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For the light board, I want to make a companion piece to the game of SKATE or HORSE. Recently inspired by carnival and fairground lighting, the piece would be a wood board with light bulbs for each letter in the game. There would be a reset function that will cause the board to do a fancy animation and buttons for when a player gets a letter. Another version of the board would have just one set of lights and buttons for toggling which player\u2019s turn it is as well as for adding a letter. I\u2019m also thinking about having a backlight which will light up in the winning player\u2019s color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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For the light battle game, I am still debating on a light arch or another way to interact with the game. The sketch depicts my idea for a button mashing game where you alternate pressing the two buttons on your side of the board. A player wins when they get to the top of the arch first. There would also be a fancy animation for the winning player. Another idea is a reaction based game with a display for each player. The display would indicate which button to press and who ever pressed it first would gain an led. In this case, a player would win when they light up the tower with their color light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Lastly, the heartbeat hoodie would be a hoodie lined with led strips that are arranged to reflect the circulatory system with a circular led or heart located on the chest. The wearer would wear a pulse sensor on their finger to measure their pulse and the lights would shift down the led strips in the rhythm of the heartbeat. The lights could also have other pre-programmed patterns that don’t depend on the sensor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Artists Question: Which project do you think is the most interesting?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have been jumping around between various ideas for this project. The three ideas I currently have are a light board companion for the game of SKATE or HORSE, a light battle game, and a weather with lights that move to the rhythm of the wearer\u2019s heartbeat. I do not know exactly where each would… <\/p>\n