Components

	Arduino Nano R3	x 1
	Adafruit NeoPixel Ring: WS2812 5050 RGB LED	x 1
	DFRobot I2C 16x2 Arduino LCD Display Module	x 1
	GT-0903A SOBERTON INC.	x 1
	Pushbutton Switch, Momentary	x 2

Tools, APP Software Used etc.

	Soldering Iron Kit
	arduino IDE Arduino

Description

Mini Cyclone Game on WS2812 LED Ring and Arduino Nano

This game is based on the Cyclone arcade game, where the player tries to stop an led scrolling around a circle at a specific spot.

In one of my previous videos(https://youtu.be/1K0vr-hrh0k), I presented you the same game, but on a large ring consisting of 60 Leds, which contained several levels.

This time I use a small ring with 12 Leds and the game does not contain levels but is a continuous game until once the target marker is not hit.

In addition, there is an LCD display that shows highscore and current round.

The code was taken from Joern Weise's GitHub page (https://github.com/M3taKn1ght/Blog-Repo/tree/master/Cyclone), and I made some modifications.

First I shortened the way of testing the LEDs, and then added different sounds for each segment of the game so that it is now much more interesting.

The device is very simple to build and consists of only a few components:

- Arduino nano microcontroller

- 12 Leds ring with WS2812 Led chip

- 16x2 LCD display with I2C communication protocol

- two buttons

- and Buzzer

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As for the gameplay, as I mentioned before, in this case there are no levels with increasing speed, but each successive round starts with a randomized speed, and generally the speeds can be easily changed in the code in the lines:

#define STARTINTERVAL 250 //"Normal" move

#define MAXINTERVAL 500 //Very slow move

#define MININTERVAL 50 //Very fast move

Now let's see how the device works in reality.

When turning on the game, all LEDs light up sequentially accompanied by an appropriate sound effect, and a corresponding message about the test on the LCD display.

Next, by pressing the button the game starts

The goal is to press the button at the moment when the rotating diode is located exactly on the static diodes.

In the first two levels, three diodes are static, and in the next levels only one.

The number of laps completed and the score are shown on the display.

If we fail to hit the red Led, the game ends, and High Score appears on the display.

The number of laps completed and the score are shown on the display.

Otherwise, the high score is recorded in the eprom of the microcontroller so that it is saved even after the reset.

If we want to delete the high score, when turning on, we hold down the HSR button.

And finally, the game is mounted on a PVC board with a thickness of 3 mm and covered with self-adhesive colored wallpaper.

Code

Arduino code

Arduino

//-----------------------------------------------------
// Game "CYCLONE" for Arduino
// Autor:   Joern Weise
// License: GNU GPl 3.0
// Created: 20. Sep 2020
// Update:  25. Sep 2020
// modified by mircemk 25. Feb 2022
//-----------------------------------------------------
//Include libraries
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#include <Wire.h> 
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
#include <EEPROM.h>

//Defines
#define NUMPIXELS   12  // Popular NeoPixel ring size or edit the number of LEDs
#define PIN         2   // Data-Pin to ring or strip
#define PINBTN      6   // Pin for Player-button
#define PINSCORERST 9   // Pin to reset score during first run

#define DISABLEWINDOW 3 //Rounds before the LED before and after target is not valid anymore

//Player-Dot speed defines
#define STARTINTERVAL 250 //"Normal" move
#define MAXINTERVAL 500   //Very slow move
#define MININTERVAL 50    //Very fast move

//Create objects
LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27,16,2);  // set the LCD adress
Adafruit_NeoPixel pixels(NUMPIXELS, PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800); //Init NeoPixel object

bool bFirstRun, bSecureWindow;
int iState = 1;
int iTargetPos, iPlayerPos, iStoredHighscore, iRound, iScore, iInterval;  //Vars for the game
int iLastButtonPressed, iButtonState, iDebounceButton;  //Vars to debounce button
unsigned long iLastPlayerMove, ulLastDebounceTime;      //Timer to debouce button
unsigned long ulDebounceButton = 10;                    //Debounce-time
int i = 0;
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println("Init serial communication: DONE");
  
  //Begin init for WS218B-ring or -strip
  pixels.begin(); // INITIALIZE NeoPixel strip object (REQUIRED)
  pixels.clear(); // Set all pixels to "off"
  pixels.setBrightness(20); // Set brightness to 20%
  pixels.show();   // Send the updated pixel colors to the hardware.
  Serial.println("Init WS218B-ring: DONE");
  
  //Begin init display
  lcd.init();
  lcd.backlight();
  lcd.clear();
  Serial.println("Init LCD display: DONE");
  
  randomSeed(analogRead(0));  // Make randome more randome
  Serial.println("Make randome more randome: DONE");

