Meet Austin Reed
Austin played his first escape room in fall of 2016, when his seasonal job was rained out and a co-worker was game.
Even though his team of two did not escape, Austin immediately fell in love with the concept and wanted to learn everything he could about the industry.
After a year and nearly 20 games later, Austin hosted his first pop-up escape room. The following year, he would run another. Allowing his games to be seen by the public taught him game flow as well as how to generate intrigue in players.
The transition 'back' online during Covid-19 gave Austin a wider reach to test concepts that would become new room scripts, as well as the opportunity to write puzzles for turnkey escape room providers!
Today, Austin has played over 60 escape rooms and writes escape room scripts full-time. His design philosophy is to maximize discovery and tangibility!
Portfolio
Divine Retribution at The Oddporium (Pop-Up)
2018
Pandora's Toy Box at The Oddporium (Pop-Up)
2020
Pop-Punk Pandemonium, Devil's Den, and Mistress Make-Off at Be the Escape (Virtual)
The Other Side: Room 401 at Escape Room NJ
2021
Escape from Smuggler's Island and The Legend of the Jersey Devil at Cloak and Dagger Wildwood
2022
Subway Escape at Brighton Asylum Escape
2023
Mortuary Escape at 7 Gates Screampark
