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Jamie Gibbs

@armchairescapist.bsky.social

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🧩Escape room puzzle designer 🎙️ Co-producer of @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social 🔑 #escaperooms | 🎲 #boardgames | 🍯 #mead he/him https://www.theinfiniteescaperoom.com

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Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Nov 25

Hi! I'm Jamie - a puzzle designer and podcaster from Wales.

I've had a hand in narrative and puzzle design for tabletop board games, outdoor treasure hunts, live escape events and promo materials. I also create audio escape rooms as part of @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social.

Here's some of my work:

Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · 2d

Ha, that’d be bloody marvellous. Though I think I’ve got my sights set on Nick Mohammed - man’s a Puzzle King 😁

Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · 2d

What do the gang do as soon as the room starts?

They only go and bloody split up!

I ended up tracking their movements using Lego pieces on a battle map, D&D style.

It was a lot of fun to run this one

The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · 3d

The gang end up in a dank sewer smeared with blood, skeletons and the sound of laughter echoing through the tunnels. Do they have what it takes to reverse the curse and face their fears?

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

#escaperooms #podcast #halloween #usbescape #theinfiniteescaperoom

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Minty Noodles Ltd. @mintynoodles.bsky.social · 3d

Interstellar Adventures is a co-op puzzle adventure. Entirely offline, for 2–4 players.

Back now on Kickstarter 🚨

🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mintynoodles/interstellar-adventures?ref=ar2lu2

#selfpromosaturday #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #escaperoomgame #puzzleadventure #tabletopescapegame

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Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · 3d

Watching ep. 1 of #celebritytraitors and seeing Jonathan Ross immediately start looking for clues and declaring “I’ve done loads of escape rooms”.

YES MAH BOI, REPRESENT!

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Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · 5d

I just backed The Escape Rooms Newport Returns on Kickstarter - it's great to see Newport Escape Rooms coming back (and I'm never one to say no to a pin badge..) www.kickstarter.com/projects/esc...

The Escape Rooms Newport Returns

Newport's original Escape Room experience returns to a new and improved city centre location with two brand-new rooms

www.kickstarter.com

Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks and same to you!

Turns out I’d duplicated a music clip and it had embedded itself into my VO track. No idea how it happened, but I suspect it was something to do with my editing past midnight 😅

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The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · 9d

"The most accurate depiction of an escape room in British media".

In this week's Puzzle Creator's React we're looking at the episode CTRL, ALT, ESC from Inside No. 9 by Reece Shearsmith and @sjpemberton.bsky.social

Listen now wherever else you get your podcasts.
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Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · 9d

Publish podcast episode.

Go out for the day.

Realise there's 3 minutes of random music accidentally slotted into a conversation that dominates the audio.

It's gonna be that kind of Sunday .

#podcasteditorproblems

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The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · Aug 20

This was the moment @mairispaceship.com as well as Dani and Bill from @escapethispodcast.bsky.social got a surprise voice cameo from top puzzle maestro @nphstuff.bsky.social (thanks again Neil!)

Listen to the full episode of wherever you get your podcasts.
linktr.ee/theinfinitee...

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Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Aug 10

Loved recording this episode. Always fun when we get chance to improv!

The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · Aug 10

It's a hostile takeover of @escapethispodcast.bsky.social!

Jamie, Dani, and Bill try to stop a podcast takeover by rogue Mike and Jon at the Australian National Podcast Festival. Improv, puns and the Mayor of Sydney abound.

🎧 linktr.ee/theinfinitee...

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dom of the dead @domjordan.bsky.social · Aug 5

babies ate my dingo

#postapocalyptic #scifiart #art

in a scorched wasteland beneath an orange sky, on a motorbike with a ramskull strapped to the handlebars, a road warrior sits, her head concealed by a spiked helmet and gas mask. over one shoulder she holds a large bazooka. she is twisted in the saddle to look behind her through a scope she holds in her other hand. she wears jeans and a cutoff t shirt with the phrase "BABIES ATE MY DINGO" on the front.

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The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · Jul 27

In the thrilling conclusion to our Ice Cream Wars arc, the gang head to the Bournemouth Beachfront in search of a set of ice cream van keys. 🔑

But things are a little more Pompeii than they'd bargained for... 🔥

Check out 'The Burnt Beach' wherever you get your podcasts

👉 linktr.ee/theinfinitee...

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Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Jul 24

Puzzles are my love language

The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · Jul 24

Send this to a friend who needs to hear it.

#inspirationalquotes #motivationalquotes #escaperooms

Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Jul 17

Well, that escalated

The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · Jul 17

It's the worst heatwave ever. You're in a battle tank that fires ice creams. Your final target is a man who looks suspiciously like Nigel Farage.

What flavour ice cream do you pelt him with?

Listen to the full episode of "Cone of Conflict" wherever you get your podcasts
linktr.ee/theinfinitee...

Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Jul 17

My favourite response to any Canon complaints:

Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Jul 6

I love these discussion episodes!

The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · Jul 6

When making puzzle games, should the story inform the puzzles or the other way around?

We're joined by Marcus and Nathan from Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum podcast to debate narrative-first vs puzzle-first design.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
linktr.ee/theinfinitee...

#podcast

Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Jul 5

I highly recommend a hammock to complement the book

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Room Escape Artist @roomescapeartist.bsky.social · Jul 4

Why I Love Enamel Pins As Escape Room Swag

How to do escape room pins right.

Why I Love Enamel Pins As Escape Room Swag

How to do escape room pins right.

roomescapeartist.com

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Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Jul 4

As a puzzle designer, I 100% agree with this.

As a fairly lazy procrastinator with imposter syndrome, I 500% agree with this.

Kenney @kenney.nl · Jul 4

I changed the way I work a couple of months ago to follow this advice, it made a big difference and my productivity went up by miles.

(I don't know who made this image, if you do, let me know so they can be credited)

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The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy 4th July to all our American friends!

The USA is 249 years old. Coincidentally, The Infinite Escape Room is ranked #249 in the US Apple podcast charts!

Wanna help us climb those ranks a little? Throw us a rating on Apple Podcasts, we'll love you forever

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The Infinite Escape Room

Games Podcast · Updated weekly · The escape room podcast where a bunch of friends make and solve homemade audio escape rooms for each other. One part escape room, one part role-playing game, a sprinkl...

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The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · Jun 29

🚽 The root of ultimate power lies ... in the toilet

Join us and our special guests, Marcus and Nathan from the Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum podcast as we finish the ritual to make the sun come up.

Check it out wherever you get your podcasts (or linktr.ee/theinfinitee... ).

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Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Jun 20

Praise the sun!

The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · Jun 20

☀️ The sun is setting over Stonehenge, and we must bring it back with our wits, a wasp and a jam sandwich!

This week, we're knee deep in the Summer Solstice festival, and we're joined by Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum!

Check it out where you get your podcasts, or linktr.ee/theinfinitee...

Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Jun 16

This is my jam! Thanks for the recommend.

The closest I'll get this year I think will be doing some kind of dress up while playing fancy D&D in Fonlon Castle later this year 😁

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Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Jun 16

Word dungeon looks fascinating! Would love to give that a whirl!

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Jamie Gibbs @armchairescapist.bsky.social · Jun 16

The UK needs Ren Faires. Not a half-arsed historical themed market - I want a full day or two of semi-larping, whimsy and frolicking.

We have the castles already.

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