Game Design

Words I've written. From Game Design, to mental health, to the Escape Room Industry and beyond.

Tales from Hazelwood Post October Dev Blog

Well, the clocks have changed and the nights are suddenly getting colder and colder... What the heck, when did that happen?! Oh well, I supp

Tales from Hazelwood Post September Dev Blog

Woah! First ever dev blog. How exciting! But wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. I should first introduce myself. My name is Mairi Spaceship

Everything I learned doing Game Jams on the Astra Fellowship

I am not a video game developer… Okay, okay. That’s not quite true. I’m a puzzle game designer. I’ve worked on physical escape rooms, a bun

Resilience, Riddles & Reality: Why I Design Puzzle Games

I am a game designer. No wait, scratch that. More specifically – I am an escape room designer. I became a professional, full time escape roo

So, you want to be a ‘Puzzle Game Designer’?

There are many different traditional, and less traditional routes to becoming a 'puzzle designer', and even more debates raging as to what e