Introducing SlideShot! This game takes the classic shuffleboard, shrinks it down and adds some new mechanics. Compete head to head and use your superior knowledge of Simple Geometry to win!
Click below to watch my 'Playsentation'!
I really wanted to make a tabletop game as my final project for 2.00b, MIT's Freshman Toy Design Course. Taken during the COVID Pandemic remotely, there were not a lot of tools or resources available to students, so I had to get creative with materials. I ended up settling on Slideshot, a variation on the standard version of Shuffleboard. I don't have any particular problems with the standard version, but for this project, I decided to complicate things a little bit and come up with a more interesting version of the game. No offense to anyone who enjoys the standard game, of course.
For this project, I went through the full ideation process, starting with generating multiple concepts that interested me, then utilizing a design web to link core concepts together. I then used a technique called 'idea blocking' to mix and match these core concepts based on their network links. Then we selected a few ideas to build rough mock-ups of (sketch models), before culminating in an 'alpha prototype' to be presented to the class in a 1 min video.
For this project, I went through the full ideation process, starting with generating multiple concepts that interested me, then utilizing a design web to link core concepts together. I then used a technique called 'idea blocking' to mix and match these core concepts based on their network links. Then we selected a few ideas to build rough mock-ups of (sketch models), before culminating in an 'alpha prototype' to be presented to the class in a 1 min video.
