- Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:32 pm
#194267
Hello,
If anyone remembers the classic board game RoboRally, after a bit of work I've built a version of it using actual robots and a Raspberry Pi as a controller/game server. This is very much a work in progress, but it's all very doable at home if anyone wants to make their own or contribute to the project.
Details here: http://www.roboruckus.com/
For those of you who aren't familiar with the board game, the premise of the game is that you, the player, control a robot with the goal of navigating it through the hazardous board and touching up to four checkpoints in order. Each turn the players are dealt cards that contain movement instructions (move forward, turn left, back up, etc…), from which they pick five to be their robot’s instructions (read: program) for that turn. Once chosen, the instructions cannot be changed. Once all players have chosen their robot programs, all the robots move at once, pushing and jostling each other in their dash to reach the checkpoints. Frequently, players make mistakes when programming their robots; even more frequently they exchange bouts of cursing.
Here's a picture of an early version of the game:
If anyone remembers the classic board game RoboRally, after a bit of work I've built a version of it using actual robots and a Raspberry Pi as a controller/game server. This is very much a work in progress, but it's all very doable at home if anyone wants to make their own or contribute to the project.
Details here: http://www.roboruckus.com/
For those of you who aren't familiar with the board game, the premise of the game is that you, the player, control a robot with the goal of navigating it through the hazardous board and touching up to four checkpoints in order. Each turn the players are dealt cards that contain movement instructions (move forward, turn left, back up, etc…), from which they pick five to be their robot’s instructions (read: program) for that turn. Once chosen, the instructions cannot be changed. Once all players have chosen their robot programs, all the robots move at once, pushing and jostling each other in their dash to reach the checkpoints. Frequently, players make mistakes when programming their robots; even more frequently they exchange bouts of cursing.
Here's a picture of an early version of the game: