Ben Heck's Hackmanji Board Game Part 1

[@WES_Productions]

I'm blown away by what you are doing here, as usual. But this is one of the coolest projects I've seen. You three ( and with the rest of team included) are all incredible.

[@chartle1]

02:12 NO DICE! I thought you could make dice with RFID chips embedded in the sides that the board could read. Bummer. :(

[@brycenwilliams.3185]

He should do that

[@MAYERMAKES]

+Cliff Hartle I think it's easier to use an acceleration sensor inside the dice. the orientation of the board gets mapped to the faces of the dice and is transmitted via bluetooth link....even with smd components on a custom board the dice would be pretty large...

[@MarcinKurczalski]

+MAYER MAKES just thought about it too, but one issue with electronic-loaded dice is it can easily be biased.... For the moment being I'd still give it a go. Actually this dice-issue inspires me to think of a whole virtually augmented game I could use it in xD Or maybe just use image recognition- for this project it could be simple field with plexi and camera under it, shoots a photo and counts the dots :P Both ways it's rather and idea to upgrade than solve on build-stage IMO.

[@chartle1]

***** I too though of image recognition but from above. But that would kind of get in the way.

[@kedwa30]

That's not a bad idea, but what happens when one falls on the floor? How long should it wait to read the result as the final throw? I suppose it could wait until it could read both dice at the same time. You could also have dice that can sense how they land and use an ESP8266 to send that via wifi to the board. Of course the problem with embedding any electronics into dice is keeping the dice balanced and also, can the electronics handle the forces of being tossed around. A third way would be to use a camera along with the right software to sense how the dice land. It's possible to have a camera underneath the board sensing the light wavelength that passes through the board.

[@bitsRboolean]

Really cool idea. Looking forward to seeing this come together.

[@headlessxp4948]

Can you build an homebrew-style 8 bit cpu?

[@bilzoo20001]

+Headlessxp This video looks like the perfect precursor to building a cpu out of TTL logic chips or even individual transistors. In high school I tried to build one out of relays but those things are expensive, especially when you need about 500 of them.

[@tyttuut]

+bilzoo20001 I always wondered how that would work.

[@r.d.e.2803]

awesome. I look forward to seeing the next episode, as well as the power glove teardown & mod

[@xKatjaxPurrsx]

"Magnets and Microchips" That sounds like an extra nerdy tabletop RPG :)

[@maker_karen1785]

+xKatjaxPurrsx I'd play that.

[@bartz0rt928]

Instead of it sending a hunter after you like in the movie, the game could post an ad for a hit on you on Craigslist!

[@maker_karen1785]

+Bart Stikkers Not exactly an "immediate" consequence for the player to deal with, but a hilarious concept to consider.

[@bartz0rt928]

spawning a Terminator might be a bit beyond the skills of the TBHS team.

[@MazeFrame]

3:49 I laughed way to hard at the dangly flimsy things on Ben´s head! Karen makes funny noises^^

[@AstAMoore]

Felix: I’m having a little bit of fun. Translation: I’M FREAKING STOKED!

[@terrydaniels9573]

My idea for using physical dice involves having a specific color for each side, and then having a color sensor module to detect which side it landed on, the only disadvantage I can think of is only being able to roll one at a time.

[@gtb81.]

for one project can you use nixie tubes and use all vacuum tubes for the electronics? maybe for a throw back episode.

[@bcsuda]

Looking forward to that Power Glove episode!

[@OBourassa]

what happen when the magnet get closer together?

[@stormagedeonlane9805]

Did Felix say he was having a little fun?

[@petitebaguette]

Hey, so does anyone know if +TheBenHeckShow is going to be at the Bay Area Maker Faire?

[@BinaryDNA]

is there enough clearance between the servo arms under the player pieces when two players are both one space from winning the game?

[@maker_karen1785]

+BinaryDNA In the final design, there will be a big circle in the middle so the last couple spaces in the middle will all be the "finish". In that way, it will still be like the original Jumanji game.

[@JackieBright]

3:19 yep, "other things" *cough*Swastika*cough*

[@carlobensi2267]

I would have gone with a CNC machine type thing, still using the magnets, that way you could move the pieces almost anywhere in any direction. Programming the paths would probably be a bit more time consuming but I bet it would be worth it. Oh, and bluetooth connected dice too. Anyway, what really got my attention was the power gloves. If the ultrasonics were used to track the orientation and position of the glove could something similar be used to track the location of specific items in a room such as battlebots, drones, remote control/slot cars and, my want, model trains? Sort of like a mini GPS system. Would this be even possible with an accuracy of about 1/2 inch?

