WHAT WE ARE MAKING

WHY WE ARE MAKING IT

You will start developing prototypes, made quickly, that illustrate a form or idea.

؜To test ideas before using digital fabrication

ACTIVITY MATERIALS

Cardboard

Colored Acetate

Bristol Papers

Zip-ties

Straws

Metal Ruler

Pencil 

Markers 

Cutting Blade

Masking Tape

Hot Glue Gun

String

Brads

Popsicles and wooden skewers

1st

Go to the resources tab of this activity and learn about quick prototyping.

2nd

Create a blueprint of your design, a drawing that will help you construct your structure.

At the end you need to have have done the following:

• Sketched your main playing ground (board, stage...)
• Sketched your main game components (dice, counters, tokens, coins, figures, meeples, standees, cards)
• Written game instructions with main rule to win the game.

3rd

؜Students will work together to create a quick scale model prototype. Use low fidelity materials such as cardboard, paper, tape, and wire for your first prototypes. Remember these are not supposed to ~look good~ but rather be able to explain your concepts and ideas.

DELIVERABLES:

Make your first prototype

These models are meant to show your ideas, provide proof-of-concept, and test variations of function. They are not meant to be perfect or final iterations.

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

Now that you have built it out of cardboard, what would be the best materials and methods for the next prototype?

You have built and tested one possible shape of your project idea. What other shapes could this concept take?

What do you need to learn to create the next, more developed prototype of this concept?