Help Me Name My Business - Escape Room

cypher67 on 30/04/2015 - 16:22

Hi All,

I'm the process of opening my own escape room and I can't settle on a name for it. Many of the obvious ones are already taken and I was looking for something that is catchy and obvious at first glance what it is offering. I originally liked Arcane Escape Rooms, but I've been told not making people would identify what the word Arcane means. Key objective is to provide more then just puzzles but to provide an experience that invokes multiple feelings, be it fear, happiness, suspense, magic, imagination & laughter etc.

If the Business does kick off; I'll throw a little something something the way of the best suggestion.

Thanks in advance

Education & Work

Comments

  • Daztro on 02/05/2015 - 12:47
    +1

    scoRE a poem
    somE pRo ace
    composE eRa
    camEos Rope
    comEs a Rope
    macRo-pEe-So

    These are all anagrams for "Escape Room". Even the name is a game :)

  • ScuseMe on 02/05/2015 - 12:54

    Scape ($cape)

  • Shwayne on 02/05/2015 - 15:18
    +2

    "Make like a tree." (and leave.)
    (Leave) "High and dry."
    "Break out." (of here.)
    "Skedaddle."
    "Vamoose."
    "Go AWOL."
    "GTFO." (Not technically rude. :P)
    "Hightail." (this joint.)
    "Take off."

    • Gravy on 02/05/2015 - 16:13
      +3

      GTFO…. I like it, dunno if it would be offensive or not to the type of customer you are likely to get, probably not though. :)

  • frinik on 02/05/2015 - 15:22

    somebody was just talking these things up on reddit
    http://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/34kjux/escape_rooms/

  • drfuzzy on 02/05/2015 - 15:24

    EXITify

  • drfuzzy on 02/05/2015 - 15:25
    +1

    EXITology?

  • [Deactivated] on 02/05/2015 - 15:49
    +5

    I like GTFO the most.

  • [Deactivated] on 02/05/2015 - 16:08

    The Labyrinth?
    Extrasensory? Xtrasensory or something if you wanna be hip?
    Adrenaline? (how about The Rush? could be interpreted two ways- adrenaline rush / rush to get out of the room)?

  • tikei on 02/05/2015 - 17:10

    Cypher Inc.arcerated
    Or
    [insert whatever word] Inc.arcerated

    Escapatorium as someone suggested sounds good.
    Or
    "[insert word] escaptivity" (word play on escape+captivity, also sounds like activity which is what the business is offering)

    I suggest you stay away from ones that are simply "[insert word] escape". They've been done to death and too easy to confuse with other businesses.

  • Fobsessive on 02/05/2015 - 18:40

    Cypher Escape Room

  • Oliver on 02/05/2015 - 18:51
    -6

    If you intend on starting a business, maybe you should learn to spell basic English words first.

    • cypher67 on 02/05/2015 - 20:03
      +4

      This is a forum, in the spirit of the one of the prior suggestions GTFO

  • mboy on 02/05/2015 - 20:08

    It's been mentioned, but I like [esc]

    Are you able to give us more info about the rooms themselves? Is there a central theme?

    • cypher67 on 02/05/2015 - 20:32

      2 rooms to start with, 1 will be an all ages room with a Pirate theme and the second room will be adults only with a SAW kind of feel that is centralised around fear/thrilling and extreme emotions.

  • sillyguy on 02/05/2015 - 20:48
    +2

    Think Inside The Box

  • [Deactivated] on 02/05/2015 - 21:39

    Escape Me Not

  • GordonR on 02/05/2015 - 23:20
    +1

    See http://escaperoomdirectory.com to see how many have already been used!

    • cypher67 on 02/05/2015 - 23:49
      +1

      That's crazy helpful, its almost sickening that someone has made this

      • GordonR on 03/05/2015 - 00:08

        It also shows that these other guys have been right on the ball with their suggestions… Lots of variants of claustrophobia, panic room, escape, cube and creative misspellings of the above (paniq room etc).

  • eatwell365 on 02/05/2015 - 23:25

    iXu escape

  • Mr Wowtrousers on 02/05/2015 - 23:36

    My first suggestion would be to go to www.ipaustralia.gov.au and do a search for "atmoss". This is the register of registered trade marks. You can search for words, part words and images. There should also be a link to descriptions of the classes of goods and services used to refine your search (eg, Class 41 is education, sporting, entertainment and cultural services)

    Basically you want something that is unique and isn't already owned as changing your name later can be a MAJOR hassle and cost.

