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Monday, May 15th, 2022 • 7:30PM
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Questions asked during the PLAYsentations!
For Team Narwhal:
+6
What kinds of different animals can you build with this toy?
For Team Narwhal:
+1
How do you prevent loosing pieces?
For Team Narwhal:
+2
What’s your favorite thing you can make?
For Team Narwhal:
+2
Is it safe for young kids to play with?
For Team Narwhal:
+1
How fun to build?
For Team Narwhal:
+1
Are all the connections points the same?
For Team Shark:
+4
Are there any non-symmetric patterns it can make?
For Team Shark:
+1
How did you figure out which waves work best to make cool sand patterns?
For Team Shark:
+6
How many different noises can be made with it?
For Team Shark:
+2
Can u record songs an playback
For Team Shark:
+1
What inspired the sound?
For Team Shark:
+3
What do the patterns look like?
For Team Shark:
+1
Can you close up view
For Team Panda:
+4
What a cute toy! What ages is whale mobile for?
For Team Panda:
+1
How was the tail made?
For Team Panda:
0
How much water can it carry?
For Team Panda:
+3
What mechanism did you use to spray the water?
For Team Panda:
+1
How did you build it?
For Team Panda:
+3
How fast can it go?
For Team Panda:
+3
How much water can it hold?
For Team Panda:
+8
How much water does the whale hold
For Team Panda:
+2
What is the range of the sprayer?
For Team Panda:
+3
How much water does it hold and how do you fill it?
For Team Hedgehog:
+8
The cone hat is so cute!
For Team Hedgehog:
+5
Does the sand make a mess?
For Team Hedgehog:
+2
Were you inspired by classic pinball games?
For Team Hedgehog:
0
What changes have you made in the product since the original idea?
For Team Hedgehog:
+1
What is the sand made of?
For Team Hedgehog:
0
What ages is this game for and is there a choking hazard?
For Team Cow:
+5
How was the large tub made, and does it swivel?
For Team Cow:
+1
What is your favorite dinosaur?
For Team Cow:
+2
What material are the dinosaurs made of
For Team Cow:
+3
How well can you aim with your mechanism?
For Team Cow:
+8
How do the meteors win?
For Team Cow:
0
What is the game attached to the toy?
For Team Koala:
+2
melody I love U!
For Team Koala:
+1
How did you make the game board?
For Team Koala:
+1
Why did you choose a wooden game board instead of plastic, or paper?
For Team Koala:
+6
How portable is the game?
For Team Koala:
+3
How small are the pieces? Can a young child play with them?
For Team Koala:
+1
What's the percentage of win scenarios?
For Team Koala:
+2
How do the pieces stick to the board?
For Team Koala:
+3
That dice is a paid actor
For Team Koala:
+1
We're you inspired by coolmath and Jumanji?
For Team Koala:
0
How does this compare to chess
For Team Koala:
+2
How balanced are the two sides to play?
For Team Triceratops:
+6
What happens if you drop your cubelets? (Do they break)
For Team Triceratops:
+8
What was the hardest part about making this toy
For Team Triceratops:
+3
How did you get the magnets inside the cubes?
For Team Triceratops:
0
How did you get a round hole in a square peg?
For Team Triceratops:
+12
What are the cubes made out of?
For Team Triceratops:
+3
Can you see the ball as it goes through?
For Team Triceratops:
+4
Did you have to deal with problems with polarity?
For Team Triceratops:
+1
Does each cube have one hole or two holes?
For Team Kangaroo:
+1
How do you recharge the batteries?
For Team Kangaroo:
+3
Can items get caught in the spinning motor? Is it dangerous?
For Team Kangaroo:
+2
How many people can play on each team? How did you scale it this way?
For Team Kangaroo:
+2
How hard is it to move the pieces? Can little kids do it?
For Team Kangaroo:
+10
Can we see what this looks like from the top?
For Team Kangaroo:
0
How fast does it spin
For Team Kangaroo:
+1
How many different configurations are there?
For Team Kangaroo:
+4
How often does it get stuck?
For Team Kangaroo:
+2
How fast does it spin
For Team Kangaroo:
+3
What was the inspiration behind this toy?
For Team Cat:
0
We love you team cat!!!!!!!
For Team Cat:
+3
Were inspired by minesweeper?
For Team Cat:
+4
How did you make the ships?
For Team Cat:
0
What was your favorite part of designing this toy?
For Team Cat:
+17
How are mines detected?
For Team Cat:
0
How did you come up with rules for a toy like this?
For Team Cat:
+2
What are the pieces made of?
