Hey!
I'm a Game Art Major at Ringling College of Art and Design and I'm working on a project which is to make a board game. We finished our prototype print out versions of the game, but now we have to build the whole thing.
My game is based off of restoring light to a city that has experienced a blackout. The object of the game is to restore power to the city by turning on the 13 power plants placed around the board. With that being said, my board is going to be split into 13 sectors/sections, each with their own light circuit/setup and switch so they can be individually turned on as the player makes their way around the board.
According to my professor, this needs to be done using batteries. The game must be portable.
My first idea was to use miniature lightbulb setups that connect to a battery with a switch. Like this:
But the more I thought about it, i decided LEDs would be better since they are brighter and last longer. However, when I looked at battery circuit setups online, they seemed a little more complex which became discouraging. This is where i need help.
I would like to use single color LED strips like these:
https://www.superbrightleds.com/mor...er-ft-3-chip-smd-led-5050/1622/#/tab/Overview
That way i can cut them to whatever length I want. Plus they already come with resistors.
If I cut a segment of the LED strip and attached a solderless connector to one end like so
Would I then be able to attach it to a switch and battery using the same setup as a simple regular lightbulb circuit?
If i can't then I am kind of stuck.
I am in desperate need of help so I can make this work. I have had NO light circuit experience so go easy on the responses please. Thank you all so much.
I'm a Game Art Major at Ringling College of Art and Design and I'm working on a project which is to make a board game. We finished our prototype print out versions of the game, but now we have to build the whole thing.
My game is based off of restoring light to a city that has experienced a blackout. The object of the game is to restore power to the city by turning on the 13 power plants placed around the board. With that being said, my board is going to be split into 13 sectors/sections, each with their own light circuit/setup and switch so they can be individually turned on as the player makes their way around the board.
According to my professor, this needs to be done using batteries. The game must be portable.
My first idea was to use miniature lightbulb setups that connect to a battery with a switch. Like this:
But the more I thought about it, i decided LEDs would be better since they are brighter and last longer. However, when I looked at battery circuit setups online, they seemed a little more complex which became discouraging. This is where i need help.
I would like to use single color LED strips like these:
https://www.superbrightleds.com/mor...er-ft-3-chip-smd-led-5050/1622/#/tab/Overview
That way i can cut them to whatever length I want. Plus they already come with resistors.
If I cut a segment of the LED strip and attached a solderless connector to one end like so
Would I then be able to attach it to a switch and battery using the same setup as a simple regular lightbulb circuit?
If i can't then I am kind of stuck.
I am in desperate need of help so I can make this work. I have had NO light circuit experience so go easy on the responses please. Thank you all so much.
