Hey guys, new to arduino and electronics in general so im having a bit of trouble wrapping my head around this one.
I want to make a Simon game using my arduino and 3 LEDS and three buttons, but I dont want the LED's to light up in a random sequence as the game progresses. I want it to be a predetermined light up sequence.
Could any one help with a simple version of what I'm asking and then hopefully I will be able to cut and past code to create my own sequence?
Thanks!
Made a Simon game for the ArduCap shield some time ago, which could serve as a base. You need to strip/modify all ArduCap-shields specifics and rewrite the readKey() but it could be a basis. See - http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,54242.0.html -
hope this helps,
Oh that's unbelievably perfect.The next stage of my project was to have capacitor sensors replace the buttons. But this ArduCap - shield stuff confuses me. I was hoping to have the input be stripped wires connected to tin foil as I have found in this Playground example.
http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Code/CapacitiveSensor
The code at the bottom is the one that works on my Arduino UNO. Depending on if I'm touching the wire, the serial monitor displays 1 (not touching) or 4-5 (touching).
I'm not entirely sure how to add these two codes together.
How do I tell it to read 1-2 as LOW and 3-5 as HIGH. as in button pushed / button not pushed?
This is great. I love this forum.
Thanks again!
Ok almost there. I've got the capacitors set up as the input. and the game plays perfect. except that it's still random.
how do i replace the random array with a predetermined sequence?
thanks again guys
heres the code
/*Capacitor Simon Says game by Robert Spann - Edited by Daniel Waugh - 2011*/
int led1 = 7; // first LED pin
int led2 = 6; // second LED pin
int led3 = 5; // third LED pin
//int led4 = 4; // fourth LED pin
int turn = 0;
int input1 = LOW;
int input2 = LOW;
int input3 = LOW;
//int input4 = LOW;
int randomArray[100]; //Intentionally long to store up to 100 inputs (doubtful anyone will get this far)
int inputArray[100];
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(led1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led3, OUTPUT);
// pinMode(led4, OUTPUT);
randomSeed(analogRead(0)); //Added to generate "more randomness" with the randomArray for the output function
for (int y=0; y<=99; y++){ //For statement to loop through the output and input functions
output();
input();
}
}
void output() { //function for generating the array to be matched by the player
for (int y=turn; y <= turn; y++){ //Limited by the turn variable
Serial.println(""); //Some serial output to follow along
Serial.print("Turn: ");
Serial.print(y);
Serial.println("");
randomArray[y] = random(1, 4); //Assigning a random number (1-4) to the randomArray[y], y being the turn count
for (int x=0; x <= turn; x++){
Serial.print(randomArray[x]);
if (randomArray[x] == 1) { //if statements to display the stored values in the array
digitalWrite(led1, HIGH);
delay(500);
digitalWrite(led1, LOW);
delay(100);
}
if (randomArray[x] == 2) {
digitalWrite(led2, HIGH);
delay(500);
digitalWrite(led2, LOW);
delay(100);
}
if (randomArray[x] == 3) {
digitalWrite(led3, HIGH);
delay(500);
digitalWrite(led3, LOW);
delay(100);
}
// if (randomArray[x] == 4) {
// digitalWrite(led4, HIGH);
// delay(500);
// digitalWrite(led4, LOW);
// delay(100);
// }
}
}
}
void input() { //Function for allowing user input and checking input against the generated array
char capval[6];
char pinval[6] = {
1<<PINB0,1<<PIN1,1<<PIN2};
//char pinval[6] = {1<<PINB0,1<<PINB1,1<<PINB2,1<<PINB3,1<<PINB4,1<<PINB5};
delay(100);
for(char i = 0; i < 1; i++)
{
capval[i] = getcap(pinval[i]);
for (int x=0; x <= turn;){ //Statement controlled by turn count
input1 = (getcap(pinval[0]));
input2 = (getcap(pinval[1]));
input3 = (getcap(pinval[2]));
// input4 = digitalRead(switch4);
if (getcap(pinval[0]) > 1)
{
digitalWrite(led1, HIGH); // sets the LED on
delay(200);
digitalWrite(led1, LOW); // sets the LED off
inputArray[x] = 1;
delay(50);
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(1);
if (inputArray[x] != randomArray[x]) { //Checks value input by user and checks it against
fail(); //the value in the same spot on the generated array
} //The fail function is called if it does not match
x++;
}
if (getcap(pinval[1]) > 1)
