{ "title": "Escape Room Team Building", "subtitle": "ROUND ONE Australian escape room network business plan", "author": "Luke Nathan Hayes", "date": "30 October 2026", "edition": "ROUND ONE research and calculation edition", "chapters": [ { "slug": "index", "title": "Executive summary", "nav_title": "Executive summary", "lead": "Distinctive escape rooms across Australia, connected by journeys worth taking, skills worth carrying forward and fresh reasons to return.", "sections": [ { "title": "The business", "body": "An Australia-wide network designing escape rooms, linking them into tourism routes and renewing the catalogue for repeat visits. Recorded play supports reflection on language and teamwork, followed by practice in another room or everyday setting. Recording is the standard design, with a clear opt-out.\n\n[Aura of Intelligence](https://auraofintelligence.github.io/aura-genesis-geode-atlas/) connects participant-directed learning across visits. [p4a-xyz-cinema](https://github.com/auraofintelligence/p4a-xyz-cinema) connects local stories, civic scenarios and public explanations. Paid contractors supply creative, trade and specialist work; AI assists research and computation.", "refs": [ "D05", "D07", "P01", "P10" ] }, { "title": "Capacity and market prices", "body": "Puzzled prices groups of four to six at **$42 per person**, with a six-player room limit. Fox in a Box Brisbane advertises **10 rooms and 60 simultaneous players**. Escape This Perth CBD lists **14 rooms and 108 places**. These are individual venues. Escape This's **48 rooms and 336 places span five venues**, detailed in the market chapter.\n\nThe comparison below uses the $42 competitor price. Timing, attendance and trading inputs are assumptions: **8 offered sessions per room per day, 250 trading days, 50% sold and 5 paying players per sold session**. A 60-minute game plus 15-minute reset permits eight starts within a ten-hour room window. Briefing, reflection, staff and support space need separate capacity checks.\n\n| Annual comparison | One room | Four rooms at one location | Four rooms at each of five locations |\n|---|---:|---:|---:|\n| Available team sessions | 2,000 | 8,000 | 40,000 |\n| Sold team sessions | 1,000 | 4,000 | 20,000 |\n| Paid visits | 5,000 | 20,000 | 100,000 |\n| Ticket receipts including assumed GST | $210,000 | $840,000 | $4,200,000 |\n| Ticket sales excluding assumed 10% GST | $190,909 | $763,636 | $3,818,182 |\n\nThese are ticket-turnover comparisons before costs. Each location is assumed to achieve the same attendance. At four or six players per sold session, the one-room receipt comparison becomes $168,000 or $252,000. The calculator changes price, group size, demand, timing, rooms and locations together.", "refs": [ "M07", "M10", "M18" ], "calculator": "throughput", "basis": "Competitor-price comparison · Editable assumptions" }, { "title": "Commercial questions", "body": "The revenue opportunities are local admissions and workshops; room design and installation; network booking and support; and paid maintenance, renewal and rotation. Each needs its own cost and customer evidence.\n\nThe largest gaps are delivered premises and room costs, recording performance and review time, a feasible paid roster, local demand and repeat bookings. Supplier benchmarks appear in the economics chapter. The finance calculator withholds an operating result until its cost fields are completed.\n\nROUND ONE provides research and comparison inputs for Luke Nathan Hayes to review. Commercial choices remain open.", "refs": [] } ] }, { "slug": "market", "title": "Market and venue evidence", "nav_title": "Market and venue evidence", "lead": "Venue capacity, published offers and the evidence needed for a local market case.", "sections": [ { "title": "Rooms and simultaneous players", "body": "| Operator | Single venue | Rooms | Simultaneous players | Source |\n|---|---|---:|---:|---|\n| Escape This | Perth CBD | 14 | 108 | M10 |\n| Escape This | Northbridge | 9 | 62 | M10 |\n| Escape This | Sydney CBD | 10 | 66 | M10 |\n| Escape This | Manly | 3 | 18 | M10 |\n| Escape This | Melbourne CBD | 12 | 82 | M10 |\n| Fox in a Box | Brisbane | 10 | 60 | M07 |\n\n| Escape This subtotal only | Scope | Rooms | Sum of published room maxima |\n|---|---|---:|---:|\n| Five venues listed above | Perth CBD, Northbridge, Sydney CBD, Manly and Melbourne CBD | 48 | 336 |\n\nThe subtotal is the sum of room maxima across the five Escape This venues. Corporate-event limits may differ. National totals for the other operators have not been established.", "refs": [ "M07", "M10" ], "basis": "Checked 30 Oct 