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World Congress 2023 • Oct 6, 2023

Building a fully automated escape room

Tomas Vaškevičius

An engineer built an automated, IoT-driven escape room using webhooks and an AI hint module. Discover why stopping prompt injections proved easier than solving the physical reset problem.

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#1 about 4 min

Introduction to escape rooms and automation

Why a developer's interest in escape rooms led to an attempt to automate them completely.

#2 about 4 min

Business and player problems in escape rooms

Analyzing the operational and accessibility challenges that motivate full physical puzzle room automation.

#3 about 2 min

High-level automation architecture and system flow

Moving from online registration and reservation events through to local game center interaction gateways.

#4 about 2 min

Using webhooks for low-cost reservation pipelines

How free integrations between booking forms and calendar webhooks bypass premium event management fees.

#5 about 2 min

Managing local game states and alerts

Coordinating physical access, component engine updates, and administrative alerts during an active game session.

#6 about 3 min

Inside the physical game engine modules

Breaking down the core software components that drive physical sensors, sessions, and automated heartbeats.

#7 about 2 min

Validating physical puzzle interactions via APIs

Designing the application request and response flow between hardware entry points and controller routines.

#8 about 2 min

Implementing interactive audio hint processing systems

Handling vocal clues by transcribing player microphone inputs and delivering synthesized audio speech files.

#9 about 2 min

Generating dynamic puzzle hints with AI

Leveraging language model APIs to calculate and issue descriptive hints without ruining exact answers.

#10 about 3 min

Hardware risks and managing physical props

Maintaining reliable offline access and engineering tracking mechanical solutions for scattered interactive physical objects.

#11 about 2 min

Assessing the viability of full automation

Weighing the mounting development costs and technical vulnerabilities of entirely removing human gamekeeper operations.

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