Revenue transparency
Digital logs match what's in the machine — internal theft becomes impossible to hide.
Client: GameNest
Smarter arcades — every machine gets a brain
Cash was changing hands with no paper trail. Customers hunted managers for coins. Nobody knew which machines were earning — or breaking. We connected the entire GameNest network to the cloud.
The problem
The problem nobody was talking about
GameNest's arcade and vending machines were running blind. Revenue was leaking, trust was eroding, and end-of-day reconciliation was guesswork. Legacy machines needed a future-ready business layer — without ripping out the floor.
Project snapshot
- ClientClient: GameNest
- CategoryIoT · Payments · Ops
- Built byIOTFIY SOLUTIONS
- FocusRevenue transparency & remote control
What we built
Live revenue. Contactless play. Remote everything.
Using ESP32 microcontrollers and Raspberry Pi gateways, each machine now talks to the cloud in real time. Owners see live revenue per machine and venue from their phone. Customers tap to pay — Apple Pay, Google Pay, Bambora, and QR.
Remote everything
OTA firmware, diagnostics, and alerts. Technician visits dropped by ~40%.
Real visibility
See humming vs jammed machines and peak hours across every location.
Happy customers
Contactless payments mean faster play, shorter queues, more revenue.
Scale-ready
Infrastructure to grow to thousands of machines with investor-grade transparency.
Edge + cloud
Pulse detection at the edge, AWS IoT Core / Lambda / DynamoDB in the cloud.
Under the hood
Technology stack
A full edge-to-cloud stack purpose-built for high-volume arcade and vending fleets.
EdgeESP32 pulse detection
GatewayRaspberry Pi
CloudAWS IoT Core, Lambda, DynamoDB
PaymentsNFC, QR, Bambora, Apple Pay, Google Pay
DashboardReact / Next.js
Deep dive
Legacy machines. Future-ready business.
This wasn't just a tech upgrade — it was a business transformation. GameNest can now make data-driven floor decisions and walk into investor conversations with full operational transparency.
- Per-machine and per-venue live revenue
- Over-the-air updates and alerts
- Contactless payments out of the box
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IOTFIY builds IoT payment and ops platforms that turn blind hardware into transparent, scalable businesses.