2026" }, { "title": "Published customer prices", "body": "| Operator and offer | Advertised price | Conditions relevant to comparison |\n|---|---:|---|\n| Puzzled public | $48 / $45 / $42 per person | Two / three / four to six players; maximum six per room. |\n| Puzzled schools and community | $35 per person | Weekdays, minimum 20 participants. |\n| Project Immersive Fission | $44 per person | 7 to 20 people across rooms, minimum three per room; one game each. |\n| Fox in a Box corporate | $45 for one game; $80 for two | Minimum 13 participants. |\n| Red Lock public | $55 / $47 / $45 / $42 / $40 per person | Two / three / four / five / six or more players. |\n| Red Lock weekday marathon | $99 for three rooms; $33 for each extra | Minimum two people, same group and day; excludes Queensland school holidays. |\n\nThe summary uses Puzzled's four-to-six-player price without adding an assumed reflection premium. School and corporate tariffs have group conditions; multi-game offers are prices for several admissions, not single-room ticket yields.", "refs": [ "M07", "M09", "M18", "M19", "M20" ], "basis": "Checked 30 Oct 2026" }, { "title": "Physical room and venue area", "body": "| Example | Published area | Measurement scope |\n|---|---:|---|\n| Indestroom Jungle and Magic School | 30 to 50 m² | Supplier game configurations. |\n| Indestroom Pharaoh | 30 to 70 m² | Supplier game configuration. |\n| Indestroom Vault32 | 40 to 80 m² | Supplier game configuration. |\n| The Great Escape Melbourne fitout | 1,240 m² | Whole mixed venue including games, mini-golf, arcade, bar, kitchen and lounges. |\n\nSupplier game areas exclude the separate support-space programme. The whole mixed venue cannot be divided by room count to infer a typical escape-room size.", "refs": [ "M11", "M14" ], "basis": "Supplier checked 30 Oct 2026 · Fitout reference checked 29 Oct 2026" }, { "title": "Demand and distribution", "body": "TRA reports 112.5 million domestic overnight trips and $108.1 billion spending, plus 288.4 million day trips and $52.0 billion spending, in the year ending June 2026. Business-event visitors spent $17.2 billion in Australia during 2025. ABS records 4,160,918 school students in 9,673 schools in 2025. These describe the wider buyer context, not escape-room demand.\n\nA local comparison needs competitor booking availability, reachable school and employer groups, visitor seasonality, transport, acquisition cost, repeat use and contribution by staffed opening block. Separate direct bookings, partner referrals and tourism distribution so commissions remain visible.", "refs": [ "M01", "M03", "M04", "M05", "M06", "M22" ], "basis": "Checked 30 Oct 2026" } ] }, { "slug": "network-tourism", "title": "Network and tourism", "nav_title": "Network and tourism", "lead": "Linked destinations, repeat visits and settlement between participating businesses.", "sections": [ { "title": "Routes and repeat visits", "body": "A local room supplies a complete adventure; linked destinations offer different stories and opportunities to use the same skill. Possible products include a day route, regional weekend, longer passport journey, employer retreat and school series.\n\nBrisbane, Redlands and Minjerribah provide one route concept. Melbourne, Beechworth and Albury provide another, with an existing example of games moving between operators. Routes require actual venue availability, travel time and independently priced partner services.", "refs": [ "D07", "M16", "P05" ] }, { "title": "Passes referrals and partner sales", "body": "Compare separately booked referrals, a shared pass and a package sold by one contracting operator. The finance chapter contains the pass calculator.\n\n**Network service revenue = pass receipts less venue allocations**, subject to the actual principal or agency arrangement. Venue ticket allocations and accommodation or meal sales do not become network service revenue. Measure linked trade through redeemed referrals and attributed bookings.", "refs": [ "M05", "M16", "M22" ] }, { "title": "Room rotation", "body": "Mystery Rooms describes games placed with operators in Beechworth and Albury after consolidation at Fitzroy. Its vouchers exclude partner venues, so game movement does not itself establish shared ticket redemption.