I don't really understand how this works. I get the locking mechanism and the reset to an extent, but I don't get how this works as a valve for the balls to pass through. It seems to me like it is missing the most essential part of the model.

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I have a lot of concerns about the mechanical complexity of this game and how much there is left to address. As a lot of my notes and concerns interact with different parts of your models, so I'm going to list them all in one review as opposed to breaking it up:

- I don't understand how your reset model works with your 'press down' spring system. How do you freely spin a wheel like you have in your video, when you have to push down to lock the wheel into place? As you have them laid out in your sketch model, I don't see how the two ideas coexist.

- How do the balls reset to the gumball hopper? I think this is a large challenging piece that I didn't see addressed anywhere.

- In your 'looks like' sketch, your gumballs roll significantly uphill to start the track. How? How big is the gumball machine? How does this gumball machine work?

- We can't put holes in the floor. Even if we could, how do you move them from their target location back to the gumball machine?

- I'm worried that the spinning pipe sections will not hold up to heavy use by guests. They will have to be made to be indestructible, with the amount of forces guests can put on them.

- How do the tubes that the gumball runs through, interact with the spinning sections?

- How does the ball flow through the spinning section, and how does this interface with the center pivot point & spring?

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The concept is very simplistic and should work well in my opinion. I have small query for the creators though, what will prevent the participants from turning the dial when the gumball has already entered the mechanism? This could potentially get the ball stuck in the device rendering it unplayable for the next round. If the creators were to use a motor for turning it to reset with the ball stuck, I would recommend multiple experiments for the motor speed before finalizing this mechanism.

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I think the mechanisms you looked at were helpful in addressing some of your issues. I think it was smart to consider whether the gumballs would get stuck or not and is definitely a source of potential error that could come up a lot. I also liked that you considered resetting in your works like model.

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The intersections are important for both the gameplay and the reset, and adapting the safety cap design is very clever! Durability could be an issue with the pieces striking against each other and the motor attached. Testing with gumballs would give more insight into how well the mechanism works and how to scale the relative dimensions.

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It seems really rough. It seems like you may have a pretty good vision of how this works in your head but it needs to be reflected better in the model. I don't understand how this works.

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I think there are a lot of big holes in this idea that I would have liked to have seen more clearly explained.

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I loved how the creator explored the concept by adding a proper spring and latch sort of mechanism to the model. The sketch models look neat, simple yet comprehensive. The inclusion of videos on the website made the functioning of the models very clear to me. I'd recommend putting a picture of the looks-like model on this page as a reference to make it clearer.

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I was a little confused about how this would work, and I'm not totally sure I understand still. It would have been nice to see an actual ball go through the system. It does not seem intuitive how the track moves up and down to align when looking at your model, which I know is somewhat a looks-like issue, but it makes it a little harder to understand.

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The reset mechanism has been thought through carefully. The models are useful in illustrating how users interact with the intersections and how the system resets. Using videos is a great way to show the models in action. It may be helpful to experiment with different safety cap designs (size, number, overlap, height) to determine what works best.

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