Love Maze
Ideation
This experiment came about as a result of a bit of an unusual assignment: as a class, we were split into groups of three and tasked with creating a 'dating game'. The exact definition of what such a thing would be were left up to us. We came up with an idea of using a modified maze game where the two users need to work together to find each other.
Setup + Programming
The physical setup is relatively simple: each player's gets a joystick which is housed in cardboard and placed in front of them. The center screen, built out of a small pizza box, is outlined in black with a white center square to project onto with a small pico projector. The projector is connected to my computer, which is also connected to the Arduino that communicates with the joysticks.
User Testing
We were given the opportunity to user test this game among our class. Over the course of the ~10 trials, we adjusted the timing of the player hide/show functions and the sensitivity of the joysticks.