\n\nRotation costs include removal, condition checks, freight, receiving-site works, installation, commissioning, paid training and downtime. Compare these with a fresh build and with renewing the room in place.", "refs": [ "M16" ] } ] }, { "slug": "deployment", "title": "Room design and deployment", "nav_title": "Room design and deployment", "lead": "Room formats, recorded play and paid installation supported by JIT learning.", "sections": [ { "title": "Formats and space", "body": "| Format | Space and cost to establish |\n|---|---|\n| Hosted rooms | Game areas plus the host's actual reception, reflection, amenities, storage and access provision. |\n| Dedicated venue | Game modules and all support spaces, services, premises costs and staffing. |\n| Partner installation or replacement | Measured module, interfaces with the existing venue and paid commissioning. |\n\n**Whole venue area = game areas + reflection and teaching + reception + control + storage + amenities + quiet space + circulation.** Use measured usable areas. No national average room area is established by the supplier sample.", "refs": [ "M11", "M14" ] }, { "title": "Independent play and room cycles", "body": "Rooms run without hints. Necessary clues and instructions sit inside the game. Staff respond directly to safety, access and technical failures. Reflection follows play, including an unfinished challenge.\n\n**Cycle minutes = play + reset + buffer.** The summary calculator checks offered starts against the available room window. Briefing and reflection can overlap play only where space and staffing permit. Simultaneous school cohorts need their own timetable.", "refs": [] }, { "title": "Recording and reflection", "body": "Recording is built into the experience, explained before play and offered with a clear opt-out. Opted-out people and their speech must be excluded from capture; removing only their wearable microphone may still leave them audible on other channels. The room and booking design must make that choice workable.\n\nCaptured speech and task events support post-play reflection. Test movement, overlapping voices, speaker attribution, timestamp accuracy, transfer time and facilitator review time. RØDE states up to four Wireless PRO kits, eight transmitters, in one place. That limit prevents treating a consumer single-room setup as a validated multi-room radio system.\n\nGame controls must function independently of transcription. Recording, retention, personal Aura continuity, research and publication require separate controls.", "refs": [ "R107", "D03", "D04", "P01" ] }, { "title": "Reusable modules and JIT learning", "body": "Replaceable puzzles, service panels, labelled wiring, reset states and versioned parts lists support renewal and installation by another paid crew. Local stories can change around reusable mechanisms.\n\nJIT lessons attach to a specific task: drawing, tools, method, demonstration, checks and acceptance. Record useful faults and corrections. Cost paid learning, filming, editing, mentoring and handover alongside installation. Lessons support skilled work; licensed and specialist work stays with the relevant qualified people.", "refs": [ "D05", "D06", "P05" ] } ] }, { "slug": "economics", "title": "Cost evidence and calculators", "nav_title": "Costs and calculators", "lead": "Published unit prices, new and used options, and the unpriced delivery scope.", "sections": [ { "title": "Equipment unit prices", "body": "| Item | Advertised each | Scope note | Source |\n|---|---:|---|---|\n| RØDE Wireless PRO dual kit | $385 | Two transmitters; observed promotional price. | R106 |\n| Zoom LiveTrak L-8 | $715 | Recorder/mixer; backorder displayed. | R108 |\n| Hosa CMP-159 cable | $22 | Stereo breakout cable; observed promotional price. | R109 |\n| Refurbished HP EliteDesk 800 G6 Mini | $399 | Grade A, i5 tenth generation, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD. | R115 |\n| CyberPower CP900EPFCLCDa UPS | $299 | 900 VA / 540 W; actual load and runtime require testing. | R116 |\n\nQuantities, compatibility, storage, playback, cleaning, transfer and multi-room engineering remain separate. Listed prices do not establish a complete recording system.", "refs": [ "R106", "R107", "R108", "R109", "R115", "R116" ], "basis": "Checked 30 Oct 2026 · Advertised AUD prices" }, { "title": "New and secondhand furnishings", "body": "| Item | Advertised each | Condition and evidence | Source |\n|---|---:|---|---|\n| Matrix visitor chair | $179 | New. | R110 |\n| Matrix visitor armchair | $199 | New; compare support and load rating with the actual model. | R111 |\n| Rapidline steel-frame table 1800 × 900 mm | $292 | New. | R113 |\n| Metal-frame desk 1600 × 800 mm | $150 including GST | Used; supplier describes good condition. | R114 |\n| Cupboard 1600h × 900w × 430d mm | $129 including GST | Used. | R114 |\n\nCompare delivered cost and condition. Used stock quantities, collection, cleaning, repairs, parts, warranty and remaining service life can change