Customized Operation Game

Doctor, Adabot requires your assistance! An operation is in order. The task at hand involves delicately removing game pieces, requiring a steady hand.

You can create this timeless and enjoyable game by utilizing a Circuit Playground Express. This device will detect any slight movement or accidental bump made by your tweezers on the edge of an opening. After constructing the game board, you will need to program the Circuit Playground Express using either CircuitPython or MakeCode to examine the capacitive touch pads for any contact.

6 Alligator Clips

Cardboard

Tin Foil (or Copper Tape)

Marker (or a print of your customized person)

Tape

Glue

Buttons

Tweezers

Circuit Playground Express

Battery Holder

USB Cable

Draw up a rough draft of what you'll create with the cardboard on paper, so you know what cords need to go well.

Draw in pencil the plan on cardboard

Cut holes to button size

Draw in marker your person (or glue image onto cardboard)

Glue tinfoil (or copper tape) to the edges of all holes

Make sure to leave flaps of tinfoil/copper so the alligator clips can attach

Plan out which clip will go where

Attach the clips to their respective area

It might be difficult to get the current strong enough so play around with it

What worked the best for me was to fold over the tinfoil and attach the alligator clip to the side of the hole (as seen in the photo)

Create an Account with Adafruit and use their free software to create code for your circuit board

Download the code and upload it (using your special USB cable) to the circuit board

Attach batteries to the circuit board and attach it to each alligator clip

Turn on the circuit board

Test it out!

Place the buttons in the pouches surrounded by tinfoil (or copper tape)

Use your tweezers to pick up the buttons

PLAY OPERATION!