(EDIT: I know this isn’t your ususal fare for the Recruiting forum but wasn’t sure where else to put it.)
I’m pretty interested in making a sortof Real-Life Oddball game. The game would work the same way It would but in order to adapt it to real life it would use:
- A Halloween skull or some other skull cast, with the following properties:
- Has at least one wireless transmitter that will send data of how long the ball is being held to a server/main computer.
- Has at least 2 buttons linked up to the wireless transmitter(s). One button for Blue team, one for Red team. Buttons would not lock into place when pressed (like keyboard keys). This is to make sure someone has to hold the ball (and ergo keep their team’s button pressed) in order to score points. Optimally 4 buttons, max eight for up to eight teams.
Basically the game would play out by someone planting the ball in a location and announcing it, the game starts, and just like in the game players on the teams run to the ball and as long as they hold it their team collects points (way that this is achieved is explained above. Skull can transmit data. There is a reciving computer in the area.) Game might be played with nerf guns, paintball guns, or airsoft guns.
Thing is, I have no idea how to go about this. I’m considering just grabbing a few remote control cars and planting their chips in the skull but I would have no idea how to get this to work so a computer can recieve. Bluetooth might be an option, but again, no idea how to go about it. (In hindsight, if I make a custom computer(not like a Win7 computer. Think just a really simple thing only intended to recieve) the RCcar idea might work a little easirer might work.) Just making simple tranmitters and recievers might work.
Is there anyone who is good with this kind of stuff that can give me some directions on how to go about this? I did a quick paint drawing of how I’m visualizing the assembly. I do know some C++ (a little rusty) so a custom program to recieve the info might be possible.
TL;DR want to make Oddball in real life. Have working concept, but don’t know how to realize it.