Game & LED Interaction
Concept:
We created a ‘light box’, in which LED lights respond to Kirby’s (Character) movement. When the Kirby on the monitor screen reaches the borders, the LED lights attached inside the borders of the box turn on corresponding to Kirby’s position.
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Input: Potentiometers controller
Output: Character motion and reacting LEDs
Video prototype:
Process:
3 steps were involved to achieve the final result by integrating the components and programming.
Step 1 - Testing the LED strip with character position
Step 2 - Placing the strip over a box according to the character's position
Step 3 -Optimising the physical setup
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2 potentiometers and 1 button were the main physical setup while p5.js was the virtual setup
Learning:
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LED library and serial communication was a new thing to explore
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Game experience can be enhanced using physical sensors and visual feedbacks