the comparison. The calculator leaves missing amounts blank.", "refs": [ "R110", "R111", "R112", "R113", "R114" ], "calculator": "cost", "basis": "Checked 30 Oct 2026 · Advertised AUD prices" }, { "title": "Labour and installation rates", "body": "| Source | Published charge basis | GST basis |\n|---|---|---|\n| Dash general labour | $55 to $60 per hour | Excluding GST. |\n| Dash carpentry | $75 to $85 per hour | Excluding GST. |\n| Dash shopfitting and joinery | $65 to $85 per hour | Excluding GST. |\n| Voltora business-hours attendance | $258.50 call-out and first hour; $148.50 each additional hour | Including GST; materials extra. |\n\n**Work package = person-hours × charge rate + materials + attendance and travel charges.** Person-hours count each worker. Voltora's first hour already includes attendance; it must not be charged twice. Labour-hire charge rates already include the provider's employment costs.\n\nBuilding works, acoustics, HVAC, controls, creative work, testing, training and commissioning need scoped quantities.", "refs": [ "R104", "R105" ], "calculator": "labour", "basis": "Checked 30 Oct 2026 · Indicative provider rates" }, { "title": "Room packages and premises", "body": "| Supplier room | Game area | Players | Advertised package AUD |\n|---|---:|---:|---:|\n| Jungle | 30 to 50 m² | 2 to 8 | $42,500 |\n| Magic School | 30 to 50 m² | 2 to 6 | $89,900 |\n| Pharaoh | 30 to 70 m² | 2 to 6 | $63,300 |\n| Vault32 | 40 to 80 m² | 2 to 10 | $101,600 |\n\nIndestroom converts standard EUR configurations into advertised AUD benchmarks. Freight, tax, site works, customisation and installation boundaries need a fixed scope. Its standard package includes a hint system, so compatibility with independent play requires design work rather than an assumption.\n\n| Advertised property | Area | Asking rent | Annualised rent excluding GST and outgoings |\n|---|---:|---|---:|\n| Unit 7 / 338 Lytton Road, Morningside | 300 m² | $6,750 per month | $81,000; $270/m²/year |\n| 4/65 Riverside Place, Morningside | 300 m² | $78,000 per year | $78,000; $260/m²/year |\n\nThese are different properties, not demonstrated escape-room premises. The Lytton listing describes a partial building with another upstairs tenant. Rent excludes outgoings and does not price access, approvals, fitout or make-good.", "refs": [ "R117", "R118", "R119" ], "basis": "Checked 30 Oct 2026" }, { "title": "Recording and AI usage costs", "body": "| Published service benchmark | Unit price in USD |\n|---|---:|\n| gpt-transcribe recorded-file transcription | Estimated $0.0045 per submitted audio minute |\n| gpt-live-transcribe live transcription | $0.017 per minute |\n| gpt-6.1-sol Standard short-context uncached input | $2 per million tokens |\n| Same model output | $10 per million tokens |\n\nThese are rate comparisons. **Submitted audio minutes = recorded sessions × recorded people per session × minutes submitted per person × submission count.** Full-length separate participant files each count; recording opt-outs reduce recorded headcount, while recorded teachers or facilitators add to it.\n\n**Token cost = calls × (input tokens × input rate + billable output tokens × output rate) ÷ 1,000,000.** Add tools, storage, retries, hosting and paid human review. Standard short-context rates do not cover long-context, faster tiers or regional uplifts. The calculator keeps provider costs in USD until an AUD exchange rate and other invoice charges are supplied.", "refs": [ "R121", "R122" ], "calculator": "software", "basis": "Checked 30 Oct 2026" }, { "title": "Scope still unpriced", "body": "Premises and outgoings; building and acoustic design; approvals; partitions and finishes; ventilation; electrical/data materials; original room design and rights; landed kits; multi-room capture and monitoring; software implementation and storage; insurance and professional work; management and founder pay; full roster costs; consumables; utilities; distribution; freight and make-good; financing and specific risks.\n\nEach package needs quantities, tax basis, inclusions, exclusions and payment terms. The [quote register](content/finance.json) retains these blanks. A supplier catalogue total cannot substitute for startup cash.", "refs": [] } ] }, { "slug": "finance", "title": "Finance formulas and calculators", "nav_title": "Finance", "lead": "Turnover, paid work, contribution and settlement using editable inputs.", "sections": [ { "title": "Throughput and turnover formulas", "body": "**Available sessions = rooms × locations × starts per room/day × trading days − blocked room-days × starts per room/day.