We started using Makey Makey's this week in class. We did a few activities to simulate different games and their controls and get us thinking about the different ways we can use them and what problems we might come across. Our tutor mentioned at the start that one of the biggest things to remember was to ground it and I still forgot half a dozen times during the workshop. My IP1 will plug straight into a Makey Makey because of how it was set up (using keyboard arrows). My challenge will be to get it as physical as possible on a floor mat set-up, and hopefully to add more functionality to the prototype and fix some of the bugs from IP1.
One of the most interesting things we did was play multi-person Pacman where 4 people were each responsible for a direction. We had to communicate a lot to make this work but it made it a lot more fun than regular Pacman. Here are a few of the different set-ups I tried today.
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| Set-up for space invaders. Alfoil bracelet grounds it. |
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| Set-up for piano, using back letter controls (WASDFG). |
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| Playing the online piano. |
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| Set-up to play my game, success! |
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