Next Step

This project might be my thesis, though I'm also considering other topics.

Nonetheless, there are a few stuff I wanted to try out for this project.


For example:
1) Change the interface of Stage 2 a bit. Namely, make the score move into the playhead as Rockband does.

2) Play around with different media for the drum.
Other from the practice pad, that may include:
The Wiimote - For which I will need a Bluetooth adaptor and perhaps an IR sensor bar. Scripting languages such as GlovePie allows the Wiimote to be used when playing PC games. Processing and Actionscript appearantly have libraries that can work with Wiimote as well

Midi Drum Machine - Trying to get a Yamaha DD-5...

Taiko no Tatsujin Drum Controller for Wii - I got this in China, which is a quarter of the price for the regular ones (called TaTaCon). It's specifically for the Taiko games.



Normally this should be attatched to the Wiimote. If the Wiimote doesn't work, I will have to hack it by connecting it to Arduino, as some people have done with the Nunchuk.


3) User Test on Game Play
Paper prototype, that is.
While drums have been known to be used in communication with drum codes similar to Morse code, driving an army with the drum probably can't use a system that complicated.

There is something I want to try out in terms of using the drum to help someone navigate to somewhere.

The subject is blindfolded and needs to move to a specific spot. The drummer, on the other hand, can give instructions to the subject by beating the drum with a drum code as followed:




I also have to get drumming tutor before school starts....