...and start all over again!

After feeling really pleased with myself for finally getting somewhere near finished on a project that only came to life a few weeks ago, I've been showing it off to a few people to get some feedback. A few people at Brighton and Hove Petanque club showed some interest, and each had their own suggestions for improving it (for example, a built-in digital measuring device). The general impression was "it's a pretty good idea, but if you could build this into it, it would be brilliant."

I took the same device to the Whitefields Golf Course for some advice from real golfers. My original idea had slowly begun to morph into a "game scoring device with some extra bits for keeping golf scores". The response was similar to the last - "yes, very nice, but if you could make it do x,y and z, then it would be awesome".

So my general feeling is that a single game scoring device may end up being just a little bit too generic - a bit of everything for everyone. So I've decided to concentrate on specific games and build a scoring device that is specifically tailored to each. After all, the bulk of the code can be re-used between projects (selecting and storing player names and interfacing with an LCD/GLCD display for example). I just feel that in trying to be clever and create a device that does everything, I'm in danger of ending up with something that isn't really much use to anyone!