Step 1

BUILD

OPen COGS and start CREATING

  • Quickly and easily create automated interactions within the app using all kinds of inputs & outputs. No need to program hardware.

    After opening, it’s super easy to edit things even if you didn’t create the show yourself.

  • The app manages your logic steps, timers, hints, audio, images, video, lighting & more!

    Our software can run on Mac, Windows & Linux.

  • Create different story paths, difficulty ratings or lighting levels for dynamic experiences that can be altered on the fly.

  • Test all your show logic works virtually in the app before buying a licence or any hardware. You can do it all from your bedroom.

YOUR FUTURE TOOLBOX

  • ADD CHANNELS

  • EASY LOGIC BUILDER

  • SIMULATOR

  • ADD AUDIO & VISUAL

  • CUSTOMISE DASHBOARDS

  • TIMER & HINT SCREEN EDITOR

  • EASY DMX PROGRAMMER

  • ZIGBEE, MIDI & OSC CONNECTIONS

  • CUSTOM OPTIONS

PLAY WITH THE DEMO

TRAINING & SUPPORT

We’re here get your show up & running and to keep it running. Our team is ready to answer your questions.

Watch our tutorials, read the knowledge base and join the discord server to ask our community of users (including the makers of COGS) about anything you need to know.

Step 2

CONNECT

ADD OUR HARDWARE

Our plug & play hardware can connect all kinds of inputs & outputs to the software with minimal setup

  • Say goodbye to using a PLC/Arduino/Control Box for every prop. Our boxes hold no logic. Instead they take all their cues from the software over a Local Area Network.

  • Using your local area network, the software will identify a box automatically, ready for pairing. Swap, re-patch or re-configure easily.

  • Each box controls multiple channels of their specific type, allowing you to share boxes across many props. You may only need a few.

    • Switches

    • Digital & Analog Sensors

    • Magnetic locks

    • Lights

    • DC Motors

    • Servos

    • RFID Readers

    • Relays

    • DMX

    • Arduino/Raspberry Pi projects

    • Off the shelf electronic props

    • And more!

PLUG & PLAY

  • CONNECT INPUTS & OUTPUTS

  • PATCH YOUR CHANNELS

  • SIMPLE TO PAIR OUR HARDWARE

  • DIAGNOSTICS

PLAY WITH THE DEMO

Step 3

RUN

Put your feet up on the dash

As COGS does all the show running, operators can concentrate on giving the best experience with customised controls

  • See exactly how a puzzle is being solved with live feedback from your sensors, allowing your operators to give an apt hint.

  • Send preset or custom text hints to a screen in chosen font, colour scheme etc.

    Present your timer, images & video

    Control the timer dynamically using behaviours e.g. start, pause or remove time in response to a puzzle

  • Sensor in a prop broken? No problem, just skip the puzzle at the right time and your players are none the wiser

    Need to test a maglock, motor or switch? Everything can be individually controlled or monitored from the software

  • Multiple users can beam into any COGS project on the same LAN or over the internet

  • Setup difficulty, game modes, global volume levels or lighting levels to suit the players at any point in the game.

    You can even have alternate rules or paths for different numbers of players, all at the click of a mouse.

  • Fully customisable to your show

    Ensures operators will always setup the rooms correctly everytime

    If any prop is in the wrong position or any door not locked, you’ll know

“COGS means that there are no limitations on what we can create”

— Escape Hunt