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Define a problem
Generate Concepts
Brainstorming:
- bounce ping pong ball into holes in cardboard over another cardboard wall, to win get ball in a specific pocket in cardboard
- tilt ball through a maze, would be handheld and would use a ping pong ball
- use circular objects that can spin to make a pinball machine and use hard balls, like a marble or steel ball bearing
- make a long ramp like skee ball but put a twist on it by making the balls launch onto the point board not just roll them
- make mini basketball hoops and you have to shoot a ball in all of them making a cover fall onto the rim, knock all down to win
Develop a solution
Construct and test Prototype
Evaluate Solution
Our original solution had a funnel system that was on the interior of the scoreboard and went through the launch ramp and to a hole in the front of it so that people could just pick up the ball from around their feet. Instead in the final solution we made the same interior funnel in the scoreboard but the ball is directed to the side of the scoreboard and not the front. So then if someone is to play the game and make a hole then they just walk over to the end of the funnel where the balls just sit after exiting the scoreboard.
Present solution
Our problem was to create a cardboard arcade game that would help to prevent boredom. The original solution we came up with had a simple design that was like most skee ball games in that the ball went off the ramp to the board and returned to you. But we hit some issues in that making the balls go to front of the scoreboard and through to the front of the launch ramp was very difficult. So we instead made a funnel system on the inside of the scoreboard. That little change made it so that you had to move a little to get the balls but it was effective in the end.