David Staffell
Design
Creator & Consultant


Game Designer
Puzzle Maker
Escape Room Specialist

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I design:

  • ‘Brick & mortar’ Escape Rooms
  • Mobile / ‘Boxed’ Escape Rooms
  • Outdoor games
  • Mini-games and challenges
  • Self-contained enigmas
  • Video games
  • Board games
  • Table-top mysteries
  • and everything in between!


I offer:
Creation:

  • Fully bespoke experiences: Escape rooms and puzzle games built from scratch and tailored precisely to your needs. Whether it’s 1 player or 100+ players, I can make it.

  • Immersive gameplay: End-to-end design of embodied, story-led experiences that make players feel part of the world during, and leave buzzing.

  • Brand activation: Gamified demos, interactive installations and experiential pop-ups that convert live engagement into measurable brand recognition.

  • Outdoor puzzle adventures: City-wide treasure hunts, puzzle-trails and location-based games that make real-world spaces come alive.

  • Individual puzzles: Crafting original ciphers, riddles, logic challenges, and physical interactions to fit seamlessly within larger experiences, or stand alone as elegant self-contained moments.


Consultancy:

  • Expert guidance: Offering top-level feedback, creative direction and structural insight to assist in the design, production, and operation of games and gaming-experiences.

  • Project Management: End-to-end management: From brief and scoping through fabrication, build, H&S, QA, launch, and post-mortem. On-time, on budget, fully documented.

  • Concept development: Turning ideas into playable frameworks through brainstorming, prototyping, and early-stage design support.

  • Technical documentation: Writing clear game flows, puzzle specifications, and operating manuals to help teams build and run experiences smoothly.

  • Playtesting and refinement: Running sessions to observe players, analyse data, and optimise flow, difficulty, and engagement.
If you’re looking for someone to take your puzzle-game ideas and make them reality, or you simply need a little helping hand from an expert, I can assist.

To get in touch, please send me a message.