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The Secrets of Eliza’s Heart is an Online Escape Room with a Surprising Twist

“Can you see me?” The whispered voice asks over our Zoom call. “Yes,” we respond, a continent away. Her video illuminates, revealing a young woman dressed in adventurer’s garb, hiding on a stairwell. Yet, this is no ordinary descent down—the walls are ornamented with taxidermied spiders, various totems, and books. “In 1926, Elizabeth van Leeuwenhart went missing, and it’s up to us to find out what happened.” With those instructions, our descent ends, and we open the door to a world of adventure, mystery, and even some black magic. Logic Locks in Amsterdam presents the remote Escape room The Secrets of Eliza’s Heart.

 

Secrets of Eliza's Heart Logic Locks - Escape Room - The Secrets of Eliza's Heart - Amsterdam - Netherlands

The Secrets of Eliza’s Heart is the second virtual, online escape room that we’ve done from the Amsterdam-based escape room company, Logic Locks. Logic Locks are known for producing some of the most immersive, and most creative, escape rooms around the world—and The Secrets of Eliza’s Heart is no exception. R. Fimblewood acts as an avatar for the virtual group, allowing for participants to direct her view, ask her to interact with items, and ultimately, find the secret of Miss Elizabeth’s disappearance. The room begins as a secretive foray into the den of an adventurer and slowly devolves into an occult exploration of dark magic. Don’t expect any strong horror, this is not a horror escape room (if you’re looking for that, check out their Amsterdam Catacombs), but it does have some dark imagery near the end.

The narrative is the driving force for this escape room. Elizabeth van Leeuwenhart has gone missing and a daring historian, R. Fimblewood, has recruited us to break into Elizabeth’s den to find out the truth behind this mystery. But there’s more than just truth behind Fimblewood’s actions: Elizabeth had a golden heart that was gifted to her by a German aristocrat she had fallen in love with—and this may be worth enough to support our adventures for the next decade. Yet, as the room unfolds, it’s clear something darker, more mystical has happened, and it’s up to us to reverse the dark magic that has infiltrated the location.

 

Logic Locks - Escape Room - The Secrets of Eliza's Heart - Amsterdam - Netherlands

 

As with any Logic Lock’s escape room, the location is gorgeous. While it isn’t as impressive as the Amsterdam Catacombs (but what could be—that is our favorite escape room in terms of looks), the room stands strongly on its own. The details were carefully crafted to ensure this felt like the den of an adventurer: from the tribal shields to the maps to the taxidermied butterflies to the assortment of exotic hats. We wanted to spend more time just exploring the sets and uncovering more about the famous Elizabeth and her life.

Fimblewood helped only further our immersion. Her acting was impressive. She perfectly captured the spirit of an excited historian, looking to find one of her heroes. There were multiple times that her exuberance leapt off the screen and only served to make us more excited to continue on. When the room turned darker, her anticipation perfectly added to the tension and created enough dread to make us pause and consider our actions.

 

Logic Locks - Escape Room - The Secrets of Eliza's Heart - Amsterdam - Netherlands

 

Beyond Fimblewood’s acting, the lighting, music and sound design was also another stand out. From the start, the sound effect of a creaky door only served to set the mood. A victrola, perfect to the time period, starts unexpectedly playing Louis Armstrong, Sophie Tucker, and Duke Ellington. Yet, as the mystery unfolds, the blues shifts from comforting to eerie, and adds to the suspense. Then, the music shifts again, creating a more mystical feel, perfectly highlighting the magic in the room. The lighting also shifts from bright overhead lighting to dim pulsating lights. Light and sound makes this room feel cinematic.

As an escape room, we must speak to the puzzles, and this room nails the puzzles. As mentioned above, the puzzles perfectly align with the narrative and push the storyline forward. This adds narrative weight to the puzzles and gives purpose to the players. Bravo to Logic Locks for that! While there are a lot of combination and key-based locks, there are some clever puzzles requiring runed blocks, magnets, and spying through keyholes. One of our favorites is a clever puzzle involving three coconut monkeys named Makkako, Nikko, and Bandar—which fans of Amsterdam Catacombs may recognize.

 

Logic Locks - Escape Room - The Secrets of Eliza's Heart - Amsterdam - Netherlands

 

Logic Locks is easily one of the world’s best escape room companies, and while it would have been difficult for us to visit pre-pandemic, Covid 19 has created a lot of opportunities in Zoom-based escape rooms which wouldn’t have been possible otherwise. We are insanely happy that Logic Locks is continuing to offer these online escape rooms, because The Secrets of Eliza’s Heart is an impressive escape room that perfectly combines a bit of magic with mystery and puzzles to tell a captivating and alluring puzzle. If you’re looking for an adventure, this is the perfect one for you.

For more information on Logic Locks or The Secrets of Eliza’s Heart, checkout their website, Facebook, or Instagram. For information about similar events, check out our Event Calendar.

 

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The Secrets of Eliza’s Heart is an Adventure Themed Escape room from Logic Locks Amsterdam.

About The Author

Taylor Winters
Taylor has loved immersive theater since his first experience at ALONE in 2013. Since then, he has written, produced, & directed immersive theater, consulted for numerous immersive companies, acted in others, and attended even more. He has his PhD in Bioengineering, an MBA in Organization Leadership, and currently works fixing broken hearts.

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