Hey there, Escapists! Today, we’re continuing our Campus Tour series (as I’ve dubbed it) with the Arts Campus!
The Arts Campus is inspired by Spanish architecture, painted stucco walls, terracotta tiles, iron balconies/rails, hand-painted signs, painted brick ground, and paint splash stains found everywhere. At the top of the hill is the Hall of Escapists & Workshop. Built along the steep hillside/ocean cliffside leading down to the quad, the art campus features a layered terraced staircase leading down to a village of studios/classrooms. Hand-painted murals/graffiti and sculpted Escape art litter the campus.
At the Arts Campus, you will learn about the Art of escape, as compared to the history or science of it. Enora Chortkoff rules this domain, and has an iron fist while doing it. On the Arts Campus, you can expect to find Red Herrings, Escape Bucks, Extra Credit, and a narrative-driven escape room we went over previously in our blog “Devlog 17 - Death Of An Artist”! Go check it out if you’re interested in learning more.
On the Arts Campus, there’s a few different key locations for you to indulge yourself in:The Monument Of Escape (yes, that one!)The Costume ShopThe Dance StudioThe Theater…and even more!
You’ll have to wait to take a peek inside, though.
This is Enora Chortkoff, the rather intimidating professor that oversees most of the activities on the Arts Campus!
Ever since going to a show at The Showman’s Studio, Enora promised herself that she’d make it to that very stage herself one day. From then on, she spent all her spare time practicing the performing arts of Escape; not even her parents could stop her from spending entire weekends watching plays, writing her own, and incessantly honing her multiple disciplines.
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School takes place 10 years after Enora’s biggest failure: when she finally got her big break cast as Ruby LeClue in Jacob Surovskey’s famous Murder Mystery “The Death of the Artist”. While being so caught up in her desire to perform perfectly, she forgot to do the one thing that mattered most: performing well.Terrified to show herself in front of an audience again, Professor Chortkoff was approached by Solange and offered a role as the Performing Arts Professor at the Academy.
If you have a keen eye, you may have noticed something familiar; we’ve repurposed this environment from the old game with a fresh makeover to fit right into the new campus!
Get ready to have class with Professor Slip again, too! He’s keeping it just as loose as ever, keeping his spot among the student body as “coolest professor”. For now.
There’s tons of interesting puzzles in this section of campus, ranging from hidden ciphers to spot-the-difference style Extra Credit quests. But, I won’t spoil any more for you. Are you ready to explore the Arts Campus, and see everything it has to offer? 👀
We hope you enjoyed this dive into the Arts Campus, and hopefully your thirst for Escape has been satiated for now. But if not, fear not; you can play the Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School Demo, or hop back into the classic that started it all. We’ll see you again next week, Escapist! With love,Coin Crew Games💛💜