Iniyaa Status Report 3/28

I made a lot of progress this week. We have our gantry system and board setup so I spent a lot of time figuring out the mechanics of how we were going to attach the game boards to the flexyboard, where it sits with respect to the gantry system, and how to attach the magnets to the gantry and the game pieces. I hot glued magnets to all the game pieces. I also drew out game boards as the ones we ordered were too large and the magnetized pieces seemed to move better on paper instead of the thicker/clunkier cardboard game boards with creases. Also, none of us had played the game sorry in years so it was different than we anticipated and the game pieces were not compatible with our project design. Because of this, I stopped by Games Unlimited and found parcheesi, a game that works a bit better with FlexyBoard as it does require players to draw cards(like sorry does). All of us helped assemble the stand for the Camera, and I did a bit of cosmetic work with a hacksaw and file to smooth out the screws that were sticking out of the stand and it’s not such a safety hazard anymore. Overall I’d say my progress is on schedule, but we do have lots of things to get done in order to be prepared for the final presentation/showcase. I’ve picked up the additional responsibility of working on the software for the player 2 interface so that is what I will be working on next week.