Defeat the "floating head aliens" in this ray casting graphics game done on an Arduion
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This is a ray casting graphic demo that runs on a Arduion together with a ssd1306 oled display and some buttons and an analog joystick for movement.
This code is based on the great tutorial on ray casting by Lode Vandevenne http://lodev.org/cgtutor/raycasting.html
Adafruits gfx library was used for drawing objects on the screen:
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-gfx-graphics-library/overview
And Adafruits ssd1306 arduino library is used to interface with the display.
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I finally got around to finishing this project giving it a nice 3d-printed enclosure :-)
I changed out the original joystick i had to a PSP style joystick to try and make the controller not be huge. It is sill large compared to the "tv" but it is at least smaller that the first prototype I printed.
If I ever continue on this project there is a lot that can be done to make the "game" part of the software more fun, right now it is more a tech demo were you walk around trying to find the aliens and shoot them. It would be fun an try to add some simple AI so the aliens can fight back but I think that might need a faster/better processor than the atmega328 that I am using today.
Hope you enjoyed this project and please let me know if you also manage to get the code running.
//over and out
The journey continues and it is looking more and more like a FPS game :-D
Small update:
* My joystick ordered from china arrived and code has been updated to use it for moment of player
* First element of the HUD implemented: X & Y coordinates of player in the lower left corner of the screen
Now that I have a ray casting engine that works the next logical step is to make a game with it. So this is my plan/todo list for the "gamification":
Game (probably a maze game or a very simple FPS)
Hardware
Misc.
Thanks, it's fun to see that someone else got it running :-) I was suprised my self that the refresh rate was so good on a 8bit mcu, I guess having a low res screen helps alot.
Skoog
Eduardo Zola
JanThar
Valters Mednis
Uri Shaked
I just tested your code w/ a Teensy3.6 & SSD1306 screen (no button yet, but added spinning in main loop) // the refresh rate is really impressive & the code is pretty tiny.
Great Work !