Scaffolding Concept Review - Pokemon Emerald and Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs

 

The first concept that I have is for a glove controller for Pokemon Emerald. The idea is that I connect wires from two GND nodes on the Adafruit Playground and connect another wire to the V-out node, then run the V-out wire down the thumb of the glove connecting it to an aluminum foil pad on the thumb, then running the GND wires down the middle and pointer fingers connecting to aluminum foil pads on those fingers as well. The idea is that those pads control left and right movement, tilting the controller controls the up and down movement, and you shake to press A. These are all of the controls that you would need to play a Pokemon game. Pokemon is my favorite franchise and GBA games are easier to emulate than DS games, so I decided on Pokemon Emerald as the game to utilize for this Concept.

https://www.emulatorgames.net/roms/gameboy-advance/pokemon-emerald-version/

The second concept I have is for a glove controller for Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs. The game can be controlled entirely by using the mouse and clicking to move, so we are using the motion controls to control the mouse cursor on the game and we are using a switch connecting the GND pad of aluminum foil to the middle finger and the V-out pad of aluminum foil to the thumb. The game requires you to move a styler around to capture pokemon, clicking to push down and draw circles with the styler, so you need to balance using careful movements with the motion control to draw circles, and using the switch connecting the middle finger and thumb to simulate clicking down on the mouse in order to draw circles around Pokemon to capture them. I chose this game because Pokemon Ranger is a unique series in the Pokemon franchise, and the beginning of Guardian Signs throws you right into the action for a good demonstration of the controller.

https://www.emulatorgames.net/roms/nintendo-ds/pokemon-ranger-guardian-signs/