Escape Academy News

For the next 48 hours, Escape Academy is on sale for 20% off!

If you’ve been holding off on purchasing, now's the time! If you’ve got friends you want to play it with, tell them. And if you haven’t finished playing through Escape Academy, then hop to it because we’ve got more content coming your way soon!


And if the Daily Deal wasn’t enough, we also wanted to share some exciting news coming from The Academy regarding our upcoming DLC.

Escape Academy: Escape from Anti-Escape Island crash lands on to PC November 10th, 2022!



More puzzles, more challenge, more adventure!

After the eventful first year in Escape Academy, it’s time for a well-earned summer vacation! But when the Escape Jet is shot down over an uncharted island, relaxation turns to mayhem in this outlandish new adventure from the Escape Academy universe.



Escape Academy: Escape from Anti-Escape Island will include five all-new, handcrafted levels. Get ready to solve deviously challenging puzzles and embark on the next chapter of Escape Academy’s story, starring returning faculty members and new foes!







Keep your eyes peeled for more information about Escape Academy: Escape from Anti-Escape Island in the coming weeks and make sure to wishlist us here so you can get notified as soon as the DLC is live!


While we’ve been focused on delivering the best possible experience with our first pack of DLC, we’ve also been continuing to apply polish to the basegame for existing fans and those new the world of Escape!

PATCH NOTES:

• All achievements have been fixed (they will not retroactively trigger)
  
• Fixed quality settings issues for 4k resolutions
  
• Miscellaneous crash fixes
  

Thanks for everyone’s support of the game thus far, we are beyond excited to share our first piece of additional content with everyone.

Happy Escaping!
Coin Crew Games

New Features:
Added the option to toggle split screen in online multiplayer.
Added a FoV slider under settings / graphics.
Added a hint confirmation - you now have to press the hint button twice.
Added best grade information to the replay board. Note: this is not backwards compatible, players will have to replay a level to see the best grade.

Bug fixes:
Fixed a bug where progress towards the Overachiever and Honor Roll achievements was not counted correctly.
Fixed a bug in Lab Rat that showed incorrect hint text for the last puzzle.
Fixed a bug in the Tea Kettle that made butterflies hard to see from certain angles.
Fixed a bug in Tea 'n' Tea that made bouquets hard to see from certain angles.
Fixed a bug in the dorm where the radio would highlight if the player hovered over the mirror.
Fixed a bug in Escape Artist that made the “side to side” statue puzzle occasionally fail to unlock correctly.
Fixed a bug in What Lies Below where some colorblind labels on the dance floor failed to display properly.
Added missing colorblind labels to the pachinko cabinet in the Rival Room.
Added missing colorblind labels to the balanced / imbalanced lights on the 3rd platform of the Rival Room.
Added missing colorblind labels to the server room switches in Lab Rat.
Other minor fixes.

Changes:
Increased maximum mouse sensitivity (25%).
Online partner’s mouse cursor is now hidden.
Changed the grading system to be a bit more harsh - we’re not grading on a curve anymore!
Changed key difficulties ratings for some rooms, to better match their actual difficulty.

Thank you to all our players for the feedback! We've been listening to everyone’s comments the past few weeks, and we've got a patch to address some of the more glaring issues.

Note: This patch is not in full release yet. We’re uploading it to the “hotfix” beta on Steam. This patch will be fully released to the main branch soon, once porting and additional QA is done. If you’d like to check it out early, you can right click Escape Academy in your library, click properties, click Betas, click the dropdown and select “hotfix”. On the main menu, the version should show v1.02_hotfix2.

New Features:

• Added the option to toggle split screen in online multiplayer.
  
• Added a FoV slider under settings / graphics.
  
• Added a hint confirmation - you now have to press the hint button twice.
  
• Added best grade information to the replay board. Note: this is not backwards compatible, players will have to replay a level to see the best grade.
  

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug where progress towards the Overachiever and Honor Roll achievements was not counted correctly.
  
• Fixed a bug in Lab Rat that showed incorrect hint text for the last puzzle.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Tea Kettle that made butterflies hard to see from certain angles.
  
• Fixed a bug in Tea 'n' Tea that made bouquets hard to see from certain angles.
  
• Fixed a bug in the dorm where the radio would highlight if the player hovered over the mirror.
  
• Fixed a bug in Escape Artist that made the “side to side” statue puzzle occasionally fail to unlock correctly.
  
• Fixed a bug in What Lies below where some colorblind labels on the dance floor failed to display properly.
  
• Added missing colorblind labels to the pachinko cabinet in the Rival Room.
• Added missing colorblind labels to the balanced / imbalanced lights on the 3rd platform of the Rival Room.
  
• Added missing colorblind labels to the server room switches in Lab Rat.
  
• Other minor fixes.
  

Changes:

• Increased maximum mouse sensitivity (25%).
  
• Online partner’s mouse cursor is now hidden.
  
• Changed the grading system to be a bit more harsh - we’re not grading on a curve anymore!
  
• Changed key difficulties ratings for some rooms, to better match their actual difficulty.
  

Still WIP:

Study Buddies achievement not working - we hope to have it fixed soon!

The Academy is now open!
Please familiarize yourself with the syllabus below before enrolling into classes.

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1. Escape Academy - Out Now!
   
2. Escape from Anti-Escape Island (DLC 1) - Fall 2022
   
3. Free Major Update - Early 2023
   
4. Escape from the Past (DLC 2) - Spring 2023
   

If you pre-order the deluxe edition, or pick up the Season Pass, you will receive DLC 1 and 2 when they arrive. For our free major update, ALL PLAYERS of Escape Academy will receive this update. More details about all of these updates to come SOON.



Please note - these are subject to change.

• Patch 1.01 is expected to contain hotfixes based on student feedback.
  
• Patch 1.02 is expected to contain features and improvements as well as additional bug fixes.
  

Based on player feedback from the demo some of these features and improvements are expected to be:

• An option to disable split screen in online co-op.
  
• FoV slider.
  
• Higher maximum mouse sensitivity.
  

We have an open door policy, so if you have any feedback - please reach out to us.
Twitter - @CoinCrewGames
Discord - https://discord.gg/YMghkRg3j7
E-mail - [email protected]
Bug logs can be submitted for extra credit through discord in the #buglogs channel.
Logs can be found in C:\Users\PCNAME\AppData\LocalLow\CoinCrewGames\Escape Academy

We hope you enjoy your time at the Academy.
Good luck, have fun!

Enjoy the re-run of gameplay as Alan (Draknek & Friends) plays Escape Academy's demo alongside the developers of the game!

Excellent conversation about puzzle games and design will be throughout, so please tune in!