[Alley's Biz Card

A business card belonging to Alley.

Verification: Human verified

Alley's Biz Card is a collectible business card belonging to Alley that appears during Escape Academy's co-op mode. It is one of several business cards ("Biz Cards") scattered around the environment that players can pick up and scan while working through the room's puzzles. The card itself is a piece of flavor/collectible material rather than a puzzle-critical item, but finding it is part of the broader exploration loop in the co-op scenario.

What the Card Is

The item is classified as a Business Card and is tied to the character Alley. In the co-op playthrough, a player sweeping the room for clues reports finding "Alley's Biz card" among a set of posters and begins "collecting things" — specifically, gathering "all these Biz cards" [src-3c4a331aa3]. This places the card in the same collectible category as other Biz Cards found in the area.

How to Find It

The card is located in the same room as a cluster of posters and flyers. To locate it:

1. Enter the room where the posters are displayed. In the recorded co-op session, the player notes "I have a whole bunch of posters here" immediately before spotting the card [src-3c4a331aa3].
2. Inspect the poster/flyer area rather than the locked fixtures. The same room also contains a locked bathroom door and a locked briefcase/desk drawer, but the card is found among the wall posters [src-3c4a331aa3].
3. Pick up the card when prompted. The player describes actively "collecting" the Biz Cards as they move through the space [src-3c4a331aa3].

What to Do With It

Once collected, Biz Cards can be scanned. The player in the session notes, "I could scan something here… I can scan these" while reviewing the collected cards and flyers on their screen [src-3c4a331aa3]. If your playthrough includes a scan mechanic, bring the card up on your screen and scan it the same way you would the flyers. Note that the recorded player was unsure why scanning the flyers mattered ("I don't know why"), so treat scanning as an exploratory action rather than a confirmed puzzle step [src-3c4a331aa3].

Relationship to the Room's Puzzles

Be aware that the Biz Cards are separate from the room's actual cipher puzzle. The solution path in the recorded session runs through a Ouija-board cipher that spells out names — Jeb, Alley, and eel — which are then entered in order to produce a key ("key of lies") that opens the bathroom door [src-3c4a331aa3]. Alley's Biz Card is not described as part of that cipher sequence; it is found while searching the posters, near where the "Jeb" poster clue is also located [src-3c4a331aa3]. Keep the two activities distinct: use the posters for the name cipher, and collect the Biz Cards as optional pickups.

Tips

• Search the poster wall thoroughly before moving on — the card sits among the posters and flyers, so it is easy to overlook while focused on the cipher [src-3c4a331aa3].
• If you are playing co-op, split responsibilities: one player can read the cipher clues aloud while the other scans the room for collectibles like the Biz Cards [src-3c4a331aa3].
• Don't confuse the card with puzzle items. The locked bathroom door and locked briefcase/drawer require separate solutions; the Biz Card does not unlock either [src-3c4a331aa3].
• Collect all the Biz Cards you encounter, not just this one — the recorded player gathered "all these Biz cards" as a set [src-3c4a331aa3].

Rewards

The available material does not describe a specific reward, achievement, or unlock tied to Alley's Biz Card. It is documented only as a collectible item that can be picked up and scanned [src-3c4a331aa3]. Treat it as a completionist/exploration collectible unless your in-game menu shows otherwise.

Details

type

Business Card

Sources

• Escape Academy - The Co-op Mode