[@DiyintheGhetto]

Hey ben i forgot something about the Power Glove. That one past video on Jun 3, 2012 Power Glove for Xbox - Build a Better Kinect. What about a Update video of that one. but using maybe this Power glove? Can do something different then the xbox?

[@rick420buzz]

Here's an idea: When the Hackmanji game is completed and working, give it to the person who suggested it.

[@dennisfalan1623]

Hey Ben I was wondering if I could wire in a Adafruit Bluefruit LE (Bluetooth Chip In to My turtle beach x3 So i didn't have to have a talkback cable I figured if anyone would know it would be you. Hope you have a good weaken .

[@AnythingKush]

Just a question Ben, it may be stupid. But why didn't you use a stepper motor? Wouldn't you get really accurate placements of the magnets? And can't they go 360 degrees?

[@orion2185]

I hope The Ben Heck show does a giveaway for this Hackmanji! I want it more than life itself!!!!

[@xanokothe]

This is one of your bests projects!

[@imbadwrench]

Ive figured out how to make all the pieces follow the same track separately if you wanna do it right..

[@maker_karen1785]

+imbadwrench Do share!

[@imbadwrench]

+theHeckwithKaren Ever see a marble maze? if you are younger imagine an IRL version of any of the 10,000 smartphone games that has marbles following a track. because one track moves at a time the marbles can cross each-others paths. Use nonferrous material for the normal balls and then metal balls for the game pieces. A sensor at each intersection can let the ball move one more time if its metal so the metal balls stay on their own tracks. A magnet in the game piece should let it follow the metal ball. Sketchup has not worked on my computer since the last update, maybe I should be fixing that.

[@BinaryDNA]

How do you know how many teeth go on each gear?

[@luketindale5747]

you should do a project on the ti-99 retro computer, it was able to play Atari 8 bit games and run basic, maybe a portable?

[@luketindale5747]

And it was the first 16 bit home computer

[@myrmeko]

Hey Ben, my Windows tablet's (Toshiba Encore WT8-A-102) battery is completelly dead. Can i hook up the wires of an USB charger direcly on the charging pins? Then hook up a monitor through the HDMI Mini port, a USB Hub from the Micro USB port and in the USB Hub plug an external cooler? And i would make a custom case, because i have a friend that has a 3D printer. Could i actually revive my tablet and use it as a PC? I just need a low-end PC to do school stuff and play low-end games like Half Life, Minecraft, NFS Underground and stuff. And as internal storage i would use a Class(10) 64GB Micro SD Card.

[@tonyman1106]

would using linear induction motor be possible

[@TheBlueBit11]

you can use nfc to tell which pawn gets there first

[@sarcasticat]

You could've attached magnets to strings, and them to stepper motors and create guide paths for it, instead of servos. This would allow for more freehand paths.

[@pratherat]

I guess there's no turning back, but here's what I wished had happened: 1) Keep the intertwined paths! Way more interesting. Ben has plenty of experience with X/Y axes. Use an electromagnet to control the whole playing surface, rather than permanent magnets in fixed arcs. 2) Top your display with a clear dome paperweight, and mask the remaining screen. It'll be round like the original, and give the illusion of depth. Your digital dice are also inside, "Sorry!" style, and activated by pressing the dome, the whole display rig resting on tact switches.

[@ALitleBitSpecial]

With the intertwined paths the problem is pieces too close together or especially two pieces occupying the same square. You would unintentionaly move pieces you don't want to

[@pratherat]

I don't know the rules, or if there are any "official" rules, but I assumed that if the path is blocked, the player lose a turn. I can see how close pieces might be affected. Maybe pieces could be temporarily relocated while the move is made? And try to design your electromagnet to be precise in its selection.

[@RainBowManger]

I love this idea makes me want to build one my self

[@SanTolorio]

3:10 I propably woudln't have even thougt about that, if he wouldn't have mentioned it.

[@Mephitus_LePew]

why didnt they use piezo motors? Would have made it a much more simple and reliable project.

[@DiyintheGhetto]

Very awesome. Can't wait into the next one. What is the name of that glove?

[@element14presents]

+joseph chrzempiec (josephchrzempiec) PowerGlove

[@DiyintheGhetto]

Thank you :)

[@Stonerman023]

+joseph chrzempiec (josephchrzempiec) "It´s so bad."

