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A project log for µGame

A handheld game console programmable with (Micro/Circuit)Python.

dehipudeʃhipu 03/23/2018 at 18:370 Comments

I just asked @Makerfabs for a quote on a new batch of µGames to be produced, and if everything goes well, they will be in stock in a couple of weeks. Also, the 3.0 version of CircuitPython is coming soon, and there will be a firmware update. The new version has greatly improved memory management, so it should help a little. I also fixed a few small bugs, and I plan to finally add the build-in art assets, which should also help with memory somewhat.

In the meantime, I started to work on #µGame Turbo, and I entered it in the Hackaday Prize. I am not yet entirely sure where I will take this project, the only thing I'm certain of is that I want to keep it compatible with the current µGame — so that all the people who bought it are not left with an obsolete device. The new version will have more memory, so hopefully you won't need to pre-compile your files anymore, and I want to try and make it have proper audio, with volume control and headphone jack, a physically bigger display, and better connectors for external stuff. It will probably be more expensive, too, so it's more like an alternative to µGame coexisting with it side-by-side rather than a replacement.

Finally, I just started today some sketches for another handheld, a #CircuitPython Game Badge, which is supposed to be even more minimal than µGame. The goal here is to minimize the price and power consumption, so that it could be used as a conference badge, given out to all participants. It's not going to be compatible with µGame, though.

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