Mechanical /Machine Design
Introduction
Our first intention was to make a multipurpose cnc machine to be used for plotting,cutting etc. Since the time we had was very limited we decided to skip the same. Then our plan B was executed to make an arcade game. Since we were fans of arcade game, we searched for lot of arcade games in the internet. Finally we decided to make a game as below.
After designing of our concept, to our astonishment we found a very similar game named as 'ICE COLD BEER'.It seemed very similar to our concept.
Ice Cold Beer
Ice Cold Beer is a mechanical arcade game released by Taito in 1983. The game is in a similar cabinet to an arcade video game, but where the screen would normally be there is a vertical wooden playfield dotted with holes. Two joysticks on the control panel control the height of the two ends of a metal bar that moves up and down the playfield, with a ball bearing rolling back and forth on the bar. The playfield is an amber color, and the holes in the playfield are suggestive of bubbles rising in a mug of beer.
The objective of the game is to use the two joysticks to tip the bar back and forth and maneuver the ball up to a specific lit hole on the playfield, while avoiding unlit holes. When the player deposits the ball in the lit hole, the ball and the bar return to the bottom of the playfield, and the next target hole is lit. The game begins with the bottom-most hole lit, and subsequent lit holes become more and more difficult to reach while avoiding unlit holes.
Machine Design
In this group work i was assignment to do the over all look of our gaming arcade.
I used vinyl sticking for doing the graphics in the gaming box.
My whole idea started seeing the graphics used in this design.i tried to think about the colour combination of the arcade box.
I designed fire shape design for covering the bottom part of the arcade box.
Inorder to bring the gaming moood,i used the joy stick symbol,star, packman etc
All these small elemnets are to be made in different colour vinyl sheets.
Each design was repeated many times in different size for creating a pattern.
Fire Design for the bottom area.
FINAL OUTPUT
In future we are planning to add features like display with timer,scores notification,also to provide some rewards like point/food products etc. A startup company had showm interest in commercializing the machine and giving their product as reward for winning the game
You can download the eagle project from here.
You can download the Arduino project from here.
You can see the fusion 360 file link from Here 1. Here 2.
Here is a testing video