When Quimbley’s took possession of our brand new factory facility and warehouse earlier this year, it was incredibly exciting.
There we were, standing in an empty 100,000 square-foot building with nothing but possibilities in front of us.
But you know what we didn’t have? Lights. I’m serious!
There were no lights in the entire building except in the small office section on the northeast side of the warehouse. No lights.
We couldn’t wait for lights to be installed though, since we had Petersen Games inventory arriving later that very afternoon, so we moved in and started working.
Printers started arriving. Pallets of RPG books showed up. Sci-fi novels and custom dice were delivered. Laser cutters piled up in the southeast corner.
You know what didn’t show up? You guessed it! Lights.
To combat this problem, we set up floodlights around the space so that when it started to get too dark to work, we could turn those bad boys on and print a few components of our Mystery Package or a board or two of Cluethulhu.
You can see this lack of lighting in a few of our early videos as we would talk to game testers as they toured the warehouse, and other than the lights right around them, the massive warehouse sat completely dark.
Then, one day in June, a miracle happened.
A crew showed up with a scissor-lift and started installing lights. Miracle of miracles!
Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to install lights for a 100,000 square-foot factory before, but it’s a long process. I’m talking weeks.
But then, one day, I walked out into the warehouse and guess what happened?
Lights turned on as I walked the aisles of boxes. They had installed row upon row of motion-sensor lights that would follow my every movement.
I smiled as I grabbed a couple Cthulhu Wars boxes to ship out to Canada.
I could see what I was doing. I didn’t need to bring a flashlight. It felt like everything was exactly as it should be…
Until I noticed there were no lights on the other side of the warehouse.
I guess 50/50 isn’t so bad.
Now we wait for the other half of the warehouse to get its lighting too. How long will that take? Your guess is as good as mine.
All I know is that one day I will be able to walk all the way across the factory floor and have the lights follow me as I move. I look forward to that day.
