The ball maze game

The game that will test your precision, timing and hand-eye coordination to their limits!

The ball maze game is about getting a ball from a to b. Sounds simple, but its not that easy. Along the path there are holes, and if you fall into one you'll have to start over. And the levels get harder and harder as you go.

The rules are simple: Put the ball on the place marked with 4 dots and move the handles up and down to move the maze, to get the ball to the checkered space to win. But don't fall into any of the holes along the way, or you'll have to start over.

There are 4 levels included: Easy, challenging, difficult and near impossible, so when you beat one you can simply just swap the current one out with a harder one. And if thats not enough you can add time (beat previous record, complete the maze in a certain timeframe, or other), play one-handed mode (lift and turn one handle, instead of just moving two handles up and down) or even make your own mazes and rules.

Instructions for assembling the base are attached below and among the other photos of the game. The only thing you'll need is glue (i recommend superglue or other glue that sticks things quickly and firmly togther).

Files for a 3d printed ball are included, but i would recommend using a non 3d printed ball, as the 3d printed one may have imperfections and might not be completely round. So if you have a round ball/marble/other spherical object about 4-5 mm in diameter i would recommend that you use that instead (you can use a ball smaller then that but be aware that it might not work properly). I had a bit trouble printing a small sphere, so i split the ball into two halves to be glued together.

Brim and supports: I reccommend using a brim, but supports aren't necessary. There is a small overhang (about 11 mm) on the bottom base part (the small hole where the ball comes out after falling into a hole). My printer had no problems bridging that, but you can activate supports if you feel that thats necessary.

Filament usage and printing time: I made everything in PLA (red, yellow, green, blue, white and black, but feel free to pick your own colors and your own color combinations). All parts for the base including the ball use about 52 g, and the 4 mazes combined use about 35 g of filament (but this may be a little more for the muticolor version because of filament changes), so combined everything uses 87 g of pla. Other filaments will probably work to (i also made an ABS version wich worked fine).

Each maze takes just a bit over 30 mins. to print, and all the parts for the base (ball included) take just a bit under 3 hours to print (but this may vary from printer to printer and filament to filament)

Colorfulness is for everyone, also those without ACE pros/muticolor printers, so i have made a version of the mazes/levels that only requires a filament change at layer 6.

Of course none of that is nescesarry, feel free to print in just one color if thats what you think will look best.

I dont have acces to a resin 3d printer, so i have no idea if this is printable with resin (or even what makes a thing (not) resin printable). But go ahead if you think/know it will work.