Friday, August 12, 2022

Knex

 My son has gotten into knex recently, and likes making robots out of them... So I figured I'd stoke/seed his creativity a bit by making custom knex pieces that have robot kitbash components on them (random panels/weapons/etc)

This is an example of the type of kitbashes I used:


I took the knex set here: https://www.printables.com/model/143840-knex-parts-customizable and added some of the kitbash pieces to male/female connectors.

And here is an example of something my son made tonight:



He REALLY likes them, I think I'm gonna make the kitbash parts a bit bigger, but the "prototype" idea phase has definitely gone well.

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

HotDog Game

 We had friends come over with their kids a couple of days ago, so obviously I asked the kids for their "dream game" idea.

This was their pitch:
A hot dog eating contest, where its a guy vs a robot, and every so often a gold hotdog shows up, and if they eat it, they throw up on the robot.

Can do





Hacking a 3ds to add parental controls

  The 3ds is an amazing piece of hardware. Especially if you hack it to add homebrew/emulators. My son has been enjoying a bit of "free...