game, not just an […]

We went to Soul House on the last night of our Shanghai’s trip, partly to celebrate the end of the Shanghai leg. Soul House opened during the summer and has been fully booked since, but luckily KK managed to get slot there for us. I had no idea what to […]

In late 2023, UMEPLAY handed the Quest Art series (the “tapes”) to a designer who was a previous member of “westworld” (another series that now belongs to UMEPLAY also) and had never took part in the making of the Quest Art works. This shift in human resource brought us into […]