  //Read latest highscore from EEPROM
  iStoredHighscore = EEPROM.read(0);
  Serial.println("Last stored highscore: " + String(iStoredHighscore));

  //Init button with internal pullup-resistor
  pinMode(PINBTN,INPUT_PULLUP); //GameBTN
  pinMode(PINSCORERST,INPUT_PULLUP); //Reset-Pin for score
  
  //Init some basic-vars
  bFirstRun = true; //Enable firstrun
  iLastButtonPressed = digitalRead(PINBTN); //Init iLastButtonPressed
  iButtonState = digitalRead(PINBTN); //Init iButtonstate
}

void loop() {
  int iDebounceButton = DebounceButton(); //Check and debounce button

  if(!bFirstRun)
  {
    if(iState == 1) //Startscreen
    {
      bSecureWindow = true;
      iRound = 1;
      iScore = 0;
      iInterval = STARTINTERVAL;
      lcd.clear();
      lcd.home();
      lcd.print("Highscore: " + String(iStoredHighscore));
      lcd.setCursor(0,1);
      lcd.print("Press button ...");
      iState = 2;
    }
    if(iState == 2) //Get Button pressed
    {
      if(iDebounceButton == LOW)
      {
        if(iRound == 1) //Only show once during game
          Serial.println("-------- New game --------");
        lcd.clear();
        lcd.home();
        lcd.print("Release button");
        lcd.setCursor(0,1);
        lcd.print("to start");
        iState = 3; 
      }
    }
    if(iState == 3) //Init next round
    {
      if(iDebounceButton == HIGH)
      {
        lcd.clear();
        lcd.home();
        lcd.print("Round: " + String(iRound));
        Serial.println("Round: " + String(iRound));
        lcd.setCursor(0,1);
        lcd.print("Score: " + String(iScore));
        Serial.println("Score: " + String(iScore));
        
        iTargetPos = random(0,NUMPIXELS-1);
        Serial.println("New target pos: " + String(iTargetPos));
        iPlayerPos = random(0,NUMPIXELS-1);
        while(iTargetPos == iPlayerPos)
          iPlayerPos = random(0,NUMPIXELS-1);
        Serial.println("Player start pos: " + String(iPlayerPos));
        iState = 4;
      }
    }
    if(iState == 4) //Draw target and playes dot
    {
      DrawNextTarget(iTargetPos, bSecureWindow);  //Draw new target
      DrawPlayer(iPlayerPos);                     //Draw player dot
      iLastPlayerMove = millis();                 //Update timer for moving
      iState = 5;
    }
    if(iState == 5) //Wait pressing button and move player dot
    {
      if(iDebounceButton == LOW)
      {
        iState = 6;
      }
      else
      {
        unsigned long currentMillis = millis();
        if(currentMillis - iLastPlayerMove > iInterval)
        {
          iPlayerPos++;
          if(iPlayerPos >= NUMPIXELS)
            iPlayerPos = 0;
          DrawNextTarget(iTargetPos, bSecureWindow);
          DrawPlayer(iPlayerPos);
          iLastPlayerMove = currentMillis;
        }
      }
    }
    if(iState == 6) //Check if player win
    {
      if(CheckPlayerPos())  //Winner or loser?
      {
        iScore++; //Update score
        tone(10, 3000, 100);
        iRound++; //Update rounds
        iState = 2; //Go back to release button
        if(iRound > DISABLEWINDOW)  //Only target
        {
          bSecureWindow = false;
          iInterval = random(MININTERVAL,MAXINTERVAL);
        }
        else
          iInterval = random(STARTINTERVAL-50,MAXINTERVAL);
        Serial.println("New interval: " + String(iInterval));
      }
      else
        iState = 90;
    }
    if(iState == 90)  //Game ends
    {
      Serial.println("Game ends");
      lcd.clear();
      lcd.home();
      iDebounceButton = HIGH;
      iLastButtonPressed = HIGH;
      iButtonState = HIGH;
      if(iScore > iStoredHighscore) //New highscore?
      {
        lcd.print("New highscore ");
        lcd.setCursor(0,1);
        lcd.print("New score: " + String(iScore));
        Serial.println("New highscore is " + String(iScore));
        EEPROM.write(0,iScore); //Store new highscore to EEPROM
        iStoredHighscore = iScore;
      }
      else  //Loser
      {
        lcd.print("Game Over");
        lcd.setCursor(0,1);
        lcd.print("You lose");
        Serial.println("You lose!");
         tone(10, 150, 1000);
      }
      Serial.println("-------- End game --------");
      delay(2000);
      iState = 1;
    }
  }
  else
    InitFirstRun(); //Init Firstrun to check LCD and WS218B-ring
}

