Client Description:

– The name of the company that we will work with for this project is FutureBites. Their goal is to make young people enthusiastic and aware of the power and impact of technology and creativity. They not only use existing technology promotion initiatives to do this but also try to do this with events and programs like Night of the Nerds and Creative Tech Academy.

Description of the Assignment

– A 2 person team of Fontys students have been working to develop an online multiplayer escape room. The theme of this escape room is hacking, so each puzzle/minigame has to be made around this theme. The game is played with multiple people so teamwork is essential, therefore each puzzle/minigame has to stimulate this. The main two goals to reach are enlarging the players knowledge about hacking and stimulating teamwork. These goals can be reached by playing and solving different types of puzzles/minigames. Our job was to make these puzzles/minigames.

Game Description:

– The Night of the Nerds escape room is a 4 player co-op game. The goal of the game is to stop a hacker holding down the Klokgebouw. To do this the players will have to solve puzzles in multiple rooms. These puzzles all revolve around hacking and are impossible to beat without teamwork. So all players must bring their all and communicate carefully to complete the game!

Team Members:

  • – Jens Nicolaes
  • – Ivo Kruijssen
  • – Roel Walraven
  • – Damian Tomasila

Key features of the game:

  • – Multiplayer
  • – Puzzles
  • – Teamwork
  • – Hacking
  • – Characters
  • – Escape room

Supported platforms: – PC (Windows)

How To Play:

– To play the game a group of four people is needed. One of the four players will have to create a room on the title screen. This can simply be done by entering a username and a room code and clicking “Create Room”. The other three players will have to enter a username and the created room code and click “Join Room”. Now that all the players are in the same lobby they need to enter the Klokgebouw. This can be done by standing in the red square together. Once the players are inside they can all chose different characters to play, each character will have a different role in the game. After all players picked characters a door will open to an elevator. Once all players are in the elevator the game will begin! (It is crucial for the players to be in some sort of voice chat to communicate during the game)

Installation instructions:

– To install the game you will have to go to this page: https://jensncls.itch.io/night-of-the-nerds-escape-room and enter the password: fontysGDT.

Now you will be able to download the game. Once the game has been downloaded extract the zip file and open the unzipped folder. Once the folder has been opened click on IndustryProject.exe and the game will start.