The Illusionist Companion Sites

Last year, I spent a month creating an 'envelope escape room', which I called The Illusionist. If you haven't played one of these before, the idea is that players receive an envelope of puzzles, simulating the problem-solving experience of an escape room. The game involved creating two supporting websites, both of which were built using React and Next.js.

The first supporting website was the 'online vault' which players would have to try to access by solving each of the puzzles. The landing page for the vault was a 10-digit keypad, which players could use to enter the five codes they had deciphered from the puzzles. Once the correct code was entered, the vault would open, and the players would be able to access the final set of puzzles in the form of file downloads.