How to play
As part of the ER Champ competition, for the online qualifying stage you will be playing a cooperative point-and-click escape room game. During the gameplay, you move and interact with the world by clicking in the indicated spots where you search for objects, solve puzzles and influence the environment in various ways. Your goal is to achieve 100% completion.
Requirements
Team
To participate, you must have a team. All qualifications and final games require a team of minimum 2 and maximum 4 people. You can learn about how to set up or join a team on the page linked below.
The situation is different with stress test games. One person is often enough to play that game. This is a good opportunity to get acquainted with the system yourself, at your own pace. You will find all the relevant information on the page of the respective game.
Check out how to create a teamComputer and browser
To play ER Champ games, you need a computer and a web browser. Our games are not designed to be played on mobile devices. To avoid technical problems, make sure your browser is updated to the latest version. Before the actual competition starts, double-check if the game works well on your configuration. During the game each team member should play on their own device.
Interface
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1. Game Screen
This is the main area where you explore and play. Every puzzle, room, and item you need appears here — all challenges can be solved using only in-game clues, with no external knowledge required.
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2. Progress Bar
Shows how far you’ve advanced in the level and how much is still ahead.
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3. Movement
Use the arrows to look around the room — left or right.
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4. Back
Moves you backwards within the game, letting you return from the current view or area.
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5. Notifications
Pop up in response to your actions — they can confirm correct answers or simply deliver a fun message.
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6. Magnifier / Zoom
Lets you take a closer look at interactive elements or details on the screen. It also works on items, allowing you to inspect them more closely.
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7. Inventory
Displays the items you’ve collected (the number of items is shown in parentheses). A green dot indicates a newly acquired item.
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8. Shortcuts
Use keyboard shortcuts for faster navigation and interactions during gameplay.
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9. Distraction Free Mode
Hides interface elements to help you focus fully on the game.
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10. Items
Click an item to select it, double-click to inspect it closely, or drag one item onto another to combine them.
When viewing an item, you can interact with it by clicking different areas or even using another item on it. The inventory is always visible for this reason.
Fun fact: clicks made while inspecting an item are also shown on its thumbnail!
Keyboard shortcuts
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← / A
Go left or inspect previous item
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→ / D
Go right or inspect next item
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↓ / S
Go back
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i
Show inventory
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K
Show keyboard shortcuts
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~
Toggle focus on answer field
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tab
Select next item
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shift + tab
Select previous item
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spacebar
Inspect an item
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spacebar / esc
Close item inspection
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Z
Toggle magnifying tool
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F
Hide distractions
Additional info
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Click traces
When a minimum of two players are in the same view, one player can see the actions of the other (circular mouse click marks).
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Game changes
When a player affects the game state, the change automatically appears to all teammates as well. For example: when one player enters a code that causes a door to open, the game will update for other players - the door will open for the whole team.
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Correctness information
If a minimum of two players are on a view of a puzzle with an answer field, they see each other's attempts. A red password indicates an incorrect answer, while a green one indicates a correct answer.
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Equipment synchronization
Inventory is synchronized automatically across all players: no need to click anything to update.
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Separation of players
In some levels, players may be separated. During this time they will not be treated as they were in different rooms, so their equipment may differ.
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Excessive clicking
It is worth remembering that actions of all players of one team are processed by the game sequentially. Too many clicks at once by multiple players may slow down the game for the whole team. It's a good idea to take care of proper communication during the game and not to click blindly.