Book Project 1: Room

What we are offering for you to play today is a video game inspired by the book Room by Emma Donoghue.  You will have to put yourself in Jack’s shoes and help Ma escape from Room.  You will be Jack and you will be put to the test; if you can escape from Room without getting caught by Old Nick, you will save Ma and gain your freedom.  If you get caught you will lose and Jack will have to go back to Room.                                             

This is the scene where you will begin the video game; it represents the time when Ma and Jack hatch an escape plan.  In the plan Jack will play dead and be rolled up in the rug when Old Nick makes daily visit.  This is their only chance to get out of Room. If  Jack gets out of Room successfully they can get away from Old Nick and be happy and explore new things that Jack has never seen before.  Jack went over the plan in his head many times, but he was getting nervous that he would fail and be buried with the worms. During the escape attempt, after Jack’s “body” is being taken away by Old Nick, he does make a mistake, “I’m slipping and crashing across the truck, my head hits on something sore, I shout by accident arghhhhhh!.”  When he hits his head on something Old Nick comes out and finds Jack, but Jack jumps out of the truck and runs away.  Jack sees a man walking toward him, but he was so frightened that he couldn’t say anything.  Old Nick swipes Jack away and carries him back to the car, but Ajeet, the man tells him that his daughter is bleeding.  All of a sudden Old Nick drops Jack and leaves.  Jack has never been outside of Room before, but if he can get away from Old Nick he will be a normal five year old exploring the new world.  Jack had to go through all these obstacles to get out of Room and save Ma.  You will have to perform all of these tasks and save Ma in this video game. 

  

  In the room you will have everything that was in the book like the rug and the bed.  You will have to think of ways to escape the room until you get it right, but you will have to persuade Old Nick about your death.  On the next level and you will be carried out by Old Nick, but to beat this level you need to be very still and not get caught by Old Nick.  Old Nick will carry you to the truck, like Jack thought to himself “I stay stiff stiff stiff.” If you don’t keep still then Old Nick will know that you are alive and not dead and bring you back to Room.  Next you will be in Old Nick’s truck trying to get out of the rolled up rug.  You will struggle for a while to get out of it, but you need to keep on trying so you can save Ma.  “Old Nick’s going to take me to a place and bury me and the worms crawl in the worms crawl out.” If you don’t get out of the Rug then you will be buried and Ma will never be saved.  This is a way you can lose the game if you get stuck in the Rug.  After you get out of the rug you will advance to the next level and you will be running down the street and you will meet Raja, Ajeet, and Naisha and they will help you get away from Old Nick.  You will meet Officer Oh and ride with her to find Ma in Room. You will have to tell Officer Oh all about Room so they can track it down.  You give her little clues about Room like the skylight when she asks where the light comes in at during the daytime.  Each little clue you give her will help her find Ma.  When they find Ma the game is over.  You would be free from Old Nick and you and Ma can live your lives the way you want to live them---free.