Flappy Bird

In this lesson you will build a flappy bird game controller with a Arduino and a touch sensor.

What you will learn

How to use a touch sensor
How to send message to a computer from the Arduino
How to use an if block

Bill of Materials

kit

1 x Arduino with cable
1 x Touch Sensor
3 x wires

Slides

Build Steps

1. Connect a jumper wire from the SIG pin of the touch sensor to pin 7 of the Arduno.

step 1

2. Connect a jumper wire from vcc of the touch sensor to the 3.3v pin of the Arduino

step 2

3. Connect a jumper wire from gnd of the touch sensor to a gnd pin on the Arduino

step 3

Coding Demo

Flow the video to code and to upload the code.

Flappy Bird Game Connection Demo

Game

Challenge (Make the game playable)

Find this section of the code and play with the variables.

    const G = 0.45;          // gravity
    const JUMP_V = -3.8;     // jump velocity
    const PIPE_GAP = 150;    // vertical gap size
    const PIPE_W = 60;       // pipe width
    const PIPE_SPACING = 220;// distance between pipes
    const SCROLL = 2.4;      // world scroll speed