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BadMouth:
If using an optical encoder, you'd need to use something like glovepie to convert it into analog joystick movement anyway.
I think that would be more headaches than it's worth.
Better to just start out with something that is seen as a proper controller.
Yes, the optical encoder would be preferable if the games were designed for it, but it probably isn't going to work with the majority of PC games.
Howard_Casto:
Well the encoder is just the hardware side. As Doc Brown would say "You aren't thinking 4th dimensionally".
You will need an avr regardless and while you'll read the encoder, you can set it up as an analog joystick.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on June 20, 2014, 10:33:52 pm ---Well the encoder is just the hardware side. As Doc Brown would say "You aren't thinking 4th dimensionally".
You will need an avr regardless and while you'll read the encoder, you can set it up as an analog joystick.
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I was thinking a Kade and a Xbox console. Lots of games where pedal power can be registered.
Maybe having the handlebars able to turn, thus making it harder to pedal as you steer the car (Super Sprint) around the track. I think it would be a good laugh having a pair of bikes in competition play.
Le Chuck:
Why don't you just get off your ass and run? Sounds like a self discipline issue.
Going to make a machine to turn brushing your teeth into a game when you can't be troubled to do that?
I'm all for making a wicked cool cycling game but if the idea is that this project is the key to your weight loss you are lying to yourself. If you can't motivate yourself to work out for your health then no game is going to bridge that gap.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on June 21, 2014, 09:11:39 am ---Why don't you just get off your ass and run? Sounds like a self discipline issue.
Going to make a machine to turn brushing your teeth into a game when you can't be troubled to do that?
I'm all for making a wicked cool cycling game but if the idea is that this project is the key to your weight loss you are lying to yourself. If you can't motivate yourself to work out for your health then no game is going to bridge that gap.
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I have bad knees due to stupidity of my youth and countless bmx crashes. I wanted something I could craft that would be a cool game interface, and be a workout at the same time. I use the bike in the gym and so far I have lost 30 pounds. The doc said biking would help my cartilage growth. Bike + Arcade sounds like fun. Why not? And the added challenge of getting it all to work sounds like a good self discipline to follow. My parents always said that I would pay for it later on in life.... Do we kids ever listen? :lol
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