TV screen scoring

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Hello all
I have an Arduino based simple game with 5x optical sensors that trigger a lighting effect when a bean bag is thrown through a hole. Nothing difficult.

The owner of the game has asked if I could make a TV screen based tutorial on how to play the game and with some kind of 'nobody playing' inviting graphics.

Ideas?
I was thinking of something like those AV media players that play a video file depending on the button pressed. The buttons could be outputs from the Arduino (they are ground triggered).

But the question is what software to actually make the videos with?
Any ideas? I am thinking kinda cartoon style I suppose.

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You failed to reveal where the video will be played/seen. If on your computer, why not do it all on the computer. Would be so much easier.

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This is just one of the ideas.

LovyanGFX can output composite video signal (NTSC, PAL, only ESP32).

Here's a document translated by google:

lgfx::Panel_CVBS for ESP32

  • You can output a video signal from GPIO25 or GPIO26 of the ESP32. (ESP32-S2, S3, C3 are not supported.)
  • The video signal is generated using I2S channel0 and a DAC.
  • It consumes a lot of memory because it allocates a video frame buffer in the ESP32 memory. (PSRAM can be used.)

However, you'll need an analog monitor for your game console :wink:

Alternatively there is "LovyanGFX for Windows".

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Its in a children's charity area in a hospice. Not charging them, it's something I like to do in my semi - retirement!

No computer. It currently runs on an UNO but that is because it's currently pretty basic

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