//Function to make first run
void InitFirstRun()
{
  if(digitalRead(PINSCORERST) == LOW) //Overwrite EEPROM with "0"
  {
    Serial.println("Reset highscore");
    for(int iCnt = 0; iCnt < EEPROM.length(); iCnt++)
      EEPROM.write(iCnt,0);
  }
  Serial.println("---- Start init ----");
  lcd.home();
  lcd.print("Game Cyclone");
  Serial.println("Game Cyclone");
  lcd.setCursor(0,1);
  lcd.print("(c)  M3taKn1ght");
  Serial.print("(c)  M3taKn1ght");
  delay(1000);
  lcd.clear();
  lcd.home();
  lcd.print("    mircemk");
  Serial.println("For az-Delivery");
  lcd.setCursor(0,1);
  lcd.print("Testing ring ...");
  Serial.println("Testing ring ...");
  delay(1000);
  pixels.clear();
  //Check every single LED
  for(int i = 0; i<=51; i+=51)
  {
    InitRingTest(i,0,0);
    delay(50);
  }
//  pixels.clear();
//  for(int i = 0; i<=255; i+=51)
 // {
//    InitRingTest(0,i,0);
 //   delay(50);
  //}
//  pixels.clear();
 // for(int i = 0; i<=255; i+=51)
 // {
  //  InitRingTest(0,0,i);
  //  delay(50);
 // }
  pixels.clear();
  pixels.show();

  
  Serial.println("----  End init  ----");
  bFirstRun = false;
  Serial.println("bFirstRun: " + String(bFirstRun));
  Serial.println("Activate state for game");
}

//Simple function to check LED-Ring one by one
void InitRingTest(int iRed, int iGreen, int iBlue)
{
  Serial.println("R: " + String(iRed) + " G: " + String(iGreen) + " B: " + String(iBlue));
  for(int iPixel = 0; iPixel < NUMPIXELS; iPixel++)
  {
    pixels.setPixelColor(iPixel, pixels.Color(iRed, iGreen, iBlue));
    pixels.show();
        int thisPitch = map (iPixel , 0, 12,  1000, 3000);
       tone(10, thisPitch,120);
    delay(50);
  }
}

//Function to draw target an secure area for player
void DrawNextTarget(int iPos, bool bArea)
{
  pixels.clear();
  pixels.setPixelColor(iPos, pixels.Color(0, 255, 0));
  if(bArea)
  {
    if(iPos - 1 < 0)
      pixels.setPixelColor(NUMPIXELS - 1, pixels.Color(255, 136, 0));
    else
      pixels.setPixelColor(iPos - 1, pixels.Color(255, 136, 0));

    if(iPos + 1 >= NUMPIXELS)
      pixels.setPixelColor(0, pixels.Color(255, 136, 0));
    else
      pixels.setPixelColor(iPos + 1, pixels.Color(255, 136, 0));
  }
}

//Function to draw players LED
void DrawPlayer(int iPos)
{
  if(iPos == iTargetPos)  //target and player-dot is equal 
    pixels.setPixelColor(iPos, pixels.Color(0, 0, 255));  //Dot color will blue
  
  else
    pixels.setPixelColor(iPos, pixels.Color(255, 0, 0));  //Otherwise red
  pixels.show();
  tone(10, 500, 50);
}

//Function to check after pressing button, if user hit the target
bool CheckPlayerPos()
{
  if(iTargetPos == iPlayerPos)  //Player hit target?
 
   return true;
    
  else
  {
    if(bSecureWindow) //LED before and after target active?
    {
      int iBeforeTarget = iTargetPos - 1;
      int iAfterTarget = iTargetPos + 1;
      if(iBeforeTarget < 0)
        iBeforeTarget = NUMPIXELS - 1;
      if(iAfterTarget >= NUMPIXELS)
        iAfterTarget = 0;
      if(iBeforeTarget == iPlayerPos || iAfterTarget == iPlayerPos)
        return true; 
      else
        return false;
       
    }
    else
      return false;
  }
}

//Function to debounce button
int DebounceButton()
{
  int iCurrentButtonState = digitalRead(PINBTN);
  if(iCurrentButtonState != iLastButtonPressed)
    ulLastDebounceTime = millis();

  if((millis() - ulLastDebounceTime) > ulDebounceButton)
  {
    if(iCurrentButtonState != iButtonState)
      iButtonState = iCurrentButtonState;
  }
  iLastButtonPressed = iCurrentButtonState;
  return iButtonState;
}

Schematic and Layout

Schematic diagram

Schematic.jpg