Artisan Puzzle
Swivel
Featuring hand-bent copper wire, the Swivel is a handsome decorate bottle that presents 2 uniquely elusive challenges.
The Swivel challenge was the first game even made in the Artisan Puzzle series, and its design seeks to provide just enough elusive play to make the solution one of worthwhile satisfaction.
Backstory
Prior in 2018, Will had always wanted to make a game. Having grown up mastering dexterity challenges and puzzles of various kinds, Will thought it would be an privilege to make and enjoy a game of his own.
Having spent years thinking about a game that requires a ball to be balanced and methodically run across a path to the other side, he finally had a maker and mentor challenge him with building the game out of trash. Weeks later, Will had completed his first prototype.
Months later, Will had a finished product of the Log Crossing. But when he and his twin Wes were playing it together, they noticed something: whenever the marble fell, it went all the way to the floor – sometimes even bouncing away. How might they fix this?
Wes then suggested that Will attempt to put the challenge in some kind of container, so that if the user failed – causing the marble to fall off the tracks – the player didn’t have to bend down and pick of the marble.
Weeks later, Will had figured out how to put the game in a bottle. The original name of the game was “The Quarter-Turn” – requiring the player to maneuver the ball 1/4 of the way around a circle before reaching its destination.
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Inventor(s): Will Nelson, Wes Nelson
Release Date: April 2018
Tips & Solution
Tip #1
Notice how the wires bend.
Tip #2
Positioning the bottle and your hands is important for success.
Tip #3
Finishing gently is key.
Solution
Here’s how to solve the Swivel:
- Roll the ball to the top of the wires, positioning it on the same side of the wires as the hold.
- With one hand near the top and the other near the bottom of the bottle, position each so that it is easy to swivel the bottle in the direction that the wires bend.
- Tilt the bottle, so that ball starts to move, then quickly begin to rotate the bottle.
- With the ball moving down the track, use the tilt of the bottle to minimize the bounce of the ball against the hold.
- With the ball resting against the hold, gingerly set the bottle down with the ball in its solved position.
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