I worked with a team of 6 mechanical engineering students to design and build an escape room with the theme "Sugarland". Our escape room, Jumbled Jelly Beans, includes a wall of jelly bean holds with different colors and shapes mounted to the wall. Players are required to hold on to the appropriate colored jelly bean based on the changing colors of the LED lights in the room. I was responsible to design and model the jelly bean holds. I also focused on the user-experience aspect of the room; selecting the appropriate colors, room dimension, mounting locations of the jelly bean holds, and overall game play.
Jumbled Jelly Beans, an escape room challenge
A small scale model to imitate the user experience
The final color and design choices, immersing the players in the Sugarland theme
Three types of jelly bean holds were created
The 3D printed jelly bean and mold used to cast the final holds
Final casted jelly beans holds
The placement of the holds was refined through user testing using the life-size wall and paper cut-outs
Assembly of the holds to secure to the wall
Prototype to test electronics
A capacitive touch sensor was wired to each jelly bean hold
