maker-controller

The extension allows to easily create custom controllers for MakeCode Arcade games (https://arcade.makecode.com) running in the browser.

Under the hood, the extension uses the keyboard extension to generate keyboard key stroke that emulate one or more players.

Usage

This repository contains a MakeCode extension. To use it in MakeCode,

• open https://makecode.adafruit.com/beta
• click on New Project
• click on Extensions under the gearwheel menu
• search for the URL of this repository

Button press

Simulate a button press when a button in pressed on your device.

input.buttonA.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    makerController.player1.press(ControllerButton.A)
})

Up, down states

Simulate buttons left and right pressed based on the accelerometer readings.

forever(function () {
    if (input.acceleration(Dimension.X) < -300) {
        makerController.player1.setButtonDown(ControllerButton.Right, false)
        makerController.player1.setButtonDown(ControllerButton.Left, true)
        light.photonForward(1)
    } else if (input.acceleration(Dimension.X) > 300) {
        makerController.player1.setButtonDown(ControllerButton.Left, false)
        makerController.player1.setButtonDown(ControllerButton.Right, true)
        light.photonForward(-1)
    } else {
        makerController.player1.reset()
    }
})

Analog buttons

Map analog sensors to dpad buttons.

forever(function () {
    makerController.player1.setAnalog(ArcadeAnalogButton.LeftRight, input.acceleration(Dimension.X))
    makerController.player1.setAnalog(ArcadeAnalogButton.DownUp, input.acceleration(Dimension.Y))
})

Also map analog sensors to A/B buttons.

forever(function () {
    makerController.player1.setAnalog(ArcadeAnalogButton.A, input.soundLevel())
})

You can tune the threshold to detect that a button is pressed or not.

makerController.player1.setAnalogThreshold(ArcadeAnalogButton.A, 0, 200)

Collaborators

You can invite users to become collaborators to this repository. This will allow multiple users to work on the same project at the same time. Learn more...

To edit this repository in MakeCode,

• open https://makecode.adafruit.com/
• click on Import then click on Import URL
• paste the repository URL and click import

Supported targets

• for PXT/adafruit
• for PXT/codal
• for PXT/maker

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