Throughout this semester we have been recording our process with Light Land. From the week we formed our group to a couple days after the Skate Fair at Sydenham we made sure to capture every moment. We are happy to share our journey with you guys and hope you enjoy it! Process Video – E-Team: watch…
Category: Team 5
E-Team: Week 13
In this post you will read about: Game board design Presentation Final testing & Light Land shirt designing Pilot SK.8 event at Sydenham Skatepark Technical report & walkthrough Game board design After the demo session on Friday and observing our user interaction with game board and skateboard we started building the skateboard. Our game board…
Week 12: E-Team
In Week 12, the E-Team made significant progress towards the Pilot Sk.8 Event. After hearing that the event was postponed, we now had ample time to create the game board and perfect other portions of our concept. We also conducted user testing in the Lab on Friday, which provided a ton of insight and feedback…
E-team’s week 11
After the breakthrough with our code the week before, we started week 11 by making the skateboard boxes. The boxes were measured after the Arduino and the battery that was going onto the skateboard. We spent all day Monday and most of Tuesday to finalize the wooden boxes with a metal shield over it and…
Week 10: E-Team
During week 10, we started the programming part of the project while we were planning for the remaining tasks. On our first group meeting on week 10, we analysed and tested all newly received materials including: Start Button LED Matrix Ultrasonic sensors we were able to figure out the Button’s function and found an example…
Week 9: E-Team
In Week 9, the E-Team made a lot of progress on our project work. After receiving positive feedback from the In-progress presentation in Week 8, we were feeling relieved and happy that our concept was viable and well-received. Before the mid-semester break, we ordered our materials from Sparkfun so they would be here by the…
E-team’s week 8
During week 8 we finalized our final concept for the skatepark. Our final idea is to create a game where skaters (especially beginners) can practice five different moves. We did some more research about beginners and what specific skate moves they practice before going to a skatepark. We also contacted Claudia to confirm our five…
Week 7: E-Team
During Week 7, we were all focused on our Lab assignment 1, so we jumped on a skype call to plan the rest of the journey. During our call, we reviewed all the remaining tasks and talked about our main concept. We discussed the feedback that we got from Lian and Karen in details to…
Week 6: E-Team
In Week 6, the E-Team (Team 5) received feedback on Assessment 1 and discussed the viable options for going forward. Based on the feedback, we are still leaning towards Concept #1, which is an idea that involves designing playful teaching tools to help get girls more involved in skating. This idea would largely depend on…
Playful Cities 