Frogger Article 4 ()
Latest write up and code available for Frogger. This covers frog animation and collision detection. You can now try to get your Frog Home! This is probably 80% of the project completed......
4: Frog animation and collision detection ()
Supporting Video A video is available for the controller build (Ep. 3) and for this article, click below to view; Prerequisites If you've not read any of the previous articles (there have been 3 previous articles) then it is recommended that you do so. See the "projects" menu above. If you want to build this project you require the.....
Video: Scavenging a PVR for parts ()
In this first episode in what will be an occasional and on-going series I strip down and scavenge a Humax 9510T PVR for spare parts, what will I find?!!? Click the thumbnail or title above to go to the video......
ESP32 Frogger Update ()
The Frogger project is making good progress and it's looking like there will only be another 3 - 4 articles in this series. The next should be released in around a weeks time and will contain all of the essential game-play. Leaving only differing level difficulty, scoring, sound and demo/splash screens to implement. I really want to build a model.....
Arduino Space Invaders Play List ()
In case people are un-aware, there is a Arduino Space Invaders Play-List on Youtube, going through from the start to the completed project. In the early episodes there is a greater emphasis on programming. Click on this title or the image to the left to go to it......
Frogger Play List added to Youtube ()
The series of articles on the Frogger build are now being collected together in a YouTube play list, click the image to the left or the title above to go to the play list......
Supporting Video: Frogger Ep2 & 3 ()
Supporting video available for Frogger articles 2 and 3 (see just below or use the projects menu for the written articles). Click the image or the title above to go to the video. In this we cover the parts list and getting the code up and running on your set-up......
Frogger Ep3 : Main screen, moving and control ()
In this article in the Frogger series we draw the main screen with all moving objects and add in control and movement of the main players "Frog". Full source code within the article for download......
3: Main screen, moving objects and controls ()
Prerequisites To make this project you must have first wired together the display and ESP32, see this article. The Code The full code for this articles Frogger is available below, click to download Frogger Part 3 Adding the program to the Arduino IDE Unlike Space Invaders where the full code was in one file Frogger is more complex and consists.....
Frogger 2: Moving to ESP32 and connecting a display ()
In this next instalment we move from the ESP8266 to the ESP32 due to input constraints on the 8266. Includes parts list and getting up to speed ready for the next article and initial software release......