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A simple game on the RPI Pico

scottiebabe

Pimoroni have recently included support for basic 8x8 pixel sprites in micropython https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/tree/55821d2896ac12732c4e84142ba1fb76d4382dc5/micropython/modules/picographics#sprites 

So, I would like to try and make a simple holiday game on a RPI Pico.

I am thinking of something along the lines of:

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Where the objective of the game is to avoid airborne objects while dropping presents into chimneys.

Two buttons for Rudolf up/down. Then a third button for santa to drop a present.

I got this Pimoroni example to run with my Pico Display: https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/blob/main/micropython/examples/tufty2040/awesome_game.py 

So, I can use that as a starting point. I'm still not sure how I will handle a scrolling scene.

I'll post a quick video of the example code running later.

Edit:

The 8-bit color gives such a cool retro vibe, I love it!

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A *Very* early proof of concept:

Why can't I comment? ... lol

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  • in reply to ntewinkel
    ntewinkel said:
    It’s amazing how much power is available on that little board

    This is true. I tried to ignore it for a while, but then, I won a price and got a few Picos.
    Current status: in love.

  • in reply to ntewinkel

    Thanks :) I think its a fun festive idea for a hackathon. Hopefully it turns out okay!
    It really blows me away that this is a microcontroller running python!
    Flappy Bird for the Pico, that's amazing!

    Re: background. I still have to decide if I want to draw the background as a small number of "sprites" or a full 240x135 jpeg image.
    Right now, I am using a jpeg image as the background. I am just not sure yet if I can copy x from imgA and y from imgB in a fast way in micropython. I may end up having to write a fast routine in assembly. If microbython had better indexing and slicing that could would work.

  • in reply to ntewinkel

    Flappy bird on a pico (not my work):

    The c code doesn't look too scary... But I don't really want to write c code if I don't have too Slight smile

  • in reply to scottiebabe

    Awesome! You made it work on your Pico!! Flappy Bird is just so brilliant Slight smile

  • in reply to scottiebabe

    it looks like the display is fast enough...that is encouraging.