Falcon Punch

Inspiration

The Pebble is awesome. Punching is awesome. Falcons are awesome. So we decided, using dark arts, to craft the trifecta of awesome: Falcon Punch for Pebble Time.

What it does

Falcon Punch is meant to make learning about nature super awesome. Punch as fast or as slow as you want, then learn about your Punch Animal. Punch as fast as a running bear? Learn some bear facts. Also, with Force of Nature mode, match the speed of the animal displayed on the Pebble for an added challenge. Can you punch as fast as a running tortoise? How about as fast as a cheetah? Get as close as you can!

How we built it

Using the Pebble web development platform, CloudPebble, we were able to quickly edit and demo the code as frequently as we needed to make Falcon Punch a reality.

Challenges we ran into

Accelerometers are tricky business. As is remembering how to actually apply high-school physics to punching. These were our most daunting tasks.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

It actually works, which is pretty awesome.

What we learned

Punching fast is significantly harder than anticipated.

What's next for Falcon Punch

More gametypes, more education, and more punching!

Built With

Submitted to

HackingEDU

Created by

Overall design and idea, debugging, coding and creation of the glorious logo.

Alec Noble
Artificial Intelligence Graduate from UCSC, Gamer, and Tech Lover.
Mockups, Design, UI. As well as Tech Evangelist. Still dont understand the C language.

scott friedman
I wrote the codes and was smiles all the time.

Ryan Fulscher
im a cool boy

Updates

scott friedman posted an update — Oct 25, 2015 12:53 PM EDT

wow devs cool update. thanks for changing the whole marketing scheme to fit with your falcon based ideology.

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Alec Noble posted an update — Oct 25, 2015 12:49 PM EDT

Pivoting

The Project Formerly Known as Cobra Punch has pivoted to take advantage of growing market trends. Cobras are on the decline, whereas Falcons are becoming increasingly popular and awesome. To be more in line with our original vision, we have rebranded as Falcon Punch to more adequately imply to our users a sense of speed, power, and overall apex predator status. Thank you for sticking with us during these trying times.

The Falcon Punch Team

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Alec Noble posted an update — Oct 24, 2015 08:19 PM EDT

Clarification

Cobra Punch is not about punching cobras. Cobra Punch does not condone the unethical punching of cobras, or any other ferocious predator. Cobra Punch accepts no responsibility for injuries sustained while inappropriately punching apex predators in the name of Punch Science.

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Alec Noble started this project — Oct 24, 2015 07:44 PM EDT

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scott friedman posted an update — Oct 24, 2015 07:36 PM EDT

REAL CODER HOURS. WHO UP. HIT THAT COMPILE BUTTON

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