Scaffolding Project: Sodaman Soda Controller

 

 https://yahyadanboos.itch.io/sodaman

 

For this project, I decided to work with the game Sodaman, which features a Pepsi man running through a neighborhood dodging obstacles and grabbing Pepsi cans. The reason I chose this is that the control scheme for it is simplistic enough to easily be mapped without the need for buttons, which gives me more room to implement a unique controller. For this, I want the controller to be an actual Pepsi can, because the only thing that can improve a game like this is even more branding for it. This will involve inserting the CPE into the can, along with possibly a potentiometer and or flashlight. I think the most difficult part of this will be getting all the parts to fit within it. Memes aside, I think the can would actually be a decent gyro controller, as it's easy to wield and move. For this reason I'm not entirely stuck on option 3, as it'd take away from the can and make it more difficult to control, but it is an option should the other two options have their own major issues that can't be overcome.