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Announcing Three New Builds! -- Episode 279

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The Ben Heck Team announces a major change on the show after receiving a lot of interest from community members who would like to see more detail in each episode and longer term builds.  By focusing on three long term builds they can give community members what they want to see, a more robust design and detail build.  In this episode you’ll see which builds they will be focusing on over the course of the next year and set the stage for their next major challenge in the evolution of the show.

 

Great Glue Gun Episode

Hackmanji Episode

Teensy Pinball Portable Episode

Over the next year the Ben Heck Team will be focusing on three long term builds.  Two were chosen by Ben while a third was chosen by community members by a poll.

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  • For the Logic game- I'm thinking something with a slight departure from the original Hackmanji.  What if you have a single board for four players with a four by five LED array at the top indicating whose turn it was and their "level", the logic puzzle below that with a Red and Green LED indicating success or failure and a knife switch below the logic to be thrown to indicate you're testing your logic.  On your turn a successful logic path moves your LED one to the right, while a failure moves you one to the left.  First player to reach the the furthest right LED wins.  Now for the game background...  Game name "Shut the gate!" The power has gone out at the zoo and you have to connect the correct logic and throw the switch to keep those critters out of the city!  Be the first to shut all five gates and you could be the Gatekeeper!

     

    For the hot glue gun... send me a message if you want the original, I still have it!  It was pretty cool however the X-box trigger came off within a week.  The feed mechanism was awesome.

     

    Make a Kickstarter for a mini-pinball kit and take my money, seriously!  I would love to make my own pinball machine but lack the tools, time, and experience to build a full size unit, I would love to see yours as a kit.

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  • For the Logic game- I'm thinking something with a slight departure from the original Hackmanji.  What if you have a single board for four players with a four by five LED array at the top indicating whose turn it was and their "level", the logic puzzle below that with a Red and Green LED indicating success or failure and a knife switch below the logic to be thrown to indicate you're testing your logic.  On your turn a successful logic path moves your LED one to the right, while a failure moves you one to the left.  First player to reach the the furthest right LED wins.  Now for the game background...  Game name "Shut the gate!" The power has gone out at the zoo and you have to connect the correct logic and throw the switch to keep those critters out of the city!  Be the first to shut all five gates and you could be the Gatekeeper!

     

    For the hot glue gun... send me a message if you want the original, I still have it!  It was pretty cool however the X-box trigger came off within a week.  The feed mechanism was awesome.

     

    Make a Kickstarter for a mini-pinball kit and take my money, seriously!  I would love to make my own pinball machine but lack the tools, time, and experience to build a full size unit, I would love to see yours as a kit.

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