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Location: Port Charlotte, FL
Date Played: February 19, 2024
Team Size: 2-6; we recommend 2-4
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: $32.99-38.99 per player
Ticketing: Private
Accessibility Consideration: At least one player needs to crawl or kneel
Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock
Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints
REA Reaction
Click 'N Glitch took us on a nostalgia trip to the 1980s. Almost a heist, our objective was not to steal anything but rather to set a brand new high score and claim all the glory (and tokens) at our favorite local arcade.
Throughout many of their games, including Bros for Life: Fraternity Heist and Neighborhood Watcher, The Escape Ventures has embraced quirky, off-beat themes that cast the players as kids. In Click 'N Glitch, we were middle schoolers who just wanted to have a good time at our favorite hangout spot. With this setup, we are not asked to be anyone other than ourselves, yet by quite literally bringing out our inner child, we are given explicit permission to play.
This set the stage for a joyful and action-packed adventure. Countless puzzles provided nonstop fun, and a sequence of brief actor interactions humorously elevated the experience.
I'm impressed by The Escape Venture's approach to escape room design; specifically, with their thoughtful balance of business and creative considerations. With each new experience they design, they level up in a myriad of small ways, from their build quality to their storytelling to their lighting and sound design. Yet, with typical build times of a mere few months per game, a strong pulse on local audience preferences, and an increasing eye towards modularity and portability in their set design, they're truly building business sustainability into their creative process. Furthermore, such rapid iteration allows them to experiment and learn about player behavior much more effectively than games that take multiple years to come into existence. It's rare to see creators in the fast-paced category churning out new experiences at as high a level as The Escape Ventures.
If you are anywhere near Port Charlotte, both Click 'N Glitch and Phantom Files are delightfully creative, nostalgia-filled adventures that are not to be missed. For escape room enthusiasts visiting Florida, Port Charlotte is admittedly a ways away from other escape room hotspots, but it's worth the detour if you have the time — especially once The Escape Ventures opens their third and final game at this location, Nightfall: Creature at Camp Deadwood. (We got a peek at the in-progress set and it was already looking great!)
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