The Cover Story
Following the events in the Return of the King, the evil Sauron has re-emerged from the depths of Mount Doom! In the dark land of Midddle Earth, deep in the heart of Mordor, lies the Black Tower of Sauron. This time, he has many more eyes to track the naughty hobbits (a.k.a HEROES) and prevent their surreptitious motion across Mordor. The genius he is, he has brought back Gollum from the flames and is having him guard the black gate. Also, he has forged 2 MASTER rings, hidden deep in the fortress. Can the Hobbits save Middle Earth by destroying the Dark Tower? |
An example gameplay session. Enable the CC option (bottom right) to view subtitles to best understand the steps described in the section below. You might want to mute audio as well.
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Game Play
2 Players play for a maximum of 60 seconds to complete the game. The progress of time in the game is indicated by the Great Eye of Sauron, which has one large central red LED along with 6*10mm large red LEDs. When the game is started, all the 6 LEDs are on. Each LED goes off after a period of 10 seconds.
Step 1- Beat Gollum: Unlock Gollum’s numeric riddle at the Black Gate. To keep it simple, we used a simple riddle: What course is this? (218 is the answer). This step is implemented as a keypad with 3 green feedback LEDs. Each time a correct number is pressed, the corresponding LED lights up. When all three numbers are pressed (2-1-8) consecutively, all three LEDs light up, and this unlock the second stage.
Step 2- Cover Sauron's Eyes: 4 orange LEDs on each side of the tower patterned in the form of an eye glow in sequences, indicating that they must be covered. This is done so that the hobbits can cross Mordor safely and reach Mount Doom. The door to the tower (located at the bottom of the tower) starts opening as the eyes are being covered correctly. If the players make a mistake, the door closes back fully and the entire sequence needs to be redone. When the door is fully open, the rings start vibrating, leading to the final stage of the game.
Step 3- Shake the rings to torment Sauron: Pick up the two rings and shake them vigorously in the indicated directions. Watch the central eye and see it flicker as you inflict pain upon Sauron. When the central eye goes out, you have won! Hurray, Middle Earth is saved.
2 Players play for a maximum of 60 seconds to complete the game. The progress of time in the game is indicated by the Great Eye of Sauron, which has one large central red LED along with 6*10mm large red LEDs. When the game is started, all the 6 LEDs are on. Each LED goes off after a period of 10 seconds.
Step 1- Beat Gollum: Unlock Gollum’s numeric riddle at the Black Gate. To keep it simple, we used a simple riddle: What course is this? (218 is the answer). This step is implemented as a keypad with 3 green feedback LEDs. Each time a correct number is pressed, the corresponding LED lights up. When all three numbers are pressed (2-1-8) consecutively, all three LEDs light up, and this unlock the second stage.
Step 2- Cover Sauron's Eyes: 4 orange LEDs on each side of the tower patterned in the form of an eye glow in sequences, indicating that they must be covered. This is done so that the hobbits can cross Mordor safely and reach Mount Doom. The door to the tower (located at the bottom of the tower) starts opening as the eyes are being covered correctly. If the players make a mistake, the door closes back fully and the entire sequence needs to be redone. When the door is fully open, the rings start vibrating, leading to the final stage of the game.
Step 3- Shake the rings to torment Sauron: Pick up the two rings and shake them vigorously in the indicated directions. Watch the central eye and see it flicker as you inflict pain upon Sauron. When the central eye goes out, you have won! Hurray, Middle Earth is saved.
Meet the team
Wanxi Liu
I was born in a small city in southern China, and then spent four years in a beautiful city called Hangzhou to complete my undergraduate study in Zhejiang University. I majored at Optoelectronics Engineering at that time, but was extremely passionate about building smart robots. So I took part in various robot competitions and of course learned a ton of relevant interesting stuff. Then I came to Stanford ME Department following my passion for robots (and robotics). Other than robots I love playing the piano, reading books, cooking and baking, and taking care of some small plants in my spare time. I also enjoy travelling with my family and friends. I look forward to getting to know some new friends in the class, and working together to create amazing stuff! |
Ananth Saran Yalamarthy
I grew up in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman until I moved to India for undergraduate study (in Mechanical Engineering) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai. My undergraduate work was primarily focused on developing satellite payload and attitude hardware development, as well as advanced propulsion system design. I am very passionate about space systems and space exploration, and really hope to get to NASA eventually! During my free time, I enjoy reading (especially Science Fiction) and debating about religion and politics, as well as art (calligraphy/glass painting/watercolor etc). I usually practice my art by trying to make innovative birthday greetings for my close friends! |
Darren Chen
I'm from Cerritos, California and studied mechanical engineering for undergrad at Stanford. Electric cars are my passion and I spent last fall racing the Stanford Solar Car across Australia and am currently working on the 2015 car. To relax I love playing basketball, cycling, and jamming to music.
I'm from Cerritos, California and studied mechanical engineering for undergrad at Stanford. Electric cars are my passion and I spent last fall racing the Stanford Solar Car across Australia and am currently working on the 2015 car. To relax I love playing basketball, cycling, and jamming to music.
Asha Chigurupati
I am a second year Masters's student in the dept. of Mechanical Engineering with a focus in fluids. I was born and brought up in India. I did my undergraduate studies in Indian Institute of Technology Madras. I have a bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering. I am interested in a variety of things - basketball, sculpture, building things, making things, studying fluids, running, research, yoga, math, design, food and dance. Oh and Bollywood! Cannot miss that. |