Focusing on fandom, I decided to create a simulated penalty shot setup and when the goalkeeper catches the ball, the keeper's club theme would play as part of a celebratory response. I designed it around my favourite club, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, so the song that played is the chorus of "Hala Madrid" (full song: http://youtu.be/dyFmXLGcZkY).
I started with the gloves. I cut a small circle from the middle of the palm. I used conductive thread and on 2 pieces of foam, I stitched a pattern the same size as the circle on the glove. I lined up one piece of foam inside the glove and glued it in place so the stitching was facing outwards and glued the other on the outside of the glove so that when the ball was in the hand, the 2 sides would meet and act like pressing a button on the mouse.
Then, I lined the conductive thread up the arm and down the back of my Real Madrid jersey, keeping in place with tape (because the jersey was expensive and I didn't want to ruin it).
I kept the actual mouse in a small pouch that was clipped to the belt loop on my pants. It would have been to have attached it directly to the shirt, but again, I didn't want to do any permanent reconstruction to the jersey.If I had unlimited money, I would have liked to have a full boxed in room to make a more authentic simulation. I would have astroturf and an actual net. I'd like to have a constant soundtrack playing of fans cheering just as a background noise, adding to the atmosphere. I would also like it to be interactive more by having multiple jerseys, and having the participate choice which one they would like to be and again, have whichever team they choice, that teams theme would play. But for what I have right now, I am very happy with how this project turned out (other than not having a soldering iron to connect the wires to the mouse - they kept coming detached)
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