Notebook Week 8
We are prototyping
Design Review Feedback and Progress
General Things Brought Up
The general consensus is that the many liked the the maneuverability of the bigger blue RC car while others like the smaller scale red car and it’s speed
Another thing brought up was that the ball should be somewhat bigger than the car in order to make it easier to hit
They also really liked the mechanism but believe it should be controlled by the player and not continuously running by itself
Another interesting idea was having a different sales model for the game where different types of fields or cars can be offered in order to introduce more variety into the game
Progress So Far
We have created a very basic prototype of the kicking mechanism that uses a DC motor which continuously spins and has a pear shaped CAM-like mechanism that pulls a lever back which in turn creates tension that will allow a ball to get hit. It is very large and we are working on refining it to fit the car.