Idea
The idea behind my project was my passion for Pokemon and the idea of the usage of alternative game controllers.
I wanted to rebuild PokeBalls. That was the first idea. However, I quickly found myself struggling with the idea. So instead I 3D Printed three Pokemon I found on Thingiverse. (Low-Poly Pokemon by FLOWALISTIK)
I drew a graphite Pokeball and attached it to the MakeyMakey board as the ground. I attached aluminium foil to make the prints conductive.
The animations were recorded using the VirtualBoy emulator and a program called TinyTake. I had quite a few issues throughout the cutting and rendering and actually decided, due to logic issues, to lower the number to two pokemon (namely Charmander and Chikorita).
As soon as I finished the animations, I worked on the patcher. After hours and hours I managed to come up wiith the following:
Essentially, I play a start animation, then a “Go animation”, depending on the chosen Pokemon.
Here is the final result:
I love the execution of your idea. Just the being able to watch/play Pokemon like this is cool enough, but going the extra mile with the 3D printed figures makes it awesome.
I have to say your concept was probably my favorite. Seeing how hard it was to make a few working buttons on their own I understand why you made it down to two Pokemon instead of three. Definitely one of the more creative ideas for the project.
This is pretty cool except the little bug.
The idea of using 3d printing is brilliant.