Arcade Style Bowling!

I have created a miniature arcade style bowling ally to solve your boredom at a desktop instead of an actual bowling ally.

All supplies that were used was a Fusion 360, paper, a pencil, a3d printer and sand paper

A big problem with getting work done at a desk can be boredom and not being able to bowl. I seek to solve this problem by creating a desktop version of bowling you would normally see at an arcade. Some design requirements I set was since it was a desktop game it should be no longer than 6 inches. Another was to balance fun and difficulty by adding different elements to the game.

After Identifying the problem I came up with some sketches to help organize my ideas. The first idea was an ally without gutters that had strings tied to the top of the bowling pins with a chute system for retrieving the ball. The second idea was a more difficult ally that included a tool to help set up the bowling pins so there would be no strings attached which also included the chute system. The third idea was a mix of idea 1 and idea 1 having gutters with strings tied to the bottom to help reset them.

The next step was to evaluate all of the ideas and line them up with my requirements. The first idea was too easy since it did not include gutters the ball would hit at least one pin every time. The second and third ideas fit every requirement but since the third idea used strings I feared it would get in the way of the ball or tangle themselves frequently. That is when I knew the second idea was the way to go.

In fusion 360 I created the first prototype of the bowling game. As I was making sure my measurements fit I realized I had created pins that were too large and the ball was also too large for the chute mechanism. After that slight hiccup I had created an animation to test how the ball would go down the chute system.

The final product as shown in the images above had come out perfectly. I sanded down the bowling strip so it would roll even slower. The ball has enough weight to knock down the pins and the chute system helps keep the game flowing with the ball rolling back to the player. I would say this project come out as a success!