Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32
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Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32
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Re: Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32
#2This took a few evenings to make :)
Full source code is on GitHub: https://github.com/statico/imposter-attack-2024
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#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!”
That paragraph really stood out to me. Apparently, where OP lives, people casually make stuff even cooler than a laser shooting game for a one-off school event, and elementary-school-age kids recognize specific types of microcontrollers.
Re: Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32
#4This might be one of the coolest maker projects I've seen. Congratulations!
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#5This took a few evenings to make :) Full source code is on GitHub: https://github.com/statico/imposter-attack-2024
Looks fun, and certainly worth a star. =3
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#6> I might try a different theme than Among Us
This might've been thrown out for being too obvious, but did you consider Ghostbusters? Swap the magic wand for a proton pack wand and it seems to fit almost too well.
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#7> 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…
Part of me wants to say, "Well, that's Silicon Valley for you," but I'm confident there are many other places you could say something similar about.
Compared to what my neighbors are working on and with self-driving cars roaming around, infrared shooting games seem pretty mild :)
Re: Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32
#8This might be one of the coolest maker projects I've seen. Congratulations!
Thanks!
Re: Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32
#9> I might try a different theme than Among Us This might've been thrown out for being too obvious, but did you consider Ghostbusters? Swap the magic wand for a proton pack wand and it seems to fit almost too well.
Wow, I never considered a Ghostbusters theme. I'll keep that in mind for next year.
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#10So cool and a great write up. Thanks for sharing!