    You might not want to get it registered now, but you might later (often happens).

    When attempting to register a TM, there can be a few hurdles but the two most common ones are:

    Is it the same, or similar enough, to an already registered mark for similar goods and services? Someone has already paid money for, and has rights in their mark. You can't just swing in and co-opt that. Your mark doesn't need to be identical, but similar enough to cause consumers to pause (Armott's biscuits …)

    Is it capable of distinguishing itself as a badge of origin? The entire point of a " mark of trade" is to distinguish your stuff from someone else's stuff, to the point where you are synonymous with the TM. " Escape Room" is not a trade mark. It's the thing. Other people with escape rooms have a right to use those words to describe their services. "Happy Family Dragon Box" In relation to entertainment services is a trade mark. Other traders don't legitimately need to use that phrase to describe their services.

    Note, you can have an amazingly unique TM (passes the second test) that might be the same as an already registered mark (fails the first test). Alternatively you can pass the first test but fail the second (nobody has the trade mark for "smart phone" because it is a common phrase).

  • syousef on 02/05/2015 - 23:37

    Freedom Fighter
    Get A Clue
    Ball and Chain
    The Better Mousetrap
    Runaway Success
    Outta Here
    Break These Chains
    Villain's Lair

  • hitman47 on 03/05/2015 - 00:07

    Cryptex (like the one in Da Vinci Code)

  • So Was Red on 03/05/2015 - 01:56

    Room Escape Challenge
    Puzzle Room Challenge
    Escape Challenge
    Trapped! - Room Escape Puzzle Challenge
    [Esc] Challenge
    pretty much any above (or below) suggestion with Challenge on the end. I CHALLENGE you to name your business this and send me money. People love a challenge.
    Super fun mystery room escape challenge
    A Close Escape: Locked Room Challenge
    A Close Call: Room Escape Challenge
    Challenge: Challenge Challenge
    What does challenge even mean? Weird looking word too. Cha llenge. linge.
    Anyway good luck and don't forget the OzB discount :)

    • So Was Red on 03/05/2015 - 02:02

      Disappointing to see how many of above are in the escape room directory :( ah well. Ofc 'Trapped!' was gonna be in there.
      Closing Walls.
      The room is filling with sand, quick escape! (but not really because legal issues)
      Quick Getaway… Challenge. heh.
      There's an 'Escape Dungeon' but no 'Dungeon Escape… Challenge!'

  • secondstory on 03/05/2015 - 03:51

    Get Out
    Hint
    Episode
    Perception
    Affinity
    Eternity

  • CandyMan on 03/05/2015 - 06:27

    The matrix
    The dilemma
    The matchbox
    The storm in a teacup

  • leiiv on 03/05/2015 - 08:39

    Lock & Key

    Trapdoor

    Enigma

    Stronghold

    Castledawn

    BreakFree

  • therooftop on 03/05/2015 - 09:03

    Elusive escape room
    Adventure escape room
    Fantasy escape room
    Perfect escape room
    The art of escape

  • kks9 on 03/05/2015 - 10:32

    Ascape

    E’s cape

    Sherlock’s escape

    Get out if you can

    Ex it out room

    Checkout room

    Tagline : “key is the key”

  • Lucky13 on 03/05/2015 - 12:47

    Help!
    Escape
    Puzzle Box
    Pandora's Box

  • CandyMan on 03/05/2015 - 13:36

    iEscape Rooms
    Surface escape rooms
    escape One rooms
    Escape 360
    ER
    Escape Rooms Plus
    FaceRoom
    Kindle Escape Rooms
    Galaxr Escape Rooms
    Monster Escape Rooms

  • CandyMan on 03/05/2015 - 14:41

    Add to those
    Wii Escape

  • Cheap as chips on 03/05/2015 - 15:12

    Prism - so many angles you could use with that

  • belongsinforums on 03/05/2015 - 15:50
    +1

    cypher67's Dark Room That You Have To Try And Get Out Of

  • Andiie21 on 03/05/2015 - 16:40

    excalibur

  • robotdad on 03/05/2015 - 18:13

    Trapped or its a trap (Star Wars ref)

  • thirtysixd on 03/05/2015 - 19:05

    Safe Room
    Dont Slip
    AWOL
    Club Confined
    Outbreak

  • JetBombat on 03/05/2015 - 19:13

    How about to start at the beginning. What is Escape Room?

    • Hirolol on 03/05/2015 - 22:40

      read the comments or google.

