My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game

By Vicky Twomey-Lee (@whykay/@eventgeek and founder of @PyLadiesDub)
PyLadies Dublin, Tue May 19 2020

Meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/dclgvlybchbzb/
Video of the project in action: https://flic.kr/p/2iNDPVF

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

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2. • Coder
   
   • Involved w/ Irish Tech Community
   
   • Advocates Diversity in Tech
   
   • Maker Advocate
   Who?
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4. @CodingGrace @PyLadiesDub @GlobalGameCraft
   @WWCodeDublin @DublinMaker
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5. What…?
   Adventure Games
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/derekbruff/6373811675
   

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6. 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!
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7. What…?
   Raspberry Pi
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8. What…?
   CircuitPython
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9. What…?
   MicroPython
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10. What…?
    CircuitPython
    My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | PyLadies Dublin | Vicky Twomey-Lee
    

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11. What…?
    Adafruit Industries
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12. My Maker Project
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13. *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
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14. What…?
    pi-top
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15. Inspiration
    “Der Choosatron”
    Berlin Game Science Center
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17. • Case for thermal printer
    
    • Stand for the arcade buttons
    3D Printing
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18. Printing an image
    with the thermal printer
    https://gph.is/g/ZPWWyjV
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19. Printing an image
    Solution: Switched
    CircuitPython library
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20. Switched to pi-top [4]
    Where’s the printer?
    https://gph.is/g/ZPWWyjV
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22. Spreadsheet -> JSON
    • Looked at Twine
    
    • Chose Spreadsheets export to
    CSV
    
    • Python convert CSV to JSON
    Sample data
    https://gph.is/2d8XnGR
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23. Spreadsheet
    Sample
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24. CSV to JSON
    Code
    

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25. Main code
    Setting up electronic-y
    bits & get game data
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26. Main code
    Game class
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27. Main code
    Playing the game
    

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28. 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
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29. Quick video of project
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30. Video of project in action: https://flic.kr/p/2iNDPVF
    

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31. 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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