** Blocked room-days count one closed room for one trading day across the whole comparison; closures already excluded from trading days are not deducted twice.\n\n**Sold sessions = available sessions × sold share.**\n\n**Paid visits = sold sessions × average paying group size.**\n\n**Ticket receipts = paid visits × price per person.**\n\n**Sales excluding GST = taxable receipts ÷ (1 + GST rate).**\n\nThe [summary calculator](index.html#capacity-and-market-prices) scales one room through multiple locations. Mixed products use the sum of each product's sold sessions × group size × price, rather than applying one average ticket to incompatible group tiers.", "refs": [ "M18" ] }, { "title": "Wages and paid coverage", "body": "| Adult casual benchmark | Ordinary hourly wage | Sunday hourly wage |\n|---|---:|---:|\n| Award Grade 4 | $36.81 | $51.54 |\n| Award Grade 6 | $39.11 | $54.76 |\n\nThe Amusement, Events and Recreation Award supplies these comparison rates; coverage and classification depend on actual work. ATO's qualifying-earnings super rate is 12%. These are employee wages, separate from provider charge rates.\n\n**Wages = sum of paid hours at each applicable rate.** Add super on eligible earnings, allowances and other employment costs. Paid hours include coverage, resets, recording preparation, review, reflection, workshops, breaks, training and management. Convert task minutes into feasible shifts before costing minimum engagements and overlapping demand.", "refs": [ "R101", "R125" ], "basis": "Checked 30 Oct 2026" }, { "title": "Contribution and break even", "body": "**Net card cost per team = processor cash fee less eligible GST credit.** The Stripe domestic online-card benchmark is 1.65% of payment plus $0.30, including GST. Calculate and round fees per payment, then aggregate. Individual participant payments incur more fixed charges than one group payment.\n\n**Contribution per sold team = sales excluding GST − variable delivery cost − card cost.**\n\n**Operating balance before depreciation finance and income tax = sold teams × contribution − annual fixed costs − renewal provision.**\n\n**Break-even sold share = (annual fixed costs + renewal provision) ÷ (available sessions × contribution per sold team).** If contribution is zero or negative, sales cannot cover fixed costs under those inputs. Above 100% is beyond the entered capacity. Leave unpriced costs blank so the calculator withholds the balance.", "refs": [ "R103" ], "calculator": "operating", "basis": "Comparison calculator · All cost fields use AUD excluding recoverable GST" }, { "title": "Pass settlement", "body": "**Venue allocations = passes × visits per pass × agreed amount per visit.**\n\n**Service component = customer payment − venue allocations.**\n\n**Service amount after processing = service component excluding GST − processor cost excluding eligible GST credit.**\n\nThe calculator prices a transaction using editable pass and allocation inputs. It rounds the processor's cash charge to cents. It also checks allocations against receipts. Redemptions, refunds, commissions, support and undelivered entitlements remain separate from the transaction calculation.", "refs": [ "R103" ], "calculator": "pass" }, { "title": "Revenue ownership and cash", "body": "Local admissions, deployment contracts and network fees are separate revenue streams. Venue allocations collected through a pass are tracked for settlement under the actual contract; related-entity consolidation eliminates internal transfers.\n\n**Startup cash = capital and pre-opening payments + deposits + cash-flow trough + specific risk amounts − committed funding.** Sequence supplier milestones, payroll, tax, customer receipts, partner settlements and refunds. Unconfirmed grants and expressions of interest are not available cash.\n\nFunding comparisons can include founder capital, host contributions, debt, member capital and negotiated investment. Define ownership, return and any local acquisition terms. C-Hour remains non-monetary and does not reduce the paid-work budget.", "refs": [ "D15", "P09" ] } ] }, { "slug": "learning", "title": "Language teamwork and skill transfer", "nav_title": "Language and learning", "lead": "Recorded exchanges, participant interpretation and practice in a new setting.", "sections": [ { "title": "Context and repair", "body": "Recorded play gives a shared event to examine after the game. Review words alongside surrounding turns, task state and participant accounts. Computational analysis can identify candidate moments; people check attribution and meaning.