Don't Crash

still image of the map

Inspiration

We were inspired by the "Into The Skies" theme of the hackathon, as well as a flash game called "learn to fly"

What it does

It's a flight simulator controlled by a custom hardware controller.

How we built it

We built it using a custom controller built with VEX IQ parts for the frame and an Arduino board with an accelerometer and joystick as the electronics. We used a NodeJS server to hook up the Arduino to the simulator which was built using GameMaker.

Challenges we ran into

The controls were very jittery for most of development and it was hard to connect up the hardware and software. We also had to learn how to use arduino for the first time, and have it talk to the game using the server.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We have a smooth camera, with responsive motion and a very responsive controller

What we learned

We learned how to use Arduino and build hardware.

What's next for Don't Crash

We are planning to make it so that we also have altitude in the map, such as mountains being higher than oceans, and multiple more maps as well based on other planets