[@DiyintheGhetto]

What the power glove? Oh i have other idea's for it then using games on it :)

[@KhanGarth]

+joseph chrzempiec (josephchrzempiec) watch a movie called The Wizard, which is basically an hour and a half promotion for it. that's where the above quote is from.

[@TheOMGWTFBBQ777]

This needs more views to be honest

[@johnnicklas2156]

Hello Ben! I have been a fan of your show for some time, and I would very much like your or someone's advice. I see that you use a Makerbot 3d printer regularly on your show, but I have been having a significant problem with mine. The problem is that when I try to print high-detail parts, the printer nozzle jams and I end up with only a tiny amount of plastic being extruded - like a ghost of the original part or a spider web.

[@johnnicklas2156]

I have contacted the Makerbot people about this, bought a set of new anti-stick coated metal nozzles, taken the whole Makerbot 2 printer apart, lubricated and cleaned everything, put it back together, and still the problem persists. The extruder stepper motor appears to be working (I can see it through the spring) but the plastic filament will not move down and so the printer clicks as the teeth of the wheel slip on it. I have tried pushing the filament down - it requires almost as much force as I can apply.

[@johnnicklas2156]

I have also tried printing at different temperatures: 215, 220, 225, 228, and 210, and this adjustment seemed to make a difference momentarily, but then the printer again jammed a few dozen layers above where it had jammed previously. What I believe is happening is that a glob of PLA plastic is melting inside the extruder nozzle, and acting as a sort of buffer for the filament that is trying to be forced down - the new filament must be melted first to be incorporated into the glob (hence the increased force required to push it down), and then at the bottom of the nozzle the pressure is much reduced so that only a bit of plastic dribbles out.

[@maker_karen1785]

When did you buy your Makerbot/How long have you had it? Which model is it?

[@johnnicklas2156]

My family bought it in late 2013, it has only 114 hours on it, and it is a Replicator 2 with a high-lubricity nozzle (mk8 .4 mm). It can still print mostly-solid objects fine, but the problem lies with fine-detail structures like text.

[@johnnicklas2156]

I have pictures of what happens, but I imagine that you have encountered this issue before?

[@KhanGarth]

why dont you instead just integrate a Wii remote onto the Power Glove, so, you know, it actually works?

[@Tru3Times]

That is actually a great idea!

[@kushshah4554]

Why does the educational part bother me so much?

[@InstrucTube]

+Kush Shah because in general educational games are terrible

[@AlphaPyxis]

I would really love to see the team build a psp larger, i always thougt the psp was a bit small and would love to see him make one a bit bigger.

[@poisonshift78]

thought the dangling things were for Night of the Comet. Alien works just as well though

[@TheOMGWTFBBQ777]

Do u guys play old school runescape?

[@sirp0p0]

So what's the problem with having bigger pieces? You said that the magnet loses the piece but the pieces should move very slowly, almost creep to the next spot. If they just fly to the next place on the board it doesn't seem so magical anymore. Can't you also make a drawer or something on it to store the pawns so you can make them bigger? It seems like you're cutting a lot of corners and losing focus, but I understand you can only do so much in the time you have to film. I hope it has sound effects.

[@kushshah4554]

You guys should make a new raspberry pi handheld with pi zero and a separate system with the latest raspberry pi model now that they have much more power you could run a newer console than the first system

[@kushshah4554]

And see if you can mount it on a controller to get a Nvidia shield look and feel

[@ShawnJonesHellion]

+Kush Shah you do realize it takes like 3x the power of a system to emulate it on average right? That's if it's coded extremely well. Most computers can't run ps2 emulators last i checked if you were talking about that generation of consoles or later

[@ShawnJonesHellion]

+Kush Shah also my PC has problems running Android emulators and it's more top of the line than not.

[@SatinFoxx]

+Shawn Jones My Samsung Core Prime can run a PS2 at around 12 FPS. My PC can run all but like 6 games that I have thrown at it, aka most of the big PS2 titles, at 1080p 60fps or better. It's safe to say a Raspberry unit could be running PS2 soon, if not now, and can defiantly run a PS1. Oh, and PC has no issue with Bluestacks, so I see no reason you would have issues with Android stuff. PS: Are you running a PC older than 7 years old? This could be your problem.

