David Staffell
Design
Creator
& Consultant
Services
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.
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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.
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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 need expert-level guidance, I can help.
To get in touch, please send me a message.