Davey, Kieran B. (2024) Low-Cost Control System for Pop-Up Escape Room. [USQ Project]
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Abstract
The escape room industry provides an effective medium for recreational and educational activities. Significant accessibility challenges exist in automating the narratives of escape room experiences for non-technical designers due to resourcing costs. This project addresses these challenges by designing, developing and evaluating the suitability of a low-cost control system for escape room usage. The research aims to implement flexible progression logic and wireless communication through configuration files to reduce the technical barriers to industry adoption.
The control system was developed as a scalable master-slave architecture using JSON files for system configuration and communication. Bluetooth BLE was employed to achieve low-cost, multi-room wireless communication, while nested JSON structure facilitates the representation of hybrid progression logic paths. The control system components underwent unit, integration and system testing to demonstrate the ability to meet industry-specific objectives and outcomes in controlled conditions.
The study contributes a solution to the escape room industry by addressing the technical barriers introducing significant resourcing costs. Integrating nested JSON configuration files into the master-slave control architecture provides an abstract interface for developing immersive escape room narratives. The system was validated within controlled conditions. Therefore, future work should address real-world operational tests and the development of additional tools, such as graphical web interfaces for configuration file compilation and real-time monitoring.
The work presented within the study provides a strong foundation for a low-cost control system for pop-up escape rooms. This makes complex escape room narratives more accessible for recreational and educational applications.
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| Item Type: | USQ Project |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current – Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Engineering (1 Jan 2022 -) |
| Supervisors: | Hills, Catherine |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Computer Systems) |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2025 03:34 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2025 03:34 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Escape Room; Configurable Embedded Control System; Master-Slave Architecture; JSON |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/53031 |
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