8bit Game Board/ Console

Introduction

For my final project i wanted to explore how 8bit games can be brought back into this era. I also wanted to explore the aspect of being in the present and how it can help enhance cognitive function through strategic thinking and problem-solving, increased social interaction and bonding, and opportunities for relaxation and stress reduction. In this age where gaming has become individualistic, i would like to cultivate a sense of shared experience back into game spaces.

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Revisiting Minesweeper

We all have played Minesweeper as children on our computers. Following the earlier said concept of nostalgia for the future, i wondered how it would be to bring the game into the physical world while keeping the soul of the game intact. There would be randomized set of possibilities to play for each person and similar effects of game such as the sound of the original game can be added to the physical playing console.

Research

From Input Devices

We were asked to explore input devices that were required in our final project. The main input device i would have to use would have been switches. But i wanted to use this week to learn about other sensors that i didnt know much about.
So i thought about adding a possible feature to my project that can incorporate a sensor. I had intially thought of making a capacitive scrollpad to help navigate the score/difficulty setting of the game. After dicussing this with my instructor, i was given an option of using an rotary encoder to do the same function. So i thought of learning more about these two sensors by comparing them and then see which would be better suited for my project..

From Output Devices

I wondered if i could make a modular version of a part of my final project to test out these features. So i started to design a 2x2 grid that will help me visualize how each device will act when put together. With the board that i made during the input devices week, i thought of incorporating that to control the output devices. For this week i wanted to explore the output devices that would be required for my final project. The output devices i wanted to use this week are : led output that according to the codes, a led display for displaying the score and difficulty /volume . a buzzer for the sound effects.