Two NEW Arduino Plug and Make Package initiatives recreate iconic classic video games

The Plug and Make Package is a toolbox you need to use for infinite concepts. So what occurs in case you ask a mixture of Arduino designers, engineers, and managers to sit down down and brainstorm new initiatives to have enjoyable with it? Effectively, a minimum of one in every of them is assured to give you an lovable, 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 just a few 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 individuals 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. Throughout 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 technique to work together with the LED matrix on the Arduino UNO R4 WiFi, all of that are included within the equipment. 

The purpose of the sport is to information an LED dot up and right down to keep away from obstacles as you go – identical to you’d do with the chicken in Flappy Chicken. The longer you’ll be able to keep away from collisions and preserve the LED transferring, the upper the rating!

You may management the motion of the LED gentle in two alternative routes: turning the knob, or transferring 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 sport your self, and tell us the way you customise or broaden it. The sky’s the restrict!

LED Pong

Doglione labored out Flappy LED so shortly that he had time to ideate a second sport. He instantly considered the basic Pong, and created his personal model with Plug and Make Package. This mission is simply as transportable and simple to recreate as the primary, and will be performed by two individuals collectively. 

LED Pong requires two Modulino Knobs: since every equipment consists of one per sort of the seven nodes at the moment obtainable, additionally it is an amazing thought for a collaborative making session with a pal! 

The knobs are used to maneuver the paddle and bounce the ball forwards and backwards. Lacking the ball offers the opposite participant one level – as neatly displayed on the Modulino Pixel. The primary to succeed in 5 factors wins! 

The complete 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 outdated 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 with the ability to bypass the electronics to concentrate on person expertise and interplay. This actually unleashed my creativity. Having to determine circuits at all times stopped me from tackling complicated {hardware} initiatives – and I’ve a level in pc science! Having that little yellow base and modular Modulino nodes made it actually satisfying to see my mission wanting neat.”

What do you consider Doglione’s video games? And what classic video games may you recreate with Arduino Plug and Make Package? 

Flappy LED

LED Pong