Issue 17 – HackSpace magazine – Turn a hoodie into a wearable game controller #CircuitPlaygroundExpress @MSMakeCode @HackSpaceMag @sophywong

Issue 17 — HackSpace magazine – Turn a hoodie into a wearable game controller –

Are you ready to fly? In this project, we’ll build a wearable game controller for a one-button game. What can you do with one button? Play Flappy Bird, of course! Our game controller is built into a hoodie. Flap like a bird to make your in-game bird soar!

While the original game is no longer available as a mobile app, you can find several Flappy Bird emulators built by fans with the free online programming language, Scratch. The game is played by tapping a button, the SPACE bar, to keep your bird in the air. Each tap gives your bird a boost, like a flap of its wings.

We can turn our flaps into taps by using the HID capability of a Circuit Playground Express (CPX). HID stands for Human Interface Device, and it means that the CPX can act like a keyboard or mouse for your computer. We’ll program the Circuit Playground Express to send a SPACE bar press to the computer every time it detects an arm flap using Microsoft MakeCode.

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