Important Details:
Activity Access Details: Your email contains both the activity link and access code.
Meeting Location: In-person or Virtual Meeting Platform (of your choice).
About Your Activity:
Participants will break out into teams and use Outback’s Jewel Heist – Mummy’s Curse web app. Working together, teams are challenged to uncover the secrets of Ancient Egypt to lift the mummy’s curse and return before the portal closes. Teams will have access to a virtual room where they will search for items of interest, uncover clues and solve riddles all with the goal of retrieving the talisman in the locked box before the time is up.
The virtual room is interactive; you can click on items and add to your inventory or zoom in on specific areas in the room. Teams will have 90 minutes to search the room, solve the clues and open the locked box that contains the talisman. If successful, a final message will appear containing information they need to prove they were successful. All teams who find the talisman win, but ultimately the winner is whoever “escapes” first.
Technical intuition is key with teams participating virtually; sharing screens and computer sound, requesting mouse control and multitasking within a virtual meeting space all play a part in the activity. These tips can be found on the Team Resource Page.
As the organizer your role will be to prepare teams for the activity, monitor their progress, and answer questions.
Prior to Your Activity:
- Meeting location:
- For Virtual events, meet in a virtual meeting room that supports screen and computer sound sharing, mouse control.
- For In-Person events, each team needs a computer.
- Virtual Escape Room: Check out the answer key to see how it works.
- Team sizes: Each team should have between 4-6 people on each team, whereas small groups could play as one team.
- One leader per team: They will be the only person signing into the Escape Room, however others can help with sharing screen and mouse control.
- Communication: Provide everyone with the meeting location & start time details.
Starting Your Activity:
- Assemble participants in meeting room. Ensure all participants are in meeting area and have access to strong WiFi.
- Introduce yourself & welcome group. Explain what the activity is, how participants can access the Virtual Escape Room, and the objective of the activity. You can use the Sample Opening PPT Presentation to help you.
- Instruct team leaders to sign into the app. Provide team leaders with sign in details found in your confirmation email. Make sure to instruct them to not close or refresh the Escape Room tab or they will lose their progress.
- Share the team resources. Explain they have 90 minutes to complete the activity and where to meet at the end. In the chat or via email provide teams the link to the custom activity code to get started, as well as your contact details if they have any questions.
- Have your participants break out into separate rooms or teams to start the activity. Remind teams how long they have to find the diamonds!
During Your Activity:
- Provide support for teams if they have any questions.
- Visit teams throughout activity to see how they are doing.
- Prepare teams who found the diamonds to return to the main room.
- Watch the time and provide a 15-minute warning before wrapping up!
Concluding Your Activity:
- Welcome your group back to the meeting room to wrap up the activity.
- Click the Leaderboard link to determine which team completed it first.
- Play the Puzzle Conclusion videos so teams will see how it unfolded and answer any questions teams have on clues.
- Announce the top teams or the leading team only.
That’s it – you’re done! Great job!
Resources:
Before:
During:
After:
- Mummy’s Curse – Puzzle 1 Conclusion
- Mummy’s Curse – Puzzle 2 Conclusion
- Mummy’s Curse – Puzzle 3 Conclusion
- Mummy’s Curse – Puzzle 4 Conclusion
- Mummy’s Curse – Puzzle 5 Conclusion
- Mummy’s Curse – Puzzle 6 Conclusion
Contact Us:
Our Support Team is available to answer any questions Monday – Friday from 7 AM to 5 PM (Pacific Time). Holiday hours may vary.
- events@outbackteambuilding.com
- 1-800-565-8735 x 3139