\n\n| Pattern | Example | Reflection focus |\n|---|---|---|\n| Blame | This is all your fault. | Events, information and responsibility. |\n| Contempt | You are useless. | Effect of a judgement about the person. |\n| Global label | You always ruin everything. | Specific event versus identity claim. |\n| Exclusion | Nobody asked you. | Contribution attempted and response. |\n| Pressure | Do it my way or you are out. | Choices, agreement and boundaries. |\n| Self-judgement | I am stupid. | Difficulty treated as identity. |\n| Premature hopelessness | Nothing will work. | Evidence and untried options. |\n| Silencing certainty | Obviously I am right. | Alternative explanations considered. |\n| Deflection | It was only a joke. | Intention, reception and repair. |\n\nAnger, criticism, refusal and firm boundaries can be appropriate. Profanity alone is not a measure of harm. Culture, banter and the participants' interpretations matter. Quiet participation may include reading, making or thinking. Participants can correct the record.", "refs": [ "D03", "D04", "D05" ] }, { "title": "Vocabulary and rehearsal", "body": "| Starting expression | Alternative to rehearse after play |\n|---|---|\n| You never listen. | I have not finished the instruction. Can I finish, then hear your idea? |\n| I cannot do anything. | I am stuck here. I can explain what I tried. |\n| That is stupid. | I see a timing problem. What if the first step takes longer? |\n| Just do it. | Are you willing to take this part? What do you need? |\n| Fine whatever. | I will support that choice and want to record one concern. |\n\nThe event supplies a reason to learn distinctions such as assumption, evidence, uncertainty, consent and repair. Reflection selects moments, checks accounts, rehearses alternatives and identifies a later application. Sensitive individual material needs a private setting.", "refs": [ "D05", "D06" ] }, { "title": "Progression and transfer", "body": "| Stage | Possible task focus | Application beyond the room |\n|---|---|---|\n| Primary years | Shared clues, construction and resources | Turn-taking, specific requests, fairness and repair. |\n| Adolescence | Disputed information and peer situations | Evidence, pressure, boundaries and disagreement. |\n| Early adulthood and work | Handover, travel, unfamiliar services and deadlines | Negotiation, checking requirements and accountability. |\n| Families and generations | Shared plans and care preferences | Listening across differences and fair contribution. |\n| Later life | Changed routines and community decisions | Directing assistance, adapting and mentoring. |\n\nVersion choice follows interests, readiness and access needs. Adjust text, pace and sensory load while retaining adult themes for adults. School designs can map to the Personal and Social capability continuum.\n\nA participant chooses a skill to try in another room or real setting. A later task tests independent use; a positive debrief alone does not establish transfer. Personal Aura continuity retains the goals and examples the person chooses. Group clips require the permissions of the people included.", "refs": [ "D03", "D04", "D05", "M24", "M25", "P01" ] } ] }, { "slug": "agent-roles", "title": "Research computation and paid work", "nav_title": "Research and paid work", "lead": "Evidence and computation supporting skilled human work and founder decisions.", "sections": [ { "title": "Research and computation", "body": "AI can compare cited market offers, calculate quantities and sensitivities, draft design alternatives, organise source records and prepare JIT material. Outputs retain their evidence and assumptions for human review. The business direction and decisions remain with Luke.\n\nThe software calculator prices defined work by usage. A model name identifies a rate benchmark, not an appointed agent or an operating role.", "refs": [] }, { "title": "Paid work", "body": "Cost preparation, travel where applicable, installation, paid learning, supervision, testing and handover. Design and specialist work need their own scope and provider rates. Skilled workers validate methods and acceptance; AI-generated hours remain estimates until checked against a quote or observed work.\n\nJIT material should enable another paid crew to perform the task using the actual site and room version. Teaching, filming, editing and mentoring consume paid time.", "refs": [ "D05", "D06" ] } ] }, { "slug": "renewal", "title": "Renewal and rotation", "nav_title": "Renewal and rotation", "lead": "Replacement costs, downtime and fresh content for repeat visits.", "sections": [ { "title": "Asset and content renewal", "body": "Track story versions, props and mechanisms, recording and control equipment, furniture and fixed services separately. Renew against condition, support, repeat demand and the cost of alternatives.