Arcade Arena: Immersive Games and Team Challenges Await

Matt Ames has been in the business of fun since 2001. As Matt explained, he started with a “paintball park, then moved onto an adventure park, a nonprofit, escape rooms and even bubble soccer.” With all that experience Matt’s newest creation is the Arcade Arena, which provides guests an immersive entertainment experience. Matt was trying to decide what was next for his escape room business. “Once you have done an escape room, guests aren’t as likely to replay the experience,” he said. So, he started
thinking that his escape rooms could be seen as “challenge rooms” and from there, the developing process began.

From Escape Rooms to Interactive Arenas: The Concept Behind Arcade Arena

Matt said the result is a fun attraction, built by combining projection mapping, motion tracking cameras, traditional arcade controls and touchscreen capabilities to create a room “arena” – an interactive space in which guests can play some really cool interactive games. Check out host Nate taking on some of these interactive challenges in the Arcade Arena episode at the Fun Across America YouTube channel. Arcade Arena has several proprietary games to play, including The Heist, Button Frenzy, Lava Runner, Monkey Games, Goblin Hunter, Battle Arena Omega and The Great Pig Escape, as well as plans to release six new games every year. To help bring teams together, the system also doubles as a photo booth. Another special aspect of the Arcade Arena experience is that the players do not have to wear any special equipment to play. It’s designed to provide an activity that promotes player interactivity, talking and working together as a team. This is especially great in today’s economy when so many people are working from home and lack social interaction.