How to create a room or rooms for your online escape game?
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Have you just created an escape game? Now let's see how to create one or more rooms to fill your escape game and make it as complete as possible.
To create a room in your escape game project, please make sure that you have:
- A Rakura account
- An escape game project on your account
- Access to your project via the escape creator
A Rakura account → create an account on thesign-up page).1. Open the dialog box
To access the dialog box for creating your room, go to the escape creator home page by clicking onHome in the left-hand menu, or by opening your project.Then, click on Add a room on the right in the Your rooms section in Classic mode,or on the Room + button in Interface mode.
2. Fill in the fields
The dialog box for creating a room contains 3 fields that can be filled in:
Room name
The name field is a text field. The given name will appear in the game and in the settings.It is important to choose a consistent name such as Hallway or Bedroom.The room name can be changed later.
Set as starting room
This option allows you to define the room in which players will begin their adventure.This option is unique, meaning that only one room can have this setting.This setting is required at least once to make your escape game playable.An error message will be displayed if no starting room is created.
Must be unlocked to access
This option indicates whether the room is closed and requires an unlocked puzzle (furniture item) to open.If this option is enabled, to open this room, a puzzle of the type “unlock a room” must be created,with this room selected as the room to unlock.
3. Create the room
Once you have filled in the fields according to your needs, simply click onCreate the room to add it to your project.Once the room is created, your project will be saved automatically.
In this tutorial, you have seen how to create a room and the different parameters available during its creation.Feel free to check out our other tutorials to understand and use the escape creator.See you soon!