Alien Knockdown

Me and a team of two other people were tasked with creating a carnival game that would be presented to the Boston Children's Museum at the end of the semester. The idea we came up with was an "Alien Knockdown" game where the children would throw horseshoes at alien blocks to raise a rocket into the air.

The game was created using physical parts ordered online, lasercut wooden blocks we assembled, and electronic parts and wiring connected to an Arduino board. The blocks were placed above three separate photoresistors that would detect the light when the blocks were knocked down. That would then send a signal to the Arduino code to run the wheel that pulled the rocket into the air, and then reset itself after an amount of time.

Arduino, machine shop use, assembly of parts, laser engraving