Have enjoyed these found them last night. Something I would like to see is someone you or your kids actually riding in the cart. From everything I've seen it's always been empty.
Yknow, you could probably rent out a garage and just build it in there. Maybe make a go fund me or a Kickstarter to get the money to do so and build it in there. This also might be a dumb idea, but you could ask a local highschool if you could use this system for a ghostbusters themed haunt. That last one is kinda unrealistic, but you’d get a nice flat surface and you can sell it as a socially distanced haunt for the school.
I've considered going off-location. The main reason I am sticking to my place is that I am only able to work on this project in small chunks. An hour here, a few hours there. I need to be able to work at my own pace, and having everything a few steps away is ideal. If I do build it all here with the idea that I'll take everything somewhere to set it up and run it (like a school), that adds extra complexity as I'll need to figure out how to transport it, set it up, and take it down, pretty much all by myself. Not only that, but I'd need to build everything in a modular way that would allow for easier transport. Maybe if version 1 and 2 are huge hits and I outgrow my own place, maybe I'll team up with a local haunted house and use their building. There are lots of interesting options, but they're all well past my version couple of versions.
Great video, nice to see an update! I don't think you need a lot of space to build a solid dark ride. Have you ever considered to have the cart run at different speeds throughout the attraction? Maybe pause the cart for a couple of seconds to show a scene or fake a breakdown. All the DIY dark rides I've seen so far just rush through the attraction at the same speed, but you can stretch the ride time and make it more immersive.
Yeah, the track will be divided into zones, and each zone will have a specific script that will allow me to do things with the ride vehicle like adjusting speed, stopping/starting, forward/reverse. Most of the Dark Rides I enjoyed as a kid (ok, and as an adult) were traveling versions that would come to our county fair, and all of those are set up in a tractor-trailer, so it's certainly doable with limited space.
Hi Jake, I‘ve been following your project now for quite a while and got a lot of inspiration out of it for my own dark ride. I can absolutely relate to what you said, for me it‘s also always a hassle if I can‘t get my gorgeous ideas to work. What do you mean with, that the further the ride vehicle got away from the rail, the motor adjusts?
Thanks! The sensor I referenced is for proximity. It points at a rail and can tell that it is the appropriate distance from it. When the rail starts to curve away from the sensor, the sensor tells the motor on that side to speed up, while telling the motor on the other side to slow down. Once the proximity sensor is back to being the correct distance from the rail, both motors return to equal speed.
NO PLEASE DON'T REMOVE THE GUNS I've never seen someone make a diy INTERACTIVE dark ride, they're always general ghost trains, what you're making, for my eyes at least, is really unique and I love that, please keep on doing this amazing project and pleeeeease don't remove the interactive part lol (of course if you have to I understand lol but still it would be awesome)
Very cool !!
Great vidéo 👍
Have enjoyed these found them last night. Something I would like to see is someone you or your kids actually riding in the cart. From everything I've seen it's always been empty.
Yknow, you could probably rent out a garage and just build it in there. Maybe make a go fund me or a Kickstarter to get the money to do so and build it in there. This also might be a dumb idea, but you could ask a local highschool if you could use this system for a ghostbusters themed haunt. That last one is kinda unrealistic, but you’d get a nice flat surface and you can sell it as a socially distanced haunt for the school.
I've considered going off-location. The main reason I am sticking to my place is that I am only able to work on this project in small chunks. An hour here, a few hours there. I need to be able to work at my own pace, and having everything a few steps away is ideal. If I do build it all here with the idea that I'll take everything somewhere to set it up and run it (like a school), that adds extra complexity as I'll need to figure out how to transport it, set it up, and take it down, pretty much all by myself. Not only that, but I'd need to build everything in a modular way that would allow for easier transport. Maybe if version 1 and 2 are huge hits and I outgrow my own place, maybe I'll team up with a local haunted house and use their building. There are lots of interesting options, but they're all well past my version couple of versions.
Great video, nice to see an update! I don't think you need a lot of space to build a solid dark ride. Have you ever considered to have the cart run at different speeds throughout the attraction? Maybe pause the cart for a couple of seconds to show a scene or fake a breakdown. All the DIY dark rides I've seen so far just rush through the attraction at the same speed, but you can stretch the ride time and make it more immersive.
Yeah, the track will be divided into zones, and each zone will have a specific script that will allow me to do things with the ride vehicle like adjusting speed, stopping/starting, forward/reverse. Most of the Dark Rides I enjoyed as a kid (ok, and as an adult) were traveling versions that would come to our county fair, and all of those are set up in a tractor-trailer, so it's certainly doable with limited space.
👏 can’t wait to see this done!
Thanks, Sean! I stumbled across your channel last night, and am blown away by your haunt. Incredible work!
@@thesedgewickhotel6816 thanks so much man! Holler if you ever find yourself in Denver. 🍻
Hi Jake,
I‘ve been following your project now for quite a while and got a lot of inspiration out of it for my own dark ride. I can absolutely relate to what you said, for me it‘s also always a hassle if I can‘t get my gorgeous ideas to work. What do you mean with, that the further the ride vehicle got away from the rail, the motor adjusts?
Thanks! The sensor I referenced is for proximity. It points at a rail and can tell that it is the appropriate distance from it. When the rail starts to curve away from the sensor, the sensor tells the motor on that side to speed up, while telling the motor on the other side to slow down. Once the proximity sensor is back to being the correct distance from the rail, both motors return to equal speed.
Ok, thanks for the info. Can't wait to see, what you come up with next ;)
NO PLEASE DON'T REMOVE THE GUNS I've never seen someone make a diy INTERACTIVE dark ride, they're always general ghost trains, what you're making, for my eyes at least, is really unique and I love that, please keep on doing this amazing project and pleeeeease don't remove the interactive part lol (of course if you have to I understand lol but still it would be awesome)