Project Paper
Escape from the Minefield
ABSTRACT
In 2003, Ray and Joan Kroc donated $1.5 billion of matching funds to the Salvation Army to construct 30 Ray and Joan Kroc Community Centers (KROC center) [1]. Memphis, Tennessee was chosen as a site for one of the centers in 2005. The community centers provide facilities for K-12 students to play games that contain puzzles and tasks that intellectually challenge and stimulate players. The goal of this project is to design an interactive environment for young people to carry out missions that promote team building and improve mathematical skills. The interactive components, located in the Auto Zone Challenge Center (ACC) in the KROC center, includes the development of games that use the existing environment in the ACC by adding components such as floor sensors, interactive lighting, and sound effects, combining them to make interactive activities. The work includes the organizing, planning, building, and testing of the devices and components used in the puzzles and games by a team of three electrical engineering students. All missions should be fun and educational and meet the requirements of the Salvation Army to serve the youth of all ages in the Memphis Area.
I. INTRODUCTION
The objective of this project is to create interactive components in the Catastrophe room of the ACC. The development team must create an interactive game in accordance with the present theming in the challenge center as well as the existing storyline of the multi-room missions. The scope of this project includes the design, programming and installation of the Landmine game for the Catastrophe room as pictured in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Catastrophe Room
In the Landmine game, participants enter the room and are instructed to navigate the floor grid and step on the power sign () across the room. They are also told that if they step on a square tile and the lights flash yellow they are to stop so they do not activate a landmine and thus fail the
ABSTRACT
In 2003, Ray and Joan Kroc donated $1.5 billion of matching funds to the Salvation Army to construct 30 Ray and Joan Kroc Community Centers (KROC center) [1]. Memphis, Tennessee was chosen as a site for one of the centers in 2005. The community centers provide facilities for K-12 students to play games that contain puzzles and tasks that intellectually challenge and stimulate players. The goal of this project is to design an interactive environment for young people to carry out missions that promote team building and improve mathematical skills. The interactive components, located in the Auto Zone Challenge Center (ACC) in the KROC center, includes the development of games that use the existing environment in the ACC by adding components such as floor sensors, interactive lighting, and sound effects, combining them to make interactive activities. The work includes the organizing, planning, building, and testing of the devices and components used in the puzzles and games by a team of three electrical engineering students. All missions should be fun and educational and meet the requirements of the Salvation Army to serve the youth of all ages in the Memphis Area.
I. INTRODUCTION
The objective of this project is to create interactive components in the Catastrophe room of the ACC. The development team must create an interactive game in accordance with the present theming in the challenge center as well as the existing storyline of the multi-room missions. The scope of this project includes the design, programming and installation of the Landmine game for the Catastrophe room as pictured in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Catastrophe Room
In the Landmine game, participants enter the room and are instructed to navigate the floor grid and step on the power sign () across the room. They are also told that if they step on a square tile and the lights flash yellow they are to stop so they do not activate a landmine and thus fail the
References: [1] “KROC Memphis” http://www.krocmemphis.org/about/ [2] Blum, Jeremy. Exploring Arduino. Indianapolis: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013. Print [3] “Tutorials” http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/HomePage [4] Roden, Carpenter, Wieserman. Electronic Design. Los Angeles: Discovery Press, 2002. Print. [5] Boxall, John. Arduino Workshop. San Francisco: No Starch Press, 2013. Print [6] National Fire Protection Agency. National Electrical Code. Quincy: NFPA, 2008. Print.