[@kushshah4554]

+Shawn Jones I was talking about ps1 or before lol, everyone knows that it'd takes a sit ton to run ps2 and after

[@TheSh_dow]

Nice project ! Does Ben works full time for the show ?

[@maker_karen1785]

+TheShadow Thanks! He sure does.

[@littlebigplanetandemojimov739]

Could you make a video game console that plays Dreamcast games?

[@HazardOfExistance]

Ben why didn't you use a ballbearing in the pieces instead of another magnet?

[@maker_karen1785]

+AndrewMascoloJr Less surface area in contact with the board.

[@ayazar]

03:32 Welcome to The Maya the Bee Show

[@johnnychang4233]

Can be made MagLev?

[@topedti3977]

benheckshow+ my final are in 3 weeks am wondering if you can build something for cheating in test(just for fun)

[@Anzelus]

how about having 6 sided rfid dice?

[@carlobensi2267]

+Barry Adamson, 2 problems initially come to mind. 1 you would need to roll the dice on a very specific (small) area of the board and 2. the interference of the other 5 rfid tags might pose too much of an issue. I think Bluetooth with axis sensors would be the way to go.

[@Anzelus]

+Carlo Bensi not a bad idea with the bluetooth with axis sensors. The issue I think would come with that is, either the dice would have to be larger than normal dice, or you would have to find a tiny battery, a tiny bluetooth receiver, a tiny micro controller, and a g-sensor all in less than 1/2 of a cubic inch.

[@carlobensi2267]

+Barry Adamson yes, 1/2 inch would be very difficult, especially using off the shelf components. Since this is basically a prototype, i think, a 1 inch die would be fine (still hard) or even a 2 inch die. Also have to figure out how to balance it so it's not biased, the smaller it is the harder this will be.

[@Anzelus]

+Carlo Bensi yes, balance would have to be perfect. So we would (atleast initially) be looking at about a 2" die.

[@DeviousMalcontent2]

I actually want to attach a matchbox car to the bottom of those neodymium magnets and make like a little racing game.

[@SantrellWood]

1:56 - Or buy one of these - poland.pl/media/public/ff/10/e5739014a5bbf7ddaf223a0de68.jpg__1440x600_q85_crop-smart_subsampling-2.jpg

[@SantrellWood]

I believe they are bluetooth.

[@danwilmot4235]

92 inch magnavox? i had a 22cm tv to play my nes games on!!!

[@maxime22000b]

nice episode !

[@Revegelance]

I'm surprised that there was never a Jumanji video game, it would have been like Mario Party.

[@olivier2553]

You realized that the 4 arms would collide when the nearer to the center?

[@funniestylepnoy]

AWESOME! Now build & engineer a Raspberry Pi 3 High Tech version all actuated classic game of Operation

[@steprockmedia]

"Hindsight is 50/50" --Ben Heck

[@squidsdie]

after your done making the Hackmanji game board you should make a working Zathura game board it would be easy because it would mainly be gears please do a Zathura game board

[@maker_karen1785]

+squidsdie There have been so many Zathura references during the filming of these episodes.

[@squidsdie]

+theHeckwithKaren lol how ironic

[@squidsdie]

Well that's some food for thought to making something awesome I really enjoy watching the videos I'm 14 by the way

[@_JananaBanana]

9:14 Rey's Portions... I'll see myself out.

[@harrisonbraverman3030]

you must look at dice+, a bluetouch game dice,"it would make it really cool"

[@televisionandcheese]

Don't know where to suggest stuff, so I going to suggest here: Maybe you could get one of those Android Mini PCs and make it into a powerful mini laptop or somthing? I was thinking more of the MK809III model, for its powerful and its size. :)

[@BinaryDNA]

definitely an inspired design

[@WhereIComment]

Ben you should make a video on how to convert a laptop into a desktop

[@chakglanz4656]

You've got to use real dice on it! It's the best part of board games..

[@captaingazpacho]

I just watched a movie about a Jamanji board and the same day Ben made one... Freaky...

