Published April 21, 2020 © GPL3+

Shotty Controller

Ever want to play a game while putting your laptop at risk? When with the Shotty Controller you can do just that and more.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Adafruit Circuit Playground Express

Tinned Copper Wire, Solid

USB-A to Micro-USB Cable

Story

So I tried making a controller that uses touch. So I hooked up some copper wires from my CPX to a few shot glasses filled with salt water. Sadly to say I could only get the touch to work twice, which makes this a pretty shotty controller for games.

I used makecode blocks for the code and the material I found around the apartment except for the copper wiring which I purchased but didn't work.

Code

Shotty Controller

input.touchA7.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.key("w", KeyboardKeyEvent.Press)
})
input.touchA5.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.type("kk")
})
input.touchA1.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.key("a", KeyboardKeyEvent.Press)
})
input.touchA6.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.key("d", KeyboardKeyEvent.Press)
})
input.touchA4.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.key("b", KeyboardKeyEvent.Press)
})
input.touchA3.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.key("s", KeyboardKeyEvent.Press)
})
light.setBrightness(10)
light.showRing(
`black blue black green black black green black yellow black`
)

Shotty Controller

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Story

Schematics