Still Searching, Still Testing

Hey Everyone,

There hasn’t been an update for a few days since we’ve been busy testing and DESTROYING our first HTC vive.

Yes, the Vive didn’t make it past 24 hours. We were so excited to receive the Vive last week. After a 3 hour setup process we got it working and it was amazing. Now, Vive advertises a 25 minute setup time, but that doesn’t account for: the drivers not loading automatically when you plugin the headset, the fact that most machines only have 1 HDMI out and it requires two, the setup software crashed during crucial points of hardware detection, oh yeah, and it stopped working.  Also, fun fact, HTC Vive has less than perfect support.

We’ve ordered Another Vive as we await for the slow RMA process for the first broken one. I think we’ll call the next Vive, Audrey 2. If all goes well we will be eating VR turkey tomorrow.

On another note, we are still looking for a venue. The venue we are trying to obtain is at the heart of Vero Beach on 14th Lane. The company (whom we can’t say) currently occupying the space is not being very responsive. So as we wait for snail speed communications we are continuing to look for a venue.

As we continue the battle for Gamer’s Realm, we will post updates.

No Tokens, No Tickets

One of the things we hate most about your traditional arcades are the way they make money. You walk into an arcade and start looking for the change machine. You put twenty bucks in, get quarters, and in 15 minutes your out of cash.

What did you spend it on? Well first you probably played a few arcade games. Maybe a racing game with some friends? Then you noticed that 75% of the games in the arcade where games of chance for tickets. Well why not. You spend your quarters, you end up with a hand full of tickets, time to get your prize.

You head to the counter and behold, a bunch of cheap crap for you to exchange your tickets for.

So what are we doing differently? We are focusing on giving you the most for your money. 8 Bucks gives you a solid hour of entertainment. Unlimited arcade play. Planning on hanging out with us all day? 25 Bucks flat and your in until we close.

Help us keep our lights on and we’ll be a place you can have fun without going broke. Sounds like a good arrangement to us!

Room Escapes In Vero Beach

Are you ready for a challenge? We are dedicating 500 square feet of our venue for room escape attractions. We are currently writing a few scripts that will keep you guessing. So.. What the hell is a room escape?

Imagine this… You and 16 other people are locked in a room. The room looks ordinary enough… but is it? Hidden through-out the room are a series of puzzles, each leading to a key to get out. You have 45 minutes or you will be locked in the room forever! (Pretending is fun!)

Some concepts we are working on are:

• Escape from Grandma’s House
• Escape the Fallout Vault (yes Fallout the game)
• Break out of prison

When we know more, we’ll post it on here.

On the hunt for Gaming Chairs

As we get closer to opening our doors, we are getting into the details that are going to make Gamer’s Realm and awesome place to be. Seating is going to be huge. We’ve been looking at some gaming chairs that  you guys would use while playing in our arcade area. Check a few of these out:

The X-Rocker. Built in speakers, headphone jack, and super comfortable.

The X- Rocker Spider, front facing speakers, great back support.

The X-Rocker Pro, Powerful Sub-woofer, Bass Controls, Rocks Back Easily.

The Butt Breaker 9000, Your legs will fall asleep, Don’t worry, that limp isn’t permanent…

So far it’s a tough decision! But don’t worry, we will be hard at work, sitting in these chairs and gaming for 100’s of hours until we find the “one chair to rule them all”.

A possible Venue?

We we may have found a location. 4800 square feet of awesomeness. All we need is a lease! We are working with the owner of property and we are hoping to finish negotiating next week. If all goes well we will be opening our doors in May 2017. The space can hold and entertain about 120 people at one time. Ready for big gaming parties?

See the possible floor plan below:

This should give you an idea of how completely awesome this place is going to be. Stay tuned for updates as we continue negotiating!

And So It begins!

And so it begins! After 3 years of planning we are about to start ramping up the business. Right here is boring old Vero Beach Florida, We are about to drop a meteor right in the middle of this town. Finally, there will be something to actually do here aside from your typical options (movies, bowling, beach).

When we first arrived here in Vero, first thing we did was start asking around, “What is there to do around here?”. The number 1 answer we heard was, “Leave Vero Beach!”. We knew we had to do something for the poor, bored, residents of Indian River County. So after few beers, and a few hours playing ARK (yes the dinosaur game), we starting thinking…

“Wouldn’t it be cool to have a place that we can hang out and play video games with some friends. Hell, how about meeting new cool people that enjoy gaming as much as we do?”

From there we started planning. Virtual reality, Magic the Gathering, Games From the 80s and 90s, and anything else we could think of. We had a plan and after a year of hard work we developed a viable business model. Now it’s time to make our dream and reality. So stay tuned for more about Gamer’s Realm. We are just getting started!