Video Game Controllers

The students design the new switches, wire them, test for the desired action, and build and test the final product. Students will present finished working models to the class, demonstrating its action. The design goal could be to make the game better adapted to a particular human need/ability, to create a new challenge in playing the game. to follow a particular content theme, or to be whimsical and fun to play. The controllers can be a joystick, a Nintendo controller, or an interactive system of switches to be executed by another action, like the “dance” game shown below. They can work individually or in a group to design their controller and gather appropriate materials.