My name is Waylon Ferguson and I have partnered this project with Brielle Justice. We are 7th graders attending Park Crest Middle School. We combined the popular game Connect Four with cup pong for this instructable. For our Fusion360 element, we made custom chips which are linked below.

We made this game because we wanted to play connect four but more intricate and complex. So we challenged ourselves and made this new game called, Connect Pong.

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Supplies

The supplies needed for this instructable are...

9 Plastic cups
18 Magnets
Complete Connect Four game including chips, and the stand
Ping-pong balls (at least three)
box (we used the game box) but you could always use an old Amazon box
sharpie
2 binder clips
fusion 360
measuring device

Step 1: Gameplay/Rules

Gameplay

The player stands 5 feet away
both players toss a ball
the highest number goes first
The player pitches three balls into a cup
once made one into a cup that is your turn
checkers are dropped according to the number
if you don't make it you skip a turn
if "skip" player loses their turn
if "choose" the player chooses slot number
player repeat until done
if rows are completely filled turn the cup over
connect 4 wins

Rules

Players must toss the ball from 5 feet away
If you don't make any of your ping-pong balls your turn skipped and is passed to your opponent
If you make two or more ping pong balls into the “choose” cup you get a “neutral” token made in Fusion360 and when you drop it it’s a yellow and a red token.
You must shout “Connect four” when you get 4 in a row
You get three balls to toss into a cup
Once you make a ball into a cup that is the end of tossing
To go first both players toss a ball the person with the biggest number goes first

Step 2: Label Cups

The first thing you are going to want to set up the game. In order to do this first you must get your cups and the sharpie and write down row 1, row 2, row 3, ..... all the way to row 7