Dearest Patrons,

I'm Stevenson Streeper, the Director.

I'm a game designer trying to make a Theme Park, and I am constantly working on something.

If you haven't been keeping up with us for years it's hard to keep track of what exactly it is.

So here's a short summary of what's happened up to this point:

Stevenson Streeper
  • In 2014 I opened the first Escape Room in San Diego. It went well!
  • In 2016 we opened a new facility in Hillcrest. We tried to make a 9-player spaceship simulator. That didn't go so well.
  • We panicked and made The Floor is Lava instead. It was a good game! We ran that for about 3 years and installed copies in Las Vegas and Europe.
  • In 2017 we opened The Parlour. An escape room that was secretly a thematic resource management game in disguise. It won awards!
  • In 2018 we ran a Murder Mystery MegaGame called Hear/Say at the Lafayette hotel. It was one of our best-attended events up to that point, so we ran another Hear/Say that fall that included a dinner! The reviews were that the game and murder scene were cool, but that we should never serve dinner again. And I couldn't agree more.
  • In 2020 COVID hit and we had to close. We also made a special miniature escape room for a streamer. Thanks to the donations of that streamer's audience, the donations of my patrons, and my sale of my boardgame, I was able to buy a laser cutter.
  • In 2021 we began working on Electra City: A high-tech RPG Theme Park prototype. We worked on that for a good chunk of the year while also running a MegaGame in downtown San Diego.
  • In 2022 we ran an adult egg hunt called Easterweenwhich was dumb and fun.
  • I also at this point realized that Electra City would be too much software to code all by myself, and I needed a lower-tech way of testing whether the game was fun before investing in a software framework. So I created Shadowspire and brought an early version of it to GenCon 2022 for playtesting.
  • The test revealed a fundamental flaw with the core game design conceit, forcing me back to the drawing board, wherein I briefly considered making a Mini-golf course to fix it.
  • As finances got tighter, we began work on a video game compilation of party games for people to play together called PartySparkers.
  • We launched a new boardgame convention called GameDiego in Spring 2023, and ran another one in Summer 2023, including an all-new murder mystery game called Hear/Say 4: The Final Curtain! You can see more about that game on our MegaGames page.
  • Hear/Say 4 went so well that we gave it a Politics Expansion and ran it again at GenCon 2024 in Indianapolis! We ran two sold-out 80 player games.
  • Game Diego 4 was run in October of 2024, and was accompanied by Cruise Control: A MegaGame that consisted of a bunch of supernatural monsters all trying to have a nice cruise.

    • Previous Emails in the Newsletter:

    I made a blog post!

    okay i get it it doesn't sound like much but bro you don't understand it's a doozy fr

    Posted by Stevenson on April 4, 2024

    Game Diego Spring 2024!

    Spring has Sprung, games to be won.

    Posted by Stevenson on January 18, 2024

    Come murder each other, dang it

    It's not like you have any other legal way to take out your aggression...

    Posted by Stevenson on May 22, 2023

    Game Diego Summer and Hear/Say 4 Announcement

    Because why not do it again but even bigger?

    Posted by Stevenson on April 25, 2023

    ElectraCity Progress Pics and YouTube Shorts

    I also show more about the Theme Park Idea

    Posted by Stevenson on April 2, 2023

    Workshop Reveal and GamerCon Announce

    In which I show off pretty workshop shots.

    Posted by Stevenson on March 13, 2023

    Game Diego Spring Kicker

    Because some people need to be reminded that they can buy tickets to fun things.

    Posted by Stevenson on February 20, 2023

    Game Diego and Usual Game Night

    In which I introduce a monthly-ish game night

    Posted by Stevenson on January 23, 2023

    Announcing our very first Game Diego Convention!

    Also we violently overthrow the leadership of a Meetup Group with blood and sixty bucks.

    Posted by Stevenson on January 13, 2023

    Mini Updates and Upcoming Events

    Also meet some of the characters in PartySparkers

    Posted by Stevenson on December 13, 2022

    Our game is now on Steam! ....Already?!

    And why our game trailer is bad

    Posted by Stevenson on November 4, 2022

    Announcing our video game PartySparkers!

    Also maybe MiniGolf isn't such a good idea

    Posted by Stevenson on October 18, 2022

    MiniGolf!

    The Theme Park's First Attraction

    Posted by Stevenson on August 24, 2022

    First Shadowspire Playtests

    Super-Early-Very-Not-Ready Version of Shadowspire at EsCon Saturday!

    Posted by Stevenson on July 7, 2022

    Shadowspire Announcement

    Congratulations to those who survived the Email purge.

    Posted by Stevenson on June 21, 2022