My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game

My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game
Vicky Twomey-Lee
EnthusiastiCon 2020 - Sat Jun 6, 2020
Talk: https://pretalx.enthusiasticon.de/enthusiasticon-2020/talk/D7FVAU/

My more in-depth blog post on my journey working on the project: https://www.codinggrace.com/news/my-maker-project-print-your-own-adventure-game-2020-4-9/

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1. Vicky Twomey-Lee
   My First Maker Project: Print
   Your Own Adventure Game
   EnthusiastiCon 2020
   

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2. • Coder
   
   • Involved w/ Irish Tech Community
   
   • Advocates Diversity in Tech
   
   • Maker Advocate
   Who?
   My First Maker Project: Print Your Own Adventure Game | EnthusiastiCon 2020 | Vicky Twomey-Lee
   

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4. @CodingGrace
   @PyLadiesDub
   @GlobalGameCraft
   @WWCodeDublin
   @DublinMaker
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   @LoveLaceSpace
   @WITSIreland
   

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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. My Maker Project
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8. *Note: not extensive
   • Raspberry Pi
   
   • 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 | EnthusiastiCon 2020 | Vicky Twomey-Lee
   https://gph.is/15vrwcy
   

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9. What…?
   Raspberry Pi
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10. What…?
    pi-top
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11. What…?
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12. Inspiration
    “Der Choosatron”
    Berlin Game Science Center
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14. • Case for thermal printer
    
    • Stand for the arcade buttons
    3D Printing
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15. Printing an image
    with the thermal printer
    https://gph.is/g/ZPWWyjV
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16. Printing an image
    Solution: Switched
    CircuitPython library & used a
    Python imaging library
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17. Switched to pi-top [4]
    Where’s the printer?
    https://gph.is/g/ZPWWyjV
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19. 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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20. my thoughts after the project
    • Improvements like case cover
    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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21. Quick video of project
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23. pexels.com/photo/big-red-heart-on-dark-background-6371/
    Thank You!
    @whykay | @eventgeekie
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    https://github.com/whykay/text-based-game-thermal-printer
    

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