01 — The idea
Designing a snowball game.
Snowball League explored what would happen if informal snowball fighting became a purpose-designed recreational game.
02 — The scoring vest
Turning a hit into a score.
The grate breaks up incoming snow and helps prevent players from directly packing snow into the collection pocket.
The pocket collects snow passing through the target.
The stopper flap helps prevent collected snow from exiting when a player bends or moves.
01
Snowball
02
Grate
03
Snow breaks apart
04
Collection pocket
05
Score
Diagram — snow grate, pocket, stopper flap
X/Y and Y/Z views of the target opening, collection pocket and flap.
CAD study — wearable structure
03 — Testing the game
From prototype to play.
Physical prototypes were tested through actual play in different environments to observe how the game and scoring equipment worked in use.
04 — Archive
From prototype to platform.
Snowball League has been developed through years of hands-on experimentation. This archival video documents early gameplay, technical drawings, handmade snow-collection vests, and field testing. Each prototype helped reveal how equipment, scoring, safety, and the player experience could be improved.
These are earlier prototypes—not the current Snowball League vest or scoring system.
01
Observe
Early games revealed how players moved, threw, and interacted.
02
Design
Technical drawings translated field observations into equipment concepts.
03
Prototype
Handmade vests tested ways to collect and display accumulated snow.
04
Improve
Testing informed the current transparent vest, grid-based measurement, and camera scoring system.
05 — Patents
From design to patent.
Development of the scoring system resulted in patent filings and grants in multiple jurisdictions.
US 10,188,920 B2
United States · Granted Jan 29, 2019