I will create a board game, the purpose of my board game is to find the sword(treasure search). This will relate to The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan.
Problem/Solution and Introduction
Precedent
My precedent is the Sword of Summer. We need to find the sword to win the game.
I am planning to make a helmet. It relates to my book, Artemis Fowl because there is a magic police force called the LEP, and one of the main characters is part of it and I am making her helmet.
These are my precedents:
This is a prop from the Artemis Fowl movie. It is my conceptual precedent because it is exactly what I am trying to make.
This is my technical precedent. I am using the template it gives in the video and just not adding the front face part. I am also making it out of foam instead of cardboard.
This was (part of) my first sketch on day 1
My idea is to make a helmet out of foam, then cut and glue the foam to make it.
Day 2
I got the foam for the helmet. Now I am going to start trying to figure out how to make it. Science Bob used to do the same when making other helmets, so I am going to see if any of the CCI staff know how.
Work Day 3:
Ms.Cook sent me two links for a DIY helmet and I think I am going to use the second one, just cutting off the front part:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FljBNbYO5EA
Work Day 4
I made the first half of the first iteration out of cardboard. I am going to start to make the other half, then make it out of foam for the final!
Work Day 5
I cut out the other half of the first iteration of the helmet
It was not really work day but I still worked on it in Middle Makers:
I finnished the other half of the prototype helmet and I am going to glue them together next time.
Work day 6
Today I cut out the first half of the helmet and started gluing it together. Sadly I couldn't finish or take a photo. :(
Work day 7
I finished the other half, glued it together, and got green and gray duct tape on it because there was no time for paint.
Work day 8
I made a rough laser cut of the visor, heated it up to 500°F, and bent it to the desired shape. Sadly, I couldn't get it on the helmet.:(
Work Day 9
I got the visor on the helmet, but I realised that I couldn't get the tint on, and they are out of LEDs so I don't think I can get them on either.:(
My main idea is to make a board game that includes many aspects of The Red Pyramid but in a competitive way, to show the meaning and story.
A base idea for this project is Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders, where the main idea is to get to the end before your opponent.
I started to bring this idea to life on Cuttle by designing it for a laser cut.
This was my original sketch for the game that I made on day 1, however as you can see it has changed a lot till now.
Iterations!
On Days 2-3 I designed and created my first iteration for the board, which was to only make the hieroglyphs in the corners laser cut, and make the path marker.
However, after day 3 I quickly realized that making it so everything on the board is laser cut would look a lot more neat and overall better, so I designed and laser cut it on day 4.
On top of that I also changed many things since my original. One example of this is that I decided to use dice instead of a spinner. I also had to redo one of the playing pieces because it was too big for the path.
By day 6 I had upgraded my board a sufficient amount. I added a 3d printed pyramid and added the bottom part of my board.
In my final iteration on day 7, I added on the bottom part that I had planned in the beginning and I made cards.
The great and superior map and weapons help the heroes conquer all enemies in their way. Mighty dangers await them on their great quest.
This was my original idea for the 3D model characters. However, they took way too long, and they look kind of bad. So, I created their weapons on a platform each representing each character, and they look much better.
Old
New
A lot of these letters look messy and I don't want to use this for Fessy Con. However, I have made the decision to put the text that I actually want over these letters and words. This can make my project look a lot more professional. This will be a major change for my project.
My original idea for the board game is shown in this sketch. However, I have changed the look of my characters dramatically. I have decided to only put each character as only a weapon. The weapon used for each character is the weapon that the character uses. I have also created the squares in a completely different pattern to make some structures with lots of space. I also got rid of one structure that I don't need. Most importantly though, I am only building the characters for the quest. I was going to build the monsters, but it is really hard to build all of this when I have an entire board game to build.