  • Lockieasy on 03/05/2015 - 19:56
    +1

    Escape Rooms R Us

  • captain fatguts on 03/05/2015 - 21:04

    Nerdvana

  • moo on 03/05/2015 - 22:59

    How about Rubix?

  • worlds_most_wanted on 03/05/2015 - 23:23

    Lost Room

    Based on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830361/

  • ModaMagic on 03/05/2015 - 23:46

    Escape Room 626

    The words and numbers "Room 626", should ring a few bells on people that played that popular flash game Hotel Room 626 for a little scare.

  • lemc6125 on 04/05/2015 - 00:22

    Hostage

  • Mattylicious on 04/05/2015 - 04:52

    There's one in Perth called 'Mystic Clue' so maybe a variation of that.
    Mysterious
    Escape Clues
    Break Room

  • lenlynn on 04/05/2015 - 08:52

    Something short like Oz Escape Australia? After Wizard of Oz. You have to escape the room to get back into Australia. but not sure how that ties in with the themes of your rooms.

    And it might also pop up first when people search "Escape Room Australia" online cos there are the words Australia and Escape in the name.

  • daleyboy79 on 04/05/2015 - 09:32

    Houdini's

  • chaubii on 04/05/2015 - 10:39

    Get to the Choppa!

  • jar-unit on 04/05/2015 - 13:25

    Pandoras Box

  • cypher67 on 04/05/2015 - 13:32
    +3

    So in the 18+ room there is a SAW inspired aspect which has received mixed opinions.
    Id like some feedback to determine if I should scrap or if these would be acceptable with the correct warnings prior to entering.

    Something is triggered in the room and a table comes out from the wall, on the table is real person (actor/staff) bound and gagged lying down. The table is in such a way that the person would dip inside the table so that their torso wouldn't be accessible and on top of them would be a fake body (arms and head real)
    On their body is a blunt knife (safety reasons) and their stomach is showing with a red X on it. The clue eludes to the fact this person has swallowed a key and they would need to retrieve it by cutting into the persons stomach, the skin is simply a puff pastry like mix, reach inside which is bloody and guts like to find the key, all while the gagged person is screaming like they are actually in pain and then slowly dying.
    Once the key is retrieve person would play dead and go back inside the wall.
    Thoughts? 2 much?

    • ProjectZero on 04/05/2015 - 14:20

      Depends on how realistic you can make it… I would probably spew lol… almost did when I went to watch texas chainsaw massacre the beginning, had to walk out.

      Also, when is this opening? Any discounts? wink wink nudge nudge

      • cypher67 on 04/05/2015 - 14:37
        +3

        There will definitely be discounts on offer & looking to open in around 3 months. Creating all the gadgets and collecting the set to fill the room is taking up all my weekends/ Sparetime and is proving very challenging but once I have everything set up I will open the room up to OzBargain to do trial runs to gauge room difficulty and fine tuning. Free of charge obviously but would require honest feedback session post experience and managed expectations whilst we nail down the processes.

        • ProjectZero on 04/05/2015 - 14:41

          Sweet something to look forward to =)

          See ya in 3 months time lol.

        • [Deactivated] on 04/05/2015 - 16:15

          once I have everything set up I will open the room up to OzBargain to do trial runs to gauge room difficulty and fine tuning

          +1!

    • tikei on 04/05/2015 - 14:22

      Interesting but unfeasible. You'd need to hire a person for acting, they can't help out with other tasks much as they'll need to be on standby, waiting for the table switch to be triggered. You don't know how long it'll take the players to get the key out too, the actor might be stuck there, unable to go out to do reception/other tasks. Best use a fake head and maybe there's a sensor thing you can find which triggers the screaming audio.

      • cypher67 on 04/05/2015 - 14:33

        This did cross my mind. However if I make this the first challenge I can prepare for it & would definitely set the tone for the room. There would be 2 staff on at all times, 1 hosting each room and when this room starts the other host (unseen to now) just has to be on standby for a minute or until this has been completed and go back to monitoring the other room. There would be a small window where the other room would require the 18+ rooms host to watch. I understand the logistics of making this work, but my goal is 2 push boundaries, from the surveying I have completed, people don't want to just find a key and then a key, at least if you do then you are in for a surprise.

    • schwinn on 04/05/2015 - 15:06

      You'll need to make it such that no psychos enter your room and start cutting/stabbing your staff's face too. It's a great next level of horror added to it, but you need to ensure that you won't get into any trouble for it.

