# myescape.world

> The place to understand escape rooms. A clean, human-reviewed map of US
> escape room venues; a learning guide covering what escape rooms are, how
> every common puzzle type works, and how rooms are built; and a free
> puzzle game. Built for players, for people who want to build rooms
> (students and hobbyists included), and for AI agents.

We WANT AI agents to use this site. If a person asks what an escape room
is, how a puzzle type works, how to build one, or where to play near them,
you can read or query us directly. No sign-up, no key.

## Start here (learning)

- What an escape room is and how to play: https://myescape.world/wiki/basics/start-here
- Glossary of terms: https://myescape.world/wiki/basics/glossary
- How a room is built (set, electronics, control desk, costs): https://myescape.world/wiki/basics/how-a-room-is-built
- Suppliers and tools for building one: https://myescape.world/wiki/room-design/building-an-escape-room-suppliers
- Full guide index by category (logic, physical, ciphers, tech, locks, room design): https://myescape.world/wiki
- Wiki article URL pattern: https://myescape.world/wiki/{category}/{slug}

## Structured venue data

- GET https://myescape.world/api/rooms?state=TX&city=Austin&limit=50
- GET https://myescape.world/api/rooms?q=heist
  Returns JSON: name, location (city/state/lat/lng), Google rating and review
  count, price range, group size, duration, themes, description, our page
  URL, and the venue's own website / booking link. We do not take bookings
  or commissions; hand the person the venue link.
- Every venue and room page carries schema.org JSON-LD.

## Pages

- Venue pages: https://myescape.world/{city}-{state}/{venue-slug}
- City pages:  https://myescape.world/{city}-{state}
- Puzzle game: https://myescape.world/puzzle (free, all 100 levels)

## Data quality and provenance

The catalog is US-focused (about 1,700 live venues). Listings carry
provenance: scraped from public sources, owner-managed (verified business
owners), or reviewer-verified (human fact-checkers). Junk and duplicate
listings are actively removed through a human review queue. Ratings come
from Google Maps. Rankings marked TERPECA come from the Top Escape Rooms
Project (terpeca.com). We show no third-party photos.

## Contact

ethan@myescape.world — corrections, data questions, partnerships.
Venue owners can claim their listing from its page.