As a kid, I visited this store *every* chance I got. Today, they're carrying a game I made. A year after our big Kickstarter and quitting my job, this is my "made it" moment. Thank you Reddit! This is a dream come true.
My family also took a field trip to the Mall of America this weekend to see it at a couple stores there. At the Air Traffic there, they had it on display. A sales guy came up and asked if I'd ever heard of "the Turing Tumble". It was pretty fun to say, "Well actually yeah. I um...made it."
edit: People are asking what the sales guy did after that. His eyes widened for a moment and he said, "Oh, ok." and stepped away, like, you know, because I must already know about the game. It's true. I am pretty familiar with it. But I'm kicking myself for not saying, "Tell me about it." I'm dying to know what he would have said! In any case, it was fun to stand back and watch people interact with it in the store. I've been imagining what that would look like for a long time now.
I am in Australia and got your game for my family. I ordered in February for mid year delivery and it arrived in June. I bought two with the idea that we’d have a complete set of spares in case of loss or damage but the pieces are much larger and more robust than I thought they would be so I gave the second game still shrink wrapped to a mate for his sons birthday.
Congratulations on a fantastic concept realised so beautifully. You should be very proud and I wish you every success. I hope you bring out an adult version soon though... some of the puzzles are HARD and my eleven year old is sooo much better at it than me!
pgboz on September 5th, 2018 at 16:58 UTC »
My family also took a field trip to the Mall of America this weekend to see it at a couple stores there. At the Air Traffic there, they had it on display. A sales guy came up and asked if I'd ever heard of "the Turing Tumble". It was pretty fun to say, "Well actually yeah. I um...made it."
edit: People are asking what the sales guy did after that. His eyes widened for a moment and he said, "Oh, ok." and stepped away, like, you know, because I must already know about the game. It's true. I am pretty familiar with it. But I'm kicking myself for not saying, "Tell me about it." I'm dying to know what he would have said! In any case, it was fun to stand back and watch people interact with it in the store. I've been imagining what that would look like for a long time now.
TooShiftyForYou on September 5th, 2018 at 17:26 UTC »
Turing Tumble is a new type of game where players build mechanical computers powered by marbles to solve logic puzzles.
That actually sounds pretty interesting.
probablywilloutrage on September 5th, 2018 at 17:50 UTC »
No man, thank you! Turing Tumble is awesome!
I am in Australia and got your game for my family. I ordered in February for mid year delivery and it arrived in June. I bought two with the idea that we’d have a complete set of spares in case of loss or damage but the pieces are much larger and more robust than I thought they would be so I gave the second game still shrink wrapped to a mate for his sons birthday.
Congratulations on a fantastic concept realised so beautifully. You should be very proud and I wish you every success. I hope you bring out an adult version soon though... some of the puzzles are HARD and my eleven year old is sooo much better at it than me!
Love your work.