Angry Alien

Game where you take control of Angry Alien and attempt to survive for as long as possible. Avoid spikes and shoot skulls.

Hardware requirements

• Arduino
• LCD 16x2 module with Hitachi HD44780 LCD controller
• Arduino Joystick module

Instructions

1. Connect display and joystick to the arduino (see Joystick.hpp and Display.hpp for wiring instructions)
2. Install Platformio IDE
3. Build & Upload the game
4. Follow the tutorial
5. Play the game
6. Holding the joystick pressed will skip the tutorial next time you reset the controller

Architecture

Architecture is quite simple. We use Joystick class for reading the user input and Display class for the output to the LCD. Game itself consists of Engine class that implements the core functionality and Game class that puts all the aforementioned functionality together.