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PatschPatsch

A player vs player whack-a-mole style game based on Atmel Assembler

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  • The 1kB Challenge

This project was created on 12/21/2016 and last updated 8 years ago.

Description

This is a whack-a-mole for 2 players.

I made this game after seeing a professionally made version which was sold for about 1.500€. This one cost me about 20€ for the switches, some electronics and my lunchbox from primary school as housing.

After starting the game, the lights will switch on and off in a random pattern. If you push a button belonging to a switched on light you score. If you push a button with a switched off light you lose a score. After 30 seconds the player with more points wins. Easy. Check the link on the left for a gameplay video.

To make this project acceptable for the 1K challenge I optimized the code and replaced several parts. The .bin file is now about 686byte in size, so there is still room for improvement. Maybe some Fading for switching the lights on and off or a RS232 output for a highscore.

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  • 1 × Atmega16 Microprocessors, Microcontrollers, DSPs / ARM, RISC-Based Microcontrollers
  • 6 × 74hc595 Electronic Components / Misc. Electronic Components
  • 2 × ULN2803 Discrete Semiconductors / Power Transistors and MOSFETs
  • 4 × 7 segment display
  • 1 × LED stripe

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  • Beta phase successful

    MacGoever • 01/06/2017 at 18:37 • 0 comments

    During 33C3 in Hamburg 2 bugs were found by players. Already fixed!

  • Try it yourself

    MacGoever • 12/21/2016 at 21:22 • 0 comments

    The game is on it's way to the 33c3 congress in Hamburg. Give it a try at the chaos west assembly and let me know what you think!

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