(upbeat music)
- Welcome back to
goodDay Stateline,
so, who better to talk to
than some game creators?
Good morning to John and
Lou, good morning guys?
- Morning.
- Good morning.
- So, you guys are beyond cool
because you're wearing
t-shirts that match the game
that you've created,
Unsolved Case Files.
I'm so excited to
hear about the game
but first, tell me
about yourselves.
John, why don't you start?
- My name is John Carroll,
I live in Miami, Florida.
I have three kids who
are all going to school
from home right now.
So my wife is very busy
and I'm just trying to get
as much work done as I can.
- Awesome, what about you Lou?
- I live in Tampa, Florida
and I have one young son
who is a year and a half.
So, when I'm home, I get
no work done and that's it.
John and I went to
high school together
and we've been trying
at this type of thing
for the last 20
years, I would say
and we finally got
something that people enjoy.
- I love it.
So, whichever one of
you wants to give me
the background story
on Unsolved Case Files,
let's hear how this
game came to be.
I'll go Lou.
Unsolved Case Files is a
game that to show you guys,
it comes in a folder
and it's basically like a
cold case of an old murder
or some crime that
happened a long time ago
but you can actually solve it.
As you go through the
different evidence,
you can find things that will
help you crack open the case
and eventually catch the killer.
And the idea came
from, originally Lou
that would appeal to true
crime lovers out there
and we were gonna make real
versions of real cold cases
but then at one point one
of us had the idea well,
what if it was actually fake,
and you could really solve it
so that, instead of kind
of all that frustration,
you'd actually get
that excitement,
that exciting
feeling at the end,
like you actually
caught the bad guy
and so we didn't really know
if anybody would think that
was cool, but we gave it a try,
we made a case and
it just kinda blew up
and the rest has been a
blur for the last two years
but that's the background.
- So, is every game the same
or are there
multiple case files?
Like is there different
versions of this game
or is it always about
this woman, right
here in front of me?
- Which one do you
have in front of you?
- Oh, so that means
there's different ones.
It is, yeah, Harmony Ashcroft.
- Yeah, Harmony Ashcroft
was our first one,
we have six cases
now, we actually just
released a new case,
Veronica Falcone, which
is based in the 1940s,
which is just a really cool
case but we have six cases
and they're standalone cases,
so it's not like you
need a subscription
or anything like that
a monthly subscription.
They're standalone cases,
and a lot of people been
using them for date nights,
just group activities
with families and such.
The interesting thing
about that Falcone case
that John and I started
developing this idea
is my wife is a psychologist
and so it was funny
when my wife...
John came up with the idea,
why don't we work on this,
but we had many different
products going at the same time
that were not related to
crime or murder mystery.
what about we had
something honey about you?
And that's kinda how it
led to the Ashcroft case
and again, we started
with John producing it
on his dining room
table with his family
with sending 14 cases to Amazon,
and then that sold
out pretty quickly
and then from there,
we really had to...
It then moved to
my kitchen table
and then to my father in
law's unoccupied home.
And then that led to
another little factory
and now we're at a 6000
square foot factory.
- Oh my gosh, look at that.
I love that there are
different versions of the game
because then you can still...
Once you learn how
to play your set,
and you can play a bunch
of different games,
you can order them all.
I just love what
this looks like too,
because it's like so official.
I will tell you,
our Producer who I know you
talked to earlier, Danica,
she had this on her desk
a couple of weeks ago
and I came in
because I come in at like
five o'clock in the morning
and I was like,
what is she solving?
I thought it was like a
real murder on her desk
and I was a little concerned
and then I realized
it was a game
and I thought well actually,
that's a lot cooler.
- It's pretty cool because
people set up the game,
they have a cork board,
they set up the photos,
I mean, they really get into it.
I mean, it takes about depending
and if you get lucky with these
twists that we come up with,
but it's around
two to four hours.
It's a good group activity
because you could spread
it out on the table,
everybody take a chunk
and you have different
objectives throughout the game
that you're trying to find
and there might be a little clue
that is in there that we subtly
put, you have to kinda find.
So, there is an aha moment
with each one of these
three objectives that
come in these cases
and it's just a lot of fun.
And it's something that
you're not in front
of your computer, you're
not in your phone,
everybody is able to just hang
out at the dining room table.
There was a...
We get a lot of feedback
from our customers.
One of the customers, I
think John's boy is right.
I mean, one of our
customers reached out to us
and said, hey, we need a case,
but we need it specialized,
because I'm gonna
propose to my girlfriend.
So, I mean, it's just cool
that we're able to create
these experiences for people,
it's just very rewarding for us.
- I love it.
John, where can we get it
if we all wanna order all
of the different cases?
- You can get them
all over the place,
they're on Amazon, target.com,
Walmart.com, Target stores,
Amazon stores and but
yeah, most major retailers,
but especially Amazon, you
can also buy from our website,
and Walmart and Target.
So, take your pick, wherever
you are comfortable,
it's available all
over the place.
- Awesome, well, I think I'm
gonna just take this one home
with me and see how quickly
I can solve the case.
- We'd love to hear about it.
- Awesome, thank
you guys so much.
I am really excited
to play that game,
it looks like so much fun
and we actually have
your chance to play too,
head to gooddaystateline.com
right now
to enter to win our
GDS ultimate game pack
featuring a copy of
Unsolved Case Files
plus, we have all
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Thanks to our
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You can see them all right here,
lots of fun for the
entire family and on
top of all of that,
we have a coupon code
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All you gotta do is head
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for 20% off your game.
We'll be right back
with one more awesome prize you
can win after a quick break.