[@DustinRodriguez1_0]

You know, as I watch more and more neat projects from so many different people in so many different fields of interest via KZbin and other such places, I'm coming to realize something. Big companies are bullshit. Sure, they can crank out 900 million identical replicas of a single thing. But when it comes to coming up with clever new things, or individually customized things, they're fundamentally incapable. All of these companies have the individuals necessary to do the innovative, creative things... but their structure and the way they operate hobbles them. All of it stems from the fact that the problem of distribution used to be monstrously difficult to solve... and it now trivial. Solving the problem of distribution, the simple-sounding problem of getting things from location A to location B (from the worker creating a thing to the consumer who wants to buy it) was the most valuable thing anyone could do for a century. But now it's almost worthless. In order to solve it previously, we had to accept the limitations of large organizations and centralized factories and assembly lines and such. But now, if one person can create something, they can distribute it to any person in the world for very little cost. And tools of production drop in price essentially every hour. How long will it take for people to realize that all that overhead of huge companies, and all of the restrictions on what they can do, is no longer paid for by solving the problem of distribution?

[@JackieBright]

you shuld make it so wwhen you press the screen it rolls the dice rather than a bbutto

[@TheKeyote]

The redesigned pieces look horrible. They should absolutely be vertical. You shouldn't need to worry about the pieces falling over when they move fast since to emulate jumanji the pieces should move really slow.

[@tetsujin_144]

Oh so that's what you mean by "hackmanji". I thought maybe it was a "Blade of the Immortal" reference or something

[@GoodFriendsForever]

Make a camera that can detect dice rolls and have the pieces move based on the dice roll

[@jastervoid]

+GoodFriendsForever Clearly the dice should have bluetooth and orientation sensors so they relay their position to the game board wirelessly.

[@arvidlindh9374]

Please don't destroy more old things. You are smart enough to build it from scrap

[@snakeman2506]

nice love the idea

[@jongdals]

Automatic Board Game? awesome!!!!

[@anonymousidea9119]

lol, Magnets And Microchips would be a good dungeons and dragons clone.

[@MAYERMAKES]

with the new DOOM coming out it could have been DOOManji.... might be a bit unsafe for kids though

[@coolizmc]

its looks cool i want to see it beeing sold at karen's board game company

[@blue4lifeblue]

if you add a skull in the middle then people can say "Hail Hydra"

[@_.-.]

Ben...where are your eyebrows!!?

[@danwilmot4235]

lol why is he wearing a pink hair band?

[@maker_karen1785]

Are you questioning the pink or the hair band?

[@maker_karen1785]

PS. Because it was Alien Day.

[@shangen2783]

Hi

[@element14presents]

+Sim Shang En Hi

[@Alyson_The_Meta]

+The Ben Heck Show there might be a flaw with your design, what happens when every player is one spot from the end? wont the arms underneath the board collide?

[@maker_karen1785]

+L3610NF0R14M7H37RU7H They will come close together, but will not collide and the magnets on the arms should not interfere with the wrong pawn either. I tried to do good circle math to avoid that.

[@Alyson_The_Meta]

theHeckwithKaren i would only see that to be the case if the plastic disks holding the magnets werent so big, it wont happen outside of the center of the board but i think the will hit each other if a player is exactly a spot a way from the board with someone else. it could be fixed by simply making the arm lower then the other though with the magnet extending to the piece

[@MAYERMAKES]

are you sure its not a ...you know ... swastika.....??...can't release that game in germany or austria... law is strict.

[@nrdesign1991]

Neodyimum Knee-Oh-Dim-Me-Imm

[@Hobypyrocom]

"it will be like jumanji but all players will have separate tracks, no monkeys and no elephants, electronic dice instead wooden one" so in other words will not be even close to jumanji... lame... :)

[@DeviousMalcontent2]

5:23 ayy lmao.

[@dangarris5309]

What you do Is magic babe.

[@talastas789]

I hate ferrite magnets I much love neodymium magnets much power

[@zaprodk]

*Fillet :D

[@GodsMemeTV]

OMG POWER GLOVE YESSS

[@ChristianIversenX]

Neomydium magmets

[@TheOMGWTFBBQ777]

What are u saying ? there isnt magic? My entire life has been a lie!

[@HermanKruisman]

Gears? Really????? modify a cheap servo with 2 resistors to get more movement..... doh! I use it all the time. Please open a servo for once.....

[@ALitleBitSpecial]

Nice swastika .... Jew-manji? BTW is he suggesting Karn stole work supplies? (@ 8:44)

[@jwtgaming657]

'Other things'

[@ModerateDev]

who starts their 8's from the bottom thats weird :p

[@alifyaengineer740]

A bigger hot glue gun yay!!

[@goyabee3200]

No way. Physical dice or gtfo.

[@cphVlwYa]

3:10 Ohhhh, thats why its called Jew-manji