Interactive games as an attraction strategy for technology and maker culture

• Gustavo Sergio Ferreira Cunha IFGoiano
• Pedro Henrique Braz dos Santos IFGoiano
• Tiago Cardoso Ferreira IFGoiano

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/erigo.2024.5087

Abstract

This project presents a prototype using the Makey Makey board to turn conductive objects, such as potatoes, into controls for the CupHead game. The proposal combined fun and learning, arousing the public's curiosity and promoting interest in maker culture and the functioning of electrical circuits in a practical and interactive way.

Keywords: Makey Makey, interactive games, maker culture, electrical circuits, prototype

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