Escape Simulator News

Escape Simulator gets free Portal DLC, approved by Valve

New Escape Simulator DLC brings Portal to the quirky puzzle game in September as a free add-on via Steam. This Valve-approved Portal update gives you the chance to put your hands on all manner of Aperture Science technology in Escape Simulator. The first-person escape room sim is a great way to test your skills either solo or in co-op with friends, and now you'll be able to take a trip to one of the most iconic puzzle houses of all time.

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Portal-themed DLC is coming! This is not a lie! 🎂

Dear test subjects,

Your services are required in this new Portal Escape Chamber on September 7th. This chamber is approved by Valve and based on the Aperture Science Enrichment Center from the Portal games! We are of course incredibly thankful to the entire team at Valve for letting us create this new free DLC, which is truly a wish come true for all of us at Pine Studio!

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In this free-to-play DLC for Escape Simulator, you and fellow subjects scientists (up to nine) were part of a minor workplace incident, causing the place to go into a state of complete lockdown. Now that you’re trapped in this laboratory, it’s up to you all to stay calm and escape.

Solve puzzles, repair the Personality Core, reunite with some familiar cube-shaped friends, and break the Aperture Laboratories’ safety protocols to gain your freedom. And to make your escape a little bit sweeter. we promise that there will be cake. No lie.

Read more and wishlist on the Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2000170/Escape_Simulator_Portal_Escape_Chamber/

[h2] Build-a-Room contest is still going! 🏗️ [/h2]

To our builders, don’t forget our current Build-a-Room challenge! To coincide with our Versus update that was released last week, we want you to create your own room that fits with this theme ! For more information, be sure to read the announcement!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1435790/view/3666544940498467272

[h2] Join your fellow cake enjoyers 🎂 [/h2]

We sure hope that this announcement gave you some appetite for this new sweet escape adventure! There’s a lot more exciting things coming to Escape Simulator, so be sure to join our Discord or subreddit so you won’t miss out on anything!

[h3]Pine team ♥[/h3]

We are off on vacation, but first; here's a Versus hotfix!

We're packing our bags for a (well deserved) 2-week summer break, but not before delivering a sizzling hotfix packed with bunch of fixes! 🔧
Don't forget to enter our Build-a-Room #4 challenge – it's your chance to get creative and win a cool $2000! 💰

Changelog:

[h2]Versus Core[/h2]

Fixed freeze if you are playing versus mode with a room that has an eject slot at the beginning of the map
Removed "You Lost!" message if you are left alone in a versus map.
Versus trophy screen is visually much more consistent across all maps.
Fixing freeze at Versus rooms where the game would freeze if other players disconnect at the trophy screen.
Fixed bug where versus leaderboards would display 1 instead 10.

[h2]Versus Rooms[/h2]

Adjusted lasers in "Versus Apprentice" room so its easier to see if you finished the puzzle
Adjusted hints for "Versus Apprentice" room.
Adjusted laser block time in "Versus Apprentice" so it's a more fluid feel.
Adjusting Japanese translations in "Versus Apprentice".
Fixing bug where rotating cubes could be rotated at a weird angle in "Versus Apprentice".

[h2]Random Lobby[/h2]

Adjusted random lobbies so they look for additional regions for a match.
Searching for a random lobby now shows "Connecting" panel and disallows click spamming random matches.

[h2]Level Specific[/h2]

Fixing freeze in "The Elevator" in coop when picking up a key.
Fixed wrong player spawn locations in "The Metaverse" in versus mode.

[h2]Other[/h2]

Removed token UI in rooms that have no tokens.
Fixing soft lock if you leave a zoom
Fixing bug where big items would clip through a player when entering a slot.
Changed "Dynamic Walkthrough" Steam tag to "Versus".

Pine team

Win 💵$2000💵 at the Build-A-Room #4 & Join us tomorrow at the dev livestream!

Hello Room Builders!

In case you missed it in yesterday’s VS Update announcement, a new Build-A-Room has started! With only one condition, it needs to be a Versus room, perfect for our room escapers to put on their smarty pants and racing shoes! 👖👟

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You can submit your rooms until August 21st 8AM CEST / 2AM EST. The Pine Team will play and review all the submissions until August 31st. Like before, we’ll host a winning ceremony stream and announce the winners. Once we have a date for that, we’ll let you all know!

[h2] What are the prizes this time? 🏆[/h2]

The first place winner will earn themselves $2.000 in cash💵💵💵 + an escape room board game by PostCurious!
The second and third place winners get $100 Steam gift card + an escape room board game by PostCurious!
Winner #4-10 get a $100 Steam gift card!

[h2]Rules 📜 [/h2]

To submit a room for the competition, post a link to your room in the "#🏆challenges" channel in the Pine Studio Discord, or you can send a submission via this Steam thread.
You can only submit one room. Multiple submissions will not be counted.
Multiple builders can work together on one room,but there will be only one prize for them.
It has to be a room escape.
The gameplay should be ideally under 30 minutes, but it could be longer.
You can make the room as big as you wish.
You need to record a video walkthrough.
You are allowed to bug fix your room after submission, but you can’t resubmit an entirely different room.
Copies of other players' rooms are not eligible.
Keep it fun/clean! No profanity, racism, hate speech, sexually suggestive, etc. content. Rooms that might be considered offensive in any way or form will be disqualified.
The Pine team will choose the winners this time!

[h2] Tips & Tricks ⚒️ [/h2]

Go to Escape Simulator, "Workshop" button, "Your Rooms," and press "Create". This creates an empty room, and you can start building.
To get some help, you can look through "Tutorial Rooms" and learn the basics such as puzzles and animation.
Watch our tutorial video.
Finally, you can also join our dedicated Discord community to ask about anything you might need help with!
Less is more sometimes! ;)

[h2] Pine Q&A Livestream 🎥 [/h2]
To celebrate the Versus update and the new Build-A-Room competition, we’ll host a livestream here on our Steam store page on August 3rd, 8PM CEST/1PM CDT. We hope to see you all there!

If you've missed the livestream, here's the recording: [previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

[h3]♥ Pine team[/h3]

Race to solve puzzles in Escape Simulator's new versus update

For a few evenings last year, a friend and I had fun playing escape room puzzler Escape Simulator. He's smarter than I am, which was a boon because we were playing coopratively. It might be less beneficial now, since Pine Studio have just released Escape Simulator's "Versus Update". It lets you race to solve escape room puzzles competitively, with a new "truly challenging room that takes place on a quiz show from the '80s."