Whew, it's ... Been a month already?
Oh boy, I better update you guys. I don't want people starting a mutany D: 

In any case, progress has been going steadily and nicely! The last month did have a rather tough exam phase in it that kept my productive hours at bay, but I was able to tweak a number of systems!
More precisely, the current state is:

• WiFi and MQTT work (the data still needs to be interpreted, but that's a trivial task)
• The IR system is starting to take shape - TX already works, I still need to solder up a receiver to test RX.
• Sounds and weapon systems have been tuned a little to fit a new speaker I got.
• The battery readout and status indicators now do what they're supposed to, but ...

The most important change of the last few weeks is the completion of the first revision of my brand new casing!
Just have a look at this gorgeous render:

And, of course, the whole thing has been test-printed and assembled already!
Yes, it looks as good as in the computer <3

Oh yeah and the actual lighting? Looks freaking awesome!
The viewing angle is a bit disturbed at the moment, since the printer I was working with didn't have a fitting multi-material setup. In the second version of the print the slots will have some clear filament filling it, creating a bit of a better light diffusion. However, the whole thing is still quite impressive!

In the gif above the test idle pattern is flashing, with a few "I WAS HIT!" markers flickering in between.
Oh yeah, and of course the gun also reacts to shooting:

All in all I'm super happy with the progress this project is making, but I do feel like taking a small break.
There's a different project (called the DYSKorder >:3) I wanted to work on for a while, and I got a bit veeeeryy into this ...

But yeah, this is still alive and kicking some serious ass at this point!