Building a Theme Park for MakerFaire

BUILD-A-THON

BUILD-A-THON SCHEDULE

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FRI

Plan for our week of brainstorming, building and testing

Intro + Planning

TEAMS + TRAINING

BUILD

BUILD

FIELD TRIP

ATTRACTIONS

the future is a toss up

KNOCKING DOWN INJUSTICES

DRONE DELIVERY CHALLENGE

PEDal INTO TOMORROW

TOUR THE SOLAR SYSTEM

PASSPORT TO THE FUTURE

BUILD-A-BOT

TOWER OF HOPES AND DREAMS

AND MORE...

MATERIALS

FABRIC

VINYL

PLASTIC

PLYWOOD

CARDBOARD

PASSPORT TO THE FUTURE

DIVISIONS

designers

creators

developers

engineers

PASSPORT TO THE FUTURE

FABRICATION + CONNECTIONS

"MAKING THINGS FIT TOGETHER"

CODING + CREATING APPS

"MAKING STUFF DO STUFF"

EXPERIENCE + VISUALS

"MAKING THINGS WORK AND LOOK GREAT"

STORYTELLING + FILM MAKING

"MAKING THE VISION A REALITY"

TEAMS

the future is a toss up

KNOCKING DOWN INJUSTICES

DRONE DELIVERY CHALLENGE

PEDal INTO TOMORROW

TOUR THE SOLAR SYSTEM

PASSPORT TO THE FUTURE

BUILD-A-BOT

TOWER OF HOPES AND DREAMS

BUILD-A-BOT

Engineering

  • Design and fabricate a table to match Creator and Designer specifications

Designer
Identify the visual construction of the station, including flooring, coverings, and lighting fixtures
Working with the Designers, design different bot characters and to create arms, legs, heads, bodies

Developer
What are the rules for this attraction? Brainstorm constraints, think about how many people can be in this attraction at once, etc
Creator
Working with the Designers, identify the visual construction of the station, including flooring, coverings, and lighting fixtures
Working with the Designers, design different bot characters and to create arms, legs, heads, bodies

KNOCKING DOWN INJUSTICES

Engineering

  • Create a method for ball collection
  • Identify ideal target size
  • Create template to knock over targets

Designer

  • Create a visual for each of the injustices, this can include typography, illustrations, designs

Developer

  • Identify time constraints and how many throws or balls each guests have
  • Create the card system and rules for the game.
  • How will guests receive the cards to help solve issues?

Creator

  • Working with the Developer, design the card system and rules for the game
  • What does the information on each of the cards say?

PEDAL INTO TOMORROW

Engineering

  • Create a support structure for the tv monitor
  • Make the foot control panel and pedals,
     
  • Work with the Developers to run wiring

Designer

  • Create and design the transportation foot pedals
  • Create the overall design of the attraction to make the guests feel like they are stepping into a future transportation
  • Working with the Creators, design and direct what action each foot pedal will trigger
  • Working with the Creators, help film the stories for each of the transportation

Developer

  • Work with the Engineers to run wiring
  • Identify the rules of the simulator: how long each guest can “ride” the simulator, how many guests can be in there at a time
  • Based on the Creators and Designers, program the pedals to trigger specific actions
  • Program lighting, animations and special effects

Creator

  • Working with the Designers, design and direct what action each pedal will trigger in service of the story
  • Film and direct the stories for each of the transportations, include scripts, music, sound effects etc

TOUR THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Engineering

  • Create an automatic ball return 
  • Identify and test different diameters for target holes

Designer

  • Create and construct visuals for each of the transportations, housing, food

Developer

  • Working with the creators, create rules for the game: How does a player predict their future by tossing balls? Are there cards involved?
  • Identify time constraints for the game, how many throws or balls each guest receive

Creator

  • Working with the Developers, create the rules for the game: How does a player predict their future by tossing balls? Are there cards involved?

the future is a toss up

Engineering

  • Create an automatic ball return 
  • Identify and test different diameters for target holes

Designer

  • Create and construct visuals for each of the transportations, housing, food

Developer

  • Working with the creators, create rules for the game: How does a player predict their future by tossing balls? Are there cards involved?
  • Identify time constraints for the game, how many throws or balls each guest receive

Creator

  • Working with the Developers, create the rules for the game: How does a player predict their future by tossing balls? Are there cards involved?

DRONE DELIVERY CHALLENGE

Engineering

  • Build a table that can support the objects
  • Build the physical objects of the obstacle course

Designer

  • Create and design futuristic structures 
  • Create posters to promote the obstacle course and posters with rules of the simulator

Developer

  • Create the rules of the drone delivery challenge: how many players, time limit, etc
  • Program the possible drone paths, obstacles, and game mechanics

Creator

  • Create a background story for the obstacle course, why are they flying drones from one place to another?
  • Brainstorm and create any audio that goes with the obstacle course, including: background music or sound effects

TOWER OF HOPES AND DREAMS

Engineering
Build and construct methods for building tall towers
Identify the ideal measurements of each card

 

Designer
Working with the Designers, brainstorm why it is important to display our hopes and dreams
Brainstorm the importance of this as the final attraction and how we can motivate the public to all make a better future


Developer
What are the rules of this attraction?
Working with the Engineers, how high can we stack the cards without toppling over?


Creator
Working with the Designers, brainstorm why it is important to display our hopes and dreams
Brainstorm the importance of this as the final attraction and how we can motivate the public to all make a better future
 

BUILD-A-THON PLAN

Step 1

Break into Teams

Step 2

Review team tasks

Step 3

CREATE GAME PLAN

Step 4

COORDINATE PLANS

Step 5

BUILD! BUILD! BUILD!

LAST TIME

We discussed attraction stories 

& heard some awesome ideas...

STORY SKETCHES

Create a storyboard for either:

Tour the solar system

A video showing what it would be like to visit a human colony on Mercury, Venus, Mars or Europa (Jupiter's Moon) in the year 3000

PEDal INTO TOMORROW

A video introducing a future form of transportation to someone who has never heard of it.

STORY PITCHES

Step up and share!