Physical & Pervasive Interfaces Post 2... Assignment Time...

We were given the assignment for this module. There is a game called 'Frets on Fire' that we have to design a controller for. The game Frets on Fire is a clear knock-off of the popular game serious 'Guitar Hero'. The game consists of coloured icons scrolling down towards you, down a guitar fret board and you have to press the correct coloured button in time with the button on the screen. There are five buttons that you could use. That means our controller must have five buttons. We were told not to make anything the is very similar to your standard Playstation/Xbox controller as those are too popular and we are being graded for innovation. So I need to think of a good few designs and pick the best one. Obviously since timing is a very important part of the game, I can't make anything that won't react to the same speed as the player. In my next post, I'll talk about controller designs.