For Team Cat:
0
were there any red flags when coming up with this concept?
For Team Cat:
0
Is there any strategy associated with this game, or is it just luck?
For Team Pig:
+21
How did you make it vibrate?
For Team Pig:
+5
How much and how strong are the vibrations?
For Team Pig:
+3
Can you use other materials besides the blocks provided to build a tower?
For Team Pig:
0
How did you make the toy casing?
For Team Pig:
+1
How easy is it to not make the blocks fall
For Team Pig:
+2
At what time point does the earthquake trigger?
For Team Pig:
+2
Where did he get the suit?
For Team Sloth:
+2
How does it glow in the dark?
For Team Sloth:
+2
How did you decide the height of the cones?
For Team Sloth:
+7
What happens if you toss your red ring onto a blue cone?
For Team Sloth:
+4
What are the cones made of?
For Team Sloth:
+3
How are the random patterns selected?
For Team Sloth:
+2
Do I get a clown nose when I win?
For Team Elephant:
+1
How were the castles made?
For Team Elephant:
+3
How are they communicating without cables??
For Team Elephant:
+1
Was this game inspired by laser tag?
For Team Elephant:
+1
How did you determine where to place the castles?
For Team Elephant:
+8
Can the cars shoot each other?
For Team Elephant:
+8
How do the castles receive the laser signals?
For Team Elephant:
+2
Can you play it on grass?
For Team Elephant:
+1
What ages is this toy for?
For Team Octopus:
+3
How did you design the CAM?
For Team Octopus:
+1
how long did it take to make all those cams
For Team Octopus:
+1
Can this be used as an educational activity?
For Team Octopus:
+1
How did you make the board
For Team Octopus:
0
does the board change in the same way every time?
For Team Octopus:
+3
How did you design the gear connections and shaft couplings? Wow great job guys!
For Team Octopus:
+2
What mechanism did you use to switch the wood board?
For Team Turtle:
+1
How many chances do you get to shoot the other team's tower?
For Team Turtle:
+3
How do you count the height of multiple towers?
For Team Turtle:
+5
Can you block the shots?
For Team Turtle:
+1
How was the cannon made?
For Team Turtle:
0
Age range?
For Team Turtle:
+1
What are the projectiles?
For Team Turtle:
0
Who is the inspiration of your toy?
For Team Lion:
0
How was the cauldron made?
For Team Lion:
+3
How many different ailments can you cure?
For Team Lion:
0
How did you design the cards?
For Team Lion:
+1
How many cures are there?
For Team Lion:
+6
What happens when you put the wrong ingredient?
For Team Lion:
+3
How do you recognize that the right toy was scanned?
For Team Lion:
+1
Does order matter?
For Team Polar Bear:
+1
What did you learn about making toys from this project?
For Team Polar Bear:
0
What was your biggest inspiration?
For Team Polar Bear:
+2
How did you make the electronics in the toy strong enough to withstand people standing on them?
For Team Polar Bear:
0
How did you make it durable enough to step on
For Team Polar Bear:
+2
That looks like sith logo
For Team Polar Bear:
+2
How does it sense a foot touch?
For Team Polar Bear:
+3
What age is this toy intended for?
For Team Polar Bear:
0
Are there different levels of difficulty?
For Team Polar Bear:
+2
How do you detect the footprints
For Team Polar Bear:
0
How durable is the toy
For Team Polar Bear:
+5
What is the max weight it can bear?
For Team Polar Bear:
+1
How does rotation help?
For Team Polar Bear:
+2
Does the game tell you when you've won?
For Team Polar Bear:
+1
How does it know if you fall off
For Team Polar Bear:
+2
Somebody is going to get an A...
For Team Fox:
+3
Are the pieces washable?
For Team Fox:
+2
How many different animals can you make?
For Team Fox:
0
Did you sew every cube?
For Team Fox:
+2
Are there any problems with the polarity of the velcro?
For Team Fox:
0
how is the toy related to the fox?
For Team Fox:
+3
How easy is it to accidentally break apart the stuffed animal?
For Team Fox:
+1
Does it come with multiple colors?
For Team Fox:
+2
Will design plush harm the users if the velcro is on the outside? It seems scratchy.
For Team Orca:
0
Do they work on a windy day?
For Team Orca:
+7
Would you all work on the same team again?
For Team Orca:
+1
How well do they fly? Is there a "best" configuration?
For Team Orca:
0
Was math involved in figuring out the planes
For Team Orca:
+1
Can they withstand hitting the ground?
For Team Orca:
+2
How many different challenges are there?
