My prototype controller is finished. I made it out of an old article I read. The finished model will be white and coloured and sized better. But now I could finally test out my buttons and see if the whole thing works. I've only ever tested out the first button I made. I left the rest to see at the end. So I fitted in all the wires and I've been talking about making this controller to my housemates and they know I've been freaking out for the past month because I didn't know how to do it, so they all decided to watch and see what happens. If I am able to type out, 'wasdfg', then it works perfectly. Here's what I expected:
1. Either it to freak out and create a lot of spaces <-- like this...
2. It to type out: 'wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwawa'.
3. Or simply do nothing at all.
I made it very clear to my housemates that if it doesn't work, I'm handing it up as is, and that I just want to get rid of it and hope for a pass. So I plugged it in and immediately looked at the screen waiting for it to freak out. But nothing happened. So I was like, 'Okaaay... good start'. Then I started pressing buttons.
Here is what happened:
Button 1: Worked perfectly fine.
Button 2: Wouldn't work.
Button 3: Had to press very hard but works.
Button 4: Worked perfectly fine.
Button 5: Had to press a bit harder but worked.
Button 6: Thought it didn't work but the wires just fell out. Worked fine, just had to press low.
So I was ready to leave it but then I got so agitated that the 2nd one didn't work. So I kept working. I cut open the sponge because I thought it wasn't working because the hole in the sponge might not have been big enough. But after I cut it open, it didn't seem to be a problem. I assumed the wires weren't properly exposed. So I snipped off the top and remade it. So I plugged it in and tada!
All 6 buttons fully functional! ;)
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