Escape rooms have become increasingly popular as interactive entertainment experiences. The key to a great escape room lies in its puzzles—they need to be challenging enough to be engaging, but not so difficult that players become frustrated. In this post, we'll build an Escape Room Puzzle Designer using HazelJS that helps create balanced puzzles, provide progressive hints, and track player solutions.
The Problem
Escape room designers face several challenges:
Puzzle Creation: Designing engaging puzzles with clear solutions
Difficulty Balancing: Ensuring puzzles are appropriately challenging for the target audience






