Darn It Professor...!

• Team up with a peer whose skill set compliments yours
• Visit a commercial Escape Room
• Understand your target audience
• Take stock of all your resources
• Design backwards & visualize your game with flowcharts or storyboards
• Set small, achievable deadlines to manage the project
• Pilot test multiple times with a sample audience similar to your target group

First Round

• In what ways do you think you could adapt a game like this for your patron population?
• What information needs could a game like this meet?
• How could this be incorporated in your library's information literacy or critical thinking initiatives and programming?
• What could be some hurdles to implementing an experience this like in your library?

Second Round

• What were some similarities and differences between your group's game and the one you just played?
• What was the easiest part of creating your game?
• What was the most challenging part of creating your game?