Nick Moran is the co-founder and creative force behind Phantom Peak, a unique open-world immersive experience.
Launched in 2023, Phantom Peak is described as part immersive theatre, part escape room, and part real-life TV series. Following its success in a 30,000-square-foot Wild West-themed town, it is expanding to the US, targeting five new locations in the first phase. Visitors can spend up to four hours exploring the mysterious venue, participating in nearly 100 games and challenges, and interacting with the residents. Highlights include a boat ride, saloons and dining facilities.
“People are social by nature and want to share experiences,” said Moran. “We’re thrilled to bring a broad cross-section of society together in the pursuit of fun and engagement.”
Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Dallas, and San Francisco are potential US cities that would offer a Phantom Peak experience.
He has spent a decade working across experiential and escape rooms and entertained hundreds of thousands of customers with games and activations. From 2015-2019, Moran was the creative director of Time Run, a live gaming experience company based in London. He aims to develop, write and structure immersive experiences and to create intricately detailed universes that reward and encourage audience engagement and agency. In late 2020, Moran also launched Spectre & Vox, a new form of at-home entertainment experience, which raised over £250,000 on Kickstarter.
At Time Run, Nick Moran wrote and led the design of two award-winning games (The Lance Of Longinus and The Celestial Chain). In late 2018, he designed and launched Sherlock: The Game Is Now, a multimillion-pound, large-scale experience based on the eponymous BBC TV show. He co-wrote it with Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.
As a speaker, Moran has spoken at Up The Game (The Netherlands) and Transworld (St. Louis, USA) and on multiple TV and radio shows, both national and international.