Dance Rhythm Game · Christopher Trafton

Overview

Two handheld devices, one song, one winner. Both M5Stack Core2s connect over Bluetooth Low Energy (one hosts and the other joins), and the game starts once they’re paired.

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Two devices showing Bluetooth searching and broadcasting screens — Pairing the two devices.

Gameplay

Each player sees their own score at the top left and their opponent’s at the top right. Inputs move down the rows with the beat; when one reaches the circles on the last row, the player has to hit it. Arrows map to the joystick’s four directions and letters map to the face buttons, laid out like an Xbox controller.

Two players mid-game on their devices — Notes falling toward the hit circles.

Close-up of both devices during play — Scores update live on both devices.

The player with the most correct inputs wins.

One device showing a red losing screen and the other a green winning screen — The results screen.

Python source code for the game — Written in Python for the M5Stack Core2 and a controller PCB.