Back in February I wrote a blog post explaining why we weren't going to make it to Transworld. You can read that here.
I wanted to expand a little on what the plans for IgorBox are in the face of all the uncertainty in the United States manufacturing and trade climate. Like a lot of small electronics businesses, our supply chain reaches overseas, and the recent tariff changes are squeezing us in ways we have to plan around.
I first want to say that the entire team is absolutely gutted we aren't going to make it to the show this year. It was one of the toughest decisions I had to make.
It's been amazing year for us here at Rising Orchards and IgorBox. Last year we made our debut with a preview of what we had in development at the Transworld Halloween and Attraction Show in St. Louis and it was a huge hit. We got some people on our early access program and were very hopeful we would be able to bring our products for general availability to the show this year. That's not what happened...
Today we're happy to announce a new feedback form that will allow you to send us feedback directly from the IgorBox web interface. This is a great way to let us know about any issues you're having, suggest new features, or just tell us how much you love IgorBox!
We have a couple cool new features we want to talk about today including a new hints system and ambient composition support for IgorBoxes. We also have a new Firmware release (version 1.0.5) that includes a bunch of bug fixes and improvements. Let's dive in!
We had a great time at Transworld 2024 and we wanted to thank everyone who stopped by our booth to check out the IgorBox controllers and give us feedback. We heard you loud and clear and we are working on making the changes that many of you suggested. We are also working on a few other surprises that we will be announcing soon.
It's the 16th of October and we would love to be so much further along than we are today. We have had an incredible amount of setbacks and delays, but we are still working on the beta and we are still working on getting it out to you as soon as possible. At the same time, I want to be transparent about what's been going on and why we are where we are.
My how time flies! In today's blog post, I thought I'd cover where we are with the IgorBox Beta program and our launch in early next year.