December 1, 2024
Description
This project is on hold, while the head-turning mechanism works and there are electronics ready which can control the motion of the head and should be able to pull the strings for the bb-shooter in the head, the actual shooter mechanism is still not ready for prime time.
I unfortunately don't have the time to bring this project to completion, so I'm publishing the project in its current state for anyone interested to take over and learn from my mistakes.
Season 2 of Squid Game is around the corner and it would be nice if someone gets this idea to work.
You can find the related Fusion360 Projects here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12Bc01-QW4n5CTRe7AH259Pk_SoOw8N6m
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Do you remember Squid Game? The Netflix series that blew up the internet? It featured a series of children's games played by indebted adults to win big or loose it all.
The first episode featured the game red-light / green-light, hosted by a giant statue of a girl leaning against a tree.
This inspired some 3D artist to create a small animation of a squid-game inspired alarm clock, which had the statue turn around and shoot you with a foam dart when it was time to wake up.
As an engineer and designer this left me wondering, what if.. What if I could build a real-working squid game alarm clock, as shown in the original 3D animation.
This alarm clock features a color-oled display with art from the tv-series displaying the number of players left in the game(or number of seconds left before you'll be shot) together with 2 buttons for yes and no you can use to snooze or turn off the alarm.
Of course the famous statue is also part of it, once your alarm rings it will play the squid game red-light theme and begin turning its head, after which it will open its mouth to reveal a gun-barrel which will fire standard BB-gun pellets at your sleeping head. Repeat this process until you either wake up or the small storage of BBs in the figures head are exempt.
The Squid Game Clock is designed to be mostly printable on an FDM-printer, however the small gears and stud shooter might prove difficult to print on a standard FDM machine. I've used SLA for the gears and the outer shell of the puppet animatronic, as well as the stud shooter to make the design of small elements possible.
Here is a complete list of all parts you need to print and which technology I'd recommend for printing.
| Part name | Printing Technology |
|---|---|
| animatronics/bottom_plate | FDM |
| animatronics/top_plate | FDM |
| animatronics/hip_gear_plate | FDM |
| animatronics/legs_body_connector | FDM |
| animatronics/torso_gear_plate | FDM |
| animatronics/neck_bearing_strut | FDM |
| animatronics/body_front | SLA |
| animatronics/body_back | SLA |
| animatronics/head_drive_gear | SLA |
| animatronics/upper_shaft_gear | SLA |
| animatronics/lower_torso_gear | SLA |
| animatronics/neck_tube | SLA |
| animatronics/leg_l | SLA |
| animatronics/leg_r | SLA |
| animatronics/head_base | SLA |
| animatronics/hair | SLA |
| animatronics/stud_shooter | SLA |
| animatronics/stud_shooter_plunger | SLA |
| animatronics/stud_shooter_trigger | SLA |
| animatronics/stud_shooter_magazine | SLA |
I've included an already supported print-file that you can use with your SL1S.
While the files are printing, it's a good time to shop for electronics and mechanical parts, you'll need the following parts
| Amount | Part | Used in |
|---|---|---|
| Animatronics | ||
| 2 | maggot screws M3 | attaching gears |
| 19 | M3x10 countersunk screws | assembly |
| 3 | M3x10 flat head screws | body assembly |
| 2 | 9G servo motors | base |
| 300 mm | fishing line | stud shooter |
| 2 | ballpoint pen springs | stud shooter |
| 2 | miniature ball bearings | head |
| 2 | paperclips (or 0,6-0,9mm dia wire) | splints for attaching var. parts |
| 150 mm | steel axle, 2.5mm diameter | main animatronics drive shaft |
| Clock base | ||
| 1 | Weemos D1 mini | brainz |
| 1 | Display 1.8" 320x240 | time display |
| 2 | pushbutton switches(to be defined) | control |
| 1 | mini speaker 2w | sound |
| 1 | DFRobot DFPlayer mini MP3 module | sound |
| 1 | microSD card 8GB | audio file storage |
| 1 | dc-barrel jack 8mm | power |
| 10cm | flat-flex cable | display connection |
TBD.
License:
Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial — Share Alike