The Plug and Make Package is a toolbox you need to use for infinite concepts. So what occurs should you ask a mixture of Arduino designers, engineers, and managers to take a seat down and brainstorm new tasks to have enjoyable with it? Nicely, not less than one in all them is assured to give you an cute, old-school, barely addictive online game.
That’s precisely how Luca Doglione developed Flappy LED and LED Pong, throughout a “Make Tank” workshop we held in our Turin, Italy workplace a number of weeks in the past!
Meet Luca Doglione, Plug and Make Package Star
Doglione is an engineering supervisor for the Arduino software program and cloud groups, and one of many key folks behind our web site, cloud companies, and course platform. He likes video games in any form or type, from board video games to aggressive pc video games to classic 2D arcade video games. In the course of the workshop, he was impressed by the several types of Modulino nodes and the way they can be utilized collectively.
Flappy LED
Utilizing Modulino Distance, Modulino Knob, Modulino Buzzer, and Modulino Buttons, Doglione shortly got here up with a easy approach to work together with the LED matrix on the Arduino UNO R4 WiFi, all of that are included within the equipment.
The objective of the sport is to information an LED dot up and all the way down to keep away from obstacles as you go – similar to you’d do with the hen in Flappy Hen. The longer you’ll be able to keep away from collisions and hold the LED shifting, the upper the rating!
You’ll be able to management the motion of the LED gentle in two alternative routes: turning the knob, or shifting your hand up and down above the gap sensor. You select which mode you favor by merely urgent the corresponding button on Modulino Buttons (A for the encoder or C for the gap sensor).
Comply with the full tutorial on Venture Hub to construct this quirky recreation your self, and tell us the way you customise or develop it. The sky’s the restrict!
LED Pong
Doglione labored out Flappy LED so shortly that he had time to ideate a second recreation. He instantly considered the traditional Pong, and created his personal model with Plug and Make Package. This challenge is simply as moveable and straightforward to recreate as the primary, and might be performed by two folks collectively.
LED Pong requires two Modulino Knobs: since every equipment contains one per sort of the seven nodes presently out there, it’s also a fantastic thought for a collaborative making session with a buddy!
The knobs are used to maneuver the paddle and bounce the ball forwards and backwards. Lacking the ball provides the opposite participant one level – as neatly displayed on the Modulino Pixel. The primary to achieve 5 factors wins!
The total tutorial is right here on Venture Hub: attempt it out, and also you’ll shortly bounce from nostalgia to pleasure over what number of new concepts Plug and Make Package will unlock!
From reimagining previous video games to studying new methods!
After seeing his playful concepts come collectively so simply, Doglione says, “My favourite a part of Plug and Make Package was having the ability to bypass the electronics to deal with person expertise and interplay. This actually unleashed my creativity. Having to determine circuits all the time stopped me from tackling complicated {hardware} tasks – and I’ve a level in pc science! Having that little yellow base and modular Modulino nodes made it actually satisfying to see my challenge trying neat.”
What do you concentrate on Doglione’s video games? And what classic video games might you recreate with Arduino Plug and Make Package?
Flappy LED
LED Pong
