About Us
A move from Saint Paul, MN, to Milwaukee, WI, prompted us to take the biggest step of our lives and open an escape room of our own. Together, our knowledge covers every aspect of the business, from creating puzzles and constructing rooms to managing employees and handling day-to-day affairs. We are passionate about what we do and have the drive and determination to achieve our goals!
OWNERS
Nick is a former high school math and computer science teacher whose love of games and puzzles led him to take on a part time job at an escape room in Saint Paul. He took on more and more responsibilities at that escape room, and eventually left teaching to become their General Manager. At that point he took on all day to day operations of the business, and even applied his skill sets to assist in puzzle design and development, as well as programming some of their electronic puzzles.
Allen has a degree in video game design and development, and was a tech artist at a casino game company until early 2020. He was hired part time at the same escape room as Nick in Saint Paul, where his creative problem solving and attention to detail landed him the company’s next and only other full time position. His unique role grew and evolved over time, with responsibilities ranging from prop repairs and room construction, to electronics wiring, graphic design, and more.
Tyler has a Master's degree in physics but works in the field of Software Quality Assurance. In grad school, he worked on writing programs to control machines in a lab on campus. These days, he writes programs to automate manual tasks and interfaces to easily interact with data for software testing. He uses his software engineering skills to design and implement code, making the incredible puzzles at Redacted work.
REDACTED Escape Rooms is a fully LGBT owned business.
We have a combined 10 years of experience running, managing, and building escape rooms.
Updates
ARE YOU READY FOR REDACTED?!
We are getting closer to opening our doors. The walls are painted, the flooring is floored, and we are working on making the Heist Havoc room come together. Some of the major set pieces are coming together and should be completed by mid-next week. The technology is also working well and is ready to go!! As soon as those major set pieces are completed, we will add all the technology. There are still final touches that need to happen along with our playtesting, but we are seeing great progress.
We are sooooo excited that we are launching a Kickstarter to kick off the celebrations (pun intended)!! Since the opening has taken much longer than expected, we are strapped for cash but don’t want to jeopardize the quality of the room. Instead, we are doing a Kickstarter to share some exclusive merch and allow everyone to get in on the ground floor and have their name celebrated on our wall forever. When it is successful, it enables us to put all the final touches on the room to create the high-quality experience we know it can be. It will also allow us to finish all the facility updates, like lobby furniture and toilet paper.
A few of the rewards we have:
A tile with your name on it on our wall that makes a collage
Kickstarter exclusive t-shirts
Calendar Challenge Puzzle
Admission Tickets
Playtesting Opportunities
Behind the Scenes Tour
And my personal favorite: You can have your pet’s portrait displayed in our Heist Havoc room. (This opportunity is very limited, though, so you will want to check it out right away.)
If you are excited about Redacted Escape Rooms and can donate, please do. We are so grateful for everyone’s support. The link to the Kickstarter is below, and it will go live in the morning!! Also, if you can share this link with anyone (and everyone), we would appreciate it.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redactedescaperooms/redacted-escape-rooms
~Nick
CONTACT US
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