Competition rules
Last updated: 10 November 2026
These rules are for "Escape the Long Room", a free game of skill run by Autumn Term ("we", "us") on www.autumnterm.com. They sit alongside our Terms and Privacy Policy. By playing for the prize you agree to them.
1. The prize
Each competition has one prize: a gift card. Its value is not announced. It is sent as a code to the winner, in the game and by email to the address of their account. The prize cannot be exchanged for cash or anything else, and cannot be transferred to another account.
2. Who can enter
Anyone with an Autumn Term account can play, free. No purchase is needed and none would help. One account per person: playing with more than one account, sharing an account, or playing for someone else disqualifies every account involved. Our staff and anyone who builds the game can play but cannot win.
If the winner is under 18, we will ask a parent or guardian to confirm before the code is sent.
3. How to win
Every clue is in the Long Room. Solve its puzzles, open the safe, and take the gift card from its glass case at the end of the room. The first player to take the card wins. Each step is checked by our server as you go, and the server records the moment the card is taken. If two players reach it at almost the same moment, the one the server records first wins; its decision is final.
A competition opens at the time shown on the website and in the game, and runs until the card is taken. If we have to close one before then, we will say so in the game first; if nobody has taken the card by then, there is no winner, and the prize may roll into a later competition.
4. Fair play and checks
The race must be won by playing the room. Reading or changing the game's code or its traffic, using bots or scripts, guessing answers by brute force, or exploiting a fault in the game is not allowed. Before a prize is sent we may check the winning run (for example its timing and the order of its steps). If a run is held for a check, the game tells the winner straight away, and we email the code once the check is done, normally within a day. If a winner is disqualified, the prize may pass to the next player to take the card.
5. Leaderboard and your details
The leaderboard shows your handle and how far you have got. It never shows your name or email. We keep your progress, your attempts at each puzzle and the time of each step, to run the competition and check the winner. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle your details.
6. Changes and problems
If something outside our control stops a competition being run fairly (a fault in the game, abuse, or anything else), we may pause, change or cancel it, and will say so in the game. Questions or complaints about a competition: write to us at the address on the Terms page.