Escape the Room Event Proposal
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Hannah Davies, Sydney Yarnell, Cole Lambert, Aimee Spaulding
Executive Summary
As a group in Hospitality 387 at Ball State University, our goal is to help the IU Medical Students have enjoyment along with relaxation. We present a Murder Mystery Escape the room! This escape room will have the IU Medical Students find out what happened between the patient, Matt, and his doctor, Dr. Thorton. Matt needs your help to find the cure that will allow him to recover from the coma he has been in. You will be given an hour to find three different items and combine them together to make the antidote. Be careful about not getting caught by the doctor, because he may or may not be one of the good doctors. Keep your wits about you and work together to find the clues, find the keys and codes and then you will unlock the truth to what happened to this patient. You have 60 minutes before the doctor comes back to figure out what happened, do you think you’re up for the challenge?
Students will reserve a time slot for the event using a QR code on the back of our flyer and will have one hour to complete the escape from the room. The idea is to create a fun environment where the IU Medical students can lounge with their peers and present their detective skills and medical knowledge. It will also promote some friendly competition among the students with a prize for the group with the shortest time of completion. Aside from the winning prize, all students will get refreshments and a gift card just for taking part in the event. Our proposed date is still open to whatever is needed by the IU Medical Students and the manager at the Village Promenade.
In-Depth of the event in Full
Let's begin, the event is taking place at Village Promenade, between the times of 3 pm-6 pm along with set up times from 10 am to 2 pm. The first thing we will do is actually set up the Escape the Room. We first leave to pick up items for the event that would be missing, as well as confirm all information and tools for the event are ready to go, we would need tools to put together. From the walls to the puzzles, we will pick up almost all items before the event, except the perishable stuff of course. When we arrive, we will set up six to seven puzzles from easy to hardest, and using this we will make sure the attendees have fun and don’t find them too easy. The theme is a Murder Mystery leaving the whole idea and puzzles medical-related.
An example of a few would be spelling common medical terminology to solve a word puzzle requiring a key ring, they would find the words on a note and describe the victim's death using medical terminology. They won't be given any hints other than small ones if they can figure it out. They can use the word and puzzle pieces to put together code which using the keyring will create a lock combo to unlock the next puzzle box.
If they want during this one-hour time limit, want any drinks or food they can still be on the side. The snacks will be easy to grab and to-go items lowering cross-contact between players, as there will be no sharing. We created time slots as well as people waiting to enter will wait in the waiting area, which will be the lobby. There will be snacks and drinks in the lobby to make sure they will have something after the Escape the Room to munch on.
When they get through the puzzles, they will be given three items, no puzzles but attended, a $10 gift card, if they do half the puzzles, they get a $20 gift card, and if they pass all the puzzles, they are given a reward. The gift is still being planned.
We chose this activity based on what our target audience would be. Due to them being medical students we thought it would be fun for them to solve a medical murder mystery. It also is a team bonding activity for them to work together in order to solve the mystery. We’ve also based all the clues and problems they’ll have to solve on their age group. This therefore will challenge them to their abilities so it’s not too easy but it’s not impossible. Hopefully, they’ll gain memories and a new fun experience that they may want to participate in in the future.