Credits
Tanisha Ambegaokar, Aarya Dhuttargi, Anahita Uppal, Adya Girdhar, Shravani Gugale, Rucha Phadnis, Vedant Srinivas
SMI Interim 2023
Pause- Unplug- Play
Brief
Srishti Manipal Institute hosts an Interim each year and this year, our interim was 3 weeks long wherein we worked together to build games that would help our community pause, unplug from their chaotic days and play to let loose. With the popularisation of 'hustle culture', creating a balance between work and play has become all the more crucial. We particularly wanted to build games that don’t have rules or strategies and aren’t long, hence they don’t need explanations and could be a quick activity between classes.
How to play this game
The game is extremely simple. The objective of the game is to not let the ball fall below the two handles on the board. To achieve that, as soon as the ball comes close to the handles, the handlebars underneath the board need to be slammed in order to make the ball bounce using the handles. A demonstration video is attached below.
Characteristics of the Pinball Board
The Pinball game was constructed using scrap material that has been collected over a long period of time in the attic of one of our college buildings. Our process of making this game was very hands-on and most of our ideations happened through making. The game is to be played entirely manually.
The main material used to construct this game was wood and MDF and the various processes we engaged with were wood cutting, MDF cutting using laser printing, drilling and painting.
Ideations and Process
