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I have been looking for 1D game ideas to implement on an addressable RGB LED strip. 1D pacman seems perfect, as it's instantly recognizable even with a single-p

by mrb 3y ago

I have been looking for 1D game ideas to implement on an addressable RGB LED strip. 1D pacman seems perfect, as it's instantly recognizable even with a single-pixel pacman and ghosts, by using the right colors.

gojomo 3y ago
Your comment reminded me… Long ago – early 80s – UHF & cable-syndicated TV station WPIX (NY) offered live broadcast call-in videogames controlled by the caller's voice yelling "pixx!". Here's a peek of some of the forms it'd take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJN9eM84Rq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJN9eM84Rq8 "Behind the scenes, the voice activation was really operators in the control room pushing the buttons." :) The simple control of this 1D PAKU-PAKU game (or others you're considering) could be wholly voice-operated. (A fun trigger word nodding to an old 'Friends' episode might be: "Pivot!") With modern voice-recognition/voice-printing, it might even be possible to have a multiplayer game where even though N players are all yelling the same trigger-word, the recognition disambiguates the speaker to control only their sprite. Or, use a larger vocabulary of control-words for more actions. 'Nibbler' with yelled commands "Up!"/"Down!"/"Left!"/"Right!" might be diabolically frustrating.
- gojomo 3y ago
  Another thought: have the 1D RGB strip spin around its long-axis to enable rapid LED cycling to stroboscopically plot the domain in 2D, despite the action & rendering array being "only 1D".
- mrb 3y ago
  Very cool ! I like the idea of voice controls. Right now I have a 22-foot long LED strip on the fascia of my house. I was thinking of putting a physical button for visitors or random pedestrians to play the games, but voice control would be more fun.
meta-level 3y ago
A colleague of mine made this: https://twitter.com/LarsMichelsen/status/1430218030727024641 https://twitter.com/LarsMichelsen/status/1430218030727024641 And those you probably found already: • https://codeduino.com/projects/games/1d-pong-game/ https://codeduino.com/projects/games/1d-pong-game/ • https://hackaday.io/project/185011-twang-esp32-led-strip-1d-game https://hackaday.io/project/185011-twang-esp32-led-strip-1d-... also this one would be great to have it on an led strip: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx7sgNVE-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx7sgNVE-A

by mrb 3y ago

gojomo 3y ago

Your comment reminded me… Long ago – early 80s – UHF & cable-syndicated TV station WPIX (NY) offered live broadcast call-in videogames controlled by the caller's voice yelling "pixx!". Here's a peek of some of the forms it'd take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJN9eM84Rq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJN9eM84Rq8 "Behind the scenes, the voice activation was really operators in the control room pushing the buttons." :) The simple control of this 1D PAKU-PAKU game (or others you're considering) could be wholly voice-operated. (A fun trigger word nodding to an old 'Friends' episode might be: "Pivot!") With modern voice-recognition/voice-printing, it might even be possible to have a multiplayer game where even though N players are all yelling the same trigger-word, the recognition disambiguates the speaker to control only their sprite. Or, use a larger vocabulary of control-words for more actions. 'Nibbler' with yelled commands "Up!"/"Down!"/"Left!"/"Right!" might be diabolically frustrating.

gojomo 3y ago
Another thought: have the 1D RGB strip spin around its long-axis to enable rapid LED cycling to stroboscopically plot the domain in 2D, despite the action & rendering array being "only 1D".
mrb 3y ago
Very cool ! I like the idea of voice controls. Right now I have a 22-foot long LED strip on the fascia of my house. I was thinking of putting a physical button for visitors or random pedestrians to play the games, but voice control would be more fun.

meta-level 3y ago

A colleague of mine made this: https://twitter.com/LarsMichelsen/status/1430218030727024641 https://twitter.com/LarsMichelsen/status/1430218030727024641 And those you probably found already: • https://codeduino.com/projects/games/1d-pong-game/ https://codeduino.com/projects/games/1d-pong-game/ • https://hackaday.io/project/185011-twang-esp32-led-strip-1d-game https://hackaday.io/project/185011-twang-esp32-led-strip-1d-... also this one would be great to have it on an led strip: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx7sgNVE-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx7sgNVE-A