My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game

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Vicky Twomey-Lee My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game PyLadies Dublin, Tue May 19 2020

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• Coder • Involved w/ Irish Tech Community • Advocates Diversity in Tech • Maker Advocate Who? My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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@CodingGrace @PyLadiesDub @GlobalGameCraft @WWCodeDublin @DublinMaker My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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What…? Adventure Games https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/derekbruﬀ/6373811675

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Search & Play “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Game 30th Anniversary” http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/ Try: A Dark Room (iOS/Android) Adventure games to check out - free! My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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What…? Raspberry Pi My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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What…? CircuitPython My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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What…? MicroPython My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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What…? CircuitPython My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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What…? Adafruit Industries My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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My Maker Project My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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*note: not extensive • Raspberry Pi with latest Circuit Python • Adafruit mini-thermal printer • Arcade buttons x3 • Laptop with Python 3 • Mu Editor • VNC Viewer Project Ingredients My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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What…? pi-top My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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Inspiration “Der Choosatron” Berlin Game Science Center My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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• Case for thermal printer • Stand for the arcade buttons 3D Printing My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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Printing an image with the thermal printer https://gph.is/g/ZPWWyjV My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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Printing an image Solution: Switched CircuitPython library My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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Switched to pi-top [4] Where’s the printer? https://gph.is/g/ZPWWyjV My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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Spreadsheet -> JSON • Looked at Twine • Chose Spreadsheets export to CSV • Python convert CSV to JSON Sample data https://gph.is/2d8XnGR My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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Spreadsheet Sample My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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CSV to JSON Code

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Main code Setting up electronic-y bits & get game data My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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Main code Game class My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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Main code Playing the game

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my thoughts after the project • More refactoring • Improvements like case covering and make it look as one unit • Switch to Raspberry Pi 3 or even a Raspberry Pi Zero • Realise I found it hard writing stories, plot generators online are helpful for random data So… https://gph.is/1OhAIXM My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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Quick video of project My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee

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Video of project in action: https://ﬂic.kr/p/2iNDPVF

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pexels.com/photo/big-red-heart-on-dark-background-6371/ Thank You! @whykay | @eventgeekie My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game PyLadies Dublin, Tue May 19, 2020 https://github.com/whykay/text-based-game-thermal-printer

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