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Rooms That Respond

Smart room control, interactive characters and hidden technology at Cedar Hollow. Every themed room has its own controller in your pocket: one app per room, designed for that room only. The mirror talks. The lanterns dim on cue. The hearth roars to life. A character can be summoned at six in the morning to wake the children. We build the software, the hardware and the intelligence behind it.

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Controller One · Faun's Hideaway

The Magic Mirror and the Faun's Lights

The Faun's Hideaway is one of the woodland retreats at Cedar Hollow. Inside the cabin: a Gothic mirror on the wall that listens and speaks, a candle cluster on the hearth, and a row of cave lanterns set into the rock. The controller lets guests run all of it from the bedside.

The Faun's Hideaway controller, Mirror tab. A Gothic arched mirror glows with blue lightning. The screen reads 'The mirror sleeps' with an Awaken the mirror button. Down the left edge are three character portraits: the White Queen, Maya and the Professor.
The mirror speaks back. Tap to awaken it and choose who appears: the White Queen, Myriam the Explorer, or the Wizard of Ox. Each is voiced live by a character system tuned to that role. Guests can hold a real conversation with the mirror, then send it back to sleep.
And the mirror responds. A real Gothic mirror on the cabin wall: glass, frame, electronics and a character behind it. The screen on the left is what guests tap. This is what they see, hear and speak with.
The Faun's Hideaway controller, Lights tab. Two ornate gold-bordered cards: Cave Lanterns with Illuminate and Darken buttons, and Faun's Candles with Kindle and Extinguish buttons.
Light the room with a tap. Cave lanterns illuminate or darken on command. The candles on the hearth kindle and extinguish from across the cabin. No fumbling for switches, no hidden remote: just two cards, four taps.
The Faun's Hideaway controller, Try Me tab. A Summon at a time form with a time field, three character avatars and options for a Wake-up alarm or a custom My Message option, with a gold Set the magic button.
Summon a character on a timer. Pick a time, pick a character, choose between the Cedar Hollow song or your own custom message. At the appointed moment the mirror awakens and the character delivers your line. We've used it for wake-ups, birthdays, and the occasional polite haunting.
Controller Two · Beaver's Den

The Den. The Crystal Ball. The Queen's Hunt.

The Beaver's Den is a glamping pod and an escape room in one. Sleep there for the night, wake the crystal ball, and the room turns into a sixty-minute game. The controller carries both modes side by side: a quiet evening, or the Queen's wolves on the hunt.

The Beaver's Den controller, Room tab. Header reads BEAVER'S DEN, Crystal Ball Controller. A toggle for The Queen is awake, two cards for Lanterns (Illuminate / Dim) and Hearth (Stoke / Rest), and a Den Song player with a tune from Myriam.
The everyday Den. Wake or sleep the crystal ball. Brighten or soften the lanterns. Stoke or rest the hearth. Play Myriam's Den Song. The room responds to a tap and feels lived-in either way.
The Beaver's Den controller, Escape tab. The Queen's Hunt artwork with the White Queen in furs. Status reads 'The Den is quiet'. Below: 60:00 timer, You have one hour, a gold Start Game button and an Escape Complete confirmation.
Switch the Den into a game. One tap, sixty minutes, the Queen's Hunt begins. The controller runs the clock, tracks the team's progress, and confirms when they've escaped. The room is on a timer; the timer is in the controller.
The Beaver's Den controller, Help tab. The Queen's Hunt header above six Hints buttons numbered 1 to 6, then five Answers buttons, then a dropdown answer For old time's sake.
Hints when the woods get cold. Six progressive hints, five answers held back for the truly stuck, and a quiet way out for hosts who need to give a team the final push. The room never seizes up.

We Build This for Venues

Hotels, glamping sites, holiday lets, themed restaurants, attractions. If your space has a story, we can build the app and the props that bring it to life: characters who speak through your fixtures, lighting and sound that responds to guests, wake-up calls in voice, and live escape modes layered over normal stays.

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