The Grimsby West link road is likely to take a backseat to culture and regeneration schemes in the next round of Levelling Up Funding. I broke one giant key down into several smaller ones and it seems to have worked out nicely.” It was the first instance I saw someone ‘break a game’ and wanted to amend it so it doesn’t happen in the live experience. “There was a particular episode where a contestant left a section (of the key) at the end and the game was abandoned. “Seeing this as a child, it was the first instance of a puzzle that was simple on the surface but was more complex to do, which are the best kind of puzzles in my opinion. When they lined up the crystal slid off the wall. There was one particular game where contestants had to take a giant Yale key and change indentations around and cause the pillars to move up and down. “I got the idea from the original television show in the 90s.
They’ve (Crystal Maze LIVE Experience team) put so much detail into it and I take my hats off to them, it’s incredible. When I won I thought ‘oh my goodness I’ve actually won it’. He said: “It was a close run thing between me and the person who finished second. Ian, who is an administration assistant at Lincoln College, spoke to The Lincolnite about the inspiration for his game and what it was like seeing it in the flesh at the Crystal Maze attraction. He said it “definitely won’t be my last” to the London attraction, where he played his game and watched other people have a go, as well as having a back stage tour and seeing some other maze puzzles in action. Ian has played the live experience in Manchester five times before, but his trip to London on Friday, January 7 to try his game in person was his first time at the location in the capital. Lincolnshire’s Ian designed the pictured Crystal Maze game called Keys of Centotl.
The name of the game came from Ian’s research and “a bit of world play” after he found out that there was an Aztec God of Maise called Centotl. Keys of Centotl sees players insert a key into pillars and manoeuvre them until the crystal can slide through. It is located within the Aztec Zone, which is Ian’s favourite from the iconic game. Ian’s winning game, which is called Keys of Centotl, was then built in real life and will be played by thousands of Crystal Maze fans when it is launched to the public from Saturday, January 8. The 34-year-old entered a competition to design a brand new game for the popular attraction in London and, after reviewing hundreds of entries, the team were blown away by Ian’s game and chose him as the winner. Ian Hansford, who lives in Kirton in Lindsey, has always loved Crystal Maze and believes the iconic 90s television show, which is still going today with a new presenter, is a “national treasure”. A Lincolnshire man said it exceeded his expectations when he saw and played his winning game in person at The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience in London.
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