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Re: Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32

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Post by dang »

We put Show HN in the title (the convention for sharing your own work on HN, which this certainly is! - https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html). But putting that in pushed MicroPython out the end of the buffer (which is fixed to 80 chars).

If MicroPython is more interesting than ESP32, we can swap them...

(Submitted title was "Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32 and MicroPython")

Re: Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32

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Post by bragr »

t_mann wrote: post #3

> I was told that I had the second biggest crowd, second only to a Pokémon bean bag game (which did look pretty cool). Some adults were curious, but most importantly, a handful of questions from kids who wanted to know how I built it. It was especially rewarding to show one off one of the extra targets I brought. One kid even recognized the ESP32 chips and said, “Oh, these are the ones you can make drones out of!” Th…

1 out of 115 kids recognizing a microcontroller doesn't seem that surprising considering many kids play with little electronics kits these days.

Re: Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32

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Post by statico »

ryanisnan wrote: post #11
statico wrote: post #2

This took a few evenings to make :) Full source code is on GitHub: https://github.com/statico/imposter-attack-2024

This is awesome! I may try to get this working locally with my 6 year old son!

Shoot me a message if you need any help!

Re: Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32

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Post by jackschultz »

Great timing. I've been wanting to learn how to do projects like this, but been so unsure what types of microcontroller I should get and what else could be needed. Similar in the software world where we all have our preferred tech stacks, I was so uncertain of what stack to use for these projects that it definitely causes a hurdle.

His mention of the ESP32 and how

>While working on the game I used my newfound ESP32 skills to do some other projects, such as automating the remote-controlled blinds in our bedroom as well as a motion sensor that would send Pushover notifications to my phone.

is absolutely what I'm wanting to be able to do. Learn the tech needed for one controller that can be used on tons of different places. That, plus that talk with MicroPython (and other parts) gives some confidence about learning this hardware stack.

Re: Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32

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Post by statico »

dang wrote: post #12

We put Show HN in the title (the convention for sharing your own work on HN, which this certainly is! - https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html ). But putting that in pushed MicroPython out the end of the buffer (which is fixed to 80 chars). If MicroPython is more interesting than ESP32, we can swap them... (Submitted title was "Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32 and MicroPython")

Thanks, dang. It's been a while and I forgot the rules.

Re: Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32

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Post by statico »

jackschultz wrote: post #15

Great timing. I've been wanting to learn how to do projects like this, but been so unsure what types of microcontroller I should get and what else could be needed. Similar in the software world where we all have our preferred tech stacks, I was so uncertain of what stack to use for these projects that it definitely causes a hurdle. His mention of the ESP32 and how >While working on the game I used my newfound ESP32 s…

I'd say you're on the right track, then! It's kind of like software — figure out how the components talk to each other and figure out where to hook in. Instead of APIs, you've got multimeters and oscilloscopes.

In the case of the blind automation, the remote uses some kind of proprietary wireless signal. Instead of figuring that out, I soldered some leads into the remote's momentary button terminals, which I connected to transistors on a breadboard. The ESP32 simply pretends to press a button and complete a connection on the remote.

Also check out ESPHome (https://esphome.io), a firmware for ESP32 that lets you more easily integrate with home automation systems.

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