1. The hole in the sponge should have been a proper chuck that was cut out of it instead of the small cut/rip that I had made. The reason for this is so the that there is enough room for the 2 pieces of tin foil to connect, but not too much space that they are always connecting.
2. The sponge should have had a bit of superglue around the top and bottom of it so the it would stay properly attached to the tin foil. The sponge in not needed for the connection process but it adds a springiness that makes it a button.
3. Along with the double sided tape, there should have also been a small bit of superglue to attach to the wire to stop it from being easily pulled out.
4. The wire needed to be more exposed by ripping off the plastic around the tip of the cable. This allows the wire and the tin foil to easily conduct electricity and the tin foil acts as a much larger connection rather than just the tip of the wire. If the two pieces of tinfoil, (with the wires attached), are connecting, it gives the same effect as the tip of both wire connecting. Just on a larger scale.
I knew that the wire had to be exposed but at the time I though that having the very tip of the wire exposed would be enough.
5. The second wire that goes into the makey makey board needs to connect to Earth.
And just to be clear, the cardboard at the top of the button is just there for stability for your fingers.
I went home and I re-created all 5 of my buttons, as well as a sixth for the strum mechanic, and even made them smaller. I felt as though I was advancing my buttons in the same way the engineers make microchips smaller and yet work better as years go by. I play tested them and they work perfectly. I just hope they stay that way by the time I demonstrate them.
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