{"id":416,"date":"2026-02-20T17:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/aneny\/?p=416"},"modified":"2026-04-29T22:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:57:24","slug":"week-6-testing-testing-is-this-thing-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/aneny\/week-6-testing-testing-is-this-thing-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 6: Testing. Testing? . . . Is this thing on?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This week we…<\/strong> hosted a playtest using our simulator, tested the connection between our Hardware and Software, and implemented our two main game systems to our Unity project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Playtest and our Virtual Simulator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here you can see some screenshots of the virtual board we built using this simulator program.<\/a><\/mark> Although it has a way different feel from traditional pinball we were able to get some good first reactions and feedback from both experienced pinball players and complete novices. Since we aim to make the gameplay less challenging than normal pinball we also we able to see what spots people found more difficult to hit and got a few good suggestions in regards to how to make each ball harder to drop (for example one play tester said to add posts in the side lanes that go down after the first 30 seconds of play).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unity to Arduino Connection!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woo! This is so exciting for us! Here you can see we have successfully been able to wire and connect our pinball parts to our digital system! From left to right there is a flipper button (input), an LED (output), and a Kicker (output). With this we have all three types of hardware tested that we plan to include in our build!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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System 1: “On Display” Factory Scoreboard<\/p>\n\n\n\n