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Life-like Jumanji board game

satchelfrost

So I had an idea for a very life-like Jumanji board game. In a nutshell the idea consists of hidden magnets, which move the pieces and give the illusion that the board is ALIVE! Also a center LCD screen that acts as the interface/ porthole between board and player, allowing the player to feel like the board is communicating with them. Finally, this would be a nice tribute to one of the greatest actors of all time: Robin Williams. I'd be interested to hear what you guys think, and any additional add-ons! Maybe the dice could come alive as well.

 

Anyway, love the show, can't wait for the next build!

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  • Oooo, that would be a really fun build! I'm not sure how to make a track that would have the magnets move perfectly on the gameboard path, though. Especially since, in the movie, the player paths cross. Quite intriguing! I would have a lot of fun with this one.

  • in reply to makerkaren

    I've been wanting to build one of these for a long time now (even more so after I disassembled a piano and now have a lot of ivory). My idea on the overlapping track was the fact that you don't need the magnets to touch. While you do get better strength the closer they are, you don't need to make the guiding magnets all on a one-layer path. You can make a loop (not unlike a roller coaster) and make one pass under the other. There may be a problem with two players passing next to each other though. Maybe a setting several magnets in a certain shape and sequence. But that would limit the players pieces to always follow a set numbering order. (Player one - Elephant, Player two - Rhino, etc...)

     

    The biggest challenge that has stopped me thus far, is having a set of "loaded" dice. You can substitute this with a Random Number Generator, push a button and it tells you what you rolled. I'd rather have the game know what it was that I rolled on real dice. Since they roll in one part of the lid, you can set some cameras or other sensors in that part of the board. I'm no kind of coder so I haven't tried anything like that.

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  • in reply to makerkaren

    I've been wanting to build one of these for a long time now (even more so after I disassembled a piano and now have a lot of ivory). My idea on the overlapping track was the fact that you don't need the magnets to touch. While you do get better strength the closer they are, you don't need to make the guiding magnets all on a one-layer path. You can make a loop (not unlike a roller coaster) and make one pass under the other. There may be a problem with two players passing next to each other though. Maybe a setting several magnets in a certain shape and sequence. But that would limit the players pieces to always follow a set numbering order. (Player one - Elephant, Player two - Rhino, etc...)

     

    The biggest challenge that has stopped me thus far, is having a set of "loaded" dice. You can substitute this with a Random Number Generator, push a button and it tells you what you rolled. I'd rather have the game know what it was that I rolled on real dice. Since they roll in one part of the lid, you can set some cameras or other sensors in that part of the board. I'm no kind of coder so I haven't tried anything like that.

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