Snake
Overview
We made the classic game of Snake for the mbed. It displays to a monitor using a uVGA II board from 4D systems. The player controls the snake using a Analog Thumb Joystick on a breakout board made by Sparkfun. The game starts off on a splash screen. The player presses the joystick in any direction to start the game. To control the snake the player presses the joystick in the direction he/she wants the snake to go in. When the game is over the player can press the joystick to return to the splash screen.
Components
Circuit
| uVGA II pin | mbed pin |
|---|---|
| tx | p28 |
| rx | p27 |
| reset | p23 |
| 5V | 5V |
| GND | GND |
| Joystick pin | mbed pin |
|---|---|
| horz | p18 |
| vert | p19 |
| pb | p17 |
| 3.3V | 3.3V |
| GND | GND |
Problems encountered
- Finding the correct uVGA library
- Finding/creating a connector for the uVGA controller
- Getting the correct game logic for snake
Future Work
- Push button to pause the game
- Multiple/select-able game speed
- High scores table (potentially interfacing with MicroSD or USB storage device)
- Add sound effects
Program
Import programsnake
The classic game of snake. Control using a joystick and displayed on a VGA screen
Last commit 11 Oct 2012 by 
Coby Lu
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