{
digitalWrite(led2, HIGH); // sets the LED on
delay(200);
digitalWrite(led2, LOW); // sets the LED off
inputArray[x] = 2;
delay(50);
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(2);
if (inputArray[x] != randomArray[x]) { //Checks value input by user and checks it against
fail(); //the value in the same spot on the generated array
} //The fail function is called if it does not match
x++;
}
if (getcap(pinval[2]) > 1)
{
digitalWrite(led3, HIGH); // sets the LED on
delay(200);
digitalWrite(led3, LOW); // sets the LED off
inputArray[x] = 3;
delay(50);
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(3);
if (inputArray[x] != randomArray[x]) { //Checks value input by user and checks it against
fail(); //the value in the same spot on the generated array
} //The fail function is called if it does not match
x++;
}
}
}
delay(500);
turn++; //Increments the turn count, also the last action before starting the output function over again
}
void fail() { //Function used if the player fails to match the sequence
for (int y=0; y<=5; y++){ //Flashes lights for failure
digitalWrite(led1, HIGH);
digitalWrite(led2, HIGH);
digitalWrite(led3, HIGH);
// digitalWrite(led4, HIGH);
delay(200);
digitalWrite(led1, LOW);
digitalWrite(led2, LOW);
digitalWrite(led3, LOW);
// digitalWrite(led4, LOW);
delay(200);
}
delay(5000);
turn = -1; //Resets turn value so the game starts over without need for a reset button
}
void loop() { //Unused void loop(), though for some reason it doesn't compile without this /shrug
}
char getcap(char pin)
{
char i = 0;
DDRB &= ~pin; // input
PORTB |= pin; // pullup on
for(i = 0; i < 16; i++)
if( (PINB & pin) ) break;
PORTB &= ~pin; // low level
DDRB |= pin; // discharge
return i;
}
ok but where do i put that?
should i be declaring them? or are they part of the void output?
and also what does "= 0x8F;" parts mean?
could you please give me an example of lighting in this sequence :
led1 -> delay(1000) -> led3 -> delay(1000) -> led2.
thank you for that. I have been told before to be more direct with my language when trying to program computers.
I'm trying to make a simon game that has a set sequence of levels. by this I mean I would like level one of the simon game to be (and to always be):
levelOne {
digitalWrite (led1, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite (led3, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite (led2, HIGH);
}
//and then level two to be:
levelTwo {
digitalWrite (led1, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite (led1, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite (led3, HIGH);
}
Would it be a matter of replacing:
int randomArray[100];
//replace with
int levelOne;
int levelTwo;
etc... etc. ?
how do i tell it to always play in sequence of level one then level two?
and how do i tell it that level one is always "this sequence" and level two is always " this different sequence"
thanks again.
ok so I've got it doing predetermined sequences. but it's only...umm...how do i say this... the progression is still plus an extra move per level. so each turn it adds a extra move. so pretty close to what I want. but not quite.
void output() { //function for generating the array to be matched by the player
for (int y=turn; y <= turn; y++){ //Limited by the turn variable
Serial.println(""); //Some serial output to follow along
Serial.print("Turn: ");
Serial.print(y);
Serial.println("");
randomArray[0] = (1);
randomArray[1] = (3);
randomArray[2] = (2);
randomArray[3] = (2);
this means the game will ALWAYS progress in that sequence of led1, led3, led2, led2. (as the output and "expected" input)
HOWEVER what i would like it to do is get randomArray[0] to be
randomArray[0] =
digitalWrite (led1, HIGH);
delay(500);
digitalWrite (led1, LOW);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite (led3, HIGH);
delay(500);
digitalWrite(led3,LOW);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite (led2, HIGH);
delay(500);
digitalWrite (led2, LOW);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite (led2, HIGH);
delay(500);
digitalWrite(led2,LOW);
digitalWrite (led2, HIGH);
i know that the code i wrote would not work, but hopefully gives an idea of what im trying to achieve.
thanks again for your patience
Hey did you ever figure out your project?
If so I would love to see it, I’m working on something similar now.
Thanks