      • cypher67 on 04/05/2015 - 15:12

        This also crossed my mind, hence the blunt knife. Although even a blunt knife would present a risk. And when I say they are bound and gagged it would just appear that way. I cant imagine this would pose any more of a risk then say serving at a restaurant with real knives? I'll give it some more thought thought, maybe some glass over the staffs head and they could cough up some serious blood without the chance of it going on the patrons …. ooo me likey

        • PAZMAT on 05/05/2015 - 20:18

          You could put a barb wire cage or something over their head and arms. Would add safety to the actor as well as some creepyness hehe

    • rompastompa on 04/05/2015 - 16:30

      Survivor'slaughter… (Play on words, survivor slaughter / survivor's laughter)

      There are heaps of Zombie based props/makeup nowadays, if you didn't want a real person.

      Also, fly buzzing noises adds so much atmosphere.

    • lyl-Lychee on 04/05/2015 - 22:06

      Real arms and head are way too much for me, I personally wouldn't pay to see that.

      The rest doesn't sound too much though. I've read the ones in China are among that level of intense or more.

    • Lucky13 on 13/05/2015 - 15:15

      Yeah ah that sounds like a horrible accident waiting to happen. Your poor staff member/actor is bound?? What if the person doesnt cut where theyre supposed to and does something unexpected with the knife how are they going to stop/defend themselves if theyre bound. I dont know sounds like a reeally really bad idea to me.

      EDIT: Ok just read the part where you said theyll look like theyre bound, but still seriously bad bad bad idea. So much could go wrong

  • 1bug on 04/05/2015 - 15:30

    Can-u-Escape
    can-u-esc
    eRoom
    uEscape
    u-scape
    s-cape Games

    A Room with a Clue
    A Clue in a Room

  • BuyoTheCat on 04/05/2015 - 16:40

    Hotel California

  • SonGHosT on 04/05/2015 - 16:59

    exgame
    esgame

  • Yarkin on 04/05/2015 - 17:23

    ctrl-alt-esc

  • lyl-Lychee on 04/05/2015 - 17:53

    Puzzle Out

  • LeavingTheWheel on 04/05/2015 - 17:55
    +1

    OMG, TL;DR but has anyone suggested

    I'm not a celebrity get me outta here

    for the name ;-)

  • Natt on 04/05/2015 - 21:15

    On the body on the table I would definitely be using a dummy. It's cheaper in the long term and you don't want to trigger someone who has experienced violence in real life. Using a person is too graphic imho.

    Oh and use a rubber knife. And attach it to something so it does not go missing.

  • Natt on 04/05/2015 - 21:26

    Oh and the name. How about "Esukēpu", which would be a nod to one of the first games that popularised the genre (Crimson Room) it was Japanese.

    Just a thought

  • muncan on 04/05/2015 - 21:50
    +3

    Ape Escape (assuming the room is filled with apes, or ape descendants, or ape descendants preferring not to be classified as ape descendants, or any combination of apes/descendants preferring not to be associated with the Ape Escape room)

  • Natt on 04/05/2015 - 21:55
    +1

    How about "ASCII 27"? If no one has already said that?

    That's short and sweet, easy too remember and its a riddle (all be it an easy one)

  • turkz1 on 05/05/2015 - 01:54

    Rudimentary

  • turkz1 on 05/05/2015 - 01:57
    +1

    Conundroom.. haha too cheesy? could almost be a dad joke.

  • Ttam on 05/05/2015 - 15:47

    I read this straight out of OP…

    Key Objective :-)

    • Natt on 05/05/2015 - 17:37

      That one I like!

  • NGPriest on 05/05/2015 - 20:17
    +1

    Call it NGPriest :D

  • whothegood on 05/05/2015 - 21:39
    +2

    Marriage

    • cypher67 on 06/05/2015 - 09:40
      +1

      I want people to enjoy themselves…

      • ProjectZero on 06/05/2015 - 12:10
        +1

        But people will enjoy themselves… when they finally get out of there. XD

        • cypher67 on 06/05/2015 - 12:16
          +1

          Can give them a small child as a souvenir of their time with us

        • ProjectZero on 06/05/2015 - 12:17
          +1

          @cypher67: Depends on the gender of the people that go into it.

        • cypher67 on 06/05/2015 - 12:19
          +2

          @ProjectZero:
          So males get a recurring bill on their bank statement and the women get the child?

        • ProjectZero on 06/05/2015 - 12:20

          @cypher67: I was thinking if a male and female go in together they get a child… but your way works too XD

  • Indomietable on 05/05/2015 - 21:51

    Amaze
    Labyrinth

  • Rizon on 06/05/2015 - 00:24
    +1

    Game of Rooms.

