A Wannabe Portable Game Console
Description as a Tweet:
Take a Raspberry Pi 3 on the go, and if you have wifi, play our game.
Inspiration:
We saw that there was a touchscreen in the hardware list and immediately sought out how to use it. We came up with running a game on the touchscreen powered by a Raspberry Pi 3.
What it does:
Our project runs a Raspberry Pi 3 which is connected to a touch screen and is powered by a power bank. The Raspberry Pi 3 runs a Javascript game off of our GitHub. The game itself was made during the event in the game creator, Construct 2 which exported the game into a HTML5 format.
How we built it:
On the hardware side, we connected a Raspberry Pi 3 to a touchscreen and installed the correct drivers to make the screen work. We are powering the Pi with a portable power bank. On the software side, we made the game in the game creator, Construct 2. Construct 2 exported the game in an HTML5 format which we uploaded to our Github,and we are running the game from there.
Technologies we used:
- HTML/CSS
- Javascript
- Raspberry Pi
- Other Hardware
- Misc
Challenges we ran into:
We tried to get a shroud/case for the hardware but we couldn’t find a model already made that would serve our purpose, and none of us have experience with making a 3d model of our own. We found one model that we thought was close to what we want, but it didn’t turn out so well. And so we have no proper shroud.
Accomplishments we're proud of:
We are happy with getting the Raspberry Pi to actually run and play the game we want it to play. We had fun making something we had no experience doing and that was the whole plan of coming to Hackumass.
What we've learned:
Before this project, none of the members of the team had used a Raspberry Pi before or had extensive use with a Linux type OS. We all learned how to do both things to an extent and got new ideas of what we can do with these things in the future. We also learned how to use Github to put the game we made actually on the web. Before, we just couldn’t figure out how to use Github properly.
What's next:
The next thing we would like to do is to make a proper shroud for the touchscreen, Raspberry Pi and power bank to all fit in.
Built with:
The hardware we used include a Raspberry Pi 3, an HDMI touchscreen and a powerbank. The software we used are Construct 2 and Github.
Prizes we're going for:
- Best Hardware Hack
- Best Web App
- Best STEM Hack
- Funniest Hack