1. Bennett’s Biggest Fans
November 8, 2017
EF 152 Fall, 2017
TC216-4
Christian Haynes, Hudson Doerr, Sidney Ellertson, Curtis Schunk

2. A fun “holey” game involving precision and skill

3. Customer Requirements
Customer requirements/product selection and your target audience, how/why you chose your product, etc.
We wanted to work with Taylor Peters, a sophomore at University of Tennessee because of his love for racquet sports (racquetball, tennis ping- pong etc.). We felt that his experience with hitting spheres with precision, accuracy and a paddle would be great in critiquing our product.

4. Conceptual Design
What your initial design was, how you chose it, iterations, etc. Details about your actual design, i.e. before you started building the prototype
Began with a side discussion on games of ping pong.
Discussed how to add a fun twist to the game.
Listed paddle designs that would add a level of complexity.
Narrowed down ideas by difficulty and structural integrity of the paddle.

5. Prototypes Started with a large surface area removed
Moved to a cross shaped design
Followed by a fabric covered hole
Finally settled on a horizontal bar

6. Actual Design Final design focused on two large holes.
Balance between fair gameplay and chance to go through the paddle.
Structurally still very strong and sound.

7. Gameplay Prototypes
Early models had the player hitting physical 3D objects
Blocks / shapes of wood
Hoops / rings
It wasn't very portable and the smaller pieces were too hard to hit.
When hit, the ping-pong ball would bounce unpredictably back
Finalized design is shown in bottom right, thin circle targets that can be placed anywhere and carried easily due to small size and lightweight.

8. Holey Shoot Rules and Gameplay
Before starting, setup the target field for your opponent.
Players volley the ball back and forth indefinitely. Once a player is ready to hit the target’s on the opposite players field, he/she must yell “Shoot!” and strike the ball on a target.
If the player misses a target and hits the table, then they pick the ball up again and let the other player server when he/she wants. First to 11 points wins.
Rules:
Unlike Ping-Pong, the ball can bounce more than once per side.
If a player shoots and misses the table / goes through paddle, the other player gains a point. If the player hits a target, they gain the respective targets value in points.
When the player yells “Shoot!”, the opposite player is NOT allowed to interfere.
If a target moves due to collision with the ball, leave it on be, unless it falls off then place anywhere you like.

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10. Customer Feedback

11. Cost and Time Estimates
Prototyping costs, design time (man-hours), material cost for 1000 units, retail price for one unit
Prototype Cost - $16
2 regular ping pong paddle for $8
6 pack of ping pong balls for $5
Laminated targets for $3
Design Time - 10 hours designing / prototyping. 30 minutes per paddle (final design)
Cost of 1000 Units - $16,000
Retail Price - $25

12. Brief Summary/Conclusions
Our game is first class
Fun for the whole family
Easy to play
Transportable
Never been done before
Competitive
Focus on FUN