The Cheatcode yoyo was designed by Jeffrey in 2021 as a way to solve the shortcomings of the SKYVA and all the other yo-yos on the market that used a similar style dimple. After a year of it being abandoned and Jeffrey moving onto other projects, Brandon called him and expressed interest in working on something fun together. Brandon, being heavily involved in the yoyo scene through his media outlets, helped Jeffrey to realize how many new yo-yoers were getting into the hobby, mostly through viral fingerspin tricks. Jeffrey wanted to create a yoyo that brought down the learning barriers by a large margin, so that more kids would stick to yo-yoing and feel empowered in things later in life.
The Cheatcode is an improvement off of Jeffrey’s Skyva design, adding a thumb grind lip and delrin cap with specific slopes that gyroscopically forces the yoyo to wait until a predetermined angle, then “suck” the finger in. This design feature is referred to as Auto Orientation Technology, and it makes the fingerspin easier for beginners. Jeffrey also corrected the “aimless wander” issue the Skyva had, where the dimple would not latch onto the finger and wander around until the yoyo ran out of spin. The Skyva had a perfectly round dimple and although it works well, Jeff realized that having a perfect contour around your finger increases friction. It increases the chance that it touches the grippy flesh part of the finger instead of the lower friction finger nail. When this happens, it greatly reduces spin time.
With the Cheatcode yoyo, it has a flat bottomed dimple that does not contour your finger perfectly. It sounds contour intuitive, but It means that only a very small percentage of the fingerspin cap rests on your finger, which greatly reduces friction. Brandon’s contribution was also key to the design, as he wanted the yoyo to be as powerful as possible and suitable for more complicated competition tricks.
Overall, Jeffrey and Brandon wanted the Cheatcode to be a next generation yoyo, pushing the limits of both branding and engineering. The design is a testament to their friendship and their shared passion for yo-yoing, and Jeffrey hopes that their efforts will show through with this design.