Project 4: Rube Goldberg

P4Storyboard.pdf

Object 1: Platforms


Object 2: Cylinder


Object 3: Half Tube


Object 4: Piston


Object 5: Ball + Colored Balls


Final Video:

In this project, I have a ball roll down a ramp and then bounce off several platforms. It then gets launched back into the air by a cylinder landing on the other end of a hinge. Then, it bounces off another platform and rolls down a slide-like half tube. On the other end of the tub is a piston, which activates and launches the ball into a button. This button "activates" a magnetic field, which pushes the metal ring up into the platform above it, tilting the platform slightly. Since there are six colored balls on the platform, these balls now roll off due to the angle. Below them are three more platforms, and eventually, all six balls make it into their corresponding box on the large ferris wheel. This ferris wheel was originally supposed to be part of the animation, but now it is just there for decoration and to make the boxes look more realistic and fitting.

Note, the button, ring, and ferris wheel are not included in the list of 5 objects, as I had more than 5 so I used those most relevant to the animation.

Here is a link to the wooden texture I used: Ash — Architextures