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MakeCode for PewPew Standalone
by niu tech May 7, 2020

May 7, 2020

Hello! First of all, congratulations to Radomir for creating PewPew Standalone, which is such a great and cheap arcade game console for beginner coders! Now my question: since PewPew Standalone is based on SAMD21 (ARM Cortex M0), is it possible to program it using Microsoft MakeCode (maker.makecode.com), as it supports Adafruit Feather M0, Arduino Zero and Sparkfun SAMD21? If yes, how to control the LED display? Otherwise, are there any block-based programming environments for PewPew … [View More]

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Multiplayer games using Bluetooth LE
by niu tech April 27, 2020

April 27, 2020

What would it take to make multiplayer games for PewPew Standalone or M4 using some cheap Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module, such as HM-10 or CC-2540? Should I just solder one of them to the I/O pins on the bottom? Does CircuitPython BLE module (https://circuitpython.readthedocs.io/projects/ble/en/latest/) support it? Thanks a lot!

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Newsletter
by Radomir Dopieralski March 11, 2020

March 11, 2020

State of PewPew for 2020-03-11 ****************************** News ==== * CircuitPython 5.0.0 has been released https://circuitpython.org You can update your PewPews by following https://pewpew.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pewpew10/hardware.html#updating-the… * PewPew M4 is on sale now. You can get it at https://makerfabs.com/circuitpython-pewpew-m4.html * Christian Walther got the PewPew Lite to work with the Giant Board https://twitter.com/isziaui/status/1236261673960423424 -- Radomir Dopieralski

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Are there 3D-printable protective cases for PewPew standalone (as sold by Makerfabs)?
by Raphael Das Gupta March 2, 2020

March 2, 2020

Hi all I've run a course with PewPew standalone devices from Makerfabs <https://makerfabs.com/pewpew-standalone.html>. Some of them broke during the course. (We had one ripped-of USB port and one broken battery holder.) So we're considering to 3D-print some protective cases for the next course. Are there any existing designs / models we could use for that? Ideally, the display would be visible and the buttons and on/off switch operable while in the case, and it should be possible to … [View More]

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PicoPew now available on Tindie
by Christian Walther Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

My own take on a PewPew device, PicoPew, based on a TinyPICO ESP32 board, is now available for purchase on Tindie: https://www.tindie.com/products/cwalther/picopew/ I have 15 kits ready, more will be ordered once I see how well they sell. This is an experiment for me, I have never sold anything worldwide before. Curious (and a little nervous) how it will work out! -Christian

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Newsletter
by Radomir Dopieralski Jan. 31, 2020

Jan. 31, 2020

State of PewPew for 2020-01-30 ****************************** News ==== * New game for PewPew is available, Lights Out, created by Bjoern Schilberg: https://github.com/pewpew-game/game-lightsout * PewPews were shown at a booth at devconf.cz * The configuration for PewPew M4 bootloader is now officially merged, and the device can be used with Microsoft's MakeCode Arcade. We are still waiting for it to be added to the list of boards, for now you can select Adafruit PyGamer when flashing.… [View More]

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Newsletter
by Radomir Dopieralski Dec. 23, 2019

Dec. 23, 2019

State of PewPew for 2019-12-23 ****************************** News ==== * CircuitPython 5 has reached Beta 2, please help testing! https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/12/20/circuitpython-5-0-0-beta-2-released/ * Work is ongoing for adding support for playing MP3 files with CircuitPython: https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/11/29/native-mp3-decoding-playback-in-circui… * Raphael Das Gupta is translating the PewPew documentation to German at: https://github.com/pewpew-game/pewpew-docs-de * … [View More]

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Newsletter
by Radomir Dopieralski Oct. 30, 2019

Oct. 30, 2019

State of PewPew for 2019-10-30 ****************************** News ==== * There was a workshop on quantum computing using the PewPew devices ran by James Wootton during the Zürich Quantum Industry Day. https://quantum-industry-day-in-switzerland-2018.b2match.io/ * James Wootton also ran that workshop on PyCon.DE in Berlin (Germany). * A "Noc Informatyka" event in Cracow (Poland) used badges based on PewPew. https://nocinformatyka.pl/ * There is some interest in more badges based on … [View More]

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Nesletter
by Radomir Dopieralski Sept. 24, 2019

Sept. 24, 2019

State of PewPew for 2019-08-23 ****************************** News ==== * There will be PewPews at the upcoming Creative Coding ZH meetup in Zürich. https://twitter.com/isziaui/status/1175706349998661633 * Christian Walther has the first version of his PicoPew shield assembled and it works! https://hackaday.io/project/167369-picopew * PewPew devices were used at a recent quantum computing hackaton, and there are at least two new games that teach quantum computing concepts: https://… [View More]

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Newsletter
by Radomir Dopieralski Sept. 14, 2019

Sept. 14, 2019

State of PewPew for 2019-08-23 ****************************** News ==== * James Wootton is doing quantum science on the PewPews: https://twitter.com/decodoku/status/1161587356627099648 (he also wrote some other games for it https://twitter.com/decodoku/status/1158044060407537666 https://twitter.com/decodoku/status/1147819762245951489) * Christian Walther is working on a version of PewPew that uses TinyPico to run: https://twitter.com/isziaui/status/1163105323139457024 * Christian Walther and … [View More]

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