For Team Orca:
0
can you attach more than two wings
For Team Orca:
+1
How do you put the plane back together after a crash?
For Team Orca:
0
Does the plane break easily?
For Team Apatosaurus:
+1
If you were to do one thing differently what would it be?
For Team Apatosaurus:
+2
Love the block storage! is it heavy for kids to lift?
For Team Apatosaurus:
+2
Are the blueprints more difficult at higher difficulties?
For Team Apatosaurus:
+3
Can you sabotage your opponent's tower?
For Team Apatosaurus:
+1
how fast can the base spin?
For Team T-rex:
0
How did you narrow down from your previous ideas to this concept?
For Team T-rex:
0
How long does it take to set up?
For Team T-rex:
0
Does this toy come with the costumes?
For Team T-rex:
+1
How did you decide how high to make the wall?
For Team T-rex:
+1
Is the catapult dangerous if it flicks something into someone's eye?
For Team T-rex:
+1
Is this safe for little kids?
For Team T-rex:
0
Can you play it on a ping pong table
For Team T-rex:
0
What do you do when you run out of balls to shoot?
For Team T-rex:
0
Why did you choose to make it out of wood
For Team T-rex:
+3
How did you design the glass?
For Team T-rex:
0
What was your favorite part of making this toy
For Team Duck:
+1
What happens when the power of the blocks runs out?
For Team Duck:
0
how did you create the timer for the game?
For Team Duck:
+8
How did you design the vibrating blocks?
For Team Duck:
+2
How often does the tower fall over?
For Team Duck:
+3
Could you describe the amount of vibration? is it like a phone?
For Team Duck:
0
How strong does it vibrate?
For Team Rabbit:
0
What made you want to make an isopod-themed game?
For Team Rabbit:
0
What was the biggest challenge you faced in making this game?
For Team Rabbit:
+1
How easy is it to replace erasers and markers?
For Team Rabbit:
0
What is the average total cost to produce this item
For Team Rabbit:
0
Does each require 4 AA batteries?
For Team Rabbit:
+4
How do you determine who won?
For Team Rabbit:
0
How are the trails left on the board?
For Team Rabbit:
0
Can you play this game in teams?
For Team Rabbit:
0
How do you reset the game board?
For Team Rabbit:
+1
How do you determine which isopod has the most shaded in area
For Team Rabbit:
0
Did you have any BUGS while making the game?
For Team Penguin:
+1
How do the blasters communicate with the stars?
For Team Penguin:
0
How did you make the rocket and the stars?
For Team Penguin:
0
How did you decide on the actuation of the blasters?
For Team Penguin:
0
Does the rocket actually lift off?
For Team Penguin:
+1
How are the stars connected to the rocket fuel tank?
For Team Penguin:
+2
How do you know there is enough fuel to "blast off"
For Team Penguin:
+1
What is the range of the blasters?
For Team Giraffe:
+2
What happens if the balls fall off the table?
For Team Giraffe:
+1
How do the balls sense when they come into contact with each other?
For Team Giraffe:
+2
How do you charge them?
For Team Giraffe:
0
Is there a rule in terms of where you need to roll from?
For Team Giraffe:
+1
What is the age range of this toy?
For Team Giraffe:
+1
How do you determine who actually hit the ball?
For Team Giraffe:
0
Can the balls hurt the opponent if it's rolled too hard across the table?
For Team Rhino:
+1
What was the hardest part of making this toy?
For Team Rhino:
0
How did you design the asteroids?
For Team Rhino:
0
How do the asteroids know when it's hit
For Team Rhino:
+1
Is it a skill based game? How hard is it?
For Team Rhino:
+1
How do the asteroids know when they are hit?
For Team Rhino:
0
How do the blasters work?
For Team Rhino:
+1
How does the scorecard detect a miss?
For Team Rhino:
0
How did you design the dart guns
For Team Rhino:
+3
Would you work with this team again?
For Team Hippo:
+14
Please wish Evan a happy 19th birthday (maybe sing?) :)
For Team Hippo:
+13
This is for the birthday boy, Evan Harrison! What would you say is the most unique part of the game?
For Team Hippo:
0
How many lines is your code
For Team Hippo:
0
Are the blocks all different shapes?
For Team Hippo:
0
What happens if you build the right solution but with different blocks?
For Team Hippo:
+7
Wish Evan a happy birthday
For Team Hippo:
+3
Happy birthday, Evan! Please ask the birthday boy how this was coded?
For Team Hippo:
0
Did you use AI to help with the code?
For Team Hippo:
0
What inspired this game the most?