{"id":44483,"date":"2017-04-13T09:52:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=44483"},"modified":"2017-07-06T13:36:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T17:36:04","slug":"brock-escape-rooms-at-niagara-military-museum-ready-for-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/04\/brock-escape-rooms-at-niagara-military-museum-ready-for-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock escape rooms at Niagara Military Museum ready for testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b><span class=\"dropcap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two new escape rooms carefully crafted by Brock University students are undergoing final testing while readying for their public debut.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock\u2019s Dramatic Arts and Interactive Arts and Science students have been working since January to create the physical adventure games through a partnership with the Niagara Military Museum in Niagara Falls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The interactive experience sees players locked in a series of rooms and challenged to solve puzzles in exchange for their freedom as they race against the clock.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44485\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44485\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-44485 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Escape-rooms-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Brock University escape rooms\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-44485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brock University Dramatic Arts and Interactive Arts and Science students have been working since January to create two escape rooms in the Niagara Military Museum in Niagara Falls.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A group of about 30 students worked at the Victoria Avenue museum throughout the winter term to develop each aspect of the rooms, from the costumes to the puzzles to the props and sets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The building, which dates back to 1911 and was once used as an armoury, inspired the historical First World War and Cold War escape room themes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rooms are unique in that they include live actors who guide players through the narrative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat\u2019s how students hope to differentiate their rooms within Niagara\u2019s escape room market,\u201d said Dramatic Arts Associate Professor Natalie Alvarez, who was the driving force behind the experiential education project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m really hoping this will be a niche for students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students are now working to test the rooms and will be evaluated on their work during an upcoming live testing event on Tuesday, April 18.<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4S-GYgxMlds\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In attendance to evaluate the rooms will be representatives from Casa Loma\u2019s escape room team, Canadian author and historian Christian Cameron, curator Kathleen Powell and archivist Alicia Floyd of the St. Catharines Museum, and Brock University faculty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The escape rooms are set to open to the public at the end of May at a cost of roughly $25 per person.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44486\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44486\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-44486 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Escape-rooms-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Brock University escape rooms\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-44486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brock University Dramatic Arts and Interactive Arts and Science students have been working since January to create two escape rooms in the Niagara Military Museum in Niagara Falls.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proceeds will assist in the maintenance and continued operation of the museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s meant to leave a lasting mark on Niagara tourism, helping to make the museum more sustainable,\u201d Alvarez said, while expressing gratitude to museum operators Jim and Kathy Doherty for their ongoing support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s been really rewarding to see the students form what I hope will be a lasting relationship with the museum,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students will have the opportunity to remain at the helm of the escape rooms going forward, first on a voluntary basis and then potentially in paid positions if the rooms become financially viable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The museum\u2019s partnership with Brock was made possible through a cultural development grant provided by the City of Niagara Falls, as well as a service-learning grant provided by the University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Students who created the escape rooms will be doing a takeover of Brock\u2019s Snapchat account on the afternoon of April 18 when the\u00a0escape room testing takes place. To follow along and view behind-the-scenes footage, add brockuni to Snapchat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new escape rooms carefully crafted by Brock University students are undergoing final testing while readying for their public debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":44484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3319,37,1,4],"tags":[5050,263,656,5178,4811,2747,123,4807,5179],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44493,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44483\/revisions\/44493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}