Viewing: Fruit Pianos, Cardboard Keyboards and Making Games More Active

Fruit Pianos, Cardboard Keyboards and Making Games More Active

On Saturday, the young people at Castlemilk used maKey maKeys to change the way they interacted with software. There was lots of inventiveness and creativity to be seen, from playing a piano using fruit/vegetables rather than the boring old keys of a keyboard; changing the way a two-player platform game is played to make it more active; and creating a working keyboard from a piece of cardboard (using electrically conductive paint) which interacted with a Scratch programme written by one of our young people.

 

Who knew fruit could be so much fun?
Who knew fruit could be so much fun?
learning to strip wires.
learning to strip wires.
An active two-player game controlled by key-pads on the floor.
An active two-player game controlled by key-pads on the floor.
Play it again, Sam.
Play it again, Sam.
Knockin' out some bangin' tunes on my bananas.
Knockin’ out some bangin’ tunes on my bananas.
Putting the finishing touches to a cardboard keyboard.
Putting the finishing touches to a cardboard keyboard.