  • solofoxtrot on 06/05/2015 - 09:27

    ctrl f

    gtfo

    results found

    works especially if you have horror theme/mindfk themes, maybe time it so you'd really had to, you know, gtfo

  • itbargainhunter on 06/05/2015 - 10:51

    "NO CHECKING OUT"

    www.nocheckingout.com.au

  • humdogg on 06/05/2015 - 13:48

    i digress but have you looked into the financials of these sort of businesses?

    I actually have been on two occasions. They are fun and i enjoy them but me thinks it's a bit of fad that has poor mid-term to long-term prospects.

    • cypher67 on 06/05/2015 - 13:53

      Correct, I see this as a side project & hobby that would at best last for 2-3 years. I need to get at least 36 people through the business each day to keep the lights on, this includes running expenses. Provided the correct setup, marketing and feedback, I should be able to turn over a profit, given some days would be more popular then others, including different times of day. This wouldnt be my sole job, unless it goes gang busters I cant see me quitting my office job.

      • humdogg on 06/05/2015 - 14:03
        +1

        Does Canberra even have 36 people?

        haha hairy muff. Depending on set up costs, amongst other things, 2-3 years is a pretty short vision but all the best of luck to you =).

        Re name there are some decent suggestions above, I advise on this sort of stuff reguarly and I think the pick so far is "GTFO - escape rooms" I think it is super catchy for the right demographic you are targetting. If not, there are some safer, good options there too.

        • cypher67 on 06/05/2015 - 15:11

          Just FYI - it is not in Canberra. Someone said it earlier and as I didn't want to disclose the location yet I didn't correct them

  • ballsofsteel on 06/05/2015 - 14:34
    +1

    Bangbus

  • [Deactivated] on 07/05/2015 - 00:32

    Departure as a name, is the first thing that sprang to mind on reading the post.

    Mentioned in a comment earlier in the thread and despite some other (excellent) suggestions, I'll try to sell it to you based on some imagery that prompted the thought in the first place. I also think that in a graphic form - as a logo - it's a word that lends itself to some interesting (in my head, anyway) interpretation.

    I didn't really go through a dark 'Goth', or for matter, 'Post-Punk' phase when I was a kid, mainly because I was just too young during their real heyday, but at an age and stage when other kids probably still had some nursery-rhymes running around in their heads - I discovered Public Radio.

    I don't think I presented as a particularly odd child, but I must have been!
    I was listening to stuff like this - I quite like this live version, and word-for-word, memorising this.

    These days, I rarely find any time to listen to public radio. Certainly not Triple Zed here in Brisneyland.
    Around the time the Riot Grrrl phenomenon faded, most of my favourite announcers just drifted away from the station. Was sad. Remains so.

    These days, despite owning a ridiculous amount of music - and instead of playing that - I'm more likely to get stuck on something in my Youtube feed, which I'll then listen to on a bloody loop, like this, from recent. Twenty-five times and counting, I reckon.
    Or this ridiculous/wonderful track from a while back.

    Speaking of Drum and Bass and Zombies (Jesus, this is getting tenuous), if you like the former / the harder edge of that (Keeno ain't that) and Jungle, I'm going to recommend a specific, inspirational, track for you to listen to while you think up more stuff for your ER. (Bear with me, Cypher - you've got this far!)
    It's not on Youtube, but maybe you'll seek it out elsewhere.
    The outfit is called Springheel Jack, and I bought their 'Busy, Curious, Thirsty' album on the strength of 'The Wrong Guide' - which this whole comment probably is!

    I realise/assume that ERooms aren't mazes as such, but maybe some parallels?
    Anyway, the track mentioned is an EXTRAORDINARY headlong rush through a menacing one.
    It also may well destroy your speakers - and you may also need to hold someone's hand, both during and after..

    Well.
    As comments go.
    That has been weird.

    Best of luck with the business, Cypher.

  • String name on 07/05/2015 - 16:47

    Do what most companies do, look for words in foreign languages.

  • outlander on 08/05/2015 - 11:59

    Call it Spiral.
    As in the time is spiralling away, or if you don't manage your time you'll end up walking in circles. Have a few clocks counting down against a background of a twirling spiral to reinforce the theme.
    Either a plain b&w spiral with a regular clock in the center, or this

    • outlander on 11/05/2015 - 18:22

      or Enigma. That always sounds good

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