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J. August Luhrs

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HEXA-10F2C

A puzzle box I was comissioned to make for Countdown Live Escape Games -- it was a 1-4 player game that would take 30-60 minutes and ran off of four arduinos housed within a military cargo crate. All the mechanisms/triggers/locks etc were self-contained, so it was portable and had that magical feeling of being able to press a button on one side and have a panel pop open on the other.

Some elements: a RFID-sensor activated maglock, a magnet maze, a 3-D printed labyrinth, a keypad, several buttons/switches, and a couple timers/displays. 

Pictures shown are all from construction and alpha playtesting. No pictures of final project are available due to contractual obligations.

Game Intro:
"Hello. My name is Agent Harrington and I represent a certain underground organization of a criminal nature. We have hired *cough*kidnapped*cough* you all as you are the best cryptologists and safe-crackers in the country. Your task is to pass the defenses contained within this high-security government cargo box and recover the weapon inside. We hijacked a military caravan leaving New Mexico that we believe was transporting extraterrestrial technology – alien tech that the U.S. Government plans to weaponize and deploy against its enemies. If you all are able to uncover this top-secret cargo, we will sell it on the Dark Net, making ourselves – and you all, of course – billionaires. If you fail, you will be disposed of."

 

Player's Manual:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Bgv3zZBSOG70tcmOpCF-FIV0joQMIyFe

 

 Look of box 95% done, before final aesthetic set dressing added
Alpha Playtesting
Alpha Playtesting
 Inside of the box before tech components installed. Mag lock and magnet maze on lid.
 View of inside of box when components were 90% installed (i.e. before clean up and final wiring)

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