The next adventure begins with Twisted Room Escapes, a new escape room facility in Indianapolis. We are taking our maker (Halloween/Haunted House) talents into the Escape Room business. We are building unique rooms with rich back stories and elaborate scenery. Our puzzles are unique and challenging. If you are looking for something to do in […]

2015-05-30 Here are some picture from the 2nd day of setup. We decided we didn’t have enough room with the 20×20 tent and made a call to extend the end of the tent with another 10×10 tent. It rained pretty hard over the course of the weekend and we found some leaks in our tent […]

2015-05-29 Here are some pictures from the initial setup day. We arrived a day early this year to make sure we had enough time to put the OctoPod back together and work out any last minute details.

2015-05-21 The OctoPod “Origins” booklet/pamphlets arrive. These booklets will be on sale for $2 at GLFF and will also provide a marketing presence.   The “professors” outfit is done, including homemade top hat.   The Crow Costume and Mask are tested out. Noah gets into character.   A last minute “cross” is constructed for the […]

2015-05-14 Air lines are added to the pod to provide two sets effects. An air blast effect and a screaming tickler ™ effect. Both will be controlled manually using momentary switches on the back of the pod and operated by a cast member at the right moment in the scene. Two 5 gallon air tanks […]

2015-05-07 Major wiring is done on the OctoPod to get it in “show” shape. A nema box is added to the back of the pod to house the Arduino boards and to serve as a wire junction.   Curtain mechanism is designed, constructed, and welded and put to the test. As part of the “show”, […]

2015-05-02 We draw up some plans to house the OctoPod outdoors. The GLFF outdoor haunt is comprised of several 10×20 canopy tents. We had originally planned to use a 10×20 space, but quickly realized having to “scenes” in the skit, we needed more space. In addition, we needed height for the pod. We devised a […]

2015-04-18 Pod is lighted for the first time. We turned on all lighting for the pod. It is still work in progress, but in the dark, it looks pretty impressive. I think we were all stoked to see it lit. We took several low light pictures using a tri-pod and a DSL camera. The UV […]

2015-04-10   The door panels are done and the fronts put back into place and the control panels were installed. Notice the panels were given a “rust” dusting. Some invisible glow in the dark painting was done inside the pod walls. Hope created a symbolic font and painted made up words to look spooky or […]

2015-03-12 thru 2015-03-26 Serious wiring on the door panels was done. We decided to use Pixel lights in the door panels. The initial thought was to color code each panel in a different colored light. Perhaps, sequence the colors in some manner or another. For the Pixel lights to chase, we needed a straight run […]