After we finish the code part last week, we are focusing on the fabrication this week. Anna took lots of energy on the 3D printing button since we wanted it similar to the arcade button. And she also made an excellent base for fixing the two servos and found the best solution for the falling web. The fabrication details could be found in Anna’s Blog.
Anna makes the pretty stand for the servos.
The 3D printing buttons (base) and lots of soldering work.
And the schematic diagram.
I continue to work on the p5js to give a better visualization for the game, using Illustrator to draw the Halloween theme background. And add some sound to give the start and end for the game, making it to be more organizable.
And then we step into the User Testing stage. We invited several ITP mates to join the game and luckily most stuff is going well. But we still have some parts that should be adjusted.
- we need to take care of the long wires and organize it.
- And the distance of the racing area should be adjusted since the web should cover the people when it fell down.
- The button needs to be fixed because some participants will hit it hard, so the button will be pushed farther, and the distance will be longer, which will be unfair. On the other hand, it’s a tricky spot for a game, and it’s fun if not to fix it. But anyway, we don’t want to complicate the racing game.
- And we also find the best way to connect the rope of the web and servo, we need to find the right Angle. It should be can either pull on the rope when the servo is still or quickly release it when the servo starts rotating.
The testing process is quite interesting and testees said the game makes space to be the ITP’s sports room. 😂
1st Testing Group. Running back and forth 😄, for some technical reason, the first round hasn’t triggered the web to fall.
2ed Testing Group. It’s hard to play the game without screaming！
3rd Testing Group. It’s really a sports game, so tried cause it’s the third time for us to test it.
The first and also the last Testing Group, after we set it all up for the class show. Everything goes really well, and the web looks much better after we stick the spider! (Oh, I have to hate the spider, it took me 1 hour to bend it and stick it 😭)
The show in class: