TACMAN - Tactile PACMAN
I decided to make my next Making project trying to build a physical version of my TACMAN game.
The idea would be to build a physical game, 3d printed, that you can play. The game would be a turn-based PACMAN, like in my original Pygame version.
Some of the key ideas would be:
- The board would light up to show you where you can move you PACMAN and where the ghosts should move
- There should be sound
- When you move your PACMAN the device uses a camera to spot the location that you have moved your guy too
There are several new elements here for me to learn:
- Making sound
- Computer vision to spot the position of the pieces
- Some more artistic 3d printing (compared to the functional things I have been working on so far)
- I may need to drive a separate line of LED's to make a display for the score etc
The first phase of the project is to get my old game working under Python 3. This will allow me to use the logic.
I also need to be able to run that on the device to get a view of the board, like the system used for the Word Clock. This was very useful to be able to see the intended display from the lights.