\n\n**Annual replacement provision = sum of each asset's replacement cost ÷ funding interval.** This is a cash-planning contribution, not depreciation or a prediction of failure. Enter repair, freight, installation and downtime separately.", "refs": [], "calculator": "renewal" }, { "title": "Downtime and room movement", "body": "**Lost contribution = displaced sessions × expected sold share × contribution per sold session.** Continuing fixed costs are not avoided by closing a room. Do not treat every blocked slot as a sold booking.\n\nCompare new story paths, replacement puzzle modules, complete-theme renewal and movement to another venue. A rotation brief includes asset condition, rights, receiving layout, transport, works, commissioning, paid learning and downtime. Updated reset guides and JIT lessons travel with the relevant version.", "refs": [ "M16", "P05" ] } ] }, { "slug": "partnerships", "title": "Local enterprise and partnerships", "nav_title": "Local partnerships", "lead": "Local ownership options, tourism connections and cultural authority.", "sections": [ { "title": "Participation and ownership", "body": "Existing operators can install rooms or join distribution. Tourism businesses can host or supply linked experiences. Makers, designers and trades can supply paid work. Co-operatives can own assets and employ people. Compare the actual ownership, prices and obligations of each arrangement.\n\nMutual Futures offers a connection to succession and paid knowledge transfer. 500 Queens connects women-led enterprise and investment development. Councils and tourism bodies can contribute precinct information, premises evidence, event calendars and supplier connections.", "refs": [ "P02", "P03", "M06" ] }, { "title": "Place learning and access", "body": "Local stories and cultural material require the relevant authority, payment, attribution and reuse terms. Personal Aura records remain controlled by their people. p4a-xyz-cinema can connect public explanations and scenarios about collective decisions without requiring political agreement.\n\nSchool, youth, adaptive-support and teacher sources inform whole-life learning. Oceania co-operative and 82 Claytons proposals supply related place and intergenerational concepts. Funded access is costed as actual purchased admissions; voluntary C-Hour recognition remains separate.", "refs": [ "D03", "D04", "D05", "D07", "D15", "P09", "P10", "P12", "P13" ] } ] }, { "slug": "roadmap", "title": "Research priorities", "nav_title": "Research priorities", "lead": "Evidence needed to develop a room location or network offer.", "sections": [ { "title": "Questions for the next round", "body": "| Question | Evidence to obtain |\n|---|---|\n| Which customers will book and return? | Responses to actual offers, local booking availability, acquisition costs and repeat use. |\n| Which format fits? | Measured rooms and support space, access, recording opt-out design and peak staffing. |\n| What does delivery cost? | Comparable scopes, dated prices, delivered new/used options, paid hours and payment terms. |\n| Does the learning method work? | Independent play, recording quality, review time, participant accounts and transfer into a different task. |\n| Does another location add value? | Its own demand and costs, usable JIT records, distinctive content and redeemed cross-venue bookings. |\n\nAn operating test would answer a defined subset of these questions. Its scope and duration follow the question and cost. No opening date or rollout schedule is established. The [research register](briefs/approval-register.md) records the resulting choices.", "refs": [] } ] } ], "research_status": "Exploratory research for founder review", "decision_basis": { "founder_direction": "Escape-room design, an Australia-wide network, interconnected tourism, repeat visits and renewal, JIT learning and skill transfer, paid contractors with AI extending research and computation, and connections with Aura of Intelligence and p4a-xyz-cinema.", "source_facts": "Attributed observations retain the source, reference period, recorded access date and verification status. Advertised prices are not supplier quotations.", "model_assumptions": "All prices charged by this business, quantities, uptake, hours, layouts, calendars, replacement horizons and software usage are editable worked illustrations.", "founder_decisions": "Luke Nathan Hayes retains decisions about the business. No commercial or operating selection is inferred from a comparison." } }