An online escape room for dev teams

Team building for remote teams is a tricky subject, especially for developer teams. Often, software engineer team members aren’t keen on traditional team-building activities such as, well, socialising in person over drinks, playing rounders or driving…


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Richard Morrison

Team building for remote teams is a tricky subject, especially for developer teams. Often, software engineer team members aren't keen on traditional team-building activities such as, well, socialising in person over drinks, playing rounders or driving go karts.

If engineers are already spending their days in front of a screen, it might seem an interesting idea, but go with it for a second... what about an online escape room where the team has to hack, code and puzzle their way out?

I built /dev/esc to give dev teams a challenging, geeky way to do what they do in their day jobs. Only without JIRA, requirements, specifications, meetings, managers. It's unashamedly nerdy - my premise is that programmers will enjoy the reward of cracking a team game in about an hour, especially if the subject matter is code, data or APIs.

I'd love to hear from you in the comments. Am I onto a good idea here? What feedback do you have for me?

Have you been involved in team-building activities and seen successful ideas? Or unsuccessful attempts? I think developer teams are underserved by traditional off-site activities and would love to learn